"Lao Zhao, do you say that these airships can really solve those Russian fortifications outside Yekaterinburg? Our artillery, however, has been gnawing for more than ten days in a row, and not to mention wasting so many shells, has not achieved much effect. Lieutenant General Zhang Wei, commander of the 1st Group Army of the Imperial Army, watched the airship slowly fly towards the north, and flew away with some uncertainty.

"It should work! If you look at the bombs carried by the Air Force, they are all big guys weighing more than 200 kilograms. In particular, the medium and large airships carried heavy bombs of 500 kilograms. These bombs fell from a height of several hundred meters, what a shock it would be! No matter how strong the Russian fortress is, I am afraid it will not be able to withstand these heavy bombs! Oh no, the Air Force's bombing can work in one go. After the Air Force has destroyed the strongholds of the Russians, it will be our turn! "Lieutenant General Zhao Mingfu is very confident in these airships.

"So we need to get all the troops on the front line ready! Let's go, let's go to the front line for ourselves and see the bombing scenes of these airships! After Lieutenant General Zhang Wei finished speaking, a whip slapped on the buttocks of the war horse.

The speed of the war horse was much faster than that of the airship, and when Lieutenant Zhang Wei arrived at the front line, the airship was still flying forward slowly.

"Pay attention to the direction of the wind and adjust the positions of the boats. After entering the battlefield, don't panic, follow the steps we took during training, step by step. When the time comes, the small airships will go first, and the medium and heavy airships will be the last! "The commander of the Air Force, Major General Song Zhiyuan, sent a telegram to the captains of the boats to give orders. This was the first actual combat since the establishment of the Imperial Air Force, and everyone was a little nervous.

Sixty airships. Fly towards Yekaterinburg at a speed of twenty kilometers per hour. They didn't know that this time of their bombing. will go down in history. This is the first time in the history of mankind that a flying machine has been used to bomb land targets, and. It had a great effect. Heavy bombs dropped from airships can destroy targets on the ground with a light weight. Even those large fortresses could not withstand the heavy bombs that fell from the sky. The Imperial Air Force, this time, produced an effect that even exceeded everyone's expectations.

In Yekaterinburg, the Russian army has taken refuge in fortresses or anti-artillery holes, leaving only a small number of observers on the outer defensive line. According to the practice of these more than ten days, every morning. The artillery of the Imperial Army will rain shells on the Russian lines. It's just that these Russian troops have overcome their original fears. Although the artillery bombardment of the Chinese army was very fierce, the losses caused to the Russian army in the past ten days or so were negligible, only some trenches were blown up, and a very small number of machine-gun fire points and pillboxes were destroyed. As for those large fortresses, they were almost unscathed, which gave confidence to the Russian army. In their opinion, their defenses are extremely strong. The Chinese wanted to break through the Yekaterinburg defenses. That's almost impossible. When the time comes, they can hide in the fortress and kill the Chinese wantonly with the weapons in their hands.

Ivan is an ordinary soldier of the Russian army, but. Because of his good eyes, he was sent by the company commander as an observer. While the rest of the company was hiding in the fortified artillery holes, he had to lie down in the trenches. As long as the Chinese dare to attack. Then, he will inform the company commander as soon as possible. The soldiers of the whole company will drill out of the anti-artillery holes and enter the positions to prepare for battle.

Ivan felt that his luck was very good. In the past 10 days or so, the Chinese Army has launched artillery bombardment after shelling. However, Ivan remained unscathed. Ivan even thinks that it is God who is bless him.

"The time is almost up, but why haven't the Chinese shelled it today?" Ivan was a little confused. In the past, the shelling of the Chinese had already begun. Could it be that the Chinese knew that their shelling had no effect, so they stopped shelling?

Ivan guessed wildly, but the Chinese army stopped shelling, which made him feel a lot more relieved. At the very least, he didn't have to huddle in the trenches while praying to God that the shells wouldn't fall on his head.

"Huh! What is that? "In Ivan's telescope, a group of small black dots appeared in the sky.

"Is that a migratory bird?" Ivan thought secretly. However, he didn't feel like it.

As the distance closer, Ivan finally saw what it was. However, his mouth was so wide open that he could barely make a sound.

"Oh God! What's that? Is it the devil's car? The huge white objects that appeared on the horizon made Ivan exclaim.

As these airships gradually flew over Yekaterinburg, more and more people spotted airships in the sky. Quite a few people even ran out of the fortresses and artillery holes where they were hiding, pointing at the airships in the sky. Most people are full of fear of this unknown thing, which is originally human instinct.

"Oh God! Forgive me my sins! Some of the Christian soldiers even knelt on the ground and prayed to the airship in the sky to repent of their sins. They believe that it is a messenger sent by God.

In the headquarters of the Russian army, Marshal Wittgenstein also got the news, and in the courtyard of the headquarters, he used a telescope to see the huge airships. It's just that, unlike those ignorant soldiers, he knows what it is.

"Marshal, this is an airship. The West has had this kind of thing for a long time, just like a hot air balloon. However, I didn't expect the Chinese to be able to build such a big airship. What did these airships come to Yekaterinburg for? Lieutenant General Nevelskoy asked suspiciously. Although they recognized it as an airship, it was unclear what it did.

For the first time, airships of the Imperial Air Force appeared on the battlefield, causing a great shock to the Russian army. However, when the airship had not yet dropped bombs, they did not know the role of the airship.

"I had a bad premonition. The Chinese airships appeared, and they certainly didn't come here to play. Oh no, there will be problems with our line of defense! Field Marshal Wirtgenstein said with some concern.

"Your Excellency, how is this possible? Our defenses are impregnable. The Chinese have been shelling for more than ten days, which undoubtedly proves that they have no way to take our defense line! Lieutenant General Nevelskoy said with some disbelief.

Field Marshal Wittgenstein shook his head and said nothing, but the shadow in his heart could not be dissipated.

The airships in the sky gradually changed, and when they reached the sky over Yekaterinburg, they stopped at an altitude of thousands of meters. It was dense, almost filling the sky, leaving a large shadow on the ground, which made people involuntarily rise a wave of fear in their hearts.

"Order, small airships into battle! Let those damned Russians see the power of the Imperial Air Force. Remember, this is our first battle, and if something goes wrong, I won't spare him! "Major General Song Zhiyuan attaches great importance to the first battle of the Imperial Air Force.

Twenty small airships in the sky gradually began to lose altitude. Soon, they descended to a position just over five hundred meters above the ground. And, these airships scattered and began to adjust their positions.

Half an hour later, the airships flew above the heads of the fortresses.

In the distance, the generals of the Imperial Army were also paying attention to this scene. Whether the Air Force's bombing can be effective or not is directly related to whether the Imperial Army can take Yekaterinburg at a small cost. If the air bombing fails, then the Imperial Army will have to be prepared to fill it with human lives.

The small airship of the Imperial Air Force No. 1012, which opened the hatch, dropped the first bomb. The maximum load of a small airship can reach two tons, and after deducting other equipment and personnel, as well as stored fuel, it can only carry one ton of bombs. In this bombing campaign, all the small airships carried 200-kilogram bombs. Thus, airship 1012 carried a total of five bombs.

The black bomb fell almost vertically towards the fortress below, rubbing against the air and emitting a high-pitched, piercing whistling.

"What's that?" When they saw something black falling from the airship, almost everyone had this question.

"Boom!" A violent explosion rang out, and fires flew everywhere. The smoke of the bomb explosion shrouded almost the entire fortress inside.

"Oh God! Was that what fell from a shell? How can it be so powerful! "All the people were blown away.

"Damn! Are the Chinese trying to destroy our fortresses in this way? Field Marshal Wittgenstein's face was gloomy.

"Your Excellency, judging from the appearance of the explosion, the shell weighed at least a hundred kilograms! At least a cannon with a caliber of 210 mm or more can fire a shell! Lieutenant General Nevelskoy's face was also pale, and he suddenly had a premonition. An impregnable fortress that seems to be about to be destroyed.

The smoke cleared, and a large hole had been blown out of the top of the fortress where it had been shot. A large fortress with very strong surroundings. However, the top is a weak point.

Subsequently, airship 1012 began to drop bombs, dropping all four remaining bombs. The rest of the small airships also dropped bombs one after another. The entire defense line of Yekaterinburg's perimeter produced violent explosions one after another.

Although, dropping bombs from a high altitude, the accuracy is not very good. However, there are still quite a few shells that hit the target, and the fortresses of the Russian army will destroy a lot! (To be continued......)

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