Chapter 486

Although the stone bear gathered the whole family's efforts to consume all the materials hank brought from Europe before it produced 18 hot-air balloons, and although the soldiers driving the hot-air balloons could make the balloons float in a neat formation for a long distance under suitable weather conditions, these 18 hot-air balloons were not really "air force", At most, it has the rudiment of the air force.

But even so, the first actual combat of the "air force" of the fierce bear army showed unparalleled power!

In this era, even if we fight with hot-air balloons, it's a truly cross dimensional battle!

Before the 18 balloons were launched and floated in a neat formation, any war in any country in the world was a two-dimensional war. That is to say, both sides are fighting on the same ground level, and the battlefield has only length and width, but no height.

But now, when the 18 balloons are successfully launched to a height of less than 500 meters from the ground, the 36 stormy bear soldiers driving the 18 balloons finally add the dimension of height to the battlefield!

Although it only adds a high dimension, the consequences are quite terrible.

In the original historical time and space, before the aircraft was developed, the most powerful weapon on the planet was called battleship. It was by virtue of its huge battle fleet that Britain swept across the four oceans and laid such a great empire.

Whether it's the early windsurfing battleship, the Iowa class battleship, the Yamato class battleship or the Bismarck class battleship in World War II, they are definitely the most terrifying weapons on the planet in a certain era.

On the two-dimensional battlefield, the battleship with huge caliber naval gun and heavy armor is like a God on the battlefield.

The only thing that can deal with battleships is battleships, and they must be of the same level!

Battleships ruled the planet for hundreds of years from the day they appeared!

However, after the emergence of aircraft, battleships, a powerful weapon that has ruled the planet for hundreds of years, were quickly eliminated. Nothing else. When the plane brought the dimension of altitude into the battlefield, everyone found that the battleship, which was so powerful that it was almost invincible, was just scum in front of the guy who was even more terrifying.

That's why, after World War II, aircraft carriers became the foundation for the United States to dominate the world.

The United States, which has a double-digit aircraft carrier fleet, is such a loser. In Hollywood blockbusters, the presidents of the United States always say in a critical moment - where is our aircraft carrier fleet? This directly reflects the role of the air force.

It's 1768. It's 135 years before the Wright brothers invented the airplane. It's still a century and a half before the airplane can be used in actual combat!

So, in this era, when the dimension of altitude is added to the battlefield with the hot air balloon, not to mention the Indian aborigines, even if you unite the most powerful countries in Europe, such as England, France, theop, in front of this kind of hot air balloon that can fight, it is also a waste.

In this era, even if the balloon can only fly less than one kilometer, it is invincible. Because no weapon can threaten a balloon at this altitude. But the hot-air balloon can be thrown down recklessly in the high altitude!

You can't fight others, but they can bomb you on your head. What can you do?

The only way is to run.

As long as you run faster than the speed of the balloon, then you will be OK, otherwise, wait for the call of the Lord death.

The black wolf knows all this, because the omnipotent chief has told them about the strength of the air force more than once. In the past, the black wolf didn't know the strength of the air force, but when he took off again and again in a hot-air balloon, And then again and again led the "Air Force brothers" to throw the stones that were used as No. 3 grenades or other types of grenades from the hanging basket again and again. After that, the black wolf began to realize the power of hot air balloons.

In the past, it was definitely impossible to use real airdrop grenades in training. Only occasionally, when the length of the fuse of the airdrop grenade was determined, some real airdrop grenades would be used.

But even if only occasionally use real airdrop grenades in the test, when dozens of grenades are dropped from the hanging basket at the same time, and then cause a large violent explosion hundreds of meters below, the black wolf is also deeply shocked by this weapon.

The black wolf is very sure of what the chief said, but the 18 balloons were just training before. What will happen in the first actual combat? The black wolf has no bottom in his heart.

Black wolf's balloon was the last one to go up. There was one more person in his basket, a Missourian who spoke Osage.

This guy took a hot-air balloon for the first time. At the beginning, he was excited to ask questions. But when the balloon floated up, the black wolf could not laugh or cry and found that some kind of liquid with strong coquettish smell was flowing down this guy's robe

This guy is really scared to pee

The black wolf ignored the guy who was very pale and clung to the hanging basket fence with both hands. Instead, he used the flag to give orders to the other 17 brothers on the hot-air balloon.

Soon, black wolf's balloon, like the other 17 balloons, was suspended about 500 meters above the ground. Because there was a rope tied to the basket at this time, all the 18 balloons were at almost the same height.

Black wolf raised the single telescope hanging around his neck, looked at the direction of the enemy for a while, and then stretched out his hand to feel the wind direction and wind speed, which continued to make a series of flag commands.

"Untie the rope and float along with the wind to disperse the formation. The height will drop by 50 meters. Keep the height of 450 meters and float over the enemy position!"

This is the flag command of the black wolf. Because at the height of 500 meters, black wolf found that the relative height of the highest mountain around the local position was only about 350 meters. Therefore, the balloon must descend in the process of drifting.

The black wolf's command of the balloon is not only to give the enemy a bad impression, but also to take the Missourian who can speak Osage to persuade him to surrender! If the height from the ground is too high, even if you shout with a big horn, I'm afraid the Osage coalition below can't hear it!

Therefore, it is safest to descend to a height of about 100 meters from the highest point of the enemy's position. At this height, you can also hear the voice of persuading people to surrender with a big horn, and the enemy's weapons can't pose any threat to the balloon