r18novel #605 - My Lord, times have changed.
#605 - My Lord, times have changed.
"They say you are brutal, cold-blooded, wantonly killing innocent soldiers and civilians, wreaking havoc everywhere in their country."
"In times of war, any means are justifiable as long as victory can be achieved. Mercy towards the enemy is cruelty towards oneself. I'm merely applying the same methods they once used back onto them.
Hmph~ They can't handle that?"
"But, they did have several cities destroyed."
"When they attempted to dismember and divide Chinese territory, they should have understood that our identities had become those of enemies. The loss of a few cities is indeed significant for them.
But I actually have the ability to directly erase their country from the face of the Earth. If I were to act according to my past self, I would definitely have done so."
"… Do you ever feel remorse for the innocent souls who perished in those cities?"
"No, in my eyes, they are one with their country. Since they enjoyed the wealth and convenience plundered from all over the world by their country's army and merchants,
then they should bear the corresponding risks. Before, their army illegally invaded Chinese territory, so they should pay the price for it."
"I still feel it's a bit too cruel…"
"Frankly speaking, it is a bit, but in reality, cruelty is a necessary quality for a nation to stand tall in this world. A nation that only preaches mercy will sooner or later become someone else's slave.
If a country is always indecisive and hesitant, it will eventually perish. You should have seen many examples of this in history books, right?"
"I have seen many, which is what I have always been unable to understand. We are all human beings, so why are they so cruel to their own kind?"
"Because some people have become inflated, believing themselves to be chosen ones, and thus develop a sense of superiority. When they see something different from themselves, they will belittle and despise it.
They even try to divide and categorize races based on skin color. In the end, it's still a matter of strength."
"Then what about you? Why do you turn a blind eye to the suffering of your own country and people? Isn't China currently suffering from foreign invasion, and even civil war?"
"This~ Did they tell you that too?"
"Partly, but I also have doubts about it."
"Regarding this question, it's a bit of a long story. It probably has to start from the previous ruling regime within China~"
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Night~
The bright moon is like jade.
The shore of what used to be Lake Baikal, now renamed Xuanwu Lake by Liang Yue.
On a reef being lapped by waves, Liang Yue and Diana are sitting together, gazing at the moonlit lake, constantly exchanging words.
In the end, the two of them didn't seem to reach an agreement on their views of the world and humanity.
During the process, there were many disagreements.
Therefore, after only spending three days with him in Zhenbei City, Diana bid farewell and asked someone to send her to a corner of the Nordic region.
After returning, Liang Yue once again entered secluded cultivation.
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The development of events, as expected, did not exceed his expectations.
Within a short hour, after successively losing more than two million troops, as well as many military facilities, important military towns, and even industrial cities,
within the territory of Tsarist Russia, whether it was the Northern regime at this time, or the Allied Powers gathered around the Little Tsar, uncontrollably, they once again fell into a state of speechlessness.
Unable to recover from this huge loss and shock for a long time, the fear in their hearts began to make them act erratically.
They were deeply afraid that Liang Yue, in a moment of displeasure, would, like last time, directly run to their respective countries and casually flatten a few more cities.
You must know that they are not what they used to be. The great powers, still under the shadow of the economic crisis, cannot withstand too much of a blow.
Now, the destruction of the frontline combat troops is foreseeably going to cost them a huge price.
If at this time, a few more important cities are erased from the map, then what awaits them will be extremely cruel consequences!
They prepared to use various means to win over, bribe, and ingratiate themselves with the Chinese government, in order to ease the contradictions brought about by this war.
That's right, after the last lesson, they no longer dared to indirectly influence the Flowing Cloud Sect, and Liang Yue's decisions, through pressure on the Chinese government.
Because facts have proven that this method is useless, and there is no subordinate or management relationship between the two.
Even if, in the beginning, officials did convey messages to the Flowing Cloud Sect under the pressure of various countries, how could this affect Liang Yue?
With his current strength, paying attention to you is giving you face, not paying attention to you is perfectly normal.
Based on the current nature of the Chinese authorities, how could they possibly gain any advantage from him?
So, in desperation, the great powers now had to settle for the next best thing. In order to prevent Liang Yue from carrying out those unwarranted retaliations against them, they directly made many promises to the current Chinese government.
Among them, in addition to promising to enhance China's international status and provide loans, it even included conditions such as the transfer of some industrial technology and the gifting of second-hand warships.
There was no other way, survival was at stake, and no carelessness was allowed…
What was laughable was that Liang Yue, as the person involved, had no intention of retaliating against those Allied Powers at this time.
After all, it was already 1936, and history had entered the current stage, and World War II was about to break out.
The Führer's side really needed a group of restraining forces~
When Old Jiang contacted Liang Yue through a communication device reserved in the academy, and conveyed the intentions and thoughts of those countries,
he naturally had no reason to refuse, but just instructed the other party to haggle with the other party a bit more, and not to be polite with those great powers.
In comparison, the situation faced by the Japanese at this time was a bit difficult to handle.
After all, we originally agreed to attack and crusade together, but the troops on my eastern front had just landed, and you on the western side had already been completely wiped out~
This seems a bit different from our original plan…
Could it be that those Europeans are really so vulnerable?
Apart from conventional combat forces, are there no exceptional elite groups that can be brought out?
In fact, they did have them…
Liang Yue had discovered many groups wearing strange costumes on the frontline battlefield of the panoramic sand table. Among them, the most numerous were some Vatican personnel holding crosses, and armored knights.
In addition, there were also quite a few unknown people with canes and gray robes, as well as tall, bare-chested muscle men covered in various war纹 (war patterns).
Unfortunately, this group of people was almost wiped out by the intelligent brain Xiao Wu at the first moment of the war.
Even if there were a very few seniors among them with profound skills and magic cultivation, they still could not play any role in this kind of near-modern battlefield with millions of people.
Under the coverage of various electromagnetic cannons, fragmentation shells, magnetic storm mines, and incendiary bombs, in the end, one by one fell, all buried under the dazzling firepower.
My lord, times have changed…
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