Chapter 1846: Legal Affairs

The smoke in San Antonio has not yet cleared, and the battle has temporarily come to an end. The Aurora Legion began to fully take over the territory of the American Baath Party. Millions of troops and officials poured into the southwest of the United States to turn this land into the new frontier of the Legion.

After the fighting stopped, San Antonio's status plummeted. It is neither the capital of Texas, nor the center of the southwestern United States, nor is it a transportation hub or a resource distribution center. It was only the first city occupied by the Baath Party when it was founded.

Most of the legionary troops began to assault far away, and a small number of troops were stationed in San Antonio for temporary repairs. The Independent Artillery Regiment where Pang Youcai belonged was temporarily staying in the city as a reserve team.

The artillery regiment has now eliminated all the old Type 66 152mm caliber howitzers and lost them to the Mexican Motorized Infantry Division. They are newly equipped with the SH series 155mm caliber truck gun provided by Rabbit in the real world, which has a long range, high power, high degree of automation, and a linear increase in combat effectiveness.

When the majestic VT series tanks and SH series artillery appeared in San Antonio, the citizens in the city instantly felt that their new master seemed to be very powerful, not a bumpkin from Mexico as imagined - many places in the city were hit by these heavy artillery shells , Casualties are not small.

But Pang Youcai wasn't just showing off at the moment. He was wearing a Christian pastor's attire, holding a Bible in his hand and playing the role of priest. In front of him was a group of Baathist soldiers who had just surrendered. These people are still frightened, and it is useless to promote the Legion policy to them, they have to...

"God said let there be light, and there was light, . . . "

What song to sing on what mountain, ideological work must adapt to reality.

Talking about atheism with a large number of captured Texans in the city is definitely not acceptable. It is better to borrow the tiger skin of Jesus and stabilize the situation first.

However, because of concerns about the safety of the battlefield, the missionaries of the Mormon Church, the Loyal King Patriotic Catholic Church and other churches have not yet been in place, so the legion can only temporarily recruit a group of people for emergency.

Pang Youcai, as a 'religious person', was put on the shelves after half a day of short training—he said he believed in Buddhism, but his superiors felt that all priests were not the same? Let's make a cameo, right now there's not enough manpower, anyway, just read the Bible and make the sign of the sign of the cross, as long as you can fool people.

Currently, what Pang Youcai is most familiar with is the opening paragraph of "Genesis". Anyway, as long as he put on a pose and preached in the prisoner-of-war camp, the soldiers who surrendered could be quiet for a while, and some excited ones would even hug his thigh and cry loudly.

Wearing a priest's robe and carrying a special allowance for 'clerics', Pang Youcai took office immediately. Judging from the current situation, he is doing well. Although the white captives were a bit shy about a Han priest, Pang Youcai, who took the money, was quite a godsend.

"Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years and died."

"Seth son of Adam lived nine hundred and twelve years and died."

"Enosh son of Seth lived eight hundred and fifteen years and died."

"Cainan the son of Enosh lived nine hundred and ten years."

"Wait...let me look behind."

"Cainan begot Mahalalel, and Mahalalel begot Jared, and Jared begot Enoch, and Enoch begot Methuselah, and Methuselah begot Lamech, and Lamech begot . They all live to be eight or nine hundred years old, they are simply monsters."

Pang Youcai read the Bible for a long time, and when he read about the inheritance of Adam's family, he couldn't help but slander a lot in his heart. But those who believe in Jesus will follow this way, and it will be much safer to read the scriptures with them.

It's fine to chant scriptures to the captives, but Pang Youcai has to chant scriptures to the corpses. The day and night fighting also caused a lot of casualties, most of them belonged to the Baath Party and the residents of the city. The Legion was eager to bury all the corpses, but before burying them, they pretended to pray and made a video for news.

Pang Youcai held up the cross and chanted words to hundreds of corpses, and there were representatives of citizens crying bitterly beside him. The scene was solemn and the atmosphere was sad. The footage will be edited along with a video of the captives praying and broadcast across North America via satellite.

This is a symbol of the justice and legitimacy of the Legion's action, and it is a very serious matter. But after being a pastor for half a day, Pang Youcai's mouth became dry and his voice became hoarse. When the filming was over, he wanted to find a place to drink some water to moisten his throat.

Back at the regiment headquarters, several senior officers of the third brigade were looking for Pang Youcai. When they met, they asked, "Old Pang, please do another ritual."

"I've done the Jesus ritual for a day, can you let me take a break?" Pang Youcai was quite unhappy, and he wanted to shout his own catchphrase, 'I believe in Buddhism'.

The officer who made the request sighed, "It's our own brother who died on the battlefield with no home to return to. The Legion requires direct cremation and only keeps the ashes.

Thinking of my brothers being exiled in a foreign country, unable to return to their hometown after sacrifice without bones, I feel uncomfortable. At any rate, I will do rituals for them and summon their souls. "

Hearing that he was a brother of his own clan, Pang Youcai was stunned. His nickname is 'I don't want to kill'. He usually sees many casualties, but rarely sees casualties of his own troops. And the officer who came to look for him was full of sadness, and it seemed that there were quite a few people who died.

The cremation site was chosen outside the camp of the Third Brigade on the outskirts of the city. Pang Youcai changed his clothes and rushed over, only to see that thousands of officers and soldiers had already gathered here, and one after another trucks brought over the bodies of the sacrificed brothers. Some of them were still with their respective power armor, which had to be disassembled on the spot.

Looking at the broken bodies, Pang Youcai asked, "How many people died?" The officer who brought him cursed angrily: "The Baath Party of Dog Day has stationed two whole armored SS regiments in their core positions.

We underestimated the enemy in the first wave of toughness, and lost more than a hundred. Some teams couldn't withdraw after going up, and finally all members died in battle. Many of them are brothers who shared weal and woe in Africa back then. They suffered all kinds of hardships, but they died here. "

Someone at the scene sorted out the remains and confirmed their identities, and the brigade headquarters had a special staff officer to record them. When a T-45D with a broken leg was disassembled, Pang Youcai heard the person who sorted it grab the dog tag of the body and shout...

"Sun Shaoyang, the sergeant squad leader, attacked the core position of the Baath Party headquarters with the troops during the battle to liberate San Antonio. Because the enemy released communication interference when they broke through, he was trapped and could not be rescued or retreated. bombed, lost too much blood and sacrificed."

One recitation, one record, and countless people choked up at the scene. Pang Youcai went forward to wipe the remains of the body with clean water, and at the same time helped to check whether there were any relics worth leaving on the body. From Sun Shaoyang's jacket pocket, he took out a hundred or so Aurora coins and a group photo.

"This..., is this his wife?" Pang Youcai's hands were shaking while holding the photo, and he looked back at the staff officer in charge of recording, and asked with a smile and tears, "His wife has a big belly, at least she still has a seed. .”

The photo shows Sun Shaoyang laughing with his arms around a young woman. The woman was wearing loose clothes, her lower abdomen was raised high, and she was obviously pregnant. It's just that there is no text information on the photo, and it doesn't say who the woman is?

"We will investigate. From now on, this woman will be the brother and sister of all our brothers in the third brigade, and the child in her belly will also be the child of all the brothers in our third brigade. Whoever dares to bully their wives will have trouble with all our brothers."

The recording staff officer took the photo and put it in the recording file. He also photographed Sun Shaoyang's last remains as a souvenir.

One after another, the remains were sent to the cremation pyre. When the fire was raging, Pang Youcai neither recited scriptures nor prayed. He just cried and shouted in front of the flames: "Brothers, let's go one step earlier. Don't be wronged when you get to the underworld of Hades. Whoever dares to bully us will kill him with a single shot!"