Munitions Empire

"General!" Across the street, in the ruins of a building, Shenwu Ke's door was knocked. After being granted permission, Shenwu Ke's adjutant walked in and then stepped aside.

Following closely were several human officers. After comparing the photos and confirming Shenwu Ke's identity, they made a gesture: "General Shenwu Ke, come with us."

Shenwu Ke showed a hint of a bitter smile. As a general of Mirage Country, he ended up without even the privilege to commit suicide.

The decision to use mines was ultimately approved by the Shen Emperor. How could such a thing have been executed without the Shen Emperor's consent?

Therefore, the true culprit behind the use of mines and naval mines should be the Shen Emperor! This was Shenwu Ke's thought, but he couldn't verbalize it.

In reality, he had to take the blame for the Shen Emperor, admitting that he was the one who insisted on using mines and naval mines recklessly.

Yet, the Shen Emperor he tried to protect had sold him out to the Great Tang Empire. Until the end, Shenwu Ke, the general stubbornly guarding the Shen Capital, didn't even have the right to suicide.

He couldn't end his own life because doing so would provoke the Great Tang Empire to continue the war, to annihilate the Shen Emperor.

Thus, he stood up, handed his weapons and Peidao to his adjutant: "Please take these back, and give them to the Shen Emperor..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the humans seized the Peidao and a refined PPK pistol: "Sorry, these will be exhibited as trophies in the Great Tang Empire's museum."

While speaking, the human officer drew Shenwu Ke's Peidao, gestured with it. Seemingly unsatisfied, he commented after the gesture: "Too short, not of much use."

Shenwu Ke wanted to remind him, however short, it was the Peidao of a senior officer in Mirage Country! It held symbolic meaning! It had a spirit integrated into it!

And what do you mean by trophies? You win, capture me, I surrender, then my personal weapons are your trophies! I, Shenwu Ke, have not surrendered! What do you mean by calling these trophies?

Also... what do you mean by exhibiting them in the Great Tang Empire's museum? How can you do something so humiliating to others?

To kill me is not enough, you want my items displayed in your museum, being laughed at for generations?

Thinking of this, he looked furiously at the humans, but unfortunately, due to the angle, the human officers didn't see his fierce gaze.

No choice, Shenwu Ke was indeed too short.

"Let's go! You will soon meet Shen Wen Dabo..." At last, the human officer sheathed his sword and was the first to leave Shenwu Ke's office.

To call it an office is just to be a bit respectful; it was a temporary location found after the armistice. Shenwu Ke's true office was in a basement, looking far more cramped than here.

Shenwu Ke glanced at Shenwu You standing awkwardly there but ultimately said nothing more, only sighed.

Shenwu You also knew that, in fact, compared to Shenwu Ke, he was at a disadvantage in every aspect. But helplessly, the Great Tang Empire did not allow it, only permitting Shenwu Ke to be executed...

At the dock, thousands of goblin soldiers were responsible for transporting rubble and other debris, while the orc troops were busy as well, their efficiency higher than the goblins.

A transport ship had docked, and after unloading vast amounts of food supplies, it filled with goblin soldiers and departed the Shen Capital dock which had no repair capability.

Due to the war, the ports and docks of Shen Capital were reduced to semi-ruins, fundamentally lacking functionality.

The fortified positions on both sides were long destroyed, some cannons even over a hundred years old had great collectible value...

The various facilities at the dock were thoroughly scrapped, the pipeline that once refueled the main fleet of Mirage Country was destroyed.

Some bombs accidentally fell into the dock area, some were directly hit by orc artillery, and of course, some were blown up by Mirage Country soldiers themselves.

Back then, to prevent orcs from obtaining anything useful, Shenwu Ke directly ordered explosives to be laid to destroy the dock, leaving orcs unable to immediately use Shen Capital dock to replenish and restore strength.

Moreover, to ensure foolproof safety, Shenwu Ke even overstepped his bounds to order naval mines deployment in the Shen Capital's waters. From this perspective, the Great Tang Empire wanted Shenwu Ke dead, which was quite reasonable.

Unfortunately, the initial plan was not thoroughly executed; the order to demolish the dock was left with explosives failing to completely destroy it.

At the same time, the plan to deploy naval mines in the waters near Shen Capital couldn't be executed on a large scale due to ship scarcity, thus failing the mine blockade at Shen Capital port.

Watching the goblin soldiers aboard the ship, wearing various coats, Shenwu Ke even felt a little dazed. He seemed to recognize those goblin soldiers leaning on the deck railing, recognizing every single one.

Unfortunately, he couldn't actually remember those goblin soldiers' names. And as the transport ship departed, the whistle blowing suddenly excited the civilian populace of Mirage Country.

Bear in mind, those living in Shen Capital, especially the locals near the dock, hadn't heard that familiar whistle sound for nearly a year.

They missed this sound immensely, and now hearing it again, how could they not be moved?

Meanwhile, in the small northern island's port, Shen Wen Dabo, most trusted by the Shen Emperor, once again looked back at the "magnificent land" behind him.

In truth, it was not magnificent: the South Island and New Island had now become territories of the Great Tang Empire; Ben Island was already under the orcs' rule; speaking of magnificent land, perhaps it's just deceiving oneself.

Standing next to Shen Wen Dabo were soldiers of the Great Tang Empire, their purpose here was to escort Shen Wen Dabo.

Just like Shenwu Ke, these two were significant war criminals who used land and naval mines banned from production by nations worldwide during the war, clearly subject to execution.

Shen Wenxin was also there to bid farewell to Shen Wen Dabo. After all, with Shen Wen Dabo leaving, he, the deputy prime minister, seemed to stand below one and above thousands.

Yet this description might not be quite accurate, for besides the prime minister, the Shen Emperor... or rather, the Island Master of the Northern Island, should also be above the prime minister.

But if speaking thus, then Shen Wuxiong, the Northern Island General, should also be added...