Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 636 Airdrop
Wan Xiangjun stood on the airship, looking at Shi Chaoqing's army below, his heart was full of pride!
"Brothers, we made it!"

Wan Xiangjun sat in the pod of the airship, staring at the pedals with pride, but the four players behind him on the pedals did not have his pride. They lowered their heads and stepped on the propellers vigorously to let The airship moves forward a little.

If they hadn't all strengthened the stamina attribute, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to step on it now.

A real Zeppelin, with an aluminum hull, hydrogen bladders, and aero-engines, capable of traversing the Pacific Ocean.

False Zeppelin airships, leather hulls, hot air, kick-engines, and it takes a lot of effort to fly thirty miles against the wind.

This airship is the second generation of aircraft built by the Wanxiang Army. He was ambitious to build a Zeppelin airship, but he failed to make breakthroughs in materials science and dynamics, and finally only built such a four-dimensional thing.

The strategic value of hot air balloons is aerial reconnaissance. This airship is actually a large hot air balloon, and the rear propellers are all driven by manpower.

Originally, the Wanxiang Army had considered steam engines, but now the steam engines made by players are too big, and a steam engine weighs several tons, it is impossible to carry it on the airship.

Therefore, Wanxiang Army simply uses the simplest design method and uses human power to drive!
This airship requires five players who have strengthened the attributes of strength and stamina, and use pedal drive to propel the airship.

In addition to the fuel that needs to be carried to heat the air, and the weight of the people in the cabin is removed, the cargo capacity of the entire airship is less than three tons.

Luoyang is a strong city in the world. When Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang, Emperor Taizong's bravery still exhausted his strength, and he took the soldiers from Guanzhong to break through Luoyang.

In such a large-scale battle, the cost of transportation is not a problem at all. If the food can be transported to Luoyang City on top of Shi Siming's army, it will have a huge impact on the morale of both sides.

"I knew I should bring more bombs! If I want to post the video on the forum, I will ask who has played bombing in the game!"

After the siege of Luoyang, Guo Mu immediately realized the importance of air transport routes.

However, the flying altitude of the airship far exceeded the maximum range of the archer. After a salvo, not even a single arrow touched the airship.

Shi Siming made a decisive decision and immediately sent his own soldiers to the barracks near the explosion point, suppressed the fearful soldiers forcefully, and ordered the soldiers under the airship to evacuate.

"Haha! These bastards on the ground, come and taste Lao Tzu's bombing!"

In the absence of wind, the speed of this human-driven airship is less than ten kilometers per hour. Compared with the real Zeppelin airships in history, its performance can be said to be quite rubbish.

"If you have a girlfriend, shut up!"

The real Zeppelin airship uses a lightweight aerospace aluminum shell, which Longyou cannot manufacture.

An airship that required the cost of ten aircraft could be shot down with only one aircraft, and the airship withdrew from the military arena after a short period of glory.

The hull of the Zeppelin airship is filled with hydrogen airbags. The production of hydrogen also requires electrolysis, and the airbags that can hold hydrogen require synthetic materials manufactured by modern industries.

Originally thought that his airship development plan was going to go bankrupt, but he did not expect that Wanxiang Army would get funding from Guo Mu.

After the end of World War I, Germany was banned from using airships for military purposes, so airships began to transform into civilian aircraft.

The fuze of this grenade has been ignited, but with such a long fuze, it is difficult to calculate the landing time with some deviation.

The grenade exploded when it was about to approach the ground. The lethality of the explosion at this height was greatly reduced, but the huge roar caused panic in the entire camp.

After the airship slowed down, Wan Xiangjun pulled another mechanism again, and he said with a smile:

Many archers raised their longbows one after another and shot arrows at the empty boat in the sky.

That means that the plan to trap Luoyang to death has gone bankrupt, and a greater price must be paid to attack the city.

Wan Xiangjun smiled embarrassedly, and continued to step on the pedal wheel.

Regardless of whether it is once grain or a hundred denier grain, as long as it can be transported into Luoyang City, it means that the plan to besiege the city and starve the defenders to death will go bankrupt, and the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang will have hope to survive.

"Hey! Lao Wan, I really don't want to step on it anymore! Why are you so lazy?"

Wan Xiangjun said with a smile on his hips, "Hahaha, you ants on the ground still want to shoot Lao Tzu's airship? Are you still dreaming?"

Shi Chaoqing looked at the sky stupidly, and finally realized that the direction of this giant beast in the sky was Luoyang City!

Sharp-eyed soldiers saw a black object falling from the airship, and some curious soldiers went over to see what it was.

But when he saw that the crossbow arrows in Shi Siming's camp could not hit the airship, Wan Xiangjun regained his confidence.

Shi Siming looked at this strange flying object in the sky and didn't know what it was, but he knew intuitively that it was not a good thing.

With the efforts of everyone, the airship finally came to the sky above Luoyang City.

But this time the Wanxiang Army came to deliver food, and only carried one bomb, and the Wanxiang Army said regretfully;

In history, the airship is a technical route that has been abandoned.

"Luoyang! Your air express has arrived!"

"Boss Wan, let's talk about it, if you stop again, we won't step on it!"

Compared with the hot air balloon orders, Wan Xiangjun's airship design proposal was completely ignored by the military. He went to several businessmen and players to invest, but they were all politely rejected.

Airships had a brief military glory. During World War I, Germany used airships to bomb many times, and even crossed the Channel to bomb London.

With Guo Mu's funding, this plan to transport food by air began.

For Shi Siming, who besieged Luoyang, watching the airship sail to Luoyang City and throwing food into the city with his own eyes was also devastating to the morale of the besieged city.

Wan Xiangjun hurriedly started stepping on the pedal again. He pulled the joystick beside him, and the bomb hatch at the bottom of the airship opened, and a grenade fell from the hatch.

The largest airship of the year, the Hindenburg, had as many as [-] passengers and crew, and was able to carry all the luggage of the passengers across the Atlantic from the European continent to the United States.

Airships are used in the passenger transport industry, and there have been glorious times.

When Wan Xiangjun laughed wildly with his hands on his hips, the brother behind him couldn't help saying:
"Old Wan, don't be lazy, hurry up!"

However, after the Hindenburg arrived in the United States, a bizarre explosion occurred, and the airship crashed while waiting to land. The news shocked the world, and the business of airship passenger transportation has gone from bad to worse since then.

When he saw the airship entering the sky above Shi Siming's camp, he was still a little nervous at first.

"It's more tiring than riding a spinning bike!"

With this money in Longyou, it is better to invest in railways. Your airship burns much more coal than trains, and the speed is not as fast as trains. It has no economic value at all.

"Damn it, whoever will do the job next time, I'm so exhausted!"

Wan Xiangjun posted a proposal on the forum to raise funds, and was ridiculed by players. He suddenly changed from an aviation pioneer to a Frankenstein of steam cyberspace.

At this time, Shi Chaoqing could no longer care about his father's order to wipe out the Tang army outside the city. He immediately said, "Archer! Shoot! Shoot that thing down for me!"

Wan Xiangjun stepped on the pedals while holding a telescope. This telescope was fixed at the bottom of the airship and was used to observe the situation on the ground.

Zeppelin airships use aero engines, and Longyou, which still manufactures fuel engines, does not have an oil refining industry to manufacture aviation gasoline.

Of course, Wan Xiangjun knows that throwing food like this is very wasteful, but isn't it just for this visual effect today!

The way to smelt aluminum ore is electrolysis. Longyou, which has just entered the age of steam, has no electricity for players.

Shi Siming was also called out by his subordinates. He blocked the sun with his hands and looked at this strange aircraft in the sky.

And Zhang Xun stayed in Suiyang for several months, which deeply dragged down the famous defender of Puppet Yan.

At that time, the price of an airboat ticket across the ocean was as high as hundreds of dollars, and only the upper class could afford the airboat.

A siege requires a lot of sacrifices, and no one wants to be cannon fodder for a siege, let alone facing Luoyang City and Zhang Xun.

Shi Siming outside the city and Zhang Xun inside the city were both stunned by this extravagant scene!

"It's more tiring than stepping on a pedal boat with my girlfriend!"

However, the Wanxiang Army believes that airships are a good direction for the development of aircraft.

Wan Xiangjun's airship was not fast, but it was at this speed that Shi Siming's army outside Luoyang City all saw the airship.

Zhang Xun had also noticed the commotion outside the city just now, but he was not sure whether this weird aircraft was an enemy or a friend, so he could only order the soldiers in the city to be on guard.

Until the end of World War II, various military technologies turned to civilian use, and passenger aircraft gradually entered the daily life of ordinary people. Ordinary talents once again had the opportunity to fly in the air and across the ocean.

But when the aircraft is put into the battlefield, the airship, which moves slowly and is filled with hydrogen, becomes a living target in the air.

All I saw was a large bag of rice thrown out of the sky, and the white rice grains were like rice rain falling from the sky.

"Food is coming down! Food is going down from the sky!"

The people in the city rushed out of the street one after another, came to the bottom of the airship, and started picking up rice on the ground with their cloth pockets.

After throwing for a while, Wan Xiangjun pulled the joystick again, only to see two wrapped boxes thrown off the airship, and then the parachute inlaid with the Datang dragon flag opened and slowly fell into Luoyang City.

"Aurora big airship! Mission complete! Return!"

(End of this chapter)