Chapter 470 Shoot down

Xie Bo once again led the airship team to set off. This time his target was Dalun Mountain. Geographically speaking, Dalun Mountain was not that critical, but the careful renovation of Bei Liao years of hard work made this place more important. Without removing the fortress of Dalun Mountain, the Yunzhou army would never be able to continue to advance. Now, Dalun Mountain is more like a thorn stuck in Dai Yun's middle offensive.

Xie Bo is very familiar with airship-related business. As the commander-in-chief of Yunzhou, as the number one "flying man" in Yunzhou and even Quandongping, it is not so easy for him to suppress the boys below who are gradually getting wild as they fly. Everyone's starting points are similar. He is just the first batch of pilots, and he has not flew many times more than those young pilots. Especially with the experience on new airships, maybe there are less. Xie Bo has been doing this position, although it is because he is willing to study and practice, but now he is still in the airship operation technology.

However, it is also because of his understanding of the various tactical applications of airships. He knew that due to the inherent lack of airships, the carrying capacity was too limited. Although the airship team was highly expected, Ye Tao, who also knew the strengths and weaknesses of the airship team, never regarded airships as the dominant of war except for that long-distance flight and raiding the Hunyuan Hall. The current airship team is at best an important participant in the battle. The "Airship Plan for the Earth Attack" written by Xie Bo and the instructions for each airship, as well as the "Communication Execution Manual" written by Ye Tao himself, are known as the three major teachings of the airship team.

This time, Xie Bo personally led the air force to carry out this attack, on the one hand, because this attack was indeed important. Within half an hour after their air strike, Cheng Chi will personally lead a large army to besiege Dalun Mountain. Their attack effect directly determines the subsequent attack process; on the other hand, it is because the air force in Yunzhou has never been so concentrated. Not only the military air force, but also many airships from the Communication Bureau have been seconded this time. Danyang sent troops to Yunzhou to receive new airships and happily participated in the attack. Xie Bo did not only pay attention to quantity, but at present, for airship air strikes, because the ammunition capacity of a single airship is really limited, the quantity is indeed directly linked to the effect. As for the uneven quality of the pilot, this is a secondary consideration. After all, everyone now thinks that airships are very safe in the sky.

Xie Bo is not that optimistic. The technology of knocking down airships objectively exists, and it is not an advanced thing. In Ye’s workshop, there are at least four things that can pose a threat to airships. The simplest one is the modified divine arm bow. Just transform the gun stand and you can threaten the airship’s shooting height. Secondly, it is similar to airships, which are tied into balloons with leather, tied with burning objects underneath, and released in batches... Although the airship technology is only Dongping, and Chunnan has only mastered a little bit of fur, Xiling and Beiliao have some mastery of the principles of hot airships, and it is not difficult to release such balloons. The third method is rockets, which are more complex rockets, and now only Ye

The workshop can be made in small quantities, with high precision and amazingly fast flight speed. It is the best weapon for airships at present. However, as long as you understand the principle, a craftsman with a little basic foundation can make the prototype. The last one is not very worried that others can master it, that is: artillery. This time, artillery troops have already participated in the front line. Due to the extremely headache-inducing maneuvers, all of them are given to Dai Yun's frontal attack force. The workshop has specially developed anti-aircraft guns to be used to deal with airships. However, the accuracy of anti-aircraft guns is not very ideal now, and the rate of fire is relatively low, and the manufacturing cost of anti-aircraft guns is too high. In general, this is not a method that can be mature in a short period of time.

Even though there are already various threats, the attack still needs to be carried out. Xie Bo compared the map every quarter of an hour to mark his current location, record the positions of each formation reported by the signalman, and counted the status of the entire airship unit... This is the first time in history that he has conducted combat command in the air.

After a whole morning of flight, when Dalun Mountain finally entered its field of view, Xie Bo was exhausted by the complex statistics and management work. He put Dalun Mountain into the field of vision of the telescope in his hand and ordered: "Signal hands, commands, attack according to pre-marshalling. Pay attention to order, we have plenty of time."

The current ground attack is essentially different from the future bombing of fixed-wing aircraft. The airship has a small ammunition capacity, and the ammunition used is mainly burning and explosion as a supplement. It is also due to the problem of ammunition capacity, and each airship has a limited number of attacks. In order to ensure the attack effect, safety issues must be taken into account. The attack height of the airship is generally around 300 feet. Although the sky is very large, when so many airships are congested above the Dalun Mountains, a 300-foot place, it is not so easy to mobilize and drive.

For this attack, Xie Bo sent airships to reconnaissance in all possible weathers as soon as the plan was in its infancy. He studied the top view and model over and over again, and sent the detailed attack plan long ago, so that the captains of each team could deploy separately without any mistakes. Now he saw that the entire air force was a little cramped, but was still moving in an orderly manner. When the first batch of turbulent bombs were dropped, Xie Bo breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the bomb dropper of the airship where Xie Bo was located reported through the copper tube: "Captain, it seems something is wrong."

The airship where Xie Bo is located is actually equipped with three signal hands because it has to be responsible for air command, and the bomb loading is reduced to a minimum. Since it is basically impossible to enter the attack sequence, the bomb dropper is actually observing at the excellent position at the bottom of the bilge. The careful bomb dropper discovered that the layout on the top of Dalun Mountain was different from the results found in the previous reconnaissance.

Xie Bo's heart tightened and quickly looked at the model he had already kept in mind. Sure enough, there were a lot of things in several places around Dalun Mountain. It looked green and no different from the surrounding woods, but if you look closely, you can still see some clues.

Before Xie Bo could send an order to remind everyone, a change occurred. Pieces of disguised nets were lifted, and groups of divine arm bows were pushed out and placed in front. The Northern Liao side was obviously fully prepared for the air strike. These divine arm bows were all three-piece, overlapping with three spear-like arrows. Even these arrows were specially treated. There was nothing tied to the top of the arrow, and they actually burned directly, carrying the power of flames to kill the airship.

The next second, Xie Bo saw the clues. I am afraid that the Northern Liao used a very basic phosphorus fire burner. However, even if the Western Army was so invested, the gap in technology was still too big. Only one-third of the arrows could be successfully ignited in a hurry.

However, this is enough for the airship team that was not prepared to be attacked. Bei Liao concentrated several shooting positions and intensively shot at the airship team that was attacking the main body of the fortress on the top of the mountain. In this first batch of attacks, three airships were hit by arrows, and two of them directly pierced the airship's airbags. What's more terrible is that with such an attack, the formation of the airship team was in chaos, and the originally smooth attack rhythm was disrupted.

Although the concentrated airship was panicked, the training these pilots received was not fake. They also had experience in dealing with various scenes. They quickly put out the fire, increased the inflatable heating speed of the airship airbags, and then turned to the rear, shaking and evacuating the war zone dangerously. Suddenly, an airship exploded in the air, and the sulphur bombs loaded in the airship mixed with the airship fuel, turning into a huge orange-red fireball in the air. Then, the flames flying in all directions made the entire airship team mess around and avoided, and the explosion of air waves made this usually simple movement extremely difficult. On the Dalun Mountain, it was obvious that the soldiers from the Northern Liao Dynasty cheered there.

"Send someone to pick you up and notify the ground troops to help. Never let the airship fall into the enemy's hands." Xie Bo ordered the signalman directly. There were two airships who were very clever to turn on the rocket booster from the beginning. They flew far away at a very fast speed, and the impact they received was smaller.

"Order, each unit will attack freely, and the original target will not change." Xie Bo said firmly. At this moment, at best, it can only be considered a little harassment. The three airships withdrew from the battle, which was only a small injury for the entire airship team. However, the airship team finally suffered casualties, and for everyone, the psychological impact was relatively large.

"Order the First Air Force and the Second Air Force to concentrate on attacking the Divine Arm Bow's position." Xie Bo ordered again. Now, the air raid finally looked like a war. It was not that the soldiers enjoyed the treatment of gods and did not worry about fighting back when they hit people. Xie Bo was not worried that the soldiers would not be able to adapt. After the initial shock passed, they would definitely take the right action. He was very confident in his training. Before this, the Airship Team had never threatened his enemies, but the Ye Family Workshop, the Command of the Administration of the Administration, and the Airship Team themselves had actively studied various methods to deal with ground threats and arranged targeted training one by one. The Divine Arm Bow, a threat that people wanted, was naturally in their training subjects. The soldiers who could enter the Aviation Team were all elites and had no courage to deal with casualties. How could it be?

Sure enough, Xie Bo soon saw two airships rowing out of the queue, and they were doing arc-shaped maneuvers of a small radius, and their speed was more than twice as fast as usual when they attacked the ground. They dived, dropped bombs, and then dropped bombs at an angle that was not arrogant, making full use of the slow speed of the triple-mounted divine arm bow, and also taking advantage of the opponent's efforts to achieve the effect on the first strike. He shot the entire line without leaving any advantage. With four heavy sulphur bombs, they directly covered a high-fired divine arm bow position...

Seeing the effect, those bold pilots also began various attack attempts. They increased their speed but decreased their altitude, and there were more and more tricks in flight, as if they were showing off their skills. Although airships were still injured in the opponent's attacks and left the field or disintegrated in the air, the positions of the high-shooting god-arm bows were removed... Xie Bo approached the battlefield and flew to the headspace of Dalun Mountain. He did not see everyone's fear. On the contrary, this kind of fighting seemed to be what the soldiers loved. The entire space was filled with the pilots shouting excitedly. Hey, there was actually a crew member on the airship who was howling noisy battle songs while diving, dropping bombs, and pulling up... Their diving angle far exceeded the safety standards of the airship...
Chapter completed!