Some people say that the civil war in Paris was the real end of the Franco-Prussian War, but it would be better to say that this killing ended all romantic feelings in the history of human war.
Although the history of human wars is cruel, romantic sentiments also existed in ancient times. There were righteous wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there was also chivalry in Europe. There were punitive wars to the point, and there were even wars that were not for any benefit but just for morality. !
Human childhood and youth are always full of all kinds of secondary fantasies. Although it is ridiculous, it cannot be denied that that is the most beautiful era for human beings!
But since entering the industrial revolution, especially the second industrial revolution, mankind has finally entered the cruel adult world!
The Franco-Prussian War was the watershed between the first industrial revolution and the second industrial revolution. After this partition, romanticism was replaced by outright interests, and war became even more inhumane.
Industrialization has enhanced military power, making killing more efficient. The development of various technologies has made war more three-dimensional, and it is no longer difficult to distinguish between the front line and the rear.
No one is spared in the war, and we can no longer see two nations fighting like legions in a gladiatorial battle. How beautiful that era was!
All wars come to an end at some point. The victorious side returns home with a treaty and indemnity to celebrate, but the losing side will not say that the country is completely extinct.
Although the lives of the people on both sides of the war are a little harder, at least they can stay away from the war!
But after the popularization of the law, until World War I and World War II, wars were no longer so tender and gentle. Once a war broke out, it was a war of complete annihilation between nations.
From the border to the rear, and in every city, war will break out!
Large-caliber artillery shells, high explosives, poison gas, chemical weapons, aircraft, tanks... Until the birth of nuclear weapons, humans have never been so easy to kill their own kind.
The new tactical thinking has made the war more three-dimensional. There is no fixed line of fire, and there is no battlefield where the two armies fight against each other.
Big detours, big turning points, thousands of miles of attacks... Multiple regiments can always easily destroy every farm and level all undefended cities in the rear.
The wars between nations and countries are becoming more and more cruel, and what is even more frightening is that serious social divisions have emerged between countries!
The scale of the civil war began to expand at a speed that shocked mankind!
The civil war in France officially announced to the world that the cruelty of war is not limited to countries. Even within a country, killings that are close to genocide can occur!
Xiao Letian poked the table with both hands. The map in front of him was messy with all kinds of numbers, arrows, and war game models... The generals around him were racking their brains to digest and absorb the head of state's brainstorm just now.
Outside the tent, there was the noisy and orderly sound of people in the refugee camp. The wounded in the emergency hospital were screaming, the carriages transporting supplies were rolling over the stone road, and the soldiers maintaining order were tearing their necks and shouting... But outside the camp, almost Fleeing citizens come to seek refuge every hour.
God knows what those refugees have gone through. Often, more than a dozen refugees covered in blood rush into the camp, and behind them may be opportunities paved with the lives of hundreds of refugees.
There are no good people in this civil war. The government troops are killing citizens, and the communes are also killing people... The refugees who really have no way to survive can only choose to join forces and charge into battle.
Not everyone is lucky enough to board the airship, and more citizens still fight for a chance of survival based on ruthless probabilities.
Usually two to three hundred people gather together, plan a route, and rush towards the refugee camp. Along the way, they will encounter countless enemy attacks.
The government troops will fire bombs, and the National Guard will shoot... But they have no scruples. They have no choice. They know very well that surviving seven or eight people out of a hundred is better than waiting to die!
Xiao Letian watched another chaos break out at the gate of the camp. He knew that another group of refugees must have escaped with a narrow escape.
"Hey... what do they look like? Do they think of the migrating gazelles and zebras on the African grasslands at this moment? They gather together and run forward wildly, while the predators are hunting wantonly outside..."
"The painful march is nothing more than a way to survive... The same is true for the army ants in South America. The corpses of countless companions pave the way forward..."
"Those who have not experienced war are not worthy of talking about peace..."
At this point, Xiao Letian suddenly shouted, "Prepare pen and ink for me... I want to write..."
The huge rice paper was spread out, and the huge wolf hair was covered with thick ink. The pen moved Long Xiao Letian and wrote four big characters on the rice paper.
"Engrave my words on the plaque and hang it on the four gates of the refugee camp..."
Many generals gathered around and were stunned when they looked at it, "Peace Hotel?"
"Führer, do you want to open a restaurant?"
"Yeah! That's right... after this war is over, in the refugee camp... right in this neighborhood, I will open a super luxurious hotel..."
"It's called the Peace Hotel... In the future, this luxurious hotel will serve the world's political dignitaries and the most influential figures!"
"I'm not trying to flatter them, I'm trying to create a safe platform for dialogue for dissidents around the world!"
"In the Peace Hotel, even the most serious political prisoners from both warring countries are not allowed to be arrested or assassinated!"
"I just want to use complete peace to give human beings a chance for dialogue... Let them put down the weapons in their hands and the weapons in their hearts, and come here to negotiate face to face like one person!"
"Even if you continue to kill people after leaving the hotel, I don't care! But in this hotel, you have to accept peace honestly..."
"Go! Hang outside the refugee camp..."
The Peace Hotel, the world's most famous political mediation center in the future, and a permanent non-war military restricted area mandated by the United Nations, was listed amidst the sound of gunfire all over Paris!
After the civil war ended, the citizens of Paris organized to raise funds to purchase all seven square kilometers of land property in Porte de Chapelle in order to express their gratitude for the kindness of the refugee camp.
Then they were given to the Red Cross and Xiao Letian personally. However, the proud French were unwilling to bow to Xiao Letian. Instead, they changed the form and gave these land rights to the son of the head of state.
After all, Xiao Letian was the commander who led the troops to defeat the French. The French did not lose face by giving him gifts. They chose to give the property rights to Fu Yin'er ten years later.
Since then, the Red Cross and the Xiao Letian family have each held half of the shares in the seven-kilometer Peace Hotel, and the two parties have entered a honeymoon period of cooperation that lasts hundreds of years.
Xiao Letian didn't know the influence of this hotel in future generations. He just watched quietly at the plaque hanging at the top, with the four Chinese characters for "Peace Hotel" written in French and English.
"There's no ribbon-cutting ceremony... just hanging a plaque?" Luo Huo muttered at the side.
Before Xiao Letian could speak, the sound of fast horse hooves suddenly came from outside the camp gate. "Report...report to the head of state...the latest intelligence from Germany has been sent..."
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