Chapter 2501 General Star
The price of victory was painful, especially the front line of the South against the main force of the Three Kingdoms Coalition, where only one in ten survived. The reinforced concrete front was bombed into pits, and the lives of soldiers were consumed every day.
But in the end, there were only three people left on Thomas's position of more than 400 people. In order to defend the high ground, they tried their best. When they saw the Strike Girl flying through the sky, they all fell to the ground and wanted to cry without tears. Finally, they slept for a few days before they recovered.
The war was over. When the Strike Witches dropped the Faith Nuclear Bomb in Gem Harbor, no country in the world was willing to be an enemy of the Empire.
The Hezhou Kingdom was landed by the enemy from the other side of the ocean for the first time since its establishment, and fell into deep fear of the Strike Girl.
From today on, the Strike Girl became the most dazzling military force in the world, and the technology of the Strike Girl became something that all countries envied.
At the same time, the belief in God was shaken again. If you believe in God but cannot win, then what else can you believe in?
However, firm believers will definitely jump out and say: "Believe in God not because God owes you, but because you all have original sin. Ask yourself if you have sinned deeply? So don't waver in your faith, otherwise you will be doomed. Believe in God because of original sin and for self-salvation."
It is inevitable that faith will waver, but it's good, it can just divert the contradiction.
A failure has caused a sharp increase in internal contradictions in the three countries. Now if everyone is busy attacking each other around faith, then the rulers can be stable and don't have to worry about taking responsibility.
The believers quickly organized themselves and prepared to attack those whose faith was shaken.
"Very skilled." Duran saw the chaos abroad and couldn't help but say that religion is still very useful as a tool. Although sometimes it will go too far, it is indeed useful.
After all, the foundation of religion is to unite believers and enable people from all over the world to establish a trusting relationship. As long as everyone believes in God, everyone is brothers and sisters, and they can trust each other. This is the advantage of religion. The disadvantage of religion or the disadvantage of monotheism is that except for people of their own religion, outsiders are not considered human beings.
This closed nature is destined to make extreme believers do extreme things, just like now. The external jihad failed, and the internal jihad began.
"The contradictions within the Entente and the United Kingdom were not small. They have a small population and a small land area like us, and the dividends of industry are enjoyed by a few nobles, and the internal situation is full of poverty. Now the external expansion has failed, and the internal situation can no longer be blocked." Lei Lugen stood in front of Duran's bed.
As long as Duran can still speak, Lei Lugen feels very safe and believes that this country has unlimited possibilities. Because Duran is not only the tutor of elementary school students, but also his tutor and the tutor of Lehi.
"Don't relax, don't forget that we must liberate the world first before liberating ourselves. If we relax, then we will fail in the end."
Lei Lugen really wants to accept Duran's righteous words, but it is not easy to do: "Liberate the world first and then liberate yourself. Most people are afraid that they can't do this. This statement is too idealistic."
It is definitely idealistic. Most people in this world need entertainment. Few people really spend their 24 hours studying and working, and get happiness from endless study and work. Looking back at history, there are only a few people who can be found.
However, the people who are content with poverty and enjoy life recorded in history are almost all great beings who have rewritten the course of human history. They are scientists, mathematicians, and scholars. They usually use their free time to learn languages by themselves. They can basically read a lot of literature in multiple languages at the same time. Except for basic living conditions such as eating, sleeping, and going to the toilet, they spend all their time on reading and working. It can be said that they never put down their books.
If everyone has such a spirit, I am afraid that human beings have already broken through the atmosphere and conquered the solar system. But the problem is that few people can do it. Most people are already distracted after studying and working for eight hours. They are no longer focused. They need to find something else to do, such as watching short videos, watching small movies, or reading novels.
Therefore, every prosperous era must be the accumulation of early technology. When it reaches its peak, it must be a time of singing and dancing. It is the era with the most developed entertainment. Everyone enjoys the dividends without working hard.
Lions and tigers will also take a nap when they are full. They will not go to the next hunt right after eating. Even animals are like this, let alone humans. It is human nature to love leisure and hate work.
If humans have the ability of lions and tigers, it is estimated that civilization will not be developed.
So liberating the world and then liberating yourself is a very difficult thing to do. But someone has to do it.
Duran said: "How do you know that you can't do it if you don't do it? Ideals should be bigger to be interesting. Don't you think that without the constraints of God, the possibilities of mankind are infinite?"
Sure enough, the mentor is different, standing at a different height.
"It is true that we should set the goal farther. But mentor, although we have defeated the coalition forces now, the Federation in the northeast is still a huge threat. Our two countries are bordering each other, and the army of the Federation is the world's strongest army, with excellent numbers and quality. Our army has just been through a fierce battle and has suffered a great loss of combat power. We still have to guard against the North's eagerness to move." Lei Lugen said: "I wonder what the mentor thinks?"
"Have you asked Tanya? What does she think?"
"She thinks we can influence them with culture. In ancient times, our Lexi was a civilized land, and the East was a barbarian land with a lack of historical records. Therefore, although the Federation is powerful now, it can only be regarded as barbarians in history. Tanya believes that the people of the Federation have a yearning for the civilization we represent, so the threat of the Federation can be resolved through soft means." Leilugen is skeptical about Tanya's method because there is no precedent for cultural warfare.
It's not that there is no precedent, it can only be said that the history of the empire is not rich enough, and there are still cases where barbarians bow down to the advanced culture.
"Cultural warfare." Duran proposed this concept: "It's not a real fight, but using advanced culture to defeat backward culture. Our Lexi economy will be stronger than the Federation, and then we can use culture to disintegrate the little cultural confidence left in the Federation. Tanya's method is very good, she deserves to be our Lexi general star."
The mentor personally admitted that Tanya is a general star, which is the highest evaluation. It seems that Tanya is indeed Duran's true disciple.
When Lei Lugen heard about the cultural warfare, he also realized that this method relied on soft power to quietly influence the enemy and kill without bloodshed: "Using the tough measure of faith nuclear bombs against the United States to eliminate their faith, and using cultural warfare against the Federation to shake their faith, I understand."
"That's right, when dealing with invisible things like faith, we must win by surprise and let them know that faith is something that backward civilizations only play with. Advanced civilizations disdain to play with faith. What we play is my destiny is determined by me, not by God."