"Elevated!"

"Raise as high as you can!"

The commanders on both sides had no experience in air combat command, but they were smart people, and the first thing that came to mind was to raise the hot air balloon and the airship.

At this time, the difference in equipment is shown, the heat of the fierce fire oil is very high, the heat of orange coke is even higher, and when both sides are raised at the same time, the speed and height of the airship are obviously higher than that of the hot air balloon.

Von Ole frowned, the speed of the hot air balloon was too slow, this could not be done, although he had not yet figured out how to fight, but instinctively felt that grabbing altitude was very important for air combat.

At the same moment, Se Mancang also frowned, the airship has an obvious advantage in seizing the altitude, but the wind in this airspace is very strong, and the higher the airship flies, the worse the handling. Whether it is an airship or a hot air balloon, they are not small, and they want to get close to each other, but they hesitate and don't dare.

In addition, there are other problems, the height is grabbed, and what weapons can be used to attack has become a problem. The load of the airship is obviously higher than that of a hot air balloon, but no one thought that it would encounter air combat, and among the weapons equipped, none of them are suitable for air combat.

The bed crossbow can shoot up to 500 zhang away on flat ground, which is already very amazing, but in the sky, this distance is not even a fart, and a gust of wind can blow the airship hundreds of zhang away, and the direction is still uncontrollable.

"Command, try to fly above the enemy's flank, attack with a bed crossbow, or whatever, what's the use anyway. "Semancang's orders are quite nonsensical, the general's orders should be accurate, and the orders he gave are a bit.

Although it is a bit, the situation of the full warehouse is far better than that of von Ole. The airship is equipped with a radio station, which often fails and makes the maintenance personnel angry and wants to hit the wall, with an average success rate of less than 30 percent, which plays an extremely important role at this moment, at least more than 30 percent of the airship has received the command of the color mancang.

And poor Feng Ole, with the command issued by the flag, can receive less than ten hot air balloons, while nervously grabbing the high position, while watching the Chu people's airship, but also preparing weapons.

What's more troublesome is that in the air is different from land, everyone is not on a plane, the hot air balloon higher than Von Ole is better, and the flag can not be seen at all below him, this is still a nearby hot air balloon, more than three miles, even if it is a hot air balloon at the same altitude, it may not be able to see clearly, after all, there are clouds and water vapor around, and the vision is greatly affected.

"Boom" A bomb exploded, forming a fireball in the sky, a large amount ......of gunpowder smoke dispersed in all directions, and the nearest hot air balloon was also a mile away from the explosion site, and there was no one left.

Clusters of fireballs kept appearing, and the airships that received the orders tried their best to attack the hot air balloons of the Austrians, the idea was good, but the gap between reality and ideal was too far away.

There are also airships that try to launch bed crossbows, airships have a great advantage in this regard, although they have not thought of using bed crossbows in air combat, but they are ready to use them to attack the ground, as long as they grab a high position, it is not a problem to launch bed crossbows.

But this kind of Da Chu's most powerful bed crossbow is like a toy in air combat, and the strong wind blows the crossbow arrows shot away, and it is impossible to see where it flies in the end.

Five hundred zhang is already a long distance on the ground, in the air, very close, very close......

Feng Ole felt his scalp tingle, and looked at the bursts of fireballs and smoke, proving that the Great Chu people were not ignorant, they had gunpowder weapons, bombs, and there must also be muskets and artillery.

The hot air balloon was in a low position, and it was impossible to use bombs, so it could only be blown up. But after watching it for a while, Feng Ole was relieved, air combat is not so simple, the other party seems to be the same as himself, he is also a rookie in air combat, there are at least hundreds of bombs dropped, large and small, but not even the edge of the hot air balloon, the closest explosion point from the hot air balloon is also hundreds of zhang away, the inflated air current, pushing the approaching hot air balloon far away, there is no lethality at all.

The two rookie air force commanders, while directing the battle, while thinking about air combat tactics, it is clear that the weapons they are carrying now are not suitable for air combat, and if they want to occupy the sky, they must report back to the secret master and study new secret weapons.

When Renault received the report of this air battle, it was already a month later, and it was said that the ground forces had already started the war, and it would take longer to get more war reports.

Of course, Renault didn't need to wait that long, find a time, observe with the God of Wealth, and after watching for a few hours, his face became ugly. Just as he thought, the Austrian army, which was equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery, had the upper hand in the land battle, causing heavy losses to the Combine army, and the losses of the Austrians came from the bombardment of airships.

As for the air battle report in his hand, Renault shook his head, and the two sides threw nearly 150 airship hot air balloons into a 'fierce battle' for two and a half hours, and finally ended this farce-like air battle 0-0.

There is no need for the speculation of the Great Chu Army, the God of Wealth has found the second fleet of the Austrians, and it can be seen from the number that this army has four armies, 120,000 people, and a large number of supplies, and in about a month and a half, it will be able to reach Chunjiang Mansion.

Renault really wanted to give the coordinates of the Austrian fleet, but it was useless, the sea was vast, there was no satellite positioning, and it was impossible to find the constantly moving Austrian fleet by relying on a compass and compass. What's more, the speed of transmitting information is too slow, and by the time Renault's message reached the Los Angeles Military Department, at least half a month had passed, and the order of the Military Department was issued to the Southern Navy Army, and at least half a month had passed.

By the time the Southern Navy assembled and rushed over, the Austrians' Second Fleet had already landed.

What's more, Renault did not want the Southern Navy to have a naval battle with the Austrian warships, and there was a generation difference in the equipment of the naval forces of the two sides, as long as the commander of the Austrian Navy was not a pig's brain, it was impossible for the Southern Navy to win.

The wooden battleship Renault didn't care, but those sailors were the basis for the establishment of the ironclad fleet in the future, and there was no one, and no matter how good the ship was, it was just a pile of scrap metal.

There is a lot of bad news, but there is also good news, the sea trial of Experiment 2 was very successful, three boilers were put into operation at the same time, the maximum speed reached nearly 30 knots, and the two boilers could also run at a high speed of 23 knots.

Of course, it is impossible for the next ironclad ship to reach such a high speed, the laboratory can produce boilers, but the mass production of boilers is a problem, so only double boilers can be used. Experiment No. 3 will be an eighty-meter-long first-class battleship, and it is expected that Experiment No. 4 will be 100 meters long, which is about the same displacement as Dachu's super-class battleship, that is, the flagship.

The number of boilers of the same power has decreased, so it is impossible for Experiment 3 and 4 to run at the speed of Experiment 2.

This is from the suggestion of a general of the Ministry of War, after General Wei Wen left here, the Ministry of War has sent four generals, their responsibility is to give a more reasonable opinion when Renault finalizes a certain weapon and equipment.

Among these four generals, there is a general from the Southern Naval Army, in his opinion, Experiment No. 2 is completely unnecessary, so fast speed, is a waste, since the production of boilers is difficult, the number is limited, the three boilers are too wasteful, the double boiler is enough, and even the more radical single boiler is acceptable.

After all, in naval battles, as long as the speed is a cut faster than the opponent, it is enough, even if it is a single boiler, the No. 2 ironclad ship can run a speed of up to fourteen knots, which is enough to kill the Austrian sail battleship in seconds.

The most important thing is that the battleships of the Shengong Hall are ironclad ships, and they can sink the warships of the Austrians if they collide, and the generals of the Southern Navy are now anxious to ask for quantity rather than quality.

Even if there is only the second ironclad ship, there is no need for more, there are ten, he dares to take the big captain who rushed towards the Austrians, and confidently believes that after strangling the enemy ships, he can bring back the ironclad ships one by one, and when he is rested, he will continue to attack the Austrian fleet.

This temptation made Renault tempted, but after careful consideration, he knew that it would not work at all. There is indeed a generation difference between ironclad ships and sail wooden ships, but it is not so obvious, as long as the commander of the Austrian Navy is willing to cut meat, let alone ten, even if there are twenty ironclad ships, they can all be annihilated.

Now the ironclad ship still lacks the most important long-range weapon, and when it has the right weapon, coupled with the speed of the ironclad, it can play kite flying and hang the Austrian sailors. By colliding, that's, people just need to order several warships to squeeze over, clamp the ironclad ship, and then play broadside battles, and even capture the ironclad ship.

This gave Renault a warning, and modified the experimental ships No. 3 and No. 4 to leave water inlets and valves on the bottom floor, and if necessary, the valves could be opened to sink the ship.

"Huzi, have you counted the output of each manufacturing workshop in the last month?"

Don't look at the vicinity of Shengong City, new workshops are set up every day, nearly a thousand blast furnaces, and the number of personnel has increased to hundreds of thousands, but it takes a lot of time to turn refined iron alloy into weapons, especially the weapons that Renault wants, which are different from the armor before Da Chu, which is much more complicated.

"Sir, there are currently twelve plate armor workshops, with a monthly output of 3,000 pairs of heavy plate armor and 6,000 pairs of light plate armor...... Huzi took the folder in Mo Xiang's hand and glanced at it and said.

"Give it to me, I'll see for myself. Renault said and took the folder, Huzi's brain was still not bright, the last thing Renault wanted to know was the plate armor production workshop.

Renault doesn't care, but others do, the military department's attention to Shengong City has been repeatedly improved, and now it has begun to transport a large number of soldiers, for fear that something will happen here. In addition to transporting by airship, the Desert Legion received an order as early as a month ago, and a new legion composed of half veterans and half recruits has been drawn here, and their task is to defend the Divine City without retreating.

There are four rifle production workshops, with 500 flintlock pistols and 100 new bolt-action rifles per month. 20,000 pieces of ammunition for flintlock guns and 2,000 pieces of ammunition for bolt-action rifles......

Looking at this amount, there is no need for mental arithmetic, and Renault knows that the production is too low. Before the machine gun was developed, even if it was a bolt-action rifle, it was necessary to rely on numbers to have an advantage.

Not only Da Chu has muskets, but also other people.