Chapter 523

Pomegranate saw that Ye Tao didn't care like this, and she was even more anxious, she hurriedly said: "Ye Shuai...... This is a battle on the ground, and my Yunzhou army has a strong lineup and high morale, and even if there are some accidents, as long as they are dealt with properly, there will be no losses. Can be ...... in heaven Once you encounter a surprise attack, you have an accident, but you don't even have a place to run, so you have to be cautious. ”

"Oh......" Ye Tao asked, "What do you think, how to deal with it?" ”

Pomegranate said in a deep voice: "The airship team is finally preparing to take off, and immediately notify them to prepare for air battle." In addition, if possible, it is better to replenish the airship team in the direction of Tanli by a certain number in order to form an absolute superiority in troops. …… Also, the planes at the airport...... Can you ......?"

"Nope." Ye Tao refused: "You did this, we won the battle in the sky, but what about Kong Xinhua?" ”

Pomegranate scratched his head in embarrassment, and at this time, Ye Tao added with a smile: "As the commander on duty, you give an order to the airship team: strictly order to maintain a superior flight altitude before the battle, and pay attention to the stronghold of the enemy's technical forces. So, I guess it's okay. ”

Pomegranate pondered it for a moment, and immediately sensed the taste. In airship combat, flight altitude is the key, and airships do not have the ability to shoot upwards. The so-called advantageous altitude is naturally aimed at airships, as long as the guys in the airship team are not bad, they can immediately detect this meaning from it: the enemy also has airships. And when the two sides encounter, as long as they are at the height of superiority, the enemy can only consider himself unlucky. Pay attention to the enemy's stronghold, it will naturally be easier, don't kill the opponent, just follow the opponent back to the mooring. Although the performance of Beiliao's airship is good in other aspects, in terms of fuel economy and endurance, compared with Ye's Workshop, which has worked hard in this area, it is not much worse. In this way, Kong Xinhua will at least have enough time to let himself leave safely. The guys in the special battalion may be able to give him a little cover half-truthfully, and make Kong Xinhua a hero who fought hard and broke away or something.

Pomegranate hurriedly surrendered his hand and quickly took his leave to give the order.

When Pomegranate's order was conveyed to the Fourth Flying Battalion in Yunzhou, the entire camp was making final preparations for liftoff. As the commander of the air support in the Tanli direction, Yao Beiwu has always tightened a string in his heart. The entire Dongping flight unit, from the very beginning, has never relaxed its training in air combat, even if they have never known where the opponent in the air is. However, in internal training, the four flight battalions in Yunzhou and the three flight battalions in Dongping have already simulated various tactics. And after the plane appeared, the four flight battalions in Yunzhou, although they knew that the future air masters would probably not be themselves, but those who were flexible and fast, but they were never soft in the simulated confrontation with the aircraft. The tactic of using the advantages of strength and size to force the aircraft into a dead corner was invented by Yao Beiwu. When it comes to aerial fighting, he thinks he's quite qualified. Two or three months ago, the army reported to the battalion-level commander that the Northern Liao was also secretly researching airships, and the results were ominous. And since then, Yao Beiwu has always had a premonition that this battle in the air is about to begin. Although this time he was carrying out the mission of ground support, Yao Beiwu still strictly ordered the entire flight battalion to prepare for combat and arm it in accordance with the comprehensive task. This also means that each airship has two 12-shot crossbows with a range of 400 paces, and four rounds of barrel-launched bazookas with a direct range of 800 paces. Although I don't understand Yao Beiwu's decision very well, these weapons are still very good for ground attacks, but the bazooka is a little expensive, probably not very cost-effective, although everyone is a little puzzled, but they also resolutely implement Yao Beiwu's instructions. And after receiving the military order from Pomegranate, Yao Beiwu breathed a sigh of relief, and even felt a faint sense of expectation. Destroying the enemy in the air, they thought about it for too long.

Since there was no need to make any other preparations, General Yao Beiwu took the order in his arms and boarded the airship.

"Unmooring, the whole battalion followed me and took off in turn, forming a formation at an altitude of two thousand feet." Yao Beiwu ordered. When the airship brigade completed the assembly in the black sky and entered the level flight according to Yao Beiwu's order, Yao Beiwu ordered the general to use a signal to transmit it to the whole of England. In the quiet night sky, there was a faint cheer. Yao Beiwu said happily, it seems that everyone has been looking forward to this battle for a long time.

In Tanli, many people breathed a sigh of relief when the first glimmers of the morning appeared on the horizon. The special battalion has quietly withdrawn from Tanli and is ready to pick up Kong Xinhua at the agreed place. Sang Qinguo also breathed a sigh of relief, the whole Tanli was now under his control, and the airship team that had completed the liftoff formation in a whole hour calmed the whole town more and more, as if it was some kind of promise of safety, and it seemed like a wordless deterrent.

Flying, even in a country like Dongping, where flying is already regarded as an important part of military, commercial and transportation exchanges, and tens of thousands of people have already experienced the feeling of flying, is still mysterious and worthy of awe for the general public. And in a place like Beiliao, everyone's feelings about flying machines are more complicated, which is something that many ordinary people, and even many soldiers who have heard and witnessed airships for a long time, cannot understand. The airship thus becomes a deterrent force.

The airship crews of Northern Liao were especially serious today, not only because this was the first time in their history that they had carried out a real military order, but also because they were now on the battlefield...... Fighting with Dongping and Yunzhou is a very worrying thing for them. The more they train in the air and the more hours they accumulate, the more they understand how great and complex flying is. It is precisely because of this that they will not blindly believe the praise of those high-ranking officials in Yanjing, saying that from now on, Dongping's airship is not worth mentioning, and they can beat them all. The airship crew knew that things could never be that simple. The airship of the Northern Liao was named the "Vulture Type", alluding to the fact that the airship had an excellent flight altitude. In fact, in this regard, according to various information, Northern Liao may indeed be ahead of Dongping, at least according to observation, in Dongping, and even near the Ye's Workshop Research Institute in Yunzhou, there has never been an airship that can compete with the Vulture type in flight altitude, but the members of the airship understand that at that altitude, the stability of flight is extremely poor, not to mention much handling, and it is very susceptible to the influence of air currents. Although airships can't shoot upwards, and being at a higher altitude means safety, it takes more than just character to threaten Dongping's robust and reliable large airships on a rocking airship.

The more important problem is that Dongping's airship has taken into account the air communication from the very beginning, and the signal box, light box, command and indication flag, etc. are all available, and there are clear specifications and systems from the beginning. The airships of the Northern Liao, at the beginning, were obsessed with manufacturing and performance, and then when they were training, although they realized the problem of command and coordination, they were also due to various technical problems, and now the coordination and command of the airships of the Northern Liao after takeoff are still quite primitive, and they basically have to rely on the flag language. This is also due to the lack of payload and immaturity of the airships in Northern Liao, and the airships do not have the spare capacity to have an additional liaison, and there is no more payload to bear a heavy and complex signal box in addition to weapons, not to mention the electric light-emitting device that they will never seem to understand. The payload is insufficient, so that the crew's cold protection equipment is not very sufficient, in the busy operation, it is necessary to free up one person to play the signal, and always pay attention to the signals of other airships...... It's too difficult. With a crew of six or even more, it is not difficult to do this, but for the airship team of Northern Liao, it is not so simple.

After the airship team took off, a formation was formed, and a total of 22 airships were divided into two rows, front and rear, and slowly flew towards the west. The reconnaissance mission began. Even though the crew had doubts of one kind or another, and were not so confident about the upcoming battle, at least from the air, overlooking the entire Tanli and the surrounding scenery, after all, it still made people feel relaxed.

"Damn, I was sent here at this time, I thought it was a training garrison, who wants to really fight."

"Don't say it, after doing that kind of formation, the city was mixed in, and there were still a large number of people waiting for the opportunity outside the city, if it wasn't for General Sangqin Guo suppressing it, I'm afraid it would have been taken advantage of last night."

"Hehe, people are running on the ground and running for their lives, what should we do if we really break the city? You can't carry the airship on your shoulder, right? ”

"Well, who's to say it's not? I can't run with the airship on my shoulder, so I leave the airship behind...... Hehe, if you run away, you will be beheaded. ”

"It's good that we're in heaven now...... If the situation changes, you can find a place where no one is there to land and hide. If it's really in the city, it's better to lower the interest in Dongping. ”

"Alas, yes, I've never heard of a prisoner being killed in Dongping."

"Seniority, huh...... There may have been some before, but the Yunzhou army, under Ye Tao, if this thing is committed, it will be taken away from office. The Flying Tiger Battalion of the Western Route Army also has this rule, which was learned by the major general after returning from Yunzhou. ”

Suddenly, the lively discussion on the airship fell silent, and they swallowed their saliva, looking into the distance with some confusion and some fear.

The smoke and dust from the march of the army was not a big problem for them, it was to be expected. But the black spots, which became clearer and clearer in the early morning mist, were a big problem for them: the airship team of the Yunzhou army...... Their most formidable enemy has come before them.

"Climb! Climb! "The same thing was being shouted from different airships.