"Military Gate, Emergency Electricity...... Yingyi's airship is dropping suicide planes! ”

When the exclamation of the communications officer sounded in the bridge of the aircraft-carrying battlecruiser Shuzhongwang, Zhuge Weidao was holding a telescope and watching the dozen or so British airships that had just appeared in the sky.

As the world's No. 1 "airship expert", Zhuge Weidao didn't take airships seriously at all. Because he knows very well that airships have no future...... Although the German airships played some role in the early days of World War I, the sky belonged to the planes after all. The airship is nothing more than a transitional product, expensive and unsafe, with a limited role on the battlefield. Before the development of airplanes, it is possible to conduct reconnaissance, and in a few years, when the airplanes are really up, airships will be useless at all......

As soon as he thought of this, the communications officer of the first air battle suddenly roared.

"Suicide planes?"

Zhuge Weidao was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, his aviation staff officer Wang Wen had already shouted: "What? What suicide planes? ”

The communications officer replied: "The telegram says that it is a triangular glider with an engine and propeller and a bomb suspended, manned and without landing gear!" ”

What? And this weapon?

Zhuge Weidao had not yet recovered from his surprise, and Ma Xuchen, chief of staff of the "First Air Battle", had already explained to him loudly: "Junmen, when you were the commander of the Persian Gulf Fleet, Guan Junmen instructed the naval aviation to study the tactics of dropping gliders from airships to attack. We've also trial-built similar gliding bomb planes......"

"Then why did you give up again?" Zhuge asked.

"Because we have found through research that the pilots who fly this glider bomb plane have a very high death rate in wartime, it is called a suicide plane by the members of the airship unit who participated in the trial production...... I didn't expect the British to actually create such a madman weapon! ”

It turned out that the two airship observers who discovered that the British airship was dropping man-powered gliding bombs had participated in the trial production of the Ming army's own gliding bomb plane, so they recognized this crazy weapon at a glance.

At this time, Zhuge Weidao had already seen the people who were dropped from the British airship with powered gliding bombs...... It makes his scalp tingle! He originally thought that only Japanese devils could do such crazy things, but he didn't expect the British in 1830 to do the same!

But it's right to think about it, the British at this time in history were still playing the tactics of lining up to shoot and firing a salvo within 20 meters, and for the "lobster soldiers" who stood in the front row as guns, this seems to be not much worse than the madness of hitting warships with planes!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao immediately knew that the problem was serious...... Can't let those suicide planes crash into it!

"......Carrier-based planes take off," Zhuge Weidao said loudly, "All motherships release half of the carriers, do not hang bombs, and go all out to intercept enemy suicide planes, and not a single one is allowed to slip through the net!" ”

"Yes, Junmen!"

"King Shuzhong, windward...... Full! ”

"Yes, Junmen!"

......

The Shuzhong Wang, with a standard displacement of more than 20,000 tons, began to soar in the wind! This was to create maximum deck wind, so that the Ssangyong-type two-wing, twin-engine carrier-based seaplanes could use the oncoming winds to create upward lift.

On the flight deck, the Ssangyong planes that were "pretended" to be board cars had already shown their prototypes at this time - the folded wings had been lowered, and the pilots in warm leather flight suits were also carrying parachutes and hanging cameras, and they came out of the lounge excitedly and apprehensively, and walked towards their landlines against the strong wind.

Among them was the newlywed Yan'er's second-class non-commissioned officer Feng Mingshan, who was the pilot of the plane, responsible for flying the plane and operating the two front-mounted machines mounted on the nose of the aircraft. Behind him was a young man with the latest Seagull camera around his neck, named Li Pingqing, who was Feng Mingshan's co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, telegraph operator, rear machine gunner, and special photographer - the job of this special photographer is very important! Shoot the enemy during reconnaissance missions, shoot targets when shot down in air combat, and shoot bombed warships during bombing missions!

Whether the second-class non-commissioned officer Feng Mingshan has the opportunity to be an officer in his life depends on himself to drive a plane to make meritorious contributions, and secondly, he relies on the special photographer behind him who is "multi-skilled...... If you forget to take a picture, you won't have a match!

So at this time, seeing that he was about to go to the battlefield, Feng Mingshan did not forget to explain at the end: "Xiao Li...... Don't forget to take pictures! When I hit the airship later, I will definitely remember to take pictures...... This is a great achievement, a great achievement that can be promoted! ”

Because of the existence of a large military academy system, it was difficult for soldiers in the Ming army to be promoted to officers. But just because it's hard doesn't mean it's impossible...... As long as you can make great contributions, you can be promoted.

But for most soldiers, this kind of "great achievement" is almost impossible to obtain. Pilots may be the exception, though! They're sure to be a big hit when they get an airship!

A large British airship is worth at least 100,000 pounds, and there are 10 British officers and soldiers on it, and the captain must be an officer!

There are now 16 British airships visible to the naked eye in the sky!

If they were to drop bombs, they would be easy to shoot......

"I know, I know, Third Brother Feng, I've heard you say it 100 times!"

When Feng Mingshan wanted to say it 101 times, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded on the deck, but this sound sounded to Feng Mingshan was simply the most beautiful music in the world.

"Get on board!"

"It's time to fight!"

"Hit him!"

Not only Feng Mingshan is happy, but there is no one on the Shuzhong King who is unhappy - officers, they still want to be! Although the middle and lower class people of the Ming Dynasty are not having a hard time, these pilots who have reached the level of master chief want to go further! Because they all know that the Eight Great Families who control the Ming Dynasty have always taken good care of the officer class......

In the shouting, Li Pingqing, the third-class non-commissioned officer who was still a little ignorant just now, had already gotten into the cockpit of the Ssangyong plane one step ahead of Feng Mingshan. Just a few minutes later, including the planes of Feng Mingshan and Li Pingqing, the propellers of 16 Ssangyong planes on the Shuzhong King had turned into a light curtain.

"Priority attack on suicide planes! Attention of the 1st Flight Group...... This operation prioritizes the attack on suicide planes! Be sure to shoot down all the suicide planes! Take off now! ”

At this time, the voice of Lei Teng, the head of the first detachment of the "First Air Battle", came from the loudspeaker on the deck.

With the issuance of the take-off order, on the Shuzhong Wang, which was racing in the wind, 16 Ssangyong planes that were already ready took off from the flight deck one after another!

At the same time, on the three aircraft carriers Liaodong, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, which belonged to the First Air Battle, there were also 16 Ssangyong fighters roaring up!

The scene of the aircraft carrier releasing the carrier-based aircraft, George Murphy, who was monitored from a high altitude on the large airship that nominally belonged to the Royal Indian Navy. The law of righteousness is all in the eyes.

Now it's his turn to be dumbfounded!

Those things that look like board cars are actually flying machines! Daming's flying machine can actually take off from a ship! How did they do it? And also...... What do they want to do with so many flying machines flying all at once?