"The emergence of airships has made war so terrifying. From now on, any country will be cautious about war."
After Buenos Aires was "razed to the ground" by bombs, many people who witnessed it said this to reporters.
According to journalists, diplomats and expatriates, airships are powerful and can bring devastating blows.
But in August 1870, no European believed that the airship would fly to Europe, and what was unimaginable was that the airship really did fly!
Flying from the New World!
On September 2nd, there were white clouds floating in the clear sky, and the sky was blue and clear.
Sparrows were chirping loudly above the woods, swallows were flying over, and the air was filled with a choking smell.
In the open area outside Sedan, tens of thousands of Prussian soldiers have completed their assembly. They are ready to go and are preparing for the final battle against the French!
Prince Zuoji from Saxony looked at the city of Sedan with a proud expression.
"No one can persevere under such fire!"
Beside him was the Prussian Sixth Army, and the commander of the Sixth Army, Tumplinger, stood beside him.
"Your Highness, I think we will be able to invade Sedan City soon!"
Tumplinger's peripheral vision fell on his soldiers. Those soldiers were all eager to enter the battlefield with high morale. Even death could not stop their attack. These soldiers were inspired by patriotism to join the army, although they
Even though he knew that he was likely to die, he still came to the battlefield without hesitation.
"All Germany is watching us!"
When the Sixth Army led by Prince Zuozhi was preparing for the final attack, what they didn't know was that someone was also watching them.
"Sir, a large group of enemy troops were found in the southwest of Sedan City, completely exposed in the wilderness!"
The observer's shout interrupted Li Du's thoughts, and he immediately used a telescope to observe the target in the distance. For them in the air, everything on the earth was presented in front of their eyes in such an unobstructed way.
"Sir, look at the artillery position there, and there, and..."
The army of this era had no sense of camouflage at all. After all, before this, they had never considered threats from the air. But now? Hundreds of thousands of North German coalition troops are like women who have taken off their skirts, appearing naked.
In front of their eyes, this woman was teasing them wildly, waiting for them to deliver a fatal blow.
"Spread out!"
Li Du said as he looked at the location marked on the map and then at the targets on the ground.
"The First and Second Battalions are responsible for attacking the assembled German troops on the ground. The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Battalions are responsible for attacking the artillery positions on the northern flank, and the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Battalions are responsible for attacking the artillery positions on the southern flank..."
After giving the order to other airships through the blackboard, Li Du stared at the unobstructed target on the ground and sneered.
"This time, we are going to give them a hot pot!"
When we meet such a suitable target, we would really be sorry to God if we don't kill them all.
Staring at the exposed German troops, Ma Guangming shouted loudly.
"How's it going? Did you take aim?"
The gunner in the cabin immediately answered loudly.
"Aimed!"
In front of the gunner is a 30mm Gatling cannon fixed in the cabin of the boat. It is the latest weapon from Nanhua Arsenal. Compared with the 20mm cannon, it is not only more powerful, but also has a faster rate of fire.
"Can we fire?"
"Can!"
"let's hit!"
Following the order, the gunner pressed the button. Amidst the sound of the motor, the gun body of the Gatling machine gun rotated. In an instant, the sound of gunfire sounded in the cabin. Unlike the hand-cranked machine guns of the past, it
The sound of gunfire was continuous and sounded like the sound of a chainsaw.
"God bless, let us come back alive!"
Like everyone else, even as the son of the Chancellor, Herbert von Bismarck, an infantry captain, prayed for survival before fighting.
While he was praying and trying to mobilize the officers and soldiers in the camp, he heard a whistling sound in the air.
What is the sound?
Herbert von Bismarck looked at the sky with some confusion. There seemed to be nothing in the sky, but the sound clearly came from the sky.
"Sir, what is this sound?"
Not only Herbert, but other people as well. Soldiers and officers all looked towards the sky to see it. Even His Royal Highness, who was riding a horse, also looked towards the sky.
"The airship is coming, the airship is coming..."
On the ground, the messenger was riding a galloping horse while shouting. Suddenly, he suddenly stopped the horse.
explode!
What appeared before his eyes was a dense cloud of explosive smoke and flying pieces of limbs, and everything seemed to turn red.
All this happened in an instant. When the Prussian officers and soldiers looked up to find the source of the sound, 30mm artillery shells fell from the sky like raindrops. The shells broke their bodies and broke their bodies into two pieces. At the same time, they exploded violently.
, flying shrapnel recklessly harvested human lives.
The 30mm grenade is a new type of artillery shell developed by Nanhua based on the experience of the Paraná naval battle. In order to increase its power, its projectile body adopts stamping forming technology. During the stamping process, grooves are processed on the inside of the projectile body to make it more powerful.
It becomes a semi-prefabricated fragment with a charge of up to 40 grams. Due to the increased charge, it can not only cause greater damage to the wooden ship when it explodes, but also has killing power.
Now the artillery shells falling from the sky used their kinetic energy to tear apart the bodies of the German troops gathered on the ground. At the same time, violent explosions covered the entire open area, like thousands of grenades, covering everyone in the blink of an eye.
.
For a time, this open area completely turned into a hell. The violent explosion of 30mm grenades blew up the limbs of the German soldiers who had not yet recovered. In the dense rain of bullets, there were everywhere in the sky and the earth.
The body was red, torn apart by cannonballs and blown away by the shock wave of the explosion, with red flesh and blood flying in the air.
The tens of thousands of German troops who were originally gathered outside the city to prepare for the attack were completely turned into targets. They almost remained motionless and enjoyed the baptism of artillery shells. In less than a minute, tens of thousands of artillery shells were poured on them.
on the body.
The lethality when tens of thousands of small artillery shells with the power of grenades exploded in the crowd was extremely astonishing. However, in just a moment, the tens of thousands of German soldiers in the wilderness were enveloped in a steel rain of death.
In the absolute explosion, the wilderness was filled with red...
This chapter has been completed!