The high-pitched tenor repeatedly sings "Nobody sleeps, nobody sleeps", and through the high-spirited singing, people seem to be able to glimpse the brilliant starry sky. But what appears on the screen is not a gorgeous stage and a bright starry sky, but a murderous group of bombers.

Mixed aviation incendiary bombs come out of the magazine, this is the latest type of napalm, its composition is improved from the past thickener and gasoline compound to barium aluminum mixed combustion, not only improve the adhesion, after adding active alkali metal, the metal and water combined with the release of oxygen to produce a reaction to burn again, further improve the combustion power.

In other words, this new incendiary agent not only cannot be extinguished with water, but also burns further to release high heat when it falls into lakes and rivers. Those who follow common sense and jump into rivers and lakes and think they can get away with it will soon find themselves sore between being burned, suffocated, and cooked.

Fortunately, this time the bombing was in cities that had already been evacuated, and no one would participate in the lethality test of the new incendiary bombs. All one has to do is admire the destruction of the city and tremble in front of the images of countless beautiful buildings destroyed by fire.

In order to let everyone fully appreciate the horror and not even know what happened after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because of the lack of information, the impact of nuclear deterrence was mainly concentrated in the area around Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the lack of development of the media industry, and by 1946, 10% of the people in rural Japan did not know that there was an atomic bomb, so that the US military mistakenly thought that the Japanese government was still engaged in press control at that time. The media system in Alfheim broadcast the horrific air raid live on the same scale as the Battle of the Rhine, and viewers around the world witnessed the bombing as expected.

Because there are four targets and the bombing environment is also different, the Defence Air Force has drawn up different bombing plans for different situations. Like Lugdunum, because of the previous bombing, the city has been cleared of a lot of firebreaks, and it is difficult to continue to use napalm to show sufficient effect. In order to completely destroy the city with a single bombing, fuel air bombs, commonly known as "thermobaric bombs", were used as the main force of bombing, so as to realize the demolition and relocation of the city as quickly and efficiently. Orleans, for example, has a large number of sturdy old buildings, so it has been bombed mainly with thermite incendiary bombs.

It can be said that the Air Force of the Defense Forces has demonstrated in front of the world all the means of demolition and relocation except for anti-mass decomposition bombs. They told Charlemagne that there was no place to call them safe, that they didn't have to expect to be able to pull their enemies to the ground, and that the elves could spread death and destruction from the air without even touching them.

Escape? Resistance?

These things are pointless, and even the discussion seems redundant.

Either bow your head in front of the new order, or die, without a third sore.

The famous churches of Reims became furnaces, and the flames came from every window, Every crack erupted, Bourbon estates and farmlands turned into erupting volcanoes, the Loiret River flowing through Orleans became a river of flames, the once beautiful and quiet river was filled with incendiary agents gushing from the streets and sewers, bridges collapsed one after another, and houses were burned to empty shelves, the areas of Lugdunum that had narrowly escaped the previous air raid did not continue to survive, beautiful buildings collapsed in raging fires, exquisite statues lost their form in flames above 3,000 degrees Celsius, and countless memories of landscapes were swallowed up by firestorms。

Just as people were stunned in the face of the disaster, a piece of news suddenly appeared in the picture.

The dictator of Alfheim issued a proclamation to Charlemagne in Potsdam. The announcement is sprinkled with near-aggression, and the content can be summed up in roughly three parts.

1. The Kingdom of Charlemagne must surrender unconditionally;

2. Yalfheim does not accept any negotiations other than unconditional surrender;

3. The Kingdom of Charlemagne shall be divided and occupied by the United Principalities of Alfheim, Albion, and Rus', and all Charlemagne's assets, including territories and people, shall be divided among the three countries, and any destruction of property and disposal of property shall be considered hostile and shall be punished with the severest punishment;

This is tantamount to declaring that the Kingdom of Charlemagne no longer exists as a nation. They are not even qualified to become a defeated country, and their people and land will become the "assets" of other countries, waiting to be slaughtered by the new masters.

There was no coordinated communication, and there was no care for Charlemagne's feelings, a purely unilateral declaration.

In the past, people would cry out in humiliation and anger, countless adult men would automatically go to the recruitment station to sign up, and a large number of patriots would pour into the streets to call on the people to stand up for the motherland.

Now there is only a deathly silence.

The announcement does not say what will happen if the refusal is made, nor what the "most severe punishment" mentioned in it is. But looking at the buildings that collapsed in the fires in the news footage, who doesn't understand what Alfheim is trying to say?

To live or to perish—the eternal question was once again before Charlemagne, leaving them less and less time to answer.

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The image of the great air raid also reached Dakar, where Minerva was, and Yarfheim did not hide the slightest hint that his tentacles had penetrated into the place, and the image of the burning city hung over the heads of the exiles.

As in the locals, people watched in silence at the burning homeland.

But unlike the local people who just face everything with empty and numb expressions, it seems that even their hearts are burned down with those cities. The people who crossed the ocean and finally arrived in the port city of Dakar had tired faces filled with sadness and anger.

Even if you understand that the other party is powerful enough to ignore all grievances and resentment, and can manipulate disasters at will. Even knowing that such behavior may not make sense. People still can't help but grieve at the tragic end of the motherland and anger at this humiliating end.

Man is a creature with intelligence and feelings.

If there is no such thing as even the most basic emotion, can human beings still be called human beings?

"After all, we are not Siegfried Otto Lilin. ”

Looking at the burning city in the picture, Minerva softly spat out the blocks that had been suppressed in her heart.

"We talk about 'change' and 'peace,' but we don't really believe in anything. ”

It can be said to be extreme realism, except for what is absolutely correct, everything else is regarded as an illusion without real results⊥ even the hearts and feelings of others are denied, everything is completely quantified into numbers and formulas, and everything is only viewed from the point of view.

Although it cannot be said that this is a mistake, it can be said that it is a very remarkable qualification for a person who has controlled the honor and disgrace of life and death of thousands of people.

However, when asked if they would like to be treated like numbers or parts, no one with a sense of emotion would agree with this.

"Charlemagne will not perish. ”

Minerva clenched her fists, poured out the anger in her heart, and said solemnly as if she had sworn it:

"We will not resign ourselves to our fate. ”