I was a tycoon in World War I: Starting to save France

Chapter 93 It's Ciel, It Must Be Ciel
Albert I guessed correctly that the airship's target was indeed the water supply system behind Fort Wavre.

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

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

When the two "Big Belsa" missiles were blown up, General Bessler returned to the headquarters in disgrace and limping.

He fell off his horse as a cannonball exploded near him. Although the well-trained warhorse under him was still under control, there were horses all around him that had broken free from their ropes and were running around.

Suddenly, several ropes tripped General Bessler and his horse, and his left leg was pinned down under the horse, unable to move.

There were still frightened and running horses all around, and the mud kicked up by the horses' hooves even splashed onto General Bessler's face... Fortunately, the guards ran up in time to rescue him, thus saving 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 to comfort him, "We still have the 'Big Bertha', victory still belongs to us..."

"Do you think so?" Bessler turned his head and looked coldly at the staff officer.

The staff officer's eyes were full of confusion. Isn't this the current situation?
Bessler smiled softly: "A trick, a trap, to lure our two 'Big Belsa' into their range. Do you have any idea?"

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

Bessler glanced at the staff officer's rank 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 turned pale instantly, but after a moment of hesitation, he stood up, saluted, and retreated.

Besler muttered, "This idiot, he still hasn't realized that it was Charles who did it!"

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

Therefore, an airship that was originally going to fly to the front line to bomb France was urgently transferred by General Bessler.

It approached Antwerp at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour. General Bessler sent several telegrams to the airship commander Captain Dim to verify the target location and guide him to drive the airship into the accurate bombing area.

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

The nearby "pigeon" aircraft that provided guidance and protection for the airship were nothing more than inconspicuous, harmless little bats next to the airship.

The high-power engine below it makes a unique "buzzing" sound, as if announcing its territory and authority to everyone!
General Bessler looked up at the giant beast in the sky, his eyes full of pride. He murmured to himself: "This is a miracle of mankind. No one can stop it, including Charles!"

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

Across from them, the people of Antwerp also spotted this slowly approaching monster. After all, with a length of more than 1500 meters and a diameter of more than meters, it was still conspicuous even at an altitude of 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 that a disaster was about to happen.

They thought that even Charles would be powerless. In front of this monster, Charles was too small, so small that he could be ignored.

It’s not that they look down on Charles, but they think that this kind of weapon is beyond human power to resist!

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

He, General Giss, General Winter and others stood on the highest watchtower of the headquarters, quietly waiting for the arrival of "doomsday".

I've thought of all the possible ways, but still nothing can stop it from moving forward!

There is no doubt that what awaits Antwerp is the bombing of its water supply system. Soon the entire city will lose its fresh water supply and will be forced to surrender. However...

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

At first people thought it was a German plane until it flew over their heads, clearly showing the Belgian paint under the wings for everyone to see.

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

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

What General Giss said was true. In this era, airplanes were often the targets of airships.

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

More importantly, the speed of an airship is not much slower than that of an airplane. An airship can travel at 80 kilometers per hour, while an airplane can only travel at about 100 kilometers per hour.

During this period, reconnaissance aircraft did not even dare to approach the airship, as there was only one outcome for doing so: being ruthlessly torn to pieces.

Albert I hesitated and said, "This at least proves that I was right, General!"

"Your Majesty, you mean..." General Guise looked at Albert I in confusion.

Albert I reminded: "You forgot who is in command of the squadron, General!"

General Gis said, "Oh!" and said, "Are you saying that Charles didn't escape?"

"Yes!" Albert I looked proudly at the planes flying towards the airship: "Look, they are the first warriors rushing 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 moment, Charles may be flying in another direction, to Paris..."

Before he could finish his words, a plane launched something. It was very obvious, with a long tail and a unique whistling sound. Everyone saw it.

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

Before he could finish his words, he saw a tail trail pointing directly towards the airship.

There was a loud "boom" and a ball of fire burst out, but unfortunately the airship did not explode.

Afterwards, the pilot speculated that the rocket might have hit the aluminum keel of the airship and bounced off, thus failing to tear it apart, and the rocket detonated externally and was isolated outside the skin.

But this was enough to make everyone change color, including the German soldiers who were looking up at the sky with confidence.

General Bessler was horrified. Although he didn't know what the weapon was, he knew what it meant!
"It's Charles, it must be Charles..." General Bessler's eyes were dull and his face was ashen. He muttered, "He got there first!"

　This week we successfully advanced to the fourth round of recommendations. Thank you all for your reading and support!
　　I'm a complete newbie. I don't understand a lot of the rules and I'm not familiar with the role of assistant. It was only in the past two days that I discovered that I can speak here and post pictures in the text.

　　I always thought that a newbie should have the awareness of a newbie. It would be good if my product could be recommended for two or three rounds. I didn’t expect that I could go through four rounds of recommendations. I am very lucky and grateful!

　　This is all thanks to everyone's follow-up reading. Although the number of collections is small due to the unpopular subject matter, the follow-up reading data has been steadily increasing!
　　This at least shows that all friends who collect this book recognize it! (Allow me to be narcissistic for a moment)
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　　In addition, I found that many friends were quite knowledgeable about World War I, which surprised me. I thought that not many people knew about World War I, but I didn’t expect that many great writers would pop up one after another in the book review section. It really put a lot of pressure on me!
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　　Thank you all again, thank you for reading!

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