Munitions Empire

The joys and sorrows of this world are not shared. When the Great Tang Empire was preparing to enjoy the Spring Festival, a large-scale unrest broke out on Ben Island.

Goblin civilians took to the streets, engaging in the most intense conflict in history with the Orc troops. Because the war had just ended not long ago, many goblins had hidden weapons, so although the riot was quickly suppressed, the Orc troops suffered losses.

More than five hundred Orc civilians were killed, nearly a thousand Orc soldiers were dead. If the scale of Orc migration hadn't been so small, with most concentrated in Tianci Harbor, civilian casualties would not have been so low.

The cause of the incident was an Orc development group occupying a Goblin small town that hadn't fully relocated. The accompanying Orc soldiers forced the remaining goblins in the town to relocate and get out immediately.

These goblins, already dissatisfied because they were about to leave their homeland, were incited by a few local nobles and exploded like a powder keg.

Goblin civilians dug out some hidden guns and farm tools from their homes, ambushing the Orc troops, which were already outnumbered.

Caught unprepared, the Orc troops were completely annihilated, dozens of soldiers beaten to death, and the hundreds of people they were protecting in the development group also suffered the same fate.

These Orc men and women were shamelessly violated, the whole process was unbearable to watch. The enraged goblins went into the valleys, gathering many other goblin vagabonds who shared resentment towards the orcs.

In the past month, orcs had also horrifically persecuted goblins, recklessly slaughtering villages of native goblins to save on shipping costs.

This greatly increased hatred between the two races, leading to this massive unrest.

In the blink of an eye, goblin rebels had gathered over a hundred thousand, growing stronger with each village they passed.

But ultimately, these goblin rebels were not a regular army; their weapons and equipment did not allow them to actively attack the Orc regular army.

Once the Orc civilians realized what was happening, they fled into big cities like Tianci Harbor, leaving only Orc regular troops outdoors.

The vagabonds couldn't defeat the regular army and were harassed by airplanes, gradually falling into a passive situation. The Orc troops that goblin regular armies couldn't defeat were obviously beyond the reach of the untrained goblin civilians.

Quickly, the over hundred thousand vagabonds scattered again. The good news was they were very agile; as soon as they discarded their weapons, they became civilians indistinguishable to the orcs.

The bad news was that orcs didn't need to distinguish... A larger massacre began, with tens of thousands of goblins brutally killed.

The orcs began slaughtering indiscriminately, provoking a large-scale counterattack from goblin civilians. Goblins who attacked Orc troops started to increase, engaging in guerrilla warfare against the orcs on Ben Island.

They attacked Orc troop supply lines, seized Orc hoarded materials, vanished within the mountains with swiftness, hidden among civilians, causing great trouble for the Orc regular army.

When losses of Orc troops rose to two thousand, Orc troops began a more brutal retaliation. They even deployed bombers, turning Ben Island into chaos, a state resembling open war.

As a result, in a short time, neither side could completely defeat the other; heavy casualties on one side and loss of valuable development opportunities on the other left them both struggling.

The situation escalated, even alerting the commander of the Tang Army stationed on South Island, General Feng Kezhi.

But this time, the situation was not so simple: in the past, the Great Tang Empire declared war on Mirage Country, supporting the orcs was natural.

Now it's different; the Northern Island is also a vassal of the Great Tang Empire. You, Shan Lu, are a loyal minister to the Great Tang, but both Shen Wuxiong and Shen Wenmao are reliable allies of the Great Tang too.

Shen Wenmao personally went to South Island to weep in front of General Feng Kezhi, claiming that those civilians destined for Northern Island are subjects of the Great Tang Empire and it was somewhat excessive to kill so randomly, wasn't it? Aren't they all compliant people of the Great Tang Empire? Such cruelty is not the conduct of a heavenly empire.

The Orcs also sent representatives to South Island seeking aid, hoping that the Great Tang Empire would deploy the Air Force to plow through the goblin concentrations on Ben Island again. After all, these goblins don't heed teachings, harbor resentment, and naturally rebel... they ought to be properly exterminated.

Both sides made their case fiercely at General Feng Kezhi's place, causing the main organizer of South Island's naval port construction, General Feng Kezhi, significant headaches.

The key is this isn't a problem that can be solved by deploying troops for a battle, so General Feng Kezhi could only honestly pass this hot potato to Nangong Hong.

As the commander of the 9th Group Army and the highest-ranking officer of the troops stationed on South Island, General Feng Kezhi was now most worried about whether similar issues might erupt in his jurisdiction.

You must know that, although the orcs on South Island and New Island are much gentler compared to those on Ben Island, the migration work for goblins on South Island and New Island wasn't exactly a welfare project either.

So many goblins displaced from their homes, resentment surging was a certainty. Despite the Great Tang Empire providing instant noodles to solve part of the goblins' hunger problems, small-scale conflicts had never ceased.

Just because the Great Tang Empire used relatively gentle methods and occupied for a long time, most of the weapons in goblin hands were confiscated and destroyed, thus no major disruption had occurred.

Three days later, the Great Tang Empire's diplomats arrived in South Island by plane, summoning the Orc representatives and Shen Wenmao together and sternly reprimanding both sides.

The Great Tang Empire values its reputation, and such brutal persecution of civilians could never be supported by the Great Tang Empire, thus the Orclands received a stern warning.

After all, the Great Tang Empire still harbors ambitions for future expansion; if such things were widely publicized and demonized by various nations, many would fear the brutal rule of the Great Tang Empire.

No matter if it slightly increased occupation difficulty, for the Great Tang Empire, it was not worth the price.

So, at least on the surface, the Great Tang Empire's bright image must remain unblemished, thus the Orcs must immediately stop the barbaric acts of slaughtering goblins.

On the other hand, the Great Tang Empire also gave a slap to the Northern Island side: are you goblins trying to rebel? Just two months after signing the treaty, you dare attack the occupying army with hidden weapons. Are you trying to start a war?

If you don't cooperate and make sure all immigrants leave, what are you complaining about here? The suzerain country transported over a million goblins to your Northern Island, is this how you repay the empire?

If you worked hard, made honest money, and provided more supplies, wouldn't the conditions for immigration be less harsh? Wouldn't better treatment reduce immigrant resentment?

In the end, isn't it because you are not working hard enough? Stop complaining and go back to work in mining, farming, and fishing honestly! Why are you causing trouble for our Great Tang Empire here?

Following this, the Great Tang Empire's news team swiftly arrived, interviewing some local goblin natives to showcase the benevolence and generosity of the Great Tang Empire.

They had subsidies for leaving their homeland; the Great Tang Empire not only gave some money but also provided free transportation and cotton clothes, food.

These goblins spoke confidently in front of the camera, in front of the recorder, expressing their gratitude to the Great Tang Empire for its help and satisfaction with the immigration work organized by the Great Tang Empire.

Soon these reports were broadcasted on television screens and sounded out across the world. The speed startled many people slightly.

However, those in the know were acutely aware that the murder of goblins on Ben Island continued, and the riotous conflicts weren't ceasing.

The Orcs' so-called Paradise Island became the goblins' hell, and continuous conflicts nearly brought the island's construction to a halt.

Except for areas near Tianci Harbor, development in other regions was disrupted by conflicts, and it seemed it would still take a long time before the Orcs could completely control the island belonging to them.