That day, the Germans finally experienced the terror of the scientific electromagnetic gun.
Wilhelm II did not decide to inspect the front lines on a whim.
But this inspection left an indelible impression on him.
The Chinese bombardment started with a smoke bomb. The two-ton smoke bomb made a terrible crater in the soft ground near the fortress. The red mist spewed out in the strong wind mixed with light snow.
diffuse.
After that they allowed half an hour for the Kaiser to evacuate the fortress.
Then the shelling began.
William II had retreated to the so-called safe area, but he still felt a strong shock. The shock wave formed when the incredibly powerful shell exploded had weakened significantly when it swept through the area where William II was, but it formed
The difference in internal and external air pressure still caused William II's ears to ache.
The objects thrown into the sky by the explosion formed a "rain" that lasted for five minutes after the bombardment ended. Weapons that had been reduced to parts and pieces of human flesh were mixed together and fell everywhere.
The fortress that Wilhelm II had just inspected, together with the German troops who bravely chose to hold on to the fortress and face the bombing, were forever turned into dust.
After the bombardment, William II walked out of the bunker and stared blankly at the burning ruins in the distance.
"Your Majesty," said Ludendorff, who accompanied the Kaiser during the inspection, "We have just received a clear radio signal. The Chinese claim that this is a memorial ceremony for the Chinese soldiers who died in the Battle of the Marne."
"Erich," the Kaiser said softly without looking back, looking at the ruins, "are you familiar with artillery?"
Ludendorff nodded: "Your Majesty, I took all the subjects in the military academy and got excellent results, including the artillery department."
"So, what kind of artillery can cause such damage? Do we have such a cannon?"
"Your Majesty, the Krupp super-heavy mortar can indeed have such an effect, but... it can't hit that far. This is a strategic support point deep in our army's defense line. Even if the Chinese deploy their artillery on the French army
The front of the front has a firing range of more than 20 kilometers. Moreover, we have not received any news that they have deployed such huge artillery on the front. I am afraid that their firing position is in the hinterland of the French front that we cannot detect.
Your Majesty, I think we have to admit that the Chinese possess a terrifying long-range firepower."
Ludendorff's words made Kaiser Wilhelm II's fist-clenching hand tremble continuously.
"This is a provocation! It's a complete provocation! They didn't bombard me directly during my inspection! Instead, they gave me time to withdraw! This is contempt for us!"
Perhaps even William II himself couldn't explain why he was suddenly dominated by anger. He just suddenly remembered that just ten years ago, he regarded this country as an excellent new colony for Germany and was gearing up to prepare for it.
Seizing new concessions in this country. Compared with the current situation, William II felt that he had been greatly insulted.
"Tell Dr. Krupp and Porsche! We also want to build a huge cannon, and then use this huge cannon to bombard Paris directly from the center of our front! I will blow up the Chinese headquarters!"
"Your Majesty, in that case we must have a huge cannon with a range of hundreds of kilometers..."
"Are you saying we can't make it?"
Ludendorff fell silent.
After a moment, he seemed to have made a difficult decision: "No, Your Majesty. We can build it, but it is meaningless."
William II gasped for air. After taking a few deep breaths, his voice became much calmer and colder.
"Erich, my decision cannot be changed. We will have such a cannon. We must have such a cannon. For the continued survival of Germany, we must show our strength to the world!"
Lin Youde temporarily camped in the dining room.
"It seems." Lin Youde looked at the latest strongly worded telegram issued by the German Foreign Minister in front of him, "The plan to frighten the Kaiser and achieve peace has failed."
"There is a problem only if such a plan succeeds." Moriarty, who was sitting on Lin Youde's lap, reached out and snatched the report from Lin Youde's hand, flipping through it at her speed.
Lin Youde spread his hands and turned his gaze to the women who were decorating the Christmas tree not far away.
The graceful figures gathered together immediately made Lin Youde feel extremely satisfied. While admiring the graceful curves of his wife and his wife-to-be, he put his arms around Moriarty's waist and began to caress the professor's belly.
"Let go, servant."
Perhaps because he knew that Lin Youde would not be obedient, Moriarty said this, but his body did not move at all.
This made Lin Youde become more serious. He gently pinched the professor's lower abdomen. Then he frowned and said, "You need to exercise more. Look, the fat is so thick."
"You are very verbose."
"How about doing sit-ups with me every morning? You'll have abs in a few months, let me tell you..."
Lin Youde's words were interrupted by a hand reaching out from behind to wrap around his neck.
"Good morning, Dad." Sophie closed her hands and pressed the entire back of Lin Youde's head into her arms. The soft touch made Lin Youde truly feel the growth of her daughter.
"Good morning, Sophie."
"My bra is a little tight."
"Is it tight again? You should have passed the growth stage long ago... Also, just tell Xun about this kind of thing."
"I want dad to be the first to know."
Lin Youde pouted, and the hand holding Moriarty subconsciously moved up, pressing the professor's still bony chest.
"I'll bite you," the professor said.
"Good morning!" Another soft voice came from the door of the dining room. Su Fang yawned and walked into the room, followed by Sera who kept rubbing her sleepy eyes. Su Fang glanced at Lin Youde, and her face immediately showed sadness.
A smile with good intentions.
"Mr. Lin, look at you, you dote on Miss Moriarty so much that Sophie is jealous."
"If she loses one-third of her weight, I won't mind holding her all day long." As soon as Lin Youde finished speaking, Sophie pulled out a few strands of hair from his head, "Damn, it hurts! Sophie
Have you become less and less respectful to your father recently? Your rebellious period should have passed long ago...Don't stop, don't pull out again..."
"Sophie," Ba came over to help Lin Youde at this time, "go to your seat, breakfast is about to be served."
So Sophie let go of her arms, walked to her seat, pulled out a chair and sat down. Moriarty also pushed away Lin Youde's hand and jumped to the ground. He came to her seat at the end of the long table. Soon Josephine and
Xun also came over from the Christmas tree and sat down on the left side of Lin Youde. Seeing that everyone was seated, Lin Youde nodded to the maid who had been waiting in the corner of the restaurant. A moment later, the maids carrying breakfast filed in from the side door of the restaurant.
"Look at this rich table," Josephine said. "I can't believe we're at war."
"Actually, the city of Paris has implemented a bread rationing system since yesterday. The efficiency of the railway system has been greatly reduced due to continuous snowfall. It also has to bear the transportation and supplies of the army. There is not much transportation capacity left for civilian supplies. The situation of canal transportation
It's similar. This Christmas will be extremely difficult for the people of Paris." After Ba finished speaking, he made a sad expression and shook his head.
"Perhaps at this time," Moriarty joined the conversation indifferently even though he was sitting at the end of the table, "there are tragic things happening in the snow outside. For example, in order to get a high-priced stick from a black marketeer,
Bread, young girls have to come out to sell matches in this cold weather..."
"Okay, that's enough!" Josephine slapped the cup of nai on the table, interrupting Moriarty's words. She glanced at the professor with a smirk on his face unhappily.
,"I'm stuffed."
Lin Youde grabbed the arm of his wife who was about to leave.
"Don't be like this, you are the Goddess, and you have to take on the duty of combat readiness. If the German army wants to use the Goddess and the flying fleet to achieve some tricks around Christmas, you will have to take off to fight. So give me a good supplement
Good nutrition.”
Josephine glared at Lin Youde, and Lin Youde responded to her with an uncompromising look. After the two stared at each other for a long time, Josephine sighed.
"Okay, dear, I understand."
After Josephine returned to the dinner table, the breakfast meeting that had been suspended due to this incident started again.
But not long after, Su Fang squirmed her cheeks and spoke angrily: "What? Can't we transport grain to sell it? Don't we have large tracts of land in Mexico, and we also got a bumper harvest? Although France
People don’t like to eat corn, but in this extraordinary period, they can’t care so much?”
"Didn't you listen just now?" Sophie immediately retorted, "In addition to production capacity, there is also a transportation problem. If corn and other grains are transported to the port but cannot be transshipped, they will only spoil."
"Is the transportation pressure mainly concentrated on railways and canals? Food supply to residents only needs to be taken by road. We can dispatch engineering teams to help the French repair roads, and we can also provide them with cars..."
"It's simple." It was Josephine who answered this time, "War is very expensive, although I don't care about money..."
Josephine glanced at Ba and continued: "But I am very clear about the huge cost of the war, so even I will not ask for cars to be provided to the French government to supplement transportation capacity. We are not philanthropists.
…”
"We are indeed not philanthropists," Lin Youde interrupted Josephine. He glanced at Josephine and then turned to Su Fang, "Indeed, the method you mentioned can indeed solve the big problems currently facing France. I think
It's feasible. However, don't we provide cars to the French government? The French government must buy these cars. If they don't have the money, we will lend them money to buy them, as collateral for the loan... I think the sovereignty of French Indochina is
That’s good.”
Josephine looked at her husband with subtle eyes.
Lin Youde curled his lips and said to his wife: "My dear, don't be like this. If I hadn't married you, I would probably be providing weapons to both sides at the same time and being my merchant of death."
I don’t know why, Lin Youde’s words made Moriarty laugh happily. ( )