Claudia stared into Luo Hanlin's eyes. Facing the mighty Thor, she did not fear and retreat, but said deeply, "This war is a showdown between our soldiers and has nothing to do with the civilians."

Luo Hanlin sneered and said, "Okay, since that's the case, you will take all the civilians away, and then attack as much as you attack, and we will face off to the right."

Claudia's eyes began to droop, as if she was guilty, and said quietly, "I hope so, but some federal commanders don't think so."

Luo Hanlin was a little impatient, and his voice was like a roaring lion, "What do you want?"

"The command of the federal army has been taken over by senior officers, and they ordered our department to issue an ultimatum." Claudia slowly raised her head, revealing sadness in her eyes, but she was not loud, but it was carved into everyone's ears like a knife and an axe. "In order to ensure complete control of the Sorrow Ridge, one hour later, our army will carry out scorched earth operation, and bomb the land and air in an all-round way, throwing napalm bombs on the enemy-occupied areas of the Sorrow Ridge."

Coincidentally, Leng Yuan used napalm bombs to "slaughter a city in order to survive the death of millions of people" in the Northern Expedition of 7 years. This warhead would splash with burning oily liquid when it fell to the ground. They were like thick pig paste, and they could never get rid of it as long as it touched the body. Whether it was slapped with hands, wrapped in clothes, rolled on the spot, or fled into the water, the flames would only burn bigger and bigger until the attached things were completely burned.

As soon as Claudia said this, the simple villagers could not understand military terms, but every soldier knew what this meant. As soon as the napalm bomb was released, it would be a fire burning the sky, and the Avici Hell.

The Federation was blocked at the Sorrow Ridge for four days, and they were also very anxious. Now that the imperial front line was defeated, a large number of troops returned to Chang'an. If they did not take advantage of this to attack the inland, if the Empire stabilized its rear, reorganized its new force, and used the strategic buffer of the vast territory to drag the war into a tug-of-war, it would be an unfavorable thing for the Federation that entered the imperial territory to fight in another place.

Therefore, the Federation must capture the Grace Ridge as soon as possible and transport the army from this shortcut to the inland of the empire. The Thunder God Luohan Forest is blocking all this.

The meaning of this ultimatum from the Federation is already very obvious, which is to persuade Luo Hanlin to surrender. If a bomb is launched directly, it is likely that an evolutionist of the level of Luo Hanlin will not be killed. At that time, just like Fengyun Pass, one person will be the pass, and ten thousand men will not be able to open it. Even if Thunder God is no longer brave as before, every second will cause the situation of the Federation to be in a disadvantage, and military issues will not allow any mistakes.

Therefore, the optimal solution faced by the Federation was that Luo Hanlin gave up resistance and led his troops to surrender, and the bargaining chips to persuade them to surrender were these civilians.

After hearing this, Luo Hanlin raised the thunder in his hand, pointed to the sky, and thunder thunder roared out, scaring Claudia and others into the battle state quickly, but the expected blow did not come. The veteran held the thunder in his hand and pointed it at the face of the young Federation soldier, saying in a deep voice, "Go back, girl, as long as I am still alive, no Federation soldier can pass through the Sorrow Ridge."

Claudia and her companions looked at each other. They came here to preview the scorched earth operation and brought precious survival supplies. This was the end of kindness and justice, and there was no need to say more.

The two Valkyrie companions had flames. After they took off, Claudia also took off. Before leaving, she took a last look at Luo Hanlin and the dazed civilians and said quietly, "If I were the commander, I would not use such cruel means, but I am a soldier and must obey the orders. If I did something wrong, I'm sorry."

After Claudia and others disappeared into the sky, Luo Hanlin pointed the warhammer out and said in a deep voice, "Distract all of them, try to disperse the line of fire, which is closer to the federal army, and they dare not throw too many napalm bombs, we can."

"General" An old man walked up tremblingly. This was the village chief of this village. He looked at Luo Hanlin with moist eyes and said tremblingly, "What should we do?"

Luo Hanlin was silent for a moment, bowed deeply to the village chief, or to all the villagers, and his waist was almost bent to 90 degrees, and said in a deep voice, "I was entrusted by General Leng Yuan, and I must guard the Secret Ridge for 7 days until the last person, and beg my parents and fellow villagers to die with me."

"Die? I don't want to die!" A male villager could not sit still. He wiped the food residue on the corner of his mouth hard, ran up and said in panic, "My life is my own, not yours, you can't make a decision for me! I want to live, I don't want to die! I'm not a soldier, is there anything wrong with me if I don't want to die?"

Luo Hanlin still kept a 90-degree bow and said in a deep voice, "Sorry, the Federation has made it clear that it only accepts surrender to all its members, and does not accept the individual surrender of civilians."

"Then you surrender!" The male villagers' words shocked many soldiers. He looked at Luo Hanlin in confusion and shouted, "The responsibility of the soldiers is to protect civilians. If they do not surrender, they will kill civilians. Then surrender, as they say!"

"You!" Luo Hanlin stood up and glared. If this person was a soldier, he would have been executed according to the law at this time, which would have allowed him to shake the morale of the army?!

Luo Hanlin was about to blame him, but found that the villagers had already surrounded him. Thousands of surviving villagers all knelt on the ground, nodded and kowtowed to Luo Hanlin, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Preat the general, surrender."

A soldier from the Wilderness Expeditionary Army ran over, saluted Luo Hanlin, and said with an ugly face, "General, this is a petition for all people."

Luo Hanlin really wanted to smash this soldier now, but now there are not enough soldiers. He killed one less. He could only suppress his murderous intention and roared, "I was entrusted by General Leng Yuan and must fight to the last one. You coward, you actually want to surrender?"

"You are willing to sacrifice your life for the country, but I am not the same!" The soldier angrily tore off his tattered military uniform, revealing a scar on his body, both new and long. His rank may not be high, but this scar is all proof of dedication to the country. He shouted, "If there is a hope of victory, I will fight the enemy to the end! But in an hour, after the bombing is completed, how many people can survive? Even if he is alive, it is only the 4th day now, how can he complete the 7th day of duty! If he knows that it is not completed, why should he lead so many civilians to die in vain?!"

Another soldier also walked up, took off his clothes, exposed his scars, and said resolutely, "General, we are not a greedy person who is afraid of death, but it is meaningless to die in vain. A real man can bend and stretch. He should keep a useful body and serve the country in the future! Not to mention that there are so many innocent people!"

Luo Hanlin was just ruthless and prepared to execute the two of them to stabilize the morale of the army, but who knew that this was not just a personal idea. More and more soldiers came over and took off their clothes. They had knife wounds, bullet holes, and claw marks of ferocious beasts. Each scar had the merits of dedicating to the country. Everyone was staring at Luo Hanlin so deeply. Even though he didn't say a word, his eyes had expressed his willingness to surrender.

At this time, the village chief brought a little girl over, knelt in front of Luohanlin, and said tremblingly, "General, I am already a person who stepped into the coffin with half my foot. It doesn't matter whether I die or not, but there are many children here. They have never seen the world outside the village before, so you can't take away their future."

"Grandpa" The little girl had shrapnel piercing wounds on her body, which was no longer possible, but the supplies sent by Claudia were very timely. The medical officer took out the shrapnel in time to control the infection, but she was still confused. She covered the wound on her stomach with her little hands and sobbed, "Grandpa is hurt here."

At dusk, the scene of watching the setting sun and the rice fields destroyed by the war were melted together, lost in the little girl's sob. For a moment, Luo Hanlin knelt down weakly, his fists kept hitting the ground, his hands were covered in blood. It seemed that something had collapsed in his eyes, and he cried, "Hey, you want me to be a sinner for the ages!"

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Chapter completed!