Thousands of sparks

Chapter 55 The Steam Knight
At eight o'clock in the morning, the team that stayed in Bosenk for one night officially set off.

When setting off, the team kept a low profile as much as possible.But the shape of Experimental Vehicle No. [-] still attracted the attention of many people.

On the square cockpit, Dusand and Polina replaced the vehicle with louvered steel plates as lookouts.Inside the car, Dusand, who was wearing the steam knight armor, was humming while driving the car forward.

Experimental vehicle No. [-] is currently in an empty state, but it is not the kind of empty load that can be seen at a glance.In order to ensure that the combat exploits can be obtained smoothly, the two lieutenant colonels personally loaded a bunch of "goods" that looked heavy but were actually empty boxes into the truck body.

And the steam knight on the co-pilot seat...it is not the original navigator Lorraine.

The captain of the naval commando who had a little unpleasantness with Dusand in the landing ship before was cursing in the steam knight.

"This kind of crap from the army!" The bearded captain who was installed in the steam knight kept complaining, "This is too uncomfortable - maybe someone just vomited in it?"

To be honest, the smell in this kind of military vehicle is certainly not good.After all, it is armor worn by humans, and the drivers who use them are still the army with no educational background.

Those muddy legs of the army can remember to take a bath once a month, which is considered clean.

But this doesn't stop Du Sande from liking his steam knight - this kind of thing is simply too handsome!

It seems that in order to ensure that mud legs can also use this equipment smoothly, the Army people put a lot of thought into the design process.There is only one obvious huge red knob inside the armor, and Dusande can easily adjust it to his needs inside the armor.

The knob has a symbol of an extended index finger, and four different patterns are drawn on the outside of the finger.

Beds, lawns, mountains and fire.

The bed is in the closed position. After the knob is turned to this position, the steam knight will enter the locked shutdown state.All the high-pressure steam in the system will be released, and then the locking device on the back armor will be opened, allowing the driver inside to come out.

The lawn is a low-power operation mode, and the mountain is a high-torque mode.

Agni is a combat mode, and according to the postman in red who came to deliver the equipment, this mode "can turn everything you see in your eyes into powder."

The design inside Steam Knight is as simple as that.It doesn't have any other place for a driver to operate, and the only way to get the machine moving is for the driver to move normally in the steam knight.

The three-meter-high steam knight can move with the driver's actions, and through different gears, the driver's actions can be restored to different degrees, strengths and speeds.

There is almost no delay in the movement, and in the low power mode, the movement of the steam knight itself is relatively soft.That's why Du Sande had the opportunity to wear such armor to drive his own experimental vehicle.

Thanks to the fact that the engine compartment of the experimental car No. [-] is currently equipped with the experimental four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine.This poor little thing runs very slowly, even if Dusande's movements are as slow as if he has been drinking, it doesn't affect the normal driving of the vehicle.

Dussand and the Marine Commando captain had a simple mission. They just had to drive normally and wait for someone to attack them.

At the moment when the attack started, Dusande should have stopped immediately and just sat in the car without moving.The temporary welded armor outside the cockpit can block most small-caliber light weapons.And the steam knight armor on him and Mr. Captain can add another protection to them on this basis.

Within a quarter of an hour after the start of the attack, the landing ship of the naval commando will appear at a place fifty joules near the convoy and within two joules from the ground, and use its solid hull for a hard landing.

After landing, more than 200 heavily armed commandos in the landing ship will rush out, and then kill or capture alive those gangsters who dare to attack the convoy.

Then, the two lieutenant colonels will be able to obtain the military exploits required for promotion.Duchamp can also benefit from it.The major and commodore from the Olin Admiralty completed the experiment perfectly.Polina's invention was able to prove its potential and received an order from the Imperial Navy Department.

The Newsail Colonial Office and the Heraldry Management Office can use this as a basis to openly and aboveboardly intervene in the Boysenk area to carry out rectification and investigation.

And Dusande can still sit in the steam knight that he has been thinking about.

This is a win-win situation, where everyone wins and everyone is happy.

Anyway, Du Sande felt that he had won.

As for the price... At most, there are a few more holes in the armor plate of the experimental vehicle No. [-]. What's the big deal?
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The experimental vehicle No. [-] was driving slowly on the rough terrain, and Dusand deliberately slowed down the driving speed——Duchan and several other naval observers were in the carriage behind the vehicle.If you go too fast, you will leave them behind.

And Lorraine was hidden in the logistics carriage by Polina.

When she first heard that she was leaving the team, Polina firmly disagreed.Lorraine also insisted that they must act together.After arguing with the navy officers for a few words, Polina cut off her long chestnut hair very neatly.

"I changed into men's clothes, and then drove the logistics carriage." Polina resolutely said, "This is the first time my invention is put into normal use, and I must be present. If there is a problem with the gas machine, Dusande can't fix it by himself— —Besides, the experimental vehicle needs to use gas as fuel, so it is normal to have a logistics carriage.”

In the end, Duchamp agreed to Polina's request to act together.But for the sake of safety, their logistics carriage must closely follow the observation team's carriage. Once they are attacked, they have to immediately board the officers' carriage and then evacuate the scene.

After about two hours, the experimental vehicle No. [-] finally drove out of the forest around Bosenk and entered the hilly and valley landform.

The navy captain who complained about the smell of vomit in the armor seemed to have finally gotten used to the smell in the armor.He began to pull Du Sande to ask various details about the experimental vehicle No. [-].

It is of course a good thing to have someone to chat with while driving, but the annoying thing is that the captain didn't believe it after asking, and then continued to dig deeper and ask questions... This is very annoying.

"You've been sitting in the car for two hours." Dusande, who was asked about the battery life of the car in six or seven different "questioning ways" by the captain, finally got impatient. The captain then said angrily, "Facts speak louder than words. Whether my car works well or not, and how far it can go on a single charge, you will know after experiencing it yourself."

"I'm curious." Mr. Captain's voice was tightly covered by the steam knight's armor, and the voice came out muffled, "This thing doesn't burn coal or water, how does it move?"

(End of this chapter)