1870, August 27, 13:00 in the afternoon.
New Town Airship Field in Guinea.
With the roar of the engines, airships took off one after another. Soon, the airships were everywhere in the sky above the entire airship field, flying towards the north under the gaze of the world. When the indigenous people watched the huge group of airships take off, they were speechless.
Didn't he chant excitedly - "The gods have returned to their temples!"
More indigenous people were kneeling on the ground, praying there, and even begging the gods not to leave!
At this moment, the airship seemed to have become a god in the hearts of the indigenous people. Even if they believed in the Green Religion, their faith was shaken when faced with the airship at this time.
There was even a moment when they felt that God left because they did not believe in God.
But now, God has flown far away and abandoned these poor people.
However, God's journey is not easy.
The original voyage went smoothly, and the airship kept flying at an altitude of about 2,000 meters.
The next day, this huge fleet of airships ran into trouble at night - the intense cooling of the desert in Mauritania and the cold night caused very strong turbulence. Not only did it affect the stability of the flight, but the cold air caused the hydrogen to be compressed,
The flying altitude of the airships of the aerospace force continued to decrease.
At dawn, the officers and soldiers on the airship found that their airship was almost in contact with the desert. Standing out of the window and looking out, Ma Xiangwu felt that he could touch the sand below as long as he stretched his feet out of the airship.
"There won't be any problem at such a height, right?"
"No matter how high the height is, it doesn't matter!"
Ma Guangming replied loudly. But just a few hours later, everything changed!
Under the hot North African sun, the rising temperature forced the compressed hydrogen to expand rapidly, and soon it flew into the sky. When the altimeter pointed to 5,000 meters, the people on the boat were blown away by the thin air at high altitudes.
Tortured beyond human form.
In the next two days, the flight over the desert was spent in this tossing between night and day. Soon, everyone became exhausted from this tossing: some people suffered from headaches, and others
Some people said they had hallucinations. Despite the danger, Li Du still ordered the floating troops to continue flying.
In the early morning of the third day, when the Mediterranean Sea appeared in their sight, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the dangerous desert voyage was over.
"We are halfway through the voyage. We are measuring our position and preparing to dock with the supply ship and replenish supplies."
The so-called "supply ship" is a transport ship that sails to the sea off Spain in advance. It is slightly different from an ordinary cargo ship. The modified cargo ship's mast can serve as an airship mooring tower.
A few hours later, at the designated longitude and latitude positions, six cargo ships were quietly moored on the sea. After confirming their identities through light signal communication, the airship of the aerospace force slowly descended from the flying height. After throwing down the mooring rope, the ship
While being secured, the sailors began to lift supplies through ropes.
All the supplies were loaded in the lifting net, including boxes of ammunition and bombs. The bombs were not even packed in boxes, but were directly hoisted onto the airship through the pulleys through the net.
"Hurry up, hurry up..."
While the sailors and airship crewmen on the ship were busy, Li Du had already received the telegram sent from Nanhua - this was the telegram the fleet received when it was in Gibraltar.
In the past few days, they have been sending ships to land and looking for newspapers in Spanish ports to get the latest news. However, because the port is too small, there is no telegraph station there, so there is no contact with Nanhua.
"We have declared war on Prussia!"
"What?"
Wang Xinyue said in surprise.
"On August 20, just before we set off, at the invitation of France and based on the friendship between the two countries, we declared war on Prussia!"
Then, his tone became a little deeper.
"In addition, there is bad news. The French Emperor...is surrounded in Sedan!"
"What?"
Wang Xinyue opened his eyes wide in shock and murmured.
"This, this, how could it happen so fast?"
"This... I'm afraid only God knows!"
Li Du once again looked at the newspaper that was brought up with the ship. In the Spanish newspaper, it was reported that Emperor Napoleon III and Marshal MacMahon's French 2nd Army were on their way to rescue the surrounded 1st Army of Bazin.
, was encircled by Moltke for reinforcements, and the rear route was cut off by the Prussian army, which surrounded the French army in the open space of Sedan.
"This is yesterday's newspaper..."
Li Du frowned while looking at the news in the newspaper.
"If my estimate is correct, they should launch a general offensive in the next few days!"
"Then what do we do? When we get there, will it be too late?"
Looking through the portholes at the floating troops who are busy lifting supplies, the 79 airships are like white clouds on the sea, even blocking the sunshine of the Mediterranean Sea. The officers and soldiers are busy there, busy with the operations required for loading.
Materials.
"No matter what, we must rush over. The commander's order is very simple - fly to Sedan and do everything possible to help the French and help them defeat the Prussians!"
"Beat the French!"
The officer's words made Wang Xinyue lose his voice.
"How is this possible? Now the French emperor's army is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops. How can we defeat them just by relying on us? Sir, our floating troops are Nanhua's trump card. But...we don't have three heads and six arms. How is it possible?
How about fighting them off?"
No wonder Wang Xinyue said this, no matter how confident he is, he still doesn't believe that hundreds of thousands of Prussian troops can be defeated by dozens of airships. Those are hundreds of thousands of troops who have undergone rigorous training. They are not barbarians.
They are not country bumpkins who have never seen the world. How could they collapse and give up the encirclement just because of the appearance of the airship?
"Not to repel them, but to help the French defeat the Prussians!"
Wang Xinyue said without waiting for the officer to finish speaking.
"This is the same thing. The French themselves are not up to par. No matter how powerful we are, it is useless. Our bombs will always run out."
Li Du pursed his lips and said helplessly.
"Now, all we can do is do our best! The rest..."
Just leave it to fate.
A few hours later, the floating troops loaded with ammunition set off again.
What they didn't know was that just as the airship force set off, their whereabouts were exposed. The captain of a Spanish merchant ship on the fixed route discovered this huge airship force. When he picked up his telescope in surprise, the captain of the Spanish merchant ship on the ship's route was surprised.
Passengers are also destined to their existence.
A few hours later, Nanhua's airship troops finally flew over Spain and arrived on the European continent...
This chapter has been completed!