Speaking of which, before Lin Hai traveled through time, he had heard that there was an army that liked to recruit soldiers from prisons. Not only did they pay them high salaries in the eyes of the locals, but they could also gain their freedom as long as they survived six months on the battlefield.

Lin Hai felt that the treatment he gave was no worse than others.

Anyway, this war can't last until next year, which means the outcome will be decided before December 30th of this year. And isn't today already June 24th? It seems the treatment here is even better than that of the mercenary company in my previous life.

Besides, although I don't pay the Criminal Soldiers' Camp, the entire continent is now almost on a rationing system, and I don't know what the money is actually for...

Therefore, Lin Hai felt that he would not be as embarrassed as the head of state of a great country in his previous life, who was forced to take military action.

Of course, even if some people were dissatisfied, it didn't matter. At that time, the law regarding the Criminal Barracks was issued by Wei Mingyuan in the name of the Heads of State Council. If anyone was truly dissatisfied, they would have their cause of action...

After having their last breakfast, Qian Jin's 100-man team followed the main force up the mountain ridge. Here, people from the Ministry of Works had prepared the starting position for them overnight.

As the rare soft light of the summer sun shone on the crater, Qian Jin discovered that the thousand households had already come out of the front-line command post, which was a sign that the troops were about to be dispatched.

But as mentioned earlier, great minds think alike.

Originally, according to LKN93, the Abyss Guards should launch an "armed cleanup operation" in the demilitarized zone tomorrow, June 25th. But since the coalition forces can catch the enemy by surprise, LKN93 can do it too.

Qian Jin once again checked the weapons at his waist—a straight knife and a golden hammer. These were required by the higher-ups, and the generals were eager to know the specific damage effects of different weapons on robots.

The cavalrymen who attacked yesterday also brought straight swords or sabers as secondary weapons, but unfortunately they were not used at all.

On either side of his waist were shielding bombs on the left and incendiary bombs on the right, one each. It was said that the men yesterday had brought five, but only one of the incendiary bombs was used; the others were lost to the enemy. This angered His Majesty Lin Hai, who couldn't sleep well half the night.

"No matter what happens, we must use these two bombs and never let them fall into the hands of the enemy." This was Qian Jin's idea, and he also told his soldiers the same thing.

At a command, the soldiers of the Criminal Battalion who were assembled at the starting position on the reverse slope behind the ridge turned over and straightened their backs.

A familiar voice came from the tweeter.

Qian Jin was overwhelmed with emotions for a moment. He was very familiar with this voice. It came from his emperor, his principal, his former life mentor, and the man who ordered him to be imprisoned and said he would never see him again - Lin Hai.

"I am your emperor!"

"I know you."

So said His Majesty the Emperor.

"I know each and every one of you.

I spent an entire night looking through your roster, seeing your places of origin, past lives, the sins you committed, and of course, your names. Surrounded on all sides, four camps of criminals, a total of 41,532 names!

The Criminal Barracks were established four years ago, and the minimum requirement for admission was having at least four years left in prison. Some might find this unfair, considering I've seen several prisoners with only four years and one month left in their sentences still remain in the Barracks.

The only role of the Criminal Barracks is to undertake the most difficult tasks with the greatest casualties on the battlefield. Even I cannot guarantee how many of you will survive.

But all I can give you is the forgiveness of your sins.

So it's normal for you to feel unfair.

But this war was originally imposed on us by the Abyss, and there is no fairness at all.

Because of this war, there is no idle person on the continent. Those who can wield a sword have been recruited, and those who cannot wield a sword are also doing what they can in the rear.

In order to prepare for this war, countries called for a reduction in birthrates four years ago, out of concern that caring for children would affect manpower.

Because of this war, starting four years ago, all the grain grown by farmers, except for a small amount of food rations, was confiscated, and they did not receive any compensation except an IOU.

For this war, starting four years ago, workers have not received any compensation other than the basic survival supplies rationed to them, but they still have to work eight hours a day just to produce even a little more supplies.

For this war, we cleared out all the prisons, Buddhist temples, Taoist temples on the continent... and gathered a force that we ourselves could not imagine.

All of this is for victory. We can give everything for victory, because only victory can allow us to survive.

Therefore, soldiers of the Sinful Barracks, you are not fighting for an emperor, a country, or even your superiors, nor are you fighting to cleanse your own sins.

You are simply born as a human being, fighting for human freedom and dignity. This has nothing to do with who you were or what you did.

So, I need you to fight bravely, your family and friends need you to fight bravely, every person, every tree, every flower, and every bird on the continent needs you to fight bravely.

Everyone is destined to die, some people’s death is lighter than a feather, some people’s death is heavier than Mount Tai.

All the criminal soldiers have it!"

His Majesty the Emperor raised his voice.

Qian Jin hadn't heard Lin Hai give orders in years since leaving Qinghe Academy. His body reflexively stood up straight and answered loudly with the other soldiers, "Yes!"

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