Chapter 494 The airship from Triumph City!
Chapter 494 The airship from Triumph City!
In the square in front of the castle.
Standing on the tower of the gate, you can see a sea of people, so dense that even the road leading to the square is blocked.
Since the promulgation of the “Wartime Regulations”, this kind of spontaneous large-scale gathering of residents has not appeared for a long time.
Everyone is afraid of being drafted into the army or being caught as a spy by the Earl of Cromway appointed by His Majesty the King.
Only now that the war is over, people dare to wander around the streets.
Looking at the gallows in the center of the square, the people gathered in the square excitedly whispered to each other, talking about gossip they heard from others.
”Have you heard? Mattenier was sentenced to hang!”
”That baron?”
”I remember that the Hunt family seemed to have died at his hands.”
”His little daughter is so lovable… It’s a pity that the villain just happened to take a fancy to her.”
”Poor Hunt… I heard that his eldest son died outside the city of Plenty. His body was burned so badly that he couldn’t even find it. He also lost an arm during the retreat, but it was a pity that he didn’t die on the battlefield.”
”The 20,000th Brigade… Too tragic.”
”… In the end, it was the enemy who helped him get revenge.”
”Bah! Mattenier… That bastard! I remember him! My wife was…” A thin man cursed and spat, but suddenly stopped talking halfway.
The people around him became excited after hearing this, and looked at him with sympathy and curiosity and continued to ask.
”Then what?”
”Tell me.”
The man’s face flushed, and he was annoyed by the questions. He finally choked out a curse and drove away the people who were watching the excitement around him.
”Speak of your mother!”
Not far from the gallows, under the gaze of a pair of eyes, the “protagonists” who had been late finally appeared.
Five typical nobles who were captured by the alliance soldiers were pushed to the gallows by the angry citizens.
Facing the inevitable death, even the most ferocious one could not help but turn pale and his lips turned pale.
A baron closed his eyes, and the man next to him was so scared that he peed his pants. The stench leaking from his trouser legs made the executioner who was pushing him to the execution ground frown. The
ugly appearance of the five nobles made the residents in the audience roar with excitement.
They had never seen these decent people show such an unbearable appearance. It was even more exciting than watching crickets struggling in the mud.
It turned out that these well-dressed people were also afraid of death.
These people were not as noble as they claimed.
Facing death, they would cry and beg for mercy.
But even if they begged for mercy, the angry citizens did not intend to let these hateful guys go.
It was they who sent those young men to the front, and sent fat cattle and sheep and young girls to the military camp, just to please those Willant people.
These nobles did not dare to resist the rule of the Willant people, but instead transferred all the suffering to these innocent people.
Five people…
it was still too few to kill!
Because there were no rotten eggs and rotten leaves to use, people could only pick up stones on the ground to vent their hatred. In order to prevent these people from dying before being executed, the militia standing nearby had to step forward to separate the crowd from these prisoners waiting to be slaughtered.
The executioner read out loud a series of crimes committed by these people during the war, including murder, arson, street violence, robbery, etc., which further ignited the anger in people’s hearts.
”Kill them!”
”Cut off their heads!”
”Hang them on the street lamp!”
”Silence! Silence! Listen to me!”
A man in his thirties or forties, wearing linen clothes, walked in front of the crowd.
His name was Taute.
Before the promulgation of the “Wartime Regulations”, he was a papermaker. Now, because he can read, he was picked out by the soldiers of the Alliance to be a representative of the committee.
”Friends from the River Valley Province… tell us to be civilized, even when dealing with jackals and hyenas! We must end their lives in a civilized way!”
The five nobles were gagged and had no chance to quibble. The necks were tied with a hemp rope as thick as a bowl by the executioner’s glove.
Tout turned and looked at the gallows, and waved his right hand vigorously.
”Execution!”
Amid the cheers of the people, the wooden board fell heavily, and the five people’s feet were empty, their necks were torn off, and they ended their sinful lives on the gallows.
”Long live the Alliance!”
”Long live the Autonomous Committee!”
”Good kill!”
The people in the audience burst into deafening cheers.
Several people in the crowd had flickering expressions and walked away quietly with pale faces. In a mansion not far from the square, Earl Cromwell stood by the window, his hand holding the window eaves trembling constantly.
Now the Alliance only executed those who committed crimes during the occupation, and did not kill people in the palace.
But what will happen after the Alliance leaves?
These mobs with guns have gone crazy.
In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the mobilization decree, he killed many people for His Majesty the King…
What he fears most now is that those people will settle accounts with him.
Standing behind Earl Cromwell, the white-haired old butler whispered.
”Master… I suggest you leave the city and avoid the limelight in the near future.”
His master is a favorite of His Majesty the King.
But at this juncture, it is not a good thing to be too close to that old man.
The attitude of the Alliance is unpredictable.
But they suddenly started with the nobles in the city and gave guns to civilians. This is obviously not a good sign.
Earl Cromwell did not speak, his eyes struggled for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
”I can’t leave.”
Looking at the surprised butler, Cromwell paused and continued.
”Tomorrow… at the latest tomorrow the Iron Heart will be here. The highest commander of the alliance or even the administrator is very likely on that airship.”
The king’s words were no longer reliable. If he wanted to survive, he could only please the new master… otherwise, it would be useless no matter where he fled.
A trace of worry appeared on the count’s face.
Unfortunately, there was too little information about the alliance.
I don’t know what that gentleman likes…
…
After the trial and hanging, Tote asked the young men with guns to drag the bodies to a random place outside the river bank and bury them.
If any family members come, just leave them to them… But at this juncture, even if their family members want to collect their bodies, they will have to wait.
Under the instruction of the Alliance, the Autonomous Committee of Falcon City established a new militia.
Most of these militiamen were young men who had previously served in labor service. They were directly under the Autonomous Committee and were mainly responsible for maintaining public order in the city.
Looking at the hemp rope swaying gently on the gallows, Tote, who had calmed down, suddenly felt a chill on his back… It was not
until then that he realized that the Alliance had put something in his hands.
Killing these guys was indeed a relief. He hated those guys who bullied them as much as the people did.
But after killing them, he became afraid.
The Alliance couldn’t stay here forever…
What if they left?
Would His Majesty forgive him?
Would those nobles forgive him?
”Stand up straight.” Looking at the slightly pale face of Tout, Lao Bai reached out and patted his shoulder, grinning and said, “You have guns in your hands, what are you afraid of.”
Tout said with a wry smile.
”This, this is not a problem with the gun… After all, those people are nobles appointed by His Majesty the King.”
”So what? Are they awakened, or do they have several divisions in their hands?” Lao Bai shrugged, “The Alliance has no king, and we are still living well.”
Tout and several other industry representatives around were frightened by this rebellious remark and dared not say a word, but after thinking about it, it seemed to make some sense.
They have guns, what are they afraid of…
Thinking of this, several people held the rifles in their hands tighter, as if what they held in their hands was their lifeblood.
Lao Bai smiled and patted the shoulder of the NPC named Tout.
”From today on, you are the chairman. Remember, even if one day we leave, you can’t just hand it over… This is not for us, but for the oppressed people behind you. Don’t let them down.”
Tout nodded nervously.
”I promise!”
Looking at the middle-aged man, Lao Bai nodded.
They won’t stay here for too long.
The Falcon Kingdom is too far away for the Alliance, so far that these people can regard a bearded man who was imagined out of thin air as a manager.
People need to complete their own salvation after all. All
they can do is throw a seed on this land.
As for what will grow…
it depends on them.
…
”Citizens’ Self-Government Committee” is just a small episode after the Alliance occupied Falcon City. The Burning Corps did much more than that under the instruction of Chu Guangdi.
All the equipment in the entire capital that can produce seamless steel pipes and stamped shells has been destroyed, and any factories or workshops related to military industry or just a little bit of it have been demolished by blasting.
As for those craftsmen and engineers trained by the Falcon Kingdom…
it’s not good to kill people.
After Lao Bai and Chu Guang had a phone call, they decided to arrange a new place for these people-to settle down near Bicester Town.
Coincidentally, the commander of the spring water who had just arrived at the William Industrial Zone also did something similar inadvertently.
In the William Industrial Zone.
Since the surrender broadcast had already reached here, when Quanshui assembled three teams of 100 people to prepare for the attack, he found that the guards stationed here had been disbanded. There
was not a single security guard in the huge industrial area. Inside
the Royal First Foundry.
The workers were all sitting by the factory in a daze. When they saw the soldiers from the Alliance coming in, they immediately squatted on the ground obediently.
Seeing that these people were coming with bad intentions, the factory director Bowman hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile on his face.
”Sir… we have surrendered.”
Quanshui glanced at him.
”I know.”
That was all last night.
When he was offline, he checked the forum and knew that the Falcon Kingdom had surrendered. A full 80,000 troops were squatting outside the town of Bicester.
All the building materials sent there before were used.
Looking at the soldiers who rushed into the factory and rummaged through the boxes, the smile on Bowman’s face gradually turned into anxiety, and he looked at the man in front of him with a smile.
”Then… what are they doing?”
Commander Quanshui hadn’t spoken yet, and Izuihei, who was standing beside him, spoke for him with a joking face.
”Come here to get the spoils, is there any problem?”
The factory director had a look of tears and laughter on his face.
Go and rob those rich noble grandfathers to get the spoils!
What can you find in this factory…
At this time, Kakarot, carrying a rifle, walked back from the factory building in front.
”We found two rifle production lines… They can produce 300 rifles a day at full capacity.”
”Three hundred?!” Izuihei looked at him in surprise and muttered, “We can arm a 10,000-man team this month.”
”Almost.” Commander Quanshui nodded, looked at Kakarot and continued to ask, “Where are the bullets and shells?”
Kakarot: “The ammunition production line is also here. It’s no problem to produce 200,000 or 300,000 rounds a day. There are also 100mm caliber artillery and shells… Fortunately, they have no resources. If the production line is opened to the maximum, I’m afraid this war will have to be fought until next year.”
Commander Quanshui nodded and sighed.
”Wow, there are quite a few good things in there.”
To be honest, although the Willant people didn’t treat these outsiders as human beings, they still supported the Falcon Kingdom, a vassal state.
The industrial equipment in this industrial park was obviously not made by the locals themselves, but mostly transported from the west of the Great Desert.
Including steel mills, chemical plants, etc.
If they were given a few sulfur mines and iron mines, maybe they could hold on for a while longer.
But unfortunately, there is no if in reality.
If the resources of Oasis No. 2 were really that rich, they wouldn’t have to join the Legion, let alone expand outward.
Just like the Lion Kingdom.
Looking at the rows of industrial equipment and various types of machine tools that the power players moved out of the factory, I’m the Blackest suddenly said with a look of regret.
”It’s such a pity to blow it up, why don’t we move it away.”
I heard from the life professional players that although they got some sophisticated production equipment and machine tools from the company, there is still a great demand for some heavy industrial equipment.
There is no such thing as too much.
Kakarot stared at this whimsical guy in a daze.
”How do we move it?”
Kevin with a broken leg couldn’t help but complain.
”That’s right, where do we put it after we move it?”
I’m the Blackest scratched the back of his head.
”Don’t we have airships? Such a big airship… It shouldn’t be difficult to lift it up?”
In order to fit those gliders before, the Iron Heart didn’t bring much ammunition.
Now that these gliders have been thrown out, and they have come down with them, the freed up space can always be used to carry some things, right?
Quanshui thought about it and felt that it made sense. After thinking for a while, he came up with a compromise.
”Move what can be moved, blow up what can’t be moved!”
It’s not easy to transport them back to the Alliance directly, but they can be transported to the Honey Badger Kingdom next door first.
Renting a piece of land shouldn’t be too difficult.
If the administrator intends to keep Bicester Town, it is the best choice to get supplies from the Honey Badger Kingdom’s factory nearby.
As he said that, the commander of the spring water walked up to the factory director and announced his decision.
”Although your equipment is a bit backward and looks a bit shabby, it can still be used. It’s really a pity to blow it up like this.”
Hearing that the corps commander planned to let these machines go, the factory director’s expression suddenly became happy. However, before he could be happy, the man in front of him spoke up.
”…So we decided not to blow up those that can be moved, but only those that can’t be moved. Pick a few engineers who know the business for us, let them help us, and save everyone’s time.” The
factory director said with a sad face, having never heard such a shameless request, and it was put forward so naturally.
”Take me too.”
I didn’t expect this guy to be so sensible. Quanshui looked at him in surprise, a happy smile appeared on his face, and he patted his shoulder vigorously.
”Sure, no problem! I’m glad you are willing to turn from evil to good. We can help you take your family with you!”
Factory Director: “???”
Without looking at the confused factory director, Quanshui gave me the darkest look and deliberately said in human language.
”You follow this factory director to his home, remember to be polite.”
I’m the darkest chuckled and tightened the rifle on my back.
”Okay!”
…
It took longer than expected to clear the cable that was entangled with the propeller.
The Heart of Steel stopped for nearly 20 hours 70 kilometers east of Falcon City, and finally arrived at Falcon City before dusk the next day.
”Sorry… Dear Administrator, I kept you waiting for a long time.”
Standing in front of Chu Guang, the acting captain said awkwardly.
When the administrator asked him before, he confidently said that it could be repaired in twelve hours, but the steel cable turned out to be more stubborn than he thought.
Especially, the airship continued to slide forward for a while under the action of inertia, causing the propeller to rotate in the opposite direction and entangle the steel cable, so that their engineers had to endure the cold wind for several more hours.
”It’s okay, it’s just a little late.”
Looking at the nearby Falcon City, Chu Guang, who was in a good mood, narrowed his eyes slightly and continued with a pleasant face.
”But remember next time, when I ask you, give me the most confident answer.”
The captain stood at attention with a solemn look, and his right fist was placed on his chest.
”Yes!”
It has only been a few months since the Alliance got the Iron Heart. The crew on the airship were even drawn from the army and the air force. It is normal that they are not proficient in the business.
Chu Guang has no intention of blaming these hard-working subordinates.
However, this bad habit of bragging must be corrected, and we must not narrow the road like those Willant people.
Only by understanding the most real situation can he make the most reasonable judgment.
This is also the reason why he chose to go to the front line with his players.
McLen, who was standing next to him, had mixed feelings.
Until now, he finally understood the Alliance’s plan.
However, what made him feel most complicated was not the strategic adventure of the Alliance, but that his Iron Heart could actually be used in this way? !
Especially the glider siege tactics were simply eye-opening for him.
Looking at the bridge so close, MacLen suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart…
This was undoubtedly his Iron Heart, but he could no longer remember the original appearance of this airship… It had completely changed into the shape of the Alliance.
While the bridge of the Iron Heart overlooked Falcon City, the residents and princes and nobles in the city were also looking up at the behemoth floating above the clouds.
The shadow cast from the sky even covered the entire city in front of the castle.
Sitting on the throne in the castle court, King Mungot stared at the approaching airship outside the window with his eyes wide open.
It seemed to have started after the hanging at noon…
He suddenly realized that although he was still sitting on this throne, he had lost control of this capital – and even the entire kingdom.
First of all, those nobles were intentionally or unintentionally moving away from him and turning to please the people of the Alliance.
It was not even just the nobles.
Even the servants in the castle, and even his pet dog in the castle, began to wag their tails to the “new master”.
Thinking of this, King Menggot couldn’t help but curl up the corners of his mouth with a hint of self-mockery.
Speaking of which, it seemed to be the same when the Weyland people came.
What a irony…
At this time, Midal slowly walked in from outside.
”Your Majesty.”
Menggot looked at him and suddenly sighed softly.
”At this time, you are the only one who still remembers me as the king.”
Midal knelt on one knee on the ground and said respectfully.
”You will always be my majesty.”
Menggot nodded with satisfaction.
”Very good… Tell me, what do you want to report today.”
Midal stared at the ground for a long time with a complicated expression, and then slowly spoke.
”The administrator of the alliance will arrive at the castle in two hours. If you go to the outside of the castle to greet him in person… it may appear more sincere.”
Menggot’s face was slightly stiff.
Although he knew that Midal was doing this for his own good, his current situation still made him feel mixed emotions.
He was silent for a long time.
He held the armrests with both hands and slowly stood up from the throne.
The trembling movement was as if he had aged a dozen years overnight… from a majestic emperor to an old man on the verge of death.
”I know.”
…
At the same time as the Iron Heart entered the Falcon King’s capital, in the great desert of the Far West, an airship that was no less in size than the Iron Heart was slowly moving forward.
Its name was “Judgment”, and it came from the distant Triumph City.
Compared with the Iron Heart, its firepower was much inferior. It had neither the 400mm main gun nor the reserved space for installing the front gun nacelle.
However, although its ground support capability is slightly inferior, it will never be at a disadvantage if it is facing a “same type” airship.
The “phase energy rectifier” installed on the belly of the airship can launch “quark-gluon plasma” wrapped in a gravitational field.
Although that thing has little lethality and a short existence time, it can effectively paralyze deflector shields and anti-gravity devices, which are devices based on “gravitons” and “gravitational field interference”.
Its effect will be much more direct than EMP, and it is difficult to defend against it through simple conventional means such as “Faraday cages”.
It’s just a pity that in the Wasteland Era, this weapon used in the aerospace field has long been “outdated”.
Especially when dealing with aliens and mutants, it is not even as good as black powder. I
’m afraid that only the Great Rift Valley’s Aegis system and the Legion’s own airships can make it useful on the entire planet.
In fact, strictly speaking, it only threatens the Legion’s own airships. After all, the shield of the size of the Holy Shield system is completely different from the power of this ship-borne weapon.
Triumph City rarely sends airships of the “Judgment” type to the front line, unless there is a special situation where the “phase gun” may be used.
For example, now…
Although it departs a month later than the supplies sent to the front line, this airship arrives a few days earlier than those slow trucks.
There are two people standing in front of the French window of the bridge.
The one on the left has a very thick beard, a burn scar under the right corner of his eye, and looks very fierce.
His name is Joseph, a general of the Eastern Legion, who was sent to replace Griffin as the commander-in-chief of Luoxia Province. The identity of
the other one is even more amazing. He is the governor of Luoxia Province appointed by His Majesty the Marshal himself-although he only needs to supervise an oasis of less than 70,000 square kilometers.
The two were chatting in a casual tone, but their words were all tests of each other.
”…I don’t dislike the eastward expansionists. I even sympathize with them, but it is also true that they are stupid. We have been dragged into a dangerous and useless war.”
”Then what do you think should be done?” Joseph asked the Governor next to him.
Cohen continued expressionlessly.
”They should strengthen their control over their vassals and try to avoid direct conflicts with the enterprises on the east coast before completely occupying Luoxia Province. In fact, if they hadn’t been greedy and wanted to eat up the Pioneer and Shelter 0 together, they wouldn’t have ended up like this.”
Joseph’s eyebrows twitched.
”Then should we sit back and watch the enterprises get Shelter 0?”
Cohen did not answer the question directly, but gave an ambiguous answer.
”It depends on what they can find there.”
He did not think there was a universal key that could solve all crises. The problem of the wasteland was far from being solved by adding a few more black boxes.
The Marshal also thought so.
If the Shelter 0 was really so important, it would not be him who came here today.
Joseph was a little disappointed.
He still couldn’t see the Marshal’s thoughts through this guy.
Knowing that further questioning would not yield any results, he simply said it directly.
”Which faction are you on?”
Cohen answered concisely.
”I don’t belong to any faction. I always stand on the side of His Majesty the Marshal. His Majesty’s position is my position.”
Standing behind the two men, Captain Adria found himself embarrassed that he could not get a word in at all, and could only pass the time by looking at the scenery outside the bridge.
A four-star general and a five-star governor, no matter which one, their status and backing are far beyond the reach of a three-star captain like him.
At this time, his adjutant trotted over and whispered a few words in his ear.
”…The Iron Heart is over Falcon City.”
Adria’s face showed a surprised expression.
”McClan is still alive?”
The adjutant said with an ugly face.
”Not sure… There is a flag I haven’t seen on it.”
Adria thought for a moment and nodded.
”Leave it to me.”
As he said that, he walked to the side of the two big men and said in a deep voice.
”Sir, the Falcon City is ahead… The Iron Heart is flying over the Falcon City. Judging from the flag it is flying, there should be people from the Alliance on it.”
Cohen frowned.
In order to make himself a little more aware of his presence, Adria continued respectfully.
”Do you want to fire?”
Joseph glanced at him and teased.
”I have an idea.”
Adria was stunned for a moment, looking at him blankly, not understanding what the general meant.
Looking at the endless sea of sand outside the French window and the vague outline at the end of the sea of sand, Cohen continued to give orders expressionlessly.
”Slow down.”
Whether to fight or not.
We have to figure out the situation over there first…
At the same time, in the endless yellow sand.
A silver-gray power armor slowly raised its head and cast its eyes on the ray of light in front that was swallowed by the rolling yellow sand.
His eyes were not focused on the black cloud that looked like a collapsed building, but through the black cloud he looked at the “sky fortress” that was moving forward.
Yunsong’s face gradually became solemn.
”The people from Triumph City are here.”
The bionic soldier beside him nodded slowly.
”Ah…”
After a century and a half,
they finally faced each other again…
(End of this chapter)
