Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 480 Thermobaric Bomb Almost Dropped
The battle between more than two hundred Steam Knights really shocked everyone who learned about the situation.

After all, this was the first time in the history of this world war that humans had deployed steam knights into battle on such a large scale.

If we have to describe this exaggerated gap, it would probably be like the Napoleonic Wars era, with a Cold War-level steel torrent thrown into it.

In fact, judging by the number of Steam Knights deployed in battle, they were even equivalent to the size of a Soviet tank division during the Cold War. You should know that during the Cold War, a Soviet tank division with fewer troops might not even have 200 tanks.

As for the comparison of the combat effectiveness of the two sides... the tanks during the Cold War might be stronger than the Steam Knights, but their strength was limited.

At least if the tactics were correct, Perfect didn't think his Steam Knights would lose to tanks.

So you can imagine that when five infantry regiments from the Napoleonic Wars faced off against a tank division from the Cold War, the result could only be described as cruel.

Although Perfect didn't really want to do this, using two hundred Steam Knights to do the work that twenty Steam Knights could do, Perfect wasn't that free.

But it was difficult for her to stop this. After all, she was attacked by rebels and her knights came thousands of miles to save her. She had no reason to reprimand her knights.

This incident also brought another benefit, that is, the Revolutionary Army, which had originally been dissatisfied with the peace talks, now completely shut up, and no one had any objections to the peace talks between Kallen and Perfecto anymore.

Five infantry regiments had just been crushed in front of them, and the two knightly orders, with a total of eighteen flags, were standing there. The people of the revolutionary army were now afraid that if they spoke too loudly they would arouse the dissatisfaction of these steam knights.

After all, those were the two Steam Knights who had just crushed five infantry regiments! They were enough to make anyone with ideas regain clarity of vision.

Perfect didn't have time to deal with these trivial matters. She simply sent a flag team of knights on an airship to escort the governor back to the empire for trial. Most of the remaining knights were driven back to the north by her. Only two flag teams from each of the two knight orders and the flying knights were left with her.

She herself brought four flag teams of steam knights, along with the flying knights, and arrived at the New Shock City on an airship.

The Governor had rebelled, and the New World colonies were now in chaos.

Especially in the city of New Shock, the airship fleet led by the Behemoth has completely blockaded the entire city. These airships are constantly using the large speakers on board to loudly broadcast the ultimatum that they may drop thermobaric bombs, which almost scared the residents of New Shock to death.

If Perfect had arrived a little later, or if there had been no other important person to take care of the matter, I'm afraid they would have really dared to drop the thermobaric bomb.

After all, the captain of the Behemoth was Perfecto's cousin William, and he was extremely angry about the attack on Perfecto.

As an imperial war hero who dropped a thermobaric bomb on the capital of France during the Seventeen-Day War, he had the confidence to take on the responsibility of dropping a thermobaric bomb on the city of New Shak.

Therefore, for the Behemoth and the entire airship fleet, the thermobaric bombs they carried were not just for show, but they were really prepared to drop them at any time to avenge Perfect.

Fortunately, Perfecto's personal arrival finally put the matter to rest, preventing it from deteriorating into the worst possible situation.

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"In view of the fact that you have violated my orders and mobilized thermobaric bombs without my permission, the rank of captains of each ship will be demoted by one level and suspended from duty for three months for reflection. During this period, the captain's position will be temporarily taken over by the deputy captain." In the Governor's Palace in New Shak City, Perfect felt a headache as he looked at the airship captains standing in two rows in front of him: "Do you have any objection to this handling result?" "No, my lord." The captains answered in unison.

Although being demoted and suspended was indeed uncomfortable, they also understood how serious a crime it was to privately mobilize thermobaric bombs without permission and even prepare to drop them on the cities of the empire.

Perfect was very magnanimous of him to simply demote them.

After all, if this matter were to be reported to the military, the entire fleet would probably have to be disbanded, all the chief officers would have to report to the military court, and then be dishonorably expelled.

As the main person responsible for this incident, if it weren't for the halo of a war hero, Perfectcot's cousin William would have been shot directly.

To put it nicely, they were eager to protect their master and behaved irrationally in a fit of anger.

But to put it bluntly, this is the army acting on its own, losing control, and directly using strategic weapons!

If this happened in the original world, and a unit with the ability to deliver nuclear weapons acted alone and threatened to drop nuclear weapons on a city, you can imagine how this unit would be dealt with!

It can be said that this matter is of a very bad nature and the matter is very serious.

But fortunately, Perfect arrived in time and covered up everything.

She immediately sent people to send all the thermobaric bombs back to the North, and then announced to the outside world that the fleet did not really carry thermobaric bombs, they were just carrying out strategic deterrence.

Even though everyone knew that this was not the truth, when Perfect said this, both the military and the imperial center conceded that this was the fact.

As for her handling of the airship fleet, the military merely imposed a penalty of fining all officers for one month's salary.

The main reason why the military and the imperial center were so accommodating to Perfectoct was because they were also afraid.

After all, this is a thermobaric bomb. The military and the imperial center have witnessed the effect of the thermobaric bomb delivery with their own eyes. They know clearly what it means for an airship fleet to carry thermobaric bombs and dare to drop them.

Now it is Perfect who has taken the initiative to cover up and suppress this matter. If someone insists on exposing this matter and annoys Perfect, do you think she will simply send the fleet with thermobaric bombs to talk to those who oppose it?

So the matter ends here. As for whether these officers of the airship fleet will be dealt with further and how the reckoning will be settled later, that is another matter for later.

The top priority at the moment is to resolve the problems caused by the rebellion of the governors of the New World colonies as soon as possible.

You know, the New World colonies were first hit by the workers' movement led by Kallen, and then caused a big disturbance by the revolutionary army. Now the governor has become a rebel and attacked the Northern lord, leading the Northern army to move south. This series of events has made the New World colonies a mess.

Therefore, Perfecto's top priority now is to stabilize the entire New World colony.

(End of this chapter)