It was sunny on the afternoon of August 23rd in the Julian calendar.
Because, on this day, Bill 108, submitted by President Bullard personally, finally passed the House and Senate after half a month of open and covert fighting.
This is an important day for the newly established Lingshan government.
You must know that this is the first bill proposed, reviewed and finally passed by the new Lingshan government since its establishment.
The rest of the bills were either passed by the parliament under the control of the human coalition commander Count Lorraine. Or they were submitted by the Lingshan people themselves, but they were ultimately aborted because of the shirk of the parliamentarians.
Before the government got off work at 5 p.m. that day, President Bullard personally signed the bill, making it a legal government official and making it a key annual government task.
The Presidential Office quickly sent the military expansion plan to various departments, and the national machine of the republican government started to operate accordingly.
In order to ensure implementation, President Bullard also issued important instructions. The completion of this task will be linked to the year-end assessment of officials.
As soon as this order came out, various government departments immediately started to panic.
Lingshan has been in turmoil in recent years, which can even be called a "big wave". Everyone's official positions were hard-earned.
After experiencing the unique turbulence and collision of this great era, almost everyone's body is covered with scars, either from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, or from escaping the horrific purge...
After finally living a peaceful life for two days, he planned to focus on his old business, collecting stolen goods, accepting bribes, etc., but Brad issued such an unscrupulous order.
In order to save their positions, cars, horses, and tickets, they all secretly cursed the old guy and stepped up their actions. They were afraid that if they took one step slower, they would lose their official positions.
According to President Bullard's grand blueprint: the Semitic republican government plans to recruit 300,000 soldiers in a few years to form a well-equipped and well-trained new army to maintain order and peace on the Semitic continent.
The combat effectiveness of the army must reach the average level of Rumandi's army.
The ambitious President Bullard planned to equip them with new artillery, machine guns, steam engine-driven battleships, and even form a war fortress squadron.
Once this ambitious goal was announced, it immediately greatly stimulated the patriotism of Lingshan people.
If there is such a strong army as the backing, Lingshan will definitely become one of the major gangsters in the world in the future... Bah, bah, bah, Lingshan will definitely become an indispensable force in maintaining world peace in the future.
important force.
It is not impossible to even become one of the biggest hooligans in the United Nations... or one of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
President Bullard's popularity rose rapidly with the release of the military expansion plan.
In the past, when it came to the president, everyone knew that he was the cheap father-in-law of the terrible flying eagle god of war. But now, when it comes to the president, everyone will immediately wake up: Oh, he is the old guy who proposed the military conscription plan.
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In order for the recruitment work to proceed smoothly, the first batch of pilot areas for recruitment were set in the capital Arkadelin and surrounding areas.
As the capital of spiritual power for thousands of years, Arkadelin is known as the best place in the world. The surrounding areas are densely populated, life is prosperous, and the average level of education of the people is the highest.
Since the new army must abandon the swords of the past and use new human firearms, soldiers must have a certain cultural quality. Only in this way can they master the new weapons as quickly as possible and establish a combat system that is consistent with modern warfare.
Lord Lorraine once said that modern war is a war of technology and civilization.
And the rural people in Lingshan are basically all illiterate. They live a life of herding sheep, marrying a wife, having a baby, then letting the baby herd the sheep, marrying a wife, and having a baby... This kind of simple and primitive, almost endless cycle, but happy.
Happy good life.
Only, and only in the vicinity of big cities, can we find a large number of young people with basic education.
In addition, there is a more important reason, which President Bullard did not say out loud. Recruiting young people from the vicinity of the capital Arkadelin to join the army will help strengthen the control of the republican government in the capital area.
Just imagine, if a young man in a family joins the army and joins the republican government, his parents and wife will become supporters of the republican government, and the government will gain support from the private sector.
In Leo's words, this is called tying up a pirate ship.
Everyone in the government understands this, but they just tacitly understand it.
If you want young people to join the army enthusiastically, you must first tell them the benefits of joining the army and set an enviable example for them.
This glorious task was naturally handed over to the head of the 4th Caribbean Division, the Model Army of the Republic Government.
As the government's guard and President Blood's most trusted force, the 4th Caribbean Division has a unique position within the Semitic and coalition forces.
Among the entire Free Army, not only do they have the best weapons, the best supplies, and the highest wages, but they are also stationed in the city of Akadelin, and it is in the barracks of the original Guards, close to
The original Royal Palace is next to the current Presidential Palace and Parliament.
Early that morning, when it was just dawn and most people were still sleeping, a soldier came to the front of the barracks with a brass horn under his arm and a narrow smile on his face, and then blew the military blast with all his strength.
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"Beep, beep..." A rapid, loud and sharp horn sounded in front of the barracks.
The door of the dormitory of the 3rd Company of the 6th Company of the 71st Regiment of the Fourth Division was violently kicked open. The officer jumped into the room and shouted in an extra-large voice: "Get up, you lazy guys, we'll be there in three minutes."
Meet at the playground, no breakfast for those who are late."
There was a sudden uproar in the barracks, and there was a great chaos.
The soldiers turned over and sat up from the bed.
Due to long-term training, they were all extremely experienced. They cursed loudly in anger while reaching out to touch their clothes.
"Where are my pants?"
"Which of you is wearing my socks again?"
"Damn it, my underwear has just been washed and isn't dry yet."
"..."
Amidst the bursts of complaints, the soldiers put on their clothes, put on their boots, picked up the guns leaning on the bedside, rushed out of the dormitory, and squeezed into the crowd on the playground.
Then, amidst the scolding and kicking sounds of the officers, they hurriedly arranged themselves in order.
General Melun stood on a table directly in front of the queue, moved his jaw, and forcibly suppressed the urge to yawn. He tried to keep his eyes wide open and stared at the dense crowd in front of him.
Within five minutes, more than 10,000 people from the entire division had assembled and formed a neat square formation. The entire playground was filled with silence.
General Melun nodded, very satisfied with the speed of the gathering of his men, and then cleared his throat. He shouted loudly: "Blessed are you bastards. I'm here to ask you to go out and do recruitment propaganda."
There was a commotion in the crowd, and the soldiers were whispering. Lamy poked Amu next to him and asked doubtfully: "What does our confused boss mean?"
Ammu thought for a while and guessed: "It seems they want us to go down and trick others into becoming soldiers."
"Hahahaha..." Lamy suddenly laughed and said: "Don't be stupid, who would be stupid enough to be this unlucky leader."
Anderson next to him also had a look of disdain on his face: Are these officials out of their minds? A good man cannot make nails, and a good man cannot be a soldier. This is an ancient saying for thousands of years.
The officer in the front row turned around, glared at them, and said sternly: "Quiet. Quiet~!"
Following the reprimands of the officers, the entire phalanx immediately returned to calm.
General Melun paused for a moment. Then he continued: "So you brats, wash yourselves clean, put on your most beautiful clothes, and polish your military medals until they can blind other people's eyes. Let Ah
Look at the young men of Kaderin, we will make their envious eyes bleed."
The soldiers burst into laughter, and someone shouted excitedly: "Yeah, let's show them some color."
General Melun smiled, remembering what Fiona told him yesterday, and said seductively: "You all know, no, I think everyone in the coalition forces knows that the famous Corporal Amu of our division has had bad luck.
I cheated a beautiful girl."
The soldiers present burst into laughter and looked towards a certain place in the middle of the team.
Ammu, who was standing there, blushed even more, and was rubbed on the head randomly by the envious and jealous companions around him.
General Melun waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "Don't just envy Amu. If you dress up a little more energetically now, you might have a chance to trick a girl back. You know, this is Aka.
Delin, just that household registration in the capital is worth thirty thousand gold coins."
Upon hearing this, the excited eyes of these over-energetic young people glowed green. They were quite resistant to this work at first, but now they became impatient again.
Someone in the queue kept wailing like a wolf.
For a time, the whole square was filled with howling ghosts and wolves, and the noise filled the sky.
Seeing the instant surge in morale, General Melun smiled with satisfaction, waved his arms vigorously, and shouted: "Disband, you bastards, I'll give you an hour to prepare."
Lamy and Anderson turned around and ran back without losing a second.
The soldiers in the same class were like them, howling like wolves, rushing into the dormitory, opening their suitcases, and taking out various things from inside.
Amu slowly walked back to the dormitory and saw Lamy and Anderson fighting for a clean shirt. The two stared at each other and kept making noises like vicious dogs fighting for shit.
Ammu laughed and said: "As for that, you..."
Lamy and Anderson turned their heads and yelled at Amu at the same time: "Shut up."
"You are a stuffed man and don't know that a hungry man is hungry."
"We are going to the countryside."
"I didn't know there had just been a war here. There was a shortage of strong men like me."
"That's an Akadelin household registration. You can buy a house and get land, and your children can go to school several levels higher than you, a country bumpkin."
"If I can end up in Arkadelin, my son might be able to directly join the government in the future."
"..."
An hour later, a group of soldiers from the Caribbean Division were dressed in brand-new military uniforms, their leather boots were polished as bright as a mirror, and they were carrying shiny rifles on their shoulders. They lined up neatly and walked out of the military camp in high spirits.
Amu and the others' destination was a small town ten miles outside Akadelin, close to the main road. It was very prosperous, with a population of tens of thousands in the town.
After arriving in the town, Lieutenant Sylvie got a few tables from the mayor's house, hung a banner, placed a stack of registration forms, and sat there waiting for someone to come to the door.
Ramey, Amu and Anderson were sent out to post recruitment flyers.
A group of soldiers with live ammunition appeared in the town. The first reaction of the local residents was not to come up to watch, but to hide in their homes. The streets suddenly became deserted.
A gust of hot wind blew, and there were no dogs on the street. Everyone was dumbfounded. Lamy's plan to hook up with a little girl was ruined. Only Amu laughed heartlessly.
Sylvie directly pulled the mayor out of his home and asked angrily: "What's going on?"
The old mayor carefully accompanied the smiling face and said: "This is not because the military master has arrived. They are afraid of your military power. In fact, it's okay. They came out when they called, and they came out..."
"Then why don't you go quickly? If you delay the great cause of the president, you should stop being the mayor." Sylvie threatened him: "We are sent directly by the president."
They Caribbeans are fellow presidents, so there is no pressure at all to use the president as a shield.
The mayor also knew that there was no high priest of the undead and no prime minister. The new emperor was a Caribbean man named President Bullard. He was so frightened that he ran back home, called his son, banged a gong, and shouted along the street.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
"Commonsmen, please come out. Military men will not steal food."
"Boom, boom, boom..."
"Common fellows, please come out quickly, the military men are also robbing women..."
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Sylvie suddenly heard this sound and his nose became crooked with anger. He asked Lamy and Amu to seize the mayor's gong and promote it around the town for him.
An hour later, the local people saw that there was no movement outside. Only two people kept shouting in foreign accents, "The Free Army is recruiting" and "Good pay, limited quota" and so on. The residents in the town gradually lost their doubts and opened the door.
He walked out and watched Sylvie and his party curiously from a distance.
Seeing that the work finally made some gratifying progress, Sylvie ordered Amu and the others: "Smile, smile for me, show me your friendliest side."
Several people smiled at the same time and waved to the people around them, saying loudly: "The Free Army is recruiting troops. Come and take a look, folks."
"Don't miss it if you pass by. This is the only time this year."
Several people shouted hard, and finally a few brave young people came over.
Sylvie showed the simple smile of a country teacher, handed them a few leaflets, and said: "Come and see the Free Army, we are fighting for the freedom and nation of the Semitic people."
The young man curiously looked at the rifles on Amu and the others' backs, and asked, "This is your magic weapon. I heard it can kill a tiger."
Sylvie's face was overjoyed, and he felt amused. He nodded quickly and said, "Yes, this is called a rifle, and it is the most powerful weapon in the world. Ammu, teach them a lesson."
Amu took the rifle off his back, stuffed a bullet into it, pushed the bolt with a clatter, aimed at a big tree on the side of the road where two people were hugging each other, and pulled the trigger.
The loud gunshots startled several young people, and they saw a few pieces of debris splashed on the tree trunk. They walked in and found that a hole as big as the mouth of a tea cup was exposed in the middle of the tree trunk, which was full circle deep. Several young people endured it.
He couldn't help but let out an exclamation. If this hit someone, it would be enough to penetrate him.
Sylvie struck while the iron was hot and said perplexingly: "Now that you join the army, everyone will be issued this kind of rifle, six sets of military uniforms per year, a minimum military salary of two gold coins per month, one day off per week, seven days off in the New Year, and food and accommodation are included.
, pick up and drop off by car.”
Lamy was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, looked at Amu and asked quietly: "When will we have a holiday?"
Ammu thought for a moment, then shook his head honestly.
Sylvie turned around and glared at Lamy fiercely, and then said: "Every day we stand guard and patrol. There are cannons and war fortresses in battles. We don't need to go there..."
"It's really not necessary," Lamy said angrily from the side: "When you have nothing to do, you have to jump down from the sky of 800 meters."
Several young people exclaimed in fright, "What~!"
Sylvie raised her head and slapped Lamy hard on the head, scolding: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute."
Lamy protected his head and muttered: "But boss, you can't lie to others."
"Shut up!" Sylvie angrily slapped her face again and said, "I read it according to the recruitment leaflet. If you want to deceive me, it's the government who deceives you."
The young people were not interested in the welfare benefits promoted by Sylvie, but they were very interested in Amu's rifle.
Just as they were surrounding Amu carefully, several old men and women rushed out from the side. They grabbed them and dragged them out. At the same time, they cursed: "You little bastards, our family has just been allocated dozens of acres of land."
"Why don't you study? You have to be a soldier. Go back and study hard and take the civil service exam next year. Even if you don't pass the exam, it's better to do a small business than to be a soldier."
Sylvie looked at it and couldn't help shouting anxiously: "Hey, I said, don't go, fellow, don't go, I haven't finished speaking yet. Joining the army has many benefits..."
Before he could finish speaking, the young men were already dragged away.
At this time, the people in the town saw that they were indeed no threat, so they boldly walked out of the house and started working on their own - no matter what, they had to live their lives. Hiding at home and not working,
But no one gives himself a copper penny.
However, when passing by Sylvie's recruitment point, they were far away.
There were several young and beautiful girls hiding aside to observe them curiously. Lami was so excited that he took the initiative to step forward, put on what he thought was the most handsome smile, and said: "Hello ladies, if you are free, I will invite you to the city tonight.
Have a drink.”
The girls hugged each other and laughed happily. Without looking at Lamy, they leaned into each other's ears and said, "This guy is so rubbish."
"He sounds weird when he talks. Is he from the countryside?"
"At first glance, he looks like a poor guy. He definitely can't afford a house in the city."
"His eyes are so lewd. Come on, come on, be careful he takes you away to be your wife."
"You were robbed by this ugly monster."
"..."
Although they were whispering, their voices were loud enough that Lamy could hear them clearly.
No matter how stupid Lamy was, he knew that he was despised by the girl. He turned around and walked back with a dark face. Amu and Anderson were all gloating at the moment, laughing until their stomachs ached.
Sylvie had no time to pay attention to these gangsters, so he went to the village chief and asked with a stern face: "I see that people in this town are not very enthusiastic about joining the army. What's going on?
Don’t they know that joining the army is to protect the land they were assigned in the future, to prevent the undead from coming back to enslave us?
It's really not patriotic at all.
How did you become the mayor?"
The mayor gave a wry smile and said: "This military man, the problem lies in this land.
There are 40,000 acres of land in our town and more than a dozen villagers. This land originally belonged to a big noble, but was later bombed to death by humans. This land was also given to us. Naturally, we are grateful to Marshal Lorraine, Director Leo and Bu
President Ladd is so good. I have also met Director Leo and listened to his teachings.
But think about it, in the past, everyone was poor and could not eat three full meals a year. Soldiers were just for a way to survive. Now every family has ten or twenty acres of land, and even if they work hard, they will not be hungry. Whoever has nothing to do will still serve as a soldier, and his head will be ruined.
Hanging on your belt to earn a living."
Sylvie was stunned for a moment and gritted her teeth angrily. The truth is this, but this land was conquered by the Caribbean people. In the end, Akadeline took advantage of it. This would be even more lazy and just enjoy the rights.
No obligations are borne.
Sylvie cursed bitterly: "These ungrateful guys." (To be continued.)