Chapter 12 Retreat Process
While Dawu and his commando were marching in the forest, Commander Andrew, who was responsible for strategic retreat in the rear, was in trouble.
Now it is the resettlement of tens of thousands of refugees. Obviously, they were able to obtain enough food and good housing conditions and were unwilling to leave Laroche City. The effect of Major Famei's persuasion was not effective. Many people publicly expressed their refusal to obey the arrangements and retreated from Laroche City to the plains dozens of Falls. The priests' methods did not work either. Although they nodded that all plans were God's will and should not be violated, the refugees hiding in the room rarely responded. From morning to noon, five hours passed, and the mobilization of Major Famei and the priests was that less than one-third of the people cooperated with the command of the legion and took the initiative to evacuate the city of Laroche City with their families. At this speed, the residents of the city were unable to reach the predetermined place. So Major Famei had no choice but to trouble General Andrew.
Standing on the wall and watching Lieutenant Colonel Dawu and his group leave, Andrew was worried about the safety of the commando. After all, this military adventure plan was easy and it was not difficult to analyze the implementation, but the risks were still unpredictable to complete the task successfully. When Major Farmey reported the news that most of the refugees were unwilling to transfer to Commander Andrew, the mountain general did not say a word, but just asked someone to call Lieutenant Colonel Xiade and his military police.
In the central square, General Andrew ordered Lieutenant Colonel Xiade to randomly draw 50 people from those refugees who were unwilling to retreat voluntarily and take them collectively to the inner city wall, which is the execution place where deserters and profiteers were executed. Andrew faced the announcement of the crowd coming to watch the "performance": If the families of those who were taken to the wall do not ask to retreat voluntarily after he finished reading the 10th, his relatives would be executed in public. When the general reached 4th, all the families of the detained persons came forward to express their obedience to General Andrew's arrangements, and Andrew also kept his promise and released all 50 people.
The second time, the military police arrested 50 people, and immediately led 500 people to evacuate voluntarily;
The third time, after the arrest of the person began, another 5,000 people took the initiative to express their obedience to the arrangement;
Before the fourth operation of the military police was carried out, all the remaining refugees carried their bags, bags and small bags, and left Laroche City with their old and young, preparing to move to the position designated by General Andrew.
The performance lasted only less than 15 minutes, but the efficiency was amazing. During this process, although Lieutenant Colonel Xiade's military police arrested many people, none of them were executed on the spot.
Afterwards, Major Farmey, who had an expression of infinite respect, asked General Andrew if the refugees insisted on refusing to retreat when facing the misfortune of his relatives being executed, they would still refuse to retreat.
Andrew just smiled mysteriously without giving any answer.
Only 100 years later, when Marshal Andrew's descendants sorted out his relics, they found a diary written by Andrew, who had long turned yellow, and learned from it the true thoughts of the commander-in-chief of the Wandai Legion at that time.
“March 24, sunny
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The refugee retreat plan was not going well, and only less than one-third of the people took the initiative to obey the Legion's operation arrangements for the whole morning.
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When Major Famey reported this to me, I was worried about Dawu's safety. When I heard this bad news, I was extremely angry, and only showed it in my actions, not in words and expressions.
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The performance of Lieutenant Colonel Xiade's gendarmerie was very effective. After only 15 minutes, all the refugees rolled up their bedding and began to retreat in an orderly manner.
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Afterwards, Major Farmey asked me if I would really shoot. I just smiled and didn't answer, but in my mind, I had already prepared to kill 500 people. Fortunately, it was the timid refugees who compromised first to avoid another blood-stopping incident.
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I, Andrew himself, is just a commander who pursues results, and never considers the process of acting. In my eyes, those refugees are just a group of pitiful people and are not worthy of my sympathy. If it were not for the interests of the war, even if they were to create a Toulonian massacre again, they would have no choice.
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History is always written by the winner. Maybe I can’t change history, but I can create history with strength.
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Since this diary was written in simplified Chinese, it took a full three years for later generations to fully translate it. During this period, it recorded a large number of major events that Marshal Andrew's life was almost known and his own views on the incident, analysis and inner monologue. Even if the incident changed 100 years later, these contents could not be published in Andrew's fifth-generation great-grandson burned this precious diary with his own hands, making all the past happen.
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The property of the church was carried out in a secret process, and the participants were the angels of Father Benier and General Andrew's most trusted guard camp. Andrew was still in charge of the command, happily watching the carts of valuables after carriages of valuables being transported to the carriage covered with black cloth.
According to the agreement reached with the angels, half of the things in front of him were to be returned to the Church of the Republic, half of the other half belonged to the angel organization of Father Benier, and the remaining quarter was his own. When he thought of this, the greedy Andrew was so happy that he even drooled down.
Alas, it is a pity that this era has not invented powerful glue, which can sweep all the precious murals in the church, just like the Swedes in the Dunhuang Grottoes. At the same time, in his heart, he was eagerly looking forward to the old butler Sandro coming over quickly so that the shrewd Jewish merchants can evaluate and auction the war for themselves.
It seemed that all happiness was always very short. Before his greed thoughts naturally faded, Lieutenant Colonel Xia De, who was in charge of the military police, hurried over to report to the general. The soldiers of the army complained and complained when they received the order to retreat. Although it was not revealed directly, during the transfer process, many people deliberately delayed the time and their resistance began to spread. The military police arrested many of the soldiers who delayed the retreat time on the charge of inciting trouble and detained the Military Law Department. The purpose of Xia De came here was to get General Andrew's actions instructed to follow the method of treating refugees and kill a warning to a hundred people.
Hearing this, Andrew, who was mentally prepared, was completely in a good mood and was no longer in mind. He no longer cared about the large amount of treasures that he could not be held in the car. At the same time, he also scolded the military judge who was like Mu Yu's head.
What kind of refugees are? It is impossible to fight with them. It is not surprising that they threaten or kill a group of people. They just continue to provide them with food and shelter afterwards, and they will reappear in their hearts. What's more, the infinite piety of religion requires the priests to cooperate with themselves to play a few tricks. Even if Andrew becomes a saint, they can accept it.
The officers all graduated from military academy, and unconditional obeying superiors' orders is their excellent virtue. But soldiers are different. They are just tools in war, and good tools require careful training and careful care in daily life. If one is not handled well, it is likely that the gun will cause fire to hurt themselves. There are many painful lessons in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.
Thinking of this, Andrew did not blame his military judge in language. It was rare that he had such a loyal subordinate. He just ordered Xia De to take him to the Military Law Office immediately so that the commander could handle the matter himself.
When they arrived at the Military Law Office, Andrew had already found that there were many soldiers spontaneously gathering in front of his door. They all looked angry. The military police had just arrested 50 of their brothers. Seeing the general coming, the onlookers made way, but there was less cheers from the day before yesterday. Everyone looked at the commander and was speechless.
After jumping off the horse, Andrew's first thing when he entered the room was to untie the 50 arrested soldiers one by one, and spoke kindly, and sent them to the middle of his comrades outside. The general's move immediately won warm applause among the soldiers. When the applause was there, the cheers did not appear, which was because the soldiers still did not understand General Andrew's order to retreat.
Alas, there is no more useful weapon than a propaganda slogan. Andrew sighed in his heart and ordered people to carry a table, and climb up again just like the day before yesterday, because General Shanyue's speech began again.
"Soldiers, warriors of the Republic, Andrew faces you again!
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It is understandable that the military police are performing their duties, and you must obey the orders of the Legion and evacuate the city of Laroche within the prescribed time.
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For some reason, I cannot announce the reason for the retreat, but I want to tell you that all this process is for victory, yes, victory, the final victory!
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The soldiers who heard this began to stir up and talked about each other privately. Andrew knew that the last fire was missing, and he asked loudly:
"Do you trust General Andrew in the name of revolution?"
The onlookers stopped talking and looked at the commander in front of them. They saw a strong and confident face.
"I trust you, general!" The first soldier expressed his opinion.
"I trust you, general!" The second soldier made his statement.
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"We trust you, General!" All the soldiers expressed their opinions.
"Okay, since everyone trusts me, the commander will order you to firmly obey the Legion's orders and let the cheers answer your decision!" Andrew issued the final order.
"Long live the general!"
"Long live the Wandai Legion!"
"Long live the Republic"
At the cheers of the crowd, Andrew took off his hat and waved it frequently towards the crowd, as if he had won another battle.
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With coaxing and deceiving, and threats, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Laroche finally retreated to the Brittany Plain as planned as the original plan. The huge Laroche City is now empty. In his tent, Andrew reviewed the future combat deployment for the third time and was about to go to bed. He found that it was 3 a.m. It was the time when Lieutenant Colonel Dawu's commando completed the mission successfully and returned victoriously.
In a few hours, Andrew will meet two people, one of the future great men, who will change the entire history of Latin America; while the other is not famous, it will add a touch of ink to Andrew's legendary life...
Chapter completed!