After the outbreak of the world war, European countries issued official documents one after another, declaring the justice of their country's participation in the war, and pinning the basin on the enemy's head to start the war.

The French government chanted: "Fight for the defense of France"; (French: Fight for revenge and reconquest!) ）

The German government declared: "Fight for the dignity of the country"; (Germans: for the land under the sun, for resources, for markets!) ）

The British government declared: "Fight for the peace of the world, for the stability of Europe"; (British: Didn't you say good peace?) Why did you start fighting so quickly? Hans was too presumptuous to ignore the warnings of the British Empire, and he had to teach them a lesson! ）

The Russian government declared: "Fighting for the insult of the Slavic brothers at the hands of Austria-Hungary"; (Russians: Where did the Slavic brothers come from?) Bulgaria? It doesn't seem right, what did Austria-Hungary do if it didn't take them? Is it Serbia, they are also counted? ）

The Austro-Hungarian government declared: "When the enemy comes, take up arms to defend the country"; (Well, the national composition of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was too complex, each with its own plans, some wanted to expand its territory, and some wanted national independence.) In general, can we wait? We're not ready yet! ）

The Italian government declared: "The enemy has declared war, and we are forced to fight"; (Italian: We didn't do anything, did we?) Do we have to go to war just because we are allies? Damn the Triple Alliance, labor and management really don't want to go to war! ）

The Ottoman government chanted: "~~ Holy war, retake Constantinople"; (Turks: Take revenge, give the Russians and Bulgarians a little color, and let them understand the power of ~~~!) Arab: It doesn't matter, just fight if you want! Other minorities: The opportunity for independence is coming! ）

The Romanian government declared: "Fight for the reconquest of lost territories"; (Romanian: Bulgarians are so fierce!) The hairy bear is so fierce! Why are we caught in the middle? It's not fair! ）

The Kingdom of Montenegro declared: "Fight to defend the homeland"; (Montenegrin: Lao Tzu doesn't want to fight Bulgaria, if he wants to fight, he will fight Austria-Hungary to seize Serbia, and we want to establish the Great Black Mountain Kingdom!) ）

The governments involved in the war all had their own reasons for joining the war, and Bulgaria was no exception, and the Second Balkan War was the best excuse, and the "anti-protection alliance" joined all but the finished Greece.

The Bulgarian government's reason for participating in the war is naturally declared: "Fight for national security"!

The reason was strong, at least the Bulgarians believed it, or rather: "Fight for the land, for military merit!" ”

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While governments are waging a propaganda war, the war is also in full swing.

The Germans and the French had already begun to face each other, and millions of troops on both sides were fighting on the German-French border. On the Eastern Front, the Woolly Bears and the Germans and Austrians are fighting on three sides; Bulgaria in the Balkans is on the offensive against Belgrade, and the Kingdom of Montenegro is attacking Bulgaria again.

Bitter Romania was preparing to take the throne against the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty that had just succeeded to the throne - Ferdinand had not yet had the courage to take the initiative to attack.

Although the world war has begun, the climax has not yet come, and in addition to preparing Bulgaria in advance, all countries are still carrying out the final mobilization work.

Therefore, the Italians were forced hard, and Italy, as a member of the Central Powers, was also prepared in advance, but it was all to defend against the attack of the French.

As for Taranto, it is completely a large rear, does it need to be defended? With the strength of the Italian navy, coupled with the shore artillery in the port, even if all the fleets of the Entente in the Mediterranean are pulled over, everyone can lose both, in addition to stockpiling a batch of ammunition, what else needs to be prepared?

In the early morning of March 9, the Italians had just woken up from their sleep, and before they had time to enjoy a delicious breakfast, there was a roar in the sky and a flock of "big birds" whistling by.

The tranquility of the port of Taranto was shattered, and a tongue of fire erupted from the sky, and the Italian naval soldiers who were on morning exercise fell in response.

That's right, it was the Falcon 1 fighter of the Bulgarian Air Force that opened the way, designed by the famous Anthony Fock.

After the outbreak of the World War, the British offered him a sky-high price of 10 million US dollars, but it was sabotaged by German intelligence, and he himself only learned about it after the end of the war.

Of course, before the outbreak of the World War, aircraft designers were not taken very seriously, and this time and space was no exception, and Anthony Falk accepted Ferdinand's olive branch at the most depressed time.

The Falcon 1 is a monoplane fighter, an improved version of the famous Fokker E.III. fighter!

After all, it was improvised after the outbreak of war in history, and the Falcon 1 has been perfected for two years, and all aspects of performance have been greatly improved.

Parameter:

Dimensions: Length: 7.3 meters;

Wingspan: 9.52 metres;

Height: 2.39 meters

Wing area: 16 sq.m

Weight: empty weight: 486 kg, maximum take-off weight: 628 kg

Flight performance: maximum speed: 211 km / h;

Range: Endurance 4 hours;

Power output: 260 hp;

Ceiling: 6300 meters;

Rate of climb: 3000m/15min

Armament: 1~2 Makqin LMG08/15 7.92mm fixed machine guns in front of the cockpit

It's obviously a fighter, but the bomb load has caught up with the average bomber, and Ferdinand doesn't bother to ask what's going on, but it's best to take the lead now.

After a round of machine-gun fire at an altitude of 100 meters, the Italians were completely thrown into confusion, anti-aircraft fire, which was non-existent.

Due to the different speeds of the planes, although they took off at the same time, the fighters still had to bomb the planes for more than ten minutes to reach their destinations.

So the first Falcon 1 launched the first round of attacks, and since the Italians did not have anti-aircraft fire, the Bulgarian Air Force maintained an altitude of more than 100 meters and launched an attack.

Obviously, the target of this operation was not these naval soldiers, they were only incidental, the main target was the Italian naval warships in the port of Taranto, and the attack on the crowd was mainly to disrupt order.

As it turned out, this time the Bulgarian Air Force got off to a good start, and for the first time in the face of a threat from the sky, the Italians below had completely lost their organization and were in disarray.

Immediately afterwards, everyone unanimously aimed at the warships in the harbor and began to drop bombs.

Of course, even if the target is only 100 meters high, the hit rate in high-speed flight of the aircraft is not very good.

But it doesn't matter, there are enough warships of the Italian Navy in the port of Taranto, and the distance is not far, if you don't hit this one, you can hit the other, which is much more accurate than a sneak attack at night!

As for the reaction of the Italians, they are naturally in a state of coercion, and there is no guy in their hands if they want to fight back!

Shooting down a plane with a rifle, this only exists in anti-Japanese dramas, and it is not much different from tearing up a plane, it does not exist in reality!

According to incomplete statistics, the probability of shooting down a plane with a rifle is even lower than the probability of the plane falling from the sky on its own!

As for shooting down planes with heavy machine guns and light machine guns, it's even more nonsense, you should aim your guns at the sky and not worry about jamming, but also about blowing up the chamber! Otherwise, why produce specialized anti-aircraft machine guns?

The time for dropping the bombs soon came to an end, and after a loud bang, a mess was left behind, and the pilots continued to fire machine guns into the crowd without caring about counting the results.

A few minutes later, the bombers also roared, they were the main force of the attack, and the main purpose of the fighters was to disrupt order and prevent the Italians from organizing and driving the warship away.

Unlike fighter attacks, bombers were much more powerful, and the hit rate was significantly improved, hundreds of tons of bombs were dumped in the Italians' military ports, and a large number of warships were hit.

Warships began to sink at visible speeds, and when the bombs were dropped, the bombers began to return home, and the fighters continued to wreak havoc.

The Italians also began to organize a forceless counterattack, and I don't know which idiot gave the order to think that airships could deal with planes, and then there was no more!

Whether it was the Italians or the airships, they only contributed a new record to the Bulgarian Air Force!

Using reconnaissance planes against fighters and airships against fighters can only be said to have the Italians rushed to the hospital when they were ill.

But the Italian Rear Admiral on duty, Georgif Messer, was powerless and had to make a final effort, albeit in vain, and he also had to die as a horse doctor in the face of the crisis!

When all the bombers were evacuated, the fighters also began to retreat, and there was no way that the explosive power of the aircraft in this era was limited.

The endurance time of the Falcon 1 generation is theoretically 4 hours, in fact, this time also takes into account the time of take-off and landing, from the beginning of the departure to the current evacuation, more than two hours have passed, and it will be a big trouble if you don't retreat!

In this era, planes can't land on the water, and if you have to try it, there is no doubt that it will sink directly to the bottom!

After the first round of bombing, Rear Admiral Georgif-Messer immediately organized men to start fighting the fire, but unfortunately the second round of bombing was caused by vaccination, and the Italian navy, which had not had time to organize, was once again in disarray, and the chaotic crowd was scurrying around, looking for shelter to escape the bombing.

Fortunately, the target of the Bulgarian Air Force was not them, and the target of the bombing this time was not only the warships in the port, after the first round of bombing, the Italian Navy had already suffered heavy losses.

This time, in addition to half of the planes to continue to bomb the warship, the others have set their targets on the batteries and shipyards, and the main purpose of this operation is to destroy the naval war potential of the Italians as much as possible!

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