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334 | John W. Warner IV with Klemperer and his men. Bea grabbed her mop of blond. Youre coming with us, Dolly. Hope you brought a damn parka Klemperer turned. He quickly re-thought his situation. What the hell, Hl go with you. You wont regret it. Schafer then waved to his scientists, who pleaded with […]

Lion, Tiger, Bear | 335 Bea spun the truck in an arc almost running over a few soldiers. She crunched into reverse and reversed into the cavern, weaving around. Out of my damn way people! Backing up to the rear stairway of the airship where Luftwaffe personnel were abandoning ship, she cried: All stop!The air

336 | John W. Warner IV With the ship undulating to-and-fro, Bea ran through a hatch and plowed into Gwafa at full gallop as he was carrying a load of tools. Prone, she kissed him, then Alice did. Thank the soddy godsyoure alive! yelled Bea, pulling at his cheeks. Vous deux idioislHe pulled them up.

Lion, Tiger, Bear | 337 mess. She pressed a bandage to his bleeding head. Right as rain soon. Alice flipped all ten safety switches. The cavern and its anthracite rain shower became partially visible. The airship weaved and pulsated on its anchor chains, the dull thunder outside so loud it penetrated the usually noise-absorbing hull

298 | John W. Warner IV Bea walked up a mobile stairway and inspected the Autogyros cockpit. A whirlybird. British RAF desert markings, is nothing sacred? From below Klemperer scolded: Our new observation aircraft. And by the way, I read the Gebirgsjager reports from Oslo in your file. Your stolen Heinkel reportedly had both German

Lion, Tiger, Bear | 299 work, I designed it back at B&V to the specifications required and beyond. 11118 big sausage of a….machine is more akin to a naval ship than an airship, and Ive had much U-Boat experience. You do know what those are, yes? Laughter by all. Sound frequency from an oddball electric

300 | John W. Warner IV the crystals, thus turning the propshaft with no physical mechanical interaction, hence the very high revs. A unique mixture of ancient and modern technology. Recently the American Navy figured out how to turn a driveshaft by sound, yes, Herr Rodgers? Shocked, Bernie stuttered: Well, that is, I can neither

Lion, Tiger, Bear | 301 Lutzs Uncle Albrecht. Never seen the Professor cuss so much before, she whispered. In war, sailors die for the Fatherland, Herr Professor, said Klemperer. Their sacrifice has advanced our science in no small measure. We should honor them as heroes Agreed, said Porsche, suddenly emotional. May a loving Gott condemn

302 | John W. Warner IV Theres no shame in tears for the fallen, civilian and soldier,snapped Klemperer, eyes red, emotional. Klemperers two soldiers shouldered their rifles and began to sing Erika, the traditional Gebirgsjager song they all loved. More tears, more unexplainable aches. The generator went back to green. Idle. Calm. When they finished,

Lion, Tiger, Bear | 303 were. Huge lifting capacity, especially for new generation bombs. I invented and perfected Unified Field Theory, and this ship personifies it a thousand square. Quantum physics and antigravity are the future, not your tincan coal-powered dinosaurs! With no love for theoretical physicists, Porsche went ballistic. Those dinosaurs are winning the