Marvel Magic Case Files

Chapter 1073, Section 1069: The Balkans (First Update)

After a brief pause, the Balkan Wars resumed that very night, advancing with unstoppable force like a walking war engine. The supreme commander, clad in golden armor, rode a snow-white steed, wielding a gleaming longsword, followed by thousands of genetically modified warriors in powered armor, heavy tracked armored personnel carriers carrying heavy artillery and rockets, and super-heavy mechanized tank units, appearing on Romanian soil, where the country was experiencing the bitter taste of war for the first time. Although the regent's ambassador had already traveled to Serbia by special plane, Salomon was unconcerned about whether Serbia would send reinforcements. Romania was the final act of this phase of the war and one of Latvian's key offensive targets.

With Europe's GPS positioning system completely paralyzed, the Aegis ballistic missile system deployed by NATO in Deveselu, southern Romania, became ineffective. At the base, 400 Romanian soldiers, 250 US troops, and numerous intelligence agents from Western European countries knelt in orderly rows on a concrete road, under the supervision of 10 genetically modified soldiers armed with explosive rifles. An assault transport boat was docked in the parking lot, and technicians with bionic implants were escorted down a ramp into the control room.

No one dared to make a move. After the initial resistance, nearly a hundred corpses, torn apart by explosives and longswords, remained scattered throughout the base. The stench of propellant, ozone, and gruesome flesh still lingered in the soldiers' nostrils. They didn't know where these invulnerable, cold-blooded killers came from, but these warriors had shattered all defenses that stood in their way of capturing the base with incredible efficiency, mercilessly unleashing violence on every single person who resisted.

After a twenty-minute process, technicians from the Martian foundry implanted the program into the Aegis system. The genetically modified soldiers then extracted agents from the captured soldiers, loaded them onto assault transport ships, and sped away, leaving the trembling soldiers behind. As the assault transport ships ascended into the sky, the previously dormant land-based missile launch system automatically ignited and launched, sending twenty-four ballistic missiles from the base toward destinations unknown to the soldiers. As the soldiers slowly recovered from their shock and attempted to contact the outside world, a missile fell from the sky, utterly destroying everything.

This place was just one of 17 NATO military bases in Romania. Similar situations occurred in other locations with NATO military bases, such as Cincu and Campiaturzi. The missile launch systems deployed by NATO, with the help of technicians at the Mars Foundry, became weapons capable of destroying Romania's military forces. Following their mission to destroy the NATO military bases, the genetically modified soldiers of the armed forces converged in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, according to the established operational plan. Dozens of assault transport ships hovered high above the Bucharest People's Palace, their engines roaring like low thunder from the clouds, and the plasma cannons suspended on the arms of the mobile war engines still radiated immense heat.

This magnificent building, constructed from 70 tons of steel and bronze, 100 million cubic meters of marble, 3500 tons of crystal glass, and 90 cubic meters of other materials, is known as the heaviest building in the world. Surrounded by hundreds of chariots and tanks, and thousands of genetically modified warriors wielding explosive guns and wearing power armor, the monarch, riding a pegasus, stands astonishingly dazzling on the steps, far surpassing the grandeur of the building itself, as if it were merely a low step beneath his feet.

Key prisoners of war, including NATO Army Commander General Nicholson (current commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan), knelt on the marble steps, their bodies bearing varying degrees of wounds and bloodstains. Nearly 5000 soldiers belonging to the multinational division had demonstrated with their lives how inadequate NATO forces were in the face of a powerful electronic warfare offensive. Almost all combat personnel were wiped out by the invincible genetically modified soldiers. The command post, estimated to have cost €6000 million to build, was completely engulfed in flames, the smoke and acrid smell of burning even reaching the skies above the People's Palace.

Romania's current rulers and parliamentarians, as the defeated, stood on the steps and signed a surrender agreement.

The agreement stipulated that Romania would no longer accept any NATO troops and would promote the "United Truth," join the Latvian-led production and economic system, restore its national flag to the tricolor flag with a red star, restore its national anthem to "Broken Chains," execute all politicians who participated in the National Salvation Front and Western democratization in 1989, and arrest all civilians with ties to intelligence agencies such as the CIA. The Romanian Socialist Workers' Party, chosen by Latvia as its leader, dissolved all populist parties and implemented authoritarian rule aimed at establishing a community of shared future for mankind in Southeast Europe. It also included the establishment of a Romanian Ministry of Justice, restored under the leadership of Latvian intelligence, the independent implementation of the Ceaușescu-era secret police system, the establishment of a Romanian counter-infiltration intelligence network to arrest all Western intelligence spies within Romania, the cessation of recognition of any armed forces resisting Latvia as part of the Romanian army, and the adoption of the Latvian currency as legal tender, among other things.

This was another bloody coup in Romania since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the upheavals in Eastern Europe. All departments involved in the "Immortal City" movement followed its efficient methods, carrying out a massive purge of Romania's political system and military. Numerous pieces of evidence of corruption among Romanian officials and officers were made public, and numerous orders were issued to the Romanian people to revitalize Romanian manufacturing and save the declining employment rate caused by neoliberalism, without disrupting the daily lives of ordinary citizens. The same thing happened in Bochum, Montenegro, Croatia, and Albania—Victor von Doum, as regent, accepted the surrender agreements on behalf of Salomon, establishing a political and military alliance in the Balkans through a series of agreements, completely driving NATO's military forces out of the Balkans. Thus, the first phase of Latvian expansion temporarily came to an end. Today, Latvian control connects the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, bordering Italy to the west and Turkey and Georgia to the east, encircling Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria on land.

The next tasks were to suppress the rebel forces and political forces and stabilize the situation, integrate the army, seize the enterprises and assets of foreign tycoons, nationalize the banks, appoint new officials and administrative systems, disperse the large manufacturing groups to these regions that had suffered from neoliberal plunder, and merge the administrative systems after production recovered, etc. Although contingency plans had been made in advance, the royal city of Latvia was becoming increasingly crowded. The huge castle was filled with clerks busy handling the administrative and financial systems of the Balkan Peninsula, as well as a large number of officials who had been excavated from the locals by the immortal city and received short-term education in "United Truth" in preparation for their posts in Bohemia, Montenegro, Croatia, Romania, and Albania, and fully armed members of the Ministry of Justice who used armored vehicles and artillery to uphold the monarch's orders.

It will take time to absorb and digest these regions. Standardizing writing, cart tracks, and ethical norms is the foundation for a unified country.

While the goals of "Unified Truth" are lofty and ambitious, they still require implementation. This is a long and arduous task, but it is certain that the children receiving the new education will embrace "Unified Truth" and rational science. Especially since they will face the flames of extraterrestrial warfare in a few years, a unified Balkan Peninsula will be put to the test. The news media controlled by Stephanie Malik begins to vigorously promote the concept of unity, striving to build the Balkans into a united nation. To ensure these people survive the alien invasion, the Immortal City will spare no effort; and to save them, the King of Latvia once again restrains his destructive power.

This was already his greatest act of mercy, but not everyone was willing to acknowledge the atheism and anthropocentrism of "Unified Truth," as small-scale riots stemming from ideological and ethnic conflicts were countless. Sending just one hundred genetically modified soldiers would quell any rebellion; "Unified Truth" began its promotion in this cruel and bloody manner. Religious beliefs were eradicated by force; churches were used to establish schools for spreading science and reason; clergy were stripped of their robes and forced to work; all radio stations promoting religion were banned, replaced by very accessible science popularization channels.

Thanks to modern information dissemination capabilities, after the demolition of several famous churches and several brutal crackdowns, all forces resisting atheism disappeared. All talk of "freedom of religion" fell silent, because ordinary people discovered that religion was not a necessity of life; they could live well without it. The Immortal City provided them with a life that did not require superstition or ignorance, only reason and science.

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