Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 466 The unbearable weight of life

   Establish a substation? !

   It's perfectly fine to hold a formal ceremony for Lopez et al. to become members of the International Equality League.

After getting along for this period of time, they have completed the test of Lopez and others, recognized their revolutionary beliefs, and recognized that they are qualified to formally become comrades of the International Equality League, and become the comrades who work hard to make the world more beautiful. Part of a fighting organization.

  But the complexity of establishing a branch station is ten times or a hundred times more complicated than the conditions for joining an alliance.

   "Can this work..." Murphy was in no hurry to translate Verak's words to Lopez and the others.

"You're talking about the establishment of a substation." Verak seemed to have expected it, and explained calmly, "This is not a sudden decision. Before I proposed it, I had thought about it for several hours. That's right, Montrego is so chaotic that we have never been able to spread the idea of ​​​​revolution, but I never thought of relying on the five of them to take on all the functions of the sub-station."

   "It's just like planting a flag?" Murphy and Veraker have a certain tacit understanding.

"Yes, establishing a sub-station now is more like planting the flag of equality first." Verak liked this description very much, and he knew that Murphy completely understood his intentions, "In addition, it is also a symbol of our strengthening ties with them. No one knows how long it will take for us to come back, and they are more uncertain than us."

   "It makes them feel better, doesn't it?"

"Yes." Verak slowly put away the map, "Tell them the situation, and at the same time send a telegram to the main station, reporting the establishment of the sub-station, the verbal agreement with the Montrego City Guard Corps, and our return journey. "

   Murphy does.

  When they learned that Verac and the others were going to establish the Montrego sub-station of the International Equality League here before their departure, and that they would be the first members of the sub-station, the restless hearts of Lopez and others were really appeased.

  They know that they have fully integrated into this great organization, and Verac and others will definitely come back one day in the future, and they will continue to work hard for Montrego's brave new world.

  The terminus approved all the arrangements of Veraker, except for that, Keating did not make any remarks.

  Based on the familiarity between Veraker and Keating, it is not difficult for him to guess that Keating does not want to put any pressure on him and respects all his decisions.

   In a sense, acquiescence also means that the terminus really needs help, but Keating didn't take the initiative to propose it.

   As for what help the three of them can provide when they go back, it is unknown.

   But even if it is a spiritual reliance, there is a reliance between each other, and it is worth the trip to face those life-and-death crises together.

After lunch, Verac held a formal membership ceremony for Lopez, De, Obrador, Yanez, and Muskiz, and approved the five as the vice-chairman of the International League for Equality. A member of the International Equality League.

   Then presided over the establishment ceremony of the humble Montrego sub-station of the International Equality League, appointed five people as the first members of the sub-station, and Lopez temporarily served as the deputy station chief of the sub-station.

   During the rest of the time, Verak planned the work of the five people in the next few months, and Murphy simply taught De, who was the fastest learner, how to receive and send telegrams.

   How to translate the code cannot be accomplished overnight. Even Murphy himself needs to use the special code comparison book between the sub-stations of the International Equality League to translate. It will take quite a while for De to really master this skill.

   After arranging and handing over the miscellaneous work, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

  Villac, Murphy, and Connie packed up their few luggage, and were escorted by the five of them to the outer city railway station.

   "Okay, let's go back." After buying the earliest train ticket to the westernmost part of Montrego, Murphy said to the five people.

   "We will watch you go in." Lopez and others did not turn around and leave.

   "Let's go." All the instructions that should be given have been given. Verak didn't hesitate, and patted the shoulders of the five people one by one as if sharing a heavy responsibility, "See you at dawn."

   "We are waiting for good news from the terminal," Lopez said.

"How do you say 'we will win in the end' in Montrego?" Verac, who was about to turn around, stopped and asked Murphy to help translate. Lego said, "We will win in the end."

   "We will win!"

   "We will win!"

"goodbye."

"goodbye!"

  Boarding the train and actually starting the return journey, Verak calculated for the first time how long he had been away from Lezein this time.

  If the next journey is included, he has been out for less than five months this time.

  Five months, much shorter than he imagined.

  He exaggeratedly thought that he would be able to return to Laizein after many, many years, but the expected result did not deviate——Laizein and Brecy changed their appearance again.

  The train started, and the scene outside the window rushed backwards.

   Verak, who was staring outside, suddenly felt that all this was like a dream.

  What did you do on this trip? It seems to have done something, but it seems to have done nothing.

  Laizein is really a magical place. It not only completely changed his life, but also tied him down forever, so that no matter how far he went, he could return after a short period of time.

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  Seventeen days later

  November 11

With the secret support of their comrades, Verac, Murphy, and Connie, who traveled across the United States of Dunman and returned to Brisey, directly entered the control area of ​​the International Equality League by car, and returned to the city by train as quickly as possible. Arrived at Laizein - an international metropolis that began to permeate the atmosphere of war a few days ago.

  During the past seventeen days, another strong earthquake broke out in the world.

Abroad, the Pruman Empire is pressing harder and harder in the Karen Sea. In order to preserve its strength, the weakened Kingdom of Wellland has repeatedly borne it and was reluctant to cooperate with it because it was worried about losing the war again and further losing its international influence. large-scale conflict broke out.

  But the Pruman Empire did not stop at the first sight. While the Karen Sea continued to expand, it surprised its western neighbor, the Lombard Empire, at lightning speed.

  In just two weeks, three-fifths of the Lombard Empire fell.

The Bash Empire also took advantage of the situation and increased its control over the Nile Empire. Regardless of international condemnation, it directly interfered in the internal affairs of the Nile Empire and turned this ancient civilization into its own "resource factory". The sea area controlled by the Kingdom of Welland advances.

  The two parties that broke the myth of the undefeated navy of the Welland Kingdom not long ago, like a sickle, continued to compress the patience of the Welland Kingdom from both sides, and they wanted to 'dismember' the world hegemon and reshape the world pattern visible to the naked eye.

Apart from them, due to the severe cold that has not been seen in more than ten years, the offensive among the warlords has slowed down in Montrego, and has entered a precious period of stability; The Trian Empire is back in a tense situation.

  As for Bresi, the battle between the International Equality League and the government forces has taken a turn for the worse.

  The news of the successive deaths of Boyne and Morais undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the International Equality League. The government forces pretended to be ignorant in advance, and secretly shifted the main force, which also caught the Equality Army on the front line by surprise.

  Afterwards, although Joseph calmly dispatched troops and paid huge sacrifices to regain the lost line of defense, he still did not reverse the situation. He only bought half a month for the rear to move or find a solution.

And then, just a few days ago, due to heavy losses and multiple sections of the defense line being breached, the government troops had already marched straight in. After careful deliberation, Keating, the new chairman of the International Equality Alliance, issued an order to request the Equality Army to retreat. , Shrink the line of defense.

  The International Equality Alliance has completely fallen into a passive position, and the nearest government army is only 300 kilometers away from Laizein.

  Why is this happening?

   Verac figured this out on the last part of the way back to Laizein.

  The International Equality League is no longer in the dark, so it has the same weakness as the government army.

  In the past, they were good at using infiltration and assassination tactics to obtain the maximum harvest and cause the maximum damage at the minimum cost.

   Now the government army has learned this too and is doing a better job than the International Equality League.

  In more than half a month, many director-level comrades of the International Equality League were assassinated, and as many people as sacrificed betrayed the revolution. It can also be said that these people never really participated in the revolution.

   All in all, under the double blow of assassination and betrayal, the front line is crumbling, and the rear is jittery.

   Gradually, Verak realized that he was wrong.

  He said during the final negotiations with casino owner Gonzalez in Montrego that this crisis was not ranked among the top three critical events in their revolutionary history.

   Now it seems that this is undisputed. It is the biggest crisis that the International Equality League has encountered. It is a weakness that will inevitably be magnified after it grows rapidly and becomes a behemoth that can effectively deter government forces.

  Out of the train station, looking at the scene of Laizein, Verak couldn't help sighing.

   Today's Laizein is even more depressed than when they just overthrew the Bresi government. The breath of war floated over early, blended into the air, was inhaled by everyone, and spread like a virus, eventually causing people to become depressed and lose their vitality.

   "Comrade Verac, please get in the car." The person in charge of taking the three of Verak to the Equality Building was the sheriff who picked up Morais some time ago.

   "Are they all over there?" Returning to this familiar place, Verak couldn't feel the slightest joy.

  Government forces are approaching unstoppably.

  The former leaders Boyne and Morais passed away one after another.

   This land is a little cold and strange.

   "Yes, they are all waiting for you." The sheriff said, "However...Chairman Keating has specially instructed that if you want to visit Comrade Boyne and Comrade Morais first, it is also possible."

   As expected of a teacher who has trained himself to where he is today.

   Keating considered precisely what Verak wanted to do when he returned.

  Villac wanted to go to the Equality Building to discuss countermeasures with everyone, but after struggling for a while, the words came out of his mouth and changed into "Let's go and see Boyne and Morais".

"There is one more thing that Chairman Keating specifically instructed me to tell you as soon as possible." Before getting into the car, the sheriff said again, "Your dear friend, Nord, who is the company commander of the 4th Infantry Division of the Equal Army. Comrade, killed during the retreat a week ago."

  Verak, who was about to open the door, finally put his hands on the car body: "...how did he die?"

The magistrate took a deep breath and said, "We have very few military doctors, and we can't properly treat a large number of wounded. Comrade Nord has been hiding his injuries in order to give limited medical resources to comrades in his company. Until I fell down and couldn't breathe..."

Verak wanted to say, "Hasn't he thought about himself?! He is obviously wounded himself! His wife is still pregnant!", but reason told him that such words are the biggest insult to Nord's behavior, and it is still After struggling for a while, only half a sentence remained on the edge of his mouth: "Do you know the situation of Comrade Catherine?"

   "Chairman Keating asked me to tell you that he wanted Comrade Catherine to recuperate, but he was rejected. Comrade Catherine is currently working in a relatively safe field hospital."

   "No—"

   "Comrade Nord's body was sent back, and like Comrade Boyne and Comrade Morais, he was buried in the Revolutionary Cemetery." The sheriff seemed to have learned from Keating the answers to all the questions Verac wanted to ask.

   "Verak." Murphy, as one of the first people to deal with Verac and Nord, knows that Nord's sacrifice may have a much greater impact on Verac than the sacrifice of Boyne and Morais.

   That's Verac's best brother.

  He said that when he was ignorant and ignorant, he had two close friends. One named Nord, one named Dempsey.

   Nord envied the life of the rich and powerful, but Dempsey dismissed it.

Later, they came to Laizein together from the remote city of Tswald. In just a few days, Dempsey was eroded by material desires and became the kind of person he hated the most. He always looked forward to nobles Nord, who lives in life, sticks to his humanity and friendship.

   It was then that Veraker became sober.

  He was almost pulled into the vortex of desire by the power, and he understood that some things are more important than wealth and status-this includes friendship, that is, Nord.

   Later, Verak, who was pulled by Nord, was reborn from prison, and he also pulled Nord when he returned to Lazein.

  The two brothers looked at each other and were truly alive, and had a great cause worth fighting for a lifetime.

   Nord also has his own happiness. He is married and is about to become a father.

  Brave new world awaits someone like him.

  The concern of the sheriff, Murphy, and Connie became blurred, as if it came from underwater, or it might actually be Verak who sank into the water.

  He thought of the night before he left Lazein, and the night before Nord got married, he had a long conversation with Nord.

   They talked a lot.

  It seemed that Nord knew at that time that he was only one step away from sacrifice, so he said everything to Verak from the bottom of his heart.

  Verak did know that it was probably the last time they met alive.

  (end of this chapter)