After receiving the order, the two escort airships immediately broke away from the formation and turned to fly to a hillside not far away. This combat support type is usually equipped with a 37-gun, four 12.7 mm machine guns, and also carries
Two 250kg and ten 50kg aerial bombs were just for show anyway. The two airships dropped all the bombs at the same time. Almost in the blink of an eye, the entire hillside was completely engulfed in the flames of the explosion.
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"Let's see how effective this thing is?" Yang Feng said proudly to Alexandra.
"Did you sell it to the Germans?" Her Majesty the Queen turned around and asked with a sullen face. She knew exactly what this meant. The two airships took off from Beijing at the same time as them and have flown for more than five years now.
Hundreds of kilometers, and the destination of this trip is Shanghai, and it will not land anywhere on the way. This means that this kind of airship can fly at least a thousand kilometers, which means that if it is a round-trip bombing, there is no pressure to take off from Germany and bomb London.
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"This is just a means of transportation, just like cars and trains. It cannot be considered a weapon at all. Since it is not a weapon, there is no need to abide by the neutrality law." Yang Feng said with a smile.
Alexandra glared at him hatefully.
"Don't be angry. With our relationship, how could I possibly sell this thing to the Germans? Besides, helium is extremely expensive and cannot be easily equipped. I just built a royal airship for William."
Yang Feng hugged her from behind and played with her chest while saying: "But you have to know that this rigid airship was originally invented by Count Zeppelin. If he imitated the same airship based on the one I sold, then he would
If you buy cheap hydrogen, it has nothing to do with me.”
"Okay. Then you should also give me one." Alexandra said with a different smile.
"Of course, the Royal Aircraft Manufacturing Company can manufacture any airship they need for any customer in any country, of course, for civilian use." Yang Feng said with a smile.
This guy is now eager for the European powers to all equip large-scale airships, and then use these things to throw bombs at each other. The Germans can bomb London, and the British can bomb Berlin. When there is going and going, it is called business.
Of course, this business is mainly owned by Chinalco.
The Royal Airship of His Majesty the Emperor of China was obviously very popular with Her Majesty the Empress of Russia. Shortly after the two arrived in Shanghai together, the Russian Minister in Beijing signed an agreement with the Royal Aircraft Company on behalf of the Russian government, entrusting this company to build it for the Russian Imperial Family.
Two large airships, named Nicholas I and Queen Alexandra.
Since both the German and Russian royal families have purchased this expensive super toy, the emperors and kings of other countries are naturally not far behind. Although it is during the war, it is not suitable for such luxury goods to show off wealth, but the British royal family still gave Edward
The Seventh Emperor ordered one. As for Crown Prince Victor, he also ordered one with his own money. As the fourth largest shareholder of Imperial Oil, the fool has made a lot of money in these years.
Next, major European royal families such as Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and the Ottoman Empire all placed orders with the Royal Aircraft Company. Even some super rich people began to purchase such expensive helium airships, although the Empire class was a bit larger.
, but some small ones are still worth buying. At the same time that various countries are gradually launching a craze for airships, an air transport company using large helium airships as a means of transportation was established in Beijing. Its name is Panda Airlines.
Regular routes and plans to open intercontinental shipping.
Of course, this is just a preliminary idea. After all, there is basically no need for intercontinental air transportation at this time. Europe is in full swing. Who can be bored and fly across the Eurasian continent by airship. In addition, a large number of supporting facilities are needed. As for trans-Pacific transportation
That also belongs to China’s domestic shipping business.
The Germans did not show the slightest dissatisfaction with Yang Fengman's behavior of selling airships to the world. Of course, William also knew that he was not qualified to express dissatisfaction to Yang Feng. Besides, what would happen even if Britain and Russia got large airships? They had all the
Is it a Berlin-level professional airship manufacturing company?
During the Russian Empress's visit to China, the first naval battle since the war took place on the European battlefield, but it was not between the two main players. At this time, the British and German navies were accumulating strength in their respective military ports on both sides of the North Sea, preparing to
Let’s have an ultimate showdown, but because the land is progressing smoothly and there is no shortage of supplies, William is reluctant to let his beloved ones go to sea for the time being.
The Strait of Otranto, the connecting passage between the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea, this strait about 80 kilometers wide is about to become the battlefield for the first perfect battleship showdown in the history of war.
Now the Adriatic Sea has become the most important supply channel for the Allied Powers. All kinds of materials shipped from China to Kuwait are all transported to Smyrna via railways and the newly opened highway plus the Baghdad Railway, and then loaded here.
The Ottoman Empire's own merchant ships, of course, also included a large number of merchant ships leased from China, and then shipped to Durrës, the important port of the Ottoman Empire on the Adriatic Sea.
This is the domestic trade of the Ottoman Empire. No matter what is transported, even if they know that these ships are equipped with machine guns or even cannons, the British and French navies can only stare. They can't find any reason to intercept a neutral country transporting supplies to their ports.
Merchant ships. But after the steady stream of supplies was unloaded at the Port of Durrës, it was immediately divided into two routes. Those civilian or military-civilian supplies that did not violate the neutrality law were directly loaded onto the merchant ships of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at this port.
Transported to Trieste, and then transported by rail to wherever they are needed. As for the arms and ammunition that are not easily transported openly, they are transported by road to the garrison camps on the Ottoman border. This is their public destination. Of course, they arrive at these military camps.
From now on, it is up to them to accept the Austro-Hungarian army who have just occupied Serbia whenever they want.
However, because this area is all mountainous, transportation is difficult, and the remaining Serbian guerrillas are still very active. In addition, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany both have strong military production capabilities, so there are very few people traveling by land, and the vast majority are
Transportation through the Adriatic Sea, especially chemical raw materials, grain, steel, copper, and even machinery and equipment, cars, and medicines that are crucial to the war, are being sent to Germany and Austria ship after ship in this way.
in the hands of the country.
For Britain and France, there was no reason to intercept the Ottoman Empire's merchant ships. Moreover, the Ottoman navy at this time was not easy to bully. After the war started, under the pretext of dealing with the tense situation in the Mediterranean, Hamid II used the lease method to
China acquired two battleships, and the USS Illinois, which was originally captured from the United States, was sold to him at a low price by Yang Feng. Although this battleship is still far from a perfect battleship after modification, it is already a quasi-perfect battleship.
In this way, the size of the Ottoman navy was expanded to five battleships, and the other two battleships in Sweden can be delivered immediately. Hamid II's strength can be said to be powerful in the Mediterranean.
What's more, there is a giant dragon standing behind him.
Therefore, without sufficient reasons, it is impossible to block this transportation channel in the Ottoman Empire. The only way is to enter the Adriatic Sea, blockade the Austro-Hungarian Empire ports with a fleet, and directly close the gate.
Death, then the Austro-Hungarian Navy must be dealt with.
Four Combined Forces-class battleships were specially designed by the Swedish Young Shipyard for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Two were built in Sweden and two were assembled in Trieste with major Swedish components. Of course, these four Combined Forces-class battleships are the same as the original ones.
The Combined Forces class in history is no longer the same class. The full load displacement exceeds 25,000 tons, and the main gun has reached the maximum caliber of a perfect battleship at present, 14 inches, 45 times the caliber, three triple turrets, equipped with primary
The centralized fire control system of the Yang Feng version is basically a pirated copy of what is now used by the British. The armor is so thick that it seems outrageous at present.
This battleship is actually a simple enlargement of the Hongwu-class battle cruiser, including the power configuration and structural layout. However, the Hongwu-class battle cruiser has a full load displacement of only 17,000 tons. The 8,000 tons of added weight include artillery and
In terms of enlarging the ship's size, all the rest was used in the armor. Yang Feng and his brother-in-law assured Archduke Ferdinand that this was a battleship that could never be sunk.
Of course, the price of this is to sacrifice speed. The maximum speed of this battleship is only 29 knots, which is incomparable with the 35 knots of the Hongwu class. However, it is enough to protect the Adriatic Sea.
Well, what's the point of bringing the 50-knot Littoral Combat Ship Independence in the 80-kilometer-wide Strait of Otranto?
The territorial waters of the Ottoman Empire and Italy alone have almost reached half of it, and the remaining space left for the British and French fleets to fight is only forty kilometers wide. These four super large iron lumps are stretched across the middle. That is the real one man against ten thousand men.
Don't open it! Regardless of Yang Feng, William or even Archduke Ferdinand himself, the only requirement for the Austro-Hungarian Navy during the war was to let them guard the strait and ensure smooth transportation lines.
In Yang Feng's view, it is sheer nonsense to study such things as speed, range, and seaworthiness for this battleship. A dozen or twenty knots is enough to allow them to drive from Trieste. They only need two
Just one thing is enough, one is a powerful enough artillery piece, and the other is armor that is so thick that no one can open it. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!