Chapter 188, They are all mine from the beginning
The farce ended with Crocker's arrest.
According to Jason Morgan, this is a farce.
Morgan could only say that what Crocker Jr. said before the committee was nonsense.
Can the struggle method that guy mentioned be implemented?
It can be done, but there are conditions.
First of all, there must be external support. Otherwise, if you do something out of thin air and you don’t have any resources at hand, how can you do it? Let people follow the strike, and the struggle must continue while the principal is absconding and hiding, so that people have to eat and have a way out.
Of course, Little Crocker was not unprepared for this. During subsequent interrogation, he admitted that he had connections with Blackbird Heavy Industries.
But Jason Morgan scoffed.
Blackbird Heavy Industries is tens of thousands of miles away, providing supplies to support the resistance movement in the Beiqinggu area? Not only is the distance as simple as that, but the terrain gap in between is also huge. From Beiqing Valley to the west of the mainland, you have to cross mountains and ridges and cross the Western Desert, which is impossible to pass. Serious trade routes must be taken away from the Central Bank, which is directly controlled by the alliance.
Not to mention the transportation capacity and cost, the alliance is not blind, so it can't be that easy.
Moreover, external support is only one of them.
The key to the success or failure of the resistance movement envisioned by Crocker Jr. was whether it could gain the support of local residents.
If you want to hide it, you have to be able to hide it. Not to mention whether these landlords can endure hardship, even if they can endure hardship, people have to eat and have a roof over their heads.
If the alliance under Governor Gu is a cruel regime that has made the people miserable and resentful; if Crocker and all the manor owners are the reincarnations of Bodhisattva, they used to be very kind to the farmers and uncles under their rule. With me, Every bite you eat is indispensable for you...
If that's the case, there's still room for them to engage in resistance movements. If the four million people in the Beiqinggu area support them, they can really hide, and they can continue to stir up trouble and mobilize the masses to resist.
What happened to the bloody crackdown? Kill the leaders, and new ones will emerge; kill a group of people, and new ones will emerge. The more repression, the more hatred and resistance.
But that's not the problem.
The large number of refugees in the Qinggu area are almost dying. It was the alliance that set up a mutual aid association and moved refugees to the Twin Cities in batches; those who had not yet been relocated were at least given food to eat, no matter where the food came from. In short, the civil affairs officers of the alliance were constantly trying to increase their presence; come on There is treatment for the disease...
The militia group was also formed with the help of the alliance's military observers. It used arms assisted by the alliance to ensure the safety of one side.
In the past, the manor owners could not be described as cruel, but they could not be described as kind either.
Four million people in Qinggu are waiting to queue up for a spot in the Shuangcheng area. Who will listen to you and engage in resistance movements?
Hidden? Someone reported it every minute, and if it changed hands, he might get a reward and become a city citizen.
Moreover, not even talking about things that far away, little Crocker dreamed that he was the chairman of a mutual aid association, but he couldn't even control the mutual aid association.
When Jason Morgan came from the manor next door, he really came alone. When we arrived at the gate of Crocker Manor, the door opened by itself. I randomly grabbed a captain of the militia regiment who was standing guard and asked him where Crocker was. He hesitated for a while and then showed him the way.
When we arrived at the door of the conference hall, many militiamen were guarding the entrance with live ammunition. A group of people blocked the door, but they were hesitant. Jason Morgan walked directly inside without saying a word. His rifle was crossed in front of him to block the way, so he just pushed away. As a result, none of the militiamen came up to use violence against him.
Even after walking over, he turned around and called out, in the name of the alliance, the captains who were guarding the door looked at each other for a few times, and actually led people to follow him into the conference hall.
When Little Crocker was arrested and dragged out, he felt that Jason Morgan had already planned it. He had placed people in his manor in advance and was ready to take action at this time.
In all conscience, Jason Morgan really didn’t have any manpower deployed.
He heard the news, came here, and then all the militiamen surrendered. What should we do?
In other words, is there a possibility: From the beginning to the end, there are no people of yours, but from the beginning, these people are all my people?
At this level, it's almost enough to do non-violent non-cooperation resistance movements and gain bargaining capital with the alliance...
Jason Morgan's evaluation of Crocker is that he is a young man who has taken over the assets of his predecessors, has great ambitions but no actual ability, only dreams of big dreams, and is seriously out of touch with reality.
Of course, Jason Morgan didn't kill Crocker.
House arrest or imprisonment is enough. If someone is really guilty in the future, it will be tried by the Alliance Court, and he will not do this job.
In the conference hall, the other so-called members of the mutual aid association woke up as if they were dreaming when they saw Little Crocker being dragged out by people who were supposed to be his trusted subordinates.
Let alone those who were quite sober and felt that Little Crocker was going crazy. Other people who were really moved by Little Crocker's speech and who did not want to lose their wealth and initiative, I was really silent at this moment.
The rebellion from the militia group... no, it cannot be said to be a rebellion. From the beginning to the end, people have given a higher priority to obeying the alliance officials than obeying the mutual aid committee members.
If the armed forces are not obedient, what is there to say?
Now, they can only be thankful that when Little Crocker was talking nonsense just now, Jason Morgan came before they had time to start making noises. Otherwise, how embarrassing would it be now?
Fortunately, Jason Morgan did not pursue this matter further.
Through the committee meeting convened by Crocker Jr., he incidentally turned the topic to how to ensure the subsequent support of the Union army, including the material supplies required by the militia regiments that were assembled to receive unified deployment.
The Central Group Army moving south has a total of seven divisions and brigade-level units with more than 50,000 regular soldiers; the militia group in the North Qinggu area will have a size of about 150,000. Relevant material supply is a major issue. We must plan supply teams, distribute vehicles, repair roads, and prepare materials...
It's just a matter of forehead.
Jason Morgan no longer paid attention to the episode caused by Little Crocker. How to deal with the follow-up work was his biggest concern.
The committee members spoke enthusiastically and made suggestions one by one. One says how much food I can provide, the other says how many workers I can mobilize to build roads; the other says my manor can be used as a rally point, the other says my manor is suitable as a material distribution hub...
After their minds became clear, the committee members became activists one by one.
As Mr. Morgan himself said, everyone must show appropriate loyalty.
So our current loyalty is quite absolute!
However, their 'loyalty' was soon tested again.
A militia captain broke in from outside.
He was hesitant at first when he looked at the situation at the scene, but Jason Morgan asked him to speak directly, so he spoke directly about the situation.
It turned out that the patrol outside sent back an alarm that a large wave of aberrations was about to attack Crocker Manor.
I don't know if it was a coincidence or something, but these monsters came at the right time. The northern area of Qinggu is relatively rarely affected by the wave of aberrations, but it is not untouched. The main habitat of this monster is the forest.
The dense wilderness that covers almost the entire Daqinggu area extends in all directions. And those mutated monsters grow in the forest, grow stronger in the forest, and also attack outside through the forest.
In the Qinggu area, when dealing with the intrusion of the wave of aberrant monsters, there is no distinction between the rear and the front. As long as you are at the edge of the forest, or not too far away from the forest, you are in danger.
The Qinggu area is said to have a population of tens of millions, but in a land of more than six million square kilometers, with such a small number of people... it can really be called a vast area and sparsely populated area. Except for the dots of plantations and the roads connecting them, most of the other areas are basically wilderness, places that humans are unable to touch.
It is normal for a wave of aberrations to appear out of nowhere.
In the conference hall, the committee members who had just expressed their loyalty one by one and showed how loyal they were were all silent.
Someone murmured: "How about... evacuating first? The defense of Crocker Manor is still good, but we people staying here can't help much. Why don't we go back to our homes first? The militia group will work hard to Crocker Manor will wait until support arrives, and then work together to repel this wave?"
If someone takes the lead, others will follow:
"Yes, yes, Mr. Morgan, you don't have to stand firm here. Let's withdraw together first..."
Jason Morgan just raised his hand: "Gentlemen, gentlemen."
After two calls in a row, everyone calmed down.
He continued: "We are not going anywhere today, we are here. Our work is not over yet. Little Crocker has created an opportunity for us. It is not easy to gather such a full committee meeting. We must take advantage of this opportunity." opportunity to finalize some of the next work. Otherwise, it will be a bit difficult to gather everyone together next time.”
After a pause, he continued: "As for the enemy we will face next... we must fully believe in the militia we have formed. I am full of confidence in the defense status of Crocker Manor."
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"We will never let our soldiers face the enemy alone. We must stand with them. This is also our way of showing loyalty to the Governor. I believe everyone is unswerving in this."< br>
"Am I right?"
Everyone was silent.
If you want to die, why would you take us with you?
That's a wave of aberrations!
We all heard the news that the captain came to report just now!
At least more than 100,000 monsters are coming!
How many militiamen were there at Crocker Manor? This is indeed the headquarters of the mutual aid association. There are also two refugee camps nearby, with more than half a million people living in the surrounding area. But despite this, the entire Beiqinggu area is still too big. One hundred thousand militiamen are stationed separately, and the current number of nearby militiamen can only support ten thousand. And the militia at Crocker Manor does not exceed five thousand!
Facing a wave of hundreds of thousands of aberrant monsters, it is difficult to stop it even with walls!
Generally speaking, when encountering this kind of situation, let the militiamen hold on, then evacuate the personnel, and then continuously mobilize forces from the surrounding areas to deal with it.
If we really can't hold it... we can evacuate as many people as we can. If we give up here, we give up.
Otherwise, what else can be done?
Why is Jason Morgan so crazy that he wants to stay here?
Morgan didn't bother to explain to them.
Crocker Manor and the two surrounding refugee camps, with a combined population of half a million people, are densely populated areas in the North Green Valley area. It's easy to evacuate and evacuate people. What is the concept of 500,000 people? Where can it be easily evacuated?
These people are just cowards.
Can the current militia be the same as their old concept? After receiving military assistance from the alliance, their firepower was much stronger than the armed forces they had formed themselves.
There is no need to worry too much.
He continued to host meetings and arrange work.
This working meeting will not be short in duration and cannot be completed in a few hours. At night, everyone went to rest with a lot of thoughts. It is estimated that they will continue to drive the next day.
It only takes two or three days to finalize the whole thing.
However, by the next morning, something started to go wrong.
In one morning, the front line of defense lost two lines in a row.
This even forced Jason Morgan to temporarily interrupt the committee meeting and let the committee members discuss on their own first. He took a military observer who had just arrived from the army last night to discuss the situation on the front line. .
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be penetrated so easily.
However, the explanation by the military observer made Jason Morgan, a semi-military blind, understand a little bit about the seriousness of the current situation.
"...This cluster of aberrations cannot be viewed from the scattered perspective. In addition to being huge in number, there are many advanced variants among them."
"If they were just ordinary abscess monsters, they would be easy to deal with; but there are a very large number of abscess squirters among them, and there is a super-heavy one that is more than three meters tall and has its lower body wriggling like rotten worms. The monster is positioned like a biological artillery, with a shooting distance of more than ten kilometers. Frontal bombing will bring extremely strong corrosiveness. Even if no one is corroded to death, the bombed area will not be able to stand for the time being, which brings great consequences to our defense line. had a great impact.”
"There has also appeared a large biochemical hound with a body length of more than one and a half meters. It is very fast and can spit out corrosive pus. In close combat, it is very difficult for the militia to fight against it."
After hearing this, Jason Morgan had a headache.
He thought for a moment and said: "I want to go to the front line to have a look."
"Okay." The military observer took him to the front line.
Of course, it was not too close to the front line. It was about two kilometers away from the third front line that was currently exchanging fire. He saw the tragic scene with his telescope.
Within half an hour, at least three hundred militiamen were killed or wounded.
Obviously, this line of defense cannot hold it anymore.
Jason Morgan couldn't continue watching. He was pulled into the car by the military observer and ran backwards.
He didn't stop until he reached the fourth line of defense.
This was the last line of defense outside Croke Hall, consisting of trenches, foxholes, and small forts built with sandbags. Further back is the manor wall.
Morgan was feeling heavy now.
Damn it, you just boasted about your awesomeness and now you really want to do something big, right?
(End of chapter)