Threats and intimidation are always dangerous in the final hand, but sometimes, when you've put all your chips on the table, it's the only way to win.

Of course, in order for threats to look more than just words, some real action is necessary. Even if you don't like the American police-style approach, which is "shoot first." Kill a bad guy, take out another bad guy. Kill all the bad guys and ask them questions". At the very least, don't let people think that you're holding a pistol just to scare people, you need to let them know that you could pull the trigger and blow his head out at any time.

In the face of a group of numb people and greedy and stupid bureaucrats, what can be done effectively to make them give up their unrealistic illusions and bow their heads in the face of inevitable fate?

The answer is hunger and strategic air strikes.

Only the never-ending hunger and the ever-present death hanging over the head can make people feel the meaning of despair clearly. When the hungry people find that they no longer have the slightest sense of security, that there is no safe rear anywhere, that their lives and property are under constant threat to the enemy. The government has simply not been able to contain the panic and despair in the hearts of the people.

What is fearless under enemy bombardment, as long as they are united, they can neutralize the enemy's air raid - that is a nonsense used to coax children. If you don't believe memoirs, look at the memoirs of people who lived through strategic bombing. The British, the Germans, the Japanese, the Serbs, the Iraqis will tell you what the horrors of strategic bombing are all about. There is no water, electricity, no food, not even shelter from the wind and rain, and when looking at the ruins that have been washed by high-explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, and even atomic bombs, the most stubborn and persistent people will realize that defeat is inevitable.

By the same token, by smashing a whole hell in front of Charlemagne, they will not waste months immersed in a pile of unrealistic fantasies, but will make the wisest decision in the fastest time.

Now that it has been decided to carry out strategic bombing, the next priority is to determine the target and plan the route.

Don't underestimate this step, the core of strategic bombing is actually in this step.

In the past, the Defence Force has carried out large-scale terrorist air strikes against specific targets, and some cities have even disappeared from the face of the earth, but these are not strictly strategic air strikes. The so-called strategic bombing must be a large-scale bombing based on strategic objectives, and without this major premise, no matter how many bombs are dropped and how many buildings are burned, they can only be regarded as tactical air raids.

Strategic air raid is a systematic project, not a matter of having large bombers, bombs, pilots, and then just drawing a circle on the map, using a mouse at hand, and blowing up cities and factories to the ground.

The selection of airport sites, the training and selection of pilots, the selection and training of crew members, construction, the availability of auxiliary facilities and personnel, the storage and transportation of materials, and the security and maintenance of aircrews are already a headache, and this is still the most basic first step in the entire strategic bombing system. Then you'll have to build a whole bunch of bases of the same level, more forward bases and alternate airfields, which may not have the same high standards as semi-permanent air bases, but they must also have a minimum of maintenance capabilities.

When the construction of the base is completed and the personnel and equipment are in place, the next step is to select the target and survey route. Compared to the pioneers of another world, the bomber crews of the Wehrmacht Air Force were fortunate that the Wehrmacht's long-term mapping work and radio navigation equipment had been completed to a high degree, and they did not have to suffer from getting lost. In addition, because of Mana's presence, they did not have to be tied down by the voyage. As long as the target is given, whether it is a fortress or a big city, they can blow up to ruins.

The most important thing is the choice of goals.

Strategic bombing is given the word "strategic" because the targets and results of its attacks have an impact on a country's strategy. Depending on the object and situation, even if the same target is bombed, the effect will not be the same.

For example, in some countries, industries are relatively concentrated in large factories in a single industrial zone or city, while in some relatively backward countries, large enterprises take orders and subcontract them to downstream small enterprises and even cottage workshops. In the former case, the objective effect can be achieved by bombing factories, energy and raw material storage facilities, and transportation routes, while in the latter case, there is absolutely no suitable conventional means of attack other than the use of large-scale indiscriminate bombing, which is often referred to as carpet bombing, which directly erases residential areas and hundreds of small workshops and workers from the world. Weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons may be able to do this, but this is not a full-scale nuclear war after all, and nuclear warheads cannot be used to solve every problem.

For a combat operation such as this one, which is purely aimed at "demoralizing the civilian population of the enemy," weapons of mass destruction are not very suitable.

"Weapons of mass destruction would give the image that Yalfheim was not ready to accept Charlemagne's surrender, that they were ready to kill all Charlemagne, and that the war would not end until the last Charlemagne fell. Whether it's gravity-defying bombs, bacteriological bombs, poison gas bombs—any weapon that creates mountains of corpses and wounded will reinforce this image, and the desperate Charlemagnes will abandon the idea of surrender and throw themselves into resistance. This is contrary to our future occupation policy. We must tell them in a way that is low in casualties, but enough to make all Charlemagneans feel their own pain: if they do not surrender soon, unimaginable rain of destruction will fall on their heads. ”

Dictator Alfheim tapped on the table, and his calm tone was neither arrogant nor humble, as smooth as reading a script.

"So the target of this attack had to be a city where all Charlemagnes could feel the shock psychologically. After excluding Lüdes and many industrial cities and transport hubs, the following cities were selected: Reims, Bourbon, Orleans, Lugdunum. ”

Brendiga, Marseille, and Toulon were also included in the list, but those cities were intended to be occupied by the United Principalities of Albion and Rus'. However, if these four cities were to suffer a devastating blow, it would be enough to cause a shocking effect among Charlemagne.

Reims is the "thousand-year-old royal city" where King Charlemagne held the coronation ceremony, Bourbon is the birthplace of the royal family, Orleans is the capital of Charlemagne during the Merovingian dynasty, and it is the hometown of the Holy Maiden, Lugdunum is Charlemagne's third largest city, which has suffered a bombing before, and another disaster can strengthen the impression that "Charlemagne is powerless about it".

Each goal is a sacred place of human history in Charlemagne's heart, and when everyone sees these cities that carry Charlemagne's history and culture turn to ashes, greedy ambition, patriotic fervor - all empty feelings will disappear without a trace in the face of absolute power.

"As I often say, the flower of freedom and peace needs to be watered with the blood of patriots. ”

The dictator's tone contained unconcealed mockery, and Brunhill on the side nodded silently, she understood what Li Lin was trying to express: the flower of freedom and peace of the elves, the blood of Charlemagne's patriots.