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"Move into position!"

The French and colonial troops, who had been stretched thin for more than half a month, were now demoralized. But this was a battlefield, and to survive they had to fight to the death. So even though they were struggling, they had to keep moving forward.

But the French officers soon discovered a fatal flaw: the People's Revolutionary League's artillery fire was incredibly accurate!

All the shells landed in areas where people were gathered, and all the explosion centers were fire fulcrums. It was not the kind of carpet bombing that completely covered the area and hit randomly, but rather a precise targeting.

As a result, after the shelling ended, the surviving French officer was only a squad leader, and he could only gather less than half a squad around him. The entire position was completely destroyed, and the survivors and those who were temporarily alive stared blankly at the unrecognizable position, having no idea what had happened.

Just then, a buzzing sound came from the sky. The French sergeant's last memory was that something seemed to be flying towards him.

After this round of bombing ended, enemy figures appeared on the battlefield, but not a single person could be seen.

There are a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a bunch of robotic dogs. The sky is filled with drones, and higher up are loitering munitions waiting for orders. As for people, there are some inside the tanks and armored vehicles. These combat units are now information nodes, and even tanks and armored vehicles, no matter what they look like, are sometimes unmanned.

The People's Revolutionary Alliance has already achieved a true information-based war and a true quality war.

A large number of unmanned units are clearing the way ahead. There may be some manned units mixed in, but even among the manned combat units, there are at most three people in a tank or armored vehicle. And it is these three people who remotely control at least a company of unmanned units on the front line.

It's also possible that these people are unmanned, player-controlled constructs, fearless of death. Trading steel and silicon for the lives of enemies is a worthwhile deal.

As the People's Revolutionary Alliance (PRA) forces launched a multi-dimensional precision strike, the French military command in the rear quickly received intelligence from the front lines that brought them to their knees.

What does it mean to say the enemy is a bunch of dogs?

"A steel dog? A fist-sized flying grenade? A landmine that can pounce on your face? What nonsense are you spouting!"

Humans cannot understand things they have never encountered. Officers in the 1950s could not possibly understand unmanned combat units. You should know that the closest thing to the concept of unmanned in those days was the Goliath of the Third Prince, but that thing was not very useful, let alone large-scale. The People's Revolutionary Alliance could not possibly have achieved such a great advantage by relying on these strange tricks. It is probably just that the scum on the front line ran away and talked nonsense.

There was no way around it; the colonial troops were never considered reliable by the Western colonizers. It wasn't that they were incompetent, but rather that the Western colonizers simply didn't trust them.

However, the French officers' assessment did not change the fact that the front lines were being utterly defeated. What comforted them was that the People's Revolutionary Union was not advancing rapidly, but rather steadily, constantly consolidating the areas under its control. This gave the French and colonial armies ample time to prepare two, three, four, five, six, and seven lines of defense.

Is it that the People's Revolutionary Alliance can't get things moving?

No, no, no, it's because the People's Revolutionary Alliance is busy carrying out purges.

Just as the Jiaozhi region had a lot of feudal and even slave remnants, Southeast Asian countries were in a similar state. They lacked many things that required deep historical accumulation to achieve. Southeast Asia's advantages in food cultivation only became apparent in the 1970s and 1980s.

Do you think our ancestors didn't want this land that yielded three harvests a year? Did they just not like it?

Look at the forest terrain and tropical climate here. Without pesticides, fertilizers and improved varieties, how can it be compared to our intensive farming? Soil and water erosion would be so severe as to be unacceptable. Another point is that the population explosion in Asia only occurred after the 1950s.

Before that, the average annual population growth rate in Asia was only 0.73% (and even less in ancient times, which is one of the reasons why local countries could not compete with the Central Plains dynasties, or even the Southern Song Dynasty, because there were too few people and they could not support too many people). However, after 1950, the average annual growth rate gradually reached 2.08%, and the Asian population experienced explosive growth.

So, those ruthless people who traveled back in time and wanted to colonize South Asia without developing industrial technology, were they all injected with super serums? Can our flashes of inspiration compare to the rigorous selection of our ancestors over five thousand years? That's bullshit!

The objective environment influences the social structure. The fragmented terrain, divided by forests and rivers, and the inability to support a large population per unit area make them less united than even those in Jiangsu. If it weren't for the presence of a centralized super-model nearby, the fragmented state of Europe would be their destiny.

If the People's Revolutionary Alliance wants to integrate this place, then it must first kill the Bos, kill all the opponents, and war is a good opportunity to purge these people. Those who have connections with France, those who stand on the French side, and those who secretly collude with France, arrest a Russian who is a traitor and kill them all, so that the glory of the Great Western King can shine on parts of Southeast Asia and South Asia.

The advance was slow, the killings were numerous, and some people were deliberately let go to tell their terrible stories. This forced the French and colonial armies to fight desperately, bringing all those they could win over to the French faction. Combined with land reform, this almost completely wiped out any dissenting voices within the country.

A thousand-year-old family? That doesn't exist. You didn't experience Huang Chao's love back then, but now it's time to help Southeast Asian countries make up for it. You are also part of the Chinese civilization sphere, so naturally you must keep up with the times.

The Seven Killings Decree has been activated!

Section 21: The Breastfeeding Method in Progress

A human head isn't like a leek; once it's cut off, it won't grow back.

But you have to admit that often, the simplest solution is to deal with the person who created the problem. Simply eliminating people from their family records on a large scale can solve more than 90% of the problems.

Because how could a poor family possibly have a family tree? Those who can pass down a family tree, you know what I mean.

Southeast Asian countries, which have retained many remnants of the old Chinese culture, now understand what a complete revolution means. Those with problems are killed, and those who surrender but are found to have problems are also killed.

There is no possibility of escaping death by surrendering. You must ensure that you completely sever ties with the past, which often means giving up your family and property and returning to the same economic status as the vast majority of people around you. This is something that most of the vested interests of the old era could not accept. Those who can do this have long since begun to resist colonial rule and imperialist oppression. They are awakened individuals who have betrayed their own class.

Friendly reminder: The common surnames in Southeast Asian countries are basically remnants of the old era. Eliminating them all will prevent wrongful convictions.

Among them were some progressives, whom Qin Shan would not touch, because they had already proven that they stood with the people. If they turned against him halfway, he would kill them; they could not withstand the advance of the People's Revolutionary Alliance.

The benevolence that was due was given before the war even began. The benevolence that begins now is the benevolence of tearing a person in two and smashing their head into their chest.

Southeast Asian countries were shrouded in blood. Various major clans were exterminated, their property confiscated, and their members hanged after public trials. Amidst the cheers and praises of the vast majority of ordinary people, the People's Revolutionary Alliance steadily advanced, hanging batch after batch of compradors, traitors, and bourgeois.

"This is a crime, a crime against human civilization! The People's Revolutionary Alliance is an anti-human organization!"

France, which has so far arrested more than 300,000 people to build bridges and roads in Southeast Asia, condemned the United Nations People's Revolutionary Alliance's (UNPREA) brutality and ruthlessness at the United Nations. The UNPREA, as an invited representative, looked on with amusement throughout the meeting.

After the French representative finished speaking, the representative from the People's Revolutionary Alliance stood up and said in a disdainful tone, "French representative, I hope you can still speak to me in that tone a minute from now."

The French representative was furious, but at that moment, a member of the French mission to the United Nations rushed in and whispered something in the French representative's ear, causing the latter's expression to change drastically.

Upon witnessing this, the representative of the People's Revolutionary Alliance stated directly: "Just now, we launched a missile carrying seven megaton nuclear warheads into the Atlantic Ocean, and all the warheads detonated successfully. French representative, you don't want your homeland to be turned into scorched earth because of your foul mouth, do you? Remember, you, a member of the five permanent members, are nothing but a dog, a dog kept by the United States. The United States doesn't even have our missile and nuclear technology. Where do you get the audacity to bark at us? Trash who surrendered in 42 days during World War II has infiltrated the five permanent members. This is a disgrace to all human civilization!"

This statement was tantamount to saying "Fuck you" to France in front of all the countries in the United Nations. However, the French representative was so angry that he lowered his head with an angry look in his eyes. The other French representatives had the same expression. The United Nations General Assembly room became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. All eyes were on the representative of the United Nations.

The representative of the UN People's Revolutionary Alliance continued, "What are the five permanent members? They are countries capable of maintaining world order. If such people exist among the five permanent members, I seriously doubt the value of the United Nations. By the way, Xinhua is not even a member. An agricultural country that beat the United States on the Korean Peninsula is not a permanent member. I hope that after Xinhua is fully industrialized, you can look at this issue more rationally, instead of considering reconciliation when you are beaten to your knees and begging for mercy. That would be too late."

Leaving these words behind, the representative from the All-China Federation of People's Revolutionary Committees (ACFROC) departed with a flourish. Though not a permanent member of the UN Security Council, he left with the imposing presence of one of the permanent members.

It is worth mentioning that although the representatives of the Western countries, led by the United States, looked ashen-faced, many countries' delegations were reduced by several people after the representatives of the People's Revolutionary Alliance left.

Who did they go to see? It's so hard to guess (reading aloud).

Such is the reality of international relations: without nuclear weapons, even the military is worthless, and the French government before de Gaulle came to power was not even qualified to be respected.

Compared to other weaker countries, France is indeed a behemoth, but to the People's Revolutionary Alliance, if they say you're a piece of trash, then you're a piece of trash. If you don't like it, keep it to yourself. Believe me, they'll really give you a warm-up with nuclear bombs.

The French Revolutionary Alliance just launched live ammunition, which affected some French merchant ships at sea, causing casualties. However, the French government didn't dare to say a word, only announcing that it was a hurricane incident and had nothing to do with nuclear weapons. Mushroom clouds are just weather phenomena. Do you know more about nuclear weapons than the government?

Well, even if the French people don't understand nuclear weapons, they at least know what kind of people their government is.

It's foreseeable that things will get lively in France for a while, with the French exhibiting their unique pattern of taking holidays when they're on vacation and striking when they're at work.

The French representative, who was kicked to the wall by the representative of the CPSU at the UN General Assembly, lost face, but he still had to do his job. After all, he was a politician, and his face was worth very little. Besides, the CPSU had the power to criticize France, but that didn't mean other countries had the power. You haven't even defeated me, so why are you criticizing me? The French tricolor flag will never fade, it just changes its usage occasionally.

However, the French government's mere protest did nothing to help the French army, which was already being beaten to a pulp on the front lines. Instead, it served as further proof of the terrifying strength of the People's Revolutionary Union.

Look, the representatives of the People's Revolutionary Alliance only scolded the French at the United Nations General Assembly, and they dared not send more troops.

Please, it's not that the French government is afraid to send more troops, it's that they don't want to. The French government is currently in a state of chaos, with various factions engaged in all sorts of infighting, and their attitude towards the colonies fluctuating wildly. Under these circumstances, how could they possibly send more troops? Sending a bunch of demoralized soldiers—are they worried the front lines won't collapse fast enough?

Moreover, anti-war sentiment was prevalent in many countries after World War II. While this sentiment seemed to have no effect under the will of the state apparatus, it could amplify soldiers' anti-war sentiment tenfold or a hundredfold when the war was going badly.

This results in skyrocketing war costs. Frontline soldiers are working day in and day out, and the slightest disturbance can cause a complete rout, leaving their own governments to clean up the mess. Costs that weren't apparent before will come back to haunt them later. But if the government changes, the previous administration can celebrate.

This is your problem now, it has nothing to do with me.

Western politicians have a penchant for shifting blame during leadership transitions. By planting seeds of blame for the next term, they try to prove their own incompetence. If they can't guarantee their own innocence, then they'll all be mired in the mud.

The Fourth French Republic at this time was also an anomaly, a classic factional grand alliance, with the French Communist Party, the French Socialist Party, and the People's Republican Party in power. In 1947, they even expelled the French Communist Party. Subsequently, the coalition government, having lost important internal forces, was caught in a pincer movement between the left wing led by the French Communist Party and the right wing led by the Rally of the French People. It could only rely on the loose majority support of the third parties, which made its governing ability weak.

I don't know if you've noticed, but the left wing is led by the French Communist Party, and the right wing is led by the French people. These are leaders, not people who are in charge themselves. This fully demonstrates the fragmented state of French politics from top to bottom.

The data on leadership changes alone demonstrates the incompetence of the Fourth French Republic, which saw more than 20 changes of leadership during its 12-year existence.

To be objective and fair, even the most dissolute playboy in France wouldn't change lovers that many times. Please note that this is after more than 20 changes of leadership, with the replacement of specific individuals being faster than the Americans grabbing oil.

Political instability has led to slow economic development. The post-war period should have been a time of economic recovery for all countries, but France has instead become the tortoise in the tortoise and the hare fable, and a sleeping tortoise at that. This is just too worrying.

Even the French themselves at the time felt that the glory of France was gone.

However, danger can also be an opportunity, and a certain true French man is quietly watching all of this.

Section 22: Searching and searching for friends~

For veterans of the battlefield, memories are dangerous because they can bring back terrifying recollections.

As a French veteran, Dior (not a joke, there are quite a few people in France named Dior, it's a retro name, supposedly related to the ancient Greek god of wine) gave an interview to AFP at the age of 97.

When the reporter saw Dior, his first reaction was, "Human life is truly tenacious."

He suffered extensive burns all over his body, lost both legs and his right arm, had only three fingers left on his left arm, and was blind in one eye. If it weren't for the help of modern technology, he would have been a corpse reserve who could only wait to die at home after coming down from the battlefield.

"Hello, Mr. Dior."

"Hello, kid."

Although he is 97 years old, Dior is in good spirits and at least not senile. He looks like a man who has just turned seventy, which is a good thing. A healthy old man makes reporters feel more at ease and bold in conducting interviews.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the formal interview began.

"How much do you remember about the Southeast Asian wars back then?"

"Child, your question is too broad."

"Could you tell me just how exaggerated the People's Revolutionary Alliance's offensive was at that time?"

Dior slowly closed his eyes and said in a slightly painful tone, "That was a war of attrition, the coldest judgment the machine ever handed down on humanity. After experiencing that war, I never wanted another war in the world." February 1954, Cambodian battlefield.

"Hide! Hide! Don't show your face! Don't come out! Disguise yourself as a corpse! A corpse, understand!"

Dio, as the squad leader, kept shouting to the soldiers around him, helping them to survive as long as possible.

He had long since given up on the idea of ​​winning, because their enemy was not human at all, but metal covering the mountains and plains.

Forests and swamps could not stop the monsters' attack. They indiscriminately crushed everything in their path, then unleashed precise firepower on everyone's heads—accurate, deadly, and endless.

However, under immense survival pressure, the French army also devised targeted methods such as "wetting blankets to lower body temperature," "using campfires to disrupt the nighttime battlefield," and "using cluster grenades for quick self-destruction."

Because all the casualties they can inflict are from various robotic dogs, drones, and loitering munitions. The People's Revolutionary Alliance is playing a very new mode of warfare, which NATO is completely baffled by.

The French soldiers at the front were probably physically confused, but they paid homage to Louis XVI, the founding father of the United States.

It's because those small drones, when they crash into their targets and explode, aim for the chest or above. The force is enough to shatter a neck. Without a neck, one naturally won't understand what's going on.

The bodies discovered by drones on the French side were mostly headless horsemen, which further deepened the fear of the French soldiers. The colonial army was even more disorganized, with many soldiers going insane, becoming mentally unstable, or even dying from fright.

Dio is now considered a veteran, but he can't be happy at all because everyone older than him is dead, including his superiors. If he could contact someone higher up now, it would be normal for him to be promoted to commander on the spot.

The only thing that gave him a slight sense of security was the various building ruins in the city. Although Cambodian cities are indeed quite simple, they are still cities. Fighting in the streets here is not as bad as fighting in the wilderness.

The French soldiers, who had been beaten down the whole way without ever seeing what the enemy looked like, were now holding their breath and preparing to give the Revolutionary Alliance a big "surprise" here.

They wouldn't dare to dream of defeating them, but they certainly dare to dream of securing a way out for themselves through victory.

After the French positions on the outskirts of the city were completely silenced by the precise bombing of the People's Revolutionary Alliance, the French soldiers hiding inside the city swallowed hard. They knew that the real war was about to begin.

Come on, in this close-quarters combat environment of street fighting, we will inflict huge casualties on the Revolutionary Alliance.

Just as Dio was thinking this, a buzzing sound came from the sky, followed by something suddenly flying by, and then an explosion in the distance, along with the screams of other friendly forces.

Wait a minute, can those machines really kill people with precision even in such a complex urban environment?

The scene before him was beyond Dio's comprehension, but the Human Revolutionary Alliance's offensive would not stop because of the enemy's lack of understanding. A large number of drones and loitering munitions appeared in the sky, covering the entire city. On the ground, many unmanned armored vehicles were advancing, and further back were manned armored command vehicles, but they looked no different from other armored vehicles.

About two hundred meters from the city, all the armored vehicles stopped, their rear doors opened, and robotic dogs carrying various weapons jumped off and charged into the city in a formation so orderly it was chilling.

Meanwhile, the French army discovered that their radios were being jammed, with all channels playing the same song.

"Looking for friends, looking for friends~"

This sentence was played repeatedly. Although the French soldiers couldn't understand Chinese, they could tell it was a song.

At the same time, the robot dogs on the battlefield began to play the song "Looking for friends." In an instant, the entire battlefield was filled with this song, which sounded like a children's song, creating an eerie and frightening atmosphere.

At that very moment, the song playing somewhere changed to "Find a good friend".

Immediately afterwards, terrifying explosions, flames, and screams filled the area, which quickly fell silent within minutes.

Then, the song changed to "Looking for friends" again. Whenever the phrase changed to "Found a good friend," it was always accompanied by barrages of comments, flames, and death. The screams of his comrades before their deaths filled Dio's heart with fear.

I will die, I will definitely die!

Even with his heart rate soaring to two hundred and his blood pressure surging to the same height as his body, Dio dared not make a sound. The mechanical monsters were extremely sensitive; any noise outside their environment would attract their attention. Moreover, these monsters had no emotions, no pity, and no fear of death. Once they spotted a target, they would pounce on it in droves until the target was completely torn to shreds.

"Looking for friends~"

"Find a good friend~"

The two songs playing on a loop were as terrifying as whispers from the subspace. Each switch represented the passing of life. There was resistance from French soldiers, but it was all in vain. There were too many mechanical monsters, and they could self-destruct when needed. This meant that shootings and cover were worthless. It was easy for the enemy to take you away.

However, their attacks might not be effective, because these robotic dogs are bulletproof. Theoretically, rapid, continuous fire could disable them, but relying solely on the rate of fire of their non-automatic rifles is clearly unnecessary.

Dio knew very well that firing his gun would expose him, and exposure would mean death, but not fighting back meant waiting to die.

Those robotic dogs will search every corner, turning any warm targets into cold ones, and leaving various booby traps in the searched areas. Even if the robotic dogs don't find any targets while searching, you might still step on these booby traps while trying to escape and then meet your maker.

Vicious weapons, wicked tactics, and terrifying Easterners.

Suddenly, Dio heard the clanging sound of a robotic dog advancing nearby; the monster was heading straight for him.