The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 21 We vow to never be slaves of a conquered nation!
"Shut up, kid! What are you talking about? Of course we can beat them!"

"Those Black Hawk devils are nothing but despicable invaders; evil invaders will surely fail!"

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, the surrounding soldiers couldn't help but start spitting out insults, and some of the more hot-tempered ones even wanted to hit him on the spot.

Looking at the people around him, the young man trembled with fear. He knew that the questions he had asked were quite sensitive.

It's no exaggeration to say that if Andrei had pulled out his pistol at that moment and shot the soldier on the spot for allegedly disrupting morale, it wouldn't have been unreasonable.

But Andrei restrained his furious companions and walked up to him with a serious expression, asking:

"Soldier, do you think we can defeat him?"

Seeing that the soldier was too frightened to speak, Andrei patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Don't be nervous, I'll allow you to express your true feelings!"

Perhaps it was because of Andrei's equally young face that he felt a certain sense of familiarity, or perhaps it was because his superior did not immediately intend to execute him, nor did he show any signs of anger, that he regained his courage.

He said with some frustration:

"I'm sorry, sir, I don't know! I really don't know!"

"I enlisted two months ago and was still training in the rear when I suddenly received an emergency transfer order and was assigned to your unit!"

"The war has been going on for so long, and all I hear is bad news. The enemy still has so many terrible weapons, while we have nothing but rifles!"

"I don't know if we still have a chance to defeat the Black Hawk Empire?"

After hearing his words, the surrounding soldiers fell silent.

It must be said that his words actually voiced the doubts that were in their hearts.

After all, everyone was pretty much the same. Apart from a limited number of veteran soldiers who were non-commissioned officers, their team was full of greenhorns, and they were completely clueless at the beginning of the battle.

In truth, he wasn't the only one who wet his pants from being terrified by the enemy's terrifying weapons of war.

If it weren't for witnessing the enemy's war machine and elite soldiers falling one after another under Andrei's command...

In addition, there was a constant, inexplicable surge of morale within them, making them willing to obey Andrei's command and continue fighting. Their willpower was inexplicably strong, and they might actually break down.

Andrei was unaware that his unit was largely maintained by his rudimentary leadership skills.

But he glanced at the soldiers around him and knew that they had their doubts.

Honestly, all he wanted to do in this situation was curse, because he had no idea what was going on with him.

He inexplicably found himself transported to this battlefield. If it weren't for his ability to summon players, he would probably have collapsed by now!
But Andrei knew that at this time, as the commander, he could not afford to falter. He had to say something to boost morale!
So Andrei cleared his throat, looked around at the soldiers, and then said:
"My fellow soldiers, my brothers, I know you are just as curious about this. Now that things have come to this, I don't want to lie to you. I don't even know if we can win!"

"But regardless of whether we can win or not, we must win, because we have no room for loss!"

At this point, Andrei raised his voice further, waving his fist, and said: "Soldiers, you have seen what the invaders have done, and I don't want to say much more! But I want to ask you a question: are you willing to lose this war?"

"If we give up, if we surrender, we might save our lives from the invaders' bayonets, but then what?"

"The Black Hawks have invaded our homeland. They certainly didn't come here as benevolent people. They just want to enslave us and make us kneel at their feet like dogs!"

"Imagine if one day our descendants are kneeling in the streets, unable to even look up at the Black Hawkmen, and when their children ask them what happened to us, they will only say this with utter contempt:"

"Child, don't look at them. They are just slaves of a conquered nation, a bunch of pathetic worms!"

The words "slave of a conquered nation" deeply stung everyone present, and their expressions changed instantly upon hearing them.

But Andrei did not stop; instead, he shouted angrily:
"Tell me, are you willing to let your descendants be called slaves of a conquered nation?"

"Tell me, are you willing to let your wives and sisters be wantonly humiliated by the enemy, let your children become slaves to be beaten and abused at will by the enemy, and let your parents die under the enemy's butcher's knife?"

"We have no choice now, we must win! If we want to stand tall and be upright people, then we have no choice but to march towards victory!"

"Answer me, what are you going to do next?"

Andrei hadn't expected that his impromptu speech would have such a good effect.

He had barely finished asking the question when a chorus of shouts erupted from the crowd:
"Keep fighting! We will not be slaves to a conquered nation!"

"Drive off the invaders and make them pay for their crimes in blood!"

Even the players seemed to be infected, and they all started shouting along with the soldiers around them.

Andrei nodded in satisfaction. Just then, he suddenly noticed the red golden eagle flag on the shoulder of a soldier at the back of the column.

Although the flag looked somewhat Roman in style, Andrei couldn't figure out whether it was their national flag or military flag.

But Andrei strode over to the soldier, snatched the flag from him, held it high above his head, and waved it at the crowd.

"Soldiers, you have all seen this, follow my banner, advance!"

"We are free people, not slaves of the Black Hawk Empire. We will use our courage to tell them that this flag is stained with blood!"

"From this moment forward, I will personally carry this flag. If anyone knocks me down during our charge, do not let this flag fall to the ground. We will hold this flag high and fight to the last man!"

"Even if we all sacrifice ourselves, we must let the enemy know that neither we nor our motherland will ever surrender!"

As soon as Andrei finished speaking, a chorus of "Hurrah!" erupted from all around.

Hearing the war cries filled with Russian flavor, Andrei's lips curled into a smile.

Although he is still completely bewildered, it seems he has done a good job.

From the current perspective, if he wants to survive, he must lead this group to fight on. Only the brave can have the last laugh on the battlefield!
(End of this chapter)