ACT082: Exile

Selassie I did just that, and the "closing ceremony" he wanted was so grand that it could be seen clearly throughout Africa and the neighboring Middle East. The self-exploding Emerald Star turned into a pillar of green light that broke through the clouds, looking down from space like a twinkling star embedded in the eastern tip of the African continent.

This terrible explosion completely wiped the place of Maichou off the map in an instant! With the self-detonating Emerald Star as the origin, a large round pit with a radius of 1.5 kilometers appeared, and more than 50,000 Italian soldiers were buried together.

Driving the Emerald Star, Selassie I went straight to the center of the Italian army's position, but the main force of the Egyptian army could not keep up with the giant god soldiers because of the advance speed, so when the Emerald Star blew up, there was still a straight line distance of nearly 4 kilometers from the battle area, and there were two hillsides in between. After the explosion, the shock wave directly bulldozed the first, and then cut the second in half, and most of the soldiers of the Egyptian army behind the mountain survived, except for some guys who were lying down in time and were blown away.

In Addis Ababa, nearly 100 kilometers away, Zhao Jian and Crown Prince Asfa witnessed the moment when the pillar of light rose, Zhao Jian looked at the pillar of light that rushed to the sky and was silent for a long time, while Asfa covered his face and knelt on the ground, crying bitterly.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, mourn! For the sake of your father's last wishes, and for the sake of Ethiopia's future, you must pick yourself up and be strong! Don't forget Your Majesty's words, you are now shouldering the hope of our country! ”

Kneeling on one knee before Prince Asfa, Ethiopia's War Minister, Duke Murugita, comforted the new monarch in grief. According to Selassie I's edict, he would accompany Asfa to the Tang Dynasty for refuge and be responsible for forming a government-in-exile, while Duke Imru, another high-ranking general of the Egyptian army, would stay behind to lead the remaining army to continue the resistance.

Ethiopia has now had to accept its defeat, and the fall of the Emerald Star has deprived them of their worst deterrent. The only thing that can be done now is to retain the strength to make a comeback. For this feudal country, the prince must not fall into the hands of the enemy.

Prince Asfar quickly stood up, his face still stained with tears, but the sadness in his eyes had been replaced by the raging fire of vengeance. Duke Murujita looked at the regained crown prince and nodded, then turned his head to ask Zhao Jian on the side.

"Mr. Zhuge , when can we leave?"

"It will take 15 minutes to load, so let's get on board with me first."

Having accepted the fact of defeat, the Ethiopian top brass decided to transfer the crown prince at the same time as the vast majority of state assets. All foreign exchange reserves were remitted directly to an account belonging to an Asfa individual in the Swiss Bank, which became the Ethiopian "recovery fund". Half of the hard currency such as gold reserves was hidden on the spot, while the other half was moved onto the Hydrangea and went to the Tang Dynasty with the crown prince Asfa.

In addition to these assets, Asfa was accompanied to Datang by more than 80 senior government officials and a 500-strong Imperial Forest Army. Fortunately, the capacity of the 38,000-ton Hydrangea is large enough, and if it is replaced by a small boat like the Pingbo, it will not be able to accommodate these 600 people.

As soon as all the people and cargo were on board, the Hydrangea took to the skies to prepare for the evacuation of Ethiopia. The Italian fleet is still in shock, and when they react too strongly, they will definitely come down to blockade Addis Ababa. If it really happened at that time, the huge Hydrangea would not be able to slip out of the noses of the battleships in the sky, even if it had the ancient radar in hand.

After the Hydrangea took off, Prince Asfa stood by the window, looking at the ground that was gradually moving away, and his eyes showed nostalgia and reluctance. Now only 20 years old, this is the first time he has gone abroad, and his father had planned to send him to study in England the following year, but the sudden war has put this plan in vain.

After Selassie I attacked with a generous determination to die, the Empress Menglun also committed suicide by poisoning herself, martyring her husband, and the crown prince Asfa lost his parents and became an orphan in an instant. Zhao Jian glanced at the other party's depressed back and sighed helplessly. Regarding the tragic degree of his life experience, he and Asfa did not give in much, but just when he wanted to enlighten him a little as a "person who came over", King Kong, who controlled the hull, suddenly reported to him a not very good news.

"The Italian fleet is down, they are densely distributed, and the space left for us may not be enough."

"Keep going, I'll contact the 'friendly forces' for help right away."

Putting down the intercom in the cabin, Zhao Jian gestured to Kim Zhengshu with his eyes, turned around and walked quickly away from the bridge, returned to his room and took out a short stick with a very evil shape from the closet. Although this thing looks a bit like a prop used by women to "relieve boredom", it is actually a communicator that Zhao Jian can use to contact Hongling and Xiao Lu, who are on standby in the pit.

When he was still on the ground, Zhao Jian already had a premonition that something bad would happen, so he asked Hongling and Xiao Lu to go back to the King Kong immediately to standby. The Celestial Maiden has a special secret skill, that is, "Emergency Teleportation", which can make the Celestial Maiden who is out and about instantly return to the hull of the ship she has assimilated, so Hongling and Xiao Lu can quickly be in place.

"Hongling, please reply when you hear it."

"Young master, I heard you."

"Let Xiao Lu control the King Kong to attack immediately, to attract the attention of the Italian fleet, so that we can create a chance to break through. Also, don't forget to release that 'fog of war' when you attack, so that the Italians don't recognize it. ”

"I see, young master!"

In a sense, Zhao Jian is the person who has mastered the most "black technology" in the world now, and there are many good things that can be used in the maintenance station, and this "fog of war" is one of them.

The so-called "fog of war", whose scientific name should be called "autonomous surface cleaning system for space", is a device used by ancient people to easily wash "private cars" during interstellar travel, which can generate a layer of energy on the surface of the hull and directly decompose dirt and dirt. Because this layer of energy stance looked like a thick white mist, Zhao Jian gave the device a lofty name "War Mist" and applied it to the battle.

After receiving Zhao's order to attack, Xiao Lu, wearing a "battle robe (King Kong's ultra-short witch suit)", stood at the bow of the ship and shouted excitedly, and the King Kong flew out of the berth with an almost drifting tail flick operation under her control, and then rushed out of the maintenance station at full speed, and flew towards the Italian fleet that was encircling the ground with a body of "fog".

The Italian fleet, which was mainly focused on the ground, did not notice this strange "space fog" at first, and by the time observers spotted it, the opponent was already within range. The Italians were horrified to find that an unidentified object had opened fire on them!

Because of the distortion caused by the fog of war, the commander of the Italian fleet mistakenly deduced the size of the King Kong through visual inspection, believing that it was a 50,000-ton warship, and hurriedly ordered half of the fleet to turn around and attack. As a result, this transfer suddenly caused a loophole in the encirclement network, and King Kong, who controlled the Hydrangea, found a gap and flew out of the encirclement network as soon as possible, and took advantage of the opportunity of friendly forces to attract the enemy's attention, successfully flew into outer space, and then turned the bow of the ship, pretending to be a freighter that had just returned to the earth, and swaggered back to the Datang airspace from the public star field.