Chapter 925

In West Asia, under the massacre of the "Persian Blade," most of the refugees quickly fled in all directions. The Osman government could no longer control where the refugees went.

Other than the dead, only a small portion of the remaining refugees fled to the hinterland of Persia. Most of them returned to the Osman Empire.

People were afraid of death. Facing the Persians who raised their butcher knives, the refugees were terrified.

It was difficult to go out, but it was even more difficult to go home. It was not easy to send the refugees out. How could the Osman government accept this trouble again?

After successfully expelling the refugees, the rank on Major General Shendilk's shoulder had become Lieutenant General. If he could solve the problem at hand, he would likely be promoted again.

As a price, Shendilk had become notorious. He was affectionately called "the most insidious butcher" by the international media.

The media had to thank him because he had given them no shortage of hot news this year. After the Persian massacre, the sales of newspapers across Europe increased by 30%.

In the command center, a middle-aged officer reported worriedly, "General, there are more and more refugees outside. We can't hold them off much longer."

Lieutenant General Shendilk ignored him. He was already playing with a pair of walnuts in his hand. After a while, he asked calmly, "Do you still remember how our ancestors established the Osman Empire?"

Everyone was dumbfounded. The establishment of the Osman Empire was clearly recorded in history books. Although it was beautified, the general situation was still recorded.

However, this question seemed to have nothing to do with the matter at hand. After pausing for a moment, seeing that no one answered, Shendilk was not angry.

These days, the quality of the officers in the Osman Empire was terrible. There were not many truly capable officers. Because of the Near Eastern War, many of them even took the blame and were held accountable. They retired, and most of the remaining officers were people who had connections.

Officers like Shendilk, who came from an illustrious background and were capable, had always been rare.

The mess in the officialdom was actually more serious in the military. It was good not to do anything, but the more you did, the more mistakes you made.

As long as you worked seriously, you had to be mentally prepared to be criticized. In such a harsh environment, most people's first thought was to protect themselves.

Shendilk's reputation was tarnished so quickly because of his competitors. Otherwise, how would the outside world know that he was the one who led the expulsion of the refugees?

Faced with the cruel reality, Shendilk did not expect his subordinates to be smart and capable. As long as they could complete the tasks he assigned, that would be enough.

"The weak are prey to the strong. You are familiar with this phrase, right?"

"I'm sure you've all heard of how our ancestors survived the natural disaster back then.

At the end of the day, there was only one thing — reducing the number of people. Whether it was waging war against the outside world or carrying out internal cleansing, it was essentially to reduce the number of people. With fewer people, there would be enough food to eat.

Now, there are so many refugees outside. We can't save all of them. Since that's the case, let's use the most ancient method — the law of the jungle. "

Everyone's expression changed greatly. It was as if they had been enlightened and suddenly came to a realization, and they all started to flatter him.

Shendilk was so angry that he slammed the table. At this point, there was still no one who answered. Clearly, they were all smart people. They didn't want to take responsibility and wanted to protect themselves.

Nation Empire. Tell the refugees that we don't have enough food. Follow the tradition of our ancestors. Only the strong can survive.

Only by obtaining five heads could they obtain the qualifications to survive. They can be submitted in batches. Register them. They are allowed to use any means outside the camp. "

Shendilk ignored them. What could they do if they were afraid of taking responsibility? It must be known that the present was different from the past, the current ruling party was the Ottoman Youth Party.

Idealism was the scariest. They could sacrifice everything to achieve their goals. He could even disregard his own life, let alone a group of refugees.

A bad reputation might be a disaster in other countries, but it was nothing in the Osman Empire. In the eyes of the ruler, a general with a bad reputation was more reliable.

There were so many refugees outside. The Osman government did not have enough food. For the stability of the country, they had to keep them outside the country.

Under such circumstances, letting the refugees kill each other was the best choice. Although Shendilk said that they would be qualified to survive if they killed five people, the survival rate seemed to be one in six.

In reality, once the refugees started killing each other, it would be hard to stop. In the end, not even one in ten or one in twenty would survive, let alone one in six.

Could these people really survive? Stop dreaming. Those who survived with five heads were ruthless people. If they let these people, who had grievances against the Osman Empire, live, no one would be able to sleep.

Shendilk was prepared to break the contract. It wasn't a breach of contract. Killing was against the law. The Osman Empire was no exception.

Someone who killed so many people in a row was a serious criminal anywhere. It wasn't too much to execute him.

Ruthless, perhaps. But in Shendilk's eyes, he was helping the Empire to clean up the danger. If he didn't do this, the refugees would flood into the Osman Empire. The entire country would be ruined.

In the face of cruel reality, there was no such thing as good or evil, right or wrong. In this cruel era, everyone was working hard to survive.

Being soft-hearted wouldn't survive in this era where the strong preyed on the weak.

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After fleeing for a long time, the mental state of the refugees was on the verge of collapse. Many of them had even broken down.

Shendilk's order had undoubtedly ignited the last of their madness. No one knew who took the lead, but the refugee camp was in complete chaos.

Other than a few rational people who took the opportunity to escape to the border, most people attacked the people around them in a frenzy. It was as if they wanted to take the other's head in exchange for a chance of survival.

Hell on earth was nothing more than this.

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In the Vienna Palace, Franz was shocked by the Osman Empire's actions as he looked at the intelligence report in his hand. He didn't scold the Osman Empire with the outside world's newspapers. Instead, he analyzed the gains and losses rationally.

He had to admit that the Osman Empire had a unique way of survival for so many years.

At least in terms of ruthlessness, the European countries couldn't compare. They weren't only ruthless to their enemies, but they were even more ruthless to their own people.

Even the Russian Army that invaded the Osman Empire in the Near East War was afraid of international public opinion and didn't dare to do this. However, the Osman Empire dared.

Don't look at how badly Shendilk was scolded. In Franz's view, he was pushed out to be the scapegoat. The one who was truly qualified to make the decision was the Osman Empire in Ankara.

Prime Minister Felix said, "We still underestimated the Osman Empire. Just based on this ruthlessness, we shouldn't underestimate it.

I propose to step up the pressure on the Osman Empire and take this opportunity to send troops to intervene and support Armenian independence. We shouldn't leave any chance for the Osman Empire to rise. "

The reckless were afraid of the unreasonable, and the unreasonable were afraid of the reckless.

This sentence was also applicable to countries. Anyone would have a headache when they encountered a reckless country. Right now, the Ottoman Empire seemed to have no regard for its own life.

The prestige that the Osman Empire had built up for hundreds of years wouldn't disappear so easily. The ruthlessness that was leaked now made Prime Minister Felix recall the past. He couldn't help but raise his vigilance.

Franz shook his head. "The ruthlessness of the Osman Empire really shouldn't be underestimated. However, after this battle, it's impossible for them to revive.

It's already the industrial era. Population is the most valuable asset. How many people does the Osman Empire have now, and how many young and strong laborers are there?

If the Osman Empire wants to develop, it will take decades of effort. This is only a theoretical figure. It doesn't take into account the ethnic and religious issues in the country.

Supporting Armenian independence now seems to weaken the Osman Empire, but it actually helps the Government of Sudan a lot. Losing a piece of land also alleviates the ethnic conflicts in the country.

Instead of this, it's better to secretly support the Armenian independence movement and let them consume the strength of the Osman Empire internally.

At the same time, it will increase the confidence of Britain and France. Let them put some of their vigorous energy into the huge pit that is the Osman Empire, so that they don't have to stare at us every day. "

It wasn't that Franz looked down on the Osman Empire, but the reality of the data told him that the Osman Empire had lost the possibility of rising.

It was unknown whether the Osman Empire still had a population of 10 million. This included a large number of ethnic minorities. After the civil war ended, the population would further decrease.

If they wanted to industrialize, the Osman Empire not only had to solve the shortage of labor, but also had to consider the domestic religious issues.

By the time they solved these problems, the time would have passed. Before solving these fundamental problems, even with the support of Britain and France, they could at most build an army that looked like it had some fighting power.

There were too many cases in the original universe that proved that if a country wanted to be strong, it must be strong in all aspects. Merely training a new army wouldn't be of much use.