The raging flames were constantly expanding and changing like a fiery red monster, stretching its huge body and mercilessly devouring everything around it. The anti-aircraft guns, armored turrets, and the hurriedly fleeing French soldiers were all submerged and disappeared in an instant.
, the huge ball of fire even swallowed up a German fighter jet that was unable to dodge.
The French soldiers on the Verdun Fortress who were shooting into the sky were all dumbfounded, staring dumbly at the raging flame monster. But at this moment, another airship that was originally behind came from another part of the fire area.
It circled sideways, and then suddenly scattered small black dots from under the pod.
The French soldiers who were still resisting initially abandoned their air defense positions without hesitation after seeing the increasingly larger coagulation decoys, and burrowed into the underground bunker like crazy.
Half of the one hundred coagulated qi decoys dropped from an altitude of two thousand meters hit this huge fortress. Instantly, flames rose up and drowned everything around them. By this time, the entire Verdun Fortress was already covered with flames.
There was no more anti-aircraft firepower. All the soldiers were frightened and hid underground where they thought they were safe. Several anti-aircraft positions around the fortress became the main targets of German fighter jet attacks. The waiting airships immediately began to attack one by one.
He moved forward and smashed all the coagulated qi decoys he carried on the Verdun Fortress. In just a few minutes, the fortress was completely engulfed in flames. Not only that, but even the entire area hundreds of meters around it was devastated.
A huge torch with a diameter of nearly two kilometers was burning on the land ravaged by artillery fire, and the flames shot up hundreds of meters high.
This spectacular sight made even the German troops who were preparing to launch an attack be stunned. As for the French soldiers who were hiding in the trenches waiting for the enemy to charge, they all forgot about the bombs falling from time to time around them, and stared at them in stunned silence.
They regarded it as an impregnable fortress, but of course they could no longer see the fortress.
At this time, in the French General Headquarters behind the battle line, General Galerieni, who was in charge of the Verdun Line of Defense, looked at the staff officers who were desperately making phone calls with an expressionless face. No one expected that the German coagulation qi decoy bombs would be like this.
Brutal, even though the defenders of the Verdun Fortress were all underground, bad news was still coming one after another. The violent burning overhead almost emptied all the air in the fortress, and the turrets stationed with a large number of soldiers were losing contact one by one.
A large number of French soldiers who could not endure the suffocation were ignoring the commander's orders and trampling on each other in the narrow underground passage for transporting supplies, trying to escape from the horrific hell behind them.
Up to now, the fire has been burning for half an hour, and even some of the armored steel plates protecting the fortress have been red-hot and melted. The ammunition in some turrets has begun to explode, but the German airships continue to drop solidifying decoys into the flames.
bombs. The airships that have completed the bombing are returning. The flight from Verdun to Metz, their departure point, only takes half an hour at most. Obviously the Germans have stockpiled enough coagulation bombs there. After these airships are loaded, they will
Then return and let the fire of Verdun continue to burn until the steel is burned, the soil is burned into lumps, and all life is reduced to ashes.
"This is the devil's flame of hell, the devil released by the Germans from hell. Order the frontline troops to prepare to retreat to Saint-Michel!" Gallieni said to his chief of staff Foch in a somewhat confused tone.
It should be said that he is a smart man. The reason why the Verdun Bulge was tenaciously defended by the German army from the east and west was entirely because of this fortress. It was obvious that this fortress was finished. The Germans would not have burned it to ashes.
They will give up. When they cannot be stopped in the air, all these airships have to do is nothing more than the simplest porters, transporting coagulated qi decoys from Metz and then throwing them into the sea of fire in Verdun, a German factory.
They were continuously produced and sent to Metz by rail. The next battle was that simple. The Germans could pour thousands or tens of thousands of tons of coagulated qi decoys towards Verdun.
Without the obstruction of the Verdun Fortress, their infantry could easily cut through the French troops in the trenches on the front line and then eliminate them. There was no point in defending anymore. It was better to preserve their strength and retreat south, leveling the defense lines in Saint-Mihiele and the Marne.
This original protrusion.
As for the future, if he couldn't find a way to restrain the Germans' tactics, he really didn't know what to do in the future.
Just like this, while the torch of Verdun was still burning brightly, the French troops in the trenches around the fortress began to evacuate their positions one after another. The German troops opposite them did not take the opportunity to attack. The goal of the German General Staff was just the ordinary people.
Since the French army has withdrawn from the Erden Bulge, they can just wait to receive it smoothly. So far, the German army has paid more than 1.5 million casualties for this war. There is no need to fight for a target that has already been obtained.
Too many people will die.
The news that the German army used two thousand tons of coagulation bombs to burn the Verdun Fortress quickly shocked the world. According to the news sent back by reporters who went to interview the next day, the cannons in the Verdun Fortress were burned, and even the ground
The sand and soil were burned into glass balls, and thousands of corpses of French soldiers who died of suffocation were found inside. Many of the corpses were steamed by the high temperature, and a large number of them trampled each other to death while escaping in the underground passages.
The hellish scene made the reporters vomit without exception.
But the ferocity of this hell fire also made the generals of the Allied Powers worried. They really couldn't think of any way to deal with this kind of thing. What worried them even more was that according to the intelligence obtained by their spies, this kind of
The main component of the terrifying weapon is very simple and cheap, which is gasoline. The only special thing is that a special material is added to turn the originally liquid gasoline into a semi-solid state, which is convenient for loading into the projectile.
This also means that the Germans can spend as much as they want on the battlefield without restraint. They have Romanian oil fields in their hands, with an annual output of more than 10 million tons. They don’t have to turn them all into this thing. One million tons can be turned into this Allied Powers.
I can only kneel down. As for whether the German industry has the ability to manufacture one million tons of coagulant decoys, this really does not need to be considered. Compared with the tedious processes of producing zha bombs, it is obvious that this thing is manufactured
It seems simpler. The most terrifying thing about this weapon is here. Its power is not a headache for Britain and France. What worries them is its cost.
The only way is to intercept the airships that throw it in the air, but the performance of German aircraft is superior. If they can't defeat the Germans in the sky, they can't stop them. The only way is to increase the density of ground anti-aircraft firepower and use a large number of anti-aircraft guns.
I have protected myself, but this is still not an option. Now the Germans are only using airships for bombing. What should I do next if they install coagulation bombs on the planes to first burn the anti-aircraft guns, and then let the airships board?
After all, we still need airplanes, more advanced airplanes.
"Buying fighter jets? How can this be done? We are a neutral country and cannot sell arms!" Yang Fengyi said righteously. He did not expect that the person sent by the British to return the cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace was actually the fool's brother, the Prince of Wales, who was the original historical figure.
George V, the two of them have been having fun together for many years and are considered old friends. Now that he has come all the way to buy a fighter jet from me, it is indeed difficult to refuse.
And judging from the current situation, Britain and France are indeed being forced into a panic, otherwise they would not come directly to them in this way. After all, if the German army really uses coagulated qi decoys to clear the way in the future, they will really have nothing to do.
However, in this case, it would also be very bad for the prolongation of the war. Emperor Yang wanted Europe to continue fighting, not the Germans to continue to advance triumphantly.
"Your Majesty, with our more than ten years of friendship, I think you don't want to see British young people continue to struggle in the vicious flames of the Germans, right? Did you know that when Italy entered the war, hundreds of thousands of people along the Thames River
British girls are holding up your portrait and cheering, I guess you don’t want to see them cry for their loved ones, right?” Prince George said with a smile, it must be said that his mind is much better than that of his brother.
"Oh, George, you are really embarrassing me. You also know that I don't want the killing in Europe to continue, but both of you don't listen to my advice. I have no choice but to remain impartial and neutral. After all, you both
He's my friend. Last time, because of your request, I canceled the aircraft deal with the Germans. If I sell the aircraft to the UK now, how do you want me to explain it to William?" Yang Feng said with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Your Majesty, how about we adopt a compromise approach. China does not export fighter jets to the UK, but to a neutral country, and then they export to the UK. As for this neutral country, you can designate it or we can designate it."
Prince George said.
What he means is that if Yang Feng wants one of his subordinates to earn transfer fees, then he can designate one himself, such as the Ottoman Empire, Spain, Mexico, etc. At worst, we will spend more money. If you don't want this, we will
Find one yourself.
"No, no, this won't work. What's the difference between saying this and lying to others? You know I never lie to others." Yang Fengshen said shamelessly.
Prince George looked at him with a smile, waiting for his next words.
"However, Kunpeng Company still has a design for a new aircraft. China has no air pressure, so it can be sold to the UK first. Of course, some of the things needed for this aircraft, such as the engine, will definitely be provided by China. Anyway, the rest
They are all made of wood, plywood, canvas and so on. It is very simple for you to make. The performance of this aircraft should be enough to deal with the German aircraft. Your problem is nothing more than being unable to block their airships in the sky. As long as you can block them
Airship, if their bombs can't be thrown on your heads, there will be no danger." Yang Feng then said. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!