Chapter 855: You Don’t Need to Inherit My Family’s Golden Finger (21)
Qi Yuanjiu's narrow eyes widened to the extreme, becoming round. He stared at the scene of artillery fire on the screen. The wooden cannons that were carried on the shoulders of the soldiers and fired wildly, the grenade bows that blew up a group of people after the wires were torn off and thrown out, and there was also a strangely shaped steel object that exploded and covered half of the sky with black smoke and dust...
Although Qi Yuanjiu had never witnessed a modern human war involving hot weapons, as a military general he was keenly aware that the development of hot weapons played a decisive role in the victory or defeat of a war.
He was simply fascinated by the extremely lethal weapons in the movie. His heart became extremely excited with the sound of wooden cannons. If their soldiers also had such weapons...
Just imagining it, he was already filled with excitement and passion. If their court had such a powerful weapon, they wouldn't need it. Even if the emperor had ambitions, they could destroy other countries and truly unify the world...
Qi Yuanjiu couldn't help but breathe rapidly. He stood up suddenly and wanted to find Qu Shichu, but he was still rational and knew he couldn't be impatient, so he took a few deep breaths, forced himself to calm down, sat down again and continued watching the movie.
The battle in this movie was fierce, with countless casualties. Because of the powerful lethality of weapons, the battlefield was a river of blood and broken human limbs were everywhere. Both sides suffered heavy losses.
Qi Yuanjiu watched the soldiers in the movie crying while holding the mutilated bodies of their comrades, and his excited mood just now seemed to be poured over his head with a basin of cold water, and instantly cooled down.
He finally realized that possessing powerful weapons would not only mean victory in the war, but also mean that many people would die.
Qi Yuanjiu's heart suddenly became conflicted. Intellectually, he knew that he should try his best to obtain this powerful weapon for his country, but emotionally, he knew that such a weapon would cause great casualties, even if it was the enemy who died, it would still be against the will of heaven.
If both sides use cold weapons such as swords, knives, and long wooden guns, then the war is fair. But if one side uses extremely lethal hot weapons and the other side still uses cold weapons, then this war is a one-sided massacre.
Qi Yuanjiu knew that as a general with countless blood on his hands, he actually hoped that the war between the two sides would be fair. This idea was a bit ridiculous and naive, but he really thought so. He had not yet become a cold-blooded war machine that was indifferent to the deaths of countless people.
While Qi Yuanjiu was struggling, the movie finally ended. The brave soldiers won the victory in the war against aggression with their tenacious and unyielding spirit. However, after the war, a monument to martyrs was built, and the names of the sacrificed soldiers filled the huge monument. Behind each name was a grieving family...
Qi Yuanjiu's eyes were red, his teeth were tightly biting his lower lip, and his eyes were fixed on the stone tablet engraved with names.
Qu Shichu came out of the study and saw his appearance. He watched TV and understood. He didn't expect that a general in the feudal era could be moved by the modern war to defend the country. It seems that he is a person who is easily emotional. Such a person is also soft-hearted and is not suitable to be a military general. I really don't know how he became a general before.
"Is the movie good?" Qu Shichu asked, breaking the silence in the room.
Qi Yuanjiu blinked and said, "It looks good."
He turned to look at Qu Shichu and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he stopped himself and didn't say anything.
Qu Shichu thought about the content of the movie and his identity, and immediately understood why he was hesitant to speak, but she did not say it out loud and just pretended not to know.
However, he said it after a while: "Like those wooden cannons, cannons, grenades and bows in the movies, are they already commonly used in wars in your world?"
Qu Shichu nodded: "Yes, and it is more advanced now, with more powerful and more accurate weapons. The war scene in the movie just now was almost a hundred years ago, so you can imagine that the weapons in a hundred years will be more powerful than this."
Qi Yuanjiu looked at Qu Shichu steadily: "So your war now will be even more tragic."
"Yes, a bombing can destroy a city. A missile launch can kill half a country and millions of people in an instant. Even the land can be destroyed without a single blade of grass. It will take more than ten years, dozens of years or even hundreds of years to recover..." Qu Shichu said calmly.
When Qi Yuanjiu heard her words, his pupils shrank sharply and his face instantly lost all color. He asked in a low voice as if to confirm, "Can millions of people be wiped out in an instant?"
Qu Shichu nodded, but she quickly added: "Of course, this kind of weapon that can kill millions of people in an instant can only be manufactured by the most powerful countries today, and it exists as a trump card. It is generally not used unless it is absolutely necessary. Once used, the whole world will be dragged into war. No country wants to become the eternal sinner of mankind, so there is no need to worry too much."
Qu Shichu was afraid of scaring Qi Yuanjiu, so he didn't mention the nuclear bomb, the most lethal weapon. Once the nuclear bomb is launched, it will destroy the world. However, there is no need to mention this. After all, the nuclear bomb is most deterrent before it is launched. Once it is launched, humans can only wish for the best.
Qi Yuanjiu finally digested this fact, and then he said to Qu Shichu with a complicated expression: "Aren't you afraid that if something happens, we will all perish together? By then, not only might the country be destroyed, but the race and the clan might also be wiped out..."
"Ah, this is not something an ordinary citizen like me can worry about. If it really comes to that time, I'll just leave it to fate." Qu Shichu said indifferently.
Qi Yuanjiu was speechless when he saw her like this, and then he asked again: "The last time I came here, you told me that your world was similar to my world hundreds and thousands of years ago... So, does it mean that after hundreds and thousands of years of development, my world will also have so many powerful weapons in the future, and if we are not careful, it will drag all of humanity to perish together?"
Qu Shichu looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that Qi Yuanjiu, as a general in the feudal era, was so far-sighted that he could see that the development of his dynasty in thousands of years would be similar to that of his own era. His knowledge had already surpassed his time.
"Yes, the emergence of thermal weapons is the product of productivity development to a certain level and is inevitable." Qu Shichu nodded.
(End of this chapter)
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