Twenty Seven Years

at the same time

  Bressi, Nanre City, government army positions, headquarters

   "Puro has been captured?"

   "Yes, General Pei Ji asked us to either take down Nanre City within a day, or evacuate here within a day to avoid being surrounded by the Equal Army."

"one day…"

"We have been consuming the 4th Division of the Equality Army for the past few days. They must not have much ammunition left now. In addition, the whole army has just defended the position for a whole night. It is estimated that there is no time to eat. Now we must attack with all our strength. Can break through their defenses!"

   "It is indeed more than enough to penetrate their defenses in one day. The problem is that after they enter the city, they start street fighting. Which of you is sure to quickly resolve the street fighting and completely wipe out their armed forces in the city?"

   "As long as we can take down their positions, it doesn't matter whether it's street fighting or not, it's all our own business."

"I think it's better to be on the safe side. If we want to fight, we promise to wipe out all their forces in Nanre within two days at the latest. Otherwise, other Equality Army troops will surround us. We have not solved it internally, and there are continuous artillery fire outside. Doesn't it mean that Trapped here to death?"

  A group of officers discussed the situation enthusiastically.

  Last night, they learned that Puluo City was raided by the Equality Army, but they never expected that they would actually be captured in the end, so now their situation has become very embarrassing.

   It is the best to occupy Nanre City, if not, they must evacuate quickly, otherwise there will be Nanre in the front and Puluo in the back, and they should be the ones who will be surrounded and wiped out in the end.

"The day before yesterday we thought that Nanre City's defenders were doomed. We still thought so yesterday. Now that they have blocked us countless times, do we still think so?" Lieutenant General Ernest glanced at the crowd, "You know What are the consequences if we fail to attack Nanre within a day?"

   No one answered.

  But everyone knows Lieutenant General Ernest's attitude well.

  Ernest was notoriously cautious, and to put it bluntly, he was timid.

  If it weren't for his family background, he wouldn't be able to get to where he is today with his ability. And it was also because the task of encircling Nanre was relatively easy, so the higher-ups handed it over to him, giving him a chance to show off.

   Turns out, obviously, he screwed up anyway.

  The army surrounded Nanre City for about a week. During this week, they just waited for three or four days, and the attack intensity during the rest of the time was not threatening.

  In his words, this is to consume the Equal Army and achieve the greatest results with the least loss.

   What about the end? The Equal Army still stands there.

"It's hard to predict this group of people with common sense." Ernest raised his head slightly, "If it wasn't for the delay from Puluo City, we can spend a few more days waiting for them to run out of ammunition and food. They took down Nanre with little effort. But now, I don’t think they are at the end of their strength, and they may last another day or two under our hands.”

"How, how? Last night, they absolutely sent everyone to the battlefield, otherwise how could they stop us? Now all of them have not rested, not even eaten, and there is absolutely not much ammunition left , as long as we dare to make up our minds and fight hard, we will definitely win! As for street fighting, if we can wipe out most of their troops on the ground, they will not be able to form a climate at all!" Some people plucked up the courage to raise the opposite opinion.

  Ernest glanced at the officer: "Are you 100% sure?"

   "This... I can only say that there is a great chance of winning!"

   "How big is it?" Without waiting for his subordinate to answer, Ernest rushed to ask, "Can you bear the responsibility of losing this battle?"

   "General! Emergency information!"

  A messenger entered the war department and came to Ernest to whisper information into Ernest's ear.

  After listening, Osnet's expression changed, and he pointed to the map: "Here?"

"Yes!"

   "Tell them the situation." Seeing the confusion on the faces of his subordinates, Osnet urged the orderly to disclose the information to those present.

   "We found an elite Bash force 30 kilometers northeast of Nanre City!" said the messenger.

   "What?! Bash's elite troops?! How could they come here?!"

   "Are you kidding? Do you know how far it is from Bash? Even if they really send troops, it's impossible for us to find out thirty kilometers away!"

   "What is the situation? Is there any more detailed information?"

  The Bash elite quietly came to the vicinity of Nanre, and confronted Nanre's Equality Army like a pair of knives.

   This news immediately caused the headquarters to explode.

  Everyone was in a trance.

  They knew that the International Equality Alliance had formed an alliance with Bash, and had been receiving a large amount of support from Bash, but considering the distance and mobilization issues, they hadn't thought about the possibility of Bash's army intervening in the Brexi battlefield.

   This is no longer a matter of affecting the battle situation near Nanre City.

  Since one army can come, who can guarantee that there will not be a second or third army? The Equality Army is already difficult to deal with. Now that the Bash Army is involved, how can the government army fight?

   "No wonder they were able to capture Puro City. It turned out that the Bash Army came..." Ernest immediately connected the incident in Puro City with the Bash elite.

  His words have biased the judgment of many people.

   "There is Bash's army over there in Napulo City, and there is also Bash's army here. They have made it clear that I am encircling us!"

   "But the intelligence from Puluo City didn't say that Bash's army attacked them?"

   "It rained so much yesterday, and it was a night attack again. Who can see who is coming? Do you think that the Equality Army alone can have such execution and combat capabilities?"

  Everyone is quickly integrating information from various battle situations, and reached a consensus that Bash sent no less than 50,000 troops to support the International League of Equality.

"Send a telegram to General Pei Ji immediately! Report the situation!" Lieutenant General Ernest panicked when he saw the close distance. The "Shi Jingli" suddenly rushed over and entangled them, and then the Equality Army and the Bashi Army from the city of Puluo surrounded them from behind and cut off their retreat.

   "Yes!" The orderly retreated.

"The situation in the past few days is probably a trap set up by the Equality Army..." Ernest, who was in a mess, became more and more distorted as he analyzed, "They deliberately left Nanre to attract our attention, and then took down Puluo when we were not prepared. Now I want to join forces with the Bash Army to annihilate us and carry out a comprehensive counter-offensive..."

   "The situation is still unclear, we should investigate in detail!"

   "Bash has openly allied himself with the International Equality League. After such a long time, it is actually not impossible to send troops over."

   "Then what should we do now? There was the Fourth Division of the Equality Army and the Bash Army before, and the main force of the Equality Army later..."

   "Withdraw!" Osnet's heart was beating wildly, and while his subordinates were still discussing with different opinions, he made a major decision to withdraw the troops.

  —

  Nanre City, Equality Army Headquarters

   "Withdrawn?"

   "Withdraw!"

   "Really withdrawn?"

   "Really withdraw!"

   "The recruit division is really so useful? Just stationed there, they are scared to move out immediately?" Morais was a little dazed when he learned that the government troops surrounding Nanre City were withdrawing. After going out to look with the telescope for a while in disbelief, they finally accepted the fact that the crisis in Nanre City had been lifted and they had survived.

   "It looks like it's working anyway, otherwise would they have any reason to evacuate now?" The chief of staff stood in front of the command department with his hands on his hips and said with a smile.

   "Don't take it lightly. It might be their trick to deliberately lure us to relax." Morais still decided to let the comrades stick to it for a while.

   "It makes sense, I'll arrange it." The chief of staff smiled and left the headquarters.

   "Plop."

  Morais sat down on the chair, looked at the map that was about to be discussed, picked up the cigarette, but didn't light it.

   Nanre’s world has been gloomy these past few days. He really relied on his faith to lead everyone to persevere.

Last night, it was raining heavily. Standing on top of the trench, he watched the government troops who couldn't kill them all get closer and closer to them. Even when they actually took the position a few times, he felt that he had never mentioned it to the outside world. and despair.

  How everyone survived, how they repelled the government army again and again, he couldn't remember clearly.

  Last night's experience seemed ten years away.

   "Huh..." Morais let out a breath, exhaling the pressure of a week.

   Nanreshi really held on.

  The defense line of the Equality Army withstood the heavy pressure.

  Joseph judged the situation and sent someone to take down Puro decisively, so that the Equality Army was no longer passive.

  This is not only the dawn of Nanre City, but also the dawn of the International Equality Alliance.

   "Hehe..." He raised his head and laughed a few times, "You can have a good sleep."

  —

  Leizein, Equality Building, Office of the President of the International Equality Alliance

   "Puro City has been captured!"

   "General Morais and the others have survived this full-scale attack by the government forces!"

   "The government troops near Nanre City have withdrawn!"

  One piece of good news reached Boyin's ears one after another.

"Great!"

   "Beautiful! Time to fight back!"

   "What a joy!"

  The cadres gathered in the office waiting for the news cheered.

  The crisis in Nanre City and the pressure on the entire front made them feel uncomfortable. Now that the situation has turned around, they can all breathe heavily.

  Boin, whose face was terribly pale, did not react violently. He watched the cheers of his comrades with a smile, and felt relieved when he thought that Morais was all right and the balance of victory was no longer so unbalanced.

   "Chairman!" Dr. Rolsen walked up to Boyne, "Shouldn't you be resting?"

   Sitting in a wheelchair, the thin Boyne looked up at the doctor, smiled and nodded: "But before that, send a telegram to Morais for me."

  Dr. Rollson approached Boyne: "What do you want to send?"

   "Just say, it's dawn."

  —

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  Bash Empire, Winterhold, Peace Street, Tavern

  Bressy's sky is already bright, but Bash's side is still dark, and there are still a few hours before dawn.

  Villac waited in the cubicle for three or four hours, and when he arrived in the store, there was no one even drinking.

  He thought a lot during this period, thinking of the best situation, and also thought of the possibility that Morais and the others died in this rainy night battle, Nanre fell, and the overall defense line of the Equality Army was in jeopardy.

   "Hoo..."

  The last cigarette is exhausted and the ashtray is full.

   "Boom boom boom."

   "Come in!" Hearing the knock on the door, Vilak, who had become dull from staying up all night, was instantly refreshed.

  The bartender, Comrade Victor, led a comrade from the substation into the cubicle.

   "Comrade Virak!" said the comrade who was in charge of delivering the news from the sub-station.

   "How's Brecy?!" Verac didn't have the heart to greet, and asked the result directly.

   "Win!" The sub-station comrade said.

Won!

   Just two words made Verak feel like tears welling up in his eyes.

"General Joseph led troops to capture Puluo, and General Morais led people to defend Nanre. The government army also retreated not long ago to avoid being cut off by General Joseph. Now the crisis in Nanre City has been completely resolved. Our The counterattack is about to start..."

   "Okay... okay..." Listening to the situation over there, Verak could only respond with one or two simple words.

A month ago, he came to Bash when the Battle of Bresci was approaching. After that, he led the comrades in the sub-station to revive. fighting.

  In fact, rather than fighting alone in Bash, he wants to fight in Brexi with his familiar comrades. But considering the overall situation and Boyne's expectations, he couldn't do that.

  The only thing he can do is finish his work here, write letters and chat with his friends in his spare time, and be with them spiritually.

"In this way, our situation in Brexi should gradually improve. After a while, our strength will continue to increase, and the advantage will come to us little by little." Comrade Victor listened situation, honestly.

"Well... they have persisted in the most difficult month. Next, under the leadership of Comrade Joseph and Comrade Morais, the Equality Army will definitely turn from defense to offense, regain the city occupied by the government army, and let the whole of Bresci be destroyed. Shined by the light of liberty and equality." Virak firmly believed.

   "The situation is like this, then I will go first." The comrade who delivered the news was about to leave after talking about the situation.

   "Thank you for coming here so late at risk, be careful." Verak got up and sent the messenger comrade away.

   "Go to rest too, if you don't sleep, it will be dawn." In the empty tavern, Comrade Victor persuaded.

   "Hmm..." Verak walked slowly to the door, looking at the still dark night sky, "It's already dawn for Brecy, and it's time for us to."

Victor heard Verac's double meaning. The first meaning was the time difference between Bressy and Bash, and the second was the progress of the revolution: "Bash's sky was a little later than Bressy's, but It's just a little later, no one can stop the light from coming."

   "Yes, no one can stop it." Verak turned his head and smiled, "Okay, it's getting late, let's rest too."