Chapter 141 The Battle of the Fortress (Background Music: El Dorado)
"One two! One two! Step hard! One two!" Reggie shouted the slogan, leading the soldiers to step on the propeller as hard as they could, "Come on, brothers! The glory of Shattered Snow City lies with you!"
The overall performance of the human-powered airship is pretty good, but it is a bit of a waste of steel, and it places extremely high demands on the physical fitness of the soldiers.
Reggie felt that his legs were about to break, but at such a critical moment, even if he gritted his teeth, he could not show any fatigue.
The airship slowly came to the sky above Hanfeng Fortress, like a dark cloud, and the huge shadow made everyone's hair stand on end.
Sophia was a little overwhelmed, but Nehru was still sober. He shouted loudly: "Get ready for battle and wait for the Queen's order!"
But Salah shouted from the side: "Don't be impulsive, my queen, let's not rush to do it yet, we are not sure whether it is Reggie Victor."
Nekhruf shouted: "You have heard his voice, who else could it be but him?"
"Is this witchcraft, Your Majesty?" Salah's voice had changed its tone.
Sophia said: "What are you referring to?"
"The monster in the sky, the huge sound, everything, is this thing a living thing in the world?"
Sophia didn't know how to answer, but another sentry ran over.
"Your Majesty, there is a fleet of Falcon warships approaching the port."
Sophia took a deep breath and said, "Okay, here we come, everyone is here! Salah, you go to the port to prepare for war!"
Just as Salah was about to set off, he suddenly heard Reggie shouting: "Don't go, Marquis Salah, don't even go! I'm right here, you don't have to go anywhere, I'm here to get what belongs to me, Her Majesty the Queen
,are you ready?"
"Yes, I'm ready!" Sophia ordered the dragon-slaying warriors to aim at the airship. The height of the airship is about two hundred feet. Such a height is difficult for the dragon-slaying warriors, but it is not completely impossible.
Every move below was under Reggie's sight. He held Calaf's improved telescope in his hand and stepped on the propeller pedal. He wanted to direct the battle and keep attacking Sophia at all times.
This was really a big test for Reggie.
"Your Majesty, we are allies, do you remember?" With the help of Dorothy's ability, Reggie challenged Sophia, "I have done everything I can for you, why don't you honor it?"
Your promise?"
Sophia yelled: "What's the use of telling me this nonsense?"
Reggie couldn't hear Sophia's voice, and he continued to talk to himself: "Since war is inevitable, I will give you three chances, you take action first!"
"Arrogant idiot, die!" Sophia ordered to fire the dragon-slaying crossbow. Dozens of crossbow arrows flew into the air. At least ten crossbow arrows hit the airship, and three crossbow arrows penetrated the outer shell of the airship. I have to admit,
The power of this ancient medieval weapon is indeed astonishing, but Reggie had made precise calculations on the power of the dragon-slaying crossbow in advance. The crossbow arrows that penetrated the iron sheet would not damage the hydrogen bladder in the inner cabin, and were all stuck in the buffer layer.
"Your Majesty, you missed your first opportunity!"
Before she finished speaking, Sophia ordered the rocket to be lit.
The first rocket did not hit the airship. The airship moved very slowly, and the target was not small, but it was nothing compared to the magnificent city wall.
The second rocket hit the bottom of the cabin, was blocked by the thick iron plate under the cabin, changed direction, and flew elsewhere.
The next three rockets still failed to hit. The rockets using black powder as propellant always maintained an impressive hit rate. The sixth rocket finally hit. Reggie knew the rockets he made very well, just like the dragon-slaying crossbow.
, it penetrated the outer shell of the balloon and also got stuck in the thick buffer layer.
Recalling the scene where Reggie blew up Silverpine City, Sophia smiled. The rocket embedded in the city wall would explode. She was sure that one rocket could blow Reggie's airship to pieces.
But she was disappointed because the rocket did not explode.
Thinking about it carefully, some of the rockets that were fired earlier fell to the ground, and some hit the floor of the cabin, but none of them exploded.
What is the reason for this?
Nehruv looked at the rocket inserted into the airship. The tail of the rocket was still spitting fire, and even caused the airship to change its flight direction.
"This thing is quite powerful, but I don't believe it can blow down the city wall."
"It didn't explode at all, Reggie did something to it!" Sophia thought of Reggie's words: "I checked the rocket yesterday. Your storage method was wrong. Ice has formed inside the rocket."
He took out the ice cubes from the rocket in front of the craftsmen. The craftsmen only saw the ice cubes and did not see him doing anything else.
But no one would know that Reggie actually took out mercury fulminate from the head of the rocket, which was exactly the same as an ice cube.
Mercury fulminate is the detonating agent for nitrated starch. Nitrated starch without detonating agent will not explode.
The rocket that had burned out its fuel was hung on the airship, and it seemed that it did not cause too serious damage to the airship.
Looking at the remaining two rockets, Sophia was sure that they would not explode.
Now how to do?
Seeing Sophia's delay in attacking, Reggie smiled.
"Your Majesty, you missed your second chance!"
Reggie was really generous, he even gave himself a third chance.
The dragon-slaying warriors completed their preparations and fired a second wave of crossbow arrows. This time it was somewhat effective. The crossbow arrows shot down a propeller on the airship. The iron propeller fell on the city wall, killing two soldiers.
But the airship was still suspended in the air and was not affected much.
"Your Majesty the Queen, you missed your third chance, now it's my turn."
The door of the cabin was opened, and the soldiers were preparing to drop the first batch of bombs. Each bomb contained two hundred pounds of nitrated starch. If all these bombs were dropped, a large section of the wall of Han Maple Fortress would disappear. Sophia's soldiers
At least half must be killed.
"Your Majesty the Queen, let me ask you one last time, are you ready?"
Hearing Reggie's voice, Sophia closed her eyes, straightened her shirt, and knelt on the ground.
"I surrendered to Reggie, Hanfeng Fortress is yours."
Although I couldn't hear what Sophia said, her actions proved everything.
Reggie shouted: "I have a four-point hourglass here. Before the sand runs out, take everyone and leave here. This is my last tolerance for you."
Sophia gave the order to withdraw the troops, and Nehruf roared: "The war is not over yet! Dragon Slayer, load the crossbows and knock down the monster!"
Before he finished speaking, Salah punched Nehruv over, covered his mouth and said: "Leave here, queen, leave! I beg you!"
Sophia looked up at the sky and murmured: "At least let me see your face again, just once."
Reggie couldn't hear her call. At this moment, he was lying on the ground vomiting. The excessive physical exertion exceeded the endurance of his body.
He was not the only one who vomited. Erwin lay on the ground with a pale face. He didn't even have the strength to wipe the vomit off his face.
"Good job, brothers!" Reggie gasped, "We will fly around Hanfeng Fortress in a while, making the enemy terrified."
Erwin said in as tactful a tone as possible: "Sir, please forgive me for being offended. What I want to say is, can you, please don't do that again..."
Erwin didn't know what to say, and a soldier who was familiar with Reggie shouted: "Please stop pretending, sir. You are already pretending to be very good, sir."