"The eight V-boats have a payload of 9 tons, carry 12 crew members on a normal mission, 2,600 kilograms of fuel for a 12-hour flight, 3,500 kilograms of fresh water and sandbags, and then carry 1,900 kilograms of ammunition." Zeppelin excitedly introduced on the side.

"This time our army has prepared 50 kg, 100 kg, 250 kg, 450 kg and 900 kg bombs, of course, 900 kg bombs are not in the V-type airship's magazine, Frederick the Great cannot be sunk with small bombs, so 900 kg bombs are prepared for her." Goltz added: "Now that the V-boats are equipped with 50 kg and 100 kg bombs, we will evaluate the effectiveness of small bomb attack ships. ”

"50 kg and 100 kg bombs should be fragmentation anti-personnel shells, right? This kind of bomb should have a good killing effect on the people on the deck, but it may be difficult to deal effective damage against a steel-made warship, right? Tirpitz asked, "Your 250-, 450-, and 900-kilogram bombs can penetrate the deck of a battleship?" ”

"Your Excellency can rest assured." Goertz smiled slightly: "These bombs are armor-piercing shells used by the army to bombard fortifications and fortresses, and it should not be a problem to use them to attack warships." ”

"It's about to begin." Jochen leaned his head down to the high-powered telescope fixed on the deck of the ship to observe the sea surface, and the two chiefs of general staff immediately stopped talking, and also put their heads to the telescope in front of him to look into the distance.

As for the others, they don't have this treatment, they can only hold binoculars in their hands and look into the distance, but the effect of binoculars with limited magnification is naturally not as good as the things in front of the three big guys.

First, three airships loaded with 50 kg of bombs hovered 1,000 meters above the three warships to prepare to drop bombs, but seeing the slightly shaky hull in the binoculars, Jochen knew that the bomb would not be much better at this altitude.

Fortunately, the huge bomb load allowed the three airships to have enough ammunition inside to squander, and 19 bombs were dropped at an altitude of 1,000 meters. However, due to the influence of the wind, it is difficult for the rocking hull to deliver bombs steadily, and although these battleships are moored at sea, they are still constantly displacing with the waves, so even if they hovered directly above the ship, the bombs that kept falling could only blow up dozens of water columns around the battleship, and only Frederick the Great had a depressing explosion.

"Obviously, at such altitudes, it is difficult for airships to guarantee the hit rate of bombing." Jochen nodded, the result was expected.

"Yes, not only is the hit rate not high at such an altitude, but it is also greatly affected by the wind." Goltz nodded in agreement: "So we're going to lower the altitude and bomb below." ”

The air pump on the airship began to inject air into the auxiliary airbag on the airship, and as the air in the auxiliary airbag gradually increased, the airship began to descend slowly, and the airship that had lost nearly a ton of weight and climbed a lot of height The process of lowering to a lower altitude was very long.

After a long wait, the three airships managed to lower to an altitude of about 500 meters and dropped all the bombs. This time the effect was much better, with 2 exploding fireballs on the Inazuma and Olga, and 4 on the Frederick the Great.

"It seems that if you want to ensure the hit rate of an attack on a warship, you must reduce it to a height of less than 500 meters, so that it is easy to be attacked by the firepower of the ship." Goltz muttered to himself.

However, Tirpitz was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he still decided to be honest and said: "It's a shame to say that our warships are not equipped with weapons that can shoot at the air. ”

"Isn't it useless to have an anti-balloon gun on a battleship? And such a machine gun at such a height can also threaten the airship. Golz was a little surprised, because of the German Army's application of airships, so there is also a certain emphasis on anti-aircraft weapons, 50mm anti-balloon guns in the German Army also have a small amount of equipment, mainly deployed around fortresses, strongholds and some important facilities. The machine gun is a very common weapon in the army, so the slightest weapon on the navy ships that can shoot at the air did not surprise Goltz.

"Machine guns are very difficult to do with large ships, so it is normal for the navy to have no equipment on their warships." Jochen played a round on the sidelines, after all, Tirpitz's face still had to be maintained: "As for the anti-balloon guns, this is also simple, don't we have a lot of 37mm anti-torpedo guns on our battleships?" It should not be technically difficult for the design bureau to modify the gun mount, increase the elevation angle, improve it into an anti-balloon torpedo gun. As for the artillery shells, I think the army should be able to provide some technical help."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will immediately focus on this work when I get back." Tirpitz then bent down to reassure.

"It's natural, and the Army is more than willing to help." Goltz also responded that the Army's anti-balloon guns have begun to experiment with using timed fuses to disperse fragments at a predetermined height to improve the attack capability of airships, so it can save the Army a lot of trouble to provide technology.

As he spoke, three more airships were lowered to an altitude of 500 meters, because previous tests had proved that there was no accuracy at an altitude of 1000 meters, so these airships with 100 kg of bombs directly lowered to a height of 500 meters and opened the magazines.

Nineteen 100-kilogram bombs per airship splashed higher columns of water around the battleship, this time with one on the Lightning, three each on the Olga and Frederick the Great.

"It works pretty well." Jochen smiled and nodded, the effect of the explosion of the 100 kg bomb was much more obvious than the previous 50 kg bomb, which was equivalent to the weight of a 210 mm shell, although the kinetic energy was much smaller than that of the shell, but the larger charge made the effect of the explosion very gorgeous, and the black smoke rising from the battleship also proved that the bomb was indeed the target.

"Something doesn't seem right with the Inazuma!" Tirpitz, who was looking closely through the telescope, suddenly shouted.

Jochen immediately grabbed the binoculars and looked into the distance, only to see that the small notification ship of about 130 tons seemed to be slightly tilted, but it was too far away to be really.

"2 50-kilogram and 1 100-kilogram bombs can take out a 1300-ton notification ship? Although the Inazuma is a small, unprotected ship, it is not so unbombed, right? Jochen asked, confused.

"The hull of the Lightning is a little tilted, it should be that the side side is flooded, I think it may be that a 100-kilogram bomb exploded near the hull, and the water pressure formed by the explosion led to the side of the hull cracked." Tirpitz guessed: "And now that the ship is in the absence of watertightness, the effect of such a wound will be quickly apparent." ”

Tirpitz's suspicion proved to be correct, and later reports submitted by observers on board the airship did mention that there was significant flooding on the side of the Lightning. But now, everyone can only speculate as the Inazuma tilts little by little, and finally capsizes in the sea.

"This is a historic moment." Joechen turned to the crowd and said, "This is the first time in the history of mankind that an attack has been launched from the sky, sinking a ship on the sea, and this is a groundbreaking moment, and humanity has begun to grasp the power to rain sanctions from the sky, and this power is now in our hands. ”

Everyone could hear the confidence in the emperor's words, as if this qiē was in his expectation, the emperor's self-confidence infected everyone, although the climate was cold, but the warm applause made the atmosphere here extremely warm, and everyone's faces were red because of excitement.

But no one knew that Jochen, though he was telling what he believed in, would be realized by a different kind of aircraft.

The sinking of the Inazuma temporarily halted the exercise, and the Navy was to send technicians aboard the Olga and Frederick the Great to assess the damage before moving on to the next step. Luckily, the Hohenzollern is a royal yacht, so the on-site entertainment is so much so that the waiting time is not too difficult.

However, Jochen, Tirpitz and Goltz walked into the ship's private study, closed the door, and Tirpitz was the first to shout: "Your Majesty, although I want to mislead the British, it is too exaggerated to say that the sanctions that have been dropped from the sky to sink a 1,300-ton ship that is moored and have not closed the watertight door are too exaggerated." ”

"But this is indeed the first time that a human has attacked the surface of the sea from the sky, has it?" Jochen replied with a smile, "It's a bit exaggerated, but it's not wrong." And our ultimate goal is to sink Frederick the Great, so air power is bound to attract everyone's attention once again. Besides, our exercise is not just for the British to focus on airships, is it? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, this time we will also observe the damage of the bombs falling vertically from high altitudes to the horizontal protection of the battleship, so as to serve as a reference for the damage ability of the battleship to drop bombs at a large angle in long-distance engagement." Tirpitz nodded.

After all, the current level of artillery skills of the German Navy is only to hit targets of 10,000 meters, although the German Navy's naval guns can reach an elevation angle of 20 degrees and a firing range of more than 20,000 meters under the requirements of Jochen, but limited by the means of observation and sighting, they can only maintain a visible hit rate at a distance of 10,000 meters, and if they are farther, they will basically rely on blindness.

Therefore, if you want to observe the damage effect of large-angle bombs at a longer distance, you can only use this opportunity as a reference. R1152