Chapter 1280: Shen Wenmao in a bad mood in 1198
Now, in the Tang Empire, such roads have already connected every village and town, and everyone has beco accustod to these highways.
This situation is truly terrifying. Things that other countries do not have, or are rarely seen, are already commonplace in the Tang Empire! This indicates that the gap between countries is continuously widening.
The emperors of various countries still believe they are narrowing the gap in national power with the Tang Empire, but in reality, what they value—military equipnt—is likely the area where the gap is the smallest.
In areas they do not notice, the power of the Tang Empire is even more terrifying, and this absolute lead piled up by technological accumulation can only be felt by professionals as mountainous pressure.
For example, in the printing field, the Tang Empire has begun to see a large-scale appearance of advanced copying equipnt, which is practically a revolution in the information technology field.
In addition, advancents in computing technology and related industrial fields have made computers begin to appear in various professional domains. Although still highly confidential, using computers is no longer a novelty in so key project teams of the Great Tang Group.
These tiny details, bit by bit of technological progress accumulated, are far more terrifying than hundreds of jet fighters.
Shen Wenmao has beco accustod to the tall houses of humans, and he is now completely viewing things from the perspective of a Tang person. So when he saw his office location, his mood imdiately worsened.
Because it is an old-style building, and bullet scars can still be seen on the outer walls. This used to be a noble’s house, built quite solidly, so it was preserved during the great war.
Its location is on the outskirts of the Great Southern Bay, and the Shen Army previously used it as a bunker. However, the Shen Army stationed here was defeated, allowing this building to be relatively well-preserved.
Demolition work has not yet reached here, so this low-ceilinged building must continue to play its residual role: it must continue to exist for a while longer as Shen Wenmao’s office.
But Shen Wenmao is displeased: In the Tang Empire, his office is normal! A ceiling height of 2.3 ters, bright large glass windows, a parking lot outside, and nearly a thousand goblins in the building busy working.
This is really not an exaggeration. To manage hundreds of thousands of goblin slaves, a rather large institution is truly needed.
Furthermore, this institution has to manage a goblin-specific hospital, goblin independent courts, goblin prisons, goblin technical training systems, cafeterias or field dining trucks, and an independent security managent force.
That force is under Shen Wuxiong’s control, but everything else is controlled by Shen Wenmao. Managing so many things naturally requires a very large team.
But now… what the hell is this cramped damn room with a ceiling height of 2 ters? Although there is no problem for him using it, he is already unaccustod!
Subconsciously, Shen Wenmao has already considered himself a Tang Empire person… or even a dog of the Tang Empire! And even a dog of the Tang Empire should enjoy its welfare and benefits!
Therefore, he is very dissatisfied with his new office location, but after all, this was arranged by his master in the Tang Empire. He dared not show displeasure or lose his temper.
Thus, carrying a belly full of resentnt, he vented his dissatisfaction on the natives: “Bring the recent major case dossiers! Let those previously in charge of managing these report to !”
One subordinate stood at attention and saluted, using the military salute of the Tang Empire—this habit was cultivated earlier in the Tang Empire’s POW camp, and later it was adopted in this incongruous form today.
Shen Wenmao grabbed his teacup, preparing to pour himself a cup of tea. This work was previously done by servants, but unfortunately, his servant didn’t co with him.
Looking at the teacup, Shen Wenmao almost threw it on the ground: the cup wasn’t washed at all, filled with dust, seemingly placed here for a long ti.
As expected, the Tang Empire has occupied here for ten months already, presumably this cup has been placed here for several months as well.
After thinking for a mont, he ultimately didn’t dare to throw the cup in his hand. After receiving the dossiers he wanted, Shen Wenmao randomly pulled out a few sheets from them: “Kill them!”
“Yes!” The subordinate was already accustod to Shen Wenmao’s way of handling things, and after standing at attention and saluting, he left with the dossiers Shen Wenmao picked out.
They all knew that this was a thod Shen Wenmao often used when he was in a bad mood: randomly selecting a few unlucky ones from major case dossiers and killing them directly.
No need to ask why, nor was it necessary.
This is why Shen Wenmao is infamous among goblin slaves, or rather, this is also the reason he can hold on to this position, making the Tang Empire’s officials trust and be satisfied with him.
After his subordinates left, Shen Wenmao reopened the dossiers, examining the contents above. Having just arrived here, he certainly needed to do sothing to establish his prestige.
As the saying goes, a new officer takes charge with three fires, Shen Wenmao quickly placed the first dossier on his right-hand side: Those placed here were to be killed.
The reason the cases to be killed were placed on the right side was entirely because Shen Wenmao habitually used his right hand, making it more convenient to place them on the right side; after all, most cases he reviewed ended with killings.
As he continued reading, the stack of dossier files on the right gradually thickened, while those on the left were few and far between.
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“Ratatatatata!” The familiar sound of the shredding machine echoed across the battlefield, and through the ruins, tracer bullets darted back and forth, creating an indescribable tension.
The orc machine gunner, waiting for his assistant to hang the belt of bullets, adjusted his steel helt with his hand, peering through the gaps to see goblin troops continually popping their heads from behind obstacles to return fire.
Because reserves were relatively sufficient, goblins temporarily didn’t lack ammunition. Both sides engaged in fierce crossfire in the cool air, each wanting to drive the other out of the area.
Due to lacking field capabilities, unable to engage the orc troops outside the city, goblins could only clash with orcs within the Shen Capital.
They fought on every street and every district, repeatedly contending for a building, a room, and even a wall.
A goblin soldier carrying a rifle, with a bayonet fixed to the muzzle, ran swiftly through the ruins. He lowered his body as much as possible, avoiding the bullets potentially raining down from above.
“Battalion commander! Battalion commander! The orc troops have attacked again, our company is struggling to hold on!” After navigating a section of ruins, this soldier reached the infantry battalion command of his infantry company, asking for reinforcents: “We need support, weapons, ammunition—and grenades and hemostatic agents.”
“I’ve already run out of drugs here! Go back and tell your company commander! There are no drugs! Got it?” The goblin battalion commander grinned as an old artillery piece, beside him, just fired a shell.
Having so shells was already good enough, who hopes for dical supplies? You’re asking for too much! Even the regint might not have such precious supplies!
As for why their battalion had an old artillery piece, it must be said about the preparation work made by the Shen Army for defending the Shen Capital.
They distributed all the scraps they could find in the warehouse to the troops. The main force strengthened so firepower, and secondary forces also got quite a few heavy weapons for combat support.
At this mont, this goblin infantry battalion stationed at the position was a main battalion, and they received a 75 infantry cannon, along with so precious shells.
Of course, this cannon’s model was too outdated, originally an early imitation of the Great Tang Group’s 75 cannon by Shireck, technically it had already completely fallen behind the tis.
But now the Shen Army no longer cared about such matters, indeed using whatever they had. Anyway, the shells had been discontinued, only able to find so old stock, not using them felt unsatisfactory.
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More updates to follow tomorrow morning, don’t wait up.
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