In late autumn in France, northwest winds prevail, and the cold air from the North Atlantic roars in, bringing abundant water vapor and biting cold.
But Europe is different from Asia. There is a Mediterranean Sea running across the southern end of the continent. This ocean will also affect the atmospheric circulation. Therefore, even in autumn and winter when northwest winds are strong, southerly winds will occasionally blow.
This is actually an important reason why the European continent has always had abundant rainfall. The moist air between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea has a very obvious temperature difference. Once they meet, it will cause widespread rainfall or snowfall.
Europe is densely covered with forests, grasslands and rich in vegetation. The fundamental reason is here!
The city of Paris has been completely cut off from news by the Prussians, all telegraph lines have been cut off, and the exchange of personnel and materials has long been blocked by the Prussians.
In the beginning, carrier pigeons were used to deliver messages back and forth, but as the Prussian army mobilized a large number of falcons to patrol the city, this last front-line message delivery method became extremely difficult.
At this time, the genius French even thought of using kites to deliver messages. Unfortunately, kites are too difficult to control and often fall before they fly to the city.
Moreover, those who fly kites outside the city will be exposed and eventually shot by the Prussian army!
In desperation, the French had only one last resort, which was to use a hot-air balloon to forcefully break through. It was precisely because of Gambetta's successful precedent that more French warriors were inspired to board the dangerous hot-air balloon regardless of their lives. trip.
Almost all weather observation stations are in action, and daily weather forecasts are summarized and sent to Orleans, where the hot-air balloon soldiers are waiting every day to rise from the south.
Whenever the northwest wind turns to the southeast wind, it is the time for these hot air balloon death squads to set off. Dozens of suicide squads take off in balloons and fly straight towards Paris with the southeast wind.
On the day when Prince Carl transferred the headquarters, it was a rare southerly wind. There were more than fifty hot air balloons in the sky evenly scattered over hundreds of square kilometers of sky.
These hot air balloons spray-painted with various war declarations flew over the heads of the Prussian army in a majestic manner. The soldiers on the pods screamed and spat at the bottom.
On the black balloon facing Prince Karl, there was a line of bloody characters written in French: "All French people* unite and kill all the Prussian barbarians!"
There are even balloons that directly say, "Filthy Prussian pigs and Asian yellow-skinned monkeys are going to hell!"
The furious Prince Karl ordered the balloons to be shot down immediately. Unfortunately, the anti-aircraft guns custom-made by Bismarck had not yet been shipped. At this moment, the Prussian army did not have weapons that could deal with these balloons.
The soldiers raised their rifles and fired into the sky. The bullets ran out of kinetic energy and fell halfway. The futile attack made the death squads in the sky burst into laughter. With the help of the wind, they flew away above Prince Karl's head. .
The Expendables shouldered a very important mission this time, which was to pass on the news of Orleans' victory. Gambetta had been trying various methods to restore the transmission of news inside and outside Paris, but in the end it was all in vain.
So many death squads were sent out to try to sneak into Paris secretly, but he was not sure how many of them would succeed. His last hope was still on the hot air balloon.
It's a pity that the weather has been unfavorable these days. There has been a northwest wind in central France. This is of course the norm in autumn, but now France needs a southeast wind!
Maybe Gambetta didn't know about another Chinese allusion called borrowing the east wind. If he had known, would he have put up an altar and kowtow a few times when he was in a hurry to seek medical treatment?
Fifty hot air balloons carried more than a hundred suicide bombers and flew forward in the direction of Paris. The journey was indeed smooth. They discovered the direction of the mobilization of Prince Karl's army and drew a marching route map. One of them The hot air balloon temporarily changed direction and landed in the Chartres area, and under the protection of local guerrillas, the map was returned to Orleans.
Not only that, they also clearly saw the efficiency of the Prussians in repairing the railways, and promptly notified local guerrillas to allow them to destroy key departments.
They even discovered three newly established supply points by the Prussian army during the flight, and saw mountains of war horse feed, military rations, and guns and ammunition.
This is all important combat intelligence, but it is invisible in the sky!
Just when they thought everything was under control, at the moment they saw the faint Paris city wall in the north, a black figure suddenly moved towards them at high speed from the north.
"Look...what is that..." The suicide squad members between the hot air balloons pulled their necks and shouted. Some of them even took out their bugles and started to blow them.
"No, it's a Chinese airship...the same airship that appeared in the Battle of Sedan..."
Finally, Bismarck could no longer stand the harassment of these balloon soldiers. He borrowed the command of the Zeppelin from Xiao Letian and began to order the airship to patrol the skies of Paris on a daily basis.
This should be regarded as the human air force in the true sense, because the airship has independent power and can not be affected by the wind direction, and the most important thing is that the airship is armed. Although it is just an old-fashioned Gatling, this iconic significance It's so important.
"French hot air balloon formation discovered due south... moving at full speed... ready to shoot down!"
Although Count Zeppelin is from Baden, he also recognizes the concept of Greater Germany. He is also a staunch supporter of the unification of the empire. Before Xiao Letian was there, he did not fight well because he had to obey the orders of the big boss after all.
And now that the head of state is not in Paris, and he has been seconded by Bismarck, he can now go out and do whatever he wants!
The zeppelin charged at the hot air balloon formation like a ferocious bulldog charging at a herd of lambs.
The muzzle of Gatlin's gun began to rotate, spitting out tongues of fire. The closest hot air balloon was immediately punched through more than a dozen holes, and the hot air sprayed out at a glance.
"Counterattack! Counterattack!" The suicide squad members on the pod took out their rifles and pistols and began to fire at the Zeppelin regardless of whether they were useful or not. However, these small-caliber bullets could not hit the armored airship at all.
Tat-tat-tat... Tat-tat-tat... Gatlin began to fire efficiently, and one hot air balloon after another was hit, and the huge air bag deflated at a glance.
Some bullets even hit the gondola, and the suicide squad member was shot in the chest and his blood filled the Paris sky!
The fierce battle in the air had already alarmed the people on the ground. People were shouting everywhere along the Prussian defense line. They jumped and cheered to the airship. Every time a hot air balloon was hit, there was a roar like a tsunami from the soldiers.
The southern defense line and city walls of Paris were crowded with nervous soldiers and spectators. Whenever one of their own balloons was hit, the crowd would be filled with nervous shouts and people crying.
This sudden strangulation battle affected the hearts of more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians on the ground, and the city of Paris was completely in chaos.
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