Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 467 Want to go to the front line

  Bressi, Laizein, Revolutionary Cemetery

  There are too many comrades that Verak is familiar with buried here.

   After being driven over by the sheriff, he stood in front of the cemetery, unexpectedly unable to lift his legs.

   "Let's go in." Murphy said softly.

   "I don't know... who should I go to see first." Verak's lips were dry, and his eyes were blank.

  There should be few people in this world who have the same situation as him. After coming to the cemetery, there will be so many people who want to visit.

"...to see my brother first." Murphy helped Veraker make a choice, "He must really want to know about Montrego's situation. Although we haven't been able to make any changes within the limited time, it's worth telling him speak."

   Just like that, several people visited Diaz first, and 'reported' to him every detail of Montrego's trip.

   Then, Verak came to the tombstone where Boyne was buried.

  Seeing that Boyne, who was revered in the past, became a silent stele in the eyes of his comrades despite his thin body, but still looked like an anchor. Veraker was suffocated by the sudden cold air.

  He is no longer like before, he has countless things to say.

   After staring for a long time, he walked away without warning, and stopped in front of Morais's tombstone, repeating that indescribable gaze.

  Finally, he came to Nord's side.

  The strong contrast between freshness and death is unacceptable, but it is quietly displayed in front of everyone, bearing all the grief thrown at it.

  Murphy, Connie, and the sheriff did not visit Nord with Verac, just like when in Montrego, Verac gave Murphy a space to release himself in the cemetery.

  They stopped a dozen meters away, silently watching Verak who had become taciturn.

  At a certain moment, Murphy saw the wounds all over Verak's spirit.

  Now, Verak's spirit is no different from his body, full of scars. It's just that he endured all the physical torture with his amazing resilience, and no one knows how to heal the mental trauma.

   "...Let's go." Verak didn't shed a single tear. While he suspected that he was shouldering more responsibilities, crying had become something that was not allowed subconsciously.

   "Are you okay?" Murphy made way for Verak who was coming.

   "It may be the same as you did at the beginning, and you haven't reacted yet." Verak wanted to leave this place quickly, so his pace continued to accelerate. "I hope to finish everything before I react."

   "Shall we go directly to the Equality Building?"

   "Well, I kept Teacher Keating waiting for a long time."

  Forty minutes later, the group arrived at the Equality Building.

  There is no wind today, and the flag of equality on the flagpole has not been flying, just like the mood of many people, drooping weakly.

   "I'm back." Keating and a group of comrades stood under the building and waited.

   "I'm back." Verak got out of the car and walked towards Keating.

   "To see them?" Keating asked.

   "Look." As he got closer to Keating, Veraker saw that he had aged a lot.

   "Let's go in and talk." Keating and Verak walked side by side to the main entrance of the Equality Building.

  Since what happened to Morais, the assassination of important comrades has become more intensive, and the security level of the Equality Building has increased several times, which also makes the surrounding area feel uneasy.

   From the place where you got off the bus to the main entrance of the Equality Building, there is a distance of about 100 meters.

   Everyone walked neither fast nor slow, there was no communication during the period, the only movement was the sound of messy footsteps.

   After accepting the inspection at the door, Keating did not directly hold any meeting, but let the others disperse. Murphy and Connie went to rest first, and he and Verak came to the alliance chairman's office to talk privately.

   There is no difference between the office of the chairman of the alliance and the one before Verak left. He didn't sit down after entering, looked at Keating's figure and said in a deep voice, "Teacher, do you have any countermeasures?"

   "Sit." Keating sat down in the reception area, and waved to Verak by the way.

   "Listen to them, the government army has approached three hundred kilometers away." Verak still didn't sit down.

"Well, maybe after today, the distance will be shortened, and there is not much time left for us to talk here." Keating didn't force it, and looked up at the expressionless Veraker wearily, "Equal Army During this period of time, we have lost a lot, and we are losing the ability to stop the government forces from advancing at an accelerated rate. Our funds are also quite short, and all departments are stretched. To put it bluntly, our foundation is very shallow, and we need successive victories to maintain it. Once Accidents and breakdowns are inevitable."

   "Didn't the front line turn from defense to offense at the beginning?" Verak remembered clearly that a few months ago they agreed that the longer the delay, the better it would be for the Equality Army.

Keating nodded slightly: "It was like this at that time. We achieved several key victories, and the balance of victory was almost completely tilted towards us. However, things were not as smooth as we imagined. After all, we challenged a former A powerful government that makes countless countries awe. The most important thing is that in the past, we have been fighting unequally in the dark. It is like hiding in a clay pot and fighting with the few fingers that the enemy can only barely stick in. .Now it is a full-scale head-to-head confrontation. We bear everything the other side can display. The number of comrades sacrificed in one day may be the sum of the previous months. The pressure can be imagined..."

  "Francois was arrested by us, the Bresci government has long since ceased to exist, and they should have become a mess."

   "The government will not disappear when the powerful are there. You should know who our real enemy is."

   "They are constantly instigating rebellion, assassinating our comrades, and causing great damage to our various departments, so the situation has taken a turn for the worse?"

"It's not fundamental. Under the real general trend, instigating rebellion and assassination are just futile struggles." Keating shook his head, "We have not been able to resist, which means that the general trend has not been formed, or in other words, we have not yet created a counterattack that can truly defeat the enemy." The sharp sword of the enemy. We were able to beat the government forces to the point where they are today, which also shows that they have lost their momentum, but they are still stronger than us."

   "How could it be?" Verak did not agree with this.

   Keating tried to wave his hand again, motioning Verak to sit down: "Remember the Nak weaving factory? The experimental factory where we confirmed the theory and perfected the theory, where you stayed for several months."

   "Of course." Verak sat down this time, giving another feeling that he would stand up at any time.

"Failed."

  Verak didn't speak.

"According to Winston, they've gone too far, and they haven't really delved into the deep issues, and they've been limited by a lot of things. Of course, we've always been prepared for that, and that's what we've been experimenting with. Significance. Now, his new book is being perfected with experiments and new bursts of ideas, and a new round of experiments is being prepared in Kip City."

   "Common theory?" Virak said.

  Co-production, owned by the whole people.

  This book was written by Winston before Verac went to Bash.

  It's a pity that they agreed at the beginning that Winston would send a letter to Veraker to exchange views, but the letter never kept up with Veraker who was going all the way.

"Yes."

   "What you want to express is that we haven't been able to create a new world yet, so we don't have the power to really bring down the enemy?"

"Yes."

   "It's still too fast." Verak lamented, "Many things haven't kept up."

   "This kind of speed is not necessarily a bad thing. Every challenge we endure is making us improve and become stronger." Keating tried hard to let Verak see the good side.

  Verak is still tensed by the government army: "The premise is that we have to survive the challenge...The government army is close at hand, do you really have no countermeasures?"

   "What about you? Any ideas?"

   Keating likes to throw questions to Veraker, and let Veraker use his brain to develop his own opinion before answering himself.

   This is the main reason for Veraker's rapid progress.

But this time, Veraker vaguely felt that Keating was not cultivating himself, but that he was really helpless: "I don't think we can just retreat blindly. The more we lose, the more the government forces will gain. We are getting weaker and weaker. The army is getting stronger and stronger."

   "The government army thinks so too." Keating said.

"I don't know much about the military, but I also understand that our situation is very bad. There is not much time left for us to expand our troops, and the remaining forces are still under tremendous pressure after shrinking the front line. Sustaining it is still unknown... But I think the only way to break the game is to defeat them, and we have to fight back no matter what." Verak's attitude was very tough.

"The current mainstream thinking in the alliance is to temporarily avoid the edge and give up Laizein. Because Joseph sent back the news from the front, the government army concentrated all its forces and wanted to take back Laizein at all costs. The possibility of us holding here is very slim, Rather than sticking to it, it is better to retreat in a roundabout way and win the battle from other places." Keating looked solemn.

   "What about you? What do you think?" Veraker was unwilling to give up Laizein in his heart.

   Taking control of Lazerin means a lot.

  It is the heart of Bresci, whether it is the substantive meaning or the spiritual cognition, it is the undisputed heart.

  When there is a force holding the heart, the advantage is obvious.

   It was the International Equality Alliance that captured Laizein, and the morale, popular support, and prestige soared to the point where they overwhelmed the government forces. Until Boyne and Morais passed away one after another, all forces in the world believed that their chances of winning were higher than that of the government forces.

   Now, once they abandon Laizein, they will be even more passive, and the momentum and morale of the International Equality League will be further damaged, and will be hit hard again.

"If we cannot accept setbacks and failures, we will not be able to grow and win." Keating is rational, so he is helpless. "If Lazer is really unable to hold on, this is not an option. The follow-up will follow one after another. The blows and tribulations we have to accept."

   "What about Kip City?"

   "It depends on the situation, but I have communicated with Winston and asked him to prepare for the transfer of the test site."

   "Withdraw from Laizein, what should we do next?"

   Keating pondered for a while: "We may enter a more difficult and longer-term struggle."

  Verak recognized the reality: "In short, we can't reverse the situation in a short period of time as our comrades expected, right?"

"Um."

   "Then Montrego's situation may be..." Verac felt that he was about to breach the contract, and he briefly explained Montrego's situation to Keating.

   "It's nothing more than the fact that the new comrades staying there have to wait longer. There's no way around that." Keating also regretted, "You don't have to feel guilty, you've done a good job."

   "The question is, how long can the people of Montrego last? Their life is really..." Verak couldn't bear to tell what he saw along the way.

   Keating has seen a lot, and he understands even more deeply than what Veraker saw with his own eyes: "I understand."

   "...Is there any work that I need to do?" After a brief silence, Veraker, who didn't know how he could help when he came back, asked.

   "There are a lot of jobs that are unstaffed, what do you want to do?"

   "I want to go to the front line and do my best to resist the government forces." Virak said.

  He knew that his idea might seem naive to Keating.

  He is no longer the nobody he used to be.

  As the vice-chairman of the International Equality Alliance, he has more important jobs waiting for him. Going to the front line to contribute his meager strength is the least cost-effective one.

   "Like Nord?" Keating mentioned Nord who had just died, which made Veraker momentarily unable to distinguish whether Keating's words reminded him of his fate, or had other intentions.

   "It's the same, but it's different." Verak replied, "Nord chose to go to the front line because we were extremely short of manpower at the time, and he wanted to take the lead in influencing more people to fill the gap. I also have this consideration."

   "Then what's different?"

   "It's actually very simple. I want to fight. I want to fight the enemy with practical actions and guard our achievements." Witnessing the sacrifice of so many comrades, Verac's thoughts are pure and straightforward.

   "The front line is more brutal than you think."

   "I have experienced many cruel things. Please believe that there is no physical attack in this world that can scare me and knock down my will."

  Verak's words sounded very arrogant.

As one of the members who witnessed Veraker's nine days of inhuman torture in prison, Keating couldn't take it seriously: "...the front line really needs people like you to sit in command and give strength to comrades. If you decide, I will Contact Joseph and ask him to arrange for you to come."

   "I want to fight side by side with my comrades on the front line." Verak didn't intend to stay in the headquarters all day like Joseph.

   That's not where he should be.

  Go to the headquarters, all he can do is clean up.

"It's too dangerous. The International Equality League doesn't allow you to be in danger now." Reason made Keating not support all of Veraker's decisions as always, "The best thing for you is to stay with Joseph and the others. We bring strength to them and we can learn from Joseph."

  (end of this chapter)