Zhou Leng was thinking that the detachment was discovered by the Chu people, and if the Chu people were smart enough, they would probably guess the strategic intention of this detachment to come here, which was the most terrifying.

You know, what they want to do is to snatch the war horse of Lu Feichuan, and the mobility of this creature is very high. The Chu people don't need to send an army over, they just need to take the head horse and flee north, it's very easy to do this, and they don't even need many people, the only problem may be fodder, but it doesn't matter the overall situation, even if these horses starve to death, Zhou Leng's mission is a failure.

In fact, horses do not starve to death so easily, there is always grass on the side of the road, and the survival instinct of creatures will let them live, and the most likely thing is to be hungry and thin.

"General, that airship ......," Zhou Leng's deputy Zhang Le reminded in a low voice.

"Forget about the airship, they've done what they had to do. Zhou Leng glared at Zhang Le and said, he was very annoyed at this time, since the news must have leaked, he could only hope that the commander of Da Chu was stupid and did not guess the intention of the detachment.

As for the airship, what can an airship do? Before that, Zhou Leng knew about the poor performance of the airship, and in addition to attacking the ground and having some effect, their main role was reconnaissance.

That air battle, which was like a joke, had already reached the Second Fleet. They are sailors, the battleship is mobile, and the speed is good, how is it possible to bombard the battleship with an airship?

The airship is at an altitude of more than 100 meters, and it is very difficult to drop bombs on the battleship, which is also equipped with a considerable number of foot crossbows and rockets, which are specially used for air defense.

Originally, the Austrian warships did not have these equipment, but after taking Wuyang Mansion, a large number of Great Chu soldiers were captured, including a large number of bows and arrows, which were requisitioned by the navy to deal with airships.

The Second Fleet also had airships, but there were not many of them, and after several experiments, it was found that bombing battleships with airships, although feasible, was very ineffective, and as long as the airships were forced to be 100 paces away from the battleships, the bombs were almost inaccurate.

In addition to countering with crossbow arrows, there are other air defense measures on the battleship, and the damage of the airship to the battleship is minimal.

In fact, Zhou Leng is too conceited, he is a grandmaster, although he also knows how to command the navy, but he is much worse than Zhang Le, Zhang Le is the real commander of this fleet, but when the grandmaster gets on the battleship, he is automatically demoted to a deputy, and he must unconditionally obey Zhou Leng's command.

In the world of Da Chu, there is no professional thing for professional people to do this kind of statement, whose fist is big, who speaks loudly, this is the norm, you let the grandmaster listen to you, you didn't wake up from your dream.

Renault has been coming to Da Chu for several years, and he also knows this habit of the Da Chu people, so he will emphasize that on the battleship, everything obeys the command of the captain, including him, and on the airship, everything obeys the command of the captain, including him.

Even the secret master has to listen, let alone others, you a grandmaster dares to talk nonsense, believe it or not, Lei Shi will clean you up? Renault's continuous success has made his prestige unmatched in Shengong City, and even Song Zhe, an earth immortal, can only be second.

Although the discipline rules and regulations are rigid and cannot give full play to the subjective initiative of officers, they can solve most problems very well and let everyone know what they should do.

It soon got dark, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, I could see a touch of sunset on the horizon.

"General, looking back, I didn't find the Chu airship. ”

"Well, change the voyage, right voyage five. Zhou Leng breathed a sigh of relief, and there was no airship to continue to approach, which means that the airship was likely to just appear here by accident, but why did it appear on the sea?

The ironclad fleet of Shengong City, in accordance with the combat operation point of the naval army, released an air team, scattered around the enemy ships, and according to the calculation method in the regulations, the enemy ships were stationed in the direction of the mission that the enemy ships might change.

The night came, and it was also the most difficult time, a bright moon, illuminating the sea, and airships could only fly higher and farther, because they were easier to detect than battleships.

In other words, before the airship saw the enemy fleet, it was possible that the Austrians would be discovered first, which was absolutely not allowed.

According to his strategic guidelines, you can fight a battle that you can fight or not, and if you feel the slightest danger, you will give up.

This night, Zhou Leng slept well, but Zhang Le didn't dare to sleep, and shot hundreds of instructions with crossbow arrows for the captains of each ship to prepare.

This is a kind of air defense hand break that Zhang Le researched when he was fine, and since he had not experimented with it, he didn't know if it was feasible.

I don't know why, Zhang Le always has a sense of crisis, and this feeling comes from the sky.

In the east, a touch of fish belly white had just appeared, and King Tiger and Lan Bing, who had also not slept all night, received a report from the airship and found the enemy fleet, thirty-five miles away and fifty miles away from the coastline.

Lan Bing turned her head to look at the Tiger King, her little face flushed, and she could see that she was very excited. At the same time, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, Mr.'s regulations were actually very useful, and she could find the location of the enemy fleet without looking at it with her eyes, just by calculating with paper and pen, which made her feel incredible.

In fact, this is really not difficult, the sea is flat, there are only so many directions, the maximum speed of the battleship is also limited, plus time as a condition, any junior high school student can calculate the answer.

"Commander Tiger, thirty-five miles away, it should be possible to attack, we need more time to attack. Lan Bing said.

Don't look at the air supremacy, the speed of the airship is very slow, and it depends on whether God gives face, if the wind direction is wrong, you need to spend more time to find the corresponding air flow, otherwise it will be blown in the opposite direction.

"You are the captain of the ship, as long as you don't violate the code of conduct. The Tiger King was also a little excited, squinting his eyes, and hiding his emotions very well. As a commander, you should keep calm at all times, which will give your subordinates peace of mind.

The Tiger King didn't know what it meant to be calm, and what kind of expression to use? For this reason, he struggled for many months, but finally Renault couldn't stand it anymore, and told him that it would be good to keep his face expressionless.

Since then, the Tiger King has been very careful about his expressions, and even when he is the coolest to go to the toilet, he insists on being expressionless.

"The order was given, the air squadrons assembled, checked the ammunition and prepared to enter the attack position. ”

Renault also did not expect that the kind of wireless intercom he researched that always had problems and the signal distance was not far away would play an unexpected role in sea and air battles.

Although it has all kinds of problems, there are 200 wireless walkovers in the air fleet, and there will always be dozens of them that can receive orders with good luck, and then pass them on to their companions through primitive methods such as flags, which increases the speed of command transmission exponentially.

In an era like Da Chu, sending orders is actually a very troublesome thing, not only is it inefficient, but even wrong orders are often transmitted, but with a wireless intercom, the effect is much better.

There is a reason why Renault asked that it was best to start the attack in the early morning and stop the battle before sunset, the speed of the airship was very slow, and it was greatly affected by the air current, Lan Bing gave the order to assemble and prepare for the attack, dozens of distances, four air groups, and it took two full hours to complete this order, and at this time, it was almost noon.

"The second team attacks from the left, the third team from the right, the first team in the middle, and the fourth team is the reserve. "Lan Yunxi gave an order, except for the aviation team to enter the combat procedure, and then Lan Yunxi took over the command, which is the requirement of the Lei Division's drill code.

The huge airship force can be seen clearly from dozens of miles away, and Zhou Leng and Zhang Le naturally saw it.

"Prepare the air defense. Zhou Leng sighed lightly and said, this is the sea, not the land, even if he is a grandmaster, there is nothing he can do.

"Order, all warships, transports, prepare for air defense. "Zhang Le ordered that it was daytime, as long as the flag language was used, unlike at night, it was necessary to use crossbow arrows to shoot at other ships with letters.

Renault spent a lot of time deducing the calculation of the drill code, it is still somewhat useful, the airship is not comparable with the aircraft at all, it will be discovered from a long distance, giving the enemy fleet enough time to react.

Foot crossbows, bundles of bolts, and oil were carried to the deck, and sailors climbed up and down the masts, hanging a large number of fishing nets on them, which affected the speed of the ship but served to intercept the bombs.

At this time, the bomb is actually a lit explosive package, without any armor-piercing ability, even if a hundred pounds of bombs, after the buffer of the fishing net, and the length of the lead, after the fishing net interception, did not fall on the deck, it will explode.

"What's that?" Zhou Leng asked as he watched the sailors erect dozens of bamboo pipes on both sides of the ship's side.

"General, that's a water dragon. Zhang Le replied.

Battleships are most afraid of fire attacks, so on each ship, there are a large number of water hoses, which are used to extinguish fires, throw the pipe tape into the sea, shake the crank, you can absorb water from the sea, and spray water columns from the bamboo pipe.

"Water Dragon, ready to extinguish the fire?" Zhou Leng nodded slightly, Zhang Le was still a very good commander.

"Not exactly, General, in addition to preparing to extinguish the fire, I am going to use it to attack the bomb pack. Zhang Le said.

"Oh!" this answer surprised Zhou Leng a little, but he quickly understood. The bombs of this era were dropped from the sky after being ignited, and not only did they have no armor-piercing ability, but also did not have any waterproof attack ability, so they could not fight in rainy weather.

If the fuse is extinguished, it will not even be able to detonate as long as the black powder is wet.

"Very good, good idea. Zhou sneered, it seems that the huge air force in the distance is not so terrifying.

It turned out that bombing a battleship with an airship was far more troublesome than expected, because the airship was unstable in the air, and the sea breeze caused great trouble to the air force.

A battleship nearly 100 meters long may seem like a lot of money, but if you are at an altitude of several hundred meters, it doesn't look that big. Airships are moving, battleships are moving, and it is very difficult for those aviation forces who have no mathematical knowledge at all to drop bombs in the right place.