diskusbooks Chapter 307 Base Area, Base Area
Chapter 307 Base Area, Base Area
The mountains wind their way through the ranks, and the water reflects the shadows of the marching soldiers. This army, carrying red flags and dressed in neat uniforms but weary, is heading toward their goal.
After traversing mountains, swamps, and the cloud-shrouded northern Louisiana, the Central Column arrived in Montana, the homeland of warriors. Since ancient times, the locals have lived and thrived here. Forty percent of Montana's land is occupied by rivers and lakes, the remaining thirty percent is divided by mountains and forests, and the last thirty percent is plains sufficient for habitation.
Graywind tells Alice that most of Montana's land was originally grassland, but before the war ten thousand years ago, humans built a huge recuperation complex on Montana, modeled after Earth. It later became one of the field hospitals on Amelan West. In the end, it was hit by several deadly missiles during the war, and the huge body of water evaporated. However, the underground water system was not destroyed and eventually filled the huge crater, becoming the giant lake that now runs across the entire Montana state border and Kanata.
"We're not far from our base along the coast, comrades, we'll be there soon!"
They traveled westward, and Alice looked back and saw that in such a short time, they had crossed half of Colombia from Kansas to Montana, not counting the stretch from Chicago to Kansas. They had faced many hardships and dangers along the way.
But looking back, those who followed them through the most difficult times were the comrades with the simplest will. Alice smiled, turned around, and made a V-sign.
The Central Column finally arrived at its coastal base. Montana was lush with vegetation thanks to Lake Montana, and nature seemed to pulsate in the boundless forests. Along the lake shore, fields planted with wheat and corn were thriving with the harvest.
Several workers' and peasants' patrol teams wearing red armbands stopped them. Upon seeing the flag, some of them ran quickly toward the town. Soon, Alice spotted several familiar faces.
"You've finally arrived! Comrade Alice, welcome to the revolutionary base on the Montana coast!"
In October 672, the Revolutionary Front of West Columbia completed its westward march. Alice led her troops to the shores of Lake Montana at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, while uniting the neighboring state of Northern Louisiana and raising a red flag—a pure red flag, not a red and black one.
The group, having completed their westward march, were overjoyed. By the lake, a sea of red churned, and Alice crouched on the shore beside a rock, gazing at her reflection in the lake.
"Our road ahead is not going to be easy..."
Alice muttered to herself as she pondered: in the Midlands, Mike Douglas's war economy provided him with ample manpower, the Labor Corps had established itself with its steel and factories, and the Allied Powers had foreign backing.
And she, first and foremost, had to unite the people of this coastal base. She looked back at the crowd, and although the atmosphere was harmonious, at this moment, those who were different from ordinary comrades showed their factions by standing in different positions.
Alice naturally understood that no matter where you are, there are all sorts of strange and eccentric groups within a party, and there are also groups outside of a party with imperialist ideas. No matter how advanced a group claims to be, it will have these problems to some extent.
Alice is standing here, and naturally she wants to change the current situation, otherwise what difference is there between them and the labor corps?
The Revolutionary Front of West Columbia, the people of Montana looked at these "People's Red Army" and they were indeed good people. For the people of Montana, they were not suffering from capitalism. Montana's rich natural environment and low urbanization density allowed a considerable portion of the local residents to still maintain a pre-modern lifestyle.
As everyone knows, their biggest enemy comes from the other side of the Rocky Mountains, the former Greater California republic, now the Western Union of States, Greater California, which has raised the white flag with a brown bear, the largest and most powerful state entity on the west coast of Columbia.
Greater California has not yet intervened in the war, but everyone knows that behind the Rocky Mountains, California's "Silicon Valley," which began to be built before the war, along with its numerous industrial enterprises, a large National Guard, and the naval forces stationed there to deal with the Lucy Snow Empire and Seris, is not as simple as they claim to be "neutral."
The heart of the coastal colonies was Montana, the state capital, located on the shores of Lake Montana. Before Alice even arrived in Montana, the Front had already been carrying out revolutionary activities there, eventually capturing the entire city through Operation August Storm.
The early revolutionaries and the Long March faction had different paths. After the Montana campaign, some wanted to press their advantage, continue the revolution, and ultimately achieve national victory.
But for Alice, revolution was not such a simple matter. She walked through the camp, looking at the soldiers, determined to move the troops' base from the city to the wilderness.
She set up a small blackboard, and below her were soldiers, the soldiers she had brought. She stood on the grass, looking at the political commissars surrounding her, all of whom had doubts in their hearts.
Revolution, revolution, what a grand and noble word. People can use revolution to embellish their ambitions, building up the bones of thousands on activities called revolution. Alice understands that people often talk about revolution, but most people talk about revolution and talk about revolution only because they need to use revolution to embellish themselves.
If one doesn't view him with fervor, how can one know he is a revolutionary? If one isn't blindly devoted, how can one know he is also blind and follows the crowd?
Alice looked at these young people, she wanted to pry their eyes open. Revolution starts with revolutionizing oneself. She said, "Comrades, thank you for following us all this way... In general, we have come a long way on the road of progress. Those who stand here are all seasoned comrades."
"But perhaps most of our comrades do not know what revolution is or why we should have a revolution?"
“Most of you come from trade unions. You may have heard of the theories of trade unions. You say that revolution is about letting the working people be the masters of their own destiny. Of course, that’s true.”
“You say that the revolution is to enable everyone to live a good life, which is certainly true.”
"All our endeavors are like this: revolution, for our common goal, we must let the laborers be laborers and the people be the people."
"Back in Oregon City, we said that we are an equal team. Whether it is the commanders, the political commissars, or the soldiers, we are all equal. No one should use their position to oppress others."
"The same is true now. When we arrived at the base area along the coast, some comrades became complacent and began to develop one bad habit or another. This is very bad. No matter what other troops are like, our army must implement the principle of equality between officers and soldiers and must serve the people wholeheartedly."
"We are an army of the people. In northern Louisiana, many soldiers responded to the troops and helped the local people restore their production and lives. They were widely welcomed. So you see, that's what makes our army different."
"Ten years ago, I, Alice De La Lere, led the Amerlane Army and basically implemented this spirit. It has been proven that a people's army, and must be a people's army, can gain the broad support of the people. This was true in the past and it is true now."
"Now that we've reached the base area along the coast, our situation is somewhat better, but comrades, we must emphasize this point again: it's a matter of discipline!"
"Anyone who violates discipline should not only be severely punished, but such behavior should also be criticized and denounced in organizational life. They should also be required to conduct self-examination. In serious cases, people's courts should be organized to impose penalties, especially for disturbing the peace and bad habits."
Alice said seriously that the most important thing in the current situation is the warriors who have come all this way. Alice knows that once people become complacent, all sorts of bad habits will come out.
The same was true of the syndicate's troops. She had come into contact with many syndicate troops, and a considerable portion of them were no different from the United States army. They fought for the revolutionary bureaucrats, not for the revolution for the broad masses of people.
Alice wanted to keep the army pure; it had to be a people's, welcome force, a seed-sowing machine of revolution, a propaganda team of revolution, and a manifesto of revolution.