At the end of 1915, it was supposed to snow in St. Petersburg, but it rained unexpectedly heavily.

The storm swept down from the dark clouds, like black blood droplets spread across the sky, the moon was obscured, and the city under the night sky became even more hazy.

The heavy rain carried the wet and cold water vapor, and the frozen people shivered, and the nearby mansions and villas were all covered with gray water curtains, as if standing in the thick fog.

Beichen's Northwest Front is pushing very quickly, and as the first country in the world to enter the industrial revolution, even now it does not have the confidence of a country to take on the world alone.

But the foundation is still there. The whole city lives in the shadow of a distant war, as if enduring a wound that will not heal for a long time.

These months have been full of rumors, conflicts, bombings and hunger in the city.

Murder, conflict and suspicion have corrupted the soul of the city, but even so, many people think that the war is still far away and that the storm will pass. If that's the case, the wait will be even harder.

Tesla was standing in a raincoat in the midst of the rainstorm, and the place where he stood was a narrow alleyway, but the eaves of the houses on both sides were not long, and all of them were not much shaded by him.

Soon, he heard the crisp sound of a horseshoe on the ground, and a carriage stopped at the end of the street.

Soon, the door of the carriage opened, and a woman in a raincoat stepped out of the carriage, and she trotted briskly towards Tesla, and slammed into Tesla's arms in three steps and two steps.

Tesla hugged her, and they hugged each other in the rain, but without saying a word, many words were already in their hands.

Under the raincoat was an old but very elegant face, although there were many wrinkles, but it was still clear from the bone that she should have been an elegant woman in the past.

In fact, it's not just that her temperament is elegant, a few months ago, she was the queen of a country for decades.

She is Naouda, Tesla's wife.

"You're not in good health, what are you doing running out in the rain?" Tesla whispered.

"I miss you so much." Naouda said.

Dane walked over from one side with a black umbrella in his hand to shield his mother from the wind and rain.

"Serbia." Nauda said with a choked throat.

"I know." Tesla said in a deep voice, "But we're all alive." ”

Nauda laughed to himself, "What's the use of us all alive?" In just a few months, more than 100,000 young people in Serbia died on the front line. Whose husband and whose son are these?

They believed in me, so they bravely went to the front and fought to defend the country.

As their king, I should have lived and died with them, and now I am alive here. ”

Tesla watched her quietly, "Do you grieve because you can no longer be the king of the kingdom, or do you grieve because of their sacrifice and the fall of the kingdom?" ”

"Naturally, it's the latter." Naouda said.

Tesla replied, "As long as you live, the kingdom will not fall, and most of the land will be occupied by the enemy."

The war has never ended, and their efforts have never been in vain, and what we did tonight was our counteroffensive.

And if you're dead, or you're taken prisoner, or you're forced to sign certain ordinances, that's the end of everything. ”

Nauda fell silent.

"Let's go to the carriage and let's go to the meeting point." Tesla Road.

Nauda nodded, and they got into the carriage together.

With the sound of the axles rattling, the carriage braved the wind and rain towards the end of the street.

"When I first heard the news that the kingdom had been completely occupied, my heart skipped half a beat." Tesla rejoiced, "It's good that you're all here." ”

"Mother originally wanted to stay there and live and die with the kingdom, but I forcibly took her away." Dane raised his eyebrows and said, "As soon as we left on the front foot, the Austro-Hungarian mecha troops attacked the royal capital. ”

"It's not something to boast about." Nawda said in a deep voice.

Dane lowered his eyes in disdain.

"The things of the past are judged by history, and now we only do what we think is right." Tesla whispered.

He opened the curtain of the carriage and looked out the window, this rainstorm has not stopped, the mecha is actually at a disadvantage in such an environment, because the engine is not good to heat up, and there will be some problems with the power system.

However, this is also true for the enemy.

The carriage soon came to the forest near St. Petersburg, where they stopped behind a hill, where there were already many people.

Tesla got out of the carriage and looked up at everything in the air, where many mechs were parked.

Dane also got out of the carriage, opened his umbrella, and walked with Tesla into the mecha forest.

There are about forty mechs here, thirty of which are from the Brotherhood, and a few that they already have.

These mechs are much taller than storm mechs, each of them is about six meters tall on average, almost two stories tall.

Tesla raised his head and gently stroked the mechs, not caring about the rust and water stains on them, just muttering softly.

"These are all prototypes?"

The middle-aged man also walked over from the side, "It should be, at least I haven't seen such a mecha in other countries." ”

The advent of mecha technology is also a matter of the past few decades.

All countries are in a state of exploration for mechas, so they will inevitably take some detours when designing mechas.

Either the cost is too high to mass-produce, or the construction is not good and it is easy to fall, or the kinetic energy required is too great to move.

Prototypes of these mecha will be scrapped and will not be mass-produced after it is confirmed that they will not work.

Some are destroyed and re-furnaceed, while others are collected as proof of the course of human history.

These mechs are supposed to be such prototype machines.

The most important feature of these prototype machines is that they resemble some real-life creatures, even mythical creatures.

Because many of the mecha made by Tesla at the beginning were bionic shapes.

For example, the mecha he is touching now is very human-like, with two arms and two legs, the arms are very long, the fists are about the size of the head, and the face is featureless, as if wearing a faceless mask.

"This is based on the Iron Golem." The middle-aged man said, "The inanimate giant of Hebrew legend made of clay, stone, and bronze, the legend has it that the giant was infused with magic and could move, but could not think." ”

Tesla nodded, and in addition to that, he saw a mech with a bull head, and the lower body was a shot similar to the anti-arch of the mech he had seen on Skye, which could have better bounce power.

"Although these mecha are all prototypes that have been eliminated, they are all mechs with combat power." The middle-aged man said, "It's just that the cost is too high and the practicality is not mass-produced." ”

Tesla nodded, but before he could react, Dane on one side couldn't wait to climb directly up the Iron Golem's feet.

Tesla yelled solemnly, "Dane, what do you do?" ”

"I have a level 6 mecha operation certificate." Dane said, "This battle can't be without me." ”

Dane's body was nimble, and he quickly reached the top, and he groped around for the entrance to the mech's control compartment.

After about a few tens of seconds, he seemed to have discovered something, and as he moved, the faceless mask of the mecha slowly cracked, opening wider and wider like an observation window.

The steam emitted from the joints of the machine condensed into a white mist under the cold wind of the night, and the engine of the mecha did not start, so the action at this moment was the air pressure accumulated when the engine was started before.

As the face opened, the control pod inside was revealed, and like the Storm Mecha, there were three.

A weapon operator, a driver, and an observer.

He sat directly in the driver's seat.

Tesla stood under the mecha and watched him.

"You're completely unfamiliar with this mecha, driving alone is tantamount to looking for death."

"Trust me, father." Dane said sincerely, "I am also a Serb, and I can't fight side by side with the soldiers who died fighting to defend the country, but please let me do something for the country." ”

"I didn't mean to stop you." Tesla turned his head to look at the middle-aged man, watching him gradually change into a mecha combat suit, "Do you want to go in person?" ”

"I'm a fighter." The middle-aged man said, "The most important thing in this operation is to keep it secret, so the fewer people who come, the more familiar the better." ”

"I see."

Tesla turned his head and glanced at Naouda, and years of tacit understanding made them understand what the other party meant at this glance.

Tesla looked up at Dane.

"Put your arms down and take us up, kid, I'll be the weapon operator."

Dane was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but say.

"Father, mother, it's dangerous."

"What, do you dislike us?" Nauda teased, looking up, "I was your father's airship observer when I was younger, and I'm not blind. ”

"We are family." Tesla said calmly, "Even if you die, you should die together." ”

"This battle is the key to the whole war situation." "King, you can't just stay behind your subjects. (End of chapter)