My soldiers are all Fourth Calamities!

32. Let's unite!

The troops halted and waited quietly for Oleksandr. Finally, his mother left him with the words, "Let's see if you'll ever dare to come home again!"

"I will have the courage to come back, and I will definitely come back safe and sound." After saying this, Oleksandr mounted his horse, wiped his eyes, and rode away without looking back.

His mother was left standing blankly on the road, when soon a group of soldiers, tanned and filthy, passed by her. "Don't cry, old lady! We'll elect your son as political commissar! He's a good soldier! A good comrade!"

Rochester rode on, continuing forward, while from the other troops ahead came a loud and orderly song: "Arise, ye prisoners of hunger and cold... arise, ye wretched of the earth..."

The entire army joined in the singing, and Rochester's troops joined in as well, their voices so powerful and majestic.

On the gate of the "Krossian" city government building, there is a thick white cardboard sign with the words "Revolutionary Committee" written on it.

Next to the cardboard sign was an enthusiastic promotional poster depicting a "Redwitt Alliance" warrior pointing at the reader's chest, with the caption: "Have you joined the 'Redwitt Alliance'?!"

Also posted was a letter of thanks to all the working people of "Koroskin": "Comrades! Fellow villagers! The army of the 'Redwit Alliance' has now occupied the city, and government has been restored. We call on our fellow villagers to maintain order and stability. The perpetrators of the massacre, whose hands are stained with blood, have been repelled by us. To ensure they never return and to completely annihilate them, please join our ranks! Please fully support the government of the working people!"

Logically, Rochester should have gone back to report to Regiment Commander Sokolov along with Company Commander Blyukher and Company Commander Yeremenko—after all, their support mission was already complete.

However, it is unclear what battle report Sokolov sent, but Rochester's entire force was left behind by Timoshenko, or more precisely, by orders from the rear command.

The rear command even agreed to retain the designation of the Rochester Independent Forces and temporarily place them under Timoshenko's command. However, Rochester was eager to establish contact with Budyonny's cavalry as soon as possible.

But he still wanted to stay with his old leader, Sokolov, for a while longer, but military orders were absolute, and Rochester could not act arbitrarily.

So Rochester decided to escort Company Commander Blyukher and Company Commander Yeremenko on their way, and also send back the surviving veterans of the Righteous Army who had come from Sokolov's troops.

We also gave Sokolov the cannons and other supplies we could, as a way of repaying the kindness of this veteran cadre.

After discussion, Rochester decided to accompany the two company commanders back with their troops that evening.

There are three reasons for using this time. One reason is that Rochester has a super cheat code called minimap. When marching at night, they are highly concealed and can also see the enemy's situation in advance.

Secondly, players need to rest at night, so they are still initially placed in "Korosjian".

Thirdly, most of the soldiers had marched all night and participated in the breakout in the morning, leaving them exhausted and in dire need of a longer period of rest.

However, it was still early before nightfall, and there was no news from the cavalry, so Rochester allowed the players to move around freely and even clean up the battlefield.

Players are eager to see just how intelligent these NPCs are; the ability to move freely in such a realistic world is a novel experience.

So, after completing a series of tasks, the players dispersed and ran off in groups to various places.

To prevent any accidents, Rochester even demarcated a range of activity, meaning that he could not stray too far from the "Krossian" battlefield.

Rochester wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt like one of the twenty players was missing. However, after counting again, he realized there seemed to be no problem. He counted again and then confirmed that he had just made a mistake.

Rochester was invited to the City of Crosteen, or rather, ordered to do some work.

Many new faces have also appeared in the city government. The word "comrade," which used to cost lives when it was occupied by "Petrilla" not long ago, is now heard all the time.

"Comrade."

This word is so exciting that it cannot be expressed or described in words!

Moreover, they discovered a group of feudal forces in "Korossian," only knowing that they were a few nobles whose names were unclear. Some time ago, they assisted "Petrula" in killing more than a dozen comrades who were doing propaganda work there.

So the nobles were tied up and taken to the square, where several propaganda workers stood beside them and delivered a series of powerful speeches to the people in dialects or other languages.

"Of course!" one comrade said. "The past will not repeat itself! Our fathers and we ourselves served as laborers for these nobles our entire lives. We built manors, castles, and grew crops for them, but these respected noblemen only gave us enough food to keep us from starving while we worked!"

"For so many years, have we just allowed these Tsarist lackeys to ride on our backs? Aren't there countless others elsewhere who have suffered the same fate as us? Whether it's the people of Ukraine, Russia, or Vistula! We are all enslaved by these evil forces like livestock!"

"I've heard rumors circulating in various places, spread by these old forces, that our government is going to use an iron fist against everyone!"

"This is shameless slander, comrades! People of all nations have never enjoyed such freedom!"

"We're all brothers, but as for those noble gentlemen, we're going to drive them into a corner!"

The propaganda worker clenched his fists. "So who is stirring up trouble among our various ethnic groups? Who is turning brothers against each other, causing rivers of blood to flow? Long ago, emperors and nobles sent us peasants to fight the Turks. The cycle of one ethnic group invading and wiping out another has been playing out all along—how many poor people have died!"

"How much misery has it caused! But who needs this? Is this what we want?"

"But all of this will soon be over! Those bastards' good days are over!"

"To the whole world, the Bolsheviks uttered a chilling statement: 'Workers of the world, unite!'"