Chapter 23: The Catastrophe of Destruction

Bai Zhizhan shook off the newspaper and didn't bother He Pengfei anymore, so that he could concentrate on driving. Besides, after a day's train ride, Bai Zhizhan just wanted to stay quiet for a while.

It's just that, seeing the headline on the front page, Bai Zhizhan can't be quiet.

"Don't you know about this?"

Hearing this, Bai Zhizhan raised his head and looked at He Pengfei.

"The news spread in the morning, and I heard that the royal family of the Luosha Empire was completely wiped out, and the babies were not spared, and none of them escaped. Because the situation is so chaotic that journalists from many countries have been evacuated, the reports are now full of anecdotes. So far, there is no official news. ”

The royals of the Luosha Empire are all finished!?

Bai Zhizhan gasped, picked up the newspaper and read it carefully.

In fact, as early as five days ago, on November 3, after the Privy Council issued an armistice edict, the major newspapers of the empire published the news of the outbreak of the mutiny in the Luo Sha Empire.

It's just that not many people took it seriously at the time.

After the mutiny, the military officers who had seized power announced to the world through regular channels that they would continue to carry out the war plan and promised that the change of regime would not have any impact on the war. The Luosha Empire has been, is, and will continue to be a member of the Alliance.

The day before, on November 2, the Allies had been reporting on the defeat of the Empire.

On the whole, the mutiny of the Luosha Empire can be regarded as a kind of military-political adjustment initiated from within, which is closely related to the defeat and surrender of the Empire.

With the defeat of the Empire, the pressure of war on the Luosha Empire was greatly reduced, and the tense domestic situation was relieved.

It is precisely so, no one is worried about the mutiny of the Luo Sha Empire.

According to the propaganda made by the Western powers, after the defeat of the Empire, the aid materials of the Nuland Federation and the Kingdom of Bran will be sent to the Luosha Empire as soon as possible to help the soldiers and civilians of the Luosha Empire survive this sudden and unusually cold winter, and jointly welcome the final victory.

If this is the case, the Liang Xia Empire may not be able to hold out until next spring.

It's just that now it seems that the actual situation in the Luo Sha Empire is worse than the rumors. Otherwise, the mutiny would not have gotten out of control, let alone the total destruction of the royal family.

How serious must it be to cause the entire royal family of an empire to be destroyed!?

In the newspaper news, it was highlighted that the drought that had swept the entire northern hemisphere since the first half of this year had begun.

Strictly speaking, what brought down the Manan Empire and the Luosha Empire was this once-in-a-century drought.

After the great drought in the spring, the Empire, which was located on the western continent, surrounded by enemy countries, and located in the northern plains, belonged to the high-latitude region with less light and heat, and its agricultural output itself was seriously insufficient, so it was the first to break out of famine, and it was also the first to fall to the ground under the impact of famine.

In the pre-war peacetime, the Empire had to import large quantities of grain every year to feed its 70 million citizens.

A year after the outbreak of the Great War, the Empire ran out of strategic reserves. If it weren't for the help of the Liang Xia Empire, I am afraid that it would have been defeated more than two years ago.

After that, the Entente continued to increase troops into the hinterland of the huge continent regardless of unfavorable geographical factors, and made a fuss about the strategic communication routes passing through the Ther Empire, just to transfuse blood to the Empire. When the There Empire was defeated and the main arteries were blocked, the defeat of the Terman Empire became an inevitable result.

It's just that the situation in the Luosha Empire is similar.

Strategically, the Luosha Empire, like the Empire, was surrounded by enemy countries and had difficulty receiving direct assistance from its allies.

In the words of the strategists of the Western powers, it was these two empires that decided the great victory.

To put it simply, it's a matter of who lasts longer!

During the Great War, the alliance used troops in the direction of the Gangaro Plain, constantly throwing heavy troops into the hinterland of the huge continent, and the Bran Kingdom and the Locke Republic blocked the There Empire at any cost, and defended the fortress on the Fanyan Ocean, in order to keep the communication line to the Luosha Empire.

Of course, it can also boost the Luosha Empire through this move.

The Manman Empire has fallen in drought and famine, and the Luosha Empire will have a better life?

The answer is clearly no!

Not to mention the Luosha Empire, even the Liangxia Empire is not having a good time!

Before the war, the Liangxia Empire was the world's largest grain producer and one of the major grain exporters, and the annual production of grain not only could provide enough food and clothing for its 40,000 people, but also provide for hundreds of millions of people, and the export of grain has always been the main means of expanding the influence of the Liangxia Empire.

It's just that this year's drought also hit the Liangxia Empire hard.

The worst-hit northwest region is already starving.

Although the Imperial authorities kept the news tightly under wrap and forbade the reporting of any related news, rumors had long since spread throughout the country as the victims fled the famine.

In addition, ration levels, which are decreasing every month, are also telling.

Don't forget, in the past three years or so, even after suffering a crushing defeat on the battlefield, the ration standard has not been lowered, and has always maintained a high level, even the lowest level of civilians, who actively participate in labor, will definitely be able to eat and clothe without worry. So far this year, rationing standards have been lowered by a quarter and will certainly continue to be lowered. By the end of the year, it may be two-thirds of last year's, and there will certainly be a lot of people starving.

Half of the Luosha Empire is in the north of the Great Continent, and the western half of the continent is also in the high latitudes.

Although the territory is vast, the Luosha Empire can be self-sufficient in food production, but the production efficiency is very low, and it will certainly be unsustainable in wartime.

There is no doubt that the disaster in the Luosha Empire is even more serious.

As for the allies, it is clear that they are powerless.

In the alliance group, only the Nuland Federation has the ability to export strategic materials such as grain, and there will not be too many surplus materials that can be provided. It is not only the Luosha Empire that needs assistance, but almost all the allies, and only the Bran Kingdom is in a slightly better situation.

The key is that the size of the Luosha Empire is too large.

With a population of almost 100 million, the Rosa Empire is only about 30 million less than the Nuland Federation in the Confederate group.

It can be seen that even if the Nuland Federation tries its best, it may not be able to save the Luosha Empire from fire and water.

If the disaster in the Luosha Empire was particularly severe, and the famine had spread to the cities and armies, it would not be surprising that the mutiny was out of control.

In the eyes of the lamb-like populace, the military is a loyal shepherd dog.

But how did the lamb know that the ancestors of the sheepdogs were meat-eating wolves!

If the shepherd dog is really hungry and panicked, it stimulates the primitive instinct, not to mention the fat lamb, I am afraid that even the shepherd who obeys his orders on weekdays will not let go!

Only, what is there to sigh about?

No matter how much trouble you make, it is the Luosha Empire that suffers.

Putting away the newspaper, Bai Zhizhan let out a long breath.

The car has already driven out of the city, and the road is lined with fertile fields and cottages.

The outbreak of the Mutiny in the Luosha Empire and the destruction of the royal family were not necessarily a bad thing for the Liang Xia Empire, as it meant that the alliance would have to consider negotiating an armistice with its most powerful opponent, the Liang Xia Empire, without achieving complete victory.

Otherwise, it will not only be the Luosha Empire that will fall!