Chapter 480 The thermobaric bomb that was almost dropped
The battle between more than two hundred steam knights really shocked everyone who learned about the situation.
After all, this is the first time in the history of world war that humans have put steam knights into battle on such a large scale.
If I had to describe this exaggerated gap, it would probably be that in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, a torrent of Cold War-level steel was thrown into it.
In fact, based on the number of steam knights put into battle, they were even equivalent to the size of a Soviet tank division during the Cold War. You must know that during the Cold War in the Soviet Union, a tank division with a smaller number of troops might be There may not even be two hundred tanks.
As for the comparison of the combat effectiveness of the two sides... the tanks during the Cold War may be stronger than the Steam Knight, but their strength is limited.
At least if the tactics are correct, Purficott does not feel that his Steam Knight will lose to the tank.
So it is conceivable that five infantry regiments from the Napoleonic War era faced a tank division from the Cold War era. The result can only be said to be cruel.
Although Purficott did not really want to do this, using two hundred steam knights to do the work that twenty steam knights can do, Purficott is not so free yet.
But it was not easy for her to stop this. After all, she was attacked by rebels and her knights saved her from thousands of miles away. She had no reason to rebuke her knights.
And this incident also brought another benefit, that is, the Revolutionary Army, which was still criticizing the peace talks, has completely shut up now. No one is talking about the peace talks between Kallen and Purficott. Have opinions.
Five infantry regiments have just been crushed to death in front of them, and the two knights' combined eighteen flag regiments are placed there. People in the revolutionary army are now afraid of speaking too loudly and invoking the dissatisfaction of these steam knights. .
After all, those were two steam knights who had just crushed five infantry regiments! They are enough to bring clarity back to the eyes of any thoughtful person.
Perfect didn’t have time to take care of these messy things. She just sent a knight from the flag team to take an airship to escort the governor back to the empire for trial. Most of the remaining knights were taken care of by her. After rushing back to the north, she was left with only two knights, two flag corps each, and the flying knights.
And she herself took the four steam knights of the flag team, together with the flying knights, and took the airship to New Shake City.
The governor rebelled, and the New World colonies were in chaos.
Especially in New Xia Ke City, the airship fleet headed by the Behemoth has completely blocked the entire city. These airships are always broadcasting loudly using the loudspeakers on board. The ultimatum of dropping a thermobaric bomb was not ruled out, which almost scared the residents of Xinshak City to death.
If Purficott had arrived a little later, or if there were no other people with enough weight to take care of this matter, I'm afraid they would really dare to throw the thermobaric bomb down.
After all, the captain of the Behemoth was Perficott's cousin William, and he showed great anger at the attack on Perficott.
As the imperial war hero who dropped the thermobaric bomb on the capital of France during the Seventeenth Day War, he had the confidence to shoulder the responsibility of dropping the thermobaric bomb on the city of Novishak.
Therefore, for the Behemoth and the entire airship fleet, the thermobaric bombs they carry are not just a decoration, but they are really intended to be thrown down at any time to avenge Purficott.
Fortunately, Purficott came in person and finally had an explanation for this matter, preventing it from slipping into the worst situation.
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“In view of the fact that you have disobeyed my orders and mobilized the thermobaric pressure without my permission. "In the future, the captains of each ship will be demoted one level and suspended for three months for self-reflection. During this period, the captains will be temporarily replaced by deputy captains." In the Governor's Mansion in New Shaker City, Purficott looked at two people standing in front of him. The captains of the airships in the platoon felt a little pain in their heads: "Do you have any objections to this result?" "No, Lord Earl." All the captains answered neatly.
Although being demoted and suspended did make people feel uncomfortable, they also understood how serious a crime it was to deploy thermobaric bombs privately without permission, and to prepare to release them in cities in the empire.
Perficott just downgraded them, which is already very magnanimous.
After all, if this matter reaches the military headquarters, I am afraid that the entire fleet will have to be disbanded, and all the officers will have to report to the military court, and then be expelled from the army in disgrace.
Perfect's cousin William, who was the main person responsible for this incident, would have been shot directly if he hadn't had the aura of a war hero to protect him.
To put it mildly, they were eager to protect the Lord, and they acted irrationally in a moment of anger.
But to put it more harshly, this is the army walking alone, losing control, and directly using strategic weapons!
If this were placed in the original world, if a force capable of delivering nuclear weapons walked alone and threatened to drop nuclear weapons on a certain city, you see how this force would be dealt with!
It can be said that the nature of this matter is very bad and the matter is already very serious.
But fortunately, Purficott arrived in time and covered everything up.
She immediately sent people to send all the thermobaric bombs back to the north, and then announced that the fleet did not really carry thermobaric bombs, and that they were only performing strategic deterrence.
Although everyone knew that this was not the truth, when Purficott said this, both the military and the empire's center all acquiesced that this was the truth.
As for her handling of the airship fleet, the military department only added a penalty of one month's salary to all officers.
The main reason why the military and the imperial center accommodated Purficott so much was because they were also afraid.
After all, this is a thermobaric bomb. The military headquarters and the Imperial Center have witnessed the effect of thermobaric bombs with their own eyes. They clearly know that a fleet of airships carries thermobaric bombs and dares to drop them. What are you wearing?
Now it is Purficott who has taken the initiative to suppress this matter. If someone insists on revealing this matter and pisses off Purficott, do you think she will simply let the fleet take the lead? Use thermobaric bombs to talk to those who oppose you?
So this matter ends here. As for whether these officers of the airship fleet will be dealt with in the future, and how to settle the accounts after the fall, that is all a matter for later.
The top priority now is to solve the problems caused by the rebellion of the colonial governors of the New World as soon as possible.
You must know that the New World colonies were first disrupted by the workers' movement led by Karen, and then caused a big stir by the revolutionary army. Now the governor has acted as a rebel and attacked the northern lords to attract the northern lords. The border army moved south, and this series of events turned the New World colonies into chaos.
Therefore, Purficott’s first task now is to re-stabilize the entire New World colony.
(End of this chapter)