C476 Hell on the Observatory (1/2)

In the eyes of the people of Ryukyu, this was a war to protect their homeland. Since the French were determined to slaughter the city, they would not wait for death either.

To Molière and the others, the Ryukyu was just a small island nation in East Asia. This war was just for the emperor's revenge, victory was inevitable, if they were to lose … Absolutely not, in the French soldiers's eyes, there was no possibility of losing this battle.

However, what they did not know was that to the future generations of Historian, this war had an extraordinary significance.

Since the beginning of The Age of Great Navigation, the expansion of the Western Civilization had never stopped. First, it was in Africa, North America, South America, then India, Arabian region, Southeast Asia … And East Asia was the last place where the Western Civilization would expand.

From the earliest Portugal s' probing to the invasion of Britain and France, the Europeans had prepared for more than four hundred years to conquer Asia.

Until the outbreak of the First Opium War, the victory of this strategic gamble instigated by the British made it clear to the Europeans that they were ready for a strong invasion of East Asia.

From then on, the Western powers, represented by the English and French s, started to advance aggressively. They opened one sealed door after another, not thinking that only the Great Qing was the only victim. In the whole of East Asia, no country was able to escape this calamity.

Japan had encountered the 'Black Ship Incident' and 'Xiaguan Incident', Korea also had the 'C C C Yang Disturbance' and 'Xin Wu Yang Disturbance', and Annan, also known as the future generation of Vietnam, had shamelessly signed the 'Saigon Treaty' and officially became a French colony under fire from the French.

Since the First Opium War of 1840, the West had never lost to anyone in East Asia. More than 20 years of time had gradually created an unbeatable pessimism in the hearts of the Asian.

Xiao Letian had once said that the most horrifying thing was when countless races, and even a civilization was enveloped in pessimism, no one dared to dream of victory … Such a terrifying scene was simply unimaginable.

Why did Xiao Letian want to go to Europe? This question had troubled many people before, even though they had all gotten a clear answer from the Prime Minister, and wanted to show the spirit of the new army and the might of the Asian.

Although this logic sounded easy to understand, no one would be able to understand it if they were to carefully ponder over it.

The Ryukyu had not finished her own matters yet, why did she have to run all the way to Europe to participate in the war? Was it wise to take a risk across half the world without even having a navy built? Even if Xiao Letian is right, our most important strategy right now is to defend? The countries of East Asia had been trembling under the barrage of the Europeans for more than twenty years.

This was the common problem that many decadent scholars had in their hearts after Xiao Letian left the Ryukyu. But today, the cruel battle had allowed for an epiphany, and the changes in the situation in the Ryukyu allowed all intelligent people to truly comprehend the logic behind the Prime Minister's words.

Especially the students who had been brainwashed by Xiao Letian. This group of crazy student soldier had already become a group of lecturers who encouraged the students' morale one after another.

”He did not have the courage to fight, did not have the confidence to win, and did not have a proud morale. Even if he were to give the Ryukyu many new weapons, he would only end up with failure …”

”A race without a backbone, even if they were armed with the most advanced Iron-armored battleship, in the end, they would only be threatening and threatening to sign several life-saving agreements …”

”Look at the so-called officials in the Ryukyu. They obviously have the most advanced Large-scale Gun for Coastal Defense s in the world at that time, advanced rifles and a huge amount of ammunition that surpass the enemy, a group of warriors who are willing to fight and are willing to fight. They obviously have hundreds of thousands of gradually awakened citizens …”

”They had everything, they had almost everything that would make a European militarist jealous of them, but in the end their choice was still negotiation, an attempt to add a fee for protection with two lips. in exchange for the so-called peace … ”

”A great sorrow is greater than a death in the heart … These officials from the Middle Ages were destined to be swept into the trash heap. They once again used evidence to prove that the old ways are unworkable. If we want to live, we need to rely on the new path pointed out by the Prime Minister … ”

”Stepping over mountains of corpses and seas of blood …” ”Even if the Ryukyu dies fighting to the death without a single soldier, even if there isn't even a single survivor, as long as we win, we will be able to create a brand-new nation from the ruins …”

”Flaming Rebirth …” ”Phoenix Rebirth …”

The battlefield was humanity's best classroom. Surviving and dying were things that every human would be tempered with. The fresh blood could always prove that someone's words were correct, even though no one dared to pay such a heavy price.

Since he had already walked the old path, he could only walk the new path of the Prime Minister. If he wanted to survive in the wild forest, he could only turn into a wild beast.