Section 20 Completing the task (revision)

For the attack of the aircraft, the crew of the airship has always been indifferent.

"They're just some thin birds!"

The evaluation of the airship crews, in this era when the aviation era has just begun, is not unreasonable.

In terms of defensive firepower, there were six twin-mounted machine guns on the airship, and in terms of sturdiness, the duralumin skeleton airship was much stronger than the linen and wiring aircraft.

Especially before the appearance of tracer bullets, incendiary bullets and armor-piercing shells, the strafing of machine guns was not a big threat to airships, and the most damage was only caused by air leakage.

Although today, before the sortie, they received a notification from the engineers of the German flying team, informing them that the Entente side used a chain of armor-piercing shells mixed with tracer incendiary bombs, which could cause great damage to the airship.

Although this caused some concern in the minds of the airship crew, and what happened to the airship that attacked Paris last time was the most worrying. But this time, the parachute was issued as a whole, and the crew of the airship was much more reassured.

The ship's ability to attack solid targets on the ground is self-evident in its superiority over bombers. They can move slowly, not only are they easier to aim, but the power of dropping 200 kilograms of bombs from high altitudes is definitely not a small load, and the power of the small bombs on bombers can be compared.

The German army also had great success in the use of airships.

For example, in the Battle of the Belgian Fortress of Liège in 1914, if it had not been for the huge bomb-loaded spacecraft that destroyed the huge cannons in the area fortified by Liège, and simply relied on the ground forces at that time, it would have been impossible to overcome the Belgian Liege Fortress.

Therefore, the large-scale equipment of airships on the German side has always been something that the Entente side fears, and it was not until the airship that attacked Paris last time was shot down by an aircraft that the Allied air power was pleasantly surprised, because the use of "standard aviation cartridge belts" gave them the ability to shoot down German airships in the air.

It was also the result of the last battle that prompted the Allies to dispatch a large-scale air force this time to intercept the German bombing formation.

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Therefore, these low-speed, slightly less maneuverable Allied planes did not overly worry the crew of the airship, after all, the six parallel machine guns on each airship were the nightmare of almost all the Allied pilots who came to attack.

But this time, they sensed they had met a madman.

Frank who followed behind Tang Yunyang. Luke prayed silently to God in his heart.

"God save me, the plane will disintegrate if you dive down like this...... He's a madman......"

At that time, the plane was nothing more than a linen painted skin, and the whole plane had nothing to be trusted except for the steel skeleton.

The situation in front of him is that this Tang madman flying in front, his goal seems to be just to complete the task, and everything else seems to be out of his consideration.

So the angle of the dive is very large, plus the power of the engine is driven to the maximum. The fire generated by the bullets ejected from the nose of the plane really made people think that he was going to clean the bullets from his plane in one go.

With two Newburgh 11s, they swooped down almost vertically from the air, almost like lightning. The figure of the two airships of the German bombing formation grew larger.

The two men, each aiming at their target, opened fire almost simultaneously, and long orange flames erupted from the nose of their machine guns.

In the sky, striking sharp engines and almost continuous machine-gun fire sounded. Almost all pilots knew that this situation sounded only when the plane attacked the airship.

The airship was fighting around it, whether it was "Nubao 11" or "Fokker. E.III", all of them left what they were doing and scattered like a flock of sparrows facing a goshawk.

Regardless of the model, except for the metal skeleton, they are all made of wires, steel wires, and linen, and it is impossible for them to withstand the tremendous impact of an airship explosion at such a close distance.

The crew of the airship, who had not been worried, looked at the planes of their own or the enemy fleeing in all directions, which made them realize that some kind of danger was coming.

Long machine-gun fire rang from far and near, and strings of bullets flew into the airship's airbags. Just as the same table knife pierced into the slippery cheese, the combination of armor-piercing bullets and tracer incendiary bombs is really super powerful for the airship.

The armor-piercing projectile penetrates the armored hydrogen gas bag, causing the hydrogen contained in it to leak out with a certain pressure. The one dragging the dark red cartridge belt easily ignited the air and hydrogen in the air with the flame in its tail.

"Boom ......"

The airship that was attacked by Tang Yunyang first made a huge explosion. The "boom" echoed in the sky, puffing the eardrums of almost every pilot.

Red flames erupted among the gloomy clouds. The tremendous heat caused the surrounding clouds to ripple and expand outward.

These shocks caught up with bombers not far away, protected by airship self-defense fire. These bombers, which were of comparable load but appeared to be weak, were blown by the shock wave like ships in a storm, and the whole plane moved violently to the side.

Faced with this situation, the bombers knew that their fragile wingspan simply could not withstand such a movement, which would put pressure on the wings. One by one, they made a cross on their chests, and one folded their heads under the plane.

Sure enough, the bomber's long wingspan could not withstand the tearing force of the impact, and they broke apart.

"Boom ......"

This is another ship that is subject to Frank. Luke's attacking airship, too, exploded violently, flames engulfing every inch of its bulkhead, revealing skeletons blackened by the flames.

"Mission ...... completed"

This was something that the members of Lafitte's team, who had been on the disadvantage of the German air force, could not have imagined that they would be able to complete the mission in such a situation, which made them cheer one by one at the two large fireballs that were burning and falling downward.

But the situation of the two crazy pilots who performed these "miracles" was not good, and the scorching air also hit their weak planes.

The light "Newburgh 11" though gets Mike. The Prince Company strengthened when refitted, but the shock was still not something their aircraft could afford to withstand.

The two "Newburgh 11" spun and fell in two directions.

This was something that neither the bombers who were completely scattered by the shock wave due to the destruction of the main forces of the bombing formation, nor the Allied pilots who were busy attacking the bombers whose self-defense capabilities had become extremely poor, did not notice.

So, Tang Yunyang and Frank. What will be the fate of Luke and the others?