Chapter 374: That's Me Too
Today's warships are not particularly advanced, and all artillery is operated by people alone.
And the main control room is obviously not likely to have any self-destruct mode, this kind of thing only exists in film and television works.
The role of the main control room will only be to control the movement of the warship.
Tesla thought for a while, "Then can you control the warship to crash out of the anti-submarine net?" ”
Submarines were not uncommon in this era, first seen in the navy of Beichen, and later in European countries such as Britannia.
Such an underwater ship with a torpedo is a nightmare for a warship.
This is how the Pacific Fleet of Tsarist Russia was destroyed.
So people came up with a solution, which is the anti-submarine net, which is laid vertically in the water to prevent the submarine from passing through the network of obstacles.
It works the same way as a fishing net, but it protects submarines and torpedoes.
There are usually such nets near the port, and they are even covered with various underwater explosives.
Zeus was nearby, but it couldn't get close, which is why someone else was needed to deal with the cruiser.
"I'm not going to control a warship." "But I think if the warships move, they'll find out right away."
I must have been brought under control before the warship reached the anti-submarine net. ”
The man's voice was silent for a moment, as if someone was passing by, and Tesla could hear his heavy breathing, and the horror deep in that breath.
"I have a plan." After a few moments, the man's voice finally came out.
"The control room is pushed open and there is an anti-aircraft gun, and there is no one there.
I've destroyed the communications system in the main control room, if I control that anti-aircraft gun to fire at the Zeppelin.
They will definitely send a radio question, and if they don't receive a reply, they will think that the warship has been occupied.
In order to prevent warships from continuing to attack it......"
There was a heavy, cannonball slicing through the chamber of the communicator, similar to the mech they had controlled.
Tesla looked up at the warship in the distance.
The anti-aircraft guns on one side of the control room were slowly turning their muzzles to aim at the airboats above.
After a brief silence.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
There was a loud bang in the distance and within the communication system, and a torrent of fire poured into the air, and sparks lit up the night sky.
The airboat apparently did not expect that the cruiser would defect and was directly taken by surprise.
The airship scrambled to lift, but even then there were still some places that were hit, sputtering Mars.
A few pieces of wood fell into the sea.
Visibility in the night sky was low, and it was almost impossible to shoot down empty boats.
However, the Nightingale's purpose was not to shoot down the empty boat.
The airboat was grounded in the air and appeared to be sending a wireless telegram to the warship to confirm the situation, but apparently, the warship was unable to respond.
The Zeppelin airship seemed to have made a decision, and slowly flew over the warship.
But the next moment, another round of shelling from the warship below opened fire on the airboat.
However, at this moment, the airship flew very high, so there was no obvious damage.
The next moment, the searchlight on the airship hit the warship.
However, the searchlight of this era is not very powerful, and you can't see anything at this height, this light is used to lock on to the target of attack......
Tesla's face changed, and he shouted at the person on the other end of the intercom.
"Get out of there!"
"I might, I can't leave." A voice came over the intercom.
"They've found me, I'm hiding in the control room right now, they're kicking in the door."
Tesla was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I don't know your name yet?" ”
"Vitaly Makarechev, seventeen years old."
Tesla secretly remembered the name, "I remember the name, do you have anything else to say?" For example, what was left for your parents. ”
There was a crashing sound on the intercom, and it looked like someone was slamming on the door outside.
Soon, the young man's voice came.
"Our family is a farmer, and we used to have our own fields.
However, a few years ago, there was really no way to subsidize the livelihood of farming, so he had to sell his land and become a hired farmer of the big landlords.
I did the same and more tiring work as before, receiving a meager, but barely able to survive wage.
I used to have an older brother, but he died of illness a few years ago because there was no money for treatment.
Later, my father and mother both died, exhausted.
I thought this would be my life for the rest of my life, until I met my mentor.
He told me about the world we would create in the future.
In that world, everyone is free to choose what they want to do, to make money, to have fun, or to do something like you.
No one can enjoy the right to surpass others, or even the right to kill others, by virtue of strong force or the strength of others.
All people are equal......
That kind of world is so beautiful, wonderful...... It's not like it's real......
Mr. Tesla, you read a lot, I believe you.
Do you think that kind of world will really happen? ”
"Yes." Tesla didn't hesitate to say, "One day it will." ”
"That's good...... That'......" The man let out a long sigh of relief, his tone full of comfort.
"I don't have any family, so I don't have anything to say to my family.
However, my mentor has a writer friend who once gave me a book with a sentence in it that I really liked, so I'll give it to you at the end......"
He pondered for a moment and said slowly.
"But the sun, all the time, is the setting sun and the rising sun.
When it went down the hill and took in the desolation, it was the time when it burned on the other side and walked up to the top of the mountain to spread the blazing sunrise.
On that day, I will also walk quietly down the mountain.
One day, in a mountain depression somewhere, a cheerful child will inevitably run up.
Of course, that's not me.
But...... That's ...... me."
Tesla's eyes were a little distracted, and he seemed to be able to hear the smile on the face of death as the boy under the age of eighteen sat quietly by the wall.
The zeppelin in the sky finally lost patience and confirmed that the warship had lost control.
The magazine at the end of its tail slowly opened, and countless shells poured from the sky and smashed into the warship like eggs it layed.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The cannonballs filled with explosives smashed on the warship, bursting out countless flames wrapped in scorching heat, and the people above the warship were directly carbonized in that instant.
The powerful impact destroyed everything on the warship, the fuel and ammunition tanks were ignited, explosions rang out, and billowing smoke rose into the sky, gradually blackening half of the sky.
The scorching heat spread in all directions, even hitting Tesla on the edge of the house.
The warship was not sunk, but it was already completely incapacitated.
Tesla looked at everything in front of him in distraction.
I don't know how long later, at the end of the horizon, a red glow appeared where the sky and water met. The range of the red glow slowly expanded, and the fog gradually thinned.
Then, the dazzling morning light tore through the darkness, fog and confusion, and strongly illuminated every wave of the lower body, illuminating all the corners.
The darkness dissipated and dawn rose.
However, there are others who fall forever on the eve of dawn (end of this chapter)