Chapter 472 Unusual Snowstorm
In the hotel restaurant, although the staff had raised the fireplace and the flames were burning brightly, Purficott still felt a little cold even while sitting by the fireplace.
She was wearing a quite thick woolen coat at this time. The lining of the coat was a goose down liner specially made by her. It can be said that the warmth retention effect is full, and it is even more light and comfortable. It is better than the winter fur of this era.
However, even so, she felt the coldness of her hands and feet after just one meal.
As for the meal in front of her, it had already gone cold. Even when the food was being served, the staff of the hotel restaurant had tried their best to use various means to keep it warm.
Purficott is wearing cashmere gloves made of lambskin. Although the thermal insulation effect cannot be compared with cotton gloves, they are already the best warm gloves that are convenient to use.
Her boots are made of the same sheepskin boots, and the lining is a layer of lambswool that is very soft, comfortable and has excellent thermal insulation effect.
It can be said that what she wears is the best warm clothing in this era, and she is sitting by the fireplace. It is not winter anymore, so logically she should not feel cold.
But a sudden blizzard hit the city. The snow outside had reached a foot deep. Even with heating facilities and warm clothes indoors, people still felt cold hands and feet.
This is a sign of the end of the world.
Although for the North and the New World, sudden snowstorms are not unheard of during this season, but the city where Perficott is located at the moment is already located in the central area of the New World, closer to the warm and humid south. In theory, there will be no This abnormal climate occurred.
Not to mention it was so cold that she felt cold even if she was being roasted over a fire.
Although Purficott's current identity is just that of a minor noble who defected to relatives, and her behavior needs to be low-key, she has not treated herself badly.
After all, the general impression of the native nobles of the empire, the New World and the North is that they are a group of wealthy people.
So Purficott kept a low profile, and she did not treat herself badly in terms of guaranteeing some basic material conditions.
But even so, she still felt cold. You can imagine how difficult it must be for ordinary people.
It was precisely because of the sudden blizzard that Purficott stopped the attack plan that Major General Richard was preparing, and instead asked him to release a signal for peace talks.
This is not a conspiracy as expected by the Revolutionary Army. Purficott does not have to use the name of peace talks to trick the leaders of the Revolutionary Army into killing them. She just wants to end the war as soon as possible and gain a stable state. New World colonies.
Of course, if the revolutionary army insists on independence, Purficott can't change the name of the New World.
Although her original plan to quickly end the war was to use a devastating attack to smash the revolutionary army's defense lines and force them to the negotiating table, but now she has encountered this sudden accident. It's not like she couldn't change her strategy and choose to end the war in a relatively peaceful way.
Although it is not impossible for Purficott to continue to launch the war according to the original plan, if he continues to march in such bad weather, the troops will suffer a huge degree of non-combat attrition, which is not what Purficott wants.
After all, it was a sudden snowstorm. Even if Purficott mobilized airships to act as bombers to demolish the positions and fortresses of the Revolutionary Army, ground troops would still be needed to march in and occupy these places. However, even in the original world where technology had developed to the point where it was possible to establish a permanent research station in Antarctica, no army dared to say that it could continue marching or even launch an attack in a raging snowstorm.
The Germans had already verified the power of General Winter in World War II, and Purficott did not want to repeat what the Germans had experienced.
Although she does want to give Kallen some help so that Kallen can establish a regime led by the working class or the proletariat, this does not mean that she will allow her troops to endure completely unfavorable conditions. necessary casualties.
She could accept the casualties that occurred during the attack. This was a necessary price, but this kind of practice of letting soldiers attack in a snowstorm and suffer huge casualties just because they wanted to end the war quickly was beyond Purficott's control. Scope of action.
Although Purficott can let millions of people die without hesitation to achieve her goals, this does not mean that she is really without scruples in her behavior.
She will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals, but when she has a choice, she doesn't mind being gentle.
If the victory of the war at this moment has to be filled with human lives, then she can also say something like "I don't want casualties, I just want victory."
But Purficott is still willing to show her kindness when it is not necessary.
And there is another very important reason, that is, Purficott noticed that in the New World colonies, even though the empire had announced the news of the end of the world, the New World colonies generally did not start the construction of shelters.
Of course Purficott was not so benevolent that she wanted to build shelters for the people in the New World colonies. If she had had this idea, she would not have chosen to open a business in the north in the first place.
She just feels that under the current circumstances, the construction of the Northern Territory has basically completed most of the set goals. The New World colonies, like the Empire itself, can still be achieved before the end of the world if we seize the time. Build yourself a shelter instead of relying on existing buildings to withstand the extreme cold that would freeze everything to death.
After all, retaining the existence of the New World colonies is also a good thing for the North.
So Purficott felt that he could temporarily put aside some unnecessary disputes, conduct peace talks with the revolutionary army, and then use all resources and manpower where they should go, instead of wasting them on the battlefield.
Just like she killed millions of people during the Seventeenth Day War to prevent the war from destroying the capitals of three countries, now Perficott can still choose to engage in peace talks and make necessary concessions in order to quickly end the war.
Of course, if someone in the revolutionary army is ignorant, Purficott will not resort to thunderous measures.
According to the previous combat plan she and Major General Richard made, three airships have taken off from the north. Although they were delayed due to weather, they will still arrive here later.
According to the original combat plan, although these three airships did not carry thermobaric bombs, they also carried ground-penetrating bombs specifically designed to destroy strong fortresses and fortifications.
(End of this chapter)