Chapter 280： Air Force Debut

The newly established air force battalion has only more than 500 people, of which more than 200 are auxiliary troops. There are 80 hydrogen balloons, and each hydrogen balloon can carry three people on average.

One of them is responsible for controlling the height, direction, lifting and other operations of the balloon, and the other two are responsible for observing and dropping bombs.

At present, the main function of the Air Force is to conduct bombing. It cannot be used for reconnaissance for the time being. It is not so flexible and cost-effective. It is better to use cavalry.

They dropped some heavy bombs specially used for bombing. Each one weighed nearly 20 kilograms and was loaded with a lot of gunpowder. The explosive power was amazing. It was several times more terrifying than the most powerful eight-kilo howitzer in the Wu army. .

The weight that each hydrogen balloon can carry is about eight hundred jin, which means that in addition to three soldiers, a hydrogen balloon can carry more than 20 bombs.

Ning Xiang returned to the camp and ordered the balloon to be inflated. And said: "This is the first actual combat of our air force, we must play our prestige. Only in this way, the above will pay more attention to us, provide more silver to develop more advanced hydrogen balloons, and enhance our status... .."

These ideals and slogans can't be heard by ordinary soldiers. Until Ning Xiang said that there was a reward after completing the task, the people cheered up.

One by one, the **** were filled with hydrogen and floated up.

Then the soldiers entered the hanging basket under the balloon. The soldiers below untied the ropes tied to the heavy objects, and the hydrogen balloons floated to the sky.

At this time, some problems with hydrogen balloons appeared. Some balloons injected too little hydrogen and did not fly high. The soldiers in the hanging basket can only throw away some grenades to reduce weight.

There are also some injected too much hydrogen, floating too high, at least a few hundred meters. At this height, the grenade will explode before it falls on the wall.

They can only lower the height by deflating, and this operation is quite dangerous.

Others were due to improper operation by the soldiers, causing the hydrogen balloon to malfunction and crash.

Before they saw the enemy's face, they had already crashed two hydrogen balloons, killing six people. Falling from a height of tens of meters, there is no possibility of surviving.

Outside Huai'an City, Wu Jun’s twenty cannons had been bombarded for nearly half an hour. It is a pity that today's Qing army has a very deep experience in guarding against howitzers.

After various defensive measures were taken, this round of artillery by the Wu army could not kill more than two hundred Qing troops. Of course, this result is actually not bad.

The artillery stopped temporarily, and Wu Jun’s siege troops were already close to the city wall, and the ant-attached siege was about to begin.

The soldiers who had been hiding under the city by the Qing army all returned to the city and entered a state of combat.

They have now given up the tactic of long-range shooting with Wu Jun, and changed it to release Wu Jun to the city.

In their usual exercises, grenades can cause a fatal blow to the enemy forces under the city, which is the source of their confidence in defending the city.

But at this moment, I don't know who was the first to shout ‘look quickly’, and then their eyes fell into the distant mid-air.

I saw nearly a hundred big round **** floating in the air in the distance, and there was a hanging basket under the ball, and people could still be seen in the hanging basket faintly.

"What's that? Someone who can fly to the sky?"

A general of the Qing army asked to himself that he had only seen a bird that could go to the sky, but he had never seen it before, and never even thought that a person could go to the sky.

In his understanding, people should be on the ground, and only the gods in the story can go to heaven.

Now he suddenly saw the human beings in the sky, and his entire three views collapsed.

"Heaven Soldier, Heaven Soldier, that is the Heaven Soldier and General. When it's over, the Ming Army invited the Heaven Soldier and God General to help."

Some of the more superstitious low-level soldiers have panicked, and they are a little scared instinctively when something they can't understand appears.

"Shut up, deceive the crowd to cut, it's not a heavenly soldier at all, it's just a soldier of the Ming army."

Some generals of the Qing army shouted that there should be no panic at this time, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.

"But, why can soldiers of the Ming army fly to the sky?"

Not to mention those soldiers, not many people around the world know about air buoyancy. Not to mention the buoyancy of air, not many people know the buoyancy of water.

When such incomprehensible things happen, it is difficult for normal people to remain calm.

"Leave them alone, guard the city walls, and don't let the Ming army below come up. Those who fly by nature can't do anything to us."

The commander of the Qing army shouted that Wu Jun was still attacking the city at this time. It was really not suitable to discuss why Wu Jun flew. Defending the city was a serious matter.

After the general's reminder, the soldiers suddenly realized that the enemy was still in full swing preparing to attack the city.

The soldiers tried to focus on the enemies under the city one by one, but from time to time they couldn't help but glance at the balloons floating towards them.

The speed of the hydrogen balloon is not fast, but the distance is not far, just a few hundred meters.

The siege ladders of Wu Jun under the city were not up, and those hydrogen balloons had already reached their heads.

The height of tens of meters allows them to see more clearly. Some soldiers with good eyes can even see the faces of Wu Jun soldiers.

A few archers even shot arrows at those balloons, but they actually didn't have any very clear intentions. Just because the above is the enemy, so I shoot arrows instinctively.

Not to mention, their unconscious behavior has achieved miraculous results.

One of the hydrogen balloons was shot and then leaked, completely unsaved.

Our soldiers on the gondola also noticed this, and their face was dusty.

One of the sergeants said to the other two corporals: "We can't live anymore. We are all ready to light the bomb when we fall. This is the last thing we can do for our parents, as long as we do this. , General Wu will definitely treat us kindly, just like Liu Xi'er, the previous battle hero."

The legs of the other two corporals were shaking, but they also knew that this was already the best choice.

At this time, the soldiers on the other hydrogen balloons had begun to throw bombs. The bombs were dropped one by one, frightening the soldiers of the Qing army.

"It's a bomb."

The clever soldier guessed the thing in an instant.

Just two seconds after he finished shouting, some bombs successfully landed on the city wall, and some were thrown into and outside the city, which is not easy to grasp.

There were about thirty or so pieces that fell on the city wall, and several of them had malfunctions such as flameout when they fell. They did not explode when they fell on the city wall.

New weapons always have this kind of problem, which is normal.

However, the remaining bombs that exploded successfully dealt a devastating blow to the Qing army on the wall.

The deafening explosion sounded, sending a heavy hammer to the Qing army's heart. There was a mess in the smoke.

The soldiers at the center of the explosion had no bones left, and some corpses lacked arms and legs, or lost their heads, or were broken in two...

This hell-like scene directly frightened a group of soldiers. The address of the latest chapter of the aircraft carrier I built in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/book/149212.htmlI built the full text of the aircraft carrier in Daming to read the address: https://www.novelhall.com/read/149212/I built the aircraft carrier txt download address in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/down/149212.htmlI read it on the mobile phone built by Daming: https://m.novelhall.com/read/149212/For the convenience of reading next time, you can click \"Favorites\" below to record this (Chapter 280 Air Force Appearance) reading record, and open it next time You can see it on the bookshelf! If you like "I Build an Aircraft Carrier in Daming", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.) ,Thank you for your support! ! (www.novelhall.com)