The largest air battle in the world has finally come to an end. The result of the war is like a big slap for Britain and France, and it is slapped hard in the face. ≥, you know, from the beginning, Britain and France were both excited and never thought that it would be possible to wipe out all the airships of the other side. The British and French allied forces had almost 200 more airships than the Germans. When they slowly fought, both sides could not bear it. The entire German was destroyed, and Britain and France were left.

In a day, the shooting down ratio of 192:715 suddenly caused Britain and France to lose more than 500 ships. In other words, not only did it widen the gap between the two sides, but it also allowed Britain and France to be at an absolute disadvantage. Germany had more than 300 airships left, plus 400 ships in the south, while Britain and France, plus Paris, had only 165.

715 ships, calculated based on the cost of 200,000 pounds, is 143 million pounds. This money is a huge amount in the 21st century, not to mention that in the gold standard, pound is still the world's overlord, which is almost more than 700 million US dollars. If exchanged for gold, it is calculated based on hundreds of tons. Such a huge number of weapons will be lost within 2 hours.

The 65 airships returned to Paris at the fastest speed. They were extremely panicked and didn't care about the back. They threw away all the things they could throw, including some ammunition and weapons. Only the necessary and high speed finally made them return to Paris and reported the result of the battle.

The radio waves spread to all directions and immediately reached the British mainland. The British Prime Minister who heard this news could not accept it immediately. He even thought it was a lie on April Fool's Day, after all, April Fool's Day is not far away.

But after repeated inquiries, the news from back from Paris was the same. The entire British government and the army were in an uproar. At that time, there were some complaints about the large number of airships. Why didn’t such a huge investment be invested in the army and the navy? The outstanding performance of the airships behind, including the current situation in Paris, must be supported by airships. This has dispelled the concerns. Now the most nightmare situation has come. Although only about 80 million out of 143 million is the investment of the UK, the money is equivalent to nearly 30 battleships.

As for the Prime Minister and the Army Department's impeachment floated like snowflakes. Under the premise of urgent military situation, they were discussing who was responsible for this matter. It has to be said that the British have a lot of leisure.

Britain and France don’t know that Germany is still fighting down airships. Because after the airships were put into operation, all wars were carried out in the German-controlled area, and Germany was careful not to get close to the British and French areas. Britain and France did not expect that airships could still be repaired. Just wait for ten days and half a month, the gap between them was not more than 100, but more than 600, and 900 were shot down, at least more than 500. Although British and French airships were not as good as those built in the northwest, they finally spent a lot of money to make them.

It's too late to say anything now. Paris, which might have been counterattacked by the core, was immediately in a storm. Everyone knows that airships are the key to Paris being able to defend. Now that the airships have been greatly reduced, what's the possibility of defending them? They can deal with 2.5 million German troops on the periphery with 1 million. Even if other troops are involved, they have to suffer losses.

The headquarters of Britain and France did not promote it, but the facts have proved that Paris cannot lose weight. It must consider the changes in the entire battlefield after the fall of Paris. Some British troops who were preparing to cross the strait and come to France changed their direction. The 3 million troops that were preparing to invest in this battle suddenly decreased to 1.5 million. In other words, except for the millions of troops in Paris, the others were only 500,000 and were still doing restraint work, striving to allow the Paris defenders to run a little more. As for Paris, unless Britain and France can invest huge amounts of money to smooth out the airship gap with Germany, it will be completed in a short time. Otherwise, they will definitely not be able to defend.

After a quarrel, the result was not obtained. The Prime Minister was impeached and might resign. The Army Minister also wanted to resign. The public's discussion gradually subsided. Europe was like this. In fact, the entire European political system is so similar. Often, as long as a scapegoat comes out, it can divert the public's attention. When the war begins, the people are impetuous and there must be one aspect to pour out.

After releasing the scapegoat, the powerful military began to consider why they lost so badly. According to the report on the battle situation reported by Paris, it was relatively smooth at the beginning, but there was a weapon on the land that could attack the airship, which changed the situation of the war. The advantageous British and French airships were fooled by this weapon. Not only were hundreds of ships sunk, but the rest were also due to absolute tactical disadvantages.

The powerful military may not know much about airships, but one thing is that, if you don’t understand this, you will be under the threat of this weapon in the future. It will be useless to send airships out. If you don’t send it, you will be beaten passively, which is even worse.

Military orders began to be issued in the name of the new General Staff and the Army Department. The officers who watched the front line and the airship soldiers who were lucky enough to flee back to Paris received the first inquiries, mainly asking about their feelings about that kind of weapon. By the way, some injured airships and even bullets of these weapons must be sent back to London as soon as possible.

Soon, the bullet was brought over. This time, no one dared to use an airship to transport it. He chose a warship, which was too seriously injured and barely flew back to Paris to dismantle the airship, and sent the whole set back to London. In addition, samples were collected from other airships and sent back all the time.

The British Naval Institute, the highest research institute in the UK, has a much higher status in the British Navy than the Army. Therefore, various outstanding talents have been concentrated here, even for the sake of army weapons, they are still sent here.

Because they are all bullets, this is not a problem for the Navy Weapons Institute. It was detected in less than an hour. There are 2 types of bullets attacking airships, 12.7 and 14.5.

The test was correct. These two are two types of anti-aircraft machine guns provided by the Northwest. Of course, some Maxis were also arranged in the machine gun positions. They directly installed brackets and changed to anti-aircraft machine guns. However, because Maxis' range was only about 800 meters, and without strengthening the above air, it was at most 600 meters.

The German airship was lowered to 600 meters, but Britain and France did not land. Only some injured and kept falling will be covered by Maxim. Most of the airships that can come did not land within Maxim's range, and it is impossible to get Maxim's bullets. However, these two types of airships have caused British arms experts to argue endlessly.

After Maxim's invention, from the earliest large caliber, it gradually became smaller. Small caliber not only represents greater speed, but also represents greater power. Therefore, most arms experts think that when this caliber becomes smaller and smaller, such a large caliber suddenly appears, which is a regression or progress.

What exactly is the reason for the expansion of the caliber? The arms experts have some intuitive ideas, that is, increase the range. In the test area, the arms experts directly took out Maxim and did a test. Whether it was calculated based on the data or the actual results, it would not exceed 600 meters. At that time, the height of the British airship was about 800 meters. Is this the only one?

With the British processing ability, a 1.27-caliber Maxim was quickly copied, but the effect was not satisfactory. Under the premise of constant initial speed, the height was a little higher than before, but it was very limited. Obviously, there was a secret of 1.27-caliber.

The samples taken here are all warheads, no shells, etc., but the arms experts are arms experts. After calculations and actual situations, the arms experts made a speculation that this thing is a mathematical problem. At most, it is blurred. The accuracy is not particularly high. By combining the height, diameter, and size of the bullet, you can calculate the required initial velocity. Then, today it is calculated that the power of gunpowder and the speed of the exit are really not difficult. It took about half a day to finish it.

The data is out, but no one speaks. Those who sit here are all the top machine gun designers in the UK. They can be said to have a clear understanding of machine guns. It is precisely because they understand that they cannot continue because, to reach this height, the requirements for guns are too high.

This is still only about 1,000. According to some officers' calculations, he saw with his own eyes that when flying at an altitude of 2,000 meters, an airship was shot down. This is an exception or a conventional case. Because the data is limited, no one can tell clearly, but even a range of 1,000 meters to 1,200 meters, this machine gun is not bad. Conservatively estimate that if this gun wants to be put into military use, the strength of the barrel metal is even stronger than that of a 16-inch or even larger caliber naval gun.

This is from the perspective of metal strength and yield. This does not represent the entire 16-inch gun. Only metal cannot solve the 16-inch problem. A 16-inch gun includes different systems such as loading systems, turret systems, hoisting machines, automatic aiming systems, etc. If you only choose to complete 16-inches, just as the Germans once did, it cannot guarantee the power and rate of fire of the shell, which is just a pseudo-16-inch.

The arms experts know all this. Metal problems are not the only factor that plagues large-caliber naval guns, but the most important factor. There are not many large-caliber naval guns in the whole world. Britain is, Germany is barely able to produce them. The United States can produce them because of the technology supported by Britain. No one can produce them.

Compared with metal problems, other problems seem to be much easier, and can also be used to generalize with lower artillery systems. The result is nothing more than the difference between fire rate and hit rate. The biggest problem has been solved, and the rest is not difficult.

If a problem is not solved, a bigger problem arises, and it is about the lifeline of the UK. Now, firearms experts cannot solve the problem. They find artillery experts and get all the personnel at the government level, military level and strategic level to jointly deal with this may be a major crisis for the UK. (To be continued.)
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