My soldiers are all Fourth Calamities!

30. Post-war inventory...

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Rochester, Timoshenko rode back to his own troops.

Rochester then began to tally up his gains. His recent acquaintance with Timoshenko had earned him a full [500] reputation points. Combined with the kills completed by the players and the firepower points taken down, he finally managed to collect [800] points.

After deducting the resurrection costs for some players, he currently has a reputation of [1600] points.

As for the players, it seems that, except for a few individuals, they have all died in one round. However, Rochester himself was already in a killing frenzy at the time, and it is unknown exactly when the players died.

Guo Ruhe, who previously had the highest merit, has now had his merit reduced from [460] to [340]. It is likely that he was revived twice after receiving two grenades.

Therefore, Rochester's distribution of war merits this time was based on Guo Ruhe's situation.

Most players enjoy looking at numbers, especially leaderboards that rank players by their achievements.

Therefore, if players experience a tug-of-war like this, and their merit points decrease instead of increasing, it could easily dampen their enthusiasm.

Therefore, Rochester planned to directly award Guo Ruhe [160] merit points, plus the extra [50] merit points he would receive for killing a knight, bringing Guo Ruhe's total merit points to [550].

Qitu Ge's record was similar to Guo Ruhe's, except he died one less time. His original merit was [400], but after this battle, it became [330]. Qitu Ge's operation was similar to Guo Ruhe's, and in the end, Qitu Ge's merit stopped at [530].

Other players also received the rewards in a similar way. The player named "AIR" was quite active on the forums and chat channels, but his performance was truly appalling.

the last one.

The result after settlement is [220] merits.

Rochester tried to get him out of trouble, but he couldn't manage it no matter what he did; his record was just too bad!

To prevent AIR and some players from giving up due to insufficient scores, he plans to use this time to recruit another batch of players.

Rochester glanced at Guo Ruhe and Qitu Ge, who were now taking the initiative to summarize their experiences after leading their troops into battle against the players.

Don't say it, really don't say it.

Since becoming political instructors, the two men have quickly adapted to their roles and have already taken the initiative to help train other soldiers.

This gave Rochester a new idea.

He was initially worried that he wouldn't be able to control the players, but it seems that as long as he restricts players from attacking friendly forces and other actions that would seriously disrupt the storyline, the players' initiative can be quite terrifying.

Furthermore, since he can directly control the players, wouldn't that mean that when the players become the Grand Marshal, they will all be his most loyal subordinates?

But in the later stages, wouldn't that be... cough cough... thinking too far ahead?

After the two players finished their battle and held a debriefing meeting, Rochester spent 100 reputation points to summon ten more players and add them to the "Army of Benevolence".

...

at that time.

The players, due to the appearance of Timoshenko, have become very interested in the current storyline.

Guo Ruhe: "Ah! I want Timoshen's power armor too!"

"It seems that all the famous generals in this world will appear, and they will all be like Space Marines."

AIR: "I have begun to look forward to the person who, during this period, commanded the Battle of Tsaritsyn, refused Vladimir's request, and did not allow the Red Cross delegation to visit the front lines, as the originator of the party-state's original political commissar system."

He even demanded the execution of one-tenth of the defeated Red Army soldiers and put forward the slogan that not supporting the reign of terror was opposing rule. Even after the civil war ended, he continued to exercise dictatorship.

He was the one who suppressed democracy in the institutions he managed, used extreme measures against workers, claimed that human nature is lazy, and wanted to build the whole country into a giant Gulag.

It must be said that while AIR is a bit lacking in combat, its insightful commentary on these characters has truly opened the eyes of most players.

Guo Ruhe: "Your description is no better than just showing Trotsky's ID card."

AIR: "I thought you would guess it was Joseph."

Just then, a noise came from the side.

Rochester was seen leading ten excited men toward them.

Without even guessing, just by looking at their stunned expressions, you could tell they were definitely new players who had just come out of the game pod.

"Let me introduce them to you. These ten are our new members, and they are..." Rochester originally wanted to call them by their Russian names, but since they were long, awkward, and hard to remember, he decided to use their game names instead. To avoid laughing at some ridiculous names, he thought of all the saddest names he could think of beforehand: "Belial Milk Dragon... Tang King Protector... Potato Who Loves to Eat Potatoes..."

Guo Ruhe immediately became excited; just hearing those names, he knew they were all his group members!

Upon seeing Guo Ruhe's name, the new players immediately recognized him.

There were also a few people who appeared to be AIR's friends.

Now that we know each other, things will be easier.

Rochester directly handed over the task of training the new recruits entirely to Guo Ruhe and Qitu Ge—letting them familiarize the newcomers with the environment.

As for Rochester, he had more important plans at the moment. He arrived at the Righteous Army ahead of time and found Anton.

Anton immediately stood at attention and saluted when he saw Rochester. Rochester patted him on the shoulder. "No need to be so serious. How are our Righteous Army's casualties?"

Hearing this, Anton was silent for a moment. "More than twenty people died, all of them were veterans who were squad leaders and platoon leaders. They were all at the forefront. And... many of them were wounded. But fortunately, the cavalry has a large number of medical nuns who are helping to treat the wounded. Do you want me to go with you to take a look?"

Rochester nodded and followed Anton to the field hospital, where he quickly located the wounded soldiers of his unit.

The most seriously injured was a new recruit named Franz.

Rochester sat down beside Franz's bed. It was noisy around them. A troop transport arrived—some of the wounded who could be transferred and were still able to go back to the battlefield were selected. The medical nun walked past Franz without even glancing at him.

Rochester saw a hint of sadness in Franz's eyes.

"Wait a little longer, Franz," Rochester said.

Franz propped himself up on his elbow with a pillow: "I...they cut off my leg."

"You should be happy, it's just one leg, you're still alive, aren't you?"

Franz grabbed Rochester's hand. "Commander Rochester, I want to go back to the battlefield. Please, I've heard there's a can in the West that can put disabled people in."

Rochester: ?

Wait, buddy, why are people scrambling to get into the Fearless class?

Rochester took his hand. "Frantz, go home and get some rest. You need to recover after the surgery. Your country will take care of you."

"No, Commander Rochester, I don't want to live a life of mediocrity."

"You can do anything, not just join the army. Even if you can't go to the battlefield now, you can go to where your country needs you."

"Commander Rochester, where else can I go? I..."

"We are currently impoverished, lacking industry and magic. Our country needs talent in these areas. If you need it, I will help you contact the commander. You can produce bullets and cannons for our comrades!"

Upon hearing this, Franz fell silent.