Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 161 Number of Casualties

In Langton's theater, Purficott had finished playing tonight's repertoire. Amidst warm applause, she stood up and came to the edge of the stage. Facing the enthusiastic audience, she made a gesture to signal everyone. calm down.

All the dignitaries in Langton were very respectful to Purfict, so they all fell silent and looked at Purfict expectantly, as if waiting for her to say something.

However, Purficott did not speak immediately, but just made a gesture to the side.

Soon, a staff member came to Purficott with the newly decoded message. At her signal, he read loudly: "The Behemoth is calling. The capital of France has been plunged into flames." !The city is burning beneath my feet!”

Upon hearing the news, all the senior officials from Victoria's military and political circles in the theater applauded wildly, and some even stood up excitedly.

For Victoya and Frans, who have been feuding for a hundred years, destroying each other's capital is a great victory that Victoia people have dreamed of for hundreds of years!

But this made Anthony, who was sitting in the audience, feel cardiopulmonary arrest.

France's capital was attacked? The whole city was reduced to a sea of ​​flames?

No, impossible! Victoria doesn't have this ability!

Even if they have airships that can bypass the Three Kingdoms Alliance forces gathered across the strait, and even if the steam knights are powerful enough to easily tear apart the defense line of an entire army group, they still can't capture the entire capital in such a short period of time!

This must be an act of bullying by the Victorians! definitely is!

However, the behavior of bullying the enemy has a purpose, and there is no such behavior without a purpose.

The Victorians are obviously not bored, and so many senior military and political officials do not have the leisure to act with them.

What exactly is their purpose? Why do you want to act like this? Are they fooling themselves, or are they fooling the little girl on stage?

Yes, Anthony regarded this as a well-planned operation to deceive the enemy, but no matter how he analyzed it, he could not find a reason for the Victorians to do this.

But he didn't want to believe that all of this was true, or he couldn't believe that it was true.

Because once he believed this to be true, it meant that he believed that the Victorians could capture France's capital in such a short period of time and plunge the entire city into a sea of ​​fire.

And this also means that in this war initiated by France, even if the Three Kingdoms Alliance wins, France, whose capital is captured, will lose completely, and may even be defeated by Ross and Saint Rom after the war. Annexed by Luz.

Although the three countries have formed an alliance this time, everyone knows that in addition to having fought a war with Victoria for hundreds of years, France also has territorial disputes with Ross, and the two sides have also been fighting for many years.

As for Ross, they have been working on splitting Ross into North and South.

Therefore, unless the capitals of Rus and Saint Romulus are also destroyed, there will definitely be a fight within the Triple Alliance due to the imbalance of the three parties.

But at this point, the existence of the Three Kingdoms Alliance has lost its meaning, because the Three Kingdoms Alliance, with its capitals destroyed, has no capital to fight against Victoya.

Whether it is a breakthrough from the frontal battlefield, or a so-called airship bypassing the defense line and raiding, being able to destroy the capitals of the three countries means that Victoria has the ability to destroy any city in the three countries at any time!

This also means that even if all the people of the Three Kingdoms Alliance are in arms, it will be meaningless to assemble more troops.

Because Victoya could completely ignore the place where the Three Kingdoms Alliance gathered heavy troops and bypass all the defense lines to specifically attack the cities in the rear.

It is impossible for the Three Kingdoms Alliance to attack its homeland despite the danger that all the cities in their respective countries are within the strike range of Viktoria, and it is impossible for the army to still maintain combat capabilities after losing the country's logistical supplies.

So even if France launched a war as soon as he learned that Victoria had an airship and a steam knight, was it still too late?

Although Anthony was extremely reluctant to believe this, it was obvious that things would not change according to his will.

Soon after it was announced that the capital of France was under attack, the capitals of Rus and St. Romulus were also announced to be attacked by Victoria, and all the messages contained the phrase "The sky is burning, and the earth is crawling under my feet." .

Anthony didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but he could see that it was a signal to the Victorians, a signal that they had won the war.

He couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly and tried his best to stabilize the expression on his face to prevent others from seeing his true inner emotions at this time.

After all, he is still playing the role of a French diplomat who is pro-Victoria. The more times like this, the less likely he is to make mistakes.

And he was also eager to know how Viktoria was able to attack the capitals of three countries at the same time, and all of them were successful.

"General, how did you manage to attack the capitals of three of our countries at the same time?" Anthony forced a stiff smile on his face and asked a general next to him: "Although I know The airship can allow you to bypass all defense lines and fortresses, but it is a city. It is impossible for the soldiers that an airship can carry to capture our country's capital. Even if they are all steam knights, they cannot do it in such a short time. Do it within the time limit. So can you satisfy my curiosity?"

"About this question..." The general immediately wanted to refuse to answer. This was Victoire's secret, so how could he tell it to a French diplomat.

However, at this time, Purficott noticed this. She was still standing on the stage, but smiled brightly and said: "General Foster, let's tell him. Anyway, tomorrow the whole world will know that the empire destroyed three people overnight. The capital of a country.

Rather than letting them make random guesses, it is better to tell them openly and honestly what weapons we used, and let them understand more clearly so that they do not still have unrealistic hopes. "

Hearing what Perficott said, the general looked around and saw that no one, including the Duke of Gloucester and Princess Anne, expressed any objection, so he had no worries.

After all, strategic deterrence was indeed what Perficott was involved in when he proposed this combat plan.

"We did not dispatch the army to attack your capital. Although the steam knight can do the same thing, it is still too inefficient." The general explained to Anthony, whose face had begun to turn pale. At the same time, his eyes could not help but reveal He expressed some sympathy: "The airship is carrying a new type of weapon called a thermobaric bomb, which was developed by Lord Brandlis. It only takes one weapon to destroy a fortress or an entire city. Terrorist weapon, Count Brandless even named it a strategic weapon, which means that as long as it is used, it can directly win a war at the strategic level.

The sky is burning and the earth is crawling under my feet. This sentence is the code word for tonight's action.

In fact, just as Count Brandless said, the airship had set off from Langton more than ten hours ago to the capitals of your country and the other two countries of the Triple Alliance. This code word is what makes They started dropping thermobaric bombs. "

After saying that, the general seemed to have some sympathy for the diplomat who no longer existed in the capital of the motherland, so he added with concern for him: "If you have family members in the capital, please express your condolences and use warm pressure to suppress him." There was no way they could survive the force."

After understanding the general's explanation, Anthony felt dizzy at this time, because his home was in the capital of France.

My beloved wife and daughter who just turned nine this year, my father who is strict but always caring about me, my loving mother, my younger brother who adores and admires me, and my favorite lover...

They were all in France, and at this moment they were all perished in the flames.

Thinking of this, Anthony looked up at Perficott, and the hatred of country and family welled up in his heart. He desperately raised his arm and fired a sleeve arrow at Perficott.

Although his movement was noticed the moment he raised his hand, the general sitting next to him hurriedly tried to stop him, but it was too late.

The general only had time to hold down Antony's arm and throw him to the ground, while the fired sleeve arrow hit Perficott's face.

However, in the face of the incoming arrow, Purficott just raised his arm casually, and then held the arrow.

"If you were using a pistol, I might still hide for a while, but the arrows in your sleeves?" Purficott couldn't help but sneered, and then threw the arrows in his sleeves to the ground: "Times have changed! Just like you and your country, It is destined to be eliminated by this era.

I only give you seventy-two hours to surrender unconditionally. If you refuse or still want to negotiate terms, the empire's airships and thermobaric bombs will destroy all your cities at a rate of one city a day until you unconditionally Until surrender. "

After saying that, Purficott turned and left the stage.

The general who held Anthony down did not embarrass him. He just said to him: "You heard, there are only seventy-two hours."

After speaking, he asked the guards to escort Anthony out.

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Time flew by, and it was already the afternoon of the third day. Perfectcott was sitting in the conservatory of Windsor Castle, drinking afternoon tea with Princess Anne.

"So what was the result of the first actual combat of the thermobaric bomb?" Purficott put the teacup in his hand back on the table and asked Princess Anne beside her.

Although she designed the thermobaric bomb, and she is fully aware of the killing effect of the thermobaric bomb, Purficott is still very concerned about how much damage the weapon she created has caused, and how much it has taken away. human life.

"Little Purficott, it's better for you not to know. You'll have nightmares." Princess Anne couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Purphycott. She didn't want her to know such bloody figures and bear the burden at such an age. Such a heavy sin as millions of lives.

That is a number that even soldiers like Princess Anne, who have faced the battlefield head-on and even fought in battle to kill the enemy, will shudder just thinking about it.

So much so that even in the conservatory of Windsor Castle, which is like spring all year round, Princess Anne can still feel the chill emanating from the string of numbers. She doesn't want Purficott to carry such a heavy thing. She has already Enough burdened for the Empire.

However, Purficott just waved his hand indifferently and said nonchalantly to Princess Anne: "You have to face it, even if you don't tell me, Aunt Anne, newspapers all over the street will report this matter tomorrow.

After all, the capitals of three countries were wiped off the map by me, as well as the main army and navy of the Three Kingdoms Alliance. The total number of people should be more than three million, right?

Don't worry about the psychological burden I will have. If this war continues, in three years... no, two years later, they will freeze to death in the cold wave after the end of the world. Now they will die in advance. "

Purficott, who seemed to be persuading Princess Anne, but was also persuading himself, specifically added: "Killing them now is to avoid causing more deaths due to the war they provoked. .

As long as the three countries surrender unconditionally, the empire will be able to obtain enough resources from them to develop and build the northern border. In this way, we can make progress faster than expected, build more shelters, and bring more people to the empire. Get shelter and survive this catastrophe. "

Purficott did not mention all mankind. She knew that now was not the time to consider all mankind, and there was no environment to consider all mankind.

After all, in the old world of the 18th century, national consciousness and national consciousness were just awakening. It was really difficult to expect them to think about all mankind.

"Okay, but at present we only have preliminary estimates. Among them, the number of people annihilated by the Army of the Three Kingdoms Alliance is the best. There are about 600,000 people in total, all of whom are elites of the Three Kingdoms Alliance." Understand that even if he doesn't say that, Per Ficott could also learn about the situation from other channels, and Princess Anne could only helplessly introduce to her the results of the thermobaric bombs: "The navy of the Three Kingdoms Alliance has a total of twenty-six old battleships and seven new battleships. It is difficult to estimate the number of other combat ships that were sunk, but the total number should be more than 200. France's naval base and the city where it was located were also destroyed, and at least more than 200,000 people died in the sea of ​​​​fire.

As for the capitals of the Triple Alliance, the death toll has not yet been calculated, but according to the intelligence received so far, the number of dead and missing people in the capital of France has exceeded one million, and the capital of Ross and the capital of St. Romulus are also almost the same.

There are at least two million more displaced people who have been burned or inhaled toxic gases. They have lost their homes and are waiting for rescue in this cold winter. But now the three countries are obviously unable to do this. All will die in the coming days or weeks. "

　After combining the data from the Seven Years' War and the European population data of the 18th century, the number of people directly affected should exceed six million. After all, cities like Paris had a population of close to two million at this time.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)