Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 464: Riots and People's Unrest
Compared to the team of Steam Knights that Kevin encountered, the other team of Steam Knights caused greater damage.

Because they encountered a revolutionary army unit that dared to fight the Steam Knights in the field and at night.

Just as Kevin previously tried to ambush a train carrying the Steam Knights in the wild, another group of Revolutionary Army also tried to attack the train carrying the Steam Knights.

However, they did not choose to retreat like Kevin, but instead caused a rockfall in a narrow valley, trying to destroy the train and achieve the goal of annihilating the Steam Knights.

And then...and then nothing more.

The revolutionary army unit that ambushed consisted of 800 people, and all of them were wiped out.

The Steam Knights should have shown the world their absolute dominance over the battlefield during the Seventeen Days War two years ago, but because Perfect ended the war in just seventeen days, they have never been able to truly demonstrate their strength on the battlefield.

Although the whole world knows how powerful the Steam Knights are, they have never truly demonstrated their strength on the battlefield and are still considered by many to be just a showpiece. Their combat effectiveness may be improved, but it will not cause a qualitative change, or reach the level that Victoria boasted that five Steam Knights could defeat a guard regiment.

However, this time, the two teams of Steam Knights used their undisputed victory to prove to all those who looked down on it that Steam Knights were not just a show.

Although for a world that is about to face doomsday, this is no longer a big deal.

But for the Revolutionary Army, the strength of the Steam Knights made them wake up from their previous series of victories and realize that their current achievements were actually nothing big for the Empire.

Although it was indeed remarkable and powerful that the revolutionary army was able to sweep across one-third of the New World colonies.

If it weren't for the Steam Knights, perhaps the Revolutionary Army would have had a real chance to gain independence for the New World colonies, and they would have been able to establish a regime composed of the working class.

But facing the Steam Knights, whose extraordinary combat power was completely superior to that of ordinary people, the Revolutionary Army had no chance of winning.

At this moment, they finally understood why Kallen had always emphasized to them that when facing the Steam Knights, they could only try to conduct asymmetric warfare instead of confronting them head-on.

Originally, these people thought that Kallen, as a woman, was too weak in the face of war.

They had shown disdain for Kallen before, but now they knew that it was not that Kallen was weak, but that Steam Knight was truly powerful and invincible.

Those who are able to engage in battle with the Steam Knights at the first opportunity are the elite troops in the Revolutionary Army. Otherwise, they would not have the will to fight and the courage to engage in head-on battle with the Steam Knights.

Originally, the high-ranking officials in the Revolutionary Army thought that the Steam Knights might be powerful, but as long as they were willing to pay a certain amount of casualties, they could defeat them!

At that time, they can further liberate the entire New World colonies by defeating the Steam Knights.

But the death of thousands of people was like a wake-up call, causing those in the revolutionary army who were originally optimistic and even underestimated the enemy to wake up.

They lost, and lost miserably. The Empire was still the invincible and most powerful empire in the world, the powerful empire that could destroy the armies, warships and capitals of three countries in seventeen days.

Even if it is just a colony, it is not something they can challenge casually.

Almost overnight, the speculators who had supported the revolutionary army because of its rapid progress began to waver. The suppressed bourgeoisie and other forces opposed to the revolutionary army rose up and helped the imperial army to recapture several cities.

At this moment, the revolutionary army, which had been thriving like a raging fire, seemed to have its brakes stepped on, as if it had suddenly turned into a downward trend.

But Karen did not feel discouraged by this. On the contrary, she thought it was a good thing.

Although the revolutionary army had made smooth progress before and it was gratifying, because the revolutionary army had swept across half of the New World colonies in a short period of time, the sentiment within the revolutionary army was actually somewhat arrogant and they tended to underestimate the enemy.

This is certainly not a good thing for the development of the Revolutionary Army. Kallen has been considering whether to rectify this trend of thought within the Revolutionary Army.

But the revolutionary army's development speed was too fast. It swept across one-third of the New World colonies in just a few weeks, and even forced the colonial governor to ask Perfect for help. This is enough to show how amazing the development speed of the revolutionary army is.

Even Kallen herself was somewhat optimistic, thinking that the Revolutionary Army could gain enough advantage before Perfect sent out the Steam Knights, and even capture the entire New World colony, thus having the capital to negotiate with the Empire.

However, the reality is that they do not have such strength.

The biggest reason why the revolutionary army was able to spread like wildfire was that the people of the entire New World colonies were extremely turbulent in the face of the end of the world.

At this time, the revolutionary army stood up and expressed its intention to overthrow the imperial rule and to make the New World colonies independent. This echoed the popular thoughts in the New World colonies at that time, and therefore gained widespread support.

In addition, Karin had previously used various means to expand the influence of the Workers' Union to major cities in the New World colonies. Once the revolutionary army started an uprising, all places responded in unison. This made the revolutionary army suddenly become a raging fire, sweeping across half of the New World colonies.

And now, when the empire's true symbol of military power was thrown into this war, people throughout the New World colonies knew that the revolutionary army was so vulnerable in front of the empire's true trump card.

This naturally caused many fence-sitters and opportunists to have different emotions, and even the revolutionary army began to feel unstable.

But this is also a good opportunity to eliminate those with unstable thoughts in the team, which can effectively purify the team. At the same time, it can also allow the revolutionary army to experience more hardships and grow into a team that dares to fight and can fight tough battles.

With this idea in mind, Karin used her prestige to stabilize the situation while asking Kevin to shrink his defense and avoid a head-on collision with the Steam Knight as much as possible.

As for how to deal with the threat of Steam Knight in the future, Karin felt that she still needed to refer more to the booklet provided by Perfectcot.

She had experienced the benefits of asymmetric warfare before, and now she had also seen the necessity of asymmetric warfare. She sincerely felt how far-sighted Perfecto was.

(End of this chapter)