Chapter 1422 Airship vs Plane (Third update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1422 Airship vs Plane (Third update, please subscribe)
When the soldiers of the expeditionary force arrived here, everything here seemed unaffected by the war. There were lush woods everywhere on both sides of the Marne River, and French rural buildings were scattered among the lush fields.
Everything is quiet and peaceful.
But eventually, all this will be broken!
On May 1, the British Expeditionary Force first appeared in front of the Imperial Expeditionary Force's defense line, and there was no fierce fighting between the two sides.
Both sides seemed to be exercising some restraint.
In fact, everyone knows that the British are waiting for the arrival of the main force.
Three days later in the early morning, there was a slight buzz in the air in the distance. Shigeru Honjo, who was in the trenches, knew that this was another routine aerial reconnaissance - this was an airship from the British Expeditionary Force. After these airships arrived yesterday,
, and began to wander in the air, but they did not fly over their trenches.
To conduct aerial reconnaissance, they do not necessarily have to fly above the defense line. They can use telescopes to observe the rear of the Ming army's positions from a high altitude several kilometers away.
In fact, the British airship did not approach because they received intelligence that the expeditionary force was equipped with a 50mm anti-airship gun, which may have a range of more than three or four kilometers. Faced with such a threat, the British airship force directly chose to launch a long-distance attack.
They conducted aerial reconnaissance from a distance. Facts proved that their caution was right, and they did set up air defense positions within the defense line.
Of course, Honjo Shige didn’t know all of this. Even in Africa, airships were not that rare. After all, what colonial officials liked most was to demonstrate their strength by flying in the air. But for the barbaric and ignorant indigenous people,
The airship is simply a miracle! It is not just a miracle, but for the indigenous people, it is also the god of death that brings them death.
At this moment, Shigeru Honjo was thinking about the photo he got yesterday - a photo of a white girl that he bought in a photo studio, the kind that showed her naked body.
A foreign girl is a foreign girl. Not only does she have a very good figure, she is also very open!
If you can find a lover in a nearby village who can have a figure like the woman in the photo, it will really be the blessing of Emperor Guan.
It seems that Emperor Guan doesn't bless this, but it doesn't matter. As for Emperor Guan, there's definitely nothing wrong with paying more homage to him.
At this moment, the sound in the air became deeper and deeper, gradually approaching, and Benzhuang Fan's random thoughts were interrupted. He raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound. As soon as he raised his head, his mouth opened wide, and then he opened his mouth again.
They can't get closer either.
I saw more than twenty airships appearing in the distant sky, flying in huge formations from high altitudes.
"It's the airship team!"
"Quick, report to the commander immediately."
Soon the observers at the air defense observation post also discovered the airship, and then they made a simple estimate and said.
"The height should be three thousand meters, and it's still climbing. They must be trying to tear apart our defense line with heavy bombs from the air!"
After the Empire used airships to blast away the Brazilian defenses again and again during the Battle of Brazil, countries all over the world learned this style of play.
After all, compared to heavy artillery, bombs dropped by hovering airships are not only more accurate and more powerful.
A two-ton bomb is enough to tear through any defense line.
The British... those are also good students!
However, it is precisely because of the powerful power of airships that armies around the world have equipped various types of airship guns in the past decade or so to prevent airship attacks.
The Imperial Army is no exception.
However, the caliber of airship guns in various countries is between 37-57 mm, and the shooting height is only more than 3,000 meters, posing no threat to high-altitude airships.
"Where's the French destroyer airship?"
"The headquarters is in contact..."
Just as he finished speaking, a roar suddenly came from behind, and the roar was particularly harsh.
"what is that?"
Some soldiers in the trench stood up and looked into the air, and suddenly someone shouted excitedly.
"Plane! It's our plane!"
airplane!
After the Hampton Victory, new weapons like airplanes had spread all over the world. Even in the African colonies, the name of airplanes was well known to them.
I saw four "Falcon" aircraft painted in blue and gray in the sky, flying straight towards the British position. Their flying altitude was not high, only one or two hundred meters, which made people doubt that they were flying on purpose.
So low.
That's right, they flew low on purpose. They flew over the heads of the imperial officers and soldiers. These four "Falcon" aircraft were brought by airships. In order to support the expeditionary force, the imperial military specially used airships to transport two aircraft.
Ten "Falcon" aircraft, used to enhance the air defense of the Imperial Expeditionary Force.
This was the first time that aircraft appeared on the battlefield. They had just arrived at the nearby airship field, and before they could conduct air conditioning training, after learning that a large formation of the British aerospace force had appeared, this aviation detachment immediately went into battle.
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"Fly, plane!"
Honjo Shigeru was dumbfounded and stared blankly at the four planes flying over their heads. Soon they suddenly jerked and flew high into the sky in an almost straight attitude.
When they soared into the sky, both the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Expeditionary Force and the British Expeditionary Force saw these four toy-like aircraft.
Everyone looked at the plane flying freely in the sky with astonished eyes.
This is an airplane!
"airplane!"
Compared to the consternation of people on the ground, the expressions of the British airship pilots in the air immediately turned to horror when they discovered the plane.
"It's a plane! A plane from the Ming Empire!"
As airship pilots, they only need to take a glance to clearly realize the threat of these aircraft. Compared with combat airships, they are more flexible and compact, and thus pose a greater threat to airships.
Gunshots!
There was an immediate sound, and the machine gunner operated the machine gun and fired at the approaching aircraft, leaving red bullet trails in the air.
"tracer!"
Ding Lei was startled by this discovery. Xu Fei, the rear seat gunner, was also startled and said in surprise.
"Tracer bullets... this is the empire's unique weapon. I didn't expect the British to have mastered it..."
Yes, the British not only mastered the tracer bullet technology, but it was also their unique secret. In the air battle with French airships, they relied on it to shoot down more than twenty airships.
"There has never been any unique weapon in this world. If we can invent tracer bullets and use them to fly airships, the British will definitely be able to invent them too. It's no big deal."
Even though he said this, he knew that this was a very important piece of information and he had to inform the army as soon as possible.
But the most important thing now is the air battle!
"Avoid it!"
Ding Lei, who was originally preparing to attack from below, pressed the control stick, and the plane immediately flew into the distance like a flexible bird.
"They ran away?"
The British machine gunners on the airship stared nervously at the departing aircraft. When they looked at its flexible figure, their scalps all went numb. These aircraft were too flexible.
"Even birds are not as nimble as they are!"
Just as the British were sighing like this, someone suddenly shouted loudly.
"They're climbing, they're climbing, they want to fly over us!"
All the airship pilots were startled. The top of their heads... was their weak spot! "Quickly, lift off, lift off..."
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