19o8 (34th year of Guangxu) June 6, 13:3o, Xichang.

Armed Airship 6 is a converted 2O ton airship with a 7mm Maxim machine gun on each side of the gondola cockpit, a 75mm infantry gun underneath, a 57mm infantry gun, a 37mm gun, two 7mm Maxim machine guns on each side of the gondola, and a 7mm Maxim machine gun in the tail. Bomb-throwing devices were also installed, as well as bombing sighting systems. 1o-15mm armor was added to important locations such as the engine compartment, fuel compartment, ammunition compartment, cab and various gun emplacements.

It was a veritable aerial gunboat, but with such a transformation, the 23-ton payload was occupied by weapons, armor and additional systems, and 11 tons were taken up, so it could only carry 12 tons of bombs.

Corporal Zhang Yang's combat position was machine gun No. 3, that is, the first machine gun on the port side. This is his fifth sortie, and in the first few sorties, he was too excited, his hands were shaky when shooting, he didn't swing too well, and he missed several important targets, which made him regret. However, this kind of excitement is also very normal, flying this kind of thing has always been a long-cherished wish of human beings, it is completely understandable that people who have just ascended to the sky are excited and difficult to control, and there are too few people who can be calm.

Now Corporal Zhang Yang feels that he has adapted to the sky, and this attack must be his true level.

At this time, the deputy shooter came over and handed him a few small colored paper packets: "Brother Zhang, come a piece of chewing gum." ”

"Thank you......" Zhang Yang took the chewing gum and opened the wrapper, threw the snow-white sugar cube into his mouth, and habitually put the remaining wrapping paper into his pocket.

"Garbage should not be littered anywhere, especially on paper, and it must be disposed of centrally. This is what the instructor repeatedly emphasized during the training of recruits, Zhang Yang has been beaten twice for this, and now he has taken this kind of thing as instinct. "No littering" is especially important in the military, not only for environmental reasons, but more importantly for secrecy. Littering not only reveals the whereabouts of the army, but also gives enemy intelligence officers a lot of information. There are many examples of the enemy's important intelligence from the garbage, both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad. Experienced intelligence officers can reveal a lot of things from the pile of garbage left behind by the enemy, household garbage can reveal the supply situation and food level of the troops, residual material packaging can leak information about the troops' equipment, and office garbage, especially paper and paper, can leak even more things.

Although it is now on the airship, it is just a piece of chewing gum, but Zhang Yang has developed a habit and will not let him throw the wrapping paper around.

This refreshing chewing gum has been popularized in the revolutionary army and is said to relieve tension, and the Air Force has added a theory that it can prevent tinnitus, earache and dizziness during liftoff. Zhang Yang was very unimpressed with the statement that "chewing gum can relieve tension", at least it had no obvious effect on him, but the latter effect was obvious, and his ears were obviously much more comfortable when chewing gum.

At this time, the radio in the boat sounded, "Attention everyone, this boat is about to take off! Attention everyone, this boat is about to take off! Please fasten your seat belts!"

Zhang Yang and the assistant shooter hurriedly returned to their positions and fastened their seat belts. Immediately, I felt a shock of the airship, and a slight sense of pressure appeared in my body, and the airship had already begun to rise. Looking out of the observation window, the outside world slowly shrinks.

"Brother Zhang, there are a lot of planes coming this time, at least seventy or eighty of them......" The co-shooter suddenly pointed to the observation window on the right and said.

Zhang Yang looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough. I saw that in the aircraft parking area not far away, four columns of biplanes were neatly parked, and there were about twenty in each row. At this moment, the propellers of the planes in the first few rows have begun to rotate slowly, and a large group of ground crews wearing various vests are busy next to the planes, and it seems that these planes are also about to take off.

According to the regulations of the Air Force, under normal circumstances, if the airship and aircraft attack at the same time, it is the turn of the airship to take off after the airship has taken off. The order of landing is reversed.

Zhang Yang said in a stammered voice: "Tsk, good guy, could it be that the superiors have transferred all the planes in the direction of Guizhou." ”

"I guess so, Guiyang has been beaten down by us, and the air force has no goals over there. ”

Now there are more than 12o aircraft in the Air Force of the Revolutionary Army, and the largest number of them is called "Sparrow", which has a full 1oo. The prototype is the famous Wave-2, which is the second most produced aircraft in the history of the original space-time, and is also the most produced biplane, with a total output of more than 4oooo aircraft. The appearance of the aircraft is similar to that of the fighter aircraft of World War I, with a wooden skeleton and a laminated skin, and the wings are canvas skinned, with reinforced auxiliary steel cable lines to keep the wing shape stable.

Although this model is a product of the 2O era, it uses the proven technology of the First World War, and the only thing that leads is its motivation. It used a piston motive, whereas most of the aircraft of World War I used a rotary cylinder motive. Of course, for Xingke, this kind of piston motive is nothing at all, and the processing technology of digestion can be mass-produced at this time.

The biggest feature of the aircraft is safety: it cannot enter the spiral state, and once it enters by chance, it will be automatically forcibly released, which is especially suitable for serving as a primary military or civilian training aircraft and becoming the cradle of the majority of pilots. It is precisely for this reason that Mr. Wen ordered the mass production of this kind of aircraft, and the current air force is still very immature, and it is most important to master the flight technology first and adapt to the sky.

The "Sparrow" training aircraft is also not exactly copied from the Wave-2, and Xingke's engineers have made a lot of improvements and optimizations on this basis. Replaced with a better motive, although the power has only increased from the original 93k to 12ok, the weight has been reduced by a quarter, and the fuel consumption has decreased by a third. And enlarged fuel tanks, so that its range increased to 1ooo kilometers, the payload increased to 3oo kg (excluding the crew), and the nose of the aircraft was equipped with a metal fairing, which can not only play a protective role, but also help reduce drag. The cruising degree is unchanged from the prototype, 12o kilometers per hour, and the maximum altitude rises to 18o kilometers per hour.

At that time, after this aircraft was made, the employees of the aircraft branch factory were very happy, they had never seen such an advanced aircraft. Well, compared to the mainstream "flying wooden box" and "flying frame" of this era, this aircraft is indeed advanced. The representative of the aircraft branch rushed to ask Wen Desi to name it, but he knew that Mr. Wen pursed his lips and said disapprerovingly: "This thing can only be regarded as a sparrow, it's too early to be an eagle, so let's call it a sparrow......

As soon as Mr. Wen's words came out, the aircraft was named "Sparrow", which made the employees and pilots of the aircraft factory very depressed.

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Jin Hai sat on the "sparrow" and watched impatiently as the airship brigade slowly lifted into the air.

"Damn, these fat winter melons are too slow, and when they arrive in Kunming, the daylilies will be cold. Kunming is about 3oo kilometers away from here in a straight line, and we used to only need 2 and a half hours, and when the winter melons are 5o kilometers, it will take at least 6 hours to arrive, and we have to pray for God's help, if you encounter a headwind, you can climb slowly......" Jin Hai said to the co-pilot and bombardier in the back seat.

The airship unit's management plane is called Sparrow, this name is approved by President Wen, and the aircraft unit can only recognize it no matter how unhappy it is, but they also unceremoniously nicknamed each other "Flying Pig", "Fat Winter Melon", "Fathead Fish" and so on.

The co-pilot spread his hands and said, "No way, the superior ordered it like this." But this time, we dispatched 5 squadrons, a full 8o aircraft, enough to blow up the waste wood in Kunming, and when the fathead fish arrived, it is estimated that Kunming was beaten down by the 6th Army......"

At this time, a ground crew non-commissioned officer knocked on the fuselage: "Hey, check the bomb pylon......"

"Okay...... co-pilot hurriedly pulled the six bomb dropping handles in front of him in turn, which corresponded to the six pylons under the fuselage and on both sides of the wing.

"The pylon is open normally, and the cutout switch is normal...... Okay, one qiē is normal, start hanging bombs......" The ground crew officer waved his hand, and several ground crews ran over with bomb trucks. They skillfully and carefully loaded the bombs on the pylons and attached the fan fuses to the cutouts.

"Okay, okay, they're finally gone......" Jin Hai suddenly refreshed. All eight armed airships had already risen into the air, and they formed a wedge-shaped formation in the air and flew south.

At this time, the signal flag "ready to take off" was also raised on the command platform of the aircraft. There are radio stations on airships, but the current revolutionary military radio stations are still relatively rudimentary, and their size and weight are still relatively large, and they are not suitable for installation on airplanes, so the airplanes can only rely on primitive signal flags and signal lights to command, and they can only rely on sign language and writing boards to communicate with each other.

With three green signal flags hoisted at the same time, the four planes in the first row released their brakes, increased their throttle, and their propellers spun and began to glide slowly. The degree of the aircraft increases rapidly, and by the time the distance of the glide reaches about 3oo meters, their degree has reached 8o kilometers. At this moment, they pulled the nose of the plane, and the plane suddenly left the ground and climbed upward.

A beautiful take-off! The ground crew waved to them.

"34o m...... Not bad......" Jin Hai looked at the sign next to the runway and estimated the take-off distance. "Okay, look at my ......"

The planes in the first few rows are the planes of the squadron leader, squad leader and other key personnel, and they will take off first to determine the position of their subordinates and form a formation. Jin Hae was the squad leader of the 1st squad of the 1st squadron, and he was in the second row, and then it was his turn.

Jin Hai skillfully loosened the brakes and refueled the accelerator, passed the other three planes at once, and after taxiing for more than 2oo meters, he pulled the nose of the plane and rushed up.

"How much?" asked Kim Hae.

"26o meters more point ......," replied the co-pilot, who had been paying attention to the sign next to the runway.

"Hahahaha, the squadron leaders are too careful......" Jin Hai made a triumphant gesture of victory.

At this time, the empty fingers on the tower were scolding.

"1o37, it's 1o37 again, this bastard has violated the rules for taking off 3oo meters again!"

"Bastard, how many times has this been, does he think he's a vaudeville?"

"Deputy Commander, when this bastard comes back, I will definitely lock him up!"

Deputy Commander Li Mishi didn't say anything, he smiled and said, "Let's talk about it when this kid comes back, if the table is not good, he will be locked up for three days." ”

Ten minutes later, all 8o fighters had been lifted into the air, and they formed 5 diamond-shaped formations in the air in squadrons, flying in the direction of Kunming at 12o kilometers.

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