The Rise of the Empire

"Oh God, the wingspan of those big birds is at least 15 meters! It's a miracle that these things can fly!" Duke Albrecht said sincerely as he looked at the formation of Black Hawk bombers in a neat formation in the distance. of admiration.

As the plane flew closer and closer, more and more people on the auditorium noticed these huge shadows crossing the sky. And when the Kaiser looked up and saw these epoch-making weapons, his face immediately darkened! He now finally understood why Prince Ruprecht dared to give the Prussian army such a big advantage. It turned out that he had no intention of playing with Moltke on the ground!

"Damn it! Compared with these guys, our plane is like a kite!" the Kaiser cursed softly. Airplanes are no longer considered advanced gadgets. The Kaiser had seen them a few times. He had seen a Prussian plane flying unsteadily and then swaying back and forth as if he was paralyzed.

But look at their planes! Flying so steadily and so fast! Moreover, it seems that there is a bomb hanging on the belly of the plane? More than one shot? ! Through the Zeiss 12x telescope in his hand, the Kaiser seemed to vaguely see something under the aircraft body in the distance. Those shiny gray metallic objects were scary.

The Kaiser was very unhappy with the feeling that his own children were still walking and other people's children could already help with the soy sauce, but he also had some expectations in his heart. What if these things were really so useful? "It seems that it is necessary for the Empire to establish a new army." The Kaiser said to the Crown Prince next to him.

"The situation is getting more and more interesting now." Emperor Fritz on the side was also very interested in these shadows crossing the sky. But he is not very sensitive to military technology. Therefore, he watched it more with the attitude of watching a drama, and at the same time, he began to re-evaluate Bavaria's military power and the benefits it might bring to Austria-Hungary.

"Their target is our artillery position! Damn it! Where are our planes? Go and stop them!" General Herlingen, the Prussian Minister of War, who was sitting relatively outside, was the first to realize the opponent's purpose. The so-called artillery conquest If the infantry is occupied and the artillery is gone, how can we still fight this battle? However, it is a pity that in this era there is no concept of air warning and interception. General Helingen and even Little Moltke could only stare.

In the audience's shock, confusion and cheers, the Bavaria Blackhawks completed their first show. For the Kaiser and the nobles, this was just an eye-opener, but for the Prussian Army on the training ground, a natural disaster was coming!

During the exercise, bombs had to be thrown and artillery shells had to be fired, but they could not be fired. In this era, there was no laser sighting or complex electronic equipment to determine hits and destruction. Therefore, the relatively backward judgment method for artillery is as follows. Draw an area next to the real artillery position. If you are serious, you can set up some signs or targets. If the opponent attacks, the survival rate of this artillery position will be evaluated based on the damage to the target and the coverage. Normal distribution, statistics, etc. have been around for a long time. Therefore, in theory, only if the Black Hawks drop bombs into a pre-demarcated area, the target will be destroyed.

However, such areas are generally not too far away from the real position. Otherwise, the layout meaning will be lost. But this time, the Prussian long-range artillerymen who were working hard at the rear could finally take a close look at the power of their natural enemies!

The first team of the Bavarian Aviation Squadron chose a 150MM cannon position. This position has a total of 4 artillery pieces.

The artillery is about 100 meters apart. About 150 meters behind the artillery is the position of the opponent's artillery shells and propellants, and further behind are the convoys, horses and other baggage. Their target position is less than 1,000 meters away from the artillery position. The entire artillery position was in an open space, and the constant spitting of fire exposed their position, so much so that Captain Harker, who was leading the artillery, believed that they could find these ostentatious targets without reconnaissance...

"I will be the first to drop the bomb, and everyone will follow." A small group of nine bombers adopts this fighting method. The crews of the three leading bombers are obviously the most skilled. They are responsible for guiding the attack and delineating the attack. Range, in this era, don’t think about diving and throwing bombs into a ring with a radius of XX meters. In an area of ​​several thousand square meters, throwing a bomb into it is victory.

And in this era, the skills of those who can become a squadron leader are just that... There is no way, there is no actual combat, Rudel also learned it in actual combat! The three bombers flew past in a Z-shaped pattern, gradually descending to an altitude of 200 meters, and then controlled the speed at about 60 kilometers per hour, which had just reached the lower limit of future highways, but this speed was already considered lightning fast in this era!

The roar of the artillery covered up the sound of the aircraft's engines. When the first Prussian artilleryman noticed something was wrong on his right, Captain Haacke had already led three bombers into the bombing route, and a group of aircraft lowered their altitude to 180 meters. On the left and right, the captain himself lay on the sight, adjusting it according to the flight course and speed. The moment the crosshairs of the sight crossed the wooden model, the captain pulled down the bomb release handle.

Then, Captain Harker watched with his own eyes as the bomb swayed and landed in front of the target. With a loud noise, the huge explosion power of the 100KG bomb blew the wooden artillery model into pieces. "The process is sad, but the result is good." Captain Huck comforted him.

Three bombers dropped three bombs in the air. As many as 15 rounds of high-explosive bombs burned in the target area, leaving traces of flames and black smoke. Then, the bombers of the other two detachments began to draw. They dropped bombs in a certain area, which were also high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs. In less than a minute, six other bombers dropped three tons of bombs on this area of ​​about 8,000 square meters. This data will be used in later generations. It’s nothing, but now in terms of weight, it’s about the same as 70 rounds of 150MM shells, and in terms of damage effect, it’s stronger than 170 rounds! On the one hand, it has a large amount of explosives, and on the other hand, napalm is too terrifying!

Semi-solidified gasoline can be said to burn whatever it touches! Even plants with high water content that have just rained will not be spared. With the crackling sound of burning, the entire target area turns into a sea of ​​​​fire, and even has a tendency to spread to the outside. The black ashes are quickly washed away by the updrafts. A huge plume of smoke formed in the sky, and even Little Maoqi, who was 5 kilometers away from the artillery position, could see it!

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