Ding Feiyu, captain of the Third Army Airship Brigade, stood in the commanding airship.
He constantly communicated with other airships through the radio. The airships formed a neat formation and slowly floated towards the east wall of Moscow.
Ding Feiyu has very rich experience in airship command.
He constantly observed the direction of the airflow and adjusted the height of the airship.
Ding Feiyu knew the range of Russian muskets very well and would never let the airship fall within the limits of the range of Russian muskets.
Except for a few lucky ones, most of the first-generation airship soldiers have died.
Very few people actually fall to their death. Even if the airship breaks a hole, it will slowly deflate and land slowly.
In this process, as long as you don't fall into the enemy's camp, there will generally be no fatalities.
The biggest danger to an airship comes from the hydrogen it is filled with.
Hydrogen is something that occasionally flashes and explodes when airships fly into the sky.
Once it encounters Mars, it will explode immediately.
The airship flew too low, and either Russian gunfire hit the air bag, causing the airship to explode.
Or whether the musket shot the napalm bomb in the gondola, causing the shell to explode, they had no chance of survival.
Airship soldiers are one of the most dangerous arms in the military. Soldiers who have no brothers at home will not be placed in this position.
Airships fly at high altitudes. They fly against the airflow and rely entirely on the diesel propellers at the rear to push the airship forward.
The airship flew very slowly, but it presented a unique sense of oppression as it slowly pressed toward the city of Moscow.
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The Russian garrison in Moscow, Massili Karlovsky, initially only responded to the attack of the Royal Army Artillery of the Great China Empire.
The Royal Army of the Great China Empire organized powerful firepower and continuously attacked the four walls of Moscow City.
In order to prevent the city of Moscow from being easily breached by the enemy, they spent more than 100,000 taels of silver to purchase a large amount of cement from the black market to strengthen Moscow's city defenses.
It is precisely because of the solidity of the Moscow city wall that there is still no sign of collapse under the powerful artillery attack of the Royal Army of the Great China Empire.
General Masili Karlovsky is still very optimistic about this war.
The advancement speed of the Royal Army of the Great China Empire exceeded all of their expectations.
Russia has carried out military mobilization before, but due to factors such as internal interest distribution, it has not yet carried out thorough military mobilization.
The Tsar has now made concessions to the great nobles in the country, and soon reinforcements from the Russian hinterland will come to support Moscow.
There are 200,000 people in Kiev who have received French aid and are preparing to support the 200,000 troops in Europe.
The situation in Moscow is now urgent, and the Tsar has mobilized this army to support Moscow.
The city of Moscow will be defended for half a month, and reinforcements from all over Russia will arrive one after another.
The food and garrison in Moscow are very sufficient, and General Masili Karlovsky is confident that he can defend the city for half a year.
He was thinking about how to deploy the troops in the city to defend the city of Moscow. Where are the weak points?
General Masili Karlovsky heard the exclamation of the general next to him.
"Look at the eastern sky. What do I see?"
General Masili Karlovsky immediately picked up his telescope and looked at the eastern sky.
There are huge balloons in the sky, slowly flying towards the city of Moscow.
If it was the first time they saw this kind of thing, many people would think it was Satan's punishment.
But the Russian army has been fighting against the Royal Army of the Great China Empire for many years, and they know that this is a reconnaissance airship of the Royal Army of the Great China Empire.
The main function of these things is to observe the impact point of the artillery shell and correct the parameters of the artillery.
When these things fly in the sky, they will also have a clear view of the situation on the battlefield.
The Russian cavalry was discovered by this kind of airship and was surrounded by the cavalry of the Great China Empire. At that time, they didn't know how they lost.
But now for the Russian army, this kind of airship is normal.
They also know that airships fly very high, and even muskets cannot hit airships flying high in the sky.
General Masili Karlovsky just shouted loudly: "These airships should be guiding the artillery of the Chinese Empire to bombard the city.
Everyone, please spread out and don’t stand too close together.”
Someone muttered in confusion: "This airship seems to be much larger than the airships I saw before."
This sound did not attract the attention of others.
The generals dispersed, and Masili Karlovsky also prepared to go to the nearby bunker.
He subconsciously used a telescope to observe the situation of the Eastern Airship.
However, he discovered that after these airships approached the east city wall, they did not continue to penetrate deeper into the city, but hovered above the east city wall.
When General Masili Karlovsky was wondering, he discovered that the airship slowly descended and then dropped a huge cannonball.
"No, the airship can still carry artillery shells and move around. He is preparing to bomb the artillery on top of the city.
Immediately send troops to support the east city wall."
When General Masili Karlovsky saw this situation, he immediately mobilized reinforcements to support the east wall.
He believed that the airship loaded artillery shells and headed to the east city wall to find a way to destroy the artillery on the city head.
General Masili Karlovsky saw the cannonballs from the airship deviating from the city wall.
A relaxed smile appeared on his face. Such a major mistake on the Dahua Empire airship was a great blessing for the defenders.
General Masili Karlovsky smiled for a moment before the smile on his face solidified.
The cannonballs that landed under the inner city wall ignited fire immediately after they landed, and soon turned into a sea of flames.
General Masili Karlovsky reacted very quickly. He immediately realized that the Great China Empire wanted to pass through this sea of fire to hinder the reinforcements in the city from supporting the city wall.
He immediately sent troops from the city to support the east wall.
Whatever the enemy wants to achieve, he must not let the enemy achieve it easily.
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The airship brigade threw all the napalm bombs.
The heat wave caused by the raging fire below pushed the airship dozens of meters higher.
Ding Feiyu saw that most of the napalm bombs dropped by the airship fell on the inner city wall, and a small amount fell on the top of the city wall, but none fell on the outside of the city wall.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Their airship brigade completed the set task. On the side of the city wall close to the city, a raging fire was already burning below.
Napalm has a strong adhesion, and the gasoline burns very violently. Even pouring water cannot stop the burning of gasoline.
This sea of fire can buy at least an hour.
The airship brigade finished throwing the napalm bombs and completed the mission.
Captain Ding Feiyu reported the relevant results via the radio and received an order to retreat.
The airship brigade did not continue flying into Moscow, but turned around and flew back to the camp.
When Commander Bai Yuangui received the news of the success of the airship brigade, he immediately ordered the artillery regiment on the east wall to launch a saturation attack on the enemy troops on the top of Moscow City.
At the same time, he sent a telegram to Ding Keshan, commander of the Third Division.
"Your Third Division doesn't want to be a reserve force, so I'll give you a chance and hope to get good news."
Ding Keshan was leading the elite of the third division to approach the east city wall on a ladder truck.
From the car, he could see the firelight on the east city wall reflecting the sky, making it a bright red.
The artillery regiment was carrying out multiple rounds of projections on the city head in a short period of time, regardless of the life of the gun barrels.
Ding Keshan heard the ticking sound of the radio station, and he quickly received the translated telegram.
After reading the telegram sent by Commander Bai Yuangui, he photographed the telegram on the glass of the car.
The Third Division must complete its mission so that it will not continue to serve as a reserve force in future wars.
The artillery near the east city wall has stopped. When cars pass by, not only the smell of gunpowder smoke can be heard in the air, but also waves of heat.
The hot barrel has heated up the surrounding air.
The car quickly passed the artillery position and stopped under the city wall.
Master Ding Keshan stepped out of the car and ordered: "Start preparing for the project immediately.
Your second battalion is the most elite unit of our third division, and you will show your capabilities today."
Commander Ding Keshan gave the order, and the soldiers on the ladder truck started to activate the ladder.
The hydraulic device lifts up the ladder so that the ladder and the city wall form an angle of 60 to 70 degrees.
The ladder is composed of multiple sections, and the soldier quickly pulls a wire lock on the ladder.
Each section of the ladder quickly stretches forward to form the entire ladder.
The length of the ladder has been calculated, and it will fit on the city wall of Moscow.
Teacher Ding Keshan saw that the ladder had been completely set up in less than three minutes.
Compared with the old wooden ladder truck, the biggest feature of this new type of ladder truck is that it is easy to deploy.
The soldiers of the second battalion who had been prepared for a long time saw that the ladder had been set up and immediately climbed up the ladder towards the top of the city.
The first hundred soldiers to take action were all wearing full-steel breastplates.
These hard steel armors can withstand the defenders' bows, arrows, spears and other cold weapons.
But he still couldn't resist the close range direct fire from the musket.
But the soldiers following them aimed their rifles at the city head.
If a Russian soldier dared to poke his head out of the city that had just been bombarded indiscriminately, he would be shot with rifles immediately.
These steel armors are mainly used to deal with things that do not require leaning out, such as throwing stones from the top of the city, or hiding behind the city wall and shooting with bows and arrows or short spears.
Commander Ding Keshan looked nervous and kept observing the soldiers climbing the ladder.
As expected by the staff, the musketeers tried to reveal themselves, but they were shot dead.
The Russian defenders no longer dared to venture out of the city wall. They smashed down with stones or tried to push out the ladders.
This is completely futile. Hiding behind the city wall and throwing stones, the accuracy is very poor.
They tried to push the ladder with spears, but failed.
The ladder truck was firmly stuck on the ground, and there were so many people on the ladder that it was impossible for the ladder to be pushed away easily.
When Commander Ding Keshan saw the soldiers approaching the city, they immediately threw grenades over the city.
After the bang, the soldier immediately sped up, turned over, and jumped to the top of the city.
The city walls were attacked by napalm bombs and saturation attacks by artillery regiments.
The artillery on top of the city was basically destroyed.
This is also the reason why they can easily climb to the top of the city.
A small number of Russian troops survived on the city, but their number was too small, and each of them was injured, so they were unable to resist the Royal Army's assault on the city.
Their reinforcements were blocked by the sea of fire and could not come to support them at all.
Xuan Xiaoguang was the first to board the city. He saw that there were still flames burning in some places on the city.
The city was littered with shrapnel and Russian corpses.
Even after experiencing such high-intensity damage, the concrete structure of the city wall still did not show any major cracks.
Xuan Xiaoguang observed his surroundings to see if there were any enemy troops that could threaten him.
After he discovered it, he immediately pulled the trigger of the pistol, completely eliminating the danger.
After Xuan Xiaoguang confirmed that it was safe, he said confidently: "Our Royal Army has climbed to the top of the city, and no one can drive us down again."
The Royal Army climbed up the ladder and climbed to the top of the city.
After they arrived at the top of the city, some of them took control of important areas on the top of the city.
Part of it transported heavy weapons such as machine guns and mortars to the top of the city through gondolas.
When the soldiers of the Royal Army were busy at the top of the city, they were also burned by the sea of fire, and everyone was left with a lot of sweat.
They deployed heavy weapons at the top of the city, and the heat of the sea of fire began to slowly subside, and it would soon be completely extinguished.
After the Royal Army completely took control of the city head, the soldiers of the First Division on the east city wall also began to climb up the city head along the ladder.
After waiting for the sea of fire to extinguish, these tiger and wolf warriors immediately entered the city of Moscow.
The Russian army could hear the continuous explosions above Dongcheng, and they knew that this was the direction of the Dahua Empire's main attack.
General Masili Karlovsky was also anxious. Once the east city wall was completely occupied by the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, Moscow would not be able to hold it.
He constantly urged the Russian army, tried his best to extinguish the flames at the foot of the city, and opened roads to support the defenders who were still holding on above the city.
The Russian army worked hard to open the road to the city. They saw the Russian flag still flying above the city.
The situation they were most worried about did not appear, and they immediately trotted to prepare to climb to the top of the city.
The Russian troops gathered in the narrow passage to the top of the city. What was waiting for them was a large number of grenades flying over, and machine guns began to shoot at them from all directions.
The Russian army was directly stunned. They could not continue to advance and were forced back by the powerful firepower of the Royal Army of the Great China Empire.
The mortars on the top of the city began to fire in the direction of the Russian army.
The Royal Army of the Great China Empire took advantage of the chaotic formation of the Russian army and rushed into the city with guns in hand.
Part of the Royal Army blocked the Russian troops who rushed over madly.
Some of them cleaned up the garbage at the city gate. In order to quickly open the city gate, they used explosives to blow up the east gate.
There was a loud bang and the east city gate collapsed.
The soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Divisions who had been waiting outside for a long time, carrying heavy weapons, entered Moscow through the city gate in an orderly manner.
Ding Keshan, commander of the Third Division, entered Moscow by car.
He commanded the third division, which was responsible for advancing from the north of the city to the west of the city.
Ding Keshan was so excited that he sent the good news to Commander Bai Yuangui.
In the Royal Army camp, Commander Bai Yuangui has been observing the situation in Moscow city with telescopes.
The success of the airship brigade is the most important step in the plan.
Only by blocking the support of the Russian army can they use this method to break through the city of Moscow.
Commander Bai Yuangui saw that the dragon flag of the Great China Empire had been raised on the east wall of Moscow City.
Only then did the worry in his heart completely let go.
The city of Moscow has been captured by them. This capital of Russia is the cornerstone for the Russian nobles to dare to resist.
The fall of the city basically marked the end of Russia.
