Witch Wind

Chapter 203 Total War (Part )

The land in the far west, the north-central region.

The dark green Morin River was like a green reticulated python, lazily crawling on the ground. On both sides of the mile-wide river, the remains of the last Hundred Nations War in the Far West were clearly visible. Within a few miles of both sides, all the trees had been cut down. Bunkers stood on the top of the mountain and at the intersection. There were also a lot of barbed wire that blocked the infantry's advance, rusty and randomly pulled.

A steel bridge built only a few years ago spans the river, connecting the two sides of the Morin River.

On the north bank, the Iron Eagle Empire, one of the thirty-three vassal states of the Saint Ross Empire, had its iron-gray double-headed eagle flag fluttering in the wind; on the south bank, the colorful elk flag of the Kingdom of Ruhr, an ally of the Saint Norman Kingdom, swayed lazily in the wind.

Early in the morning, before daybreak, in the military camp of the Iron Eagle Empire on the north bank of the bridge, the loud sound of bugles rang out on time. Battalions of burly and fierce-eyed Iron Eagle Empire soldiers rushed out of the barracks shirtless, shouting slogans, carrying thigh-thick logs outside the barracks, and doing morning jogging exercises around the barracks, under the reprimands of the military judge.

On the south bank, there is also a military camp with a capacity of a thousand people.

Hearing the horn sounding from the opposite bank, several Ruhr officers who were awakened and still smelled of alcohol suddenly opened the window and shouted curses at their neighbors on the north bank.

Nearly two quarters of an hour later, the Iron Eagle Empire soldiers on the north bank had already arrived at the Morin River, panting and sweating, and were cheering and jumping for joy as they bathed, changed clothes, and played and frolicked in the river. In the Ruhr Kingdom military camp on the south bank, a group of lazy logistics soldiers slowly walked out of the barracks, washed and tidied themselves, and then yawned into the mess.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

The soldiers of the Iron Eagle Empire had already eaten a breakfast that was ten times more sumptuous than usual. They shouted slogans, put on full military uniforms, and received a full set of guns and ammunition from the armory. According to wartime regulations, everyone received double the bullets and grenades.

Amid the roar of engines, a long convoy of cars loaded with soldiers drove along the road towards the military camp.

The garrison troops in the barracks had already formed a battle formation of twelve men each, and rushed onto the bridge at a rapid pace. They lowered their heads, and charged towards the south bank with all their might.

There should have been a team of thirty to fifty Ruhr Kingdom border guards stationed at the southern end of the bridge... However, after decades of peace, even though the 100 countries in the Far West had fought several real battles in the East Country and Dongyun, no one thought that war would break out on the West Continent.

There was no sign, it was impossible.

The soldiers of the Iron Eagle Empire quickly occupied the fortifications in the southern section of the bridge without firing a single shot. They quickly set up more stringent defensive positions on the highway on the south bank of the bridge, and quickly dug pits and buried a large number of mines on both sides of the highway.

Dozens of cars came speeding over and a large group of engineers jumped out of the cars. They brought a large amount of construction materials and quickly began to dig the foundation in the southern section of the bridge according to the design drawings, and built more and stronger bunkers, trenches, etc.

By the time the engineers of the Iron Eagle Empire had dug a foundation trench more than two meters deep, two yawning soldiers from the Ruhr Kingdom rushed out of the young widow's house in a neighboring village, and returned to their own base in dishevelled clothes and staggering steps - they suddenly saw the busy Iron Eagle Empire soldiers, and they were all dumbfounded.

"Have we taken the wrong road?"

Intensive gunfire suddenly rang out, and dozens of bullets hit the two unlucky guys almost at the same time.

The sound of gunfire was the signal. On the north bank of the Morin River, in a sparse woods, in a newly arranged artillery position, forty-eight 240-caliber super-heavy mortars roared in unison.

One after another, heavy mortar shells whizzed up into the sky, turned lightly in the air, and then happily and joyfully plunged into the Ruhr Kingdom's military camp several miles away, exploding violently.

However, the small camp with a thousand people stationed was completely razed to the ground in the first wave of artillery fire.

Flames and smoke rose into the sky. The few Ruhr soldiers who had luckily survived the shelling stood trembling in the unrecognizable military camp, screaming at the top of their lungs like a helpless girl who had just been raped.

The second wave of shells fell heavily.

The screams disappeared completely.

Cars roared across the bridge and poured into the land of the Kingdom of Ruhr. A large number of soldiers from the Iron Eagle Empire shouted slogans and poured into the territory of the neighboring country in full gear.

Dozens of military judges were holding loudspeakers and shouting with all their might, as they rode in a high-speed car, shaking violently with the bumps in the car: "By order of the Most High and Holy Emperor Renov... There will be no military discipline in this war! There will be no military discipline!! There will be no military discipline!!!"

"You can do whatever you want!"

"Kill all their men!"

"Kill all their women!"

"Rob their wealth!"

"No one can stop any of your actions... Everything is a gift from the Holy Father. Everything you have obtained belongs to you reasonably and legally!"

"field!"

"Mansion!"

"Animals!"

"Gold and silver!"

"Jewelry!"

"Everything is yours. Whatever you grab is yours!"

"Enjoy the war, boys!"

"Praise the Most High, Holy, Generous, and Just Emperor Renouf!"

Countless soldiers of the Iron Eagle Empire cheered - 'Praise the Supreme, Holy, Generous, and Just Emperor Renouf! '

The soldiers of the Iron Eagle Empire, like the soldiers of the Saint Ross Empire, are 99.999% illiterate. They know nothing about national affairs. Since they joined the army, they have learned to kill and burn. They only know one thing - to use guns to fight for all the resources they and their families need to survive!
National affairs?

what is that?
National sentiment?

what is that?
Honor and disgrace of family and country?

what is that?
Why did the person who gave orders to the Iron Eagle Empire's army become the Supreme Divine Emperor Reno? Where was their own Emperor of the Iron Eagle Empire?
Nonsence!

Who is in charge of these low-level soldiers?
Kill!

War will bring endless wealth!
Kill!

The military judges said that human heads could be directly exchanged for military merits - they, the low-level soldiers, had no control over how those noble lords and generals were promoted; but they, the low-level animals, could be directly promoted one level as long as they killed an enemy on the battlefield!
By killing ten enemies, you can be promoted directly from an ordinary soldier to a low-level officer!

After being promoted to officers, if they can kill senior officers of the empire, or even noble generals... then, they may become nobles!

The military judges said that if you kill an imperial noble on the battlefield, you will be demoted three levels and be canonized. For example, if you kill a duke of the empire, you can be demoted three levels and directly be canonized as an earl of the Iron Eagle Empire!
It's that simple!
It's so rough!

That's why people support them so much and give all their love and loyalty so unconditionally!

Same day, same morning.

Among the thirty-three vassal states of the Holy Ross Empire, nine states located in the central and northern regions, northeastern regions, and eastern regions of the Western Continent simultaneously launched a full-scale war against the neighboring states of the Western Continent. They crossed the boundary rivers, they crossed the boundary mountains, they burned the boundary forests, they destroyed the boundary monuments, and their shells whizzed down, blowing up everything along the border.

The army of tens of millions, equipped with firearms that far exceeded the average level of the countries in the Western Continent, and artillery using new alloys and new charges, was like a whirlwind, destroying the unsuspecting neighboring country and causing it to collapse and fall apart.

The countries in the Western Continent are almost crazy.

After the war began, it took the leaders of various countries five days to truly, truly, and conclusively implement and believe the war reports. They also spent another five days arguing, discussing, and mediating...

On the tenth day, the top leaders of various countries began to shout and convey messages to the Saint Ross Empire and the top leaders of the thirty-three countries through various channels. When the army departments of various countries began to issue conscription orders to the whole country, among the armies of the thirty-three countries equipped with a large number of vehicles and new tanks, the Iron Eagle Empire, which had the fastest attacking speed, had already advanced more than 2,000 miles with its two army groups.

The capital of the Kingdom of Ruhr, the city of Great Ruhr, was surrounded from the north and south by two armies of one million men each. After a little consideration, the King of Ruhr raised the white flag and surrendered with all his princes and ministers.

According to the traditional aristocratic customs of the Western Continent, when a country's nobles surrender, they may lose their property and land, but their noble titles will generally be respected... and their lives and their most basic aristocratic dignity will never be threatened in any way.

However, the commander of the Iron Eagle Empire personally shot the king of the Kingdom of Ruhr in front of countless soldiers, countless civilians in the city of Great Ruhr, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Kingdom of Ruhr who had laid down their weapons. He also ordered that the royal ladies and all the noble women of the Kingdom of Ruhr be thrown into the "Jiaofangsi" that accompanied the army!
That's right, these guys formed the 'Jiaofangsi' in the army!
They were even afraid that the people of the hundreds of countries in the Western Continent did not know what the "Jiaofangsi" did, so they sent out the Holy Father Church charlatans to accompany the army to publicize the origin of the "Jiaofangsi" and its subtle and unspeakable functions to all the people.

'Jiaofangsi' comes from the ancient Eastern dynasty.

When the emperor of the East got tired of a noble or an official, he would confiscate the noble or official's family and exterminate the clan, all the male members would be beheaded, and all the female members would be thrown into the "Jiaofangsi" to "entertain people with their beauty"!
"As long as you can come up with enough gold or silver coins... the former queens and princesses can also enjoy it!" The charlatans of the Holy Father Church preached: "In order to raise military funds, there is no other way. We can only wrong your queens, princesses, and former noble ladies and young ladies!"

All the male members of the princes and nobles, as well as the prominent and powerful people in the city of Dalul were killed, and all the female members were thrown into the military camp’s Jiaofangsi.

Something happened that made the nobles of the hundred countries in the Far West panic - the people of the Kingdom of Ruhr, those businessmen who were rich and had free time but had no power and status on a daily basis, as well as some leaders of emerging industries, became restless.

They took out real gold and silver, and happily gave huge piles of money to the invading army of the Iron Eagle Empire. Then, they completely ignored their status as subjects of the Kingdom of Ruhr, rushed into the Music Bureau, and enthusiastically patronized those noble ladies who were once high and mighty.

According to the information sent back by some very hidden intelligence personnel, the scene in the Jiaofangsi was horrific and cruel.

Those subjects who once bowed low in front of the nobles and allowed them to take whatever they wanted instantly tore off the polite masks of "good citizens" on their faces, turned into wild beasts, and madly trampled on the former nobles with the most cruel means.

There were even some new businessmen and capitalists who earned a lot of "new money" by opening new factories and conducting economic and trade activities, but had no status in the kingdom's power circle and could only act as fat sheep to be slaughtered. They took the initiative to cooperate with the invaders of the Iron Eagle Empire.

They deployed propaganda tools, they paid out real money, they bewitched the people of the Kingdom of Ruhr, they recruited the city foxes and unemployed vagrants in the towns, they purchased arms from the invading army of the Iron Eagle Empire at a price dozens of times the market price, armed the vassal army, and joined the army of the Iron Eagle Empire.

As a result, the army of the Iron Eagle Empire and the armies of other countries continued to sing war songs, with their pockets bulging with gold, silver and jewelry, and advanced rapidly with great excitement.

Hundreds of countries in the Far West were shocked.

Of course, most people just wanted to watch the fun.

Most of the shocked people were high-ranking officials of various countries, including emperors, kings, and dukes. They called each other in panic - they simply could not understand why the Iron Eagle Empire would tear up the unspoken rules of the aristocratic circles of various countries and brazenly kill so many noble nobles of the Kingdom of Ruhr.

Amid the uproar, the capitals of five more countries were conquered.

The kings and ministers of four countries fled ahead of time, and they only lost some floating wealth. But Grand Duke Tielin of the "Tielin Principality" vowed to live and die with his country... So, he and his sons all died in the battle. A high-speed earth-penetrating bomb from more than a thousand miles away hit his headquarters, and a small and exquisite mushroom cloud instantly took away the lives of Grand Duke Tielin and dozens of nobles and generals.

The same thing happened in the Kingdom of Ruhr.

All the male nobles of the Tielin Principality were shot in public, and their bodies were hung in the city center to shock the people, while their female relatives were all enjoyed one by one by the generals of the invading army and then directly sent to the Jiaofangsi.

As a result, countries became more and more surprised.

The navy of the North Sea Seven Alliance was urgently mobilized, and the local fleet was fully dispatched to completely block the strait between the Western Continent and the North Sea Islands. Even small civilian fishing boats would be ruthlessly sunk by naval guns if they dared to go out to sea.

As traditional land powers in the Western Continent, Farus and Idoli have many vassals under their command. The Kingdom of Ruhr is one of Farus's most loyal brothers, and the Principality of Tielin is a traditional relative of the Kingdom of Idoli. The blood relationship between the royal families of both sides is extremely close.

As a result, the two major powers also began emergency mobilization.

Yidoli was a hedonistic place with a frivolous people, low efficiency and a rather lax administration. After half a month of hard work, many soldiers in the local army were not even equipped with a spear.

However, as a traditional country known as the strongest army in the Western Continent, Farus, at the call of their current president, all major provinces of Farus responded. In just half a month, they organized more than 10 million regular troops and marched to the border in a mighty manner.

And several provinces that were originally on the border had more than one million troops that directly entered the territory of their own allies.

Officials from various countries began engaging in verbal battles in various media.

The countries that were dizzy after being beaten by the Holy Ross Empire hysterically accused the Holy Ross Empire and all its allies of being outright barbarians. They were rude, crude, barbaric, and cruel. They were the enemies of all civilized countries. They should be completely wiped out and then nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

The Saint Ross Empire declared that they had seen through the false masks of the so-called "civilization" of the hundred countries in the Far West. They were just a group of maggots in the gutter. They relied on some remnants of civilization stolen from the Eastern Divine Land. After they broke out by chance, they committed numerous serious crimes in the Eastern Divine Land with all kinds of terrible means.

Both sides cited classics and criticized each other. Even the intelligence agencies of various countries came out one after another, reporting the shameful things they had collected from the top leaders of various countries, such as the royal family's unethical love affairs, the nobles' inhumane marriages, and even the crimes of the powerful and wealthy who took human lives lightly and wantonly ravaged the civilians...

All kinds of negative information were exposed.

Just when the countries were enjoying the verbal battle, an earth-shaking news suddenly spread throughout the entire Western Continent at the fastest speed - the Holy Father appeared, and the Holy Father's spirit descended into Renov's body. Renov became the Holy Father's body walking on the earth. In accordance with the Holy Father's will, the Holy Ross Empire and the Thirty-three Allied Nations completely merged into one whole.

From now on, there will no longer be any name like the Iron Eagle Empire.

From now on, in the vast Western Continent, there will only be one vast and unprecedented 'Holy Ross Golden Horde Holy Blood Empire'!
The news shook the hearts and lungs of the hundred countries in the far west to their core - those terrible barbarians from the northern wilderness, barbarians with the stench of giant snow bears all over their bodies, barbarians with a legend of their ancestor. When they split into thirty-four countries, they were called "snow beasts". They were the most direct threat to all civilized countries in the hundred countries in the far west.

Now, they are one?
Now, they have eliminated all internal disputes?
Now, all of them, officers, soldiers, civilians, subject to a single will?

It's over!
Great fun!

After the news of the unification of the Saint Ross Empire came, officials from the Seven Nations Alliance of England, Farus, Idoli, Saint Normandy, and the North Sea simultaneously announced that the country had entered a state of total war.

The wealthy and well-connected bigwigs from various countries mobilized ocean-going liners to transport their properties, relatives, and anything that could be moved to the distant Aimee Federation.

Even the officials of Farus, Idoli, and the North Sea Seven Alliance secretly packed up the gold, silver and other hard currencies in their own treasuries, and the national treasures and cultural relics in their own national museums, and sent them to the other side of the ocean in boatloads.

(End of this chapter)