Chapter 187: Air Force Attack!
The fact that the Han Kingdom has airships is rarely known to outsiders, and even if foreigners know and see the airships of the Han Kingdom, few people will think about the airships to transport materials, let alone think that the Han Kingdom also wants to use airships to blow up the combined fleet of Britain and France. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The airship, as the secret weapon of the Han Kingdom, is about to show its fangs.
On 25 August, the ships of the British and French Combined Fleet stationed at the Hong Kong dock began to replenish ammunition, fuel (coal), food, and other supplies.
On the same day, the news reached Yuanhe City, Siqi Province.
On 26 August, the Air Force bomber formation, which was ready to carry a large number of aerial bombs, flew into the blue sky one by one under the watchful eyes of Yan Xueyi, Yan Xuecai, Cheng Ying, and others.
The bombing airship formation was personally led by Air Force Commander Yan Qi, and consisted of 20 bombing airships, including 14 Kunpeng-7 medium airships, six Kunpeng-8 heavy airships, and five Kunpeng-6 light airships for reconnaissance missions, totaling 25 airships of various types.
The destination of the air force bombing airship formation taking off from Yuanhe City Air Base in Siqi Province is Fujian Tangchuan Air Base, which is more than 1,600 kilometers apart, and the air force bombing airship formation will arrive at Fujian Tangchuan Air Base in 20 hours at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
It is expected that when the Air Force bombing airship formation arrives at Fujian Tangchuan Air Base, the Pacific Fleet of the Han Kingdom, which is swaggering forward, will already be overhauled and replenished at the Fuzhou wharf.
The purpose of the Pacific Fleet in doing so was naturally to attract the attention of the combined British and French fleets and directly engage in a decisive battle at sea.
At 8 a.m. on 27 August, the combined Anglo-French fleet set off amid cheers at the Hong Kong docks.
At this time, the commander of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet, Rear Admiral Lisby, and the deputy commander, Rear Admiral Hamilton, also learned that the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet of the Han Kingdom had gone south through ships traveling to and from Tianjin, Shencheng, and Hong Kong.
After receiving the news, Major General Lisby and Major General Hamilton looked at each other and laughed.
The Anglo-French combined fleet has not yet gone to trouble the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet of the Han Kingdom, but I didn't expect them to take the initiative to send it to the door, which is simply self-defeating, which is really good news for Rear Admiral Lisby and Rear Admiral Hamilton, and the Anglo-French Combined Fleet will not let go of this thing easily.
Of course, Rear Admiral Lisby and Rear Admiral Hamilton would not believe that the Pacific Fleet of the Han Kingdom could defeat the combined British and French fleet, and as for why the Pacific Fleet came to die, the two of them just regarded it as a mess and were ready to happily accept this gift sent to the door.
At half past nine o'clock in the morning of 27 August, the bombing airship formation of the Dahan Kingdom Air Force arrived at the Tangchuan Air Base in Fujian, where they took a brief rest.
According to the analysis of the staff officers of the military department of the Han Kingdom, the battle will begin after 29 August when the combined British and French forces move north to the Taiwan Strait area.
During this period, twenty bombing-type airships will stay at the Tangchuan Air Base in Fujian for a period of time, while the five Kunpeng-6 light airships, after refueling, will be led by Yan Di to the waters off the coast of Guangdong to search for traces of the combined British and French fleet.
Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles!
The five Kunpeng-6 light airships will play a huge role in the upcoming naval battle.
According to the pre-war deployment, the Pacific Fleet of the Han Kingdom was redivided into the Nanyang Fleet and the Beiyang Fleet after leaving the Fuzhou dock, and the Beiyang Fleet sailed south at the fastest speed after approaching Taiwan under the command of Ding Ruchang, and when the Anglo-French Combined Fleet entered the Taibend Strait, the Beiyang Fleet was able to pass by the Anglo-French Combined Fleet without being discovered by it, and the plan was half successful. (Actually, it's best to go around the bend, but time doesn't allow)
In this way, the South Sea Fleet, which is weaker than the North Ocean Fleet, needs to collide head-on with the combined Anglo-French fleet.
At this time, the Kunpeng-6 light airship came in handy, and under the surveillance of the Kunpeng-6 light airship, the whereabouts of the combined British and French fleets were violent. In the eyes of the Kingdom of Lu, the two Kunpeng-6 light airships were responsible for keeping an eye on the Anglo-French combined fleet, and the remaining three Kunpeng-6 light airships were to transmit the whereabouts of the Anglo-French combined fleet to the Air Force Bombing Airship Formation, the Beiyang Fleet, and the Nanyang Fleet at Fujian Tangchuan Air Base.
It must be guaranteed that in the Taiwan Strait, when the Anglo-French Combined Fleet was about to approach the South Ocean Fleet, the North Ocean Fleet was already behind the British and French Combined Fleet, and at this time, the Air Force bombed the airship formation and also fell on the head of the British and French Combined Fleet, and the wind and waves on the sea were not strong at this time, so as to ensure the stability of the airship bombing.
According to the results of the previous airship bombing exercise on the source river, the staff officers of the military department of the Han Kingdom predicted that the air force bombing airship formation would deal a painful blow to the British and French combined fleets at the first time, and more than half of the main battleships (ironclads and large cruisers) of the British and French combined fleets would be blown up and sunk by the bombs dropped by the airships at the first time, and then the British and French combined fleets would be pursued by airships, and there was a small possibility that they would surrender directly, and it was more likely that they would scatter and flee. After all, there are too few airships capable of carrying out bombing missions.
At this time, it was the time for the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet to exert their strength, and the air force bombed the airship formations and dispersed, responsible for continuing to pursue the main warships of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet, while the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet were responsible for pursuing the remaining ships of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet, and trying to annihilate the Anglo-French Combined Fleet, so at least a year later, the navy re-dispatched by the British and French would arrive in the waters of the Han Kingdom, and it was also possible that the navy would not be sent, but this possibility was relatively small, and the probability of surrender of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet was as small.
This is the prediction of this world-renowned naval battle in the rear, it feels more perfect, but often the plan does not change quickly, as long as the British and French combined fleet can be defeated, it will be a victory for the Han Kingdom.
At 10:23 p.m. on 27 August, the No. 5 reconnaissance airship found signs in the waters of Guangdong, and when it got closer, it was confirmed that it was the huge Anglo-French combined fleet, and by 3 a.m., the other four reconnaissance airships discovered the traces of the British and French combined fleets at one time, and the five reconnaissance airships were all floating in the air to observe the British and French combined fleet.
Even if someone in the combined Anglo-French fleet found out about the existence of the airship, it would only think that it was a bird from such a distance.
At 5 o'clock in the morning of 28 August, the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet set out, with the Beiyang Fleet sailing toward Taiwan Bend at the fastest speed, while the Nanyang Fleet sailed "slowly" southward.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Beiyang Fleet arrived in the waters near Taiwan and began to sail south.
At 4:35 p.m. on 28 August, the Anglo-French combined fleet entered the Fujian Sea area directly, and the Beiyang Fleet of the Han Kingdom had already sailed.
At six o'clock in the morning of August 9, the bombing airship formation of the Dahan Kingdom Air Force set off from Fujian Tangchuan Air Base! The sea area where the target South Sea Fleet is located. (To be continued.) )