Chapter 93 It’s Charles, it must be Charles

Albert I guessed correctly. The target of the airship was indeed the water supply system behind the Wavre Fortress.

This is mainly because General Besler couldn't wait any longer, or he was forced to lose his patience by Charles!

"It must be Charles' fault, it must be!"

After the two "Big Bertha"s were blown up, General Besler returned to the headquarters in disgrace, limping.

He fell off his horse, and a cannonball exploded near him. Although the well-trained war horse under him was still under control, there were horses breaking free from the ropes and running around everywhere.

Suddenly, several ropes tripped General Besler and his horse. His left leg was heavily pressed under the horse and he could not move.

There were still frightened horses running around, and the mud kicked up by the horses' hooves even splashed into General Besler's face... Fortunately, the guards ran up in time to rescue him, which saved him from being trampled to death by the horses.

Besler angrily took off his military cap and threw it on the table.

"General!" A staff officer stepped forward and comforted: "We still have a 'Big Bertha', victory still belongs to us..."

"You think so?" Besler turned his head and looked at the staff officer coldly.

The staff officer's eyes were full of doubts. Isn't this the current situation?

Besler smiled softly: "A scam, a trap, tricked our two 'Big Bertha's into their shooting range. Did you think of anything?"

The staff officer looked confused and shook his head hesitantly. He didn't think of anything.

Besler glanced at the rank of the staff officer and said expressionlessly: "Major, you are already a second lieutenant. Go get a rifle and report to the first regiment!"

The staff officer's face instantly turned pale, but after being stunned for a moment, he still stood up, saluted and retreated.

Besler muttered: "This idiot, you haven't found out yet that it was Charles who did it!"

Then he looked at the map thoughtfully: "We can't wait any longer, otherwise, who knows what tricks Charles will come up with!"

As a result, an airship that was originally going to fly to the front line to bomb France was urgently transferred by General Besler.

It approached Antwerp at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour. General Besler generated electricity several times to verify the target location with the airship commander, Captain Diem, and guided him along the way to steer the airship into the accurate bombing area.

The airship gradually approached Antwerp. Its huge and terrifying hull blocked the entire sky. The ground, including Besler's command headquarters, was under its shadow.

The nearby "pigeon" aircraft that provide guidance and protection are just inconspicuous and harmless little bats next to the airship.

The high-power engine underneath it makes a unique "buzzing" sound, which seems to be announcing its territory and authority to everyone!

General Besler looked up at this behemoth in the sky, his eyes full of pride, and he murmured to himself: "This is a miracle of mankind, and no one can stop it, including Charles!"

The German soldiers raised their heads from their bunkers, and some even emerged from their tents. They cheered at the airship, with smiles on their faces, as if the arrival of the airship meant the end of the battle.

Opposite them, the people in Antwerp also discovered this slowly approaching monster. After all, it was more than 100 meters long and more than 20 meters in diameter. It was still conspicuous even at an altitude of 1,500 meters.

People looked at it in horror, unable to believe that there was such a weapon in the world. The fortress soldiers who had been guarding the fortress also came out and looked at the sky. Everyone had a premonition of impending disaster.

They thought that even Ciel was powerless. In front of this monster, Ciel was too small and could be ignored.

This is not because they look down on Ciel, but because they believe that this kind of weapon cannot be fought against by humans!

Even Albert I, who had always believed in Charles, no longer had hope.

He, General Giese, and General Winter stood on the highest watchtower of the headquarters, quietly waiting for the "doomsday" to come.

I have thought about all the ways I can think of, and there is still nothing that can stop it from moving forward!

There is no doubt that what is waiting in front of Antwerp is that the water supply system will be bombed. Soon the entire city will lose its fresh water supply, and then have to surrender.

However……

The people who were attracted by the airship did not notice that several planes took off from the Antwerp Airport, which was only a few kilometers away from them.

At first, people thought it was a German plane, until the plane passed over their heads, clearly showing the Belgian livery under the wings to everyone.

"That's our plane!" Albert I exclaimed.

General Giese also discovered it, but he still looked helpless: "So what?!"

What General Giese said is true. In this era, aircraft are often captured by airships.

The airship is equipped with heavy machine guns in all directions, and the airship flies very stably, which can provide the machine gunner with a stable shooting platform, an aerial shooting platform.

What's more important is that the speed of an airship is not much slower than that of an airplane. The speed of an airship is 80 kilometers per hour, while the speed of an airplane is only about 100 kilometers.

The aircraft used for reconnaissance during this period did not even dare to approach the airship. There was only one outcome for doing so: being ruthlessly torn into pieces.

Albert I hesitated and said: "At least this proves that I am right, general!"

"Your Majesty is saying..." General Guise looked at Albert I doubtfully.

Albert I reminded: "You forgot who is commanding the squadron, General!"

General Guise said "Oh": "You mean Ciel didn't escape?"

"Yes!" Albert I proudly looked at the planes flying towards the airship: "Look, they are the first batch of warriors to rush towards the enemy!"

General Guise laughed: "It's a pity that Charles is not among them, Your Majesty! They are just being used by Charles. At this time, Charles may be in another direction, flying to Paris..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw an aircraft launching something. It was very obvious, with a long wake and a unique whistling sound. Everyone saw it.

"What is that?" General Winter looked at the sky in surprise, and then raised his telescope.

Before he finished speaking, he saw a trail pointing directly at the airship.

It exploded with a "boom" and burst into a ball of fire. Unfortunately, the airship did not explode.

Afterwards, the pilot speculated that this may be because the rocket happened to hit the aluminum keel of the airship and bounced off, thus failing to tear it apart. The rocket detonated externally and was isolated from the skin.

But this was enough to make everyone change their expressions, including the German soldiers who looked into the sky with confident eyes.

General Besler was shocked. Although he didn't know what kind of weapon it was, he knew what it meant!

"It's Charles, it must be Charles..." General Besler's eyes were dull and his face was ashen, and he murmured: "It's better to let him be one step ahead!"

This week we successfully advanced to the fourth round of recommendations, thank you all for your continued reading and support!

I'm a complete novice, I don't understand many rules, and I'm not familiar with Zuosuke. It's only in the past two days that I discovered that I can talk here and post pictures in the text.

I always thought that novices should have the awareness of novices. It would be good to have two or three rounds of recommendations on the shelves. I didn’t expect that I could complete four rounds of recommendations. I am full of joy and gratitude!

This is thanks to everyone’s follow-up reading. Although there are not many collections due to the subject matter, the follow-up reading data has been steadily increasing!

This at least shows that all friends who collect this book recognize this book! (Allow me to be narcissistic)

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In addition, I found that many of my friends knew a lot about World War I, which surprised me. I thought that not many people knew about World War I, but I didn’t expect that one after another great people would pop up in the book review section. It was very stressful!

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