Chapter 445 Riot·9
After asking both the Brotherhood and the Church to send people to investigate the group of people distributing food in the slums, Perfectcott also returned to Windsor Castle.
In the office, Princess Anne, who was detained by her at the desk, was processing documents seriously. One-third of the documents that were originally piled on the table were as high as a person's height. It can be seen that one-third of the documents were processed. Princess Anne's work efficiency during this period is worthy of recognition.
Besides the two-thirds of the pile of documents, a new pile of documents was piled up, already half as high as the original one.
This made Princess Anne couldn’t help complaining when she saw Purficott’s return: “Little Purficott, did you deliberately let people send documents here? How can you deal with such things every day? Many files! ”
"Fortunately, I don't have to review everything myself." Purficott waved his hand indifferently, sat on the sofa nearby, and asked Befa to pour himself tea while smiling: "And there are a lot of documents. You don’t need to read it in detail, just browse it briefly and look at the key contents. It’s fine.”
At this point, Purficott looked at Princess Anne teasingly and said to her: “Anne. Auntie, don't you read every document carefully? In that case, no matter how much energy you have, you won't be able to handle all the work.
This is all experience in handling government affairs, Anne. Auntie, you still have a lot to learn!"
Princess Anne was undoubtedly upset after being teased by Purficott, but she also understood that what Purficott said was the truth.
Although I have received a long period of royal education and have been escorted by the Queen to handle a lot of government affairs during this period, I have developed my ability to handle government affairs. However, I still have no idea how to handle government affairs efficiently, or more importantly. Princess Anne still lacks experience in handling government affairs efficiently.
Of course, it can also be said that she doesn't like dealing with government affairs.
But no matter what, Princess Anne lacks the experience to truly manage a city or a territory and truly lead the overall situation.
She is mostly just trying to do certain things under the control of the Queen.
"Yes, I am not as experienced as you." Princess Anne readily admitted this. She put down the pen in her hand, rubbed her shoulders and then asked Purficott: "Little Purficott, how did you feel when you went to the slums today? Have you thought of a way to help them?"
When Princess Anne asked, her eyes were full of expectation. In her opinion, as long as Purfi If Kurt is willing to help, then there must be no problem.
However, Purficott shook his head and said with a serious expression: "The situation in the slums is worse than I expected, and unplanned situations have occurred. If the worst situation really happens, then I can only clear out all the poor people in the entire outer city, even if it requires the use of thermobaric bombs."
In Purficott's view, if there is really a heresy causing chaos, then it will lead to an irreversible situation. She really had no choice but to clear out the entire slum, even if she needed to use thermobaric bombs in the end.
According to the information obtained from the chat between Purficott and Sabel on the way back, the heretical sect that was once exterminated by the church had committed a series of heinous acts such as spreading plague and polluting city water sources. .
If these things happened in Langton, the consequences would be disastrous.
Especially in this doomsday environment, people's hearts are inherently unstable. If everything cannot be nipped in the bud, it will be a disaster that is too terrible to handle.
So for Purficott, using a thermobaric bomb as a last resort was like issuing an extermination order.
Although very cruel, it is a necessary sacrifice.
This immediately shocked Princess Anne. She really couldn’t imagine what happened so much that Purficott just went out for a trip and came back with the intention of taking such drastic measures against the slums. means.
Under her questioning, Purficott explained what he had discovered.
"What are you talking about? Someone is collecting souls and grievances in the slums?" Uncontrollable anger appeared on Princess Anne's face, and she asked Perfectcott: "Who is so bold? Dare you to do this in Langton!”
Regarding this question, Purficott shook his head and said: "I don't know yet. I have asked someone to check it, but the matter may be more complicated than I expected, because it is a street light!"
Princess Anne's face suddenly turned even uglier when she heard Purficott say this.
She just doesn't like dealing with government affairs. It doesn't mean that she is not smart. Of course she understands the meaning of Purficott's words.
“Being able to replace street lamps with alchemical creations at least means that the other party has connections in the municipal department, or that they are the ones who will take over the municipal maintenance projects.” Princess Anne’s thinking at this time was very clear, regarding municipal projects It happened that she had dealt with it before, and she was quite familiar with the relevant processes and links in this area: "But this is only the most ideal situation. Little Purficott, you also said that the lampposts you can see in the slums A lot has been replaced, which means that this is by no means a small matter! There may be something wrong with the relevant aspects of the entire process!” Just capture them slowly and kill them." Purficott didn't care about the problems of the municipal department.
This kind of thing is unavoidable in many cases, and she doesn't care as long as these people are still doing things.
Many times, in order to keep their position or climb higher, this kind of people will work harder than normal people. If they are used well, they may be a group of high-quality parlu.
What Perficott really cares about is who is leading all this behind the scenes and what their purpose is.
“That’s why you said that the entire slum should be destroyed with thermobaric bombs if necessary?” Princess Anne also reacted. The issue of government can be dealt with after the incident is over. The most important thing now is It's the slums themselves.
Perfect nodded, placed his hand on the coffee table in front of him and activated alchemy.
"This is the current general terrain of the slums. They are located in an area near the river in the north of Langton City. There should be roughly 200,000 to 400,000 people living here." Purficott used alchemy to simulate the slums on the coffee table. The general shape of the river was explained to Princess Anne: "Now the river has not been frozen, and a large part of the domestic water in Langton City comes from this. Once a problem occurs upstream, the consequences will be disastrous.
And it is close to the lower city. This area is also an area where Langton's industrialization is concentrated, and the original city defense facilities and walls have been demolished.
Aunt Anne, you should understand what this means, right?" Purficott said. Then, she looked at Princess Anne. She knew that this princess with a military background must be very concerned about this kind of thing.
As expected, Princess Anne walked to the coffee table, put her hands over the slums and downtown, and said in a solemn tone: "If I create riots in the slums and make them move towards The lower city area is spreading, and even if the city guards can respond in time, even if they are just a mob, they cannot stop the attack of at least tens of thousands of people
This generation has no danger to defend, and the military's advantages in weaponry, equipment, and personnel quality will be evened out by urban street fighting. If anything really happens, this will be a difficult and difficult battle. "
"If the Steam Knights are deployed, they can fight, but once the number of enemies exceeds a certain limit, throwing thermobaric bombs is the simplest, direct and efficient way to deal with it. "Although Purficott's face is equally ugly, he is not as troubled as Princess Anne.
After all, for her, if conventional methods cannot solve it, then strategic weapons will be used.
< br>However, Princess Anne shook her head and rejected Purficott's idea: "This is an important industrial area and water source in Langton. The collateral impact of attacking this area with thermobaric bombs will be too great. .
Moreover, most of the houses in the slums are made of wood, and the difference is not much different in the lower city. Once a fire is caused by a thermobaric bomb...
Little Purficott, can you put out a fire that spreads across half of the city? You also have to deal with the remaining enemy forces at the same time. ”
In Princess Anne’s view, although thermobaric bombs can effectively solve the problem, the subsequent consequences are still very large, and Langton City may overturn if not careful.
Yes. At this point, Purficott nodded affirmatively: "Small question, if you want to extinguish the fire, you can throw another thermobaric bomb to burn out all the air in the area in a short time, then the fire will not burn. .
As for the remaining strength of the enemy, ask the military department to borrow a few Steam Knights. Don't tell me that these folks don't have anything special. ”
Perfect’s arrangement immediately left Princess Anne speechless.
This is not to say that her level is not as good as Purficott, but that things such as steam knights and thermobaric bombs have only been around for a year or two, and both the military and commanders like Princess Anne are still figuring it out. How to use these things and how to maximize their effectiveness on the battlefield.
The old men in the military department are okay, at least they are studying these things every day when they have nothing to do, and they have figured out some ways to some extent.
But for Princess Anne, who has basically been separated from command positions and front-line combat troops, it is difficult to learn how to control these in the first place.
How serious is this lag? Prince Edward's knights had already begun to change their armor to steam knights on a large scale, while Princess Anne's knights only changed their clothes in a small amount.
Only some of the big knights within the knights have changed their costumes a little. Their strategies and combat methods still maintain the traditional knight charge mode in the past.
Just treat the steam knights as a stronger heavy cavalry, rather than using them as a brand new unit and weapon.
Of course this is not a big problem. With the emergence of a new type of weapon, it is very rare to be able to form a reasonable set of tactical thinking within three to five years, not to mention the emergence of the Steam Knight. to three years.
The progress and development of tactical thinking requires the catalysis of talented military strategists and the war itself. Otherwise, no one will know whether the step-by-step development has gone astray.
Just like in the original world, the Germans' use of armored power during World War II taught the whole world a solid lesson. The tactical thinking of Britain and France that remained during World War I was directly blasted.
In the final analysis, the tank is still an invention of the British, but both Britain and France regarded it as a defensive weapon. Only Germany at that time regarded the tank as an offensive weapon, and blitzkrieg was derived from this. tactics shined in World War II.
Therefore, war itself is the best catalyst and test for the upgrade and improvement of weapons and equipment, as well as their actual application.
Originally, the Steam Knight would have had such an opportunity, but Purficott directly used thermobaric bombs to end the Seventeenth Day War, thus eliminating the original battle to test the quality of the Steam Knight.
"We can talk about how to deal with it specifically later. The top priority right now is to find out what is going on and come up with a temporary response." Purficott did not delve into the tactical issues, but It was proposed to Princess Anne: "I suggest that a steam knight regiment be stationed in the lower city, and at the same time, a part of the city guards be transferred to this area. It is said to the outside world that it is to protect the factories in the lower city. Those factory owners will not If they object, they will instead sponsor a military expenditure."
"Mobilizing the city guards and knights is a trivial matter. The key is how to deal with these people in the slums. We can't really kill them all. Right?" Princess Anne looked at Perfectcott, but she found that there was a look in his eyes that said, "That's what I think." Princess Anne was embarrassed for a moment: "You don't think so. "Yes, right?"
"No, I do plan to kill them all once and for all to solve the problem." Purficott did not deny this, and even emphasized: "This is the most important thing at the moment. An efficient and effective way to solve the problem once and for all.
Not only can it effectively eliminate hidden dangers that may break out in slums, it can also save a lot of food for the empire and eliminate related social problems.
After all, the quality of the population in the slums is not high, and they can't do many things even if I really want them to do it.
Under such circumstances, if you want to solve the problem once and for all, you can only use cruel methods, unless you tell Aunt Anne that you have a better way. "
Speaking of this, Purficott paused, looked at Princess Anne's frozen expression, and shook his head helplessly: "However, considering other problems that may be caused by the massacre and Negative effects, this is only a last resort.
Although I like to solve problems efficiently once and for all, it does not mean that I always rely on killing people to solve problems in everything I do.
If this matter does not get worse, it is not impossible to handle it in a relatively gentle way.
But the most urgent task now is to find out what happened in the slums. Otherwise, if something happens to these hundreds of thousands of people, half of Langton will have to go in. ”
(End of this chapter)