1825 My New Daming

Chapter 306 Their plane actually took off from the ship! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Military Gate, Jidian Yingyi's airship is launching suicide planes!"

When the exclamation of the communication officer sounded in the bridge of the aircraft carrier battlecruiser King Shuzhong, Zhuge Weidao was holding up his binoculars to watch the dozen or so British airships that had just appeared in the sky.

As the number one "airship expert" in the world today, Zhuge Weidao didn't take airships seriously at all.Because he knows very well that airships have no future. Although the German airships played some roles in the early days of World War I, the sky belongs to aircraft after all.The airship is nothing more than a transitional product, expensive and unsafe, and its role on the battlefield is limited.Before the development of the aircraft, you can still conduct investigations. In a few years, when the aircraft really rises, the airship will be useless at all.
As soon as he thought of this, the communication officer of the first aviation war suddenly yelled.

"Suicide plane?"

Zhuge Weidao was taken aback for a moment, but before he could react, his aviation staff officer Wang Wen had already yelled: "What? What suicide plane?"

The communications officer replied: "The telegram says that it is a delta hang glider equipped with an engine and propeller, with a bomb hanging on it, manned, and without landing gear!"

What?And this weapon?

Before Zhuge Weidao recovered from his surprise, Ma Xuchen, the chief of staff of the "First Aviation War", had already explained to him loudly: "Junmen, when you were the admiral of the Persian Gulf Fleet, Guan Junmen once instructed the naval aviation to study the The tactic of dropping a glider from an airship to attack. We have also tried to produce a similar glider bomber.”

"Then why did you give up again?" Zhuge Weidao asked.

"Because we have found through research that the pilots who operate this gliding bomb aircraft will have a very high death rate in wartime, so the members of the airship unit participating in the trial production call it a suicide aircraft. I did not expect the British to call this type of aircraft a suicide bomber. The Crazy Weapon is made!"

It turned out that the two airship observers who discovered that the British airship was dropping a man-operated power gliding bomb had participated in the trial production of the Ming army's own gliding bomb aircraft, so they recognized this crazy weapon at a glance.

At this time, Zhuge Weidao had already seen those people who were released from the British airship operate the power glide bomb, and his scalp was numb!He originally thought that only Japanese devils could do such crazy things, but he didn't expect the British in 1830 to be so fierce!
But think about it, the British in this period of history are still playing the tactics of queuing up and shooting and firing salvos within 20 meters. Compared with madness, it seems that there is not much difference!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao immediately knew that the problem was serious. We can't let those suicide planes crash into it!
"The carrier-based aircraft took off," Zhuge Weidao said loudly, "All the motherships release half of the carrier-based aircraft, do not hang any bombs, and intercept the enemy's suicide aircraft with all their strength, and no one is allowed to slip through the net!"

"Yes, Junmen!"

"Shu Zhong Wang, full speed against the wind!"

"Yes, Junmen!"

The Shuzhongwang, with a standard displacement of over [-] tons, began to soar against the wind!This is to create the maximum deck wind, so that the Ssangyong-type double-wing and double-engine carrier-based seaplane can use the oncoming strong wind to create upward lift.

On the flight deck, those Ssangyong aircraft "packed" as carts have already shown their prototypes at this time—the folded wings have been put down, and the pilots in warm leather flight suits are also carrying parachutes and hanging cameras , came out of the lounge both excitedly and apprehensively, and walked towards his landline against the strong wind.

The newlywed Fengmingshan second-level master sergeant is also among them. He is the pilot of the plane and is responsible for flying the plane and operating the two front-end machines installed on the nose.Behind him is a young man with the latest seagull camera hanging around his neck. His name is Li Pingqing. He is Fengmingshan's co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, telegraph operator, rear machine gunner and dedicated photographer—this The job of a dedicated photographer is important!Responsible for photographing the enemy during reconnaissance missions, photographing targets during aerial combat shooting down, and photographing bombed warships during bombing missions!
Whether Feng Mingshan, the second-level sergeant major, has a chance to be an official in this life depends on whether he flies the plane to make meritorious service, and on the other hand depends on the "one-specialized and multi-skilled" dedicated photographer behind him. If he forgets to take pictures, then No evidence!

So now that he was about to go to the battlefield, Feng Mingshan still did not forget to give a final explanation: "Xiao Li, don't forget to take pictures! When I hit the airship later, I must remember to take pictures. This is a great achievement, yes It is a great achievement to be promoted!"

Because of the existence of a huge military academy system, it was difficult for soldiers in the Ming army to be promoted to officers.But difficult does not mean impossible. As long as you can make great achievements, you can be promoted.

But for most soldiers, this kind of "great merit" is almost impossible to obtain.But the pilot may be an exception!It must be a great achievement for them to shoot down an airship!
A large British airship is worth at least 10 pounds, and there are at least 10 British officers and soldiers on it. The captain must be an officer!

Now there are 16 British airships visible to the naked eye in the sky!
If they were to come down and drop bombs, they would be easy to shoot down
"I know, I know, Third Brother Feng, I've heard you say it 100 times!"

When Fengming Mountain wanted to say it again 101 times, a piercing siren suddenly sounded on the deck, but to Fengming Mountain's ears, this sound was simply the most beautiful music in the world.

"Board!"

"It's time to fight!"

"Hit him N!"

Fengmingshan was not the only one who was happy, and the pilots on the King of Shu Zhong were all unhappy—they still wanted to be officers!Although the life of the middle and lower class people in Ming Dynasty is not too difficult, these pilots who have reached the rank of Master Chief all want to go further!Because they all know that the Eight Great Families who control Daming have always taken care of the officer class.
Amid the yelling, Li Pingqing, the third-rank sergeant who was still a little confused just now, had already got into the cockpit of the SsangYong plane one step ahead of Feng Mingshan.Just a few minutes later, the propellers of 16 SsangYong aircraft on the Shuzhongwang, including Fengmingshan and Li Pingqing's landlines, had turned into a ball of light curtains.

"Priority to attack suicide planes! The First Flying Squadron pay attention to the priority attack on suicide planes in this operation! Be sure to shoot down all suicide planes! Take off now!"

At this time, the voice of Lei Teng, the commander-in-chief of the first unit of the "First Air War" came from the speakers on the deck.

With the release of the take-off order, 16 ready-made Ssangyong aircraft took off from the flight deck one by one on the Shuzhongwang, which was flying against the wind!

At the same time, 16 Ssangyong fighter jets roared up on the three aircraft carriers Liaodong, Jilin, and Heilongjiang belonging to the First Air Battle!

George Elliot, who was on the large airship nominally belonging to the Royal Indian Navy who was monitoring the "First Aviation Battle" from high altitude, saw the scene of the aircraft carrier releasing the carrier-based aircraft.

Now it was his turn to be dumbfounded!

Those things that look like carts are actually flying machines!Daming's flying machine can actually take off from the ship!How did they do that?And what do they want to fly so many flying machines at once?
(End of this chapter)