Twenty Seven Years

  The tripartite talks broke up unhappy.

  After Ambassador Selivanovic and Minister Felix left the office building of the International Equality Alliance, they immediately sent relevant news back to China.

The plan to contain the Brexi government forces through the International Equality Alliance and then block Dunman's intervention was all shattered. The two parties knew that the time left for them was extremely limited, so they launched a full-scale offensive and other measures to delay the Dunman and Brexi governments. The plan for the army to join the battle process has been speeded up unanimously.

  The world situation has thus become more intense.

  —

  December 16

  After the full preparation of the Laizein Daily, the negative reports about Verak began to spread widely, forming a new round of public opinion impact on the International Equality League.

  The report fabricated out of nothing Veraker’s extreme remarks. These remarks conflicted with the concept and development of the International Equality Alliance, and deliberately used Verac’s influence to influence the public’s support for the International Equality Alliance.

   But this time the public opinion did not have a positive effect.

  Been deceived by the government many times, the people completely dismissed the things published by the notorious Laizein Daily.

  In addition, Keating learned the news immediately, and arranged for Piaf from the Propaganda Department to be responsible for the resolution. These public opinions were successfully extinguished before they were widely rooted in the hearts of the people.

  President Auston and General Selt didn't have much hope for this attempt, they just wanted to squeeze out the last bit of value from Verak before executing him.

   Therefore, the government did not respond to this defeat, but Celt finally had a reason to clean up Byron, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper who almost ruined his grand plan.

  —

  December 17

  Prison, reception room

   Celt and Verac meet again.

"How is your plan going?" Veraker kept in mind what Celt had said, that he would only come to see him if the other party had made significant progress in clearing the action team, so he couldn't help imagining the slander against him outside What kind of storm was set off.

"This time is an exception, and it's not an exception. The reason why it is called an exception is because this time the smear failed. I should come to see you when it succeeds. And it is not an exception because public opinion failed. It's not good news for you. Remember what I said? If the public opinion is not successful, President Auston will prepare to execute you publicly." Selter said.

   "It's good news. It doesn't matter if I die or not, as long as your plan doesn't succeed." Celt had no reason to deceive himself, so Verak breathed a sigh of relief.

  Selter smiled: "Your death will inevitably cause a great shock, just like the death of Boyne and Morais."

   "This is something to face after all." Verak was very calm.

   "Okay, seeing that you don't care so much, I won't say anything."

   "How are the other prisoners?" Verak routinely inquired about the situation of other arrested comrades.

   "No comment on this." Celt handed Verac a cigarette.

  Villac took the cigarette and didn't light it: "You still revealed to me before, but now you don't say it because someone explained something, or is it because you still have nothing, and you are a bit embarrassed to say it?"

  Selter deliberately made Verak think more: "Whatever you think."

  —

  Prison, interrogation room

   Spencer died.

   died on the fifth night of being locked up.

   That night, he was dying and was tortured by the interrogator again. The next morning, the interrogator came and called several times, but there was no response. After feeling his pulse, he was found dead.

  Even when he was untied and carried away, he still kept his arms raised high, tied and hung up in a dignified yet extremely dignified posture.

   Murphy witnessed it all.

   This is the eighth day of his persistence.

  The third day of persistence alone.

  He doesn't know what's going on with Verak, what's going on with Connie, Shirley, Cyril, and Nizan, and he doesn't know what's going on outside.

   In the trance consciousness, only the numb pain and some shocks that became more and more powerful as time went on.

  —How did Verak survive nine days in Daymans Prison?

  Before experiencing all this, Murphy would occasionally have such doubts when he saw the hideous wounds on Veraker's body.

   It's just that when he persisted until the eighth day with his amazing willpower, his doubts faded away, and changed into shocks that he deeply felt.

  The torture Verak endured was more exaggerated than what they endured. It was really a miracle that he survived after nine days. Now this can also serve as a source of his strength, and he doesn't think he should have fallen so early.

"I know that the information on you is very limited. Even if you spit it out, it probably won't be enough for us to pay attention to." The officer in charge of interrogating Murphy was physically and mentally exhausted, and he rarely felt that the torture interrogation was a An extremely boring thing.

   Murphy looked at each other with drooping eyelids.

"You don't say it, it's to make everything full of uncertainty and save your life." The officer was both stimulating Murphy and providing him with another way, "It's okay, you can tell your trivial information, We have other ways to keep you alive and alive."

"Ah…"

   "For example, let you live in a mansion, give you a lot of money, just be an example of joining us, and then publicly criticize the International Equality League a few times, and praise the greatness of the government." The officer tempted Murphy.

   Murphy didn't say anything, just looked at the officer.

  The officer couldn't stand this look, and lost interest in torture. After a few curses, he left the interrogation room with a cigarette in his mouth.

  —

   Fetier's Line

   "Bombardment! Enter the bunker!"

   "Bombardment! Get into cover!"

   "Fast into cover!"

   Cannonballs blasted through the air one after another, and there were countless craters on the position of the Equal Army.

   "Boom!"

   "Boom!"

   "Boom!"

  The ground of the command post never stopped shaking as the guns sounded.

   Joseph, Adel, and more than a dozen officers of the Equality Army looked serious and studied the situation.

"The **** of the government army must have heard that the ambassadors and ministers of Bash and Pullman went to see Chairman Keating. They were afraid that we would receive a lot of aid immediately, so they desperately bought time and wanted to take this place in one go. !"

   "It's normal. The international situation is unpredictable. They must buy time. If they don't take down the Feitier line of defense, they may take a detour and occupy Lelist City."

   "The problem is what to do? The number of wounded has increased sharply, our troops are short of ammunition, and we are simply taking lives to block up every day!"

   "No way, except for the Feitier Mountains, there is no better terrain for us to hold on to in the future, we can only hold on, hold on!"

   "If only Chairman Keating accepted the assistance of Bash and Pullman..."

   "What are you talking about?! Do you know what they did elsewhere?! Millions of innocent people—"

"I know! But are there few comrades who sacrifice here every day? I can't see it too far away. I can only see what our comrades are facing right now...I...I don't even dare to go to the hospital now, I can't listen to the inside The wailing of the wounded, I don't know how to answer when they ask me when I will win..."

"Enough." Adel stopped the debate among other comrades, "The key to breaking the situation lies in Laizein. Chairman Keating has arranged for a group of elite comrades to go there. After they join Laizein's action team, they will do their best to Subvert Laizein, thus affecting the government forces here."

An elderly military officer said: "The government will not fail to consider this, so they have stationed a unit in Laizein. If we are really sure that Laizein will break the situation and Comrade Verak is not arrested, This should be a thing.”

   Joseph also admitted this: "I can only say, don't expect too much. The top priority is to hold the line of defense."

   "The recruits and military supplies sent by Leicester City are on the way, and they will probably arrive in the afternoon or evening the day after tomorrow." Another officer mentioned some good news that can give everyone some confidence.

   "Do we still have military expenses? After fighting for so long, the government army can't bear it. With our little wealth..."

"This is not something you should worry about... Well, don't stand here stupidly. The government army has not stopped shelling for so long today. It is estimated that an extremely violent attack will be launched later. You are responsible for your own defenses , there must be no mistakes." Joseph had a premonition that today would be very difficult.

"yes!"

"yes!"

  —

   Fetier's line of defense, a certain section of defense

  The shelling gradually stopped, and the comrades came out of the bunker one after another, and returned to their respective positions as quickly as possible, waiting for the official attack of the government forces.

  The disheveled Vito lay on the trench, looking through the binoculars at the densely packed and slowly advancing enemies, and felt a headache: "Aren't these people tired... After fighting for so long, the offensive is getting stronger and stronger."

"Hiss...huh..." Sitting in the trench, the Saxon, who was smoking a cigarette before the hard battle started, was not surprised at all, "It is estimated that the Dunmans can't wait, the situation outside is even more chaotic, and they need Blessie like this powerful ally."

   "Squad leader, when do you think this is a head?" Vito asked discouragedly.

  He could not foresee the end of this war.

   It seems that every day in the future will repeat defense, offense, defense, offense...

  Saxon stuffed the crumpled cigarette case into his pocket, raised his head and blew smoke into the sky: "I don't know. But there will always be a day when it will end. What we have to do is to be the one that persists until the end."

   "Understood, squad leader, how shall we fight later?"

"The old rule is to wait until the distance is close enough to fire. We don't have as much ammunition as they do. We must maximize the value of the ammunition. Of course, we can't be too close, so that they can throw grenades casually." Saxon After smoking, he leaned over and patted the few remaining young comrades in his class, "Check your weapons and equipment."

"yes."

"yes."

   "Repeat what I told you." Saxon would request this before every battle.

   "Keep close, don't show your head indiscriminately, don't waste bullets, and protect yourself."

   "Keep close, don't show your head indiscriminately, don't waste bullets, and protect yourself."

  …

   Several comrades repeated it.

"Good job, kids, warm your hands first, don't let your hands get so cold that you can't even turn the trigger." Saxon also lay down on the trench, took the binoculars from Vito, and looked at Approaching government forces.

   This time the government army has invested significantly more troops than before. For this reason, the government army has also placed more supervisory teams in the rear to ensure that the soldiers can only march forward bravely.

  How many people have to die in exchange for a short and precious rest?

  For the attacking and charging side in trench warfare, this is a nightmare.

  With no cover and their bodies fully exposed, even if they are scattered widely, they are still living targets. A round of machine gun fire, broken limbs and broken arms flew across the sky, and howls were everywhere, which was perfectly normal.

  The only thing that can make the government army rejoice is that the Equality Army is not equipped with many machine guns and heavy firepower. This makes it very difficult for them to suppress the government army even though they have trench cover and terrain advantages.

   "Come here soon!" Vito shouted.

  Government troops almost covered the mountains and plains came into view, and the distance between the two sides has been shortened to the point where even the magazines on their bodies can be seen with the naked eye.

"boom!"

   "Bang bang bang!"

   "Bang bang bang!"

   "Bang bang bang! bang bang bang! bang bang!"

  The entire defense line began to pour bullets at the government forces one after another.

   Saxon felt pain when he heard the dense gunfire: "Don't worry! Let's get closer!"

  The Equality Army is not as rich and powerful as the government army. The soldiers' military literacy and combat ability are all fed by a large number of bullets. Their guns are not so accurate, and their equipment is not as rich and advanced as the government army. Sometimes only some stupid methods can be used to narrow the gap between the two sides.

   "Squad leader! It's close enough! It's close enough! No matter how close it is, we'll rush into the trenches!" Some comrades lost their composure, and immediately aimed their guns at the government army and pulled the trigger.

   "Fire!" Saxon finally gave the order, together with a few comrades, blocked the government army, struggling to hold on to the small line of defense they were in charge of.

  The government soldiers who were forced to rush to the front basically fell in the first few rounds of shooting.

   Those behind neither dared to bite the bullet and push forward, nor dared to go back to face the guns of the supervisor team, so they had to lie down, hide behind the fallen corpses, and shoot back indiscriminately.

  This scene is already the norm, after all, there are not many people in the government army who are not afraid of death.

   However, the gradual intensification of war is also normal.

   No matter how stupid a person has been on the battlefield once, he will know that the person who rushes to the front must die. Then the second cruel fact that became clear is that before the enemy's position is captured and the results desired by the commander are obtained, the soldiers in the second row will become the first row, and the third and fourth rows will eventually stand. At the moment when facing the hail of bullets at the forefront.

  Especially today, the supervisory team fired mercilessly and drove a large number of soldiers forward.

  Everyone is well aware that there is death before and after.

   But after all, it seems more promising to break through the position of the Equality Army.

   They need to fight to stay alive.