Joan of Arc searches the telescope for the gun holder.

"It looks like it's not damaged at all." Tesla muttered, "This thing's pressure resistance should be very good." ”

The first mate snorted, "Just blow it up, it's not so waterproof." ”

The driver also slowly grinned, "Blow up its legs, then it will be a crab with a broken head and feet." ”

There was a burst of laughter from the bridge, but Joan of Arc's face was solemn, because the mech was already very close to the institute.

The top of the mech had completely surfaced, and she saw the cannon on the back of the submarine mech, and someone had climbed out of the bilge to dismantle the waterproofing device.

Joan of Arc also saw the cannon, "Raise it higher, driver." Cannonball ready! ”

The Leviathan had already flown above the enemy, and Tesla could even feel the vibration of the mech's high-powered mechanical engine. The waterproof plug on the chimney has been removed, which is a relatively backward design, at least his Zeus ship does not have such trouble.

However, there was still some glittering on the water between the shore and the mech, and Joan of Arc held up her binoculars to get a good look.

What looked like a small fleet, each barely a few meters long, with metal hulls, was rushing towards the German mechs, the waves of which shook the antennas on the decks of the ships.

"What are those?"

"Radio-controlled small ship-type torpedoes." Tesla said, "I designed it because it was cheap to build and it was fast to build, and it was cost-effective, and I studied this thing since the country lost its ability to deal with warships." ”

The first ship vanished beneath the mech, a flash of light gliding across the water, splashing everywhere, but the ship didn't seem to be harmed or slowed down.

Tesla frowned slightly.

"Looks like you didn't have a dynamite to match the right explosives." Raman said.

"I'm not a chemist." Tesla replied.

He frowned slightly, "There is something wrong with the armor of this ship, and the technology of Jinde is progressing a little too fast. ”

"It's just not enough." Joan of Arc said, "First mate, demonstrate to Mr. Tesla the right way to do it." Starboard engine half speed. Bomb bay, get ready to drop bombs! ”

Tesla leaned closer to the window and leaned down to see what was going on below, when the airship shook again.

As soon as the left front leg of the underwater mech stepped over the shore, the cannonball landed in the shallow water between the right front leg and the right hind leg of the mech, and the dark sand pillar rushed into the sky and scattered in the silver moonlight.

Tesla's boat was flipped to the side and blown into pieces and floated on the coast, the German mech was pushed away by the shock wave and almost flipped over, the mecha stopped, but the right leg was already useless.

The legs of a multi-legged mech like this are generally weak points.

Moments later, the shockwave returned to the Leviathan, and the airship shook violently, and the windows of the bridge were rattled like teacups.

Joan of Arc stared at the mech, which still wanted to move, but was missing a leg and was obviously moving a lot slower.

This is the overwhelming power of airships in this era, and airships are the absolute masters before the artillery range is far from being able to shoot down airships.

In this world, there is only one person who controls the technology of shooting down airships, and that is Tesla's Tesla Cannon, but this technology is not yet widespread.

But after popularization, airships may directly become chicken ribs.

The reason why it has not become popular, and the reason for the huge amount of energy required to release a Tesla cannon.

"Please convey my appreciation to the bomb bay." "But the mech's appearance is still intact. ”

The warships below seemed to be unable to stand up to Levitan's repeated bombardment of him, and began to fire at them, shell after shell passing the side of the airboat, but in the night sky, it was still an air target, and it was difficult to hit it.

"Sir!" The navigator shouted, "There are still a few splashes there!" ”

The officers crowded in front of the window, and Joan of Arc stepped forward, several metal objects gradually rising to the shore.

"Is it a frigate?" The captain shook his head, "Where was it hidden?" ”

"They should have shut down when we attacked." Tesla said, "When we catch up with the big guy, we'll turn it on again." Or hide behind the big mecha and hide your traces with the splash of the big mecha. ”

The frigates had already landed, and they sped through the trees and headed straight for the institute a few hundred meters away.

Suddenly, a flash of light suddenly burst out from the deck of the mecha, cutting through the dark sky, and the research institute in the distance directly splattered countless rubble, and the frigate opened fire.

A few mechs poured out of the inside of the research institute to attack the ships with their Gatlings, but apparently, these mechs were too small.

Gatling simply couldn't break through the steel armor and could only delay for some time.

"Should we help?" Rahman asked.

Joan of Arc looked at all this with a solemn face, "It's too close, the shells of the airship will affect the research institute, and if the weapons inside are detonated, who knows what will happen." ”

She looked at Tesla, "I remember, you left a Zeus ship here, didn't you?" ”

"The Zeus ship is now in the Black Sea, ready to cooperate with Beichen's army to recover Serbian land." Tesla said with an ugly face.

Joan of Arc frowned slightly, "Why did you send the warship over at this time?" ”

"Because of the Verdun battlefield, the troops in the Central Asian direction were mobilized to the west, so this is our best chance to retake Serbia." Tesla said.

Joan of Arc's brow furrowed even deeper, "The battlefield of Verdun was already in a stalemate a month ago because of that explosion. ”

Tesla seemed to realize something, "You mean." ”

Joan of Arc turned her head to look down, "The enemy didn't come unprepared, but thoughtful. ”

"What are we going to do now?" Raman couldn't help but say, "Just do it?" Let them take this institute? ”

"In addition to the bombing function, the airship is to put troops, can you expect the fighters on the airship to deal with the warship?" Joan of Arc said.

Raman gritted his teeth and looked at Tesla, "What about the country's military?" Do you dare to fight Beichen, don't you dare to defend this weapon? ”

"The country has only been around for a few months." "The military movement across the country is not so smooth, and they still need to liquidate the old forces, and it is not easy to arrange such a study," Tesla said. ”

Rahman came back to his senses, and he looked at the captain, "Bomb directly!" No matter what, we must not let them succeed! ”

"With the power described in this weapon, if you detonate it, all of us here will die." Joan of Arc said.

Tesla was silent on one side, he was a participant in this weapon, so he actually knew that such a weapon would not actually explode due to external forces.

When attacked, the weapon will only destroy the whole, causing the chain reaction to terminate prematurely, or blow up to a critical mass, but will not explode.

But he didn't say that because there were still many of his colleagues in the Institute, he couldn't let these people bomb them.

His brain was running at high speed, looking for a solution.

However, Joan of Arc also noticed the electric light shining in the distance.

"What's that? Is it the weapon? Joan of Arc asked.

Tesla stared at the electric light in the distance, and the more he looked at it, the deeper his brow wrinkled, and for some reason, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt about this technology.

"That seems to be. Tesla cannon? ”

"The kind of weapon that was used in St. Petersburg?"

Tesla nodded.

"Isn't that the weapon on the Zeus?"

Tesla's eyes also had some doubts.

Soon, however, the telegraph interpreter on one side seemed to have noticed something, and turned his head and shouted.

"There is an unknown radio signal on the public channel."

"Is it German?" Joan of Arc asked.

"I don't know."

Joan of Arc thought for a moment and said, "Take the signal." ”

"Yes."

The communicator kept operating on the machine in front of him, and soon, with the sound of sizzling, a familiar female voice came from the channel, which was in Chinese.

"Is it the Leviathan?"

Reilly, the representative from Britannia, stepped forward slowly and replied, "Yes." ”

Because of the country's history, Britannia has always been a bilingual country, especially in the west, where Chinese is spoken by the majority, and Reilly is a native of the west.

"Are you Foreign Minister Russell?"

Russell is the name of the representative of Beichen just now.

And Tesla, who had been looking at the electric light not far away, finally saw the appearance of the thing clearly, it was an empty boat, the airbag and the empty boat seemed to be treated with some special insulating material, and even the people inside the empty boat were wearing special insulated uniforms.

And at the front of the airboat is a very familiar device of a Tesla cannon.

That's Beichen's airship, Qinglong.

"Looks like we're here just in time." Russell teased.

Reilly was silent for a moment, "Why are you helping us?" ”

"A friend of mine once said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and although my country has not concluded any alliance treaty with you, it is estimated that there will be no need to conclude it in the future.

But apparently, now our goals are aligned.

At the very least, we want to end this war quickly. ”

Russell's words were very calm, "If I am you, I will quickly control the airship and retreat a certain distance, otherwise I can't guarantee whether it will affect you." ”

Joan of Arc looked at Tesla.

Tesla also nodded, "Thunder and lightning are the most violent force in the world, and even I can't control it absolutely." ”

"The engine is reversing at half speed!" Joan of Arc gave the order.

The airship slowed down gradually, and the moment it began to retreat, they felt a slight vibration. The pitch-black water re-entered their view, and the submarine and the institute were getting farther and farther away from them.

"Should we do something?" Rahman asked.

"Doing nothing is the best option." Tesla said.

His gaze was fixed on the electric light in the distance, and suddenly, he said.

"Here we are."

Joan of Arc and Rahman came back to their senses, and the glow of the Tesla cannon illuminated its massive body. The chimney at the tail end is still smoking, and the energy is constantly feeding into the capacitance, and the air is free of charge.

And at this time, Russell's voice continued.

"There is an old saying in Beichen, which is called to give it a peach and repay it with a plum. We have always believed that good is rewarded.

Not long ago, I went to the Great Egyptian Empire, and they were willing to help their fellow Arabs free themselves from colonization and from the oppression and plunder of the colonizers.

I think we should help them too."

Reilly was silent, most of Arabia had been unified by the Great Egyptian Empire, leaving only Morocco and Yemen, which Ramses II had agreed with Arthur.

It was an important gateway to the Mediterranean, and if you held those two places, the whole of Europe and even most of North Africa were under your control.

The reason why Germany wanted to start a war also had something to do with these two places.

Nominally, it was a British colony, but in the real sense it was Britannia's sphere of influence, and they could cut off Beichen's sea route to the Mediterranean whenever they wanted.

When Beichen stopped the Russian army, he sent many fleets to the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.

But now that Tsarist Russia has withdrawn from the war, and the warships are still docked there, it is conceivable what the purpose is.

Their aim was not to occupy Yemen, because it was useless to occupy Yemen alone, the Suez Canal was still in the hands of the Great Egyptian Empire, and the Mediterranean route was still under control.

And Beichen had no intention of going to war with the Egyptian Empire during this time.

With this special position, once a war starts, Beichen may have to be the enemy of the world.

Therefore, their real purpose is to return this route to the hands of the Great Egyptian Empire, a third party that does not have any conflict with Beichen.

The Great Egyptian Empire was a sovereign state, and as long as it was a rational ruler, it would not favor either side.

Because Europe, Tsarist Russia, Beichen, and Britannia were all affected by the canal.

Once you lean towards one side, you will be suppressed by the other three.

But it is also because of the mutual checks and balances of these parties that the Great Egyptian Empire will maintain a certain stability.

There were so many things involved, and Reilly could only be silent.

Russell's chuckle was faintly heard in the communication channel.

After a few moments, her voice continued.

"Then, gentlemen, please listen to the dragon's chant"

As her words fell, there was a loud sound in their ears like the heavens and the earth cracking.

"Boom !!"

It is due to the sudden heat of the air that expands violently and rushes in all directions at extremely high speeds, resulting in a shock wave, which is the principle of thunder.

This means that the power of the Tesla cannon is greater than that of the Tesla Zeus.

With this loud bang, the heavens and the earth trembled, accompanied by the dazzling thunder.

The German frigates were standing on the wreckage of those mechs, the legs of which had been torn off, and there were many flexible robotic arms on the frigates.

They seemed to be performing a triumphant dance, their legs trembling and their bodies shaking.

They saw the electric light enveloping the mech, and looked up.

Even the Leviathan, far away from them, was glowing, like clouds illuminated by the setting sun, the engines had stopped, all the electrical equipment was overloaded—and the airships were affected.

Can hydrogen be ignited? Joan of Arc's mind felt this concern, and she clung to the window.

In her vision, another thing appeared in the distance, a huge body staggering forward, four times the size of the previous mech, four times the size of the front frigate, tattered flags flying from the mast on the deck.

The speed of the mecha is slow, and its two right legs have been scrapped by the bombing just now, and it can only be supported by a mechanical arm, like a dying beast.

Joan of Arc wondered how the electric spark from the Tesla cannon hadn't wrapped around the mech, and the mecha leaned against the barbed wire outside the institute, and the circuit was connected.

A bolt of lightning rose from the Tesla cannon above, grabbing the mecha's mechanical arm, and the arc followed, the reorganized energy urgently needed an outlet, and in the blink of an eye, five electric lights stared at the huge underwater mecha.

The mecha shook for a while, several mechanical legs trembled wildly, and the electric light passed through the metal surface, and with a roar, the electric light ignited the trees around the mecha, and even the sand and soil were melted.

The mech shook violently, the ammunition depot was set on fire, and a huge ball of fire erupted from the cabin, the flames rushed out of the chimney, the fuel tank also burned, and the engine nozzle billowed smoke.

The explosion finally ended, and Tesla and the others were still buzzing in their ears, but the shaking under their feet seemed to have disappeared. Except for a few groans, the control room behind him was dark and quiet, and the Tesla Cannon released all the energy on the underwater mech below, saving the Leviathan.

Joan of Arc was half-kneeling on the ground, and she had just been electrocuted.

"Is this the power of the Tesla Cannon?" Joan of Arc murmured.

"They should have improved some of the technology." Tesla exhaled a turbid breath of air, "Beichen. It's really amazing. ”

Reilly watched in silence.

Now Beichen's Tesla cannon is helping them.

However, this is also a caveat......

"It's not time for us to think about Tesla cannons." "We have to make a decision," said Raman, "for Germany already knows what is going on here, and will even use the spies within West Francis to stop us." ”

Raman looked at Joan of Arc, "The only way not to make a fuss is to get this weapon from here, stop it without landing, and throw it directly at its destination."

You're going to have to make a decision, chief. ”

He looked down at the mechs that had been torn apart by the submarines, the blood of the pilots inside the mechs flowed from the mechs, and some researchers in white coats were killed in the research institute that had been bombarded by artillery fire on one side.

"Just now, hundreds more people died before our eyes."

Joan of Arc took a deep breath and fell silent.

(End of chapter)