The airship in the northwest flew forward unhurriedly, without accelerating, nor slowing down, as if it was a leisurely stroll, walking in the barracks of the Russian army, from time to time there were Russian troops pointing and pointing, when hundreds of thousands of Russian troops did not exist.

But the other party did not react in the slightest, and the officers of the Northwest Army were not in a hurry, almost 30 minutes later, four airships were raised on the opposite side, and the lookout quickly informed the commander of the results of the lookout, and the commander in charge of the two airships smiled coldly: "I really take it seriously!" ”

After saying that, the commander didn't do anything, and after seeing clearly what the other party wanted to do, he didn't have to pay attention to it, any conspiracy and trickery, in the face of the tyrannical force, was nothing, this was not a level at all.

Brusinov stood calmly outside, the airship of the Northwest Army, at least more than 10 kilometers away from him, and even depending on the situation, the opponent's airship did not attack much, swaying over, about the airship, Brusinov knows a little, the same airship, the big one is weaker than the small one, it seems that the northwest should be a little smaller, this is probably the fundamental reason why they dare to rush over, but 2 to 4, or even to 8, how can it be possible, he is still a little lucky, he tried his best to override the public opinion, put the airship near the Urals, It's all transferred, otherwise, it's really a big problem.

The military of the Russian army itself does not have airships, and a group of them have been recruited from the middle of the civilian population, and even temporarily improved the identity of these enthusiasts and realizers, and urgently loaded things and sent them up, not to mention anything else, the black monster and the heavy troops of the other party have a way to deal with it, but the airship can only be dealt with by guò airship.

The method of setting up a gun carriage for a heavy machine gun. It may work, but it is the most unfeasible, if the airship does not land, it is also in vain, the airship altitude of the airship. But at about 3000 meters, this is far more than the range of heavy machine guns, and the average heavy machine gun is about 800 meters, and the range will definitely be greatly reduced when shooting at the air. Being able to hit about 400 meters is already impressive.

When the airships of the Northwest Army almost arrived at Chita, the four airships that were originally flying at low altitude on the opposite side urgently raised their positions and rose to an altitude of about 3,000 meters.

"Four airships ahead. It's already flying towards us! The lookout telescope reported.

"Describe their armament!" The commander calmly ordered.

"Yes, each of them is equipped with 2 heavy machine guns, which seems to be the original configuration, but they are barely loaded, and there is no fixed gun carriage." The lookout looked through the binoculars and said word by word.

The commander said disdainfully: "I can't help myself, it seems that we have won this battle"

This one of the offensive airships in the Northwest. It's not simple, just put the machine gun on it, its machine gun is special. Unlike ordinary machine guns, it adopts part of the concept of Maxim, but more of it is similar to the navy's machine guns, with an elongated barrel that is more than twice as long as the barrel of an ordinary machine gun. The extended barrel and special bullets will allow the machine gun to reach a range of about 1800-2000 meters. Much higher than most machine guns of this era, of course. With such a high performance, its weight is also extremely terrifying, it is also 4 times that of an ordinary Makqin, and the weight of 85 kilograms is not suitable for infantry at all, even the navy is not very suitable, the barrel is too long, once it is attacked by a high-explosive shell, it is the most vulnerable place, if it is practical, it seems that it is only suitable for this specially made airship.

Artillery fire, machine guns, these things, range is always the most important link, in the era of sail battleships, small-caliber curved guns, even more powerful than cannons, where is the reason, is because of the range, war, as if from the development of the most fundamental spear and shield gradually progress, the spear progresses, the shield occupies a disadvantage, the shield advances, the spear does not work, one after another curve spiral, until now, the era of battleships, are applicable.

The four airships belonging to the Russian army form a two-layer structure, almost blocking all the directions of the Northwest Army airship, unless it is to turn around and escape, otherwise, it will crash headlong, the battle of the airship is different from the airplane, the airship because of its huge size, if it runs in one direction, the speed is smooth and straight, but once it turns, the relatively light volume, it requires a huge curve to turn, and it is almost impossible to escape within 5 kilometers, rather than backwards, it is better to rush forward.

The other party's take-off time and direction are quite good, and even the pilot of the Northwest Army airship is secretly admired, this is the pilot of the very water airship, but it is a pity that he followed the wrong person.

"Keep watching, keep up the speed, even go down a little!" The commander gave the order gently, and the lookout began to cast his eyes on other aspects, only less than 20 kilometers away, according to the speed of each other, maybe within 20 minutes, there will be a battle, the huge target of the airship can not be hidden, the intelligence shows that the other party has 8 airships, they have enough time to delay, the others should be ready, where are they, slightly lower the altitude, it is easier to see the airship.

It's a pity that the huge Russian military camp, 600,000 people are concentrated in such a small city as Chita, it is impossible for all the Russian troops to be stationed in Chita, and even only a little of them are in Chita City, and the rest are in the peripheral barracks, even Brusinov's command is the same, it is not easy to find a few airships within a hundred cubic meters in such an endless barracks.

However, the Russian army did not let them wait, when the distance was close, the two airships took off, even if it was only at a height of dozens of meters, the air was completely different from the ground, and there was no block, and it was soon discovered by the lookout, and he said excitedly: "I found it, not far away, at 8 o'clock, a total of 2 ships, are taking off!" ”

"Sure enough!" The commander said casually, but he didn't relax, because the Russian airships had not yet flown up, and it was his choice to annihilate them.

However, the remaining 2 ships seemed to be very tightly hidden, and even lookouts could not find them, so the commander thought for a moment and said, "The direction is north-east, and the speed is reduced!" ”

There is no choice to turn, but the direction of the hole in the opponent's defense line is chosen, as long as it is headed, several airships of the other side need to turn, so that the time of contact, the time to reach the range of the airship will be greatly extended, it may take 40 minutes to do, which is fully double the predetermined approach time, and even in terms of direction selection, there is the only gap, if the other party still has an airship, it must be in that place.

The airship of the Northwest Army, the speed is quite fast, the performance is also excellent, and it is in the direction of progress, a slight turn, a slight adjustment is good, but it is the Russian army's airship, because it is civilian, all kinds of facilities are based on research and observation, there is no such strict and mobile control of the military, panicked operation, and even a fluctuation in the camp, if this is really a duel between the two airships, the pilot of the Northwest Army, will even seize this opportunity to directly intersperse with the larger loopholes formed.

Brusinov stood in the open space, holding a telescope, and there were just three or four guards standing next to him, looking at the other barracks, watching the lively soldiers, looking at this scene in the air, tilting his head and asking the side: "It seems, isn't the fight how!" ”

"This!" There is an airship commander next to him, named Viktolo, who is the president of an airship club near the Urals, and this time he was also brought by the airship, not the airship commander on duty, but he is very familiar with the battle between airships, he once went to the German Zeppelin, he said cautiously: "He can't escape, that place is we left on purpose, you see, our airship has taken off." ”

As one of the people who used to be in the airship club, in the face of the cavalry general and the commander-in-chief of the front army, he didn't dare to have the slightest carelessness, and carefully introduced various tactics to him next to Brusinov, the huge airspace, not to mention four, even seven or eight, or even a dozen ships, it is impossible to control all the airspace, only according to persecution or other methods, force the opponent's airship, towards the place they designated, the loophole left, It's just for other airships that haven't fully taken off, and in short, it's blowing all the sky.

What kind of person is Brusinov, he can achieve the position of general, how can he not be an ordinary person, from an ordinary officer to an imperial general, along the way, he has seen many characters, and he also knows the psychology of this somewhat flattering officer, but in front of him, it is they who have the advantage, and it seems that there is no need to spoil the fun, after all, when the last two airships fly, the encirclement has been formed.

I'm not afraid that you will be fooled, I am afraid that you will not be fooled, now, although the start time of the battle has been extended, but the Russian army's 8 airships have taken off, and the shorter distance and less room for recirculation will make the northwest airships in the middle of the 8 Russian airships, and it may only be a matter of time before they are shot down.

Brusinov listened to the commander's introduction and nodded slightly, because he had already seen two more Russian airships take off, although they did not block the way forward, but faintly strengthened this encirclement more firmly, as long as the rest took off, it would definitely be possible.

"Report to the captain, the last two airships have taken off!"

"Okay, get ready!"

On the Northwest Airship, in fact, the 4 airships have already entered the range they designed, with a range of about 2,000 meters, and even a range of 2,500 meters, they all have a certain lethality.

Now the opportunity is in front of us, as long as the airship is raised, everyone is in a relatively high position, in the first time, to gain the advantage of the battlefield, the victory will definitely belong to the Northwest Army. (To be continued) R466