Hammer 40k: Far East Storm

Old General Andreevich Vlasov naturally knew the result of the retreat, but there were some things that could be done and had to be done, but it was not appropriate to say them out loud. () So the old man just looked at Victoria in silence. This girl with a distinguished surname seemed to understand nothing, and just looked at the old man with righteousness.

The old general cursed in his heart, this damned female fox. Yes, Alexandrina Victoria couldn't not understand that her surname destined her to receive all kinds of elite education from the moment she spoke, making her already above ordinary people. If you just look at her as an ordinary girl, then you are destined to be defeated by her high heels. There is no doubt about this. Everyone in the Victoria family is a born politician. The dark blood of politicians that should be cursed seems to have been integrated into the Victoria surname. So why did she do this?

The old general couldn't figure it out. Didn't she understand that it was all over. It was like an investment in the financial industry. Losses were already a reality. The only thing to do now was to reduce losses. No, she is Victoria, she can't not understand, she understands this, but why does she object?

"Why don't you speak?" Just when the old general was puzzled, the girl did not stop her words. Victoria's words were as sharp as the rapiers used by the nobles, "Yes, you are a general, how can you not know the consequences of retreat. Do you know what will happen once we retreat? Are you ashamed to speak out? That's right, if it were me, I would not speak out about this behavior. After all, this is a complete betrayal. Once we retreat, hundreds of millions of people, no, billions of people will die because of this decision, and tens of millions of soldiers fighting on the front line will be betrayed, and the soldiers will be captured or slaughtered!"

In the small room, there was a sound of inhalation, and everyone in the room took a breath of cold air almost at the same time.

At this time, the people who could be in the room were all high-ranking people. They all understood that once the planet of Golden Wilderness was lost, it would inevitably lead to failure. In this war, the importance of Golden Wilderness was self-evident, but almost no one had really thought about what would happen if the planet was lost, because this problem was too terrible, and no one dared to think deeply, so they were not clear about the consequences of failure. This was the first time that these people knew so clearly what they would face after failure.

The death of more than one billion people and the massacre of tens of millions of soldiers, what a terrible defeat it was. Almost no one present dared to imagine what would happen to them if such a thing happened. The empire would never forgive themselves.

What made people tremble even more was that everyone present could hardly escape the relationship. Such a terrible defeat, no, a complete defeat, a complete failure could not be fooled by finding a few small officials as scapegoats. In an instant, the dignitaries and military authorities in the room almost saw that their group of people were tied to the cross, with dry wood and kerosene under their feet, just waiting for the judge to throw the flame.

Everyone looked at the old general. They hoped, even longed to get a completely different answer from the old man, even if it was an obvious lie. They were so eager to be deceived. Because most people in the room were looking forward to evacuation, no one wanted to die. As long as the old general told a lie, they could evacuate with the army with peace of mind.

Andreevich Vlasov looked around the people in the room and said, "Billions of people will die because of this decision?" The old general sneered and continued, "Little girl, you are too naive. After all, you are only nineteen years old. You don't understand the cruelty of war. Once we evacuate, the final number will definitely be more than a billion. In my opinion, even if it is a conservative estimate, the number of our people's sacrifices in the end will not surprise me at all. This failure is not only the failure of our military region, not only the failure of the battle, but also represents the change of military initiative in the Far East. Once we fail, the empire's already unstable rule in the Far East will inevitably become more fragile, which will cause a series of chain reactions, regional Rebellions will occur one after another, clowns will pop up one after another, and what is more terrifying is that the Eldar will gain the dominance of the entire war. The initiative at both the tactical and strategic levels will fall into the hands of the Eldar. We cannot protect every world. Our already scarce military forces can only be allocated to a few relatively important areas for defense, while other worlds will be completely open to the Eldar. Each world will be like a completely defenseless virgin, waiting for the Eldar to destroy it. As long as those bean sprouts are willing, they can slaughter our people at will, and at that time, we can only watch indifferently. This is the worst case, and it is also the most likely case. If only a billion people died, I would wake up laughing in my sleep."

It was as if an extremely cold wind followed the old general's words, passed through the wall, and brushed through everyone's heart. The air in the room was almost frozen by the cold. In the frozen air, everyone was imagining the more terrible future. They were frightened by the future described by the old general, including Victoria. In that moment, fear appeared on the girl's face, but it was only a moment. Soon, the girl returned to normal.

Then the girl smiled and asked with a smile: "Then my old general, since you know the ending is so terrible, why do you retreat? You know, we can't fail! For so many lives, for the empire, we can't fail!"

Andreevich suddenly realized, and then the old man secretly blamed himself in his heart, why was he so stupid, he should have thought of it long ago. The old general was actually not stupid at all. He just spent his whole life on the battlefield. His thinking has always maintained a simple enemy-self thinking. On the battlefield, he can deal with all kinds of tricks and conspiracies of the enemy. That's because he knows that the enemy is on the other side of the front line. And in this room, there are his own enemies? If so, who is the enemy? Could it be this 19-year-old Victoria?

The general's thinking is completely different from that of a politician. He can deeply understand the outcome of the war, and he is sensitive and decisive to make the most cruel decisions, but he cannot face the enemies around him.

It was not until this time that the old general understood why Victoria was unwilling to retreat, because she could not fail.

This is really a ridiculous reason. This reason had never appeared in the old general's mind a minute ago. What does it mean to not fail? It's ridiculous. War is war. As long as it is war, there will be victory and failure.

There is never a question of whether or not, because war is a cruel reality. If there is a game of politics and many other factors outside the battlefield, there is no other choice on the battlefield. Victory is victory, failure is failure, either this or that, there is no other choice.

The old general was very annoyed. Didn't she really understand? No, this girl probably understands, she just doesn't want to admit defeat. If this girl is from his army, then things will be much simpler. Andreevich can directly reward this damn Victoria with a bullet, make a hole in her forehead, let some wind into her brain, so that she may understand the current situation.

But the problem is that she is not from his army. She is the governor of this planet and has the same class as General Andreevich. If you want to retreat in an orderly manner with the army, you must have Victoria's assistance.

The old general can only patiently say: "Victoria, this has nothing to do with whether it can be done or not. We have already failed. Continuing is just a futile increase in casualties. We have lost."

"We lost? No, we haven't lost the war yet. The golden field is still there, and I am still here. As long as I am not dead, the war has not been lost."

The old man looked at the woman in front of him helplessly, just like looking at the little girl who stubbornly believed that there was still Santa Claus in the world. Finally, the old man sighed and said, "The enemy has already touched the Golden Plains. The Eldar know where this is. Their sharp blades have pierced our hearts. If this is a game of chess, then they have already checkmated us, and we have nowhere to go. Victoria, you have to look at the problem rationally. We have already lost. What we can do now is to try to save as many people as we can and plan for the future of the empire. Moreover, we lost so unclearly this time. The enemy is not those Eldar people who are like bean sprouts. This time the plan is so confidential, and people who know the importance of the strategic location of the Golden Plains, We can count them on two hands in the entire Far East region, but our location is still known to the enemy. How did they find out our location? "

Victoria hesitated for a while and asked: "Are you saying that there is a traitor in the empire?"

"Yes, and there is a traitor among the top leaders. If military secrets had not been continuously leaked, how could we have lost so badly? Now it is meaningless to continue to entangle with the Eldar. We have already failed in the war. What we need to do next is the aftermath. For the sake of the empire, we must do a good job in the follow-up work, reduce the losses of the failure, and then dig out the damn traitor!"