People's Federation will live forever

A Venom fighter flew in the sky, hovering over the field, and a focusing lens was hung on the electronic warfare pod of the fuselage.It should be noted that the Brotherhood relied on the borrowed Hammer of Dawn (although they did not plan to return it) to simulate the signal of Wei An. Under the premise that the hardware cannot be changed, the laser guide must be used for triangulation. An idiot is much smarter - instead of relying on infantry to observe closely, wouldn't it be better to be airborne?

The saboteur reminded: "General Olivia, we are ready for data collection."

"Then let's begin."

Olivia pressed the button, and the screen on the monitor immediately distorted for a while. This was because the air was heated and affected the optical observation, and a filter system was urgently attached.At the moment when the picture resumed, the general saw a bunch of long red lines hanging down from the sky, chasing the whirling Scorpion tank and biting its head. Hot molten iron was splashed from the contact place. No burn through heat-resistant ceramics.

However, this is only 1.5 seconds, and the Hammer of Dawn operating at low power can continue to operate for several minutes.Olivia can already imagine the consequences of conventional armor. It is no wonder that after Wei An successfully researched the Hammer of Dawn 15 years ago, the independent republic, which had not lost its main force, immediately surrendered.

"What is the heat-resistant temperature of the ceramic plate?"

"Thickened industrial-grade plate, the extreme high temperature is 5800 degrees Celsius." The saboteur explained to the general, but just after the words fell, the scorpion in the picture exploded a ball of gorgeous fireball, the turret was thrown into the air, and the tank was completely destroyed.

"It seems that heat resistance alone is not enough, right?" Olivia said, the saboteur glanced at the data plate in his hand, and nodded awkwardly and politely.

"The laser itself does not generate temperature, and the damage does not depend entirely on temperature... According to the final test data, the light pressure produced by the Hammer of Dawn per [-] square microns exceeded the upper limit of the material, and our existing materials cannot cope with this kind of attack. ..."

"I'm not interested in reading the data to me sooner." The general interrupted him. "The analysis is your business. I just want to know, can the Brotherhood reproduce this weapon? Can it be connected to our tactical network?" ?”

Olivia has already felt that - from now on, before the black hands overcome difficulties, in addition to conventional firepower preparations, they will first fire a few satellite cannons on those tough bones!The light beam is invincible, and the way of warfare will undergo fundamental changes. This is what Olivia values ​​most.

Similarly, she also pointed out several shortcomings of Hammer of Dawn - limited by satellite orbits, it is impossible to form a dense firepower network, and when facing enemies with the same technical conditions, orbits will also become battlefields, and satellites have almost no survival ability, it is best to change it to another platform.

"We already have low-orbit spacecraft, can't we move this system to the Kodiak spacecraft?"

Just as the saboteurs were dealing with Olivia's question, a small disc-shaped robot fell off from the general's shoulder armor. This little thing looked very much like the eyeball robot that Wu Wei carried by his side—but it didn't Any weapon system, relying on the rotation of the disk to maintain lift, projects a beam of holographic image, Li De looks very interested, and his voice is also heard from the loudspeaker——

"Don't be in a hurry, general, we have to open the mine first."

Olivia frowned, she wondered what this temporary decoration was for, Li De saw what Olivia was thinking, and said lightly: "Wouldn't all my prosthetic body be recycled and used for improvement?" Is it? Even if there is no entity, I can still be with you."

"Can I take this as harassment? You didn't pretend to be one for Wu Wei." Olivia dodged Li De's insubstantial gaze, and complained, "Leader, nearly 200 million square kilometers of mines have been planned Alright, if we don’t upgrade our armaments, are we still counting on Wu Wei and his group of militiamen to be the pillars?”

"You say that the Defense Forces are not very good, Olivia? It will definitely take some time for the Defense Forces to be formed. During this time, we have to lay a solid foundation and learn some technology. The Black Hand and the Defense Forces , you are my two legs, I can't lose sight of the other, can I?"

"So what is the 'Eye of Truth', your third leg?"

Li De's expression suddenly became very exciting. Looking at Olivia with a slightly disdainful and slightly proud face, he stretched out his hand to pinch the chin that didn't exist at all: "Olivia, I'm in blue eyes. The archipelago has chosen a good place with a nice view, and I plan to build a villa there. How about it, how about..."

"If you're talking about the small town of the cultists, then you have bad eyesight, leader." Olivia sneered, she stretched out her hand, flicked her slender fingers on the drone, and immediately Push Li De a few meters away.No one in the testing center would dare to stay here. Even the saboteurs who gave Olivia a technical explanation were so frightened that they found a reason to leave.If they stayed to watch the excitement, Ensig would not care about their lives if the leader said lightly "destroy them".

Now that we got back to business, Olivia happened to talk about the group of cultists.Originally, this was just an extremely insignificant item among the black hand missions, but fighting with the defense forces made her particularly interested.This task was originally only for her to solve, but the leader asked to bring the defense force, so she couldn't refuse.

"It's easy to destroy a camp. I've issued a shoot-to-kill order, and I'll see the result soon." Olivia said, but she also raised her question—"As far as I know, you passed Ensig I also issued the same order to the Defense Forces, I don't doubt your judgment, but if you really want to kill those hundreds of people, you shouldn't send the Defense Forces with you."

Olivia paused for a while, and Li De still listened patiently, and she said it all at once: "The minds of those mortals are so fragile, they will definitely rebound, and you have drawn your avatar alone Kai can't fulfill the role of supervision. I can't think of any reason except that you want the black hand to conflict with the defenders."

"Really can't think of it?" Li De asked, "Soldiers should take obeying orders as their bounden duty, and disobedience must not be tolerated. If that lieutenant doesn't take reasonable measures, I will let my clone execute him on the spot."

Soldiers only need to obey orders and complete tasks. As for what the task is, that is not their concern.The gangsters have always done this very well. Strict discipline and dogma have honed them into ruthless killing machines. Under the leader's will, no one is absolutely innocent, whether it is cultists or civilians, women and children.

But this group of defense forces who accept humanitarian ideas are different. At this moment in the Blue Eye Islands, Lieutenant Ivan is facing a difficult choice——

Inaccurate bullets were shot from the houses and every window. Soldiers interspersed in the streets and alleys and moved forward steadily in squads. According to the initial arrangement, all the gates of the town were closed. Taken down and set up fire, they shut the mob here in their homes, the infantry line stretched like a noose around men's necks, tightening bit by bit they're breathless .

The doubts about whether the distributed shields are useless things are now solved. These shields made of composite materials are usually mounted on the exoskeleton, and once they are in operation, they become a half-person-high protective barrier. The 7.62 caliber Before the projectile hits the high-density ceramic steel, it is clamped by the thick bulletproof fiber around it, and the bullet that has lost most of its kinetic energy can no longer penetrate the ceramic layer and the hardest silicon carbide.The soldier holding the shield stood at the front to attract attention, and the huge difference in psychological quality between the two sides showed an effect. Most of the bullets flew towards the shield, and the shield holder was also crushed by such a dense barrage Trembling, but at this moment, the soldiers behind can calmly shoot and kill the heretics who are exposed in the buildings and alleys one by one.The tactical eyepieces share the field of vision of all teams, and the drones floating in the sky are constantly marking the figures in the upstairs rooms. The soldiers of the guards no longer need to make too many judgments to accurately hit the enemy.

Those enemies who are huddled in the room and only dare to stick out their weapons to shoot blindly are not too much of a threat at all. The grenadiers only need to aim roughly, and the anti-personnel warheads will explode rhythmically in the upstairs room, merged with the sound of gunfire. A manic chorus.Killing the resisting thugs was only the first step. According to the order, they approached the gate of the house and broke the lock with a few shots. The shieldman yelled and knocked open the door with his body weight. There was a muffled thunder the moment he entered the room. Like a gunshot, the Nash shotgun sprayed dozens of tiny projectiles and exploded on the shield. The shield hand shook and stabilized his figure with the support of the exoskeleton.

"Papa, papa", the rifle mounted on the gap in the shield fired instinctively, but the moment the soldier fired the shot, he could see clearly that the enemy in front of him was just a woman, and the bullets whirled and tore open her chest. With a scream, the body fell powerlessly to the ground.

"An... safe."

He felt that his mouth and tongue were dry, and he reported the situation somewhat stammeringly.The rest of the team entered the house to search, and when they passed the woman's body, everyone turned their heads deliberately, pretending that they didn't see anything.

The lieutenant walked into the house with a gloomy face, and reports of "safety" sounded in the house one after another. According to the arrangement, they should go to clean up other houses immediately.

However, a soldier slipped while passing by, and a corner of the worn-out carpet was pulled away, revealing a secret door, and the sound of crying could be faintly heard from under the plank.

There was silence in the room—the soldiers looked at each other, the lieutenant walked over first, he was holding the gun, and the soldier next to him silently took out a grenade.

Sparse sunlight shone from the dilapidated roof, the lieutenant's face sank like water, the secret door was opened a crack, and his eyes met two pairs of small frightened eyes.

"do not move!"

He snapped sharply, not knowing whether it was to the children hiding inside, or to the soldiers who were about to throw mines.He let go of the lid and the soldiers around him hesitated.

"Our order is..." Someone wanted to remind the lieutenant, but Ivan snatched the words—"My order is to suppress all resistance!"

"Sir..."

"I know! You don't need to remind me!"

Ivan roared violently, he took a breath, and then said: "I will bear the responsibility, all of you, listen to me!"

"Because those gangsters are targeting the church, speed up my actions. Those who resist will die, and those who don't... Tell them to surrender."

After saying the last order, he seemed to be relieved as if he had no more concerns. He smirked for a while and said to himself: "There is still a difference between war and atrocities."

Looking back at the base, Li De and Olivia were listening to the communication of the defense forces. Hearing this, Olivia shook her head and said to Li De: "War is an atrocity. This lieutenant has done something for his conscience. There is a choice, but good intentions may not necessarily lead to good results.”

"Even if these children survived, they have already developed hatred for us. Even if the leader is kind, what else can we do? Brainwash them? I'm not sure if this is against the spirit of the new brotherhood, but it is different from your previous one. The orders given are contradictory."

Olivia added, but Li De showed a sly smile——

"Me? Who said it was me? That was the temporary command of the Second Base, an order from Ensger."

Chapter 120 Three Discoveries on the Pirate Ship

"Honestly, I smell conspiracy."

Olivia said so, it seems that this seems to deliberately provoke a conflict between the different ideas of the Black Hand and the Defense Force. In other words, the other young Olivia has already slashed over to kill the Brotherhood at this time, but this The person who is least likely to betray the Brotherhood in the world is its owner - Li Wei. Olivia did a lot of thinking for a moment, including that Li Wei is conducting a sociological experiment this time, and the target is the Defense Force. Soldier.

So, what's the point?

"General Olivia, how do you understand the war we are fighting?"

Li Wei said, but this time it is not a speaker, the communication between the two is conveyed through each other's consciousness.As a civilized species, the way of communication of human beings has lagged far behind its own technical level. Language is a carrier of information, and the interaction of voice will not exceed five bits per second. In the fraternity that needs to process a large amount of information Discussions on issues among leaders must analyze information to make judgments while obtaining information, and use time most efficiently.It is impossible for traditional humans, but as an individual of the "Rebirth" project, Olivia's body is fused with Li Li's prosthetic body, and her brain has long been enhanced by cyber technology.

Li Wei, Olivia, and Ensig are all like this, but Wu Wei is a different kind. He comes from the world of lone gunmen. In the fraternity's link data, this proves that to be the leader of the fraternity, the prerequisite is not to be human.

In Li Zhi's previous life, an author of "The Three-Body Problem" said: "It is impossible for a race that relies on primitive communication methods to become an interstellar civilization." I am glad that I am not in this category.

Back to reality, Li Wei didn’t mention the Defense Army. Instead, he talked to Olivia about the history, the history of war, from hot and cold weapons to the third Tiberium War, changes in the form of war, and the history of human beings. The ancient philosophy of war.

"The essence of the behavior of war is the competition for resources and interests. There is no distinction between right and wrong. On this basis, the pros and cons of the struggle have been summed up by human beings into detailed principles of war, a series of killing prisoners, biological and chemical weapons, and indiscriminate attacks. It comes from the fact that its consequences are too serious (retaliation), and the cost performance is too low to be banned, but it is covered with a layer of morality because of human nature. But war itself has no limits, as long as you can afford the price, how to do it It's your freedom."

Of course Olivia understands these things, but Li Zhi changed the subject and pointed out that these are the products of human struggles. The idea of ​​the Brotherhood is to protect human beings, but it does not mean that they will not fight other human forces in the future.This is where the problem of the Defense Force lies—this idea is too perfect. Since humans are to be protected, how do they aim their guns at humans?

The military is a machine of ruthless violence, but the soldiers are thinking beings, and this becomes a vexing contradiction.Although the memories of the clones have been corrected, they still come from the masters of their genetic samples—the group of GDI soldiers.They have accepted too many politically correct ideas and passed them on to the clones, and the last thing Li Xi needs are those old-age moral concepts, which are not conducive to him shaping new values.

In short, this is indeed a psychological experiment, in order to correct the naive humanism pervading in the defense forces. He also passed it on to Wu Wei, asking him to rectify people's hearts and establish his authority in the army as soon as possible. It is impossible for him to be the commander-in-chief of the defense force all the time.

Therefore, these cultists are the best materials to remind the defense forces of what human beings will degenerate into if they lose the correct guidance, and what kind of heavy responsibility they bear.

"Now you look like the villain in a third-rate movie, keen to manipulate people's hearts." Olivia complained, but she agreed very much, "Is human nature weak? If we don't manipulate people's hearts, people will have no belonging. Rather than letting it fall, it is better to leave it in our hands."

"The whole story of this incident will be recorded, and I'm going to give it to you, Olivia, for a well-arranged publicity, which will benefit us and not harm us." Li Wei said, and then suddenly remembered—"You Aren’t you building a religious order? Let those war orphans be handed over to you black hands. Although their parents are stained with sin, I believe you will establish correct values ​​for them.”

"Let these children sincerely wash away the sins of their parents? It's not difficult. I made arrangements even if you don't tell me." Then, the general joked, "I know the leader, you are not cruel enough to kill children, but since you I have already made an arrangement not to kill them all, that defense officer named Ivan, you really don’t want to execute him for disobedience, do you?”

Li Wei chuckled: "This matter, isn't it just for Wu Wei to establish his image in the army? Since 'Ensig' has issued an unreasonable order, as a general, Wu Wei should 'fight for reason' for his subordinates." , fight for leniency, don't you?"

In the center of the headquarters not far from the conversation between the two, Wu Wei looked at the materials that Li Wei passed on to him with some headaches, and smiled wryly: "Isn't this forcing me to become an actor?"

After saying that, he pressed his temple helplessly, and connected to the terminal network with the quantum sub-brain: "Dr. Ensger? I have something to ask you."

For Lieutenant Ivan, he didn't realize that he had become a pawn in the high-level plan. Now after he gave the order, he saw something different in the eyes of his brothers-a kind of Grateful, grateful to him for carrying this big pot for others, and now they don't have to bear the burden.

In fact, some people have long proposed to ask the command headquarters to inquire about the rationality of the order, but the mission is clearly written, and the political and military officers who supervised it did not speak. Many soldiers found that they were not ready to face reality.

But the black hands are already ready.

"What happened outside? The group of pirates came to attack?"

The believers chanted slogans fanatically, and made defensive arrangements around the church. This is the place where their holy father is. The saint who forgives their sins and gives them food and enlightenment must not be harmed by pagans!

But not everyone's beliefs are so firm, and soon various rumors spread among the crowd, some said that the orcs crossed the sea, and some said it was from the security forces, but everyone knew that their walls Breached - just a few minutes ago, the enemy was coming so hard that resistance was futile.

Many people were scared. They joined this sect just to save their lives in troubled times. It is better to eat people than to be eaten.But the retribution came suddenly, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while. Some people wanted to escape, and some tried to surrender after hearing the shouts of the defense forces. As a result, they clashed with fanatics and were shot dead on the spot as traitors.

As for their holy father, he was hastily putting on his clothes and running out of the hut at this time, while beckoning the people around him to step up their resistance.Someone handed the radio to him and asked him to encourage his people.

"Is the secret path ready? Are there any supplies?" He asked, and the guards nodded. These believers who followed him at the beginning enjoyed special treatment in his order, and they had already considered it beforehand. road.

Then the voice of the Holy Father sounded on the radio in the whole town-"My children, the end of war has come! Demons come from hell and destroy our walls, but they cannot destroy our faith! They cannot desecrate This sacred land, take up arms, for me, for your family, destroy them, faith will give you strength!"

The apostle raised his weapon and shot with a "bang", and the tweeter turned into a piece of scrap metal-the heretical words made them angry, and their disgust for this place increased a bit.

"Concentrate on your own business, monk!" said the leading black hand, he threw a paralyzing grenade, and the cultists covered their ears and yelled in pain where the sound wave swept, and then the high-pressure fluid sprayed out a cold The liquid hydrogen was ignited after being vaporized and mixed with oxygen at the nozzle. The fan-shaped flame covered the barricade and ignited the houses on the side. Under the high temperature, the cultists couldn't even keep screaming for a few seconds.

This is how they burned all the way, the black hand opened up a path of flames, and the apostles concentrated their fire forward.Unlike the defenders, they acted without delay and never stopped in one place for a second.

At this time, an apostle noticed the situation behind him and reported: "Miles, the defense forces are recruiting the cultists to surrender, and they violated the order!"

"They speeded up, as if they wanted to get ahead of us and control the church." Someone said angrily, "They want to hinder our actions, they are sympathizing with our enemies!"

The black hand nodded, seemingly unresponsive.The claws were fixed on the wall, and they nimbly climbed over the ten-meter-high house. The black-handed officer named Miles was always much faster than his subordinates. Interestingly, his legs were actually bionic machines.The former monk inherited the mantle of the mentor and became a commander in charge of his own affairs.

"We just need to do our own thing, monks, occupy the church, and eliminate all enemies." Myers said, "As for what the defense forces do, leave it to the generals and leaders to judge."

But there are still people who are not convinced: "But they want to protect those enemies, and they are like enemies. These defense forces are blatantly depraved!"

"Don't make judgments lightly. Only leaders are qualified to convict people. We only need to report truthfully." Myers said, "The same is true for the general's order. Our goal is the church, take it down, and leave the rest to the legion Command to decide."

After all, the apostles only had one team, and the order was so strange that one had to think a little bit more.But Miles chose to refuse to think, which is what his mentor taught him.

The so-called church was already in sight, and when their group of men in black slid down from the roof of the house, they were met with violent attacks from cultists from all directions.The defense here is the strongest, and fanatical believers launched a suicidal charge against them——

But the fire consumes everything, and the charging enemy is torn apart by the electric rifle.Cooperating with the infrasonic grenade, the Black Hands efficiently cleared their defenses. Many psychologically broken enemies put down their weapons and begged for life, so they soon joined their companions.

The black hands broke open the door of the church, and when they rushed into it, they only saw people kneeling all over the ground.There were men, women, and children. They prayed toward the podium in the center of the lobby, toward the empty stage.When the black hands broke in, screams resounded throughout the house, no one wanted to resist, desperate people tried to commit suicide, and more people begged for mercy from them, and told loudly that they were forced to do nothing.

"Sir, the target has escaped!"

The apostles quickly searched the scene, but there was no trace of any target.And the cries of hundreds of people on the field were so loud that even those as tough as a black hand couldn't help but feel a little bit tricky.

Miles looked at the crowd and shook his head: "What a depravity... They broke their bottom line, willing to do anything just for a chance to survive, even if it means losing human dignity."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and following his movements, the apostles raised their weapons to the crowd, ready to carry out their orders.

At this time, there were dense footsteps coming from outside the church. Black Hand turned his head and saw Lieutenant Ivan rushing to the steps of the church with a brigade of soldiers. He put it down.

"Stop it, black hands! I have evidence that not everyone here is involved in those crimes, the intelligence is wrong, the order must be reassessed!"

"Reassessment order?"

The black hand was stunned, and outside the beach not far away, the political officer Kaduo was also surprised by this information.According to the military regulations, the commander has the right to make some flexible responses according to the battle situation, but using this as a reason for disobedience and even questioning the order made Kaduo and him behind the scenes feel a little unbelievable.

To be honest, this is somewhat different from my own script, and the reason is not very good, but for this reason, the authorities must investigate the matter. Even if the lieutenant still has to be court-martialed, the nature of the incident has become somewhat ambiguous .

"We still underestimated the talent of human beings to take advantage of loopholes." Kado and Li Li behind the scenes muttered, but this was not enough to destroy their own arrangements, and the self-controlling doll Kado made an interesting discovery on the pirate's ship.

The pirate's ship is a converted torpedo boat, and the paint on the ship shows that it once belonged to the Navy of the Independent Republic-of course, this is not the point.The hull of this ship is dilapidated and patched everywhere. It seems to be dragged out of the ship cemetery. It is said to be a torpedo boat, but the torpedo tubes on both sides have long since disappeared, and there seems to be no torpedo in the ammunition compartment. what kind of goods.

Kado drew out the chainsaw sword, and with the harsh sound of metal cutting, the door lock was broken, and the heavy cabin door was kicked open by the guards, and a stench mixed with blood and excrement came over his face.

A soldier volunteered to go in to check. He turned on his headlights and put on his mask, but his exclamation was heard after a while.

"Someone!"

But after a while, his voice became weird: "A woman?"

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