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What did you say!?
Amidst shock, fear, confusion, and anger, the Steel Skull mech unit of the Southern Army of the Luoyang Imperial Guard was completely annihilated. As for the infantry behind them, after seeing the Steel Skull unit beaten into anal fistulas, they dared not step forward and immediately raised their hands.
"Don't make this kind of junk anymore. It's just a sitting duck in front of uninterrupted guided weapons."
Because of his overwhelming technological advantage, Qin Shan effectively condemned the mecha forces of World Six to death.
In the face of advanced guided weapons, tanks are more survivable than mechs, unless you are a modified Astartes.
Thus, the entire army of Luoyang, both north and south, fell under Qin Shan's control. Then Qin Shan ordered these people to confiscate the property of the eunuchs and the eunuch party members on the list. As for whether they were eunuch party members or not, the regent said so, so why all the nonsense!
Overnight, the entire city of Luoyang was plunged into a state of heightened fear and paranoia. Under the supervision of the AI, the Imperial Guards began ransacking homes, beating and binding former high-ranking officials. Those who dared to resist were executed on the spot, on the grounds that the eunuch faction was guilty of treason and deserved to die.
By the time the sun rose the next day, the entire city of Luoyang was under Qin Shan's control. There were numerous intelligent machine divisions on the streets, in the surrounding important passes, and even in the sky. The satellite network had been completed. It is no exaggeration to say that after Qin Shan deployed Dongfeng missiles here, he could have a nuclear force that could deter the whole world.
"Yes, nuclear power. Although I no longer care about nuclear bombs, for ordinary people, it is still the sword of Damocles that can destroy the world and physically keep neighboring countries and separatist forces within the China Alliance in line."
Sitting on the dragon throne in the Emperor's Palace, Qin Shan quickly decided on the trump card he would use next.
Just then, a young military officer was brought in by Lexington.
He is Li Xingke.
Chapter 170: Fishing in Qinshan, those who take the bait die.
Li Xingke, in the context of the animation, is a character created based on the imagination of the Japanese.
In the tradition of Western TV dramas, a story cannot proceed without romance. On the contrary, having a heart for the world is considered unrealistic and unrealistic in their culture. They believe that such a person is impossible to find in the world, or that capitalists are afraid of such a person.
Like that joke: Do you really want to deal with a group of hardworking, honest, united, and optimistic proletarians who aren't motivated by making money?
From an animation perspective, Code Geass is a very successful anime by Japanese standards, and it also fits the imagination of immature young people, so it has achieved both commercial and critical success.
But people grow up, reality shatters illusions, and then true idealists reconstruct their ideals.
Then you'll realize that Tetsuya Yamagami's Abe no Kiri is more in line with the version's requirements. So, is Li Xingke a love-obsessed person?
From the moment he met the other person, Qin Shan made his own judgment: this person might indeed have feelings for the young lady, but it was clearly unlikely that he would give up everything for her. This was the normal situation. In the political arena of the national server, it was rare to find a lovestruck individual. The vast majority of people made righteous choices for the sake of their country and the world. Don't spout the nonsense that "power in hand means girls in hand." When it comes to actions, actions speak louder than words. Furthermore, history must be viewed dialectically. Just as modern people can evaluate Qin Shi Huang, they have no right to criticize him, much less look down on him, because the modern world we live in is a continuation of that time. Discussing right and wrong without considering the historical context is no different from shooting at a target in the air—just meaningless chatter.
“Li Xingke, a military officer of the Forbidden City, greets the Regent.”
Look at his posture. He didn't have any intention of questioning or fighting to the death right away. Instead, he respectfully acknowledged Qin Shan's status as regent. If you say that Li Xingke is a love-struck fool who only cared about the country and the world for the sake of the emperor, then you are really underestimating the awareness of a true political leader.
Animation is just animation; take it with a grain of salt. Reality doesn't follow the template of animation; it will only become more realistic.
"A wise man submits to circumstances. Li Xingke, are you willing to realize your dream of rebuilding the world under my command, or will you leave now and even become my enemy? Don't rush to answer. Even if you choose to be my enemy, I will let you leave. Not only will I let you leave, but your comrades and colleagues can also leave. No matter how much you struggle, the outcome will not change."
For Qin Shan, who can mobilize the production capacity of several worlds at any time to remotely suppress one world, the land of the Sixth World Alliance is full of rebellious flags, and he can easily sweep across the land. However, those trash who are unwilling to jump out are easy to become cancer cells in the corner. So if there are rebels who can gather them together and then strangle them all, that would be great.
"Li Xingke is willing to pledge allegiance to you."
"Very good. From now on, you will be the commander-in-chief of the Northern Imperial Guards of Zhujin City. Actually, I planned to hand over both the Northern and Southern Imperial Guards to you, but the Southern Army was decimated by me and now only the infantry are left. You will take charge of these two armies, select the best and strongest to keep, and give you a month."
"Li Xingke obeys."
Despite his outward composure, Li Xingke was actually taken aback. He had his own network of connections and had heard that the Southern Army had been attacked before he met the Regent. He hadn't expected them to be decimated so quickly. Those were the Imperial Guards! Although the Central Alliance was declining, it was only gradually fading away and hadn't yet fallen to the point where the Imperial Guards could be terrified by a single drumbeat from the enemy.
Song soldiers, stop looking! I'm talking to you guys, you useless cowards who were scared out of their wits by a drumbeat, you disgraceful bastards.
After stabilizing Luoyang and taking control of the capital of the Central Alliance, the next step was to control the entire military force of the Central Alliance.
The configuration of the armed forces of the Central Military Commission is extraordinary. This extraordinary aspect does not refer to combat power, but rather to the complex military division, which includes both military region control and regional control. Within the military force system, there exists a local and central armed force status.
Is this a case of wanting a modern, upgraded version of the late Tang Dynasty military governors' rebellions because they weren't exciting enough?
In terms of macro-level division, the United Nations has four major military regions: the Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern. However, there are also local military regions such as the Siberian Military Region, the Middle Eastern Military Region, the Indian Military Region, the Central Asian Military Region, the Mongolian Military Region, the Southeast Asian Military Region, and the South Asian Military Region, etc., which are under the control of local authorities.
Qin Shan really wants to dig out the last three emperors of the Zhonglian regime, then hold a cannon to their heads and ask them how they managed to dismantle the national military system into such a mess. Do they have any respect for their ancestors? Don't they feel any remorse or guilt?
These places have military and financial power, but at most, they lack personnel control. Anyone can see they're essentially useless. When local authorities can use force to bargain with the central government, personnel power is their prerogative; success or failure is entirely up to them. If you parachute someone in, is it really that difficult for them to eliminate them?
The greater the tendency towards division, the easier it is for military power to split, and it is very difficult to reunite a divided military.
Unless, you have more violent power.
“Send messages to the heads of various military regions and major families, telling them to come to the Forbidden City. If they don’t come, then they never need to come again, along with their entire family.”
In the eastern part of the Forbidden City, the newly built camp has been filled with various intelligent machines and remote-controlled units, and in this camp, Dongfeng ballistic missiles pointing straight to the sky are ready to be launched at any time.
The DF-100 intercontinental ballistic missile, equipped with nuclear warheads, has an effective range covering every corner of the globe. It can carry up to fifty nuclear warheads. Once a single missile enters its final stage, it can precisely strike any target within a five-million-square-kilometer radius below, with an error margin of no more than twenty meters. A product of the Industrial System of World Four, it boasts a weight equivalent to only a standard nuclear bomb.
One-tenth of the size of the little guy unleashed a nuclear attack equivalent to a megaton of TNT.
With the current productivity Qinshan possesses, it would be no problem to plow through every corner of the earth.
His promise to send nine clans on their journey is no joke. Dongfeng Express delivers on its mission, free shipping worldwide, and has zero negative reviews.
You can't refuse to sign, dear.
Soon, the electronic imperial edict from the Forbidden City was delivered to the heads of various military regions and local powerful families, and then the local scheming began.
First, the powerful and influential people around the Forbidden City arrived immediately. After all, they were closest to the Forbidden City. The new regent was able to control the entire Luoyang, so he naturally had the Northern and Southern Imperial Guards under his control. They were directly under the Imperial Guards' blades, the kind of people whose orders were given in the morning and whose heads would roll by evening. So whether they wanted to or not, they had to come.
Moreover, these seasoned political veterans also sensed a different atmosphere. They have their own intelligence networks and know that some bloodshed had occurred in Luoyang, which means that some high positions have become vacant. They can try to gain the Regent's trust and then rise to power by stepping on the corpses of those unfortunate people who were purged.
There are already few people in the top political power arena, one person per position. Now that the original candidate has been eliminated, if one doesn't try to get a place in the next position, can one still be considered a politically astute and shrewd veteran of the elite?
Hurry up and get to work; fortune favors the bold.
Of course, they didn't put all their eggs in one basket. Some family members fled overnight, so if the main branch of the family was wiped out, they would be the new successors. The bloodlines of large families are very strong.
However, when you're a little further away, the ideas become much more varied.
“Regent, I don’t care what kind of king he is. When has Lingnan ever had to bow and scrape to the imperial court?”
“Our Indian autonomous region has its own specific circumstances, and we hope the court can understand.”
"What are you looking at? A kid who hasn't even grown his first beard yet, trying to scare me, the King of the Northeast? Bah!"
Soon, the first batch of high-ranking officials who had indicated they wouldn't come made their feelings clear. With these bigwigs making their statements, others who were not as powerful as them also entered a wait-and-see state, but they did not make any direct statements. They only indicated that they were already on their way, but their planes were stuck in traffic and they needed to wait.
The changes on the Chinese side were naturally noticed by the spies of Holy Britain, who had an embassy in Luoyang.
"It happened so suddenly."
Inside the Holy British Embassy, the two Holy British ambassadors, the chief and deputy, are discussing the ongoing coup.
"Yes, it was not only too sudden, but also too fast. Who is this Regent Qin Shan? How come we didn't have any information about him beforehand? It's like he fell from the sky."
"Who knows? Maybe it really did fall from the sky."
"The situation here has been reported back to the country. I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor's reaction will be."
"Your Majesty is wise and powerful; the Empire will soon take action."
"Won't things get chaotic at Zhonglian?"
"Judging from the current situation, given the regent's methods and efficiency, it's unlikely."
"If the Central Alliance could be thrown into chaos, the Empire would be invincible."
"So let's pray that the Liaison Office becomes even more chaotic." "Yeah, hahaha."
The Holy Britannian ambassador and deputy ambassador could do as little as they could, but the Holy Britannian side was quite aggressive. Emperor Charles was an old fox and would certainly not let such a good opportunity pass him by. Unless Qin Shan was able to integrate all the forces of the Central Alliance in a short period of time, the Holy Britannian could at least force the Middle East and India to break away from the Central Alliance.
"That's impossible, at least given the current strength of the Central Alliance government."
The Second Prince Schneizel was discussing the world situation with his advisors, and he had already concluded that the current Central Alliance was not capable of quickly ending the internal strife, and that the Holy British Empire would reap huge strategic benefits from this internal conflict within the Central Alliance.
This is not just wild speculation, but is based on a lot of intelligence analysis. The previous Central Liaison Office could not be said to be as leaky as a certain bald-headed Kuomintang party, but under the circumstances of political corruption, it was still possible to obtain some intelligence by bribing key officials.
However, after the staff meeting, the second prince said to his close confidant, "There are still too many uncertainties surrounding what happened in the Central Alliance. Although all the results point to our advantage, my intuition always reminds me that something is wrong, and there are aspects that we can't seem to analyze no matter how hard we try."
“Your Highness, if it’s something you can’t analyze, then no one else can analyze it either.”
"Including Father?" Schneizel asked with a smile.
"this......"
"Okay, just kidding, don't be so tense."
His trusted confidant breathed a sigh of relief, then said with a wry smile, "Your Highness, this joke was too dangerous."
Schneizel patted his confidant on the shoulder, turned around and walked to the window, saying calmly, "Regent Qin Shan, let me see how you will unify the behemoth that is the Central Alliance in such a short time."
At the same time, Qin Shan was sitting on the dragon throne in the Forbidden City, laughing heartily.
"Look, the fish have all taken the bait, hahahahaha."
Lexington, acting as the secretary ship, reported: "Admiral, the list of personnel who have clearly stated they will not be coming has been finalized, including those from local autonomous military districts. The missile units are ready and can be launched at any time."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's send them on their way!"
Chapter 171: Thunderous Intimidation, Blood Splattered Everywhere
Xiao Zhao is an ordinary recent graduate at Zhonglian, whose daily work involves being a workhorse.
As the economic situation of China United Group began to decline, all sorts of strange and monstrous things emerged, such as "If you don't work, you'll have plenty of cattle and horses," "A poor person who can't even afford a bride price of 888,000 yuan has no right to have the next generation," "Entrepreneurs are a blessing to the people," and "If you don't work 996, you're not a good employee." These sayings began to prevail in society.
Xiao Zhao couldn't grasp or care about anything on a higher level. After all, survival was already difficult enough; why should he bother with what those men were doing? They never lacked food or drink. A couple of days ago, another graduate from his graduating class suddenly died at work. He heard that a relative of the boss's uncle's friend's uncle was a section chief in the judicial department of the Central Bureau of Justice. The matter was simply dropped without even a token compensation. They claimed that because the employee who died from overwork hadn't performed his duties properly, causing significant losses to the company, they demanded compensation from the family, or else they'd see them in court.
What kind of world is this?!
Xiao Zhao was furious, but all he could do was rage helplessly. What could he do, what was he capable of doing, and what should he do as an ordinary person? Even if he were to rebel, he should have a goal and a guiding principle, but he didn't.
The vast majority of ordinary people are also in this state of confusion and bewilderment. It's not that they lack the power to resist, but rather that in their state of confusion and disarray, they are unable to recognize their own strength, to the point that they feel they can't do anything.
There's nothing to criticize; most people are like that.
But today's Zhonglian seems somewhat different.
"what is that?"
There seems to be something in the sky.
"It looks like a screen."
"There's someone there!"
Xiao Zhao numbly raised his head, then revealed a shocked expression.
A giant screen appeared in the sky at some unknown time. What's amazing is that no matter which angle you look at it from, you always see a flat surface facing you. With just this one feature, those in the know realize how magical this screen is.
This is definitely not something a simple projection screen can achieve. Keep in mind that this is floating thousands of meters in the air, affected by the environment, temperature, humidity, and other atmospheric movements. To achieve a completely clear playback would be as difficult as India suddenly becoming a normal country in the eyes of Chinese people.
That was something almost impossible to do, so its appearance naturally attracted the attention of everyone at Zhonglian.
Oh, except for the blind and the deaf-blind, and the stupid who can't understand.
On the border between China and the EU, and between the two countries and Holy Britain, people on the other side can also see the content on the screen. However, if they haven't learned Chinese, they won't understand a single word, because even the subtitles are in Chinese characters.
Keep your opinions to yourself; this is a domestic channel of China Unicom, and we have no interest in catering to foreigners.
High-dimensional spatial planar imaging technology is a technology that Qin Shan developed in reverse using his spatial abilities. With the assistance of the system, it can ignore spatial distance and be free from any interference to conduct propaganda in the skies of any country.
Of course, if it were to be even more malicious, this technology could be turned into a noise attack, making the target so sick they can't sleep at night. This is an unstoppable and deadly source of interference, directly causing mental pollution.
However, the enemy is clearly not qualified to be targeted by Qin Shan like this. At this stage, the role of this technology is propaganda.
"Fellow countrymen of the Central Union, greetings. I am the newly appointed Regent, Qin Shan. From today onwards, I will act on behalf of Heaven and rule the entire Central Union. The relevant authorization and the Emperor's edict are here. There are no problems with the procedures. Of course, what needs to be emphasized from beginning to end is not procedural justice, but whether I have the ability to truly rule the Central Union."
"Since that's the case, I'll first prove to everyone that I have such power. Look at this list in my hand; these are the traitors who refused to come to pay homage to the Emperor after Luoyang extended an invitation. Yes, from this moment on, they are traitors. I hereby declare their entire clans to be executed, and the execution will take place immediately!"
As soon as Qin Shan finished speaking, laughter began to echo throughout the entire country of Zhonglian.
Is this some kind of interesting morning program?
"Hahaha, what kind of 'shouting out a death sentence from a distance' is this? Is it some kind of curse?"
"Fun, so much fun, I love this show."
However, the screen then switched to another scene, showing objects that looked like rockets but were much larger rising from the ground. The scene then switched to their upward trajectory, followed by outer space, and finally they fell from the sky.
Gradually, the laughter across the country disappeared, and soon, mushroom clouds slowly rose over the land of Zhonglian.
The large screen quickly transformed into many smaller screens, each displaying mushroom clouds taken from various angles. However, it was soon discovered that the images on the smaller screens appeared to depict a city or a villa area inhabited by a powerful or wealthy individual.
To increase everyone's awareness, Qin Shan thoughtfully showed the replay footage, allowing them to clearly see that the attacked areas were where the powerful figures and local military regions of the Central Alliance were located.
Soon, there was a shortage of personnel, but their wireless communications all failed due to the EMP impact of the nuclear explosion. Electronic equipment within a certain range was directly burned out, and the entire Zhonglian fell into a state of widespread radio disconnection. Only the screens in the sky were still broadcasting normally.
The laughter disappeared, replaced by a complex mix of emotions: fear, excitement, tension, and anticipation.
At this moment, the small screen unfolded to the sides, and Qin Shan's handsome face appeared on the large screen.