Volume 6: Black Technology

Chapter 1

Everyone looked at the beach at the same time, and on the dark sea, only the lights on the ship could be seen. After the ship docked www.biquge.info the sailors carried a large box off the ship, led by a man in black. This aroused everyone's curiosity, so everyone immediately stepped forward to see what was going on.

When the man in black saw someone coming, he seemed to be afraid that others would misunderstand, so he immediately took off his hat. Blanca fixed his eyes on the ship and saw that the ship was actually the "Odense", which was the Duke of Odense's ship, and he took a closer look at the man in black, who turned out to be the Duke of Odense himself. "Lord Duke, you're here. Blanca bowed to the duke.

Without explanation, the Duke opened the box, which was shocking. Inside was the corpse of a young woman, wearing a fur coat that resembled Isabel's dragon fur coat, and a delicate gold mask on her chest. What does this mean?

Isabel was puzzled, "Why is her dress and mask the same as mine?"

When the duke saw Isabel without a mask for the first time, he was immediately surprised, "Isabel, I didn't expect you to be so beautiful, you are really an angel, no wonder it always gives people a sense of imagination." ”

"Now that you know, I have nothing to hide, are you going to tell the king?"

"At the beginning, you said that you were ugly, and now it seems that many people have been deceived by you, but don't worry, I promise not to tell anyone else, unless you want to admit it. ”

"Let's get down to business, tell me why you're here. ”

"Isabel, you were secretly sent to Norway by the king, and the king didn't want those lords and ministers to know about it, so he asked me to come secretly to tell you about the construction of the mobile island giant ship and the ship force. ”

Isabel looked skeptical, "Is this really the king's will?"

"Do you think it's necessary for me to tell this lie myself?"

"So, the king has been planning to build mobile islands and spaceship troops for a long time?"

"Yes, the work on the Moving Island Giant is progressing a lot, with more than 30 regions in Greenland, Norway, Iceland involved, and a team of experts from the United States who have traveled thousands of miles to help us build new industrial technologies, would you like to check it out?"

"I see, you dressed up a female corpse in my form just to make the ministers of the Lord and the faction mistakenly think that I was dead, and then let me secretly go to Norway to assist American experts in building new equipment for my country. ”

"This is not only my meaning, but also the king's meaning, and I hope you will not fail the king's hard work and trust in you. ”

"If the construction of the giant ship is really progressing, then I really want to see it. ”

"Come with me now. ”

"I have one more request. ”

"Please. ”

"Mr. Graham and Blanca have to go with me. ”

"Mr. Graeme can go, but the king didn't say let Blanca go with you. ”

"It's okay, just give me good news when the time comes. "I'm going to report the truth about Kamen Girl's death to Defense Nine tomorrow, and I'm going to say, 'Isabel committed suicide by poisoning herself in prison.'" ”

"Thank you for your cooperation, Blanca, and I thank you on behalf of the King!"

"Then let's go. Isabel couldn't wait to say, "Let's go straight to Norway." ”

"Please come aboard. ”

Isabel hurried to her cell, bringing with her high-tech manuscript that she had painstakingly designed. After saying goodbye to Blanca and Trasson, he and Hales embarked with the Duke and began their journey to Norway.

Along the way, in order to avoid the eyes of those lords and ministers, Duke Odense decisively ordered the ship to be disguised as a merchant ship, and went north, without stopping in Copenhagen, directly through the Øresund Strait, to Oslo.

Within a few days, the "Odense" passed through the Kattegat Strait and the Oslo Strait in succession, and finally arrived at the Norwegian port of Oslo.

According to the Duke of Odense's plan, he had planned to let Isabel and Hales rest for a day, and then take the train to Trondheim the next day to meet with American scientists. But Isabel didn't want to wait until tomorrow to leave, she felt that without further ado, she should leave immediately. The Duke applauded her positive attitude, and told her and Hales: "When you get off the train, go find a cigarette seller in a fur coat." At the same time, the Duke gave Isabel a letter, and then said: "The man who bought the cigarettes will take you to a man named John Bullard, and when the time comes, you will give the letter to John, and when he has read it, he will understand." ”

"How can the cigarette sellers trust us?" Isabel asked.

"Your joint is 'Lie down on the half-harvested ridge, and let the sickle rest beside the next flower.'" ”

This is a poem by John Keats. ”

"Remember?"

"You lie on the ridge of the field that is half-harvested, and let the sickle rest by the next flower. ”

"Very good. ”

"I'm going to Trondheim with Mr. Graeme, what about you?"

"I have to go back to Odense right away, after a long time, it will attract attention. ”

"Be careful on the road. ”

"Good luck to you!"

Isabel and Hales boarded the train to Trondheim and finally reached their destination after a few bumpy days.

As a newly developed industrial city, Trondheim has attracted many business tycoons and industrial technicians from Europe and the United States, and many locals have started small businesses near the railway station and docks, and the whole city is full of vitality.

Isabel put her mask in her suitcase before getting off the train, and then walked off the train with Hales.

Hales tried to find the cigarette sellers from the cluttered crowd.

After walking for a distance, Isabel's sharp eyes quickly scanned through the crowd, and at a glance she locked on a red-haired young man selling cigarettes, who also happened to be wearing a fur coat. So she stepped forward and pretended to ask the man for directions: "Hello, how do I get to the city of Trondheim?"

The man pointed enthusiastically in the direction, "Just go that way, it will be faster to go by carriage." ”

In order to confirm the identity of the man as soon as possible, Isabel uttered the code word: "You lie on the ridge of the field that is half-harvested. Then he kept staring into the man's eyes, hoping that he would answer the next sentence soon.

The man's expression immediately became serious, then he looked around, and when he was sure that no one was paying attention, he added, "Let the sickle rest next to the next flower." Finally someone said these two words. ”

"Duke Odense has asked us to see John Bullard. ”

"Please follow me. ”

Isabel exchanged glances with Hales, and felt that the man did not look like he was lying, so she followed the man to a nearby tavern, and then to a room on the second floor, where she found the man named John Bullard. The red-haired man's mission was completed, and he left the room.

John looked at the two guests from Copenhagen sitting in front of him and asked, "Did the Duke of Odense send you?"

Isabel said, "Yes. Are you an American?"

"Yes. ”

"To be exact, the king sent us, and the Duke of Odense is just carrying out the king's orders. ”

John raised his eyebrows, "That's right. The Duke must have other instructions, right?"

Isabel handed the duke's letter to John, "This is from the duke. ”

John took the letter and after a quick glance at it, "That's right, it's a letter from the Duke of Odense. I see, please come with me, Colonel Michelle Esenberry and McCled Wilson are waiting for you. ”

"Let's go, then. ”

So the three of them rode in a carriage all the way north, all the way through the bustling city center, to a military camp in the northern forest, which was also secretly built by King Frederick, and only the Duke of Odense knew about it.

Upon arriving at the barracks, Isabel and Hales were ushered into the camp by John and met with Colonel Michel Esenberg of the Royal Danish Marine Corps stationed there, and McCled Wilson, a military engineer from the United States. It's just that the American, McClad, kept looking at a manuscript spread out on the table and didn't look up to greet his new colleague.

Michelle looked at Isabel and Hales, as if he was a little suspicious of the two strangers in front of him, and when John handed him the letter from the Duke of Odense, he was completely relieved when he saw the duke's seal on the letter, and there was a smile on his face, and he said, "Since the Duke has personally sent the letter, then you are welcome!"

"It's an honor to play for the King!" Isabel said.

"Yes, we will be comrades in the same trench from now on. ”

Michelle was at last a little enthusiastic, but the McCrad Wilson did not seem to be interested in the newcomer sent by the King, and he was still looking at the manuscript, looking at it with great fascination, and drawing dotted lines on it with his pen. Michelle saw that he was so fascinated by his work, and was afraid that his two new colleagues would misunderstand his obsessive behavior, so he said to him: "Your Excellency Wilson, don't be busy yet, our new colleague is here." ”

McCrad put down his pen and slowly straightened up, facing the two new colleagues, Isabel and Hales. His face was pale, with a pair of ruby eyes under his high eyebrow bones, a prominent hooked nose and pointed chin, coupled with the cold temperament exuded from his body, which could instantly make the atmosphere of the audience become serious. He looked at Isabel and Hales for a long time, and then said, "Your Excellency, what is it that makes you care so much?"

Michelle smiled awkwardly, then cleared her throat, "Your Excellency Wilson, please pay attention to your tone, this is sent by His Majesty the King, this is Isabel Siegfried, the only person in the Ninth Defense who has been granted the highest permission by the King, and the first person to propose to the King to build a mobile island giant ship and a spaceship unit, which is highly regarded by the King. ”

"So we're like a tiger! It's an honor to meet you, beautiful Isabel. McCaid took the liberty of pulling Isabel's hand and kissing the back of her hand, but then still held her hand and refused to let go, "I hope we can hold together like our hands and never separate." ”

Isabel pulled out her hand with a little force, and said, "Your Excellency Wilson has traveled thousands of miles to help us, thank you very much!"

"We in the United States are allies of Napoleon, you are allies of Napoleon, allies of allies are allies, and Britain is our common enemy. We have sent specialists in steamships and submarines to France, hoping that France will be able to completely overwhelm Britain in terms of navy. ”

"Why do you have to exterminate the British, don't forget that you America first became independent from British territory, and even your founding leader, President Washington, is a descendant of the British. ”

"I don't want to talk about 'blood', I only know that Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to our U.S. government at a low price, which shows the sincerity of the allies. ”

But now, Napoleon has 700,000 troops and has begun an expedition to Russia, focusing on the development of the army, and has not focused on transforming the navy at all. Our Kingdom of Denmark, though not a strong navy, has already begun to build the world's first air force, and if you experts are knowledgeable, I suggest they come here to serve the future Nordic Empire. Isabel then gave McCled a disdainful look.

McCrad felt as if he had been humiliated, so he frowned and retorted, "Your spaceship can't be in the sky forever, you must know that you can control the world by controlling the ocean." ”

Soon after Isabel and McCrad met, an argument was about to break out, and if it was not stopped, it could lead to civil unrest. In order not to cause disagreements and contradictions between the allies, Michelle immediately interjected and said: "Let's go and see the progress of the giant ship project first." ”

"I agree. Isabel said.

In order for the king to personally inspect the industrial area, the two flying boats that had just been built last month finally came in handy. Michelle took everyone aboard the spaceship and began to fly towards the industrial area not far away. In order to be able to overlook the whole industrial area, Michel ordered the spacecraft to fly to an altitude of 500 meters, so that the entire giant ship industrial area was presented to everyone. Despite the bad weather, the forested industrial area can still be clearly seen from the air, and two huge moving island giants are placed on top of two wide landslides that jut out from the inland into the sea, and the two giant ships are nearing completion.

Isabel couldn't wait to take out her binoculars and look down on the industrial area, hoping to get a clearer view of the construction on the giant ship. From the air, the two giant ships seemed to be just two ordinary rectangular combat platforms, except for two huge chimneys in the center of the deck, there was nothing special to see, and the people on the deck were busy using hooks to place the giant mortars on it. Isabel is very pleased with the project. "Michelle, has the king been here?" she asked.

"Not yet. Michelle replied.

"How's the armor of the megaship?"

"A typical ironclad giant ship, impregnable, has done hundreds of artillery bombardment experiments, but has never been able to blast its sturdy ironclad, but it is a pity that so many shells have been wasted. ”

"Yay. ”

"In this way, we can completely destroy the enemy ship without firing guns, just by ramming. ”

"To ram an enemy ship, you also need speed. ”

"The interior of each megaship is powered by ten huge steam engines, the speed is certainly fine, everything is built according to your manuscript. ”

"What about the inside of the cabin?"

"It's all designed according to your manuscript. ”

"It doesn't have to be my drawings, wouldn't it be better if we could further strengthen the power and internal structure of the giant ship?"

"His Excellency Wilson is even more indebted, as he designed the giant mortar and the large steam engine. ”

"Really?" Isabel put down her binoculars, gave McCaid a smile, and said apologetically, "Your Excellency Wilson, I beg your pardon for the offense just now." ”

McCaid smiled coldly, as if he didn't appreciate it, "Isabel, you don't have to be like this, you are highly regarded by King Frederick, and it is me who should apologize." ”

"Your Excellency Wilson is still angry with me? Maybe we need to communicate more to get to know each other better. ”

This time, McCrad was appreciative, "There will inevitably be some misunderstandings between allies, we really need to communicate more, so that we can understand each other better, please forgive me for the offense just now." ”

"It was a pleasure to work with. ”

"Then let Colonel Esenberry continue to explain. ”

Michel cleared his throat and continued: "The length of the two giant ships is two hundred and thirty-seven meters, and the width is seventy-three meters. The height of the rim was higher than the mainmast of the largest Spanish warship, the bow and stern each had four giant rotating mortars, and there were two huge chimneys in the central corridor of the deck, and the wide areas on either side of the corridor were the landing areas for the ships, and twenty ships could be parked side by side on each side, which sounded spectacular. ”

"Are both great ships the same design?" Isabel asked.

"Exactly. ”

"Have you chosen a name for our new battleship?"

"Duke Odense has already thought of a name. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

Michelle pointed to one of the giant ships, "This one is called the Hungry Shark and the other is called the Doomsday." ”

Isabel looked at McCled, "What does Lord Wilson recommend?"

McCaid didn't seem to care about naming the ship, "You guys can do it." ”

"Colonel Esenberry, why don't you name it after the King?"

Michel replied: "The Duke of Odense has decreed that it is forbidden to use the name of a Danish king or a certain city, let alone the flag of the Royal Danish Navy, until the anti-French coalition has been completely defeated. ”

"If the name is good, let's use these two names first, and we'll take a look below to see what is still lacking. ”

"His Excellency Wilson and I have checked it twice, and it is perfectly fine, and I assure you that this is the most spectacular ship in the world. ”

"What is the displacement of each great ship?"

"About 22,000 tons or so. ”

"As for the plan to move the island, I just made a random design on the drawings and made a suggestion to the king, but I didn't expect it to come true today. ”

"It can be seen that our king is so far-sighted. ”

"Thanks to His Excellency Wilson for coming from far and wide to help. ”

"Thank you!" McCled said.

"Your Excellency Wilson, if we have any shortcomings, please advise us. ”

"I hope we have a good time working together. ”