The German airships were dispatched. More than 80 large airships, escorted by more than 200 fighter jets, took off from Metz and flew to Verdun like a sky. No need to guess, now you know that the Germans are preparing to drop bombs at Verdun.
What is coming is that if they reach their destination, the French army will have their first taste of hellfire.
After understanding this, a total of more than 300 of the latest Falmant fighter jets from the five airports near Verdun took off to face their powerful enemies. These fighter jets were all equipped with armor plates on the propellers that could deflect bullets.
It has always been the guarantee for France to dominate the skies on the Western Front. Although Germany had previously produced a batch of fighter jets with machine guns mounted on the wings, it still could not shake the dominance of the Falman fighter jet.
"Germans!" Just ten minutes later, a series of screams came from the French fleet that was gradually reuniting. Countless giant airships in the distant sky were like battle fleets sailing on the sea, carrying a majestic sound.
The momentum came oncoming. The French commander, Colonel Rene, immediately issued an order to fight. More than 300 fighter jets fiercely attacked the invaders who invaded their homeland. But at this moment, those French pilots who were full of hatred were
It was discovered that their enemy had changed their aircraft, and now the Germans were using a new type of biplane that they had never seen before.
But this was just a surprise to them. Ever since the Falman fighter entered service, the French had never tasted failure in the sky. In the eyes of these proud pilots, air combat against the Germans was like target practice.
Just as easy.
At the same time, the Germans in the distance also saw the French fleet. The latest Otto fighter jets among the giant airships quickly accelerated forward and began to climb to high altitudes in the surprised eyes of the French pilots. It was obvious that they wanted to seize the most advantageous position.
Air combat position.
Of course, it was impossible for the French to watch them run over their heads. Under the command of Colonel Rene, all Falman fighter jets also began to climb. However, the French pilots soon broke out in cold sweat because these new German aircraft climbed
The rate is much faster than them.
The German fighter jets that had seized the altitude advantage immediately pounced on the French like a group of swooping vultures. While diving, the nose of the plane suddenly shot out streaks of inconsistent red fire. Almost instantly, the two planes diagonally below them
More than a dozen Falman fighter jets were shot at the same time and burst into flames. The small planes at this time were extremely fragile, and in the blink of an eye they began to fall to the ground one after another.
Colonel Rene was almost stunned by this sap. He immediately realized that this kind of aircraft also had the ability to shoot propellers, and these aircraft were faster and had a higher climb rate. It was completely impossible to expect this air battle to be as easy as before.
It's impossible. The only way is to get entangled and rely on numerical superiority to fight a chaotic battle based on individual skills.
"Quick, quick, fire and entangle them!" He shouted hoarsely, gesturing to his pilots. Fortunately, although the performance of German aircraft was superior, it was not an overwhelming advantage that was out of reach. There were nearly three hundred aircraft.
The Falman fighter jets quickly dispersed, looking for their opponents like a group of frightened dragonflies. The Bofors air-cooled machine guns authorized by Hotchkiss Company on the nose of the aircraft opened fire one after another.
But the French soon discovered that it was difficult for them to lock the target. These latest German aircraft had too many advantages compared with their aircraft. It can be said that they were superior in almost all aspects, and they were faster than the Falman aircraft.
The maneuverability is better than the Falman type. It is extremely difficult to entangle them in an air battle. The opponent can get rid of the Falman type entangled with them in a very short time, and then easily climb to a high altitude, and then volley again with a graceful flip.
Pounce down and blow up the Falman style.
Even the equipped machine gun has a much longer range than the Falman type. It is also very powerful. It is obviously not an improved version of the Army's heavy machine gun, but the same large-caliber machine gun used by those airships. This kind of terrifying machine gun is only produced in China.
The weapon can ravage French aircraft even one kilometer away, and this machine gun is also equipped with tracer bullets to display the trajectory, making the Germans' shooting more accurate.
Their propeller design is also completely different from the Falman type. There will be no chance of bullets rebounding and damaging the aircraft. In just a few minutes after the battle began, the French lost dozens of fighter jets. A light was seen in the sky.
French planes fell down with thick smoke, but the number of German planes shot down still did not exceed double digits.
Although those French pilots were driven by hatred and still fought tenaciously with the enemy in the sky, it was a pity that their bravery could not make up for the huge gap in the performance of the weapons in their hands. No matter how hard they tried, they could not change the situation of being passively beaten.
The numerical advantage Kuai originally had was gone.
Even at this time, those huge airships began to gather around. Although they were not fighter jets, these airships had terrifying defense capabilities. They were like fortresses in the sky, with large-caliber missiles with a range of nearly two kilometers.
The machine gun, firing tracer bullets like the machine gun on the plane, kept firing beyond the range of the French fighter jet's machine gun.
This kind of 12.7mm machine gun bullets are extremely powerful. The Falman fighter jets are still mainly made of canvas, wood and plywood. No matter where they are hit, they may cause fatal injuries and even be interrupted by one shot.
The condition of the wings.
The French pilots tried their best to rush up and kill these enemies, but under the obstruction of German fighter jets and the sneak attacks of machine guns on the airships, none of them could succeed at all. Each pilot looked desperately at the invaders in the distance.
, drinking in the blue sky in the flames of the plane explosion.
This air battle of unprecedented scale lasted less than half an hour and ended with a disastrous defeat for the French. The 300 Falman fighter jets that came to fight ended up returning less than 100, and their harvest was only
Twenty-two German fighter jets were shot down, and as for their main target of the trip, none of the giant airships were damaged.
With endless grief and anger, the remaining French aircraft fled the battlefield one after another, followed by fifty German aircraft in pursuit, while the remaining ones escorted the air fleet to Verdun.
These eighty airships were loaded with a full 400 tons of coagulating gas decoys. Their mission was to smash all these terrifying hell fires at the Verdun Fortress. Originally, the German General Staff was still against using this weapon to attack the fortress.
They were skeptical, but Hindenburg, who had the most experience using this thing, dispelled their doubts with a test.
Hindenburg locked a dozen goats in a reinforced concrete underground bunker, and then dropped a dozen coagulation bombs towards the bunker. When the flames burned out, all the goats in the bunker were dead without any scars on their bodies.
suffocated to death.
The Fortress of Verdun is indeed indestructible. Almost all the defenders are underground protected by reinforced concrete and even armored steel plates. Only the muzzles and muzzles of the guns are exposed. The solid shell and even the 420 cannon cannot be broken open, but
Hundreds of tons of coagulation bombs were dropped on this fortress, which was only a few hundred meters in diameter. The violent combustion would drain out all the air inside. Without the air, could the defenders inside still survive?
This test result convinced William and Count Schlieffen that the airships originally planned to bomb the French trenches around Verdun changed the first bombing target to the Verdun Fortress.
However, it is not easy for the Germans to achieve this goal. Even if they have airships, the French do not only have aircraft to protect their skies. They also have a large number of the latest anti-aircraft guns in the Verdun Fortress.
For fear of accidentally damaging their own airships, the German bombardment stopped after the air fleet arrived. The anti-aircraft guns that had been huddled underground were raised to the ground one after another. The 75-meter anti-aircraft guns produced by Hotchkiss Company fired at a height exceeding
Five kilometers away, it was a fatal threat to airships in the sky. After discovering the arrival of the German air fleet, the French anti-aircraft guns below immediately opened fire.
Artillery shells with delayed fuses exploded over Verdun one after another. The smoke from the explosions formed black clouds, and shrapnel flew everywhere in the firelight, turning the sky into a murderous place. At this time, the escorting fighter jets immediately came into play.
To achieve its effect, small planes first swooped down from the sky, using their large-caliber machine guns to fire wildly at the surrounding French anti-aircraft guns. Under the cover of the planes, two airships took the risk and rushed up.
Their targets are too small, and it is impossible for eighty airships to launch bombings at the same time. Among the remaining airships, a few dispersed to attack the French troops around Verdun to prevent them from using ground firepower to sneak attack the airships in the sky. As for the remaining
I had no choice but to wait in the sky.
As soon as they saw the German airship flying overhead, the French troops on the Verdun Fortress tried their best to withstand the strafing fire from the aircraft, aiming their 75-meter anti-aircraft guns at the sky and firing. Soon they gained their first victory.
, the first airship to fly to Verdun was almost hit by a 75-gun bomb. The airship filled with hydrogen exploded in the air like a zha bomb. The French army on the ground ignored the danger of strafing by the aircraft.
Everyone cheered excitedly at the spectacular scene above their heads, but then their cheers stopped abruptly. Just as the airship exploded, countless black spots in the pod below fell almost simultaneously.
For solidification qi decoys, the denser the bombing, the better. The Germans designed a special pod for this purpose. All the solidification qi decoys are arranged neatly with their heads down. At that time, all they need to do is to loosen the mechanism that blocks the missile body.
, the five-ton solidification qi decoys can be dropped almost at the same time, just like the carpet bombing of later bombers. This design is now in effect. At the same time as the hydrogen bag above the head explodes, all the solidification qi decoys in the disintegrated pod are
The decoys fell at the same time.
Although they were not aiming, fortunately, the Verdun Fortress itself below them was also a huge target. Five tons of solidified qi decoy bombs instantly hit the northeast corner. These were one hundred fifty kilograms of solidified qi decoy bombs. As if a volcano erupted, almost one-third of the fortress was swallowed up in flames and completely disappeared from sight. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!