Just behind the direction of Emmeich, almost 15 kilometers away, 28 huge airships, are moving forward, they are not the first time, following the advancing team, but after the army has crossed the Belgian border, gradually attacking in depth, this is the German-Belgian border, 28 airships, 24 belong to the northwest of the Jumbo model, with a complete bomb dropping device and bombs, loaded with 20 bombs of more than 500 kg, About 12 of them were giant bombs of about one ton, and the rest of the weight was filled with personnel and small and medium-sized bombs.

The airship has a total of 17 members, plus the necessary equipment to carry with them, accounting for about 2.2 tons of airship weight, and most of the airships are not all blonde and blue-eyed Germans, more than half of them are black-haired and yellow-skinned Chinese.

This is an inevitable thing, the bomb drop of the airship, even if there is a bombardier, if you want to accurately hit the target, it is not possible to achieve it overnight, in the rear, Germany has already transferred a large number of personnel, to carry out similar realization, but from the decision to launch the attack, it took less than 10 days, no matter how much training Germany had, it could not find suitable personnel, because there were not enough bombardiers, urgently sent a request to the northwest, asking for support for some bombardiers.

At present, Germany has only obtained 1,100 one-ton bombs and almost 5,000 tons of other bombs in Berlin in the northwest, as a continuous force for attacking the fortifications, and if there are fewer aerial bombs, the combat effectiveness of the airship will be greatly reduced. Until new supplies arrived, Germany could only demand precise projection. It is necessary to use every bomb in position.

Bombardier, no stranger in the Northwest. From the time of the confrontation against Russia, the airship dropped bombs in the air, announcing the arrival of the era of the Air Force, and since then, the Northwest has attached great importance to it, even if the future is not dominated by airships but airplanes, aiming and bombing can also be practiced, and in a few years, more than 20,000 bombardiers have been trained one after another. More than 30 of them are in Berlin and have participated in the last exercise.

However, Germany's requirements are too high, 28 airships, half of the crew are provided by the northwest, and they are the most important positions on the airships, which is close to 300 people, which is more than 30. After the elite bombardiers were placed in the key parts, the remaining parts were supplemented by Northwest soldiers, some of whom had studied in German military academies, and some of whom were foreign traffic guards. A total of 112 qualified bombardiers, plus more than 100 who have flown in airships and have undergone adaptation training. The remaining positions were given to the German soldiers. In the midst of war, they will learn the technique of bomb throwing.

After discovering the problem. The German Army also asked the Northwest to provide some professional bombardiers among the airships imported in the future, and even Germany asked the Northwest to provide training in this area, for which a lot of money can be given. Of course, the Northwest agreed, the Battle of Liege can be said to be the first battle in which the airship was put into actual combat, not only Germany paid attention, but the Northwest also paid considerable attention, which is related to the future status of the airship, if the attention of the whole world can be transferred from the plane to the airship, so that other countries can climb the wrong science and technology tree, which is the best of both worlds for the Northwest, part-time is the best of both worlds.

When the airship flew over Enmihi's head, in fact, it was already approaching the fortress of Liège, the movement of the airship was a little bigger, the 30-ton airship, each was very large, not to mention that 28 together, like white clouds, blocked the sky, causing a panic among the rapidly advancing infantry below, Enmeshi noticed that it was an airship, he did not participate in the projection of that bomb, but he had also heard of some, these airships obtained from the northwest were very powerful, and they were particularly strong for the fortress, but no one can say clearly how strong it is.

The generals of the army, from the very beginning of the army to the present, have always held the idea of the Continental Army, thinking that the army can solve a qiē, even the powerful navy is a icing on the cake, not to mention the airship, Enmihi is the same, how much attack power can the airship have, so high, is it possible to take a rifle and a machine gun down to fight, this is not as good as the infantry, hide in the air, others can't hit you, this is called combat, is this courageous?

Among the airships, one of them is a zeppelin, in front of the huge giant class, a little small, from the army test unit of Lieutenant Colonel Mark was extremely excited, he was appointed as the commander of the newly established airship unit, not only participated in the whole process of the airship exercise, but also during this period of training, understood the power of the airship, an ordinary 60 kilograms of iron, falling from a height of 4000 meters, the power is not less than the power of a large-caliber artillery, not to mention the charge of more than 500 kilograms of aerial bombs, The backward fortress of the 19th century, when it met this, was simply not an opponent of the times, and he believed that the airship troops would definitely be able to smash the hard shell of the fortress of Liège and get off to a good start.

In his hands, and in the hands of the commanders of all other airships, there is a detailed map of the Liege Fortress, which Germany spent a lot of effort to map and map, and even 10 days ago, there were more than 30 personnel, personally went to map the Liege Fortress, of course, this is not a marching map, but a top-down map to find out the reference as much as possible, for this several enthusiast planes, several times flew over the Liege Fortress, this unprotected ordinary aircraft, once attacked, will be very dangerous, In this way, it took the Germans 10 days to complete the map without hesitation.

On the map, marks have been made, all the locations that need attention are marked in detail, they are double marks in German and Chinese, everyone must recite skillfully, and keep every target firmly in mind, the airship maintains a high speed, 70 kilometers per hour, much faster than the infantry, and even compared to the speed of ordinary railways, it quickly crossed the distance of dozens of kilometers from Aachen to Liège, at about half past two in the afternoon, Enmich and most of the infantry have been in place, the perimeter of the fortress of Liège, Firmly in the hands of the Germans, the Liege fortress can be seen with the naked eye, the Belgian soldiers are urgently building defenses, a large number of protective sandbags and artillery shells, etc., have been moved to the fortress, it seems to be extremely well protected.

Enmissi, who still had some confidence before, was a little drumming in his heart at this time, and if he didn't really see this fortress, he might not understand how powerful this fortress is, it may not be said to be the first fortress in Europe, but it is almost countable, and the protection is quite tight. It must be broken, Enmich has not much to do, if the airship cannot deal with the situation, he can only wait for the arrival of artillery, especially the heavy artillery of more than 150 mm at the military level, preferably with 203 or even 230 mm heavy guns.

The airship slowly came to the front of the Liege Fortress, the 28 airships were separated, hovering over the 12 fortresses on the periphery, it was almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was good today, a clear day, the visibility was very good, you could clearly see the following qiē, in this era, the empty machine guns and anti-aircraft guns did not exist, plus the Liege Fortress after the previous reconnaissance, there was no very heavy armor, here is far from the coastline, there is no need to consider the battleship guns at sea, The airship was also reduced to a height of about 1,500 meters, and the bombs that fell at this height were enough to penetrate the upper armor of the fortress of Liege and hit the gun emplacements located in the protection of the fortress.

The arrival of the airship caused a commotion among the Belgians, the Europeans have seen it, since the appearance of the airship, the performances of the airship have come and gone, in the very beginning of the era when the airship is a enthusiast, the airship has also been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but in the eyes of most people, the airship seems to be just a means of transport and performance items, so many airships, 28 ships, overwhelming, what do you want to do? The fortress of Liège occupies a huge area, 12 fortresses form a ring fortress, surrounding the fortress of Liège, in the absence of an air force, this is perfect, attacking from any side, will be subject to the extreme fire of the two fortresses, and the large-caliber artillery of the fortress in the rear can also be supported, which is also the fundamental reason for the confidence of the defenders.

In history, in the First World War, Germany was in front of the Liege Fortress, which not only hindered the precious time of a few days, but also gave France enough time to prepare, but also allowed the vanguard to receive a huge blow and heavy losses, which was one of the reasons why the Schlieffen plan fell through.

Airships can break this barrier, the commanders of the infantry and cavalry below, really have no bottom in their hearts, but the staff headquarters is calm, the airship has used the actual effect, proving the joint role of the bomb and the airship in a specific area, and even on the large-caliber artillery, especially for the rapid assault of the troops, often out of touch with heavy weapons, which is also the fundamental reason why all countries do not advocate rapid assault and cavalry breakthrough, but the speed of the airship 70 kilometers is already faster than the cavalry, for the cavalry of the rapid assault, Guaranteeing a certain range of bombing and assault capabilities is simply a perfect combination.

Since the start of the war, the German advance speed has been very fast, has controlled the perimeter of the Liège fortress, as long as the airship arrives, it is only a matter of time to attack the next day fortress, the only thing worth considering now is, how long will it take to attack the next day fortress, how much consumption, how many casualties, the staff officers on the battle map, constantly draw, and the time is close to three o'clock in the afternoon, or scheduled, the time for the airship to launch the attack, Schlieffen plan can be carried out smoothly, what is the effect, It's up to this attack. (To be continued......)