Mage Veigar

Chapter 77 Estrangement
surrender.

This was something that Vega had not expected.

In the dictionary of the empire's core troops, the word surrender has never appeared.

Even if you don't have extraordinary talents, at least you must have the determination to die.

Victory or death is the first lesson of the Imperial Army's systematic training, and it is also a crucial lesson.

This lesson tells every recruit that in any battle, even if fighting to the last man, imperial soldiers are never allowed to surrender.

Perhaps the cannon fodder troops have not received this kind of education.

But as officers, Roans, Larba and Zigrin could not have not received training in the boot camp, and the Empire had a zero-tolerance attitude towards surrender.

Because of justice.

Although the Empire will redeem prisoners of war and redeemed prisoners of war will not be executed, they will be directly expelled from the army, and they and their families will be branded as lower-class citizens of the Empire and will no longer enjoy the most basic rights of ordinary citizens of the Empire.

Besides.

The prisoners of war will probably never be able to hold their heads up again in their lives, and they and their families will be discriminated against by the whole society. It is no exaggeration to say that life is worse than death and their families will also be affected.

Even so, the empire was still able to redeem a large number of prisoners of war every year.

Eighty-five percent of them came from cannon fodder troops. When faced with the choice of death, many of them would not consider their families, and they had no sense of imperial honor. They would often choose to surrender directly.

Looking at the three officers of the 5th Battalion, Rhones, Vega finally understood what the "unqualified psychological quality" given by the personnel department of the brigade meant in the political review. The psychological qualities of these three people were only suitable for cannon fodder troops. If they were asked to command the backbone troops, they would probably lead their subordinates to kneel down and surrender when they encountered danger.

"Cough cough cough..."

There was another cough, and Du Sville said in a hoarse voice: "On behalf of the Royal Army, I accept your surrender and will treat you as prisoners of war in accordance with international conventions."

These words made the people in the 5th Battalion breathe a sigh of relief.

But the next sentence made their hearts rise to their throats again.

Du Sville continued, "Of course, this is based on all of you laying down your weapons and surrendering. The last junior officer and his men seem to have not laid down their weapons yet, so I cannot accept the surrender for the time being."

Wow.

Everyone turned their eyes to Vega and his troops.

The commander of the 5th Battalion, Roans, whispered, "Lieutenant Vega, what are you waiting for? Tell your men to lay down their weapons. Even if you want to die here, please don't drag our 5th Battalion down with you."

Veigar tightened the dagger in his hand. He never considered surrendering.

Once he surrenders, it means that everything he has now will be lost. The Empire will not allow a holder of the Imperial Wings to surrender without permission, because the Imperial Wings is one of the highest honors of the Empire, and no one dares to tarnish this honor.

If Veigar surrenders.

Even if the negotiations were over and he was redeemed back to the Empire, he would definitely be secretly executed in the end. Then the Imperial Military would label him as a martyr who died heroically fighting the enemy during a guerrilla mission and was the holder of the Imperial Wings, Lieutenant Vega.

If nothing unexpected happens, a memorial service will be held for him.

Then the empire's media promoted patriotism and called on all soldiers to learn from Lieutenant Vega and be determined to die for the glory of the empire even if they encountered enemies several times their number.

Of course, this is just one of the reasons.

The second reason is of course that the Kingdom Army will not let go of any professional.

The other party went to such great lengths not to get rid of the 500-plus ordinary soldiers, but to kill the three professionals including Vega. Therefore, ordinary soldiers could naturally be spared from death if they surrendered, but Vega and the three professionals would be dead if they surrendered.

This is exactly what I understand.

Vega then said to Du Swell in a resounding voice: "In the dictionary of the imperial soldiers, there is no word for surrender."

"Order!" "To all members of the 232nd Company, you must win or die today."

Give an order.

The 232nd Company immediately formed a battle formation.

Maybe some of them will be afraid, and some don't want to die.

But for the sake of the empire, they were ready to sacrifice.

Because they are part of the empire's backbone troops, and the soldiers of the empire's backbone troops will never accept prisoner-of-war treatment.

"Cough cough cough..."

Du Swell coughed and said, "It seems that our negotiations have failed. In that case, let's have a real battle. I haven't witnessed a real war in a long time. Please don't let me down."

Wow.

The Kingdom Army pointed their spears at Vega, and the battle was about to begin.

"Wait, please wait a moment."

The 5th Battalion Commander quickly stood up and said, "What that kid said doesn't count. I am the supreme commander here. My announcement of surrender means that my army has surrendered. Please don't misunderstand me, gentlemen."

"Oh?"

Du Swell glanced at Roans and said, "It seems that your men are not prepared to obey your orders. I will give you 10 minutes. If there are still people in your army who refuse to surrender, I will launch an attack immediately."

This is asking them to kill each other.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a third-rate plot to sow discord, but even though they knew it was a plot, it surprisingly worked.

Facing the threat of death, the 5th Battalion Commander shouted directly at Vega: "Second Lieutenant Vega, as the highest commander here, I now order you to immediately lay down your weapons and kneel down to surrender. Please obey my orders."

"I reject."

"You want to kill us all?"

This statement aroused the anger of the entire 5th Battalion. Everyone glared at Vega. Under the threat of death, the two company commanders Larba and Zigrin even stood up and raised their weapons to threaten: "Second Lieutenant Vega, obeying the orders of superiors is the duty of a subordinate. Do you want to disobey the orders of your superiors?"

Battalion Commander Roans walked up to Vega and said, "Second Lieutenant, obey orders!"

Following the battalion commander's anger, at this critical juncture, the soldiers of the 5th Battalion also began to riot.

"It's these bastards from the core unit who want to kill us."

"Brothers, if we kill these bastards from the core unit, we can survive."

"No one can stop us from surrendering."

"..."

The soldiers of the 5th Battalion picked up their weapons again, and their morale soared, but the direction of their weapons was not towards the United Kingdom Army, the enemy of the Empire, but towards their friendly 232nd Company.

The enemy has not yet launched an attack, but has already been thrown into disarray.

This dramatic scene made Du Sville, the commander of the Kingdom Army in this battle, smile knowingly.

By letting the Imperial Army kill each other, he could harvest the heads of three professional soldiers of the Imperial Army without losing a single soldier, and all he would lose would be a few watchtowers. This was not a loss no matter how you looked at it, compared to a business deal.

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