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Chapter 159 Thermobaric Bomb

Earlier, Perficott's cousin William was standing on the bridge of the airship he commanded, holding a telescope and observing the surroundings.

Today, William is no longer a major. Thanks to Topperficott, he has been promoted and appointed as one of the only five airship captains in the empire.

He is also the only one among the five airship captains with the rank of lieutenant colonel. The other four are all with the rank of colonel.

Of course, after completing this combat mission, their military ranks should all be promoted. After all, this operation will destroy the capitals of three countries at once, as well as their main armies and navies.

In the past, this was simply unthinkable.

With only five ships, he wanted to destroy the capitals, navies and armies of three countries. If someone had said this in the past, William would have thought that this was a fantasy, or that someone was suffering from hysteria.

But now, he is already on the way to do so.

This makes people have to lament the magic of fate and the ups and downs of life.

Who would have thought that a year ago, he would still need to make plans for his future and consider how he could break the transparent ceiling that enveloped him in the future.

After all, he is not a nobleman. He can become a naval officer by relying on the connections of the Brandlis family. Obtaining the rank of major is the limit of his promotion.

Otherwise, he would not consider turning to the Duke of Gloucester and continuing to climb up through the Duke's connections.

However, all this changed with the strong rise of Purficott. Just because Purficott is now the lord of the north, William, as her distant cousin, won the navy's officer promotion quota last year. A star was added to the shoulder.

Now, through this relationship, he has become the most enviable airship captain in the empire, and can also perform this mission that is extremely glorious for all imperial navies - bombing the capital of Frans.

As a result of the Hundred Years War between Victoria and France, the grudge between the two countries is very deep.

More than ten years ago, the two countries fought for world hegemony. Although Victoria eventually won and became the Empire on which the sun never sets, that war also deepened the hatred between the two countries.

Therefore, neither William nor the senior officials of the Imperial Navy and the Military Department cared about the large number of civilian casualties that the bombing of France's capital might cause.

Just kidding, that's the evil Frans! Only a dead Frenchman is a good Frenchman!

Therefore, regarding the bombing of France's capital, the military only cared about whether it could completely destroy France's capital, and did not care about the bombing itself.

After all, before the emergence of airships, everyone had no idea about bombing. At most, the naval fleet had performed the task of bombarding a certain port.

But it is really difficult to say that it can destroy a city, unless the entire fleet pours firepower and ignites the city.

Therefore, the military did not trust Purficott's combat plan at first, and even thought it was whimsical, because they did not have the weapons capable of this task.

Even if the cabin of the airship is filled with gunpowder, lit and thrown from the sky, it will be difficult to achieve effective killing.

Of course, it is still possible to blow up one or two urban areas in this way, but in this way, it will not achieve the quick victory effect that Perfectcott wants, but will only make the war get out of hand. After all, if Langton is bombed, the Victoya Empire will definitely use all its strength to seek revenge, otherwise its reputation as a great country will be lost.

Of course Purficott knew this, but she still insisted on bombing the capitals of the three countries, naturally because she had enough confidence to do all this.

She provided the military with a type of bomb called a thermobaric bomb, and now there are six of these terrifying weapons on the airship's bomb bay pylon.

"Weapons officer, report the situation." Thinking of these bombs, William shouted towards the microphone next to him.

This is the intra-ship communication method adopted by the Navy after the emergence of new warships. After all, ironclad ships are different from sailing ships. If you want to communicate with others, you can no longer just stick your head out and shout, or ask the messenger to run and it will be done. .

For a battleship that is hundreds of meters long, some means are still needed to effectively convey orders.

However, although the microphone can effectively transmit commands, it still needs to be loud enough, so it is really impossible to drive a warship with a low voice.

"Report, everything is normal in the bomb bay, and all thermobaric bombs are in good condition." Soon, the weapon officer's reply came from the other side of the microphone.

Hearing the weapons officer's reply, William felt a little relieved, but he still shouted to the weapons officer: "Keep it up! Before throwing these big treasures down, you must ensure their condition."

"Understood! I will keep an eye on these big treasures." The weapons officer understood what William meant and quickly responded.

Naturally, the empire does not have a reserve of thermobaric bombs. The six thermobaric bombs on their airship were all produced in the past week. In the past week, Purficott gathered all the alchemists in Langton and worked on them bit by bit. Created.

Of course, the alchemists mainly processed the raw materials for her according to the formula provided by Purficott. The one who actually made the thermobaric bomb was Perficott himself.

This is a very terrifying bomb. According to Purficott, only one is enough to ignite everything within a radius of 500 meters, generate a high temperature of thousands of degrees and continue to burn for dozens of seconds, enough to ignite several surrounding areas. All the oxygen within a kilometer is drained!

In order to persuade the military to support his plan, Purficott created a small thermobaric bomb and conducted a test explosion. Its terrifying killing effect really shocked the top brass of the military.

It is precisely because of this that the military supports this crazy plan proposed by Purficott.

Each of the five airships carried six huge thermobaric bombs that were rushed out. Each one was enough to destroy everything within a radius of 500 meters and kill all life within several kilometers around it.

When these bombs are thrown around the walls of the capital of France in a pre-designed manner, the entire capital of France will be engulfed in flames, and at least hundreds of thousands of people will die from the bombing.

The other four airships will also drop the thermobaric bombs they carry at the same time, destroying the capitals of Ross and St. Romulus, and together with the main army and navy assembled by the Three Kingdoms Alliance, hundreds of them will be destroyed. Thousands of people were sent to hell and fire.

　In reality, the killing radius of thermobaric bombs is more than two hundred meters, and the largest one is currently said to be more than three hundred meters. The power is amplified here.

　　In addition to the killing range covered by the explosion, the most terrifying aspect of the thermobaric bomb is draining the surrounding oxygen. The impact range is much larger than the killing radius.

　　At the same time, in the 18th century, fire prevention and firefighting were almost a joke. Once the city was ignited, there was no way to put out the fire in this era.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)