I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

Finally, there was no announcer to introduce the formation of vehicles that slowly drove towards the square. The onlookers and international friends had no idea what these vehicles with densely packed wheels and large cylinders several meters in diameter were used for.

However, although there is no introduction, the less the alliance explains, the more its peculiarity is highlighted. This body shape is inherently not low-key. By comparing the size of the vehicles, the vehicles passing by them carried at least three different sizes of cylinders.

After all the weapons and equipment left the square one after another, the onlookers looked curiously at the other side, where many teams were still standing there, but the majestic equipment was gone, and instead there were square formations made up of people.

Medea's shout was met with even louder cheers, the thunderous shouts and the red waves echoed each other. They were no longer a string of cold numbers in the history books, but the embodiment of real power.

All the great things from ancient times to the present are written by the people, and no matter whether they are denied or stolen, this cannot be changed. It was so in the past, it is so now, and it will be so in the future!

The last to appear was the veterans' formation, riding in a courtesy car, holding the portraits of their comrades and accepting the people's respect. Finally, under the chairmanship of Medea, the veterans' formation laid flowers at the Martyrs' Monument, and the entire parade officially came to an end.

As the parade was focused on them, no one remembered where the troops that had been reviewed had gone. On the other side of the city, on the streets under military control, an endless number of troops were getting ready, waiting for Medea to arrive and give his final pre-war speech.

In the end, Medea did not cancel the military parade. Everyone had been waiting for that moment for too long, and she did not have the heart to break the expectation, so she adopted a compromise of holding two parades in parallel.

When Medea arrived, what he saw was an endless sea of ​​black heads. Although there were a lot of people, there was no sound. It was like a lion crawling on the ground ready to attack. It was just the last calm before the storm.

Medea stood on the reviewing stand and looked at the crowd with mixed emotions. While the whole country was celebrating, there was a group of people who had already written their suicide notes in advance.

Anna even reported that many soldiers only had a photo and a handful of soil from their hometown as their personal belongings, and they were mentally prepared to die for their country.

The opponent this time is different from the past. Medea can use nuclear radiation to suppress the revival of other gods, which indirectly proves that this thing is also very threatening to her, which means that she can no longer give much support to the team as before.

It just so happens that their opponents are one of the few countries on the blue planet with mountains of nuclear arsenals. There is no need to debate whether a crazy rogue country that doesn't follow the rules will eventually drop nuclear weapons. It is inevitable, the only difference is how many nuclear weapons it drops.

If you want to pluck feathers from a stingy person's head, you will definitely pay a price in blood.

In other words, many of these soldiers will most likely never come back, and they will never be able to set foot on their homeland again.

But some things must be done when the time comes. There is no point in hiding. Instead of leaving the problem to future generations to deal with, it is better to solve the problem at the beginning.

The only thing she could do was to try her best to make the situation develop in a way that would benefit the alliance.

This time, Medea did not use any passionate grand narrative to inspire morale. The words "For the People" shouted by each troop formation as they marched past expressed everything.

Armored vehicles on the ground rumbled into the teleportation array, and a special fleet of aircraft flew over from the sky, with huge skull patterns painted on one side of their tails.

This is the first batch of models of the latest generation of F-14 upgraded version that has completed technical verification within the alliance. It has officially rolled off the production line and been equipped to an ace fleet, the Skull Squadron. The official name of the fighter is VF-1 Valkyrie.

This generation of fighter jets is directly comparable to the latest stealth fighter jets in another world, so they are too advanced to be displayed.

The aircraft is 20.5 meters long, 13.24 meters wide, 4.32 meters high, has an empty weight of 16.8 tons and a maximum take-off weight of 29 tons. It is equipped with two turbofan vector engines with afterburners, a maximum speed of 3100 kilometers per hour, a maximum ceiling of 22000 meters, a maximum combat range of 1200 kilometers in full-load combat status, and a cruising range of approximately 2300 kilometers in low or no intensity conditions.

The nose cockpit is higher than the original F-14, as if riding on the entire fighter plane. It still uses a variable swept wing layout, a new rectangular vector nozzle engine, an embedded ammunition bay and a surface radar wave absorbing coating, giving it extremely strong stealth capabilities.

The variable swept wing uses a magic-powered electric propulsion assembly, which is much simpler than the traditional mechanical transmission structure. The state and angle adjustment are controlled by biological intelligence. The difficult software aspects have been solved by biological intelligence, so it is not a logistical nightmare.

The elevated nose cockpit leaves some space in the belly for installing an additional computer array for use with the onboard biological intelligence system. The stronger computing power allows the biological intelligence to flexibly adjust the wing angle of the variable swept wing, and work together with the vector engine to stabilize the fighter's medium and low speed horizontal stability.

However, even if this fighter is equipped with a biological intelligence system, the requirements for the pilot are still higher than the standards for flying an F-14. After all, it is not easy to perform to the best of the Valkyrie's paper data.

Especially the specialized magic power engine, the front turbofan air inlet and the vector tail nozzle are equipped with magic arrays to increase the air intake and cool down. The powerful power system brings a maximum speed of 2.5 Mach, which is an extremely terrifying pressure for the pilot.

In fact, with the current progress of missile development, the speed of missiles is basically changing every day. Among the laboratory versions of air-to-air missiles, there are already missiles with maximum speeds exceeding Mach 4. No matter how fast the fighter itself is, it doesn’t really make much sense.

But the Valkyrie's fast speed is due to its powerful engine system, which is full of power and strength. Just because it has it doesn't mean you have to use it, but I can live without it, but you can't.

The abundant power in turn provides the VF-1 Valkyrie with a great deal of payload and makes its own martial virtue very abundant. In the air superiority situation, it integrates more miniature magic launch arrays and a larger radar fire control system, which can be called a fighter version of the CIWS.

Without maintaining absolute air superiority, it can be transformed into a fighter-bomber through external mounts. When fully loaded, each wing can even carry two sets of 48-mounted rocket launchers and a mount of four air-to-ground missiles. If necessary, it is also possible to carry one or two air-launched nuclear bombs on the belly.

Its powerful powertrain can also provide strong energy support for the anti-gravity system. If necessary, the VF-1 can also hover in the air for a period of time and perform heavy vertical takeoff and landing. However, the energy consumption will increase exponentially, which is no less than the consumption of participating in a fierce battle.

Fierce fighting refers to being attacked by enemy aircraft using beyond-visual-range missiles, high-frequency and large-scale maneuvers in medium-range air combat, and frequent attacks on the outer magic shield. This shows how outrageous the energy consumption of vertical take-off and landing is.

However, the accumulation of a large number of advanced technologies also makes its cost remain high. Currently, only two powerful super aircraft manufacturing complexes have the ability to produce it. Even if the modular industrial chain is subcontracted, only about one-third of the spare parts can be delegated to other factories for manufacturing.

It would be basically impossible to realize the subcontracting of all aircraft in the next two years. It would be enough for her to be able to fully configure an aviation brigade when the alliance army officially debuts on Blue Star.

While the alliance was mobilizing its troops and preparing to take action, personnel from another alliance department on the other side of Blue Star, which was ravaged by the insect swarm, had already begun to take advantage of the opportunity to infiltrate.

They are the clergy and nuns of the Church of Holy Light.

Under the continuous impact of the Zerg swarm, America no longer had the energy to drop the bomb over the portal. After all, she couldn't completely deal with the Zerg in front of her, and it was completely unnecessary to blow up the Zerg swarm pouring out of the portal.

Because of this, several church teams have used magical invisibility to sneak into unoccupied areas of America.

As for why the Church of Holy Light took the lead, the answer naturally lies in religion.

How big the gap between the Alliance and America in other aspects remains to be discussed, but in the field of theology, there is no doubt that they have an overwhelming advantage, because the Church of Holy Light really has a living God.

It is many stars higher than their local church which relies on constantly distorting science to give itself authority.

It can even be said bluntly that the two cannot be compared at all, it's simply a case of the grandfather beating the grandson.

Everything is death and nothing is ambiguous. The rhetoric of the charlatans is pale and powerless in the face of true miracles. Since we have such a huge advantage, we must naturally make use of it.

Chapter 493 Authority is Everything

As the alliance grew stronger, the Church of Holy Light became more and more invincible. Leaving aside the civilian population, the proportion of clergy in the army alone was close to one-fifth of the total number of troops, and was showing an increasing trend year by year.

The spiritual baptism of faith can train the soul and stimulate the potential of psychic energy. Psychics are an indispensable mid-to-high-end combat force in the current alliance, so naturally they occupy an increasingly larger proportion. The battlefield rapid mobile support teams they form can often become the force that determines the outcome of the battle in the end during exercises.

If during the exercise, the regular army's security facilities were restricted and the Sisters Psychics successfully approached them, then a five-man team could wipe out an entire infantry battalion in five minutes, which would be no different from a tiger among a flock of sheep.

Technology has developed rapidly, and the church has not fallen behind. The two have now become the two core pillars of the alliance.

Although it seems that the two sides seem to be in conflict with each other, in fact, there is no conflict at all. In fact, theology itself is a branch of science within the alliance, and it does not make ordinary people have any strange ideas.

What is science? In science, there is nothing worth believing. Even if you really see a ghost one day, it only confirms something new. You should adapt, accept it and make changes instead of resisting its existence. The same is true for God.

Science is always falsifiable and can be overturned. If someone tells you that it is not possible, then it is just authority, not science.

Not to mention the Alliance, even an atheistic planet like Blue Star cannot escape the influence of theology. It is even more chaotic and disorderly than the Alliance, and most people are still immersed in scientific, religious and superstitious beliefs.

The number of churches will not decrease much due to the development of technology. According to public data, there are tens of thousands of new churches on Blue Star from the 1950s to the present day. Of course, most of them are certified cult churches.

The number of believers in some so-called new churches can even reach millions. In other words, as the world develops and society progresses, the number of churches is increasing instead of decreasing.

You have to know that there is no God on the Blue Planet, but why is it that the more it is proven that there is no God, the more believers there are?

The answer is dependence on authority.

Authority is essential for the normal functioning of human beings, and the general public has long been accustomed to the necessity of its existence. Perhaps its carrier will change, but it will and must exist.

The human mind also needs the support of authoritative guiding ideology. It is precisely because of this need that some people will use authority to exercise rule and control, or in other words, the state and various organizations are the external manifestation of this central system.

Just like the largest church in America today, their authority once allowed the church to occupy a dominant position in the intellectual world, and this authority was obtained through science.

Although it sounds outrageous, it is essentially true.

The most classic example is Aristotle. In the later period, the church once arrested and burned opponents who opposed Aristotle's doctrine because it was a challenge to the authority of the church.

The old classics of the early church are actually a collection of stories, which include historical narratives, personal biographies, and poems. They have not been argued, so they have been questioned since their inception. The church adopted the principle of avoidance, avoiding arguments by not answering the faith itself and using emotional output.

But the essential question of where God is has always been the church's biggest weakness. It can only use the empty "power of belief" supplemented by violent institutions to forcibly establish authority. Of course, it was later beaten to a pulp by foreign churches.

Fortunately, through archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome, they acquired a lot of knowledge about biology, mathematics and physics, and ancient Greece and Rome had a broad base of trust among the people.

And with the collective wisdom of the people, theologians used this knowledge that people worshipped and recognized to weave a set of brilliant lies.

The most clever lie is to tell the truth in every word, but only tell the truth that is beneficial to me.

For example, Aristotle's most famous syllogism [A horse is an animal, a white horse is a horse, so a white horse is an animal.] This kind of set contains logical reasoning about relations.

The church used the syllogism to prove the existence of God: [All things are in motion, and moving objects need a driving force, so all things must be attributed to an ultimate driving force, and this ultimate driving force is God.]

Similar confusing rhetoric abounds.

Logically, a syllogism must ensure that the minor premise and the major premise are objectively existing, that is, the two points that a horse is an animal and a white horse is a horse must be correct, but the premises given by theologians are all uncertain.

Are all things in motion? Some people will certainly say that all objects are indeed in motion, but all motion is actually relative, and objects can also move without being acted upon by a force.

Similarly, Plato's worldview of ideas is invisible, and the church believes that God exists in the form of ideas and is therefore also invisible.

This method of forcibly bundling theology with science has achieved excellent results and is just right for fooling the public. The general public will no longer have doubts because of the support of this so-called "objective authority" theory.

Of course, this is also the ultimate gravestone of the church, because it objectively allows the use of logic and reason for analysis, while faith cannot withstand such repeated argumentation and scrutiny.

What is false is false. The church seems to have made up for its biggest flaw, but it has also brought reason, the biggest enemy of religion, into theology.

As more rational people appeared, there were fewer fanatical people. This was the origin of the Renaissance and the Reformation, which led to the demystification of the church.

People began to believe that science could explain the world, that science could transform the world, and that knowledge gained from observations could guide their lives. The authority of theology gradually disintegrated.

The theory of evolution completely bankrupted creationism. The Industrial Revolution changed human life. The industrial output value in a hundred years was higher than the total output value of all previous history combined. It was completely inconsistent with the imaginary ancient society in classic books, and thus destroyed the final persuasiveness of the myth's reality.

The age of science began, but was this era really progressive in terms of thought? Old knowledge can be seen as endorsed by past authorities and can be falsified and overturned, but what about the knowledge of the new era?

After the huge religious system collapsed, its successor, the monster of consciousness, took over the baton of re-establishing authority.

Various ideologies are reuniting the country to provide legitimacy and want to become the authority in the new era.

In order to avoid the mistake of religion being destroyed from within by rationality, modern consciousness has been trying to ensure its own logical consistency from the very beginning. Accepting rationality and science has become an absolute necessity, and it even promotes itself as science to increase its persuasiveness.

At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong, but this phenomenon of binding consciousness and science together has just emerged, and in the 20th century on the Blue Planet, an unprecedented freak was cultivated: the swastika flag appeared.

The Wan Zi theory of the superiority and inferiority of human races was originally promoted as scientific knowledge. They claimed that this was the result of the survival of the fittest through the theory of evolution, and that they had the responsibility to eliminate the inferior species and allow all mankind to evolve into a perfect form.

They used an extremely rational and scientific approach, with countless experiments and data reports supporting each other, and finally compiled a scientific paper that was logically successful and completely self-consistent.

It also allowed the public to believe that this was an indestructible scientific truth and thus feel at ease committing serious crimes and creating the Human Instrumentality Project 1.0.

Now everyone knows that there is no such thing as evolution. Organisms are not evolving but evolving, which is the result of gene mutation and natural selection. The differences among people are due to different environments and different choices. There is no distinction between high and low.

Because the environment itself is also changing, there is naturally no such thing as a highest level.

After humans paid a huge price to eliminate Wan Zi, what followed was the most intense consciousness confrontation in human history. Under the completely different philosophies of the two sides, the final outcome can only be that one side completely eliminates the other.

Therefore, both sides spare no effort to select various scientific theories to support their own will and goals. How is this different from the church's selection of appropriate knowledge as authority from the remains of knowledge?

Therefore, in the emerging churches, many churches simply believe in aliens and alien civilizations, because the strong tendency of human self-destruction brought about by the confrontation of consciousness makes more people subconsciously seek a higher level of solution.

It happened to be the time for the moon landing. In the vast outer space, the blue planet where human beings live is so small, and the soul bound by gravity makes everything seem insignificant.

At this time, humans are like students who want to see the reference answers at the end of the book, and want a higher level of authority to directly tell humans which path is the correct one.

The world at that time was in ruins, and a large number of people had witnessed the brutality and terror under the iron hoofs of the Japanese. They were generally very disappointed, confused and dissatisfied with the world, and aliens became the best carriers at this time.

Tens of thousands of new scientific churches began to emerge, with believers ranging from tens to millions. At that time, the "old science" that could efficiently carry out wars and massacres was psychologically disgusted by most people, while the emerging quantum mechanics and cosmology were not only pure, but also understood by very few people.

In the final analysis, no matter how things change, the obsession with ultimate authority is the root of all problems, and the weakness of human nature is dependence on authority, because dependence on authority is the key choice that has enabled humans to develop to where they are today and to maintain social organization.

However, authority often one-sidedly emphasizes immutability and stability. The fast-paced information update in today's society is no longer applicable to the previous authoritative approach.

Human nature is lazy, and people always hope to have authority to help them see the standard answer. This is also the reason why authority was born. The fundamental factor is that most people choose to give up thinking.