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Reports piled up, snow-white printer paper almost spilled from the basket onto the ground, and new reports were added at a rate of one every five minutes.

This state has lasted for more than 20 hours, and it is surprising that with such a high level of information, the number of completed documents is still much higher than those that are to be processed. In long-term and high-intensity work, I can also find time to chat with Roland and fight with my heart, and by the way, urge several doppelgangers to carry out special work on checking the water meter and rounding up, this energy and ability are really amazing. You must know that the interpreters and communications staff officers in the telecommunications room have already taken three shifts, and often as soon as they enter the dormitory after the change of guard, all the staff will be crushed on the bed, which shows the intensity of their work.

The reason why he is so busy is that he is of course very capable, and on the other hand, because the plan has reached the most critical stage, and there is really no idea of resting.

According to Li Lin's standards, it is difficult for Charlemagne's soldiers to be classified as "excellent soldiers", and any one of them can be put into the museum as a living specimen of militarism, and that kind of arrogant short-sightedness and illogical thinking cannot be learned by others. At best, the self-proclaimed "Victorious Iron Army" and "Invincible King's Division" are at best fools who don't even notice that they are being manipulated and think that they are starting a war based on their own will. This time, however, the fools showed a business that their peers would be admiring.

The production of rocket special attack planes and man-operated torpedoes is nearing completion, although due to personnel training problems and the consortium's excuse of "insufficient production capacity of new equipment", the Charlemagne Royal Navy only received 40 oxygen torpedoes and 80 special attack planes, and the underwater assault could only be launched once, after which all were handed over to the special attack planes and the main fleet to replenish the knife. However, under the high-intensity training, the hit rate of the commando team is still quite good.

But it's not enough to have a high hit rate. In order to successfully carry out the plan for the surprise attack, in addition to relying on the excellent performance of the assault force and the main force of the fleet, the necessary intelligence gathering is also very important. The required information includes information on the hydrographic and shipping lanes of the Orkney Islands, the deployment of the defenders' air and sea defense facilities, the distribution of troops, and the number, type, and location of flying beasts and warships. The regularity of the activities of the Albion Army in peacetime and holidays, as well as the sea conditions in the Arctic Sea during the attack. In particular, is the target of the attack, the main force of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, really in Scarpa Bay?

The above information could not be obtained through ordinary channels, and the only way to send naval officers to the front line of reconnaissance was not an easy task.

In the past, during wars, Albion investigated, monitored, and quarantined foreigners stranded in the country. Although there is no formal war at the moment, it is difficult for Albion and Charlemagne to sneak into an important military port facility from under Walsingham's nose to conduct reconnaissance.

Fortunately, the shrewd cardinal thought of this early on, and spent more than ten years of work. Cultivated a group of Albiong native, Aruba, and Irene spies, and sent some of them to high society and some key areas at a high price. These "moles" are usually silent, maintain a one-line relationship with Charlemagne, do not know each other's existence, and only receive instructions when needed. The last time Miledi infiltrated Lundinum, Richelieu was reluctant to use this trump card, and now it's time for these people to do their job.

Soon, a Bretonian who had some friendship with the upper echelons of the big men haunted the islands of Maynland, Hoy and other islands. This male body is well-proportioned and has a calm expression. With the shrewd face of a merchant, the Bretanian-accented Albion and his generous hand, anyone would think he was one of the merchants who came here to buy trout, pork, beef, eggs, and dairy products. Only the shortened index finger of his left hand shows his good past—the real identity of the wealthy "Monsieur Fiville" is a reserve lieutenant of the Navy's Fifth Section, which is responsible for intelligence on Albion. In the process of "procuring goods", he successively inspected the fleet anchorage in Scapa Bay, the coastal batteries on Hoy Island, the flying beast corral on South Ronald Island, and other military important places, and meticulously recorded the types and numbers of ships anchored in the harbor every day. Later, he also rented a room in a brothel on the main island of Meenland and soaked in it all day. While flirting with prostitutes, he carefully examines the royal navy ships entering and exiting the Hoy Strait.

It was not until the rainy moon that "Mr. Fivel", where the prostitutes of Meenland had slept almost all of them, left and smuggled back to the naval headquarters in Lüders via Brittanya. There, Leroy filled out a questionnaire with 97 questions. These include the total number, type, and location of ships moored in Scapa Bay, the movement of capital and auxiliary ships, the maximum number of ships berthed, the route of the Flying Beast Patrol, the Flying Beast garrison and permanent strength on South Ronald Island, the location of the Sensing Array, and so on. Leroy filled out the questionnaire overnight, based on intelligence information painstakingly gathered over the past few months. By the time this detailed answer sheet was handed over to the Navy Fifth Class the next morning, Scapa Bay's fate had been decided.

As for the army, which was preparing to launch an attack on Brittania, it packed the Albiang translation manual and map early on, and waited for it to be distributed, and the ammunition reserve of the campaign scale was basically completed, and it was waiting for the start of the battle.

Charlemagne is ready, and so is Alfheim.

There are already 7 armored divisions hidden in the forests of the Ardennes, and behind them there are 12 mechanized infantry divisions that are secretly assembling and have been allocated equipment and ammunition, and once the battle begins, more than 1,200 combat vehicles and assault guns under Army Group A will be deployed in 2,500 artillery pieces, 278 attack aircraft, 120 strategic bombers, 800 MDS, Fourteen aviation armored ships rushed out of the Ardennes Forest under the cover of the Ardennes, used air-ground coordinated operations to break through the fragile defensive line, detoured back to the rear of Charlemagne's army, and surrounded Charlemagne's army with Army Group B, which was guarding the Siegfried Line.

It may be that the pressure of this battle to determine the fortunes of the country is too great, and the General Staff is not confident enough about the strength of Army Group A, and has also added a very special unit to the armored group, the "Great Gilmania Infantry Regiment", to increase the sharpness of the "right flank scythe". This regiment, formerly known as the Alfheim Guard Regiment, was the Praetorian Guard of the Defense Army, which was responsible for guarding the capital and guarding various government offices. It has 4 battalions. The 1 battalion is the old unit of the Capital Guard Regiment, and the remaining 3 battalions are from the Army Training Corps. For the implementation of the breakthrough operation in the Ardennes. One motorized assault engineer battalion and one assault artillery company (equipped with seven Cheetah assault guns) were added, plus a regimental artillery company, a chariot artillery battery, a howitzer company, and an assault gun company, which was equivalent to a mechanized infantry brigade.

Even the elite of the arch guarding the capital were sent out to strengthen the assault cluster, and the elven camp really made a bloody investment in this operation. It is not too much to say that "the rise and fall of the imperial kingdom is in one fell swoop".

The battle was fought together, and the 2nd Panzer Division covered the right flank. The 10th Panzer Division covered the left flank, while the 1st Panzer Division was to act as the sharp knife of Army Group A in the center, and planned to advance to the east bank of the Maas River in three days, erect pontoon bridges to cross the river, and then work with the Grand Gilmaniyah Infantry Regiment to cut off the Charlemagnean retreat.

The transportation problem, which had previously been considered a major problem, was resolved through the guò marching exercise and the staff officer's work, which instituted strict and detailed traffic control measures and coordinated the Air Force's participation in the transport operation. The problems of troops scrambling for roads and materials blocking the main railway lines in the previous "Seven-Day War" will not be repeated. During the exercise, the troops also tried to illuminate the clouds with searchlights. The novel method of illuminating the troops, then by the light reflected from the clouds, proved to be completely feasible. Using this method, the infantry assault time was advanced from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m., an additional five and a half hours, which ensured the assault time and increased the suddenness.

The Siegfried Line was also strengthened during this time, with mines, power grids, searchlights, Chimera for fortress defense, concrete defenses, armored fortresses, airfields, air battleship caves, elevators, underground hospitals, cinemas, officers' canteens, conference rooms, theaters, bars, subways, ...... Everything but the kitchen sink. The staff officer of the General Staff who went to visit was almost stupid, he could not have imagined that he could still lie on a spring bed, blow the air conditioner, and drink sherry to fight. Is this a war or a vacation? The defenders are all wealthy young masters?

Curse after curse, the staff officers also admitted that the Siegfried Line was impregnable. It is one of the most difficult fortresses in the world today. Not to mention Charlemagne's army, which was equipped with single-shot rifles and front-loading artillery, even if the defense forces were on their own, no one had ever seen that group of reinforced concrete fortresses without being frightened. Among other things, the concrete layer with an average thickness of one meter alone is enough to cause headaches, and key areas such as fortress guns are protected by armor up to 40 centimeters thick. Heavy artillery under 300mm could only scratch the fortress.

The defense is intimidating, but the firepower is even more terrifying. In addition to the existing 1 800mm "Gustav Equipment" company, 8 280mm train fortress gun batteries, 3 600mm self-propelled mortar batteries and a large number of conventional artillery and anti-aircraft guns, 15 sets of "radio-guided anti-aircraft rockets" and 2 420mm heavy howitzer batteries (under the jurisdiction of 4 420mm howitzers) have recently been added. 8 305mm self-propelled howitzer batteries (under the jurisdiction of 24 305mm tractor site howitzers), 4 new MAs, hundreds of 210mm long-range howitzers and 88mm anti-aircraft guns......

There is no suspense about holding the line with such powerful firepower, and in fact, the General Staff is already thinking about more than just holding the Siegfried Line. In the head of Lieutenant General Falkenhein, the undersecretary of staff, the Siegfried Line will become a huge grinding plate of flesh and blood, and the defenders will not need to take the initiative to attack, but only wait for Charlemagne's army to enter the firing realm, a "slaughter ground" carefully selected for the humans, and use the artillery advantage to sweep the Charlemagnes off the surface. By the time the backbone of Charlemagne's army was broken by a cannonball, the armored cluster had already completed a roundabout outflank, and all that remained was how to make this war of annihilation have a perfect ending.

Everything that can be done has been done, and the only thing left is to eliminate the uneasiness and hope that the situation will develop as expected...... Is it?

Not really.

Although there was no expectation...... Or that nothing was expected from the beginning, even if the two camps, Alfheim, the intelligent species, the ancient species—all the species on this planet perished. As long as he is still alive, even if the creature is extinct, he can still continue to travel. From the standpoint of being a "made thing", this is not contradictory, and it can be said to be quite reasonable.

A qiē is reasonable.

Prosperity or decay. It's good to survive or ruin.

Because it exists, it is reasonable.

Therefore, "ruin miè a qiē old race." The option of creating a new race to replace it", this state of affairs, this phenomenon itself is highly plausible.

But until now, I still care about a certain issue.

Gently stroke your cheeks and tilt the corners of your mouth upwards.

"I said look forward to it...... It's true, anyway, the chances of 'civilization becoming a blank slate' are too low. ”

An indifferent smile, for some reason. It overlaps with the word sinister human nature.

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After reading the last line, Minerva put the text aside, closed her eyes for a while, and let out a long breath.

Infrastructure Investment Bank.

New ideas, sound ideas, and great feasibility. The only problem was that the idea was not the brainchild of her or anyone else in Charlemagne's government, but of the black mind of Siegfried Otto Learin, or the will of the elven camp.

The stability of human society depends on the goodwill and creativity of the elven camp to sustain - it sounds like a malicious joke, but it is a real reality.

Jokes full of reality. The reality of a joke is as funny as it sounds, and it is so cold that it makes people have a headache.

In any case, if this idea becomes a reality, then peace will be preserved for at least the next 20 years. Even if the military department can hijack the country, in the final analysis, they are determined to start a war for their own selfish interests under the cover of righteousness. Now the name of righteousness is deprived. It is impossible for a madman to stand against the opinion of the overwhelming majority of the people, including his own people.

What was already a simmering tension was simply because of a word from "someone". A single thought was greatly tempered. The feeling of the world and the human heart dancing in someone's hands is really terrible.

"It's like writing a script for the world. ”

"That's pretty much it. ”

Roland sighed slightly.

This is true of any of Li Lin's plans and ideas, and the long-term vision makes everyone look like fools, maybe this is not his intention, but it will undoubtedly cause this effect.

This is especially true for those who have high self-esteem or are confident in themselves.

"Hmm...... As uncomfortable as it was, there was nothing wrong with the plan itself. That's it. We can finally catch our breath, too. ”

"Not necessarily. ”

The scene depicted by Li Lin, Minerva's inference, was explicitly denied by Roland.

"The so-called 'free manipulation of the world' is a fantasy. It may be theoretically feasible, but only if the soldiers are willing to cooperate...... Nowadays, those soldiers who have tasted power are willing to obediently return to the original point. Is that all there is to it?"

The boy's babbling questions were like a cold north wind, and Minerva wanted to retort out loud, but he couldn't say a word.

After tasting the sweetness of "walking alone" and "running wild", it is already difficult to put the demon of the military department back in the bottle. Not to mention the great strength of the army itself, the people who have been instilled with propaganda day after day such as "Charlemagne's superiority", "God-given destiny", and "war brings prosperity" will not only not support the royal family and the prime minister, but will also fully support the military to start the war. Then the fanatical masses, even if the army deposes the king, it is not a dream to replace it with an obedient puppet.

"Taking a step back, it is not possible to solve the deficit caused by economic difficulties and huge military expenditures all at once, and if society resents the state of affairs that has not been improved for a long time, it may still be exploited by the military department. In the end, it will only go back to square one, or even worse than that. ”

A tightened war clockwork cannot be tense all the time, either releasing its energy or crumbling in constant tension. Without real détente, a momentary pool of interests simply does not solve the problem. Eventually, Charlemagne's economy will be dragged down by huge military spending, and he will have to choose between war and poverty.

Fundamentally, there was no détente, or no détente from the beginning.

After all, what Alfheim wanted was not "détente", but "delaying the outbreak of war." ”

- The state is not earned by handouts, and dignity does not come out of the mouth. If you want your own country, if you want to get real freedom and dignity, then use guns and stratagery to get it.

In conclusion, it doesn't get any more true than that, as true as ever to disgusting.

"Well, the means to stop the war ......"

“...... I can only do my best. ”

The air in the room was instantly suffocated.

The answer is not surprising, as long as we think carefully about the development of the current situation and understand the enormous inertia of the operation of history. It is not difficult to conclude that "it is futile to stop the war."

intelligence operations, technology transfer, economic restructuring, geographical discoveries, and political mediation...... After decades of accumulation, Yiqiē has embarked on an irreversible track.

“...... Even if there is no war, I am afraid that it will still enter the predetermined situation. ”

In the breathless room, the boy's whisper drew Minerva's sideways glance.

"I only recently learned about it when I was talking to the dwarven craftsmen. ”

An unintentional complaint from the dwarven craftsmen stirred up their minds and stretched into hypotheses that could be considered insane.

After finishing the salvo cannon. The dwarves, with a little cheerfulness and high spirits, said:

- We finally invented something that they didn't patent.

A fluttering sentence unveiled an extremely terrifying prospect.

And that's—

"The Disadvantages of Technology Patents...... The civilizational revolution in Alfheim, no, should be called a 'purely technological civilizational transformation'. ”

"Pure technological civilization?"

Roland nodded, and asked Minerva:

"Your Highness knows how many inventions from the consortium are in the world today?"

"It should ...... There's a lot of them, right?"

"It's hard to figure the numbers, but it's not too much to say 'all areas'. ”

the sky, the sea, the earth;

civil, military;

clothing, food, shelter and transportation;

All corners of society have long been infiltrated by V.E's technology, and every aspect is full of the convenience brought by new technology, and newer technology will soon take its place.

This speed is unusual.

If you take Yalfheim into view. If you take a closer look, you will have a deeper understanding of the extraordinary speed of technological development.

"It doesn't make sense that a technology that has been stagnant for thousands of years has suddenly exploded in recent decades. ”

Different eras have their own "technical level that conforms to the characteristics of the times".

If only wood and stone could be processed, it would be difficult to imagine complex metal mechanisms, and even if anyone thought of them, they would only be ridiculed as a pipe dream. "Technological development" is a combination of ideas and processes that can achieve a technological level. The system was formed, after repeated attempts. Carry out the act of lifting.

Li Lin did the opposite.

A clear result is conceived at the beginning, and then from that result is lowered to a level that is in line with the times.

"Take firearms, for example, from the invention of front-loading smoothbore guns to front-loading rifled guns to rear-loading guns...... Do you know how much time it takes?"

"About two years. ”

"How much time do you think it would have taken if the consortium hadn't intervened?"

"This ......"

"It's decades, even centuries. From the conception of the concept of 'gun'. Demonstrate, problem-solve, actually manufacture, test, revise according to the test. Put it on the battlefield and further improve it...... It's no surprise that these processes have been used for decades, but that's just a generation. Now, it took only 2 years to complete. Of course, after all, this is a technology eliminated by the consortium, but it only took more than ten years for Yalfheim to evolve from a bow and crossbow to an automatic rifle with characteristics such as 'gun family', 'modularity', 'cheap mass production', and 'continuous fire'...... This can be regarded as compressing all the hundreds of years of history into these ten years. ”

The biggest drawback caused by this is that people do not have any doubts about the gap between the old and new technologies that develop across generations.

The inheritance of technology is closely linked. Chaining, Reaction, Accumulation...... There is also a pass guò to compare and discover completely new areas. Li Lin's technology is not only a finished product from the beginning, but also isolated by applying for a patent, and the connection between technology and technology has been lost. People just keep getting the finished product, and they don't have the time and ability to think about what should be accumulated in the process of technology inheritance.

According to Roland's experience in designing and manufacturing new firearms, the integration of new technologies into society goes through at least three stages.

The first stage is "thinking, conceiving", through repeated thinking, demonstrating the feasibility of ideas and theories.

In the second stage, "development and commercialization", we will realize the technology that was originally only conceived in the form of a prototype and solve various basic technical problems.

The third stage is "popularization and elimination", and the technology is relatively mature and flows into the society to experience the test of the public, and makes a choice after conforming to the cultural trend.

Each of these stages should have taken years or even decades, but Li Lin completed it in an instant. For him, the first and second phases are unnecessary, and after thinking about it, it can be put into practical use immediately. In the absence of the third stage, new technologies that emerge one after another in a very short period of time do not give the public time to think, and people enter a society that enjoys new technologies without any doubt......

"Do we really understand the new technologies we have now? After giving them, we accept them, without even thinking about whether we need them, and are confused by the sheer number of them, and even lose the ability to question them. In the end, even if I came up with something, I found that there were patents from the consortium waiting in front of me. ”

"What the hell are you ...... What do you want to say. ”

Minerva asked softly, cold sweat sliding down her cheeks.

"It's like gardening, replacing scissors and wire with 'patents', replacing fertilizer and water with 'releasing new technologies', and cultivating a systematic tree and a social tree that meets your own ideals as you like. ”

All the technologies have been developed;

Everything that can be invented has been invented;

The time and energy you spend is just repeating what others have already done. There is no greater setback for technology developers. All technologists are overwhelmed by the cruel reality, and no one is interested in researching technology anymore, and the world has completely become a rigid system that cannot be maintained without the technology of the consortium -

"By that time, even without war, the goal of 'transforming the world into an ideal state' would have been achieved. Although less obvious and more circuitous, the purpose was indeed achieved. ”

Therefore, whether the war broke out or not was actually a false proposition for the elven camp. As long as the diffusion of technology and system theory continues to ferment, even without the platform of Alfheim, and even if there is an ultra-low probability of Li Lin's death, the plan itself can still continue to move forward, moving towards the set end point in an almost self-disciplined manner.

War is only a means of making this domination more certain.

Thinking of this, a feeling of powerlessness surged up from the bottom of my heart and swept through my body, Minerva

What is this?

The two sides are too far apart, whether it is vision or conception, it is not the same level. Even madness, far from it, let alone the outrageous power.

Is there really a 1 in 1 million chance of winning with such a monster?

"Even if it's only one in ten million, one in a billion, that's enough. As long as it's not zero, you can't give up easily. ”

With a strong voice interrupting despair, Roland stood up to Minerva's surprised gaze.

"Now that the situation has not developed to the worst, we cannot give up until the dust settles at the last moment. ”

"Really...... Only you can say it. ”

"What?"

"Nothing. By the way, what's tomorrow's schedule?"

"In the morning, I attended the work meeting of the Governor's Palace, and in the afternoon, I went to the grassroots level to inspect the people's situation, and the villages and towns I want to go to...... It's called the village of Tars. ”

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