Chapter 523
Seeing Ye Tao being so indifferent, Pomegranate became even more anxious. She hurriedly said, "Mr. Ye... When fighting on the ground, our Yunzhou army has a strong lineup and high morale. We are not afraid of anyone coming. Moreover, even if some accidents occur, as long as we deal with them properly, there will be no loss. But in the sky... Once there is an accident, there is no place to run, so we have to be careful."
"Oh..." Ye Tao asked, "How do you think it's better to deal with it?"
Pomegranate said in a deep voice: "The airship team is preparing to take off at the end and immediately notify them to prepare for air combat. In addition, if possible, it is best to supplement the airship team in Tanli to form an absolute advantage in force... In addition, can those aircraft at the airport...... Can it be..."
"No." Ye Tao refused: "You did this, we won in heaven, but what should Kong Xinhua do?"
Pomegranate scratched his head in embarrassment, and at this time, Ye Tao added with a smile: "As the commander on duty, you send an order to the airship team: strictly order to maintain an advantageous flight altitude before combat, and pay attention to the strongholds of the enemy's technical forces. In this way, I think it's enough."
After thinking about it, pomegranate immediately noticed the smell. When fighting airships, flying altitude is the key, and airships do not have the ability to shoot upwards. The so-called advantageous height is naturally aimed at airships. As long as the guys in the airship team are not bad, they can immediately detect this meaning: the enemy also has airships. When both sides encounter, as long as they are at the height of their superiority, the enemy can only admit that they are unlucky. Pay attention to the sentry to explore the enemy's stronghold, which is naturally easier.
Don't beat the other party to death, just follow the other party back to the mooring. Although the performance of Beiliao's airships is good in other aspects, they are much worse than the Ye's workshop, which has worked hard in this regard. In this way, Kong Xinhua has at least enough time to leave safely. The guys from the special camp may be able to give him some cover half-truth and half-false to make Kong Xinhua a hero who is fighting and leaving.
Pomegranate quickly bowed his hand and quickly left and issued an order.
When the order of pomegranate reached the Fourth Flight Battalion of Yunzhou, the entire camp was making the final preparations for the launch. As the commander of air support in Tanli, Yao Beiwu always had a string tense in his heart. The entire Dongping flight troops had never relaxed the training of air combat since the beginning, even if they had never known where the opponent in the air was. However, in the internal training, the four flight battalions of Yunzhou and the three flight battalions of Dongping had long simulated various tactics. After the appearance of the plane, although the four flight battalions of Yunzhou knew that the future air master would probably not be themselves, but those flexible and fast guys, they were never ruthless in simulating the fight against the plane. Using the advantage of troops and size to force the plane into a dead end, Yao Beiwu invented it. When it comes to air combat, he thought he was quite qualified.
Two or three months ago, the army reported the situation of the first-level chief officer of the battalion, saying that the Northern Liao was also secretly studying the airship, and the results were ominous. Since then, Yao Beiwu has always had a premonition that the battle in the air is about to begin. Although this time it was a mission of ground support, Yao Beiwu still ordered the entire flight camp to prepare for combat and armed according to comprehensive tasks. This means that each airship has twelve 400 steps in a range of twelve steps.
There were two consecutive crossbows, and four rounds of the barrel-fired bazooka with a direct range of 800 steps. Although they didn't understand Yao Beiwu's decision very well, these weapons were still very useful for ground attacks. However, the bazooka was a bit expensive and probably not very cost-effective. Although everyone was a little puzzled, they also firmly implemented Yao Beiwu's instructions. When they received the military order from Pomegranate, Yao Beiwu breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little expectant. They had been thinking about eliminating the enemy in the air for too long.
Since there was no need to make any other preparations, General Yao Beiwu put his order in his arms and boarded the airship.
"Unlock the mooring, the whole battalion followed me and took off one after another, and the team was completed at an altitude of two thousand feet." Yao Beiwu ordered. When the airship brigade completed the assembly in the air of the black brigade and entered the flat flight according to Yao Beiwu's order, Yao Beiwu sent the general order to the whole England with a signal. In the quiet night sky, there was a faint sound of cheers. Yao Beiwu was happy. It seemed that everyone had been looking forward to this battle for a long time.
In Tanli, when the first ray of light in the morning appeared on the horizon, many people breathed a sigh of relief. The special camp had quietly evacuated Tanli and was preparing to pick up Kong Xinhua at the agreed place. Sang Qinguo also breathed a sigh of relief. The entire Tanli was now under his control, and the airship team that had completed the launch formation in a whole hour made the entire town calmer, as if it was a promise of some security, or a speechless deterrence.
Flying is still mysterious and awesome for the general public even in Dongping, even in a country like Dongping, where flying has been regarded as an important part of military, commercial and transportation, and there are tens of thousands of people who have experienced the feeling of flying, and it is still mysterious and awe-worthy for the general public. In places like Bei Liao, people's feelings about aircraft are more complicated, which is something that many people, and even many soldiers who have long heard and witnessed airships, cannot understand. Airships have thus become a deterrent force.
The airship crews in Bei Liao are particularly serious today, not only because this is the first time they have ever executed a real military order, but also because they are now on the battlefield... Fighting with Dongping and Yunzhou is a very uneasy thing for them. The more they train in the air, the more they accumulate, the more they find out, how amazing it is to fly, how complicated and sophisticated. It is precisely because of this that they will not blindly believe the praises of the senior officials in Yanjing, saying that from then on, the airships in Dongping are not worth mentioning, and they can beat them all down. The airship crews know that things can never be that simple. The airships in Bei Liao were named "Ling".
"The Eagle-shaped" implies that the airship has an excellent flight altitude. In fact, in this regard, according to various data, Bei Liao may indeed be ahead of Dongping. At least according to observations, in Dongping, and even near the Ye Family Workshop Research Institute in Yunzhou, there has never been a flight ship with a flight altitude that can match the Lingyu type. However, the members of the airship understand that at that altitude, the flight stability is extremely poor, and there is no question of much control, and it is very susceptible to airflow. Although the airship cannot shoot above, and being at a higher altitude means safety, the stable and reliable large airships in Dongping on the swaying airship require more than just character.
The more important issue is that the airship in Dongping has taken into account the air contact, signal boxes, light boxes, command flags, etc. from the beginning, and has clear specifications and systems from the beginning. The airship in Beiliao was obsessed with manufacturing and performance at the beginning. Although it was aware of the problem of command and coordination during training, it was also due to various technical problems. The coordinated command of Beiliao's airship after takeoff is still quite primitive and basically has to rely on flag language. This is also because the airship in Beiliao was insufficient payload and the parts were not
Because of maturity, the airship has no spare energy to equip more liaison officers, and there is no more load to bear a heavy and complex signal box except for weapons, not to mention the electric light emitting device they seem to never understand. The insufficient payload makes the crew's cold-proof equipment not very sufficient. In a busy operation, one person has to be freed to make signals, and pay attention to the signals of other airships at all times... It is too difficult. It is not difficult to do this with six people or even more designated Dongping airships, but it is not that simple for the airship team in Beiliao.
After the airship team took off, a formation was formed, with a total of twenty-two airships divided into two rows in front and back, and slowly flying towards the west. The reconnaissance mission began. Even though the crew members had various doubts and were not so confident about the upcoming battle, at least in the air, overlooking the entire Tanli and the surrounding scenery, it still made people feel relaxed and happy.
"Damn, I was sent here at this time. I thought it was a training garrison, but who would really want to fight a war?"
"Stop talking. After doing that kind of formation, someone was infiltrated in the city, and there were still a large group of people waiting for an opportunity to act outside the city. If General Sang Qin had not suppressed him, he would have been taken over by someone last night."
"Haha, people run on the ground and run away with their legs. What should we do if the city is really broken? Even if we can't carry the airship, should we?"
"Oh, who said no? I can't run away with the airship, so I throw it away... Hehe, if I run away, I will be beheaded."
"Fortunately, we are in the sky now... If the situation changes, we can find a nobody's corner to hide. If we are really in the city, we will be more interested in Dongping."
"Oh, yes, I've never heard of Dongping killing prisoners."
"You have a short experience... Maybe there were some before, but if the Yunzhou army and Ye Tao were in charge, they would be seized and removed from office. The Flying Tiger Camp of the Western Route Army also had this rule, that is, after the major general returned from Yunzhou, he would learn from others."
Suddenly, the hot discussion on the airship became quiet. They swallowed their saliva, looking into the distance with some confusion and fear.
The smoke and dust of the army marched was not a big problem to them, which was originally expected. But the black spots that became clearer and clearer in the early morning mist were a big problem to them: the airship team of the Yunzhou army...their most terrifying enemy had arrived.
Chapter completed!