Chapter 701 Chapter 16.21 (Part 2) The Sky Empire with Serious Symptoms
In the year 3231 of the Fire Emblem Calendar, the Sky Empire's external peace negotiations have been confirmed. Although the empire's newspapers are very reserved, all literate people in the empire understand that their side has been defeated.
Decades of labor and production by the residents of the empire, including a large number of middle class and small capitalists, have become useless.
A few people are still getting rich suddenly. These decadent aristocratic groups in the empire, who do not know that their death is imminent, still hold large amounts of gold coins and monopolize supplies, which has aroused great resentment from all over the empire, but they ridicule the "incompetent rage" of the lower classes with disdain.
What the imperial revolutionaries criticize most now is that when the black bread of ordinary residents of the empire is mixed with 30% sawdust, the guards who go in and out of the palace discuss the taste of life in the salon.
These royal nobles must eat fine wheat bread every morning, have five pounds of butter every month, make cakes for afternoon tea, have a set of decent clothes, and attend important occasions. And they think "this is what they need"
, I want to keep my own "characteristic" and good life.
Relatively speaking: the hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the front who were about to be driven out were so hungry that they were skin and bones. The Xianqin envoys and bureaucrats who came from the imperial capital still believed that these losers did not deserve sympathy.
This winter, with the shortage of supplies in major cities in the central empire, cases of retired imperial soldiers taking the lead in forming teams to snatch bread appeared in almost all cities.
Even scenes of incendiary bombs and explosives being thrown at military police vehicles on the streets are not uncommon.
…The firewood piles in the big cities have reached their ignition point, and the empire is preparing to start extinguishing…
On January 11, 2031, it was snowing in the sky. The atmosphere in the imperial capital was tense at this time. The imperial intelligence system had already discovered that the party members would instigate a great uprising in the near future. But where exactly would the party members launch an uprising?
In the past three months, almost all the spies that the Imperial Intelligence Organization had ambushed among the party members were wiped out.
This was obviously a purge.
At this time, in the solemn Imperial Military Military Hall in the imperial capital, a group of sergeants wearing black woolen uniforms stood in formation. In this situation where lower-level soldiers generally wear gray canvas uniforms, the material of their clothing and shiny black belts
, leather boots. As the Empire's dagger in the dark, they were expensive on the Empire's "accounts".
No. 234 Military Police Battalion, this team has 600 people and a total of 12 captains.
The members are all "extraordinary".
In ancient times, the cultural inheritance of spellcasters would survive to some extent in the palace empire.
For example, nobles will spend a lot of money to train some followers.
The mystics in the palace will use the necromancy (life system) arcana to implant specific life energy into their followers, giving birth to people with the strength of great knights.
Of course, if these mystics don't belong to the royal palace, their consciences are not that good, and their followers are tools to them, and they tend to overdraw their potential.
In the industrialized countries of Wanlun Continent, there will always be a group of forces that are "absolutely loyal regardless of right or wrong" among the upper echelons of the empire.
Currently among the military police groups in the empire that are preparing for suppression, these extraordinary beings are mass-produced warriors "implanted with metal dragon flesh and blood tissue."
They have some dragon abilities. Although they are human in appearance, their muscle strength is several times stronger than normal human flesh and blood, and they have an innate sense of danger. That is, they will be keenly aware of danger before encountering bullets aimed at them, and they will be aware of danger in advance.
Dodge bullet fire.
In certain missions, these dragon-blooded military policemen can often successfully sneak into the core of underground forces with dozens or hundreds of people with only five people, and kill the empire's "unstable elements" and "corruption worms"
...A knife is good for killing people, but there is no way to operate on myself...
The leader of this dragon-blood military police force is a lady with a very pale complexion and silver hair. Her name is "Seagate". At this time, she is leading her own soldiers to wait for new orders from the empire's superiors.
At this time, a greasy-faced imperial colonel was escorted over by the guards. This "colonel" was called Wallace. The military rank on his shoulder came from "Shadow". His father was a duke and the head of the empire.
Seagate took a deep breath and opened the map in front of Wallace. Eight cities near the imperial capital were marked on the map. In each city, the Dragon Blood Military Police determined that there might be subversive activities in the empire.
Dangerous elements.
Wallace was obviously too drunk and yawned and said: You can't be sure that instability may occur in so many cities. You want to say that the empire will perish tomorrow.
Seagate suppressed the irritation in his heart and responded to his superior politely: "I don't dare."
Seagate opened the current investigation list and narrated: "But this is a special period. In order to prevent the party members from causing huge damage, we should control these dissidents."
She took out a stack of photos and said in a low voice: "The targets of this mission are these people."
Among the photos in the third row is a man with short hair and a beard named Ludis.
Wallace didn't look at the folded photo, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and do it."
…the perspective comes to the other side,…
In Swan City, Ludis had just attended the revolutionary meeting and felt that someone was always watching him behind him. He paused and came to an opera, where a dancer, Silina, protected him.
The dancer dismissed the search by the military police and opened the secret passage in the room, allowing Ludis to escape smoothly.
Ludis contacted his comrades in the Imperial Army and decided to launch an uprising in advance.
In the evening, with an explosion at the Governor's Mansion in Swan City, the uprising began. Soldiers who were hungry, cold, and about to be abandoned by the empire rushed towards the armory and the wealthy areas with their guns in hand.
...Rural and rural areas are still watching at this time, because the urban revolutionary decision-making group is now alienated from the "postman", and someone is not aware of its decision-making...
On the 12th, in the eastern part of the Sky Empire, Enma was inspecting the granary. At this time, the granary was hidden deep underground and sealed with a "petrified force field".
This is a variant of the ancient "Petrification Arcana", but now it is sprayed with pesticides to transform the properties of the shell of wheat grains. This petrification technique will eventually be lifted as time goes by, but this petrification technique prevents mice, insects, and wool.
It is even "fire-proof", which prevents people from selling secretly and then burning the warehouse.
However, if you can guard against little thieves, you must also guard against the attention of jackals.
In the past few months, nobles from major cities came to him and claimed to "borrow food." Enma understood that the nobles in these cities were already in debt like ants on a hot pot.
The debts owed by these city lords are by no means easy to borrow and repay. They simply want the village to pay tribute.
Over the past year, Enma has raised coal, grain, and raw materials and advanced them to these urban factories so that they can complete orders. However, the fertilizers and machinery they delivered generally did not complete 70% of the orders.
Afterwards, Enma investigated and found that those coal mines were used by the imperial nobles for extravagant consumption, and that food and raw materials were also resold.
In view of their poor reputation, the Agricultural Youth League increased its steel orders from Misour, built a steel plant in the north, reduced its orders, and stopped providing production materials to these cities.
So the leaders of these cities began to dispatch expropriation teams.
Before these collection teams could appreciate the scenery of the countryside, they were bombarded by a hail of bullets from "water pipe rocket launchers" and collapsed.
Afterwards, representatives of the "Empire Veterans Mutual Aid Association" organized by the Peasants' Youth Association in rural and rural areas sent a team of professional lawyers to upgrade judges in the city.
These "litigation sticks" introduced in the city court that "there are many tough gangsters in the countryside", and without exception they put all the blame on the "revolutionary party".
So much so that some of the city's frustrated municipal officials yelled: "You are the revolutionary party!"
Oh, in this insult, an unofficial member of the Agricultural Youth Association sarcastically said: "Well, if you say yes, we are! So, do you think we are yes or not?"
With the empire in its current state, even the accountants of the Peasants' Youth Association knew that the big shots in the city were powerless to do anything to them.
…Enma seems to be leisurely, but he is waiting for news.…
After the anti-corrosion work in the granary was completed, comrades in the city finally sent their news.
Enma immediately rushed to Mirsu City and met a person. This person was Grave's student, who was responsible for contacting Enma.
Enma: "Willie, my friend, it's so nice to see you!"
The young man who walked into the factory took off his hat and hugged Wei Keng: "Enma, I have to trouble you again."
Enma led him into his room and said in a low voice, "How is the uprising going?"
Willy: "It seems you already know." Enma shook his head: "You are making too much noise. I only know that you are revolting, but I don't know the situation."
Ever since they learned that Enma led the rural and rural group and now had food and weapons, the Imperial Revolutionary Party came over again and again to ask for help.
The comrades responsible for the reception of the Peasants' Youth Association complained: This group of people was very cautious at first and only asked for funds, but then their appetite grew bigger and bigger, and they started to spread uprisings all over the empire like water.
However, each of their uprisings failed, which made Enma very angry. He once announced that he would no longer provide unconditional support unless a more thorough and complete plan could be formulated, and he would not make small troubles with hammers and sticks here and there.
You know, every time Enma gives them weapons, it takes a lot of effort to remove the weapon number inscriptions.
Of course, despite saying this, Enma is still a revolutionary, the strongest ally at the moment, and an important strategic partner in the future.
Enma: In the future, you (aspiring young people) will be disappointed with the new ruling group that stole the fruits of the revolution. Iron Star welcomes you.
For example, in the preliminary preparations for the current Swan City Uprising, Enma opened many small workshops to deliver supplies to them. At the same time, he smuggled in various parts and directly processed firearms and grenades. He also helped them train the backbone of combat personnel.
Grave sent thirty people, and Enma eliminated six. The remaining people were much stricter in terms of confidentiality and mutual structure than before. He also asked them to develop members in the city, establish a list, and penetrate the surrounding areas.
Army.——Rebellion, Wei Keng is really very skilled. However, the command of this uprising was temporarily taken over by Grave a week ago.
…Comrades from the Imperial City faction still have some arrogance towards the countryside…
As if to hide something, Willy asked first: "Enma, are you in favor of the uprising?"
Enma: "Yes, of course I agree. I support an uprising that is organized, disciplined, determined and strategic. Each uprising must achieve its due results and at the same time coordinate the next uprising. When we launch an uprising, we must be more diligent than the reactionary government.
Keenly anticipate developments after the uprising.”
Enma opened the map of the empire: "In battle, if there is an uprising, what kind of work is required?" He knocked on the table.
First: Precisely attack the upper echelons of the ruling structure to weaken their authority. Therefore, during the uprising, we must not only attack the Governor's Palace, but also control the "TV stations" to control city communications. I hope to see an offensive plan in this regard
.
Second: After the uprising, it is necessary to ensure that there are effective forces that will not be counterattacked by the opponent, such as here, the arsenal, the grain station, and the water plant. If you grasp this place, you can defend the city for a long time. As the fruit of victory, don't expect the "enlightened faction" in the city to be able to eat the pot.
Nowadays, the forces that control large amounts of materials in big cities are all “weeds” and “speculators.”
Third: We must always observe the reaction of the people. Now we must understand it objectively. Most people do not understand the significance of our actions. They do not realize the ugly behavior of the reactionary government. We must expose it every time. It is easy to shoot at the enemy, but
Punishing one's mind is a complex and big job. We have to leave leaflets afterwards and analyze the nature of it for the people.
…
Enma used his "circulation" ability and tried his best to influence the comrade in front of him.
Willy couldn't help but blush, and then said: "This time, we have seized the Governor's Mansion and taken the armory, but the surrounding regular army of the empire began to bomb us with airships."
Enma's expression darkened: "You haven't completely instigated the middle-level officers of the military camp, have you? Where are the leaflets? Have you occupied the radio station? Also, you have to find the representatives in the city and draw them into your camp to increase your influence."
Willy responded sarcastically: "At first, we thought that the commander of the Thirteenth Army of the Empire was revolutionary-minded."
Enma sighed silently in his heart and opened the projection map: "Don't say useless things, arrange a way for me. Outside the battlefield, I can't make an accurate judgment now."