ACT077: Dream "Crystal Dust"

After the Hydrangea took off, with the help of the radar of the ancients, it easily avoided the Italian patrol ships. As long as King Kong held the billiard-ball-sized crystal, everything around her would be clearly reflected in her mind. From a battleship to a bird, everything is under her control.

"Huh? Is it a heavy cruiser? ”

King Kong, who was flying evasively according to the radar, was suddenly attracted by an Italian formation. The other party was flying head-on towards the ground with them, and the center of the formation was a heavy cruiser, which should be the Italian Taranto class, followed by a 20,000-ton space freighter, and four destroyers were guarding on either side of them, as if there was some big man on board.

Such a heavy patrol formation, if it was placed in the past, with King Kong's arrogant character, would definitely rush forward in a daze, regardless of whether you are an enemy or a friend, whoever doesn't give way to the old lady will bump into her and can't take care of herself. But now that she has changed the hull of a freighter that is not resistant, no matter how arrogant King Kong's personality is, she has to retreat sensibly.

"Tsk! Let you go today. ”

Pouting unhappily, King Kong, who was alone in the room, talking to himself with a pillow, didn't realize how much of a gap he had between himself and the "cold" King Kong in the past, and it was only a month. If Zhao Jian saw her current appearance, she wouldn't know what she would have to laugh at!

As long as he avoided the enemy, King Kong didn't care about the purpose of the Taranto-class coming to Ethiopia, and he didn't even report this information to the Zhao ship. At the same time, on the other side, on the Taranto, which had passed them, the new commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in North Africa, Field Marshal Petro Badogglio, was looking through the briefings on the battle at the front line.

The quick-tempered Mussolini was dissatisfied with the slow pace of Emilio's march and had just suffered another defeat, so the furious Mussolini appointed Marshal Badogglio to take over the command. As for the rockets handed over by Emilio, Mussolini ordered someone to throw them away without even looking at them. In the eyes of this arrogant tyrant, the so-called "secret weapon of the Egyptian army" is nothing more than an excuse made up by Emilio for his own incompetence!

"Ethiopia alone can make us invest so much combat power, and we are really disgraced to our Roman ancestors!"

After reading the briefing on the situation of the battle, Marshal Badoglio fell into deep thought.

From the consideration of his own national interests, Badoglio supported the military operation to invade Ethiopia, but he was pessimistic about the combat effectiveness of the Italian army, believing that it would be difficult for them to gnaw this hard bone if they did not make a point of circumstance, so he came to Ethiopia this time, in addition to bringing a large number of reinforcements from the country, he also brought a lot of "terrible things" over.

Soon, the Taranto landed on a large lake near the headquarters of the Italian front, and Emilio, who had already learned that he had been dismissed, came to the lake with a group of staff officers to meet Marshal Badoglio. The old man wanted to persuade Badoglio so that he could continue to fight steadily and encroach on Ethiopia step by step.

After Badoglio disembarked, he first saluted the generals, and then read out the order of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in public, announcing that he would take over the command. Emilio didn't care about the dismissal, and as soon as the other party finished reading the stinking and long official tone, he pulled Badogglio towards the command post, trying to persuade the other party as he went.

In his impression, Badoglio, who had also participated in the First World War, was a sensible and military strategy man, and he should have listened to his advice, but he had just finished saying a few words when Badogglio interrupted him.

"General Emilio, I'll leave the rest to me, and you won't have to worry about it."

"But the marshal ......"

"Nothing, General, we are soldiers, and it is our duty to obey orders!"

"Please, we're Italian soldiers, okay?"

“…… That's also a military man! ”

“……”x2

The two old fellows looked at each other and were silent for a while, choosing to ignore the question that embarrassed the Italians.

Seeing that the other party's expression was very resolute, Badoglio thought about it for a while and decided to reveal some information to the other party a little bit to reassure the other party. He motioned for Emilio to come with him, and the two of them, with only a handful of senior staff officers, boarded the freighter that had arrived with Badoglio. Badoglio showed the contents of one of the warehouses, and Emilio's pupils dilated when he saw the transparent glass containers that were firmly held in metal boxes.

"This ...... Damn it! We're going to hell! ”

"It's not too late to think about hell when we get to hell, let's win this war first!"

"But there's no need to use that, right? With our current superiority in strength and equipment, it is only a matter of time before we defeat this backward country, and what we generals have to do is to minimize the casualties of our own soldiers. But once this thing is used, the international community will absolutely unanimously condemn us. ”

"Do you think our prime minister is someone who cares about international opinion?"

Glancing helplessly, Badoglio turned his gaze back to the containers that were fixed in metal boxes. These cylindrical containers, about 50 centimeters long and 10 centimeters in diameter, contain a colorless liquid that is as clear as water, and contain only three of them in each metal box. The liquid inside is a liquefied poisonous gas called "crystal dust", which was developed during World War I, but it was not used in actual combat, and the secrecy measures are appropriate, so it has not been known to the outside world.

In a sense, this poisonous gas is the first product of human history to apply the techniques of ancient people. Legend has it that the original recipe was still from the god-like "great inventor" Leonardo da Vinci, a derivative of his research on the core of the gods. This poison gas can crystallize the inhaler's body, turning it into a lump of crystals that resemble the core of a god, but are not identical.

The terrible thing about this poison gas is that it has an extremely short duration of action, and the victim only needs skin contact, and it will be completely crystallized within 30 seconds, without any antidote or means of salvation. Moreover, this gas has extremely high diffusion, the amount in a container, after complete gasification, can cover an area of several kilometers, and will only begin to decompose after 48 hours of sedimentation, which can completely extinguish all living things in the covered area.

"In addition to this, I also brought gas bombs and mustard gas. General Emilio, this is the only way I have come up so far that can quickly crush Ethiopia and reduce casualties. I don't beg God for forgiveness anymore, because I can't even forgive myself! ”