Steam carriages are currently the main land vehicle used throughout the Empire. Although the Imperial Army and Navy commandos had ordered more than 8,000 gas-powered vehicles from Dussand, the main service of these vehicles was always the military rather than the civilian sector.

Contrary to what Dussander had anticipated at first, the gas machine did not succeed in becoming the preferred mode of transportation for civilians due to its enormous potential and the need for fuel. However, there are many people who dislike that gas carts do not have the body of a horse that can be operated like "traditional horse-drawn carriages", and "it is difficult to judge the specific speed of horse-drawn carriages".

In order to promote civilian vehicles, Dussander thought of a lot of ways. At present, the best implementation is to "gift" officer cars to the army and navy headquarters in Newsal.

The total number of gifts is indeed not large, and the car factory has given away a total of sixty or seventy gas cars. Within a year of giving them away, nearly half of them were damaged due to improper operation and car accidents.

Dussander scolded several times for this - the group of Imperial soldiers drove in a shameless and shameless way.

However, the gas car used by officers quickly won the love of the vast majority of officers because it does not need to be warmed up, has a long cruising range and is highly comfortable.

When you have an urgent military task that needs to be dealt with immediately, no officer can tolerate the need to warm up at least two quarters of an hour in advance.

When they have the time, they'd rather run down the street – and if they're lucky, stop a public steam wagon on the road as a means of transportation.

In this "use scenario", a military sedan that can be started in just a few tens of seconds is very useful. Due to the relatively continuous power, the car is more supple to start and stop than a steam horse, which is flexibly attached by a belt.

It's convenient, fast and comfortable. Fools don't like military cars - not to mention that it doesn't cost money.

Today, there are only two types of cars that can be seen on the streets of Upper Albin, the truck cars ordered by the Navy or the Army, and the 37 cars that were specially built by the Dussander factory.

More luxurious sedan factories also make it, and Dussand's original design was intended to be a gift for Mr. Marquise, to bring his family and the other party into the relationship. Who knew that Mr. Marquis would not accept it at all, so he asked Dusart to auction off the car he built for charity, and then donated the money from the auction to the Interior Bureau.

As a result, Dussander spent the money to build the car, did not give a favor, and had to turn around and give Director Escobar a large sum of cash. Dussand's business is at a loss.

He left the car for his mother, but Androni didn't seem to like it too much, with its white body and gold iris paint.

Duchamp's sedan is also a little different, Dussand's very "sweet" stuffed a V12 engine into the engine compartment of his father's car, and it is also equipped with a full set of four-wheel drive system and disc brake discs.

In short, he arranged a very pompous "performance car" for his father. And the roar of the V12 engine has become Duchamp's most obvious personal signature now.

Soon, Dussander began to curse in the depths of his heart for his stupidity. Why give your dad a really fast car? Seat belts have not yet been made, the steel structure of the body is not made of high-hardness special steel, and the airbags are not ......

On top of that, Dussand's own steam carriage couldn't keep up with the four-wheel-drive performance limousine, and even though the steam carriage was already moving at full speed, the vehicle with the Newsar Garrison Navy Command logo was rapidly shrinking and was about to be lost.

Fortunately, he had already roughly seen the location where his father was going to drive wildly.

Off the coast of Upper Albin, there were several gray-and-white warships floating.

It was clear that my father's driver almost stepped on the accelerator in the tank, and it was for these battleships. But...... Why did an Imperial Navy warship fall into the sea?

The Imperial Navy's warships generally do not appear in the ocean, which is a somewhat strange fact - if the Imperial Navy's warships appear in the ocean, it usually means that there is a serious problem with the battleship.

Of course, as the "ships" of the "navy", these giant destroyers, with a total weight of more than 12,000 tons, do have enough buoyancy reserves themselves to maintain their afloat, and as part of tradition, these giant ships are equipped with propellers and oars that can propel themselves forward and turn in the water.

But the presence of an Imperial Navy warship in the water often means that the ship may have suffered an extremely serious blow - it cannot continue to operate normally in space, and the problem is so serious that the ship cannot land on a civilian interstellar landing field or a military landing field.

An emergency landing in the water often causes serious damage and impact to the hull, and sometimes if the operator or captain of the tinder room is too "reckless", the completely intact naval ship that has landed on the water body may even sink on the spot.

The first rule of the Imperial Navy Code (if there is such a thing) is never to flout the sea.

Therefore, the emergency landing of a destroyer of the Newsar Garrison Navy on the surface of the sea is definitely a major event that will make the entire garrison naval command nervous. But seven destroyers made an emergency landing on the water together? My lord, this is not right.

Dussaint decided to follow along, this time it was certainly not easy, and it is likely that Duchamp had already anticipated it. Of course, this did not affect Dussand's follow, after all, the place he originally planned to go was the internal affairs situation.

Escobar's fellow was crying poor again, and he was going to convince Dussander to add an extra shilling to every average student's lunch.

One shilling! That's 12 pence, enough to buy a whole two pounds of white bread!

Dussander was indignant at Escobar's suggestion. He earned only 480 pence for a week's hard work, or two gold pounds.

If you add 1 shilling to the budget for a nutritious lunch for each average student, that would mean 84 pence per student per week. In Albin alone, there are now more than 4,000 students on nutritious lunches – an extra 1,400 gold pounds a week.

Dussaint decided to completely ignore Escobar's advice and simply not to quarrel with him today. Anyway, he had a good reason - I saw seven Imperial destroyers make an emergency landing off the coast of Upper Arbin, and I'm sure I'm going to check it out, right?

Satisfied, Dusander appeared on the beach, he had already seen the "V12 four-wheel drive limousine" he gave his father drive directly into the beach, and his father stood on the beach with his hands on his chest and stared at the figure in the distance.

Thankfully, all seven Imperial destroyers look intact. They raised a low chimney from the center of the hull, and the black smoke spewed out was reminding onlookers that their boiler had been lit and was ready to sail.

"What's going on?" Trekking across the beach, Dusand walked behind Duchamp, who frowned and looked at the ocean in the distance, then asked with wide eyes, "What are those things floating around?" A boat's ...... Wreckage? ”

"The pirate battle plan you proposed earlier came in handy for the first time today." Duchamp turned his head to look at his son, and said with some relief and some embarrassment, "It's just that there was a slight problem during the execution, and one of the boats did not jump back according to the scheduled plan." ”

This battle plan violated almost all the explicit rules when it came to the jump of Imperial ships, but it worked surprisingly well.

At least Dushamp does not remember the history of the warring between the Empire and the Alliance, the capture of an enemy combat ship in space.

If the lads of the destroyer fleet could drag two Confederate intelligence officers out of those wreckage, and dig some news out of the mouth of the Alliance intelligence officers...... Dussand's exploits deserve at least a fourth-class Imperial Order of Distinguished Service.

Duchamp hoped in his heart that his good boys would dig up something good, and be able to exchange a badge for his son, so that he could understand whether he should talk about the intelligence of the fleet's combat readiness level to the red level.

"Your Excellency, Commander." An hour later, the captain, drenched from top to bottom, arrived on the shore in a small steamboat. He jumped directly into the water, carrying the water that could reach his thighs, and walked quickly in front of Duchamp. He stood up and saluted, and then reported in a loud voice, "All seven cabins have been examined, and the bodies of thirty-seven Confederate soldiers have been found, of whom seventeen have died of suffocation and drowning, and twenty have committed suicide. No live mouths were found. ”

Duchamp returned the salute to the captain, "Collect the corpses of the enemy, and you can return to the team." ”

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The Confederates are the most dangerous enemies in the universe, and this is not only reflected in their sharp offensive planning and impressive "big ship and big gun" doctrine. It was also reflected in the Confederate soldiers' attitude towards death.

Confederacy prisoners of war were extremely difficult to capture, and after deciding that they were no longer worth fighting, Confederate soldiers would not hesitate to end their lives.

In contrast, the officers of the Alliance will cherish their own lives and those of their soldiers more. After determining that their troops had no hope of breaking through, some of the Confederate officers would happily decide to surrender - and those soldiers would not hesitate to follow the order and lay down their weapons.

The high level of discipline is also one of the reasons for the danger of the Confederate soldiers. Even if the Confederate soldiers knew that the fate of being captured by the Imperials would be to die of labor in the mines, they would happily obey the surrender order.

Such an enemy is the most terrible. If given a choice, the Imperial soldiers would be more willing to face a Popping Bear with a knife in their hands, rather than fighting the allies in full gear.

Like large-caliber artillery, he is not afraid of death at all and resolutely obeys all orders of the officer...... Is there a more terrible enemy than this?

The Empire has been able to fight the Allies for more than 400 years without falling behind, thanks to a stronger love of large-caliber artillery than the Allies, a greater contempt for death, and a more determined obedience to the orders of officers.

The two sides are fighting, in fact, it is a breath, a mouthful of "how can I lose to you" momentum.

The soldiers of the Empire could not tolerate the unscrupulousness of the rebel Salvador's descendants in front of the Empire, and the successors of El Salvador were determined to fulfill the unfinished business of their predecessors. Although the goals of the two sides are different, the means are completely identical.

Kill your enemies and you'll win.