Arctic Circle, Spitzbergen Islands.

In the south, the weather begins to rise in the late rainy months, and the muddy land of the principality gradually recovers, but in the far north at the end of the world, a qiē is still covered in snow, and as far as the eye can see, it is a flawless white that will sting the eyeballs.

Due to the extreme cold and the lack of abundant fishery resources and minerals, this place is rarely visited. With the exception of seals, white bears, and dangerous species in the extreme cold zone, there is little sign of life, but-

The propellers stirred the air, and the low hum frightened the seals basking on the ice into the water, and the white bear stepped out of the shadow of the rocks, threw a displeased glance at the cigar-shaped monster in the air, and turned for the next hunting ground.

In the rumbling sound, part of the mountain parted to the left and right, and the bottomless dark corridor appeared in the white world, and the lights turned on one after another, illuminating the entrance that seemed to lead to the depths of the earth, and the luminous signal lights played a code word to induce the air warships to enter the harbor, and the Derflinger-class battleships steadily adjusted their direction and sailed into the hidden harbor.

Cheyenne Meteorological Observation Base.

This is the name of the secret base, named after the underground base built by the United States of America in the Rocky Mountains in another world, but judging from the name alone, this is just a meteorological force, and the base specially built by the United States to monitor the prevention and control situation of the North American continent in order to deal with the Red Empire in order to grow mushrooms all over the world seems to be a little different in terms of place name and value, making it a little difficult to imagine the intention of the namer.

Not that the meteorological forces are not important, on the contrary. Meteorological information is very important for war decision-making. When will the army group on the swampy front attack, when will the divisions on the other side of the strait land, will the troops expected to be transferred to another front by rail next week be affected by the blizzard, will a certain sabotage fleet break through into the ocean under the cover of bad weather...... These decisions require reliable long-range weather forecasts as a reference.

It is for this reason that, in addition to a variety of conventional and unconventional forces, the Yalfheim Defense Force has created the world's first professional weather forecasting unit. Under the vast steppes of the United Principality of Rus', the white cliffs of Albion, the bushes of Charlemagne, the windmills of Castile...... There are footprints of meteorological troops, and this inaccessible white land is the top priority of meteorological work.

The Far North, from the Duchy's Nova Island to Muspelheim, has always been an important source of cold cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere, and has a significant impact on the climate of the Western Hemisphere north of the equator, with almost all of the cold cyclones that sweep through the territories of the two camps originating from this region. To put it more intuitively. The weather in Muspelheim is the same as the weather in the northern ocean two days later. The weather in Spitzbergen is the same as the weather three days after the front line of the principality and the human kingdoms. Therefore, whoever controls the region controls the world's most reliable source of meteorological information.

Based on the consideration of meteorological intelligence. Plus the difficulty of building a base in Musberheim. Ultimately. The world's first meteorological base was built in Spitsbergen to deploy weather vessels and observation facilities, and incidentally to serve as a base for ocean-going submarines.

-- On the surface, it seems so. Behind the scenes, this base is a place for the construction, management, and operation of a special equipment.

"Stand upright!"

Underground, 1.6 kilometers above the ground, the officers on duty shouted loudly, and the controllers, secretaries, and guards all straightened up and saluted.

Protected by more than a dozen layers of armor and layers of security facilities, the base control center is filled with a scorching atmosphere that is different from the underground space, the six large image screens embedded in the wall are feeding back all kinds of numbers, and more than thirty controllers below are busy facing their respective terminals and constantly spitting out punched calculation paper, everyone is buried in their work, occasionally whispering reports and exchanges, but there is not a word of nonsense.

"On behalf of all members of the base, welcome to your visit!"

At the back of the control area, in the command room, which resembles the seats on the second floor of the theater, Major General Werner Heisenberg lowered his arms and made a "please" gesture towards the commanding seat.

When he received the order to report to the Cheyenne base, he and his colleagues thought it was a disguised exile, but it wasn't until he stepped on the ground that he realized that he had been given a secret mission that only a few people in the army knew about. The new generation of generals, who are full of ambition for their own lives, immediately rekindled the fire in their hearts.

Nodding towards Heisenberg, Li Lin sat in the commander's seat, staring at the icons of the distant land on the big screen, along the boundaries outlined by nature and manpower, the various arrows marked with numbers converged, tens of thousands of soldiers, dozens of times more materials, at this moment in the form of charts and numbers at a glance.

"In war, we need to leave room for misfortune and unforeseen surprises. This also includes the means to address these surprises. ”

Fingers tapping slowly on the leather armrests, an elegant smile with a teasing tingle.

The crown prince's small actions were not unexpected, and for a young politician, it was quite good to be able to formulate such a set of tricks for a white wolf with a chain of empty gloves. Compared with those useless aristocrats and politicians, he can be classified as excellent.

However, his approach is not brilliant.

The crown prince did not see the potential strategic risks, nor did he consider what would happen if the plan failed, or even if he did, he would ignore it. Being overly obsessed with personal gains and losses, and completely ignoring what one's actions will bring in the long run.

-- Short-sighted, narrow-minded.

This is a mistake that only young people make.

If he had been training for a few more years and had accumulated enough experience, he would not have been so aggressive, and he would stop and look around, assessing the relative strength of countries other than Charlemagne, and the potential great relationship. Then, looking back again, how could I arrange it so smoothly?

The war was by no means a great opportunity to take advantage of the fire, and it was a terrible disaster for the Crown Prince and Charlemagne.

Over the past millennium, nations have been based on religious beliefs and racial righteousness, obeying the Pope's call to establish a system of cooperation against the orc camp. The most powerful support that runs through it, the first is ideology, and the second is national interests.

However, this war against the principality was not the case. Inadvertently, the old international system has been broken, and the way it has been broken is so ironic that the Holy Alliance was formed in response to the offensive of the principality, and at the same time to control the contradictions within the alliance to a certain extent, so that Ymir can exercise the dominant power. Now, the two strongest members of this alliance actually provoked a war against the principality on their own, and then the Pope endorsed them.

The old international framework has begun to loosen, and although it will take time, States are no longer bound by religious morality to act in the truest national interest. After that, it will be much easier to stir the nerves of various countries.

No...... Without even deliberately provoking, Charlemagne would have killed himself.

Attrition of the restless? This only accelerates the move of the Ostolia and San István crowns towards other powers; Nationalization of the railways? The Manchu government also did this, with the result that even the most moderate reformists in the whole country completely lost patience with that regime, and overthrew and destroyed the corrupt government became the consensus of all; and sat back and watched the Red Shirts suffer heavy losses in the face of Albion's death? In order to prevent a powerful Charlemagne from unifying the continent, it will not hesitate to unite a united force to accomplish this, even if the other party is an orc or an elf, and it cannot do this under the constraints of religion and morality.

Soon, a "mighty" Charlemagne will rise, and all nations and regions will look at him with hostility, hoping that the cooperation of nations and the might of nature will destroy this devil - just as the whole of Europe tried to bring down the monsters, orcs, wolves, Corsican nouveau riche, and French emperor Napoleon in the early 19th century. Swap heads for heads, destroy this group of restless guys, drain your own blood at the same time, and then watch wearily as an elven nation a hundred times stronger than Charlemagne appears, and a new order is established from the ruins amid the cheers of war-tired fools......

In the end, countries, religions, and Charlemagne are merely tools to achieve their goals. The fate of the tool will not change in any way, whether it succeeds or fails, if it is not in the interest of the owner, it becomes a garbage that needs to be cleaned up.

All the qiē goes smoothly, but it doesn't mean that it is foolproof, and in order to deal with possible accidents, it is necessary to have some backup means in Arfheim.

For example, the strategic weapon "Nibelungen".

On the display terminal, a giant object similar to a dish antenna was gradually taking shape, looking at the most terrifying destruction weapon in the world's history, Li Lin smiled wordlessly. (To be continued......)