Irkutsk Oblast is in the southern part of the Central Siberian Plateau, west of Lake Baikal. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt is adjacent to Mongolia to the south. It is the second largest city in Eastern Siberia. Located at the southern end of Lake Baikal. At the confluence of the Angara and Irkutsk rivers, the city has been known for many years as the "heart of Siberia" and the "Pearl of Siberia", and in the eyes of travelers from all over the world, it is also known as the "Paris of the East".

During the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Irkutsk, the largest city in the Siberian wilderness, was the meeting point of the project, and it was also a gathering place for engineers and technicians from all over the world.

Although the outbreak of war has changed everything to a great extent, the engineers and technicians of various countries cannot compete with nature and continue to build railways in the bitter cold, so while Russian engineers and technicians try to connect the Trans-Siberian Railway, those foreign engineers easily enjoy their holidays in the city.

The war did not seem to have much effect on these foreigners, who still attended all kinds of balls, both by the local Siberian nobility and merchants, by foreign companies, and of course, for many ordinary engineers, more often than not, they gathered in some café in the city, spent a few kopecks, smoked a cigarette, drank a cup of coffee or tea, and then discussed the war, or anything related to the war, or the railway, and perhaps that was the only thing they could do. Of course, they will also reminisce about the good times of last summer, preferably involving a beautiful Russian aristocratic lady.

“…… Lena is a very nice ......"

Just as a couple of Italian railway engineers in suits walked towards a nearby café, reminiscing about the good summer days as they went. A voice from the air interrupted their conversation, and they looked into the air, only to see a few white clouds scattered in the clear sky, it was a good day, but the roar in the air was a little strange.

"Maybe it's an airship!"

Pierre, who blocked the sun through the brim of his hat, said,

For airships. People in Irkutsk are no strangers, since a month ago, when airships first appeared in the sky of Irkutsk, many people already know that people can also fly into the sky, and the machine that flies in the sky is called an airship.

Of course, Pierre, an engineer, was no stranger to airships, because he even participated in an airship club when he was in Italy. Work with other engineers to design the airship.

"Chinese's airship technology is already far ahead of Europe, friends, believe it or not, I dare say that the future must be the world of airships, because ......"

Pierre pointed to the air and said in a very emotional tone.

"Because the Chinese have proven that airships can be used for bombing, since their airships can bomb fortresses. Then it is inevitable to bomb the city, gentlemen......"

Just before he finished his sentence. But I heard my friend shouting.

"Pierre, what do you think the Chinese airship is throwing away?"

Pierre raised his head to look into the air, but no, the tail of the airship in the air seemed to be sprinkled with pieces of paper, and millions of pieces of paper continued to fall from the air as the airship flew by. When the colorful pieces of paper fell, Pierre picked one up, and he picked up a leaflet and looked at it, a flash of fear on his face.

"Huh? This is...... Quick, let's get out of the city! ”

Look at the leaflets written in Chinese, Japanese, Russian and English. The first reaction in Pierre's mind was to flee the place. A sushi restaurant owner in the city picks up a few pieces of paper, and although he can't read English or Russian, the Japanese printed on them clearly tell him what the leaflet is about, and it's a reminder of the bombing.

An hour later, the Chinese airship force will bomb Irkutsk, asking the city's residents to evacuate the city in order to avoid harm.

But in an hour, how can there be time to evacuate hundreds of thousands of civilians from the city. When the citizens of Irkutsk frantically fled out of the city, the sound of engine bombardment in the air began to echo over the city.

"Tell the big guy to get ready, and use my boat as a benchmark!"

When the green space of the Irkutsk Provincial Governor's Palace was in sight, Xu Qiuling shouted behind him, and the correspondent next to him immediately hurriedly took out a blackboard, wrote orders in chalk on the blackboard, and then unfolded it to the friendly boat through the porthole, and then signaled it through the colored lights at the stern.

At this time, the first to appear in the sky over Irkutsk was the airship formation, a huge formation of twenty-four airships, the silver-gray hull shining brightly by the sun. As it approached the city, the airship began to slowly descend in altitude, and the observers looked ahead, observing for any possible enemy appearance.

With such a big city and just a dozen airships, what's the point of bombing?

Looking at the city on the ground, Xu Qiuling muttered in his heart, perhaps, the airship troops had played an important role in the offensive battle of Vladivostok, so how big was the fortress? But how big is the city on the ground now? Even if a city like this is bombed, the effect is very limited, the city is too big, and the bombs carried by airships are too limited.

It's a waste of resources!

Many airshippers thought so, after all, they were well aware of the power they possessed. Even the seemingly huge "Canglong III" airship can only carry a few tons of bombs, while the small motor boat can only have 1.5 tons of bombs, compared to its size, its power is too limited.

But this "lack of confidence" did not prevent the crew from making final preparations for the bombing, and when the airship began to slowly descend, the bombardiers in the engine room began to work hard, unlike the Vladivostok heavy bombs, but now the airship carried 10 kg of light bombs, and the airship carried as many as 160 bombs.

The reason for carrying as many bombs as possible was to inflict as much damage on the city as possible. Destroy the city's buildings through intensive bombardment and prove the power of airships to the world.

"Da ......"

When untying the bandage. From time to time, the bombardier stared at the small propeller on the head of the bomb, which was a redesigned aerial bomb, unlike the first generation of bombs used by the air force that had been modified with mortar shells. The bomb is triggered, disarmed during free fall and then explodes when it hits the ground. After the bomb is thrown out of the hatch in the bilge, a small propeller on the bomb falls from the bomb by rotation in the air flow of the bomb falling to the ground. Thus the insurance is released. Once the small propeller is out of the bomb, even the slightest collision can cause the bomb to explode.

"As long as the small propeller is still on the bomb, the bomb is not dangerous."

Despite this, the bombardier did not dare to be careless, and after nearly a minute of untying off all the bomb straps, the bombardier stared at the lights overhead, waiting for the signal to drop the bomb.

The sightman who sat in the bow of the boat began to aim at ground targets with a simple bombing sight, which was as simple as a bombing sight composed of a ruler and a ruler. Despite its simplicity, it is very effective, especially when bombing at low altitudes.

As the airship descended to an altitude of 600 meters, the sight of the target on the ground felt that he could see the people on the ground, and could see the bustling flow of people in the streets, people seemed to be crowding out of the city, and the train station was even more crowded with people trying to escape, and some people could even be seen looking up at the sky. They were clearly stunned by the behemoth in the air.

"Your Excellency the Earl......"

The "White House" in Irkutsk is also the provincial capital of Irkutsk. A civil servant rushed to the balcony in horror, only to see the pale-faced governor looking up at the sky, and more than two dozen huge airships in the sky were lined up in a "V" shape.

"It's a Chinese airship!"

The stocky Count Andre muttered to himself, and at the same time spoke in his mouth.

"Oh, what a huge airship!"

In fact, that's what everyone thinks. The shadows they cast on the ground as these airships flew by. It can make people feel cloudy.

"What a perfect machine, but why bombard this beautiful city with them?"

Count Andrei said in a tone full of sorrow that, as the governor of the Irkutsk province, for the first time he felt sorrow from the bottom of his heart. And more than that, it's helpless. Because with airships, they simply can't do anything.

"Your Excellency, you must get out of here!"

An official said excitedly to the governor.

"Leave?"

Andrei looked up at the airship in the air and said in a mournful tone.

"Where to go? Now that the Chinese have airships, what is the point of us fleeing to St. Petersburg? ”

Just as Count André said this, he saw black dots thrown from under the airship, and it was a bomb! Bombs for the Chinese!

No resistance, no resistance!

When the bomb was dropped, the airship crews all looked at the ground curiously, this bombing was different from any previous training or battle, the past training bombed the target drawn by the lime, but the Russian soldiers were bombed during the battle, but this time, they wanted to bomb a city and the people living in the city.

And those people are the most ordinary civilians!

One by one, 10-kilogram bombs in groups of 10 were dropped from the bomb delivery hatches, and each time the small propellers in front of the bombs began to rotate and then disengaged. Dozens of seconds after being thrown, the bombs, which dragged a sharp whistling sound, hit the ground, and fires and smoke could be seen.

At this time, under the belly of the twenty-four airships in the air, black dots were constantly dropped, and the bombs fell with a whistling down, falling on the Irkutsk railway station, first an explosion, followed by countless explosions, the fire flashed, rising thick columns of smoke, orange flames flashed on the ground below the airships, and black smoke and dust were raised, and black smoke and dust continued to rise in the Italian-style railway station that had just been built in Irkutsk.

"What a big airship......

On the platform of the railway station, a group of people who were eager to flee couldn't help but let out exclamations when they saw the airship in the air, which was the amazement of human beings for industrial civilization and human instinct.

It was just as the exclamation fell, they heard the whistling of the bomb falling, almost at the moment when the black dots in the air fell, and on the platform, the people realized what these airships were.

It's the devil who is about to take their lives!

A bomb landed near the people, knocking many people to the ground in a wave of air, followed by several violent explosions that rained down on them with earth and rubble. A woman with a baby in her arms began to run down the street. After she heard the whistling sound of the bomb falling again, she quickly lay down again, protected the child in her arms and rolled down. It was only when she rolled under the platform that the woman raised her head to the cries of the child. She looked at the child, and there was a broken piece of the child's head, and some blood was leaking.

The woman looked around, but only saw the flames mixed with black smoke, rising into the sky, after seeing the airship flying overhead, the woman hurriedly hugged the crying child, and walked forward, but when she walked forward, she only saw a scene that made her cry out in horror.

A bomb fell right on the street, and there were bloody thighs lying across the street; There are piles of intestines that are still wriggling; There was a half of the face with the long messy hair that looked at him hideously; There is a delicate wallet in the palm of the hand with a broken arm, and the fingers that grasp the bag are still shaking slightly...... The further up she went, the more and more such scenes appeared, the heavier the smell of blood and heat in the air, the more the woman felt like hell on earth, and she held the child tightly in her arms, for fear that he would see this scene.

At this time, the bombing was still going on, thousands of bombs, a steady stream of falling from the sky, because the bombing was aimed at the railway station, and then all the way to the city center, so more than half of the bombs fell in the center of Irkutsk, and each explosion often collapsed one or two houses, burying the people in the house in the rubble, and if the bomb fell on the street crowded with passers-by, it would set off a bloody storm.

For the airshipmen in the air, they did not know how much damage the bombing had caused to the city, they just dutifully aimed, dropped the bombs, and just a few minutes later, with the last bomb dropped, the first bombing of the city target in the history of mankind ended.

At this time, the huge group of airships had completed the turn and began to return, and behind them, there was a city that was billowing the smoke of gunpowder, and from then on, there was no difference between the front and the rear of the war...... (To be continued.) )