6. Night of the Long Knife (2)
The guards stood between Richelieu and the mysterious woman, shielding the prime minister as they locked onto the woman with weapons ranging from testicular daggers and pocket wands to wooden-handled grenades. The above movements are done in the second moment of breathing.
A coup d'Γ©tat, an assassination, a riot, a mysterious woman who appeared out of thin air β no one can make a positive association when the above elements come together, and if it weren't for the Prime Minister's "don't do it" look in advance, all sorts of guys would have been hailed.
"60 points. β
The slutty woman smiled.
"The physical fitness score is good, and the obedience to orders is thorough. It's just that it's not good to observe the surroundings, and it's too obedient, so on our side, no matter who the other party is, whether there is an order from above or not, the guy who enters the warning range without permission will be shot. Guys who don't react correctly will be dragged out to shoot targets. β
The guards didn't react, and it didn't seem like they had heard harsh comments at all. The woman didn't care about this, and continued to speak generously.
"I'm just in charge of delivering a message, not here to kill people. 'Never hunt anything other than the target, but I' caterpillar is the iron order. β
"I've heard the flower mantis mention it. β
Roland took the words casually, and his body continued to tense when he entered a state of imminent battle.
"In Arachnid, there is a killer known for her adaptability, who can go about her daily life while being watched by her enemies, and who is as resilient as a 'Caterpillar'. β
When it comes to caterpillars, the average person's first impression is mostly "weak", but this is not the case.
For hundreds of millions of years, the original form of insects before evolution, that is, the original form of arthropods, has been retained, and at the same time, it is also the complete body of survival strategy. It is different from an adult worm that carries complex equipment and can only exert its abilities under certain conditions. The simple structure has the ability to survive in any environment.
Because it is simple, it is weak, and because it is weak, it is strong.
That's the caterpillar. Extremely dangerous insects in some ways.
"That guy still has such a big mouth, what else did he say?"
β...... He also mentioned that someone always coldly bursts out 'I'm in heat,' I really want to fit together, 'I can't do it if I don't come?' and 'let my big sister teach you how to be a man.' strange words, violating subordinates with power and physical strength, and being a who specializes in controlling the pseudo-Niang Zhengtai. β
For a moment, all the audience, including the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, showed strange expressions.
Of course, they are not innocent good men and women. But even they listened stupidly.
Even if there are sayings such as "heroes are lustful", "men must be as long as they talk normally", and "men and women can hold the man who is in charge of their own affairs", but when it comes to "specific numbers", "orientation", and "fetishes", everyone will still subconsciously avoid it. What's more, the person concerned is still a woman......
Before they could recover from the rapid impact, shrill laughter filled the passageway.
"It's a masterpiece! It's amazing! What a brilliant summary, it's just perfect!"
The caterpillar smiled and leaned back, a trance-like expression on its face.
"Ahh Do you admire that mournful face? Or tie him to the bed, put on black stockings, trample on it, ravage it, and hold it between your toes? It would be nice to watch him cry bitterly with glycerin, and shake his ponytail around. Ahh......h
This time, Roland couldn't listen to it anyway. That's really ...... It's too perverted, even if I've seen Li Lin's kind of shaking S. He had never seen such a brazen person. Doing such shameless things to young boys, and speaking out in public, caused several men to tighten their legs......
"If you can't talk properly, I think the meeting can be over. β
"Don't be so boring, young master. My fetish is a bit special, but not to the point where I need to be criticized. Anyway, everyone will do it in the end. It's just that the process and orientation to reach the high point are not quite the same. β
After a pause, the caterpillar stroked his hair and said:
"His Excellency Archon's message to Roland Dalke is as follows: 'It is a good idea to hide important things in an inconspicuous place such as the Academy, just be careful to see if your opponent is eyeliner in places that could easily become blind spots. Otherwise, it will be a losing move. Your classmates and supplies will be kept here first, and if you can break through the obstacles you have set, it doesn't matter if you can return them to you. β
"Take children hostage. Is that what adults are supposed to do?"
"It's not a hostage, it's a prize. β
Looking at the teenager who suppressed his feelings and tried to keep his composure, the caterpillar continued to repeat.
"'Recently I have tried to enrich my life with full consideration of efficiency and economy, and as a first step in my attempt, I have tried to become a gorem maid. As a performance test, but also a small test for you, try your best to break through the prototype Gorem Maid T801 Terminator Roberta. β
As the caterpillar speaks, the projection device set up in the corner of the wall lights up, and images appear in the air.
On the street at the main entrance of the Supreme Court, a dazzling white pillar of light appeared on the dark street, and a bright light quickly approached the hastily set up barricades.
The soldiers defending the main entrance immediately raised their single-shot breech-loading rifles, the grenadiers pulled out the grenades with wooden handles, and after two successive warnings from the commander, the opponents still rushed straight ahead. Without any hesitation, the captain who led the team swung his saber, and the torrential rain of bullets fell on the pillar of light, and later the fireball from the grenade explosion engulfed the bright light.
You really deserve itβ
Richelieu's guards laughed and cursed, and after a few seconds, their eyes widened.
In the blazing firelight, the cottage Harley Fat Boy motorcycle drove out safely, crossed a beautiful arc and stopped steadily 50 meters away from the barricade. The driver was dressed in a long black dress, black leather shoes, white stockings, hairpins, bibs, long neatly trimmed hair like a doll, and slender eyes hidden behind round-rimmed glasses.
The standard maid dress, if it is not a very hot debut, no one will pay attention.
Just as the soldiers looked at each other, the maid removed "something" from the back rack of the motorcycle. After seeing the object in the maid's hand, a cold sweat welled up on Roland's forehead.
The cannon-like long barrel, the caliber of 12.7mm or more, and the huge body of the gun - it is easy to recall the fierce weapons such as anti-materiel rifles. However, the weapon also had some distinctly anomalous features, such as a multi-knotted line on the barrel that resembled a centipede's foot, with a conical shape that reduced the thickness of the barrel in the direction of the muzzle. A knapsack fuel tank that connects the line.
"Stop! ββ! in the city with that kind of thing."
Before the words fell, the tragedy had already happened.
(Operation: Evaporation Order; Target: Roland Dalk; Content: Finish of Kill; Notes: Eliminate all obstacles except allies;)
The bullets clanged against her body, and after confirming the instructions and permissions, the maid of Gorem labeled the stunned and frightened faces in her vision as "excluded objects".
"Remove the obstacles. β
There was no aiming, just a rough aim of the barrel at the barricade and the trigger.
The soldiers instinctively flinched, and the rigorous training of long-term and almost actual combat made them immediately make a movement to lower their bodies, and those who were not on the firing axis continued to reload and shoot.
As long as you miss, it's not a big deal.
The soldiers, who knew this, were undaunted.
Reality betrayed them mercilessly.
The 20mm diameter aluminum projectile flies in the air at a speed of Mach 30 per hour, or 10 kilometers per second. Speed itself is an extremely terrifying weapon.
A red straight line of light appeared in the air, and it was not a light weapon, nor the flame of a rocket engine, but the warhead rubbing against the air. In the eyes, it is not so much a cannonball as a laser beam. Needless to say, being hit head-on by it, the by-products of high-speed flight, the shock wave and pop, are equally lethal. When a supersonic aircraft flies above Mach 1, the shock wave is enough to shatter glass 5,000 meters away. The shock wave generated by the hypersonic flight of Mach 30 directly tore everything within 2 meters of the shooting axis - the human body, cloth, iron blocks, the ground - to shreds, and the internal organs and periosteum of people within a radius of 4 meters of the shooting axis were shattered. The bleeding corpses were tossed high by the storm, leaving shallow pits like claw marks on the ground.
It depicts a miserable image like a hell of a nose. The aluminium bullet hit the exterior wall of the vestibule of the High Court, and the frictional heat generated by the friction with the air and the impact on the wall instantly melted the aluminium bullet. The molten aluminum and bricks are propelled by kinetic energy into a searing jet of high-speed flight, and the hydrothermal fluid that splatters radially continues to melt everything it touches as it moves on. The result is a large funnel-shaped hole, and the reddish hole is constantly releasing hot gas.
"Multi-stage accelerated gas cone gun ......"
In the dead corridor, Roland's ** is echoing.
Multi-stage accelerated gas cone gun. Its concept can be understood in two parts: "multi-stage gas acceleration" and "conical gun". Both are the few new conceptual weapons in the apocalyptic technology of Nazi Germany.
Multi-stage acceleration is not a new concept, some people proposed concepts before World War II, like electromagnetic guns - railguns and coil guns essentially belong to the category of multi-stage acceleration. In World War II, in order to bombard London, the Germans not only manufactured the K12 train gun, V1 cruise missile, V2 ballistic missile, but also developed the V3 gun. This is a multi-stage artillery. On both sides of the main barrel there are a lot of transverse and straight short tubes. When firing, the main propellant is ignited first, and then the gunpowder in the first transverse tube is ignited as soon as the shell flies over the first transverse tube, and the other transverse tubes are also ignited in turn as the cannonball flies over. Through step-by-step acceleration, the initial velocity is finally high enough to achieve long-range attacks. Theoretically, it is possible to achieve an initial velocity of 1800 m/s for an 83-kilogram shell leaving the muzzle, and a maximum range of up to 300 km. In practical service, its maximum firing range is about 150 km.
As for the conical gun or chambered gun, as the name suggests, it is a "cone" shaped artillery. The barrel of this gun consisted of two parts, the second half was an ordinary equal-caliber barrel, and the first half was a smoothbore conical barrel. The core of the projectile is an elongated tungsten carbide cylinder surrounded by a "weak belt" or "skirt" made of soft metal. When fired, the cartridge belt seals the gunpowder gas, as the projectile moves forward, the bore diameter gradually decreases, and the cartridge belt is gradually squeezed by the bore tube and becomes thinner, when the projectile is discharged, the cartridge belt has become a thin shell, most of which is ground up and gathered into a ball, attached to the back of the tungsten carbide core. The speed of such a projectile is high, and the kinetic energy of armor-piercing increases. At the same time, the accuracy is improved. The hardness of tungsten carbide is very large, so the armor-piercing ability of the projectile fired by the "conical gun" is greatly improved.
Both of the above have problems of one kind or another, and they have not shone as much as the designers imagined in the history of another world, but after Li Lin's hands, the two have been combined and improved to become powerful terrorist weapons.
When a cylindrical aluminum projectile with a diameter of 28 mm passed through the body tube, it was accelerated by the high-temperature gas that was ignited and sprayed step by step. As it accelerates, the diameter of the projectile continues to decrease, and when it leaves the muzzle, it becomes a 20mm shell with a muzzle velocity of Mach 30, which makes even an armored fortress vulnerable to this fierce shell. The only drawbacks β lack of maneuverability and lack of a suitable platform for carrying β were also solved by the combination of Gorem + motorcycle.
"This weapon isn't very humane. β
The caterpillar raised an eyebrow and muttered to himself, during which time the second shot had already been shot, and there was no longer half a living person in front of the main entrance of the High Court. Just set up the barrel and aim it at the courthouse to get a few shots......
Something strange happened, and the maid of Gorem lowered the muzzle of the cannon. Facing the main entrance of the courthouse, he did not move. Neither forward nor backward, just stopped there.
"The game begins the moment the young master leaves the High Court, and until then, there will be no further action by Terminator Roberta. β
The caterpillar said in an extremely relaxed tone:
"What should I do? Rushing out with a brute force? It is pure suicide in front of a multi-stage accelerated gas cone-chambered gun. It's not bad to stay here like this, as long as you don't go out, the killing machine won't make any further moves. β
β......β
Roland was silent.
"There's no need to twist and whim, and there's no need to be ashamed of your choice. After all, survival first is the basic instinct of all living beings. That's how I got to it myself. β
The cold words hung over the men's heads.
The caterpillar's tone was not cruel, and there was no hint of mockery. There was no trace of mercy either. She just stated the facts without shying away.
The difference in combat power is clear at a glance, and in the face of powerful weapons beyond imagination and the Gorem maid who seems to be a killing machine from the future, it seems pointless to resist and counterattack, nothing more than adding a pile of meat to the ground that has been bleeding a river. In contrast, although there is no evidence to prove that the caterpillar is telling the truth, there is some sense of security in staying in the courthouse.
Usually strong-willed people. When you don't see any hope, you will also accept a more relaxed choice. What can a young man who has not been deeply involved in the world do?
- Even if he is a consul and cultivated it single-handedly.
Admittedly, a succession of harsh conditions tempered Roland. After experiencing those situations that are not surprising even if he collapses, he still insists on himself, and even dares to raise an anti-flag against Li Lin, just in terms of courage. On the contrary, it is better than the ignorant and fearless crown prince and the like. Without the courage to rise to the occasion, there is no way to accomplish anything, let alone disobedience is equivalent to the existence of God.
However, not everything can be achieved with courage alone.
For example, this desperate situation in front of you.
At least, the caterpillar felt that it was impossible for Roland and the humans present to do this.
Blinking his eyes, the caterpillar said in as gentle a tone as possible:
"The words have been delivered, and the next thing is your own business, young master. β
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The caterpillar left silently, as it had come.
I'm afraid that she has the same camouflage skills as the stick insects she has encountered, such as "mimicry" and "protective color", so that she can easily act unobtrusively.
But for Roland, he didn't have time to study at all.
It's not that he didn't think that the caterpillar might have deliberately released false information that "not to hunt the target", secretly waiting for an opportunity, which might bring trouble to the future battle. However, compared to the bunch of situations that Li Lin made, the caterpillar is a minor problem at best. And he also felt that he might be able to take advantage of this and play an unexpected role at the right time.
The biggest problem at hand is the Gorem maid guarding the gate.
The multi-stage accelerated gas conical gun is more powerful than compensates for its weakness in terms of mobility, and the user does not need to move quickly at all, just pull the trigger and the shock wave, pop, and metal jet will solve all problems. Even if you want to use the division of troops to attack together, I am afraid that it will only turn into a large-scale suicide. What's more, in addition to the monster cannon, the Gorem maid also has a lot of equipment that makes people's eyes fall out.
For example: a 12.7mm triple-barreled Gatling gun on the rear frame;
For example, the weapons tied to the metal skirt when the storm lifted the corner of the maid's skirt.
Although only at a glance, Roland also saw two MEUs, two Taurus PT-145s, two Glock 36s, one HK45, one Vz-61 submachine gun, five 82-2 steel ball grenades...... Under the murder weapon, you can also see white stockings wrapped around the knees, as well as a pure white triangle** in an absolute field, and a cute Pooh the Pooh embroidered in the middle of the white cloth connected by a string......
What kind of aesthetic taste is that guy! Will you die if you get boxer safety pants? Will you die?!
All in all, the Maid of Gorem is not so easy to solve, and even if the breakthrough is successful, it is very likely that she will be caught in a nightmarish pursuit battle afterwards.
Without knowing what happened to LΓΌdes and not knowing anything about the current state of the academy, it was not a good idea to act rashly in such a blind situation.
Leave that aside.
(The guy...... What are you planning?)
Li Lin often does things that make people scratch their heads at a glance, and often people don't realize their true purpose until after the fact, his long-term vision, and his grasp of rhythm and details in the process of implementation are far beyond ordinary people's understanding. But there were too many irrationalities in this coup d'Γ©tat, and it was not at all like what a scheming consul would do.
Admittedly, at a critical moment when Charlemagne adjusted his national focus, it was reasonable to interrupt the process with a violent break. It is also a reasonable choice to push the second prince to the forefront, using Titans as a cover, coupled with the prince's previous performances, it is even more miraculous to use "the crown prince is not suitable for handling state affairs, and His Majesty the king is too old to be a director". At that time, even if the main opponent was ruled out, due to the "original sin" of relying on the coup d'Γ©tat, the damage caused to the country by the coup purge, and the many enemy countries eyeing each other, the second prince would have no room to bargain with the consortium, and would have to make concessions in many matters in exchange for the support of the consortium. It is believed that even if he proposed to "create a small independent principality with some form of subordination", the second prince would eventually agree after some reluctance.
It's just that...... Does that make sense?
In its current form, after Charlemagne recognizes Alfheim's independence, other countries that are enemies of Charlemagne will automatically regard Alfheim as an enemy country, and the elven camp may also have to send troops to shed blood for Charlemagne's interests. Even if they admit it and immediately switch to the anti-Charlemagne League, I am afraid that other countries will not accept such capricious practices. In the end, the elven camp not only did not gain any benefits, but all the previous preparations for the war of independence were in vain, and they were found in an even worse environment than before.
Li Lin would never make such a low-level mistake, he must have a more sinister conspiracy, but what is that conspiracy?
"Taking one step at a time is the lowest strategy. β
Taking a deep breath, Richelieu on the other side of the desk muttered in his usual cold tone.
"That's all I can do now. β
In the deep voice, there was a rare sense of anxiety and determination.
Divide the troops to induce, and on the premise of sacrificing the remaining combat power, form multiple squads to attack at the same time, creating a gap for Roland to escape or counterattack.
As Richelieu himself stated, there was no certainty of victory, and he simply took one step at a time.
Richelieu, who is known for his strategy, would adopt tactics that amounted to suicide, which not only surprised people, but also announced how bad the situation really was.
While rash action is tantamount to suicide, continuing to sit still is no different from waiting to die. Rather than sit and wait, it's better to -
"No, we still have a turnaround. β
Roland flatly denied it.
"It's not good, but it's not enough to give up on yourself. (To be continued.) )