Chapter 264: Night is as Bright as Day
Airships are quite troublesome to manufacture, not only because they waste time, but also because their ammunition carrying capacity is limited. However, this method is relatively safe. Even if it fails, only the airship will be scrapped. All industrial products during wartime can be treated as consumables.
On the contrary, if the Crusaders push forward all the way, there will be more variables and they may encounter unknown risks. Those polluting snakes in the sea may not be easy to deal with, but this way they can establish an advantage.
The most precious thing now is actually time. Although Monica came in to help, the Pirate King was about to absorb enough pollution and proceed to the next stage of transformation. Therefore, after making sure that the sea water could recede, Zeus decisively chose to implement both plans together.
The airships flying in the sky do not affect the advancement of the Crusaders on the ground.
After finalizing the plan, Alexei immediately went out to carry it out. Hughes looked at his back and sighed.
As a clerical manager, I am actually a pretty good commander, but I feel that the plan seems a bit extreme.
When it comes to attacking, it's either a crushing of numbers or a crushing of the army. There is no such carefulness as in defending, such as the meticulous arrangement of firepower networks and the demarcation of killing areas.
Could it be that he is better at defense? Looking at this tall northerner, Hughes stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.
The airship bombing plan was executed very quickly. The researchers of the Fire Moth quickly unloaded all the weapons on the airship and replaced them with simple and crude bombs.
The bomb was specially made. What made it special was that it had an extra-long fuse. Considering the equivalent of a bomb of this size, if the fuse was a little shorter, the airship might not be able to fly out of the blast range before it exploded.
In addition to the time fuse, the bomb was also equipped with Nini's sea snake as a double insurance for early detonation.
No one was sent to drive the airship this time. After loading enough fuel, Nini's sea snake directly controlled it remotely. Originally, it was impossible to control it from such a distance due to the mental connection range of the banshees, but Monica was here now.
It was normal that she would not be discovered by the monsters in the sea. After all, those monsters strictly belonged to the flesh and blood of the sea god. How could they fight with the soul of the sea god? With Monica as a relay, the airship soon set off.
This time the bomb had a hand-rubbed shell. Nini used fossils as mud to make a huge iron barrel. This was a bomb with a total weight of nearly six tons and a crazy amount of explosives of more than five tons, which directly emptied the inventory of the entire explosives factory.
You should know that ordinary aerial bombs have a TNT equivalent of only 500 kilograms.
Everyone stayed away from the airship. If it exploded, even the walls of the cathedral might not be able to withstand it.
The workers who loaded the explosives were gentle and careful. After they finished, Nini controlled the sea snake. The steam engine that had already been filled with fuel roared, the cable that tied the airship loosened, and the huge airship slowly rose into the air.
It was not until it became a small dot in the sky that people gathered around and watched it fly farther and farther away with lingering fear.
"Can this thing solve the Pirate King?"
"As long as it's still a carbon-based organism." Zeus couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. With the relatively crude technology of this era, being able to make a bomb of this size is basically the limit. If it's bigger, it might blow up at the slightest disturbance on the road.
If this equivalent cannot solve the enemy, stacking a larger equivalent may not be effective. In other words, this pirate king is more difficult to deal with. After getting out, Zeus was suddenly stunned. With Castel's current level of organization, and the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Crusaders, wouldn't they be like a mad dog out of a cage after getting out?
The Queen is dead? As a retainer of the Queen, it would be unreasonable for him not to go to the Rhine to pay tribute, and bring some crusaders and airship guards to prevent bandits from robbing the road.
And the pirates in Gem Bay are doomed. Should Caster send troops there to provide relief?
Thinking about it this way, I feel so busy. I have to deal with this pirate king quickly.
The speed of the airship was not slow, and it reached above the Pirate King's Court after a few hours.
Nini was already sweating profusely. This airship was much more complicated than the ones used in previous experiments. She was operating it in a panic. If she wasn't a banshee who could control six arms and had the talent of multitasking, it would have been difficult for her to lift the airship.
Now she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"How is it, is the position correct?"
"A little more to the left, Sister Nini."
"Well"
"What's wrong?"
"fine"
Xius looked at Nini's embarrassed expression and couldn't help but sigh.
They really had forgotten about Monica. He told the banshees about Monica. Although the banshees were surprised, they also expressed understanding.
Putting themselves in other people's shoes, these banshees tried their best to act familiar with Monica, but some things are difficult to hide.
Besides, the Banshees are a race of the mind. Monica should have seen through it at a glance that they were pretending, but she didn't say it out loud and everything seemed normal.
Maybe Monica has really grown up.
Thinking of Monica's tall and slender figure, Xius felt a pain in his heart for some reason, as if the little girl had disappeared.
Hughes quickly shook his head, he was thinking about something.
Soon, under Monica's instructions, Nini controlled the airship, then operated the mechanism and dropped the bomb.
The next step was to withdraw the airship and then guide it. In the dark night, there was a sudden flash of light in the distance. It was just a small flash at first, and then half of the night sky was lit up. The orange-red mushroom cloud could be seen even in Castel.
In an instant, the night became as bright as day.
"My Lord, we lost an airship."
"What's going on?"
"The bomb is still not reliable enough. The violent impact caused it to explode directly, which saved us the step of detonating it."
Xiu Si sighed, thank goodness he didn't ask anyone to operate the airship. It was also great that there was no accident when the bomb was loaded. After Xiu Si talked with Nini for a few words, the explosion was heard. Many people were frightened and went outside to check the situation.
"Inform the people around us about the explosion, calm them down and avoid any chaos."
Soon, after the banshee's explanation, these people knew what the explosion was, which made them even more unable to sleep. They discussed with great interest whether this bomb could kill the Pirate King.
"Monica, what's going on?"
"I'm still some distance away from there, but in my perception, the pirate king seems to still exist."
Still there? Not killed?
This was beyond Zeus's knowledge. Was the Pirate King made of stone? Even if it was stone, it should have been vaporized in the center of this explosion.
"Not only that, my lord, from what I can sense, the Pirate King seems to be unharmed."
(End of this chapter)
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