Chapter five hundred and sixty sixth shot down
After adjustments, especially the Russian airships constantly adjust their orientation and raise their altitudes, about one hour and 10 minutes after the Russian army discovered that they were flying northwest, even the last Russian airship had taken off for 20 minutes. The altitude of the air is about 4,000 meters, which is already a high altitude for this era.
After a simple pursuit, the eight Russian airships finally began to surround a circle with the Northwest Army as the center, pressed into the middle, and strived to reach the range, and drove the Northwest airship down in one fell swoop. The distance at this time was about 2 kilometers. The speed of both sides, even if it was chasing, 2 kilometers was already very time. At most, it could attack in a few minutes.
Below, the middle-aged man following Brusinov looked at the top of the battle with anticipation. He had to take the lead in this battle. No matter how much the airship troops lost, he had a long opportunity to explain independently in front of the general. As long as Brusinov was slightly rude, his future would be unlimited.
"Aim!" The commander's voice was calm and cold. Several shooters began to aim at the airships in front, back and left and right, and almost at the same time, they reached their hands on the trigger, and their eyes narrowed slightly. At this time, several crisp sounds suddenly came from the two airships.
The gun shot was an ordinary pistol, and at a rapid speed, five shots were fired in a row. This was the scheduled attack signal. On the two airships, 24 soldiers, who had already aimed at them, began to aim at the Russian airship in front and started shooting.
The most important thing is that the special machine gun, the extremely long gun body, is that there is also a simple aiming device. As long as the opponent's airship enters the qualified aiming device, it can easily hit and has a very high hit rate. This is the special arrangement of the Northwest Army airship, and there are some unique things that are not worthy of humanity.
"Fire!" With the issuance of an order, all 4 of the 5 machine guns on each airship opened fire.
The reason why it is not all is that the airship is arranged in a circular shape. In the middle of the two airships formed by the two airships, the two machine guns can hit each other. Baotou's airships specially use high-explosive bombs. Among the 20mm machine cannons, they specially made high-explosive bombs, which can easily pass through the airship's weak protection, with a range of more than 2,000 meters. At this time, all the eight Russian airships were among them.
The enemy ship opened fire, and Victoro below looked excited. It is not easy to fire from the airship. Generally, the range is about 800 meters, or even about 500 meters, before there is a certain amount of damage. Make sure to shoot down the opponent's airship. The opponent is so eager to open fire, to a certain extent, he is a novice and does not have much experience in airship combat. This is a good thing. He has designed a plan. This method is the easiest to deal with, constantly approaching and consume the opponent's ammunition. The ammunition that a small airship can carry is limited. As long as the opponent's machine gun has no ammunition, they may even force the landing of the opponent's airship. If they agree to this battle, they may be happy to give the rank of a major or even a lieutenant colonel.
"You're too happy too early!" Brusinov said coldly. The cold words were like the cold current in Siberia. The Russian officer who was dreaming suddenly woke up, picked up the telescope and looked at the combat area. Using the telescope, you can clearly see that the machine gun fired opposite was very strange and thick, different from ordinary Maxim, and it looked like a small-caliber machine gun used on a warship.
The airship that was temporarily drawn was temporarily equipped with a few maxis. I thought the other party was the same. Although I might not be afraid, it was obvious that the other party was more prepared.
"Mechanical cannon!" Victoro was stunned for a moment, and then said that the range of the machine cannon is not very long, and the weight of the machine cannon is not suitable for preparing more arms and ammunition. This is a big weakness.
In the army, the caliber of artillery fire is absolutely huge. The 108mm is stronger than the 75th, and the 150mm is stronger than the 120th. As for the 203th, it is even more than 180. The larger caliber represents greater power, but in the air, it is different. The range of ordinary machine guns is not very far, and some are even worse than that of modified Maxim. Maxim who boarded the Russian airship is modified and the range can reach more than 800, which is not much different from machine guns. If it is replaced by a different showdown, the machine gun is stronger and the shells are much stronger than Maxim. However, the airship, a bullet is shot and a large-caliber shell are all the same.
The middle-aged officer did not understand what Brusinov meant and said angrily: "You bounce it!"
The ordinary bullets used in the northwest may not be visible. In order to better design, the Northwest placed a light-pull bullet every 10 rounds on the bullet link. This is a type of signal flare, with a special color, and clearly displays the ballistic.
Only then did Victoro notice that there were obvious signs of explosions around the Russian airship, especially several flash bombs, with their special colors very obvious. He shouted loudly as if he was stepping on his tail: "This is impossible!"
Brusinov also smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that his opponent would have a machine gun with such a long range. The bullet point of the table was at least 1,800 or even 2,000 meters. Even the navy's machine gun could not have such a large range. After all, the navy's main gun is king, and long-range ones were all dealt with by the main gun. The secondary gun and the machine gun were mainly attacked by the torpedoes at close range, and the range was not much.
It was this omission that caused the Russian army to an absolute disadvantage. The Russian airships wrapped in the middle were all within range. Looking at the gradual step of pulling the light bullet, it was obvious that it was only a matter of time to be hit.
"This!" Now, Victoro stopped talking. This situation has never been encountered before. How do you ask him to evaluate it? He is just a blessing that has just entered the army or a blessing to a soldier. He has changed from an ordinary folk enthusiast to a soldier. He knows too little about military knowledge.
Brusinov was very clear about the important role of these airships on the Russian army. Even if they were not good at performance, as long as they were there, the sky would at least be part of the Russian army. Once it was shot down, what would happen if the other party's bulky, huge airships came out and carried out a carpet bombardment? Imagine that when tens of millions of Russian troops attacked, a series of shells that came down from the air, the picture was too beautiful and I dare not see it again.
"Is there a way to inform them?" Brusinov said coldly.
Victoro's head shrank and he whispered: "No!"
Communication in this era basically relies on running and shouting. At a height of several thousand meters, you can't hear the shouting. As for the flag language, don't joke. At a height of a thousand meters, most of the things on the ground are like a little ant. How do you let him understand the flag language? So for the aircraft, if you really release it, you can only adapt to the situation and command it is not possible.
The Russian airship also discovered the problem. At least 2 kilometers away, the opponent's machine guns could even come over. Looking at the fire of the machine guns, the sound of the machine guns, the light-pulling bullets were heard, and they approached them step by step, as if the god of death was coming, which made people shudder.
The airship's huge body was a flaw. As long as it continued to fight, it would always be approached. The first airship was hit, a military airship at 10 o'clock, and could not turn. He continued to move forward. He wanted to hurry to get closer. He was aimed directly by three machine guns. Almost 10 bullets were hit in his airbags, all of which were hydrogen airbags. When they encountered a high-explosive bomb that killed the airship, countless hydrogen gas was immediately ignited and exploded. The entire airship turned into a torch. The airship quickly lost its lift and fell like a heavy weight.
"The first shot down occurred!" Several machine gunners shouted excitedly. Because of the tense battle relationship, they could not quiver each other and could only continue to attack. However, below, the Russian army looked dead silent. The 8-to-2 or 4 times advantage was such a result, which made everyone unacceptable. Why, why did the Russian airship fall down before getting close, and the ordinary soldiers who could not use telescopes to watch could not think of the reason at all.
The second shot down came to the direction of one o'clock. Because it was facing each other, it actually had the most attacks on him. A total of 4 machine guns aimed at him. However, he had some luck before, and he was hit by several. He was either in a remote place and did not ignite, or hit the basket below. After avoiding several attacks, it was even no more than 1,000 meters away from the Northwest Army's airship.
It seemed as if after seeing the opportunity, the airship rushed forward frantically, and all the machine guns were firing wildly towards the northwest direction. With a light sound of waves, the airship next to it came a noise and was shot. 1,000 meters was already the limit of Maxim. However, it is no exception. Some bullets with a range of only 600 meters can even fly to 1,200 meters away. Wind, impact, and even some natural reasons may have an impact.
"Did you hit it?" Brusinov below said with uncertainty, because it seemed that a Northwest Army airship paused for a moment, but then there was no change. He still rushed forward with the airship in front, not being torched like the Russian army.
"Control the distance, you can't get closer!" Commander Dasheng ordered, and used a loudspeaker to target the opponent. The two northwest airships accelerated significantly. In the melee, the Russian army could no longer form an encirclement, and they easily broke through the defense. After opening a distance of about 1,200 meters, the two airships turned the guns and pointed them at the guy who hit the airship. When 7 machine guns were aimed at it together, good luck was gone. This time, 10 high-explosion bombs happened to hit it in the middle. The violently burning flames turned into a big explosion, and even faster than the one that fell before. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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