Chapter 351: A Feast for the Rich (Third update, please subscribe)
The betrayal of the British?
That was absolutely normal. Ever since England came into being, has it ever betrayed its friends? It was common for them to abandon their allies. If it were France decades later, the French would not even have time to cry when they were betrayed.
Cheating on parents, allies and friends, that is the traditional specialty of the British!
It is not an English tradition not to rip your friends off.
But now, no one cares about these things. For those who were frightened by the airship attack, they only have one thought now, which is to escape!
Get out of this damn place!
Since the outbreak of the war, they have heard too many horror legends about airships, such as nails and bombs. In short, airships are definitely an extremely terrifying existence. In the past, they had only heard about them from hearsay, but what about now?
The bomb is about to fall on your head, why don't you run away?
After all, it is human instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm!
After a day and night of chaos, Buenos Aires finally calmed down. This city with a population of nearly 300,000 people suddenly became quiet. The whole city was quiet and seemed to have become a dead city.
It is not a dead city, but an empty city.
People who left Buenos Aires did not go far away. Many people simply retreated to estates in the suburbs. They stood in the estates and looked at the city. They seemed to be waiting for destruction, waiting for the destruction of their homes.
In the suburbs, many ladies were holding parasols and wearing gorgeous dresses. They were attending a ball as if they wanted to witness the destruction of the city with their own eyes.
Of course, what they wanted to witness was not just the destruction of the city, but a wonderful performance that had never been seen or heard of. If they missed this opportunity, they might never have the chance to see it again.
"General, do you know Pompeii?"
Edward Thornton glanced at his pocket watch expectantly and asked.
"It was destroyed by a volcanic eruption!"
"I know,"
Henrys said.
"How lucky we are to be able to witness the destruction of a city!"
In fact, Henrys also changed into a suit. For him, this was also a rare feast! As a witness of this feast, he would be able to brag about it in London's social circles for days or even years after returning to London!
This incident would even become the most boastful thing in his naval career. Maybe some people have fought in wars, some have experienced wars, and some have experienced many risks, but who has ever witnessed the destruction of a city?
At least in the Royal Navy, he was the first to witness all this. As for the other people in the fleet, they were not even within his consideration.
"Yeah, Hunter!"
Henrys turned and gave instructions to his adjutant.
“Are the tables and chairs ready?”
"Yes General!"
The adjutant, who was dressed in a formal suit, answered respectfully.
"Edward, let's have a drink together for this special day!"
"You really should have a drink!"
Edward Thornton certainly would not refuse this invitation.
After that, the two of them walked towards the bridge, where a small table and two folding chairs had already been set up. They sat there and enjoyed the upcoming feast as if they were attending a picnic.
However, unlike others, as president, Sarnto had complicated feelings. Sitting in a manor outside the city, he looked at Buenos Aires in the distance with a sad expression.
"God, curse those damned Nanhua people, how could they bear to destroy such a beautiful city?"
While cursing the South Chinese, Sarnto saw those people in the distance who were dressed up as if they were attending a banquet. How could they face the destruction of the city so easily?
What a bunch of people without conscience!
This is not a party, this is destruction!
Do you know?
It's destruction!
As president, Sarnto never imagined that one day Buenos Aires would disappear from the world in this way.
What annoyed him even more was that the Argentines treated them like they were attending an unprecedented feast, with everyone dressed in their best clothes and looking forward to everything.
It seems that this is a feast for them!
However, Sarnto's grief and indignation obviously could not affect the spectators. Unlike ordinary people who were heartbroken for the houses in the city, the rich were looking at the sky with curiosity. They were waiting, just like waiting for a ball to begin and waiting for the protagonist to appear.
Their expressions were anxious with a hint of excitement, and their excitement was full of curiosity!
curiosity!
Out of curiosity, people dressed in their best and waited for the curtain to rise.
If Wang Xinyue on the airship knew that men and women on the ground were dressed up and waiting to witness the destruction of a city, he would probably curse.
It was not easy for him to carry out this mission, as it was a bombing mission covering hundreds of kilometers and would require fourteen hours of flying.
They have been flying in the air since they took off yesterday afternoon. In the past fourteen hours, the huge formation consisting of sixteen airships has begun the first long-range bombing in human history. Even though the front line is hundreds of kilometers away from here, so what?
There is no defense line and no depth in the sky. As long as they want, they can fly thousands of kilometers, let alone hundreds of kilometers. Of course, this is just a thought. After all, the speed of their airship is only a pitiful 30 kilometers.
“It’s Buenos Aires!”
Suddenly, accompanied by somewhat excited shouts, the officers and soldiers in the airship shouted excitedly.
Finally reached the destination!
“This city is so beautiful!”
Looking from the air, Wang Xinyue couldn't help but praise the city's planning - the four corners of each block in the city were cut off. This ingenuity gave Putrajaya a special aesthetic.
“Now it seems that Charles Darwin’s description of Putrajaya as “the most regular city in the world” was not an exaggeration…”
Ma Guangming picked up the camera and kept taking pictures of the city from the air. As a city, Buenos Aires is very neatly planned. In fact, this city is beautiful. Buenos Aires is an arena for various architectural styles. It has the temperament of Paris, exudes the style of Madrid, and has the charm of Milan. The feeling of déjà vu is like a dream, sometimes clear, sometimes blurred.
But what about now?
This city, praised by countless people, is on the brink of destruction!
Now is the perfect time to take some photos before the city is destroyed. It can be considered a kind of commemoration.
"The airship is coming!"
The roar in the sky made people on the ground tiptoe and look up at the sky. When they saw the huge monster in the sky, their eyes were full of surprise!
"one two three……"
During the counting, someone shouted.
"There are sixteen airships!"
The huge airship slowly came into people's sight. Of course, they didn't think it was slow. In fact, in their opinion, the speed was very fast. After all, even the fastest warship only had 14 knots.
When the roar of the engine came from the air, the people on the ground felt an unprecedented sense of oppression. This sense of oppression made them dare not even move their bodies, for fear that the people on the airship would discover their presence.
This was also the noise deliberately made by the airship troops. They deliberately maintained an altitude of less than one thousand meters just to make people on the ground feel this pressure.
"Oh my god, how do they get an airship like that up into the sky?"
"It's gas! It's hydrogen! They fly into the sky with hydrogen."
Amid the sound of people talking, the airship slowly flew over the city.
"They're here, they're here..."
At this moment, the tone of the onlookers was even a little excited. No matter they were ordinary people or dignitaries, they could not help but look up at the sky, waiting for the last moment to come.
He is here!
He is here!
Amid people's anticipation and gaze, the huge fleet was flying over Putrajaya. It seemed to be looking for something, like a giant beast in the sky looking for prey.
"This is July 9th Avenue. Our main target is here..."
On July 9, 1816, the Argentine people defeated the Spanish colonists and finally won true independence. The 9th of July Avenue was named after this. This is not only the busiest avenue in Buenos Aires, but also has many government buildings on both sides of the avenue. The Presidential Palace is also near the avenue.
"Target found!"
In fact, it doesn’t make any sense whether the target is found or not. When dropping bombs from an altitude of one thousand meters, even with a simple sight, everything depends on luck!
"bomb!"
With an order, a 100-kilogram bomb was dropped from the bomb dropping window. As soon as the bomb flew out, it made a whistling sound. One bomb after another was dropped from the airship.
From a distance, people could clearly see the bombs falling, just like birds laying eggs in the sky. Black dots fell from under the airship. In the quiet city, the whistling sound of the bombs was even more audible.
Amidst the shrill whistling sounds, the moment the bomb landed, a violent explosion like a volcanic eruption broke out in the city. As huge columns of smoke rose into the sky, the earth was shaking as if an earthquake had occurred. Buildings collapsed in the explosion, and those seemingly solid buildings were easily torn into pieces like paper.
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(End of this chapter)
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