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"A large-scale civil war has broken out between the American East and West Governments. The Van Der Linde Government's new weapons have displayed terrifying power. Perhaps the world's pattern has already changed. We have fallen from a powerful empire to lambs waiting to be slaughtered!"

"Dutch Van der Linde is a madman, a devil, a demon who massacres two hundred thousand people at the drop of a hat! His existence is a challenge to humanity, his actions are an insult to human rights…"

January 8, 1902.

A shocking piece of news spread from America.

The Western President, Dutch Van der Linde, disregarded international condemnation and the human rights crisis, and brazenly launched a large-scale massacre in the American East.

He used his advanced technology to drop a large number of bombs on the military camps in the American East through aerial bombardment by a fleet of planes, killing all two hundred thousand soldiers of the United States Eastern Government!

The heinous nature of this act and the horror of this behavior shocked the world.

Damn it, everyone else is still playing trench warfare, but you're already driving Tanks and planes. Who can beat you?

Putting everything else aside, if Dutch Van der Linde is now controlling planes to directly attack the United States Eastern Government, who can stop him?

The appearance of planes had already caused immense fear among Europe, and now, after demonstrating their power, it has brought even greater despair.

And by the same token, if he were to send two hundred of these planes to the Second German Reich, how would Europe fight the war?

In an era where even machine guns couldn't be designed, if his planes flew over to attack, who could resist?

After the news spread that the United States Eastern Government's soldiers had been wiped out by aerial bombardment, the entirety of Europe descended into chaos.

Some European patriots were greatly enraged and publicly declared: "The Western President is a complete demon, a devil. His acts of massacre will drag the entire America into hell!

His planes will drag the entire world into war and oppression!"

Some European scholars were as if they had lost their parents, mostly gathering in groups of three to five in schools, getting dead drunk, crying hysterically, and loudly accusing Mr. Dutch Van der Linde of being utterly disgusting, claiming that he was able to develop such terrifying technology by plagiarizing European flight technology, otherwise, this flying weapon would have been the result of their European research!

And an England worker, who had worked sixteen hours straight on stimulants in a factory, almost fainted, crying profusely and shouting: "God is blind! How can the United Kingdom be so great, yet its technological level is inferior to an American low-caste demon? This is truly a disgrace to my British Empire, and now I don't even have the energy to go to work!"

The terrifying power of planes, or rather, the crushing dominance brought by technological advancement, was displayed for the first time in this world.

The resulting impact was so immense and terrifying that it caused worldwide frenzy.

As the power of planes became apparent.

The Europe Allied Forces that had come to invade America immediately retreated by more than half.

Various small European countries that wanted to take advantage of the chaos had their ships and armies turn back and return before even reaching America.

Among them, the Italy Government immediately defected, not forgetting to push all the blame onto the British.

Its envoy met with Mr. Dutch Van der Linde, claiming that Italy had always been the sole supporter of the legitimacy of the American West Government, and this time, they had even sent troops to support the independence of the Van Der Linde Government. Now that the soldiers and weapons had all arrived, wherever Mr. Dutch Van der Linde pointed, they would strike!

One can only say that it is indeed Italy, truly maintaining its consistent style.

Besides this, the several countries in Europe that were actively engaged in war all went mad.

Mr. Dutch Van der Linde had said he would give two hundred planes to the Second German Reich.

Originally, Europe still thought that even if these planes weren't given to Germany, destroying them would at least be acceptable.

But now, it seems that these planes not only cannot be destroyed, but must even be brought back, studied, and then replicated, in order to strengthen national power, at least not to be weaker than Mr. Dutch Van der Linde.

The strength of these planes is too high. With the existence of these planes, Mr. Dutch Van der Linde is perfectly capable of striking wherever he points, which is something no European country can tolerate!

They have been lording over others for hundreds of years; they will not allow a low-caste American to ride on their heads and lord over them!

Therefore, a great war is on the verge of breaking out!

As the results of the aerial combat came in.

His Majesty William II of the Second German Reich went mad.

He declared that even if it meant exhausting the empire's full strength, they must safely transport these two hundred planes back to the empire. This was the guarantee of the empire's future, and also an opportunity to dominate Europe!

Tanks cannot compare to this thing.

No matter how strong a Tank is, it is merely a mobile fortress on land. Even if it is sturdy, other countries can always stop it by sacrificing more lives. Putting everything else aside, a Tank can't withstand gasoline being poured on it.

But planes are completely different. In an era without air defense, planes are the most advanced and unsolvable weapon. In fact, as the British said, using these planes to directly attack the British Governments, armies, and even cities, they simply cannot bear it, nor can they stop it.

Therefore, the plane supremacy race has officially begun.

As February approached, the two hundred planes promised by Mr. Van der Linde were loaded onto ships, escorted by the German Navy, and returned to the Second German Reich.

In order to ensure the successful delivery of the planes that His Majesty William II had been longing for to Germany.

The Second German Reich, in conjunction with Austria-Hungary, dispatched almost all of their naval forces and temporarily recruited several additional naval legions, sending troops from the sea to open a safe shipping lane.

Meanwhile, the already prepared British, French, and Russian, along with their affiliated colonies, dispatched large-scale main naval forces to the ocean for blockade.

The scale of this battle was so immense that it could be called the greatest naval battle.

Dense fleets of ships engaged in massive naval campaigns across the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Pacific Ocean.

The entire battle line was extremely long, extending almost from the European landmass all the way to the American coast.

A total of one thousand one hundred twenty-three ships participated, almost covering the entire main naval forces of Europe.

Various submarines launched indiscriminate attacks, and ship cannons bombarded without restraint. The entire battle line's sea area was almost devoid of life. Soldiers died every moment, and warships sank.

Because the plane was too valuable, not only were the Europe Allied Forces fighting fiercely, but the British colonies also dispatched troops, wanting to crush the Second German Reich with numerical superiority.

Even Japan sent its naval vessels, hoping to fish in troubled waters.

However, Japan at present was no match for Europe. Although historically it had defeated Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, at that time Russia was facing a domestic revolution and was plagued by repeated blunders and difficulties in material transportation.

With no revolution having yet broken out within Russia, Japan's scale was simply not enough to compete.

From February 1902 to April 1902, the European Empires and even the European colonies unleashed a terrifying oceanic free-for-all on the seas.

The belligerents, for the sake of the plane, this terrifying cutting-edge technological achievement, almost exhausted all their trump cards and means.

The matter of the plane would play a fatal role in the European battlefield, so the participating nations on both sides, from the beginning of this naval battle, exerted their full strength, launching comprehensive, violent, and unlimited fatal strikes.

The main naval forces of both belligerents were almost completely annihilated. The brutality of the battle and the violence of the fighting were unprecedented in history!

Over one thousand ships from both warring parties suffered ninety percent losses in this naval battle. Countless naval personnel aboard ships perished in the ocean, and the terrifying casualty ratio shocked the world!

According to incomplete statistics, a total of one million two thousand troops were dispatched by both belligerents to participate in this war, with a casualty rate as high as sixty percent. Although a great number of soldiers died under artillery fire, even more drowned in the ocean.

In fact, many soldiers on both sides drowned in the ocean after their warships sank, rather than dying on the front lines.

After this battle, the elite naval forces of the European Empire were completely lost, and they no longer had the power to wage war on the seas!

And during these two months, Mr. Dutch Van der Linde was already close to reaching the American capital!