The airship's airbag was so huge that it looked like a hill when viewed from the ground. Even so, it was extremely difficult for the Qing gunners to hit the airbag.
They usually train against ground targets, such as infantry formations or city walls. This is the first time for both generals and gunners to try to attack air targets.
Fortunately, the Xiaofo Lang machine is loaded with sub-guns, which can achieve a high rate of fire. The gunners of the Tianyou Army are equipped with no less than five sub-guns for each gun.
"boom……"
After raising the artillery and loading it, they immediately opened fire on the airship that was slowly moving in mid-air. The scene was very spectacular.
"wreck!"
"wreck!"
"wreck……"
When the armored soldiers saw their own artillery roaring one after another, they immediately became excited, holding their swords high, and kept howling their expectations.
This object created by Man Ming is really hateful. Before, we could only be beaten passively and could not hurt it at all. Now with the support of artillery fire, we can finally feel proud.
"Damn it! Hit me again!"
Chang Guofang saw the artillery in front of him fired two muskets in a row, both of which hit the target. He hurriedly urged the gunners around him. He didn't believe that a dozen cannons could not shoot down an airship.
"What the hell!"
When the pilots saw the dots of fire on the ground and the puffs of smoke, they suddenly felt that the situation was not good. The dog Tatars actually started to attack the airship with artillery.
This shows that the Dog Tartars are very good at sizing up the situation, adapting to changes, and have begun to have the awareness of air defense. It will be very difficult to bomb them easily in the future.
But the airship was about to fly over the battlefield. There was no turning back when the airship opened its bow. It could only continue to carry out the bombing mission against the incoming shells.
Even if the Dog Tartars on the ground use Hongyi cannons to attack the airship, they still have to complete this mission. The airship is the most advantageous weapon against the Dog Tartars.
The prince was extremely tolerant to the pilots. The monthly salary alone was as high as ten taels of silver, and the rice salary was half a stone of rice, plus two meals of meat a day.
It would be too embarrassing if the bombing failed and they fled back, and they would not be able to face the prince. Based on the principle of repaying a favor, the pilots would move forward without hesitation.
"Captain! Look!"
Sailor Liu Ye pedaled the gear to drive the propeller at the end of the gondola, pointed at the 012 airship not far away, and shouted loudly. The scene before him was truly unforgettable for him.
"ah???"
Captain Sun Tong was busy taking out the bombs from the bomb frames and loading them with impact warheads. When they reached the designated airspace, they could just throw them down to feed the dog Tatar below.
Hearing Liu Ye's call, he looked in the direction of Liu Ye's finger, and then he was almost completely frozen, dumbfounded in surprise.
About two hundred steps away from them is Airship No. 012, which belongs to the third squadron of their first aviation squadron. Each squadron has four ships, and each squadron has twelve ships.
But now, a huge hole was suddenly blasted out of the huge air bag by the cannonballs fired by the Dog Tartars, and the front left side of the air bag immediately deflated.
The entire airship seemed to have suddenly lost its balance, and began to tilt sharply in the direction where it was shot. It was completely unable to return to its original flying state.
Using binoculars, it can be seen that the two people in the gondola are no longer able to work normally. They can only hold on to the gondola in the hope of making an emergency landing.
No pilot wants to see this scene, let alone encounter something similar, but the dog Tatar on the ground does not want to sit back and wait to be bombed in vain.
"God bless you!"
Sun Tong muttered something and prayed in his heart for the two comrades on the other side who were in danger. He had introduced it during training that once a similar situation occurs, he can only ask for blessings.
The reason why pilots receive high salaries is because the entry threshold is extremely high. They must first go through layers of screening and then undergo hard training before they can fly an airship that can cost thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Furthermore, when performing a mission, once attacked by the opponent, especially if the airbag is hit by artillery fire and falls from a height of hundreds or even thousands of steps, there is a possibility that the boat will be destroyed and people will be killed.
Those who can join the airship force and become a pilot are considered elites in the military. Everyone is a man who is not afraid of death and has long been prepared to sacrifice his life for righteousness.
But if you are really in danger, it is completely different from what you imagined, especially if you are in danger in the air, except for a comrade in the same group, no one else can help you.
Even if there are people, they can't block the big hole in the airbag. All they can bet on is their own luck. If life is tough, there may be a glimmer of hope.
"Damn dog Tatars! Little Leaf! Do our job well! Revenge them!"
The Dog Tartars entered the west side of the inner city through the underground cave. Just looking at the smoke-filled area from the air, one knew that the people below would be slaughtered by the Dog Tartars.
When Sun Tong saw the tragic situation of Airship No. 012, he gritted his teeth with hatred, but he had no other choice but to do his job well and prepare to complete the bombing mission.
"good!"
Unlike Sun Tong, Liu Ye was a veteran from the Brave Guard Battalion. He was just a rookie who had just joined the army, but with his natural body and brain, as well as good luck, he still managed to join the airship unit.
Thinking of the possible results of those comrades who had spent time with him before, he naturally obeyed the captain's order. Since he was a pilot, he must always be prepared to die to serve the country.
"It's over!"
The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the ground have been raising their necks to look at the situation in the sky. Nothing can attract their attention more than the airship bombing.
But Dog Tartar didn't seem to let them get what they wanted. He actually hit an airship with artillery fire. The airship seemed to be unable to continue flying and was falling to the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It fell!"
Some people were extremely nervous and began to shout loudly. The airship was shot down. This was a huge thing and made everyone feel unforgettable.
"Get ready for rescue quickly!"
Wang Zhilun immediately ordered his surrounding subordinates to organize manpower to prepare to rescue the pilot. If the pilot fell to his side and the pilot was still alive, he must provide help.
Even if he falls on the opposite side, he must spare his men and kill the dog Tatars on the opposite side and rescue the pilot. Otherwise, the pilot will be captured alive by the dog Tatars and he will not be able to explain to the prince.
After being hit by the first shot, Airship No. 012 was hit by two more cannonballs. The hot air leaked out of the airbag rapidly, making it impossible to fly anymore and it began to fall at an accelerated rate.
After about a few seconds, the lower part of the airbag was ignited. Soon the fire burned away the small half of the airbag, and the entire airship was reduced to a burning fireball.
The aerial bombs in the gondola had no time to be released. Before the crew could open the basket containing the aerial bombs, they hit the ground together with the crew and the airbag.
"boom……"
No. 012 belonged to the "Wanli-Kirov" Type 1 airship and was loaded with eight aerial bombs. Since the crew had installed the impact warheads, it hit the ground and caused a violent explosion.
The crash site was the Qing army's front line, killing and injuring several people on the spot. This means that the Qing army soldiers saw the airship falling and ran faster, otherwise the number of casualties would increase.
Those who were bombed were all guys whose legs had lost control. When they saw this huge thing falling towards them, their minds went blank, and then they were swallowed up by the fireball produced by the explosion of the aerial bomb.
"Oh~!"
When Wang Zhilun saw this, he used his sword to cut off a piece of wood next to him. Under such a violent explosion, it was impossible for the crew to survive.
This was also his oversight. In the past, there was a lack of cooperation between the East Palace Guards and the airship troops, and they were fighting independently. At most, they only used semaphores to communicate with each other.
If our troops had just begun a large-scale bombardment of the Dog Tartars when they were shelling the airship, the Dog Tartars would not have been able to succeed in a sneak attack.
Wang Zhilun was so angry at his mistake that he wanted to bang his head against the wall with regret. This mistake was a serious error in judgment.
"Fire me! Kill the dog Tatars on the other side! Revenge for the brothers on the airship!"
Why are there less than ten thousand Tatars, but they are invincible if they are full of ten thousand!
It's all bullshit!
Now if you shoot down one of the prince's airships, I will let a hundred or a thousand people be buried with the brothers on the airship!
"Good fight! Hahahaha..."
Chang Guofang was immediately overjoyed when he saw that his department finally bore fruit after a lot of hard work.
It turns out that this airship is extremely fragile, and it only takes one cannonball to make it lose its combat effectiveness.
If three can be hit, the airship will turn into a fireball and pose no threat to itself.
The so-called "immortal weapon" is nothing more than that. Since Xiao Fo Langji can deal with it, there is no need to be afraid of this thing in the future.
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
"The Qing Dynasty will definitely win!"
Thousands of armored soldiers were excited when they saw this. They raised their sabers high and shouted loudly. This was the moment they had been waiting for. This scene was the result they had been waiting for for a long time.
As long as the dog barbarians don't have the help of the airship, the Qing warriors don't need to worry about the threat above their heads and can concentrate on dealing with the dog barbarians on the opposite side.
"When the battle is over, I will ask the Emperor for merit for you!"
Chang Guofang would not pay for the one thousand taels of silver, but he thought someone would pay for it. As long as Long Yan was happy, not to mention a thousand taels of silver, even ten thousand taels or even one hundred thousand taels, the emperor would gladly give it to him.
His troops were the first of the Qing army to easily shoot down an airship with a small Folang aircraft. Such military exploits will surely go down in history and be remembered throughout the ages!
"Thank you, General!"
Thinking of this, Chang Guofang grabbed the waist knife with one hand and stroked his beard with the other. Hearing the thanks from his subordinate gunners, he felt secretly proud.
"Brother! Did you see that? Our troops are so incompetent that we shot down all the airships!"
At this moment, Pan Xiaohe in the distance suddenly shouted to him, crediting the airship's achievements to his name.
"You mean Shenzi? This thing was clearly shot down by our gunners!"
Faced with the sudden robbers, Chang Guofang must fight for his cause.
Although there is only one result, it is of great significance and cannot be ceded to others.
"Without proof, why are you and me here? How about one person and half of it?"
Pan Xiaohe didn't let go when he saw Chang Guofang's mad dog. Since he was still fighting fiercely with the dog barbarian at the moment, he retreated to the next best thing.
"You... don't care! I promise you, don't push yourself too far!"
Chang Guofang was a virtuous man who was respectful to King Kong, and Pan Xiaohe was a subordinate of King Huaishun Geng Zhongming. Although they both belonged to the Tianyou Army, they were each their own masters.
What's more, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are also at odds with each other. The Tianyou Army is called one army, but it is actually two troops. The strength is about two banners, and the two princes each occupy one banner of men and horses.
Anyone who wants to monopolize the airship victory means offending another prince. In order to avoid a red-faced scene, Chang Guofang can only choose to endure it temporarily.
Besides, the scene of bombarding the airship was extremely chaotic. Pan Xiaohe's troops were also firing. No one knew whether the target was hit or not. One person and half was considered the best result.
"Brother Chang, you're welcome!"
Pan Xiaohe clasped his fists to express his gratitude. The gunner under his command was also using a small Folang machine to hit the airship, but he was not supervising the battle beside him, but was watching the sky with a telescope.
As for whether the crashed airships were the work of his own troops, it didn't matter. What was important was that the results of the battle must be shared, otherwise he was going to settle for it.
Chang Guofang's concession just fulfilled him. The worst he could do in the future was to shoot down all the airships, or only half of them per person, so as not to really hurt the harmony and continue to fight side by side in the future!
"boom……"
However, the crash of the airship caused a crazy artillery bombardment by the Ming army on the opposite side and at the top of the city. Because the Qing army attacked the airship, the gun positions were exposed, and the Ming army also suffered crazy retaliation.
Behind the city, the new bronze cannons deployed on the forts turned their direction and covered thousands of Qing troops entrenched in Jinchengfang with firepower.
The Qing army was also equipped with hundreds of artillery pieces, but they were all lightweight models and could not compete with the extremely powerful bronze cannons, which were comparable to the Hongyi cannons.
There was absolutely no possibility for the two sides to exchange fire. The artillery battle was one-sided, and the Qing army was unable to defend against crossfire from two directions at the same time.
From the defenders at the top of the city, they could clearly see the general position of the Qing army, and took advantage of the commanding heights to easily destroy a large number of Qing artillery positions.
Whether it’s the artillery or the gunner, all of them are taken away in one pot, so that you can feel completely at ease...
(The remaining 300 words will be added tomorrow. There is a typhoon today and there is a power outage. Please forgive me. Thank you very much!)
The airship's airbag was so huge that it looked like a hill when viewed from the ground. Even so, it was extremely difficult for the Qing gunners to hit the airbag.
They usually train against ground targets, such as infantry formations or city walls. This is the first time for both generals and gunners to try to attack air targets.
Fortunately, the Xiaofo Lang machine is loaded with sub-guns, which can achieve a high rate of fire. The gunners of the Tianyou Army are equipped with no less than five sub-guns for each gun.
"boom……"
After raising the artillery and loading it, they immediately opened fire on the airship that was slowly moving in mid-air. The scene was very spectacular.
"wreck!"
"wreck!"
"wreck……"
When the armored soldiers saw their own artillery roaring one after another, they immediately became excited, holding their swords high, and kept howling their expectations.
This object created by Man Ming is really hateful. Before, we could only be beaten passively and could not hurt it at all. Now with the support of artillery fire, we can finally feel proud.
"Damn it! Hit me again!"
Chang Guofang saw the artillery in front of him fired two muskets in a row, both of which hit the target. He hurriedly urged the gunners around him. He didn't believe that a dozen cannons could not shoot down an airship.
"What the hell!"
When the pilots saw the dots of fire on the ground and the puffs of smoke, they suddenly felt that the situation was not good. The dog Tatars actually started to attack the airship with artillery.
This shows that the Dog Tartars are very good at assessing the situation, adapting to changes, and have begun to have the awareness of air defense. It will be very difficult to bomb them easily in the future.
But the airship was about to fly over the battlefield. There was no turning back when the airship opened its bow. It could only continue to carry out the bombing mission against the incoming shells.
