Chapter 483: Balance
Although this method cannot solve the urgent need, it is also a solution, and as the inventor of the aircraft, Emperor Yang's ability Prince George is still very relieved, since he said that this fighter can deal with German fighters, then it must be able. At this time, the British actually did not know that the Germans' planes were also Yang Feng's, including the source of the coagulated qiyou bombs, and they also did not know, although Yang Feng was also ready to sell them this kind of thing, but it was far from time, so he did a good job of secrecy.
As for what planes to give the British, this point is well solved, just get them a Newport, Newport 17, although there is no advantage compared to the camel, but at least it is an opponent of the same level, and when the time comes, let the pilots of both sides play dog fights!
For Emperor Yang's sincere friendship, Prince George naturally did not hesitate to praise, and then he himself went to visit the beautiful scenery of China and promote the traditional friendship between China and Britain, which was an important work of his trip, and His Royal Highness prepared to spend at least half a year in China, so that the Chinese people could truly feel the sincere feelings of the British people.
As soon as he left, Yang Feng received the next guest.
The British wanted planes, the Russians also wanted planes, in fact, the pressure on Nikolai was greater, the Germans did not continue to attack the Marne line after capturing Verdun, but pressed the Fifth and Sixth Army groups south to continue to confront the French there, but the Seventh Army was loaded onto the train and transported directly to the Eastern Front, and it was obvious that the main goal of the German army next was to continue to beat the Russians.
Now Nikolai is really anxious, even Verdun let the solidification qiyou bomb burn into glass slag, there is no fortress of Verdun's level on his side, and now that spring has begun, the wind and snow that used to protect Russia's head are gone, and the next step must be that his gray cattle continue to be roast pigs. This is definitely not possible, although he does not care how many gray cattle die, but the problem is that the Germans will burn to Minsk and Kiev if they burn any more. He couldn't help but be in a hurry. Queen Alexandra sent a telegram almost a day to urge Yang Feng, don't talk about those hypocrisy, it's all a rolling in bed who doesn't know who, hurry up and say a similar price, as long as the plane is good, we won't feel sorry for the money.
"This is absolutely not good, that kind of triplane I refused to sell to the Germans at the beginning, it has already seriously affected the friendship between China and Germany, if you appear there again, even if you don't say Wilhelm, you will know that I sold it, it will hurt the friendship between us. It won't work anyway. You can buy a new fighter from England then, I have just sold them a new fighter design, and this fighter is powerful enough to deal with the Germans, and with their efficiency, it can be mass-produced in three or five months. Yang Feng did not hesitate to refuse the Russians' request to buy the Fokker triplane he had used for the show.
The Russian Minister Berlanson's nose was almost crooked, and Britain and France on the Western Front were waiting for the new plane, where would we still have our share in three or five months? Besides, the large-scale offensive of the Germans is imminent, how can we wait for three or five months, after three or five months, I am afraid that even Minsk and Kyiv will be gone!
"陛xià. Her Majesty would like you to think about her friendship for more than ten years, she is now suffering from the miserable situation of the soldiers on the front line every day, and you don't want her to continue to suffer for it! He said with a smile on his face.
"Well, you say so. I'm also very distressed, since that's the case," Yang Feng pretended to groan and said, "That's it, I definitely can't sell the plane." But I can provide you with an anti-aircraft gun, which should be very effective against the German airships. ”
"Anti-aircraft guns?" Blansun was a little surprised, in fact, there were anti-aircraft artillery on the front line of the Russian army. It's just that the effect is a little worse, and the number is also insufficient, after all, their defense line is hundreds of kilometers long.
"Ah, strictly speaking, it shouldn't be called a cannon, it is a super-large caliber machine gun, 14.5 mm, the firepower is very fierce, and now it is the standard equipment of my country's army, and you will know it when I let Captain Yuan take you to visit it later, and because it is my country's army standard equipment, there is a part of the inventory, and it can just help you with emergencies, and it is really not possible to even transfer you from the army to active duty." Yang Feng said with a smile.
He wouldn't give the plane to Nikolai, and if he gave him the plane, how did the Germans run over the heads of the gray cattle and throw coagulated qiyou bombs? But the gray cattle will not work without effective air defense protection, and if they continue to burn like this, it will not be good if Nikolai will not be able to hold on. The 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun is undoubtedly the most balanced weapon, first of all, it can provide effective protection at low altitudes, it can be said that as long as the German airship enters the firing range, it will be an absolute dead end, even if they are not equipped with explosive bombs, the huge power is enough to penetrate the entire airship airbag, even if it cannot be exploded, it can be broken, and it can definitely give the gray cattle confidence guarantee.
And the maximum firing height of two thousand meters is not enough to provide real and complete protection, after all, even if the airship is full of solidified qiyou shells, it is normal to fly three or four thousand meters high, at such an altitude of 14.5 mm machine guns can be said to be powerless, so that the German airship can completely drop bombs at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, of course, there is no problem in bombing such a huge target as the Verdun fortress at such an altitude, but it is very reluctant to bomb a trench.
However, it is not that there is no effect at all, it is just that the hit rate is worse and the number is more, so that the Germans also have gains, and the Russians will not collapse at the touch of a button, and the two sides can still continue to fight, and in this way, the loss of the Germans' airships, the consumption of solidified qiyou shells will definitely rise sharply, and the Russians will also shoot desperately into the sky in order to protect themselves, ammunition consumption, weapon losses will also be a terrifying number, and then,
Uh, and then the Chinese aluminum, polystyrene, and machine gun factories will be happy to die, and that's how a businessman plays.
Next, under the leadership of Captain Yuan, Bai Lansun went to the 1st Guards Division in Beijing to observe the firing performance of the 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun, a terrifying weapon with four barrels, with the rate of fire like a storm, he was immediately impressed, and then gave him an air defense demonstration, a small postal plane took off from Nanyuan Airport, dragged a small kite-like glider behind it, and flew overhead.
I saw a 14.5 mm machine gun immediately raise its head, and the four barrels of the gun instantly erupted into flames, and after a short buzz, the whole glider was reduced to pieces.
"Your Excellency, this machine gun can be said to be the most effective anti-aircraft weapon at present, let alone an airship, even those planes attacking the ground have no room to survive in its fire net, and the maximum range can reach two thousand meters, and within this range, any air target has only a dead end in front of them. This is the latest standard weapon of our army, in fact, if it were not for the friendship between His Majesty and your Empress Xià for more than ten years, at least in our opinion, it should not be sold to the outside world, so in terms of price, we have nothing to talk about. Yuan Shikai said with a stern face.
Of course, Blansun understands this, since it is the standard equipment of the Chinese Army, then this thing can be said to be the most advanced at present, and as Yang Feng said, it can be directly transferred from active service and sent to the front line as quickly as possible, which is very important, and compared with keeping Minsk and Kyiv, there is no need to consider the price or anything for the time being.
"Your Excellency Marquis, we are friends, so naturally we will not care about these little things." He said with a shrug.
Now is indeed not the time to consider the price, a train from the major industrial centers of Germany, is moving east day and night, loaded with countless weapons and ammunition to the hands of the German army on the Eastern Front, the war materials in the forward bases are almost piled up, the air fleet that has just raged on the Western Front has arrived in Warsaw, and the size of this air fleet has exceeded 100 ships after the addition of new airships, it is conceivable what a cruel blow the gray cattle on the front line will face next.
The German Seventh Army, which had withdrawn from the Western Front, had been deployed at this time, and Hindenburg, who had just been promoted to general of the first rank, had been appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian theater of operations, replacing Karl Hindenburg, who was not adapted to modern warfare. Feng. Field Marshal Bilow, who had been following him in the design of a series of previous fire attacks, was appointed chief of staff, and the notorious duo was the inventor of the tactics of solidifying qiyou and washing the ground, which foreshadowed the Germans' next tactics.
Before the fight started, those gray cattle were already frightened, the deserters shot on the front line continued every day, as for those who gave themselves to their hands and shot in the legs, there were even more piles of them, and even those who slipped out of the trenches and climbed to the side of Germany and Austria to surrender, even those who still stuck to their posts were also depressed, and the most common thing everyone did every day was to look up at the sky, if the German airships really flew above their heads, I am afraid that there was no need to throw coagulated qiyou bombs down, The grey animals will collapse immediately.
In this case, as long as those gray cattle can regain their confidence and continue to wait for death in the trenches honestly, Nikolai will not care about any money at all, otherwise the Germans will be in trouble when they reach Minsk and Kiev.
The Russians paid for the first batch of 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns with more than 20 tons of gold as quickly as possible, and then the anti-aircraft machine guns drawn from the active units of the Chinese Army were loaded onto trains and drove to the Russian front line day and night to build a sky defense line for the gray cattle. (To be continued......)