"God forbid, we didn't encounter the Chinese airship, but it was bad, and we didn't find any signs in the reconnaissance area. The headquarters is going to have a headache again...... "Michelle took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and put it back again, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and they had set off at half past eight, and it had been four and a half hours since then. "Signal, let's go back. The war rations are still as unpalatable as ever! ”

At least 50 million people have crowded into the eastern coastal states, which are less than one-third of the original area of the United States, and the United States has also lost its most important grain producing area, the Mississippi River Valley, and grain has become another major problem plaguing the US Government.

At least one-third of the ships that come to the United States from Europe and South America are now carrying grain, cheese, canned food, and live cattle and sheep.

China can't even muster the strength to sort out the South Seas because of the North American war, and Americans are also seeing soaring prices, rapidly declining living standards, and a large proportion of their living burdens have increased. If it weren't for the support of the whole of Europe behind them, the Americans, if not perish, would have made peace with China by now.

No capital country has been able to fight and launch a massive counterattack after 70% of the country's land has been occupied, 30% of the population has become homeless, 65% of the grain producing areas and 50% of the industrial force has been seized.

Compared with countries with poor parties or dictatorships, the capacity of countries to bear is as fragile as ever.

The stenographer who followed Michelle quickly wrote down what the squad leader said in his notebook, and their task was completed today. If nothing else, you'll be back at the base at three o'clock in the afternoon, and you'll be comfortable......

"Grant. Turning around, we went back. Fast. Fast! Get out of here! ”

The five airships in the air slowly moved their direction, and the kinetic energy was driven to the maximum. The airship changed its previous slow drift and increased its speed.

The steaming coffee was brought to Michelle by Orlante, and there was a sweet aroma when he opened his mouth to speak, Michelle knew what it was when he smelled it, but it didn't mean that it was a big deal. In the dangerous branch of the airship unit, there are not too many people who are contaminated with drugs and products. Anyway, there are secret rooms in the pods. Although there is a certain chance that this situation will cause mistakes and cause great danger, as long as you are not a person who is addicted to drugs or addictions, there will be no trouble. At least the U.S. airship unit has been in the city for more than a year. Michelle had never heard of an airship that had fallen or been damaged in battle. Besides, there are also considerations in the troops. No more than two people can be contaminated with drugs or products in an airship, and those who are addicted to drugs and addictions will be directly transferred out of the army!

Recruit training camps, ground work at bases, and the US airship unit has prevarication about the location of these people.

After all, you can't just pull people on the airship, can you? Any airship soldier needs to go through training before they can be officially recruited. Airship soldiers need not only the guts to fight in the sky in an airship, you can't just vomit in a pod; can identify the direction in the air, instead of being unable to distinguish between east and west, north and south, and even the earth cannot be distinguished from the top of the head or the soles of the feet; In the air, the machine gun can be aimed at the target and fire fiercely, instead of blindly shooting with your eyes closed, and only God knows what it will hit. Passed a number of trainings. is a qualified airship soldier. By the way, every airship soldier also needs to know something about machines. Not the thruster device on the tail surface of the airbag, but the driving control system and engine in the pod.

There is always hot water in the airship. The waste heat from the engine can easily boil the water. Especially in winter, there is no hot water. The people on the airship are going to freeze. It was the Good Friday of every airship soldier, and ears, fingers, and frostbite abounded.

Pity. Those who are unsatisfactory in life are eighteen or nineteen. Just when the Bison detachment was getting closer and closer to the base, it was when Michelle was talking and laughing. The observer next to him suddenly exclaimed:

"Major! There is a black dot in the direction of two points! Michelle and Orrant straightened up at the same time and looked northeast.

Only a faint black dot can be seen with the naked eye. It seemed to be gone in the blink of an eye, and the two of them used binoculars to see clearly. "Is it Chinese's or ours?"

"Lean in." Michelle ordered. "It's supposed to be our airship. How can the Chinese be in our northeast! ”

However, almost as soon as the Bison detachment spotted them, the airship changed direction and headed vertically south. Michelle chuckled inwardly. Because this airship obviously discovered the bison detachment, but it did not release the signal customized by today's US airship unit - yellow smoke, three strands.

This is the identification signal set today, and tomorrow it will be another color, another quantity. Never forget to change the identification signal, and it's too bad to be lured close by an enemy airship. This point is also a spark of wisdom from the collision of the two troops in the grappling.

"God, why are there so many Chinese airships ahead of us? Are the air defense positions of the Ozil and Pimiel rivers blind? Less than an hour after the pursuit, Michelle was stunned by the sight of at least twenty Chinese airships emerging ahead. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Major, that's not a bird, it's a Chinese airship. They're coming at us! We have to turn around! Right away! "Orlant died of nervousness. More than 20 Chinese airships, surrounded by them, will definitely be finished.

The Bison detachment only has five airships, and luckily they are all the fastest reconnaissance airships. After seeing the group of airships in front of him, Michelle immediately issued an order to retreat. The New Bison flew southeast away. At the end of the land is the Chesapeake Bay, and down the ocean to the north is the city of Washington.

It's a pity that the Bison detachment still ran into the airship unit of the expeditionary force. There were only four Chinese airships on the opposite side, and they were already very close to the end of the Chesapeake Bay, and Michelle couldn't figure out where the original airship troops had gone. But he absolutely did not allow a destructive Chinese airship to break into the city of Washington. Chinese airships must not be allowed to destroy the port of the Potomac River and the more important port of Baltimore, further north.

This seaport city, after the outbreak of the Sino-American War, has become an important place to keep pace with New York Harbor.

The reconnaissance airship was fast, but small in size, small in pods, and only four machines were installed, two of which were light machine guns.

Following Michelle's order, the five airships of the Bison detachment quickly rushed towards the four Chinese airships. Their speed is indeed much faster than the four Egret-class Chinese airships.

The Bison Detachment is the elite of the U.S. Airship Force, and every soldier here has been in battle for a long time. Five reconnaissance airships did not suffer against four Egret-class airships. The firepower is weaker, but the speed is fast. As long as it is delayed for a little time, or twenty or thirty minutes, or an hour, the US airship unit that reacts will definitely eat these four Chinese airships in a happy way.

The US military, who thought that they were close to their old nest, instead started the idea of receiving awards for meritorious service. If their abacus gets their way, it's a reward of at least eight hundred pounds.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and Michelle can tell with the naked eye that the airship that is climbing opposite is definitely not American, and their airbags do not have the symbol of the US military - bald eagle, but a huge red five-pointed star! This is the logo of the Chinese.

The nine airships in the air were close to each other, getting closer and closer. Michelle felt strange in her heart, after the four Chinese airships found out, not only did they not rush to Washington, but then killed themselves head-on, which is really strange.

The four Chinese airships slowly pulled the formation apart, formed a straight line in the air, and headed towards the side of the Bison detachment. The five reconnaissance airships of the Bison detachment also formed a long line. The current aerial combat is like a decisive battle of the fleet on the sea, unless it is a one-on-one heads-up, it must not be brave. If you get caught in the middle of the enemy's firepower, even if your own firepower can be fully utilized, it will definitely outweigh the losses.

Of course, the airships also stretched a long distance between each other. In an aerial engagement, only idiots will maintain a dense queue, and under the enemy's heavy machine-gun fire, one after another neatly arranged airships can only become excellent targets for others, and only by pulling a distance of three or four hundred meters or more from each other can the losses be reduced as much as possible.

The Bison detachment was located in the south, and the dazzling midday sun was a good cover, and the Americans had an advantage. Their speed is fast, and the Chinese airship can't get rid of the pattern of being in the north.

When the distance between the "Da ......" was still more than 1,000 meters, the US Army's Makqin heavy machine gun opened fire first. The rain of bullets poured down on the opposite side like white lightning.

The distance between the two sides continues to be closer.

The theoretical firing range of the Maxim heavy machine gun is more than 2,000 meters, the firing surface is close to 90 °, and the landing point is an ellipse.

The bullets fired from the barrel were scurrying in the air, with no precise direction, but the mention of the airship was so big that even if the shooting distance was long, it always hit the airbag. The Chinese side then opened fire, and both sides were bounded by 2,000 meters, and it felt that after this point, they could open fire. And the closest distance is no more than five hundred meters. At this distance, both sides are too dangerous, and if the heavy machine gun is manipulated by a master, it is very easy to knock down a chain, and the thruster or pod can be broken.

Michelle, who fired first, regretted to see that none of the opposing airships were traumatized by his own heavy firepower. Although he knew very well that it would take a great deal of luck to shoot down an enemy airship at such a distance where bullets were scurrying around.

Just as the American airship was about to turn around,

Michelle suddenly saw a big hole suddenly broken on the Iron Fist airship pod in front of him, and then several handfuls of flames came out from less than ten meters above the Iron Fist pod, and soon, the Iron Fist airship with an airbag size comparable to a battleship ignited a raging fire under Major Michelle's crazy gaze, and the huge flames quickly engulfed the entire airbag, and the airship began to fall down like a fallen leaf.

During this time, no one escaped from the pod, and Michelle did not think that the six members of the Iron Fist flight crew still had any chance of survival.

"Damn it. Good luck for the! (To be continued......)