The Germans' unreasonable actions made the Americans miserable all of a sudden. When they had just completed the identification of cultural relics, classified storage, and prepared to be loaded in airships, they encountered such problems. Several times Sousa applied for shipment, but were rejected by Britain and France. Because it was unsafe, the contract signed between the Americans and the French was a series of contracts. Except for the down payment of 10%, the rest was the FOB price. In other words, the things had always belonged to France before they left French territory. In addition to the deposit, they were considered to be from the United States after they were shipped out.

The money seemed to be lost, but seeing these good things, they could not be transported out. Sousa's hair turned much whiter. She found the French officials in succession and asked the French to help him transport the things out.

France still attaches great importance to this transaction. US$55 million is enough for the French to equip dozens of divisions of the army, plus some treasures of the Louvre Museum. These precious cultural relics that were not expected for various reasons before fell into the hands of the Germans. For France, it was a nightmare. The humiliation of the French-Prussian War seemed to have to be endured again, which was unacceptable to the French.

To this end, the French began to try to send airships, and they made a try. These were 12 airships for a group, which was a little more than the German patrol troops. The two sides had a fierce exchange of fire in the south of Paris, France. The French who took the initiative finally had to maintain restraint and retreated. The final result was that France sank 5 airships and Germany 3, and both sides retreated. However, accordingly, the French wanted to transport things out, but the French could not realize it.

Next, without Sousa's urging, France realized that the situation was not good, and together with Britain, they began a tentative attack on Germany. In three days, several brief firefights were exchanged. Not to mention the difference in the number of airships between the two sides, they could not fight or were one-sided. With the fact that the number of airships between the two sides was almost the same, Britain and France almost lost more than the winning fewer than the winning fewer, which made Britain and France very embarrassed, which also made them brewing counterattacks and preparing for a big move. This moment was really not the best time to take action. For this reason, Sousa repeatedly asked to force the things to be transported out, but they were rejected. As time passed day by day, the shadow in Sousa's heart became deeper and deeper. What intuition told him that if he didn't leave at this time, he would really not be able to leave.

In the constant exchange of fire, Britain and France also discovered the Germans' determination that air blockades should be before the ground attack. A winter supplement made the Paris defenders not lose much morale, but their strength was limited. Under the premise that the army's strength was significantly inferior to that of the Germans, the hope of defending Paris seemed to fall above the air force. It was necessary to maintain a certain air superiority and unexpectedly. Kill the opponent's airship troops, otherwise Paris would not be able to defend at all.

In the north of Paris, about 40 kilometers away from Paris. A flat land, due to the German occupation, did not continue to grow food, but was specially leveled as a take-off and landing site for the airship troops.

The terrain here is unique, with a straight-line distance of 40 kilometers from Paris. It is relatively close. The airship troops can reach the Paris front line in a little more than 40 minutes at most. They provide support to the army and patrol the airspace near Paris. However, they have to come from land, with 7 rivers and some mountains. It is not convenient to come directly and need to detour.

This is quite safe. The German airship commander was Mark who studied with the Northwest back then. Now he is no longer a lieutenant colonel. The airship troops were shining and made consecutive contributions before, and he was promoted to brigade general at this time. There is clear news that as long as he performed similarly in this Battle of Paris, he would become the real general and the rank of major general would be his.

On this flat ground, not only more than half of the German airships were parked, but the German airship General Command was also here. The airship was not alone, but it was nominally attached to the army. To a certain extent, the airship troops had independent command power. The airship corps was named the Royal Airship Legion, which belonged only to William II. It was precisely because of William II's concern that the airship corps had great development. A US$1 million airship, 10, is equivalent to a main battleship, and 500, almost equals 50. Although the maintenance cost is not as powerful as the battleship, it occupies an extremely large amount of funds. Fortunately, in the previous wars between Belgium and northern France, it had an unimaginable effect, which made the criticism of the airship a little less.

However, in the winter, in order to maintain pressure on Britain and France, not only did it stop increasing airships, but it continued to grow. Now it is almost 500. Now, criticism of airships has emerged in a concentrated manner, not a single point.

A few brief fire exchanges achieved an overall 5:3 shot-down ratio, which looked good, but the entire army's criticism of the airship became stronger and stronger. They all felt that this was a useless vase, which cost a huge amount of money, and it cost 1 million US dollars. Although it could not equip one division, it was almost half a division. It was placed in the air and was just a consumable. Both sides saw who could withstand it.

However, at this time, William II maintained enough confidence in the airship, because the import of the airship was decided by William II. When introducing the functions of the airship, he also listened throughout the whole process. The huge financial pressure sometimes made him a little confused. It is difficult to say whether to continue to persevere. However, without the airship, it is absolutely impossible. When it comes to the offensive and defensive battle at the Liege Fortress, many generals of the army no longer spoke. The airship investment is huge and occupies a huge amount of funds. However, the only one who can deal with the airship is airship. This is no longer a problem that should be there or not. It is the other party that has it. You must have it. Germany really has abolished the airship. So more than 600 airships in Britain, France and Germany rushed over. Should the navy resist or the army resist?

After asking about the results of today's patrol, the German airship commander was a little depressed. He sank three more ships today. Although he shot down seven of the opponent's airships, the overall proportion remained at 3:5. It was still a war of attrition. One airship lost not many people, but its value was too high. Fortunately, the battle took place in the German control area. If the airship fell, some of the things could still be recovered. In addition, the British airship shot down could not be considered a loss of money.

This is just a preliminary contact, not a final battle, and it cannot be considered the final proportion. However, the total amount of Britain, France and Germany has always been under his heart. He has countless colonies and the United States behind Britain and France. His production capacity is above Germany. One million airships can only be used as a war of attrition, and mutual consumption is definitely not the best choice.

Mark's eyes fell on the huge 4-unit machine gun located next to the command center. The anti-aircraft machine gun may be the only one to rely on. The first batch of 7,000 anti-aircraft machine guns ordered from the northwest have been in place. During the exercise, he has shown his attack power against the air opponents, but the range is a big problem. The highest is less than 4,000, and he can barely hold the lowest altitude of the airship cruise. Once the airship continues to rise and stays at an altitude of 9,000 meters and 10,000 meters, the Germans will sigh.

From just getting in touch with the airship to now, Mark, the commander-in-chief of the airship unit, has gone from knowing nothing about airships to now, and is familiar with various airship tactics. He is very clear that using anti-aircraft machine guns has great shortcomings in dealing with airships, which means that sneak attacks can be done. If the opponent is not prepared, the surprise attack will easily produce results. For airships, such as strong attacks, which are weak in defense, it cannot be reversed once the results are produced. As long as the opponent's airship is consumed in a large amount in an ambush, when the power ratio reaches 2:1 or even 3:1, the victory of Germany will not be reversed. At that time, under the leadership of the airship unit, Germany will conduct a strong attack on Paris. Whether it is airborne or air support, the Battle of Paris will become easier.

Ideals are full, but reality is very skinny. Anti-aircraft machine guns are destined to be used in large scenes, and there is only one chance of use. Once it is leaked and the other party is prepared, it will be difficult. If you don’t get close to the 4,000-meter area, no matter how many machine guns you have, it will be useless. If you can’t hit, isn’t it just a firewood stick?

Mark is very clear about the weaknesses of anti-aircraft machine guns, so he has been preparing for the appearance of anti-aircraft machine guns. Before that, even in the face of a war of attrition, as long as he does not reach a certain bottom line, he must persist. The loss of one million ships has exceeded 20 ships so far, which is almost the loss of two main ships, but Mark has no choice.

On this line in the north of Paris, 12 anti-aircraft machine gun positions were arranged in 12 places. The deduction of tactics has been carried out countless times. Every airship in the Airship Legion is familiar with the location of these machine gun positions. Every step of attracting troops and carrying out the operation has been done countless times in the past three months, but the other party never dispatched more than 20 airships, which made the airship troops helpless and had to continue the stalemate.

Unlike the ordinary officers at the bottom and the commanders of a single airship, Mark knew very well that the decisive battle would inevitably start in the north, while in the south, whether it was the British and French coalition or the German army, there were not many numbers, just cutting off the connection. Britain and France were moving more and more frequently, as if each loss was different. Obviously, they were also investigating, especially on the ground, the army troops had captured more than 500 infiltrators. Britain and France were planning a major operation, and it was very likely that it was an airship. In that case, the opportunity belonging to Germany would come. The steel forest of more than 7,000 anti-aircraft machine guns scattered in key locations in the north would let the airship know that it was not only airships that could attack the airship. (~^~)
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