Messina is the second largest city in Sicily, the city is separated from the Calabrian Peninsula across the Strait of Messina.

Messina has taken advantage of the spring breeze of Italian industrial development in recent years, and it is not bad. Although it cannot be compared with Palermo, which is supported by Italy, with its excellent geographical location and deep-water port, Messina has developed well in food processing, wine production and ship repair in recent years.

And the current war in the Balkans has not had a great impact on Messina, and the inhabitants of Messina are still supposed to go to work, to work.

As night fell, the inhabitants of Messina rushed home to finish their day's work. The hustle and bustle of the city also subsided in the first half of the night, and gradually the inhabitants of Messina fell asleep.

However, the inhabitants of Messina do not know that in the depths of the Strait of Messina, a huge energy is about to explode.

The Strait of Messina is not at all peaceful, it is located on a fault zone, and since the time of the Roman Empire, geological disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes have occurred frequently, with the earthquake of 1783 being the most severe.

The earthquake that triggered the eruption and tsunami, accompanied by flooding from the downpours, killed more than 30,000 inhabitants of Messina. After the earthquake, it was discovered that many buildings, including churches, were rotated 20 to 30 degrees in a clockwise direction, while some buildings were swept away by the waves. Over the next two months, several aftershocks struck the area. According to statistics at the time, the earthquake killed more than 60,000 people. It was not until October 1786 that the earth returned to calm.

At 5:22 a.m. on December 28, 1908, Messina had not yet woken up from the night, and most of the people were still asleep. At this time, in the ground of the Strait of Messina, an energy equivalent to 5 million tons of TNT equivalent is surging.

"Boom!"

The tremendous energy caused the entire Strait of Messina to shake to the bottom of the sea, and this shaking also became larger and larger, and soon spread around.

At this time, Messina was also in shaking, and the magnificent bell tower, church, and theater collapsed one after another, and almost all the buildings were reduced to rubble. Because they couldn't withstand this force, they collapsed one after another, and in their sleep, people were buried directly without even screaming.

The remnants of Messina, who had been awakened by the shock of the ground, immediately ran into the open space in a panic, many of them were bare-bottomed, and no one laughed at each other at the moment, and everyone who was alive was doing the same thing with a look of horror on their faces, and ran to the surrounding clearing.

At this time, they stood in the clearing, looking at the collapsed buildings around them, and no one felt good. They are basically poor people who have lost their husbands, wives and children, and parents. Looking at the buried buildings around me, the sound of pain sounded from the heart.

However, their suffering was not over, and the people on the beach were surprised to find that the sea water actually retreated, revealing the dark seabed, and the ships on the shore also sat directly on it, and many fish and shrimp could not retreat and were left here. There was a rumbling sound in the distance, which confused the crowd on the beach, who didn't know what was making the noise, and everything was shrouded in the night.

Soon, though, the noise grew louder and louder, as if there was a monster there. At this time, a dark shadow slowly came from the sea.

"Oh no, it's a tsunami!"

One of the survivors let out a cry of horror as he pointed to the dark shadow of the night with a shocked expression.

"Run!"

There was a loud roar from among the survivors, and the people on the beach immediately ran to the top in panic.

"Don't push me."

"My shoes."

"Sarah, where are you, run and the tsunami is coming!"

The panicked crowd ran to the heights, but how could a man run through the tsunami. Before they could go far, a 12-meter-high wave rushed in. The breakwater did not do anything at all, it was submerged, the surging waves destroyed everything, and the collapsed buildings were submerged in the sea. The worst were the people who were crushed by the collapsed houses, and the raging sea water poured directly into the cracks, and the cries for help gradually subsided.

At this time, Messina was overwhelmed by the rising waves, and many corpses were washed out of the rubble, presenting a human tragedy to the survivors.

Looking at the tragedy in front of them, many people were crying bitterly, they were crying for their lost loved ones, but also for the others who were killed, Messina was almost destroyed, everything was caused by this 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

In addition to Messina, the surrounding villages were also hit by the earthquake and tsunami, especially the fishing villages by the sea, which suffered huge losses. One of the most devastating fishing villages, Dias, was killed in the earthquake and tsunami except for a man who went out to look for sheep, and when the man finally rushed back, he could only look at the corpses in the rubble and weep.

Although Messina suffered the most from the earthquake that occurred in the Strait of Messina, it does not mean that the rest of the country is fine. Calabria, a town on the other side of the Strait, was also hit by earthquakes and tsunamis, and like Messina, the sleeping people did not anticipate the catastrophe and suffered no less than Messina.

In addition to two places, Palermo, Naples and other places have suffered more or less losses, and some buildings have cracked and collapsed, and there are records of casualties.

The tremors were felt in Milan, Genoa, Turin, Rome, and other cities in Europe.

At this moment, in the Roman royal palace, Carlo had just comforted his frightened wife and children, when he saw Prime Minister Cruz hurrying over.

"Your Majesty, according to the information from the Seismic Observatory, this earthquake came from the Strait of Messina. Just sent a telegram to Messina, the telegram could not reach Messina at all. Then we sent it to the surrounding cities, and they said that they were all hit by the earthquake, and there were also small tsunamis in the coastal cities. ”

Prime Minister Cruz's words let Carlo know the seriousness of the matter. Messina did not call back, indicating that its communication was blocked, and the damage was absolutely very serious. And the prime minister came to ask for support.

"Convene a cabinet meeting immediately, we need to send someone to Messina to find out what is going on."

Following Carlo's orders, the ministers of the cabinet soon arrived at the palace. At the same time, the surrounding losses were constantly sent to Rome through radio waves, and Carlo also knew the specific situation in the surrounding area one after another.

Catania (the third largest city in Sicily) sent a telegram saying that it had suffered an earthquake and a tsunami, and that the damage to people and property was being counted, but it was expected that the loss of people and property would be more than 100 million.

Canistero (the second largest city in the province of Calabria) sent a telegram saying that they had been hit by an earthquake and a tsunami and that their human and property losses were being counted, although it was estimated that the losses were more than 500 and that the property damage was more than 80 million lire.

Palermo sent a telegram saying that they had also been hit by the earthquake, which caused the damage to some houses that were not very resistant to earthquakes, and that hundreds of casualties had been reported, and that the damage to property was around 50 million lire. The major factories in Palermo have been inspected and found that there is no damage, they are functioning normally, and they only need to reassure the workers before they can continue to operate.

A telegram came from Naples saying......

Catanzaro sent a telegram saying......

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As the local government sent a telegram to report the damage, Carlo and the government ministers quickly estimated the damage, of course, the most important thing is that the damage in Messina, the earthquake center, has not yet been obtained, so the specific damage situation needs to wait.

However, the statistics of the damage can be waited, but the disaster relief cannot wait.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation in Messina is unknown at the moment, and we need to send competent officials to Messina to organize disaster relief."

Carlo didn't wait for their speeches this time, and spoke first.

"No problem, Your Majesty, our government will immediately send someone to Messina to organize the disaster relief."

Prime Minister Cruz said with a serious expression. Receiving information from all sides, letting the Prime Minister know that the damage caused by the earthquake is not small, and he, the Prime Minister, has a heavy burden.

"The personnel sent to let the airship of the Italian Airlines transport it over, and bring some medicine tents or something."

After giving advice to the Prime Minister, Carlo continued. "Then the Ministry of the Interior immediately transferred relief materials from all over the country, such as tents, rain boots, food, medicines, digging machines, water purification systems, etc., and immediately counted them and transferred them to Messina."

The new interior minister, Serge Bruguera, named by Carlo, immediately agreed. "Obey Your Majesty's orders, I will arrange for someone to count and draw points."

After receiving an answer from the Home Secretary, Carlo went on to call out "the other army, the army will immediately send troops to Messina, and the surrounding affected areas will need to be sent." In addition to ensuring law and order in the area, the army also needs to rescue and search for personnel. In addition, the army also needs to come up with supplies for disaster relief. Tents, digging equipment, water purification equipment, and canned military rations were all brought into Messina. ”

Carlo then went on to name other ministers, all of whom demanded disaster relief. What propaganda for disaster relief, what organization of volunteer rescue, what donations and materials, etc., were all assigned tasks one by one.

The meeting was short-lived, and the ministers felt a little strange when they were done, because the whole meeting was made by the king alone, and they were like subordinates, each with their own tasks. There was no discussion or argument in between, which was completely unpleasant.

In addition, this disaster relief is also different from the current European countries, there is always a sense that the government is responsible for everything, everything must be done, and it has the meaning of military management.

It felt weird, but no one dared to be sloppy. Over the years, it has long been clear that the king's strict orders must be obeyed, or else the end of his political career. How can we accept that the kingdom does not want to be sacrificed?

So, on the day of the earthquake, the rescue work was already started.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.