1597 Harsh
Federal field hospitals were attacked, soldiers and doctors were kidnapped, and it took only twenty-four hours to free a significant number of the hostages.
Others were brutally killed by local militants.
In terms of military operations, this was a successful operation, and the rescue was completed at a speed beyond people's imagination.
But that doesn't mean this is the end of the matter.
In the square outside the Bupen Presidential Palace, some people held up banners such as "Justify the names of heroes" and "Hate must be washed away with blood."
Under the prevalence of revanchism, what people value is not tolerance, but revenge!
This is also greatly in line with what the Federation will do next in Marillo. Strict management will definitely exceed certain limits in some aspects...
But if all this is supported by the public, then it is not illegal!
This incident not only caused great turmoil in the Federation, but also caused great turmoil in Marillo.
"These fools!"
In a house in a small city in Marillo, a bearded man in his thirties was cursing while having his beard foamed.
He wants to shave off his beard.
In Marillo, a beard is a sign of male adulthood.
It can be a small beard or a full beard. In this country with a long history, only adult men are eligible to grow beards to show that they have reached adulthood and have begun to assume responsibilities.
Most locals only have a mustache, or a short beard with a slight shape.
It’s hard to imagine that in a poor place like Marillo, those men have trouble even eating, but they care about their beards beyond the ordinary!
They can go hungry, but they must have some money left over to make their beards look nice.
The young man in the room used to like a big beard because it made him look more mature and fierce.
The big beard made him a kind of label for a period of time.
But with the kidnapping of federal hostages, the entire Mariro area has begun to tighten up.
The city, which was originally managed by a small number of federal personnel and a large number of locals, now has a large number of federal soldiers stationed there.
These federal soldiers are not the Marillos. Under the rule of the federals, the locals will more or less provide cover for their own people.
But the federal people won't.
They have asked all residents who have participated in anti-government armed forces or participated in military operations against the federal government to voluntarily surrender to the square with weapons.
After being investigated, these people will be transferred to the nearby Aix concentration camp for custody.
They will not be released until the war is completely over.
At the same time, the federal people continuously broadcast to all residents in the city through the radio. If someone can report others, and if the report is successful, the whistleblower will receive a reward to go further south.
You might even become a merchant farmer!
Merchant farmers are a local term that probably refers to those farming families who cultivate cash crops for the federation.
The federal people will distribute farming tools, seeds, fertilizers, and even arrange for specialized people to guide them on how to cultivate those cash crops.
When the cash crops mature, the federal people will drive to buy them, and the money they give is not low.
A stable job, high income, and a slight chance to immigrate to the Federation are almost the ultimate dreams of all ordinary people at the bottom of Malillo!
They didn't have such an opportunity before, because too many people had gathered there, and the federals had no intention of pushing the farming circle northward.
But now, the opportunity has come.
You only need to report other people, and once successful, you can go to the south immediately. This also makes many people excited.
So the bearded young man cursed and urged while sitting in front of the mirror.
He used to be the captain of an armed squad. In the past, the Pengeo people spent a lot of money, and he also took some people to get some weapons, supplies and funds.
Excluding those supplies, the cost would be approximately thirty thousand federal soles.
Twenty thousand of the money was in his newly registered foreign bank account, and the other ten thousand was converted into local cash and was in his hands.
After all, if you want to maintain a "respectable" image, you have to spend money, right?
He actually didn't think about actually going to fight the federal people or anything, he just... took the opportunity to make some money.
Many people are doing this. The Pengeo people are so generous. They don't care if you really go back with weapons, supplies and money to resist the federal people. They only care that you go to them!
But now, a problem arises.
He cursed at those idiots. Are these people really crazy, or are they blinded by the benefits?
They actually went against the Federals, attacked their camp, and kidnapped their people? !
He had realized that a huge storm had formed over Marillo.
The little people at the bottom sometimes have the unique wisdom of little people.
Just like those creatures that are far inferior to humans, even if they are primitive from a certain perspective, when major natural disasters occur, they can predict them earlier than humans.
He urged the barber nervously to hurry up, hurry up!
The barber could only speed up and cover his face with a towel that was not very hot...
More than ten minutes later, the young man with only a mustache breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back at the barber and lifted his belt.
The barber followed his movements and focused on his belt.
There is a gun bag on the left and right sides, with pistols in them.
There is no doubt that the barber has encountered unreasonable people, and such people are not uncommon in Marillo, after all, everyone is poor.
The barber reluctantly got out of the way, and the young man who almost didn't even recognize himself left the barber shop in a big way.
He had just seen himself in the mirror. If he hadn't known very well that the person in the mirror was himself, he might not even have recognized himself!
He, and everyone else, had forgotten what he looked like beneath his beard.
He thought he would be lucky enough to escape, until...
During dinner in the evening, several Union soldiers came to his residence, and he saw the barber hiding behind the crowd.
He was stunned for a moment, an expression of regret or something flashed across his face, and finally he slowly lowered his head.
With the help of a relatively famous old man nearby, he admitted his identity, but he said that he had never attacked federal troops, nor had he ever thought of harming federal people.
He just... wanted to swindle some money from Pengeo.
The mustachioed man who no longer had a beard spoke very sincerely. If he were not afraid of death, he would even want to cut his chest open and let these federal people see if his heart was bright red.
He was very humble and respectful, and repeatedly assured everyone that this was all a misunderstanding.
He thought that this matter would basically end here, but... what he didn't expect was that things were far more complicated than he imagined!
"That's him, he's our captain. He's been talking about planning to take us with him to attack your patrol..."
A local young man who was escorted in from outside the door, after observing for a moment, immediately pointed out the identity of the bearded man, and also told him the nonsense he usually used to brag!
He must do this!
Otherwise, why should he be the captain while others are just team members?
Otherwise, why would those Pengeos give him money, weapons and supplies?
Because he is the captain!
He always shows that he is fighting against the Federation people all the time. Only if he does this, those people will believe that he is the one standing on the opposite side of the Federation!
There is an interesting little myth in Marillo about a man who bragged all day long and eventually the gods noticed him.
One time, the god transformed into a mortal and walked around the world. He met him and chatted with him.
The braggart began to lose control of his vanity and brag crazily.
In his mouth, the sun, moon and stars revolved around him, and even the gods were not looked down upon by him.
This angered the gods, who cut out his tongue, sewed his mouth shut, and cursed him and his descendants to be unable to speak for generations to come.
With this little story. Marillos have completed the most basic and primitive part of family education - don't lie and don't tell lies.
Everyone knows that lying or telling lies is wrong, but some people can't help it.
When others talk about them, they will refute others with words such as "If there is a god, let it punish me."
The bearded man had thought this way before. He didn't think there would be a god in this world who would punish him for a little person like him.
But now, he believes it.
He had no way to defend himself, and in the end he was escorted onto a truck bound for the Aix concentration camp. What awaited him would be a brand new life...
As for the other team members, I won't let them go so easily.
This kidnapping incident was so bad that the federal government and the military decided to deal with it severely in order to... not to say to completely eliminate it, but to increase the cost of crime.
All members of the bearded men's armed resistance team had their thumbs cut off in front of everyone in the square of this small city!
Everyone knows that cutting off a thumb is the most horrific injury to the workforce!
This means that these people will not be able to use some appliances normally in the future because they cannot stably "grip", "grab", "take", "pinch" and other actions that require the use of their thumbs.
They were also unable to use their weapons, as they lacked thumbs to stabilize the gun and fire it.
They can't even work or do anything!
They are useless!
In every sense of the word!