Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 472 Abnormal Snowstorm
In the hotel restaurant, although the staff had lit the fireplace and the flame was burning, Perfect still felt a little cold even when sitting next to the fireplace.

She was wearing a very thick woolen coat at this time. The lining of the coat was a goose down lining that she had specially made. It can be said that the warmth retention effect was maximized, and it was light and comfortable, far superior to the winter fur clothes of this era.

However, even so, after just one meal, she felt her hands and feet were cold.

As for the food in front of her, it had already gone cold. Even when the food was served, the staff of this hotel restaurant had tried their best to keep it warm using various means.

Perfect was wearing cashmere gloves made of lambskin. Although the warmth retention effect could not be compared with cotton gloves, they were the best warm gloves while being easy to use.

Her boots are also made of sheepskin, but the lining is a layer of lambskin which is very soft and comfortable, and has excellent warmth retention.

It could be said that what she was wearing was the best warm clothing of this era, and she was sitting by the fireplace. It was no longer winter, so she shouldn't feel cold.

But a sudden snowstorm hit the city. The snow outside was one foot deep. Even with heating facilities and warm clothes indoors, people still felt cold hands and feet.

This is a sign of the end of the world.

Although sudden snowstorms have occurred in the North and the New World during this season, the city where Perfect is currently located is located in the central region of the New World, closer to the warm and humid south. In theory, this kind of abnormal climate should not occur.

Not to mention it was so cold that she felt cold even while sitting by the fire.

Although Perfect was now using the identity of a minor noble who had taken refuge with her relatives and needed to keep a low profile, she did not treat herself badly.

After all, the general impression of the nobles in the Empire, the New World and the North is that they are a group of wealthy people.

So although Perfect is low-key, she still does not treat herself badly in terms of some basic material conditions.

However, even so, she still felt cold. One can imagine how difficult it would be for ordinary people.

It was also because of the sudden snowstorm that Perfecto stopped the offensive plan that Major General Richard was preparing and instead asked him to send out a signal for peace talks.

This was not the conspiracy that the revolutionary army had expected, and Perfecto had no need to trick the leadership of the revolutionary army into coming out and killing them in the name of peace talks. She just wanted to end the war as soon as possible and obtain a stable colony in the New World.

Of course, if the revolutionary army insists on seeking independence, Perfect can also change the name of the New World.

Although her original plan to quickly end the war was to use a devastating attack to smash the revolutionary army's defenses and force them to the negotiating table, now that she had encountered this sudden accident, she could change her strategy and choose to end the war in a relatively more peaceful way.

Although Perfect could continue the war as originally planned, if the troops continued to advance in such severe weather, they would suffer a great degree of non-combat casualties, which was not what Perfect wanted.

After all, it was a sudden blizzard. Even if Perfect mobilized airships to act as bombers to destroy the revolutionary army's positions and fortresses, ground troops were still needed to march in and occupy these places. However, even if the technology of the original world had developed to the point where a permanent research station could be established in Antarctica, no army dared to say that it could continue to march or even launch an attack in a blizzard.

The Germans had already demonstrated the power of General Winter in World War II, and Perfect did not want to repeat the German experience.

Although she did want to give Kallen some help so that she could realize the establishment of a regime led by the working class or the proletariat, this did not mean that she would let her troops suffer completely unnecessary casualties.

She could accept the casualties during the attack as a necessary price to pay, but letting soldiers attack in a blizzard and suffer huge casualties just to end the war quickly was beyond Perfect's scope of action.

Although Perfecto has no hesitation in killing millions of people to achieve her goals, this does not mean that she is truly reckless in her style of doing things.

She will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, but when she has a choice, she doesn't mind being gentle.

If victory in the war requires the sacrifice of human lives, she can also say "I don't want casualties, I just want victory."

But Perfect is willing to show her kindness when it's not necessary.

And there is another very important reason, that is, Perfect noticed that in the New World colonies, even though the Empire had announced the news of the end of the world, the New World colonies generally did not start the construction of shelters.

Of course, Perfecto wasn't so kind as to build shelters for the people in the New World colonies. If she had this idea, she wouldn't have chosen to open one in the North in the first place.

She just felt that, under the current circumstances, the construction of the North had basically completed most of the established goals. The colonies in the New World, like the Empire itself, could still build a shelter for themselves before the end of the world if they hurried, rather than relying on existing buildings to resist the extreme cold that was enough to freeze everything.

After all, preserving the existence of colonies in the New World is also a good thing for the North.

So Perfect felt that it was possible to temporarily put aside some unnecessary disputes, negotiate with the revolutionary army, and then use all resources and manpower where they should go, rather than wasting them on the battlefield.

Just as she had killed millions of people during the Seventeen-Day War in order to prevent the war from destroying the capitals of three countries, Perfecto could now choose to negotiate and make necessary concessions in order to quickly end the war.

Of course, if someone in the revolutionary army is tactless, Perfect will not be immune to taking drastic measures.

According to the battle plan she and Major General Richard had previously formulated, three airships had already taken off from the north. Although they were delayed due to weather reasons, they would still arrive here later.

According to the original combat plan, although these three airships did not carry thermobaric bombs, they did carry bunker-buster bombs specifically designed to destroy strong fortresses and fortifications.

(End of this chapter)