Alien Empire Total War

Far from the town of Beddos, the commander of the Second Brigade, Harvey Berrin, was standing on a hill far from town, unaware that he and his army had become the center of attention for the royal family and new nobles. , holding a monocular to observe the mob in town.

"Baden, it seems that the mob didn't build fortifications after occupying the town, and they carelessly exposed the defenseless streets to our army's attack route. It's ridiculous."

Brigadier General Berrin said, and handed the monocular to the adjutant who was standing half a meter behind him. After the latter took the telescope, he suggested:

"General, then we can directly launch a charge and defeat the mob entrenched inside in one fell swoop to recover the town."

"Heh, I think it only takes a few cannons to fire into the town, and the rabble will be defeated by themselves." Belleland said disdainfully, but he was not prepared to do so, and instead asked: "Baden, When will the troops deployed in and out of the town be in place?"

"Just ten minutes ago, General," the adjutant replied.

"Okay, then sound the horn of attack, surround all the mob, and I will annihilate them all!"

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"The third battalion, advance!"

"Destroy all the mob, for the king!"

When the attack bugle of the Second Brigade was blown, the mob squatting in the town was horrified to find that they had been surrounded by the kingdom's army. They were just a mob instigated by some people. At first, people just came with the purpose of taking the opportunity to grab a wave. After killing the mayor and the sheriff, most people saw that the situation was not good and ran away, and the rest who stayed here were either lucky. People, or diehards.

And they are obviously not the opponents of the elite Kingdom Army. Watching countless soldiers in blue and blue uniforms marching neatly towards the town, the mob who stayed behind suddenly panicked, and some of them hurriedly took advantage of the chaos to hide in all directions. The alleys pretend to be civilians, and the few gunmen who **** the weapons of the town's militiamen roam the streets like headless flies.

The gunmen quickly became targets for the line of infantry entering the town, and within an hour of a spate of sporadic gunfire, the 2nd Brigade occupied the town and took the surrendering mobs and the locals. The deserters confessed by the residents were all driven to the square in the center of the town.

Like many of the soldiers, Charlie thought they only needed to string the prisoners back to Ankerton with twine, but they were surprised by the order from Brigadier General Berland.

"According to His Majesty's order, the leader of the riot will be taken away, and the rest of the mob participating in the riot will be shot on the spot!"

The expressionless messenger turned and left after conveying his superior's order. Some unacceptable Charlie looked at Captain Doyle. The soul of the twenty-first century from civilization made him resist the order to shoot the prisoners of war - if it was Even if the Japanese invaders were shot and executed for all their crimes, these nominally mob people only rose up to resist the oppression.

Captain Doyle didn't pay any attention to Charlie's emotions. He also looked at the kneeling prisoners of war with a blank expression. After the soldiers who came forward to check out the instigator hiding inside, he took a deep breath, and then Order the soldiers to raise their guns with the other captains of the company.

"Everyone has it, raise your gun!"

Swish—

"Aim—"

When the prisoners found that the soldiers were raising their guns at them, they suddenly became agitated. Some of them shouted loudly, and then almost all of them stood up and looked at the soldiers raising their guns with despair.

Facing their gazes, Charlie only felt his scalp tingle, and some of the soldiers in the company began to make noise. Most of them were recruits who had been drafted to defend their homeland and the country before going on the battlefield. The Okalos were transferred back to the capital after fighting, and now their first mission is to slaughter unarmed prisoners.

Or their compatriots!

The officers didn't have the soldiers' concerns, they yelled at the soldiers who didn't dare to shoot. Captain Doyle kicked a soldier with weak legs, and yelled at him: "The opposite is the thugs who resisted the king. , don't show mercy to them, shoot!"

Under the curses and reprimands of the officers, the soldiers had no choice but to raise their weapons again, point the muzzle at the prisoners, and pull the trigger—

When the last mob captive fell to the ground, the whole town square was filled with pungent gunpowder smoke and a strong smell of blood. Charlie looked numbly at the slaughterhouse that was almost bleeding into a river. Jue reacted - there is no Geneva Convention or humanitarianism in this world. In the eyes of those who master force, human life is just a series of cold numbers.

At this moment, Captain Doyle walked to Charlie's side, raised his hand and patted his shoulder heavily, pulling Charlie's thoughts back.

Charlie looked up at him, Doyle's face was full of tiredness, and he said, "Cross, if I remember correctly, you were transferred to be my second lieutenant last May."

"Yes, sir. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com." Charlie nodded in agreement, not knowing what his intentions were.

"I know that officers like you who have just graduated from the military academy are reluctant to shoot prisoners of war, but this is something you have to endure and get used to when you become a mature commander." He said, his eyes drifted not far away The pale-faced second lieutenant, who is said to have just graduated from the military academy and took to the battlefield for the first time, was assigned to take over the vacancy left by Charlie's promotion.

Charlie didn't speak, he looked at Doyle quietly, the latter was silent for a few seconds, and continued: "Clos, sometimes killing prisoners of war is also a necessary choice. After a big war, the prisoners left by the enemy are usually tricky. If we don't properly place them, they threaten us like dynamite that could explode at any time, so we'll just have to deal with them on the spot when necessary - fix this problem once and for all."

Charlie nodded, he understood the truth, if it were him, he would have given this order without hesitation - thinking of this, he suddenly felt that he had a double standard, why he could order soldiers to shoot enemy prisoners of war without hesitation, And what about the unacceptable shooting of these mob prisoners?

"And the mob in front of you, shooting them on the spot can effectively deter other outlaws who are just around the corner, Cross, I hope you can understand this, you are still very young, and you still have a long way to go in the future. Go, maybe you will give the same order as His Majesty the King in the future." Doyle boldly predicted.

After he finished speaking, the corners of his mouth twitched, he pulled out a bitter smile, and continued to talk to Charlie: "When we return to Ankerton, I have a hunch that this kind of thing will continue to happen, but our enemy is very likely into angry civilians..."