Chapter 75 Execution
The manhunt for the independence faction lasted for a whole week. During this period, about 400 people were executed and more than 1,000 people were thrown into prison. Most of them will be exiled to He served hard labor on a desert island until he was tortured to death.
During this week, the entire New Shaker City fell into the white terror set off by Purficott, and everyone was worried that they would be the next person to be hanged.
Wantful raids and executions without trial constituted the main theme of New Shakh City this week.
If the garrison hadn't directly blocked the city's traffic, many people would have wanted to flee the city immediately.
However, even so, some people still tried to escape from the city secretly, and most of them were killed directly after being caught. Those who were not killed on the spot were hung from street lamps.
Because there were so many people killed, the lampposts at the pier were not enough, so they could only be hung on other street lamps in the city.
This makes the entire New Xia Ke city look as scary as a ghost. There are corpses hanging on both sides of the road, and there is not even a shadow of a ghost on the originally bustling and lively streets.
It was not that no one tried to resist. Some local gangs and independent factions gathered a team of about hundreds of people to try to forcibly confront Purficott, and even tried to take this opportunity to directly launch an uprising.
Their plan can be said to be very feasible, especially since they incited a local infantry battalion garrisoned in New Shaker City, giving them a numerical advantage.
However, when they reached a position only two blocks away from the dock, the old butler wearing Steam Knight armor taught them a lesson.
The old butler who was alone did not use the expensive automatic sniper rifle. After all, one bullet was worth much more than the heads of these militants. He did not want to waste Perfectcott's wealth.
So the old butler was only equipped with a chainsword, a blunderbuss and a shield borrowed from other knights.
With the support of the Steam Knight Armor, the old housekeeper brandished his gun and single-handedly killed the militants who came to attack the dock, suppressing this so-called "uprising".
The whole street was full of broken corpses, and blood even penetrated a foot deep under the road surface, which caused huge trouble for the clean-up work afterwards.
At that moment, the people of the New World finally understood clearly why the empire was able to occupy so many colonies.
And most importantly, how terrifying the Steam Knight is on the battlefield.
A steam knight defeated the militants equivalent to an infantry regiment. Even if the old butler himself was a knight of honor, this seemed a bit outrageous.
You must know that the so-called blunderbuss is just a modification of the traditional lance made by the Empire after gunpowder became popular. It added a barrel to it, which can fire a preloaded round. Just ammunition.
Although this modification can indeed play a certain role in combat, the disadvantage of being able to fire only one round of preloaded ammunition still makes this weapon not as good as imagined.
After all, the technology of bullets is not yet developed, and the blunderbuss can only be loaded with one bullet at a time, which means that the knight can only fire one bullet at most during a charge.
For the old butler Foster, this thing is just a weapon similar to a lance.
When he followed old Baron Brandlis into the battlefield, the knights of the empire had not yet changed into this outfit. However, generally speaking, there is not much difference between a blunderbuss and a traditional lance, and it can kill people even if you hold it in your hand.
With just a blunderbuss, he defeated the militants equivalent to an infantry regiment. Afterwards, it was estimated that more than a hundred people were torn to pieces in the short battle, even though Foster Even though he is a knight of honor, it still seems a bit exaggerated.
This also made everyone realize what changes the steam knight can bring to the battlefield, which can almost rewrite the form of future wars.
So when the relevant information was sent back to the mainland in the form of telegrams, the military directly supported Purficott. They even planned to form an expeditionary force from the mainland to go to the New World and directly wipe out all the enemies. Independent.
Of course, the most important thing is to protect the Steam Knight Factory that Purficott is preparing to set up in the New World.
The top brass of the military department can understand why Purficott placed the Steam Knight Factory in the New World, and even if the biggest reason behind it is not taken into account, placing the factory in the New World can effectively isolate people from other countries. of spying.
Although judging from the current situation, even if other countries know that the Victoria Empire has created the Steam Knight, it will be difficult to come up with any effective response strategy before the doomsday disaster strikes.
Even if they stole the blueprint, it would be difficult to copy it within three years.
So the military has no objection to the establishment of the Steam Knight Factory in the New World. They just hope that sufficient military force can be sent to protect the factory and ensure that the empire's next plan progresses smoothly.
However, these have nothing to do with Purficott for the time being. After receiving the news from the mainland, Purficott stopped killing and walked out of the White Jewel again after a week.
Her face was no longer as pale as before. At least she had become accustomed to the smell of blood, although the corpses on the dock had begun to rot and emitted an unpleasant stench.
But in order to better deter those people with ulterior motives, Perfectcott still came to the dock.
At this time, there are still a group of prisoners related to the independence faction on the dock waiting for execution, but at this moment, Perfectcott wants to use a more shocking way to deal with them, leaving a deep enough impression on everyone .
"Tie them to the stakes." Purficott looked at these independents who were full of hostility and hatred towards her, and ordered in a cold tone.
On the pier, the heads of the executed independents had been piled into a hill, and a circle of wooden stakes had been inserted around it according to Purficott's prior instructions.
"Executioner!" "You devil!" "Vicious woman! You must die a good death!" All kinds of unpleasant curses came from the mouths of these people who were tied to the stakes. They used vicious words Words cursed Purficott.
However, Purficott did not order anyone to gag them or react in any other way. He just looked at everyone very seriously and stared into their eyes.
"I remember my grandpa said that when you want to kill someone with your own hands, you must look into his eyes to make sure that you have made the right decision and will not regret it." Purficott said, The face of the old housekeeper beside her suddenly showed a look of surprise.
After saying that, Purficott put his cane on the ground.
(End of this chapter)