Chapter 215: Let all those who yearn for light come closer to us
At the beginning of the new year, the city is filled with a festive atmosphere.
Lezeyin has experienced frequent turmoil in the past years. The struggle should have been directed at the powerful people who persecuted the people, but the people have endured most of the suffering caused by it. We are in a period that may be understated by future generations as a 'period of historical pain'.
People cannot escape from their own true feelings and look at everything from another great, rational perspective. Therefore, they hope that everything will go smoothly and peacefully in the new year.
Evans, who is responsible for delivering newspapers door to door, rides his bicycle through a busy street.
"Ryder!" After he saw a young man standing in front of a certain house, he excitedly kicked up a little faster and came to him, "Newspaper, and this."
"What is this?" Ryder, who was waiting for Evans at the door in a thick coat, took the newspaper, opened it and saw a page of lyrics inside, "The Internationale... What is the Internationale?"
Evans looked around for a moment and said with a smile: "You'll know just by looking at it."
Ryder followed the lyrics line by line, his eyes becoming more and more alert: "This is it!"
"Shh!" Evans bumped Ryder with his shoulder, interrupting his cry, "Keep your voice down, your parents will lock you in the house again if they see you."
"I really envy you. You are free and can do whatever you want." Ryder looked at the always chic Evans with envy.
"Isn't it because my family all live in Kip City? If they knew that I was spreading this on behalf of the Equality Society, they would probably break my legs." Evans was not surprised by Ryder's restraint.
"You should be careful anyway and don't get discovered."
Ryder took a lot more from Evans and covered it under his clothes: "I won't make the same mistake a second time, and sooner or later they will find out that what we did was right, and we are not innocent.
It doesn’t matter what they care about, we just want everyone to live a better life.”
"Of course they know you're doing the right thing." Evans said as he branched off a third of the paper, "They just don't want to..."
"I understand, I will be careful, don't worry." Ryder showed a bright smile.
"Then I'll leave it to you to pass the news on this street." Evans said and set up his bicycle again.
"Hey, wait a minute." Ryder grabbed Evans who was about to leave, "What's going on now? When can we join the Equality Society?"
Evans shook his head: "I don't know. The comrade who contacted me and assigned me the task said it would be in the near future."
"In the near future..." Ryder muttered something, and then asked, "Then when will you organize a youth exchange meeting in our neighborhood? I have some new ideas after reading the theory of equality recently, and I want to discuss it with you.
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"Wait a little longer, the patrol guards are checking too hard during this period." Evans squinted his eyes and smiled, "You should do your studies well first. I heard from comrades that our Equality Association is in short supply of intellectuals right now."
"Promise to complete the mission." Ryder nodded solemnly.
Evans patted Ryder, who was several years younger than himself: "Be safe, I'm leaving."
"Same for you." Ryder watched Evans riding his bicycle with excitement, then waved his hand and walked away.
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North District Factory
"There is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" In the early morning, Morais summoned Verac and other cadres in a hurry.
"Bad news." Charles from the intelligence department raised his hand.
Morais held a cigarette and refused to light it: "Let me tell you the good news first. The good news is that we have found some traces of the revolutionaries on Pruman's side."
"Are they the ones who wrote 'Internachonaire'?" Piaf still remembers Verak's excitement when he guessed through "Inténachonel" that Pruman had an organization that was more advanced than them.
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"That's right." Morais said.
The people present here are much more energetic. They know that if they can contact each other's organization and communicate with each other, they will learn a lot of experience, make up for the current shortcomings, and avoid taking wrong paths and making unnecessary sacrifices.
"What about the bad news?" Verak was not in a hurry to be happy. He knew that the bad news about Morais staying at the end must be related to Pruman's organization.
"There is no organization there yet. We only know that there are such sounds, but we don't know who is talking specifically." Morais put his hands on the table. "To put it simply, their brains are faster than
The pace.”
"Maybe they are also facing their own difficulties." someone said.
Verak's mood did not fluctuate much, but he was very interested in the ideas born from individuals by Pruman: "To put it bluntly, people everywhere are fighting alone, and they may all need each other to give each other strength and support each other.
"
"Verak is right!" Morais emphasized, "If no one helps us find a way in advance, then we will do it ourselves. If there are many people doing the same thing, then we will do it together!
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"What we want to unite is not only the people of Lezeinli, but also the entire country and the entire world." Piaf said.
Morais took a deep breath and put away his cigarette: "We have been preparing for several months this time to make every impossible possible, and to put into practice the plan of attacking the government building that no one dared to think of. Not only
We need to tell the people that the government is not invincible and that compromise is not the only option we have when facing oppression.
It is not just about fighting for our rights like our ancestors did when they captured the Fortress of Lezein, like the Fourteenth Day Uprising, and telling those who try to enslave us that the people are the masters of this country. We also need to
Be the first warrior to hold up a torch in the darkness, and let all those who yearn for light come closer to us."
Let all those who long for the light come closer to us.
This is one of the important goals they want to achieve by gathering the efforts of thousands of people this time.
"Understood." Verak clapped his hands.
Others followed suit.
"What nonsense are you making up?" Morais waved his hand, signaling for everyone to calm down, "By the way, starting today, our public opinion offensive will also officially begin. We cannot finish beating the government and let the government beat us.
Describing it as a chaotic force puts us on the opposite side of people."
As he spoke, Morais took out several pieces of paper and distributed them one by one to the cadres present.
Verak and Keating each picked up one and found that it was the poem "Intrachonelle".
"'Innachonelle' is the transliteration of Pruman. We can't spread the name in Lezein with a name that makes everyone confused, so I renamed it and called it
It's 'The Internationale.'" Morais introduced.
"Have you arranged for someone to compose the music?" Verak looked up at Morais who happened to be walking by his seat.
"Not yet. Let's spread the word like this first. I'll wait for your friends to compose the music." Morais said.
Verak wanted to leave this opportunity to Rose, but the overall situation was more important. He could not delay such an important thing because of Rose: "But..."
"I know what you mean. Aren't you just afraid that I'm taking care of him for your sake?" Morais guessed Verac's thoughts, "What kind of care is this? I'll arrange it for whoever I think is good."
"His life or death is uncertain, and we urgently need to use songs to spread our ideas more quickly and on a wider scale. It may be meaningless to delay this way."
"Do you want him alive?"
"certainly."
"That's it." Morais returned to his seat and sat down. "Actually, I had no intention of doing this before. After all, he was arrested and he wouldn't be able to come out for a while. He wouldn't even be alive.
It's a problem if you can't keep it. But I heard that he knew your secret but didn't reveal it.
I changed my mind at the last minute. There are a lot of people who can compose music, but how many of them have the willpower like him? I never skimp on the right things. Let’s wait for the things that are worth it.
If he is still alive, I believe he will compose the best music for international music."
Verak just nodded silently.
The fact that there has been no movement from the government for so long means that Ross has not leaked a word. He did not expect that Ross, who once lived like a puddle of mud in prison, could insist on keeping secrets for him under the torture of the government.
This may be the power of equality and right.
He will never be the only one who is changed.
Verak was eager to see Rose again, and this time it was his turn to ask questions with admiration, praise him sincerely, and appreciate the perseverance of another man.
"Then, the last thing." Morais said, "Charles said that the military warehouse has achieved initial results, and the government's troops have been significantly mobilized. Now they are mainly focusing on the military warehouse and the hosting of the World Expo.
The Dimona Pavilion gathered together. This greatly reduced our pressure. Otherwise, it would be impossible for thousands of us to capture the government building. Then, in order to consolidate their achievements, we have to advance the implementation of the plan by one day.
Already."
"One day? Why? This leaves us with only three days of preparation." Someone wondered.
Charles, the Minister of Intelligence, answered: "We have created a false impression for the government people at the military warehouse, making them mistakenly think that we will loot weapons to fill the shortage before attacking the government building. In this situation, if we still follow the original plan
, if we take action on the day of the closing ceremony, there will be a problem with timing. The closing ceremony has started, but there is still no movement at the military warehouse. What do you think the government will think?"
"Do you think we are deliberately spreading their forces?"
"Even if you don't think so, you will still become suspicious. Once there is a new deployment of their troops, our entire plan will have to be adjusted in real time, which will waste time. The best way is to stop them while they still focus on military warehouses.
When we got there, we caught them off guard." Charles gave a detailed explanation of the reason for the day ahead of schedule.
"So we don't have much time. We still have three days to spare. Now three days later, we are attacking the government building." Morais waited for Charles to finish and looked at everyone seriously, "In the end, each of us will
The greater the pressure, the greater the pressure and the less we can retreat! These three days will be very busy for everyone, so please hang in there!"
Diaz, Nord, and Murphy were attracting fire at the military warehouse, while Boyne and Ross were trapped in the government building.
Verak was the one who most hoped that the plan could be implemented quickly and smoothly. He was the first to express his position: "We will wait for arrangements and ensure that the task is completed."
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In the South District of Lezein, the headquarters of the Chloe faction of the Equality Society, in a grocery store
"New news." Chloe's subordinates whispered something to Chloe during a regular meeting.
After hearing the news, the pen in Chloe's hand fell on the table: "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"You know what this means. Let me ask again, are you sure?" Chloe asked again with a cold face.
"I'm sure!"
"Get out." Chloe picked up the pen again and turned it around in her hand, "Everyone, our people found that the terminal under Morais' jurisdiction has been evacuated."
"What?!" the cadres attending the meeting exclaimed in shock.
Morais moved the terminal without telling them, and each of them knew what this meant.
"They are playing this trick with us?! It's clear what they want to do! I don't think they really want to reach a consensus with us and follow your plan!"
"But... when President Boyin came out, Comrade Morais called you immediately, explained the situation to you, and expressed that they would not come to rescue."
"What does this mean? This may be another ploy by Morais to appease us!"
"Everyone knows that President Boyne and Comrade Morais have a close relationship. President Boyin finally escaped, but Morais didn't save him. I think he really wanted to take care of the overall situation with us."
"Then how do you explain that they moved the location of the terminal without telling us at all?"
A quarrel broke out in the conference room, and the cadres were divided into two groups. One group believed that Morais must have some conspiracy, and the other group believed that Morais did not say that there was another reason.
After listening patiently for a while, Chloe raised her hand to shut everyone up: "We really have to be cautious when dealing with this matter. We can't let the past few months of hard work go to waste just because of some doubts, and let Boyin know
Chang's sacrifice was in vain. However, if Morais made such a big noise without telling us, he must not want us to know, and if he doesn't want us to know, he must be doing something that is not good for us."
"What about you?"
"I'm different from Morais. I have a far-sighted vision. I don't want everyone's efforts to go to waste at the last moment." Chloe sighed and stopped writing, "Don't alarm them first.
Send someone to verify again and see what is going on at their other sites. This will give us a general understanding and then we can make plans."
"Would you like to call Comrade Morais?"
"If I call rashly, he will be alarmed." Chloe's face was calm. She didn't know if she was really calm or just holding on, "The closing ceremony of the World Expo is coming soon, and I don't want to see any accidents happen.
.However...we must also prepare for the worst-case scenario."