I, transformed into a vampire girl, sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Chapter 94 The Vampire Girl in the Trench

They couldn't let the armored vehicles get too close, or enemy suicide infantry would accidentally charge forward with their explosive charges. Alice understood this, so she immediately ordered the infantry to enter the trenches and clear them.

The First Guards Division was, after all, an elite force, and Alice had given special instructions, so almost every infantryman carried a short shotgun or pistol and an entrenching tool. Alice took the lead and jumped into the trench first. The soldiers of the Lasvia Empire, dressed in dark blue uniforms, were still dizzy from the grenade explosions, and several soldiers pressed their heads and looked at Alice.

The submachine gun slipped from her hand. Although it was a bit bulky and heavy, it was no problem for Alice, a little girl with superhuman strength, to operate. She pulled the trigger, and the submachine gun spewed flames, the 7.62mm bullets sweeping down a row of enemies.

Gunshots rang out continuously from the trenches, along with the clanging of metal. The issued entrenching tools were incredibly heavy and had a single-edged blade, giving them a significant advantage in close-quarters combat.

"Follow me! Charge this way!"

Alice waved her hand and immediately ran into the depths of the trench, her submachine gun spitting out deadly bullets. Two Lasvia soldiers tried to raise their rifles to fight back, but Alice simply pulled the trigger, and bullet holes immediately appeared in the bodies of the two soldiers.

The soldier behind her held an M653 double-barreled shotgun, his rolled-up sleeves revealing a pair of strong hands. He held the gun barrel steadily in his hands, advancing close to Alice's pace.

The submachine gun, a small automatic weapon, was effective in the trenches. At corners, inside and outside the trenches, bullets would be fired as soon as the trigger was pulled. Many of the soldiers following behind Alice were envious of the submachine gun that was constantly firing in her hand.

"Reload! Cover!"

Alice's submachine gun went empty, and the enemy in front of her raised their rifles. She dodged to the side as if dancing lightly. Behind her, soldiers with shotguns pulled the triggers, firing one shot to the left and one shot to the right, sweeping down the enemy in the entire trench. Without submachine guns, shotguns and pistols also played a huge role in close combat. Many soldiers jumped into a trench, firing one shot to the left and one shot to the right, often sweeping down half of the enemy in the trench.

Alice used her blood to create a drum magazine, loaded the bullets, pulled the bolt, and the blowback was ready to fire, with the 7.62mm pistol cartridges inside prepared.

Alice was like a small firing point. The soldiers following her were astonished to see their princess wielding a strange hand-held machine gun, wreaking havoc in the trenches and rescuing several soldiers in distress. The rescued soldiers adored Alice and followed her into battle, and more and more people followed behind her.

"Hey! Hey! I surrender! I surrender!"

In the end, people kept putting down their weapons, one after another, ten leading to hundreds. To their surprise, they discovered that the vanguard of the demon army was their royal family, their princess. The white-haired figure held a peculiar gun with an iron plate attached, and the soldiers followed her as she charged forward.

"Leave two squads behind to gather the prisoners of war and seize their weapons!"

Alice gave the order and marched without stopping, with Amelansi soldiers constantly appearing on the trenches.

"Vampires? Their royal family?"

"How is that possible? My friend, this is a battlefield—how could royalty be here?"

"Damn it, look, isn't that her? That little girl with white hair, I heard she's a princess of the demon race?"

"I see—dude, damn it, their royalty are all leading from the front, no wonder we can't beat the demons!"

The prisoners of war were in an uproar until they were led out of the trenches. Many of them worried that the demons might kill them. Some said they would be sent to a large pool and squeezed into a blood soup by some kind of dark magic for the vampires to enjoy.

"Hey, hands up!"

Alice stood in a large, dug pit, inside which stood several officers in splendid military uniforms. She immediately recognized that the man in the middle was of high rank.

The troops surrounded the command post of Ok Lamarck's division.

"You are... wait, you're a vampire!?"

“That’s right, I am Alice Delalaye, everyone calls me Princess. Please state your name, gentlemen, don’t keep the lady waiting.”

Alice brandished the PPSH-41 submachine gun in her hand, shamelessly calling herself a lady.

“Oc Lamarck, Lieutenant General of the Lasvia Empire Army!”

"Alright, so you're the leader of this Guard Division? Looks like we've got something!"

Alice nodded. The entire command structure of Oak Lamarck's division was here. Oak Lamarck swallowed hard. Before him stood a vampire royalty. Legend had it that vampires loved blood and would drain the blood of anyone they captured to satisfy their own cravings.

"I demand... my life! You cannot drink my blood! Your Highness! I am a nobleman!"

"Oh? What nobleman? Can you take one more bullet than them? As for your blood? To be honest, we don't care. Our dark elf maid's blood smells much better~"

Alice held a submachine gun in one hand, and whoever she pointed at would tremble with fear. She loved the feeling, waving the submachine gun among the officers and prisoners, enjoying their trembling dance.

"Alright, alright, take them all away. We still need to exchange you for something. Go to the POW camp and enjoy your dinner, gentlemen."

Prisoners of war have many uses; they're very useful for road construction, logging, and potato planting. As for these fat, big-eared guys? Alice has to feed and treat them well so she can exchange them for money from their families or the Empire. You know, a general's price isn't low; there are at least several zeros in it.

Such wealthy people are rare indeed!

On October 10, 654, news arrived that the Kosoya Front of the Eastern Military District had broken through the defenses of the Lasvia Empire, which consisted of twelve divisions, including the elite Ok Lamarck Division, as if entering an empty field. Princess Alice Delalaye led the charge, wielding advanced weapons, and captured Ok Lamarck, the commander of the Lasvia Empire's Ok Lamarck Division, the commander of the Lasvia Empire's First Legion, and a lieutenant general in the Imperial Army.

"My daughter is truly a valiant warrior!"

Alicia looked at the newspaper and laughed. The Lasvia Empire had caused her a lot of trouble. During the war of usurpation, the Lasvia Empire had invaded and occupied the Lorraine region in the east of the empire. You know, if Lorraine were still in her hands, the situation would not have deteriorated to this point. Moreover, she still had 120,000 troops in the Lorraine region. In that battle, she faced 300,000 troops from the Lasvia Empire. In the end, the battle was fought to the last man. Several of her veteran generals died on the battlefield, and the war fell into an irreversible collapse.

Now her daughter is leading the army to avenge her, allowing her to finally vent her anger.

“Your Majesty, Alice and the Secret Intelligence Bureau have devised a plan for the Lasvia Empire and instructed me that if the war is won, this plan can be made public to you.”

"Oh? Tell me?"

"This plan is called the Euphrates Project."

In Alice's original timeline, the Euphrates River was a river that nurtured civilization. In modern times, this river flows through Syria and Iraq, and the fate of these countries is frequently ravaged by war due to the intervention of a superpower called the United States of America.

The Euphrates Project aims to incite hatred between different ethnic groups and forces within the empire, instigate separatist rebellions among territories, ethnic communities, provinces, ambitious individuals, bandits, and merchants, support each faction in establishing an independent state, and ultimately dismantle the entire Las Vegas Empire, reducing it to a single regional concept.

The Lasvia War was merely a trigger. Alice would not continue to penetrate the Lasvia Empire, nor would she conquer it. Instead, she would join forces with the Lorraine forces, reorganize, instigate, and arm prisoners of war, turning them into a rebel army under her control, and establishing a nation at her behest.

The war will end with the fall of Lasvia's capital and the death of the emperor, but she will not stop until Lasvia is divided into ten countries.