The airship of the Elsa Camilla mercenary group glides in the direction of the river and lowers its altitude, landing gently on the surface of the river, but the waves are enough to overturn all the small fishing boats around. Fortunately, this area is the largest airport in the imperial capital, and a long stretch of the river is closed to ordinary ships.

It was a small airship, less than 30 meters long and about 7 meters wide, short and thick, with two towering masts full of sails. This type of airship is the most common type, and due to the viscous effect of the floating circle, the wind resistance of the airship moving in the air is not much smaller than that in the water. The larger and heavier the airship, the more power the floating circle will have, and the greater the resistance it will gain. This resistance is not completely useless, it is its existence that makes the airship gain stronger stability, so that it will not be blown away by the wind.

This airship is a pure warship, small to small, with a large number of passengers, fast running, and autonomous power, in order to enhance tactical maneuverability. In addition to the crew of 40 people responsible for sailing, the whole ship can also bring 7 magicians and 75 marines, and can run at a speed of 13 knots when fully loaded, and has a endurance of 10 knots/600 kilometers under windless conditions, and if it enters the trunk air duct, it can run at a speed of 30 knots, which is the most widely used and most numerous ship type, from the yachts of the royal family to the pirate ships of air thieves.

However, Qin Shouzhuo didn't need it.

If you use the airship to chase, although you can bring more people, but I am afraid that you will have to chase to the gate of the Papal State to catch Victor, this is still a group of professional crew members who retired with Elsa, using various hidden branch air ducts to take shortcuts, in order to chase back 30 days, which is too slow for Qin Shouzhuo.

The more time passes, the more reinforcements can be rally around Victor, and the harder it will be to rescue Rafael. It was very simple to simply take down Victor's ship, although Elsa didn't understand why Qin Shouzhuo looked at the most difficult part of the whole operation, the ship capture, so simply.

Of course, it is certainly impossible to calculate this in the actual situation, and Victor's escort force will stop or even decline when it grows to a certain extent, otherwise with such a large force to Hajgal, the Pope will have to weigh his loyalty.

The heavy airship that Victor rode on was large and slow, but it was stable and comfortable, and if the cost and maintenance cost could be half cheaper, at least the royal yachts of the four empires would not choose small boats.

There was the winding winds of the airways and the slowness of the heavy airship itself, the 3,850 km distance from Lawrence City to the Earldom of Fibudach required at least one replenishment on the way, and the total sailing time reached an unbelievable 28 days.

Although from the perspective of the Elis Continent, this is already relatively fast.

In the county of Phibudach, Victor needed a major replenishment, not only to refill food and water, but also to replenish magic crystal fuel, as well as to overhaul equipment, and in any case had to be docked there for three days. Sailing in the wind tunnel for a long time, although the speed increases greatly, but the continuous erosion of a large number of wind elements will inevitably cause loss to the airship, although it is not serious, but the necessary maintenance is still necessary, otherwise if half of the floating array on the road fails, then the fun will be great.

Airplanes, even seaplanes during World War II, the speed is not something that a mere airship can catch up, to be exact, this is already a speed beyond the imagination of the natives of the Elis Continent, with Caterina here, Qin Shouzhuo naturally will not squeeze the airship.

The Elsa mercenary group's delay in entrenching itself in the United Industries dock finally attracted the attention of the intelligence agencies inside and outside the imperial capital, but at this time, it was too late to slowly infiltrate it, so they simply spread rumors: The beautiful Princess Sophia was visiting the new invention of the Qin Shouclumsian knight in the dock workshop of the United Industries, Bala Bala Bala......

Unexpectedly, this rumor was true.

In the workshop, Katerina's assembly has been completed and the machine is being tested, and the employees of the United Industry are helping the two princesses to stuff their luggage into the cabin, and the fuselage is firmly fixed in the temporary dock, and it is not yet time to leave. Outside the workshop of the United Industry, a large group of people in the imperial capital who watched the excitement were gathered to watch......

Seaplanes are completely new to the Illis Continent, and everyone is here to see what great inventions this holder of rare skills in magic mechanics has made. Of course, it's not just the curious general public......

What Qin Shouzhuo did when he came back, as long as the high-level officials of the imperial capital were not fools, they knew. Although the Holy See faction, which was temporarily in power, could not make a stumbling block openly, there were not a few actions in the secret - in fact, there were not a few assassins who had died at the hands of Qin Shouzhuo in the past few months. Even if it is an imperial bureaucrat, because there are two genuine princesses in Qin Shouchou's team this time, this operation is contaminated with a little political significance, and many radical imperial bureaucrats are already trying to find a way to prevent the two princesses from going crazy together.

The loss of Qin Shouzhuo was an immeasurable loss for the empire. When this sentence is spoken, it means that Qin Shouchou's value has been weighed on the balance in your hearts, although it will hurt when you lose it, you will not hesitate when you should give it up. However, if the two princesses are involved, it will create an excuse for the Holy See to attack the empire, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

In stopping Qin Shouzhuo's actions, the imperial faction and the Holy See faction were in agreement.

As early as a month ago, countless messengers and scouts left the imperial capital in a hurry, and a large number of mercenary groups active in the Lawrence Empire were mobilized, blocking all routes north of Lawrence City, making it clear that they would intercept it by force. In the wider area, more mercenary groups have been mobilized, belonging to the royal family, imperial officials, neutrals, and papal factions, countless mercenary groups have already opened to the vast area north of Lawrence City, starting a large-scale, large-scale armed confrontation, almost triggering a civil war.

The arrangement of the Holy See faction is still relatively perfect, not to mention that several mountain passes in the north are firmly blocked, even if it breaks through the Lawrence Mountains, further north is a situation where there are far more enemies than friends, and the two sides that have torn their faces will no longer care about any politics and face, and when they encounter a situation that is bound to be endless, it is not easy to forcibly rush through the pass.

In response to this problem, Qin Shouzhuo was naturally prepared, but now it is not easy to say it, it has nothing to do with secrecy or anything, but he doesn't know how to explain it, anyway, he can see it right away, and everything will be clear when the time comes.

When the time came, the water gates opened, and the icy waters of the Lawrence River, which originated from the melting snow of the main peak of the Lawrence Mountains, poured into the dock, and Catalina seaplane floated silently.

Qin Shouzhuo took the two princesses, Andy Orlando and the former army commander Elsa Camilla, who was going to follow her, and her subordinate elite officers, a total of 14 people, and sat on Katerina. A group of people like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, the novelty was amazing, and they rubbed left and right. Catalina was heating up the engine, two huge electric motors driving a huge three-bladed propeller with a diameter of 1.2 meters, making a "humming" wind sound, stirring the violent air current, and the back of the plane was full of sand and rocks.

“...... Aileron pitch...... ok...... Flap retractable ...... ok...... Empennage...... ok......”

Qin Shouzhuo sat in the driver's seat, doing the final system check according to the procedure, reading the words he didn't understand, and his expression was focused. It seems that someone has said that the man who focuses is the most handsome, and Sophia on the side is already stupid......

In the Combine Industries Dockyard workshop, the huge water door that occupies the wall of the Lawrence River slowly slides open to both sides, and the summer sun illuminates the workshop through the reflection of the water. From the porthole, the staff of the United Industry were preparing to set off as previously instructed, and at the same time withdrawing the keel pier and the side pier, so as not to run aground when Caterina came out of the dock, after all, this temporary dock was not deep.

It didn't take long for the dock door to be fully opened, untying the cable that had positioned Katarina. On the edge of the dock in front of the left, a staff member waving a small red flag signaled that preparations were complete, and the route ahead was clear and he could leave the port. Qin Shouzhuo slowly increased the throttle, and Caterina began to slide forward, and under the cheers of the workers of United Industries on both sides, the two huge electric motors let out an increasingly frequent howl, pushing Caterina to slowly slide out of the dockyard workshop.

Hearing the movement inside, the spies who were watching outside knew that something was wrong, and began to storm the gate of the United Industries' workshop with the crowd of onlookers who did not know the truth. A mere army of workers made up of ordinary people and lowly magicians is not something that an ordinary mob can overcome. The people outside the factory gathered more and more, constantly sending signals for help, and the delay in the arrival of the imperial capital city defense army had already aroused Sophia's vigilance, arranged to strengthen the field protection force, and persuaded Qin Shouzhuo to keep the Elsa mercenary group.

When the people who were gradually falling into the riot rushed into the workshop, everything that Sophia predicted became a fact, the main force of the Elsa mercenary group, which had been prepared in advance, and more than 400 elite knights immediately replaced the field protection team, lined up in two horizontal columns of 200 people, and went up with shields and wooden sticks.

The spies who were mixed in the crowd could no longer care about being exposed at this time, and one by one, relying on their own fighting spirit and magic cultivation, taking advantage of the opportunity that the main force of the Elsa mercenary group was trying their best to intercept the mob, they suddenly rushed out of the team and rushed towards the direction of the dock. Qin Shouzhuo's strange-looking ship was about to leave this workshop, and this was their last chance.

The airship of the Elsa Mercenary Regiment is already full of sails, and a large number of silver magic patterns are lit up on the hull, which is a prelude to preparing for takeoff. However, at this time, its task is to drive away the surrounding airships, occupy the main channel, and also submit the flight permit early, but it is like a mud cow entering the sea, and at this time it can only forcibly open up the take-off and landing site.

There are already many airships on the river, and although the Rolls-Royce Phantom of the United Industry does not ship much, it has long been famous all over the world, and everyone is waiting to see what new inventions this United Industry Chamber of Commerce has. When the Elsa came to drive away, most of the ships belonging to the Chamber of Commerce were still relatively cooperative, consciously lowered anchor, and stopped advancing. However, there are still some nobles' private airships and even royal airships that do not cooperate, and at this time, they can only rely on the Elsa to rely on their military standards to build and forcibly squeeze the other party away with the hull.

Qin Shouzhuo drove Caterina slowly to the center of the channel, aimed at the center line of the channel, lowered the flaps, the output power of the magic crystal burner was increased to the maximum, and the afterburner was turned on, and the two electric motors drove the 1.2-meter three-bladed propeller with a diameter far greater than the original version to make a "whirring" whistling sound, pushing the super seaplane that was larger than the original and began to accelerate. The passengers in the cabin had no experience in flying except for Qin Shouzhuo, and suddenly felt such a strong feeling of pushing their backs, and they were all very curious, stretching their necks and looking left and right at the porthole.

In the airship that stayed on the take-off and landing river, suddenly a small airship cut the anchor chain, started the magic force propulsion, slowly began to accelerate, quickly increased to a maximum speed of about 10 knots, and crashed towards Caterina who stopped in the middle of the river. Several middle-aged samurai dressed in unmarked samurai uniforms lifted the canvas from the cargo stack on the bow deck, revealing a small magic cannon.

The crowd of onlookers shouted angrily, "Despicable!" Qin Shouzhuo seemed to have no way out, on the control tower on the airship, the captain and several crew members showed their true faces, under the waterproof robe were ordinary samurai clothes, holding the railing with both hands, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of mockery:

"Damn heretics, how dare you go against His Highness Victor. ”

It seemed that everything was over, and there were bursts of exclamations from the onlookers on both sides of the strait, and the Elsa was desperately turning around, but it was obviously too late. In the middle of the river, Catalina's two huge electric motors with a single engine of more than 1,300 horsepower and a theoretical peak of 1,500 horsepower drove the rapidly rotating propellers, bringing surging power far beyond the imagination of the creatures of the Illis continent.

How long does it take for the fastest airship to accelerate from a standstill to 10 knots? No one seems to have done such calculations, but what about this strange ship built by United Industry?

Just five seconds.

The attacker opened fire, and a purple light streaked across the edge of the plane and fell into the river. The violent explosion set off a splash in the sky, and Qin Shouzhuo, who was sitting in Katarina, felt that the tail of the plane was hit by the current, and the hull below the waterline at the tail of the plane bulged inward, cracking a gap of dozens of centimeters, and a large amount of river water poured in.

Thankfully, there was plenty of safety redundancy during the design phase, and a few minor injuries didn't destroy Katerina's ability to fly. After evading the long-planned bombardment behind him with strong power, in just a few tens of seconds, he regained a stable sailing attitude and accelerated to a speed that was completely incomprehensible to people in this world. The bow of the ship was raised, the hull gradually lifted out of the water, the pontoons under the wings were retracted to form a wing knife, and Caterina began to climb smoothly. Soon, people could even see the hole in the bottom of Katarina's boat.

In the eyes of the people of the imperial capital, the huge seaplane crossed an arc with a radius of more than 1200, easily surpassing the countless large and small airships that took off before him, bypassing the imperial capital to the east, and then turning to the north, the altitude continued to climb, and soon surpassed the extent that the airships could reach, and disappeared into the clouds in the surprised eyes of half of the imperial capital, becoming another legend of Lawrence City.

Under the obstruction of the Holy See, Qin Shouzhuo set off under the eyes of the idlers of the small half of the imperial capital, leaving behind a group of stunned onlookers......

"She's like...... Didn't get into the duct ......"

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