Unlike Mark's full confidence, the German army on the ground looked at the airship in the sky, full of worry, even if they didn't understand the tactics of the airship, simple mathematical calculations were still possible, they were all such big things, and the combat effectiveness of the two sides should be about the same, but the British and French sides were obviously beyond a section, and the gap between 500 ships and nearly 800 ships could be seen at a glance.

Whether it is from the generals of the army to the ordinary soldiers, what they feel about the current situation is worry, the only difference is that the senior officers are already thinking that if the airship fails miserably, the army will have to fight under the threat of the opposing airship, which is a new topic, and all the German troops have not considered it.

The powerful German Army, for the first time, felt so powerless, Britain and France had a clear advantage, they had no way, they were the Army, they could not reach the airship that flew up at least 1000 meters above the air, obviously it occupied a huge advantage, surrounded the whole of Paris, and was even about to start the Battle of Paris, they could not participate in the air, they could only watch in vain, which was more or less frustrating, perhaps this was also the root cause of the British and French shipwreck, the airship seemed to be more and more important, and even overtook the army.

Anti-aircraft machine guns, for the sake of secrecy, only a small number of elite troops are in the possession, in the War Department, only a few high-level members of the General Staff and the Army know, among the expeditionary forces, only Moltke is qualified to know, but after the British and French dispatched, after repeatedly confirming that there was no problem with the machine gun position, the headquarters of the French army called all the generals and held a plenary meeting. The focus of the meeting was on how to build the airship air battle. Launched an assault on Paris.

Moltke the Younger was a cautious commander-in-chief, back in time on German soil. I have seen the power of anti-aircraft machine guns, with a range of between 1000 meters and 4000 meters. There is a huge threat to airships, although the maximum height of airships is more than 8,000 meters, but in the era when the use of the air force is still very rudimentary, at an altitude of 8,000 meters, airships cannot attack the ground at all, even if the northwest sight is installed.

After the airship replaced hydrogen with helium, the entire airship was not a huge bomb, and to a certain extent, the safety was quite high. However, in the face of machine gun fire at close range, the ability to resist is still very low, in the previous air battles, most of the situation is to shoot at each other, one side can not hold on, the other side is not much better, some like the army queue to shoot.

Anti-aircraft machine guns can solve this problem, as long as the opponent is defenseless, a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns are concentrated. It will turn this airspace into a steel field, unless it is armor of steel, otherwise, it will be shot down sooner or later.

When Moltke Jr. announced his next plans. After a detailed introduction to the effectiveness of the anti-aircraft machine gun, everyone was stunned, and they thought that they would be attacked by British and French airships. Forcibly attack Paris, who knows. Germany had long prepared a trap, although it was not necessarily possible to completely annihilate the British and French airships. As long as the two sides are pulled on the same level, without the influence of airships, Germany is not afraid of the British and French armies at all, let alone 3 million against 2.5 million, even if it is one to two.

Sensitive officers saw the benefits of this antiaircraft machine gun at the first time, and the appearance of airships has become a fact, and in future army operations, we will have to consider how to do a good job in air defense under the premise that we will have to consider it, and I am afraid that every army officer must consider it.

Looking at the generals under his command, one after another to fight for anti-aircraft machine guns, Moltke Jr. was also a little helpless, at present anti-aircraft machine guns can only be imported from the northwest, before the battle of Paris, the first thing to meet is the needs of Paris, and after that, will gradually consider increasing air defense for each unit.

According to the calculations of the General Staff, in order to protect the sky of a division, at least 170-200 anti-aircraft machine guns are needed, but in reality, this is impossible. Under the premise that the European war began and Germany continued to expand its army, the German army now has an army with a total strength of 3.8 million, that is, more than 200 divisions, so that nearly 40,000 anti-aircraft machine guns are needed.

Although the anti-aircraft machine gun is modified from a machine gun, but the technical content is extremely high, especially the technical content of the barrel, after Krupp tested it, he found that they could not make it at all, which restricted its price, another very important aspect is the weight, 12.7 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun, the data looks okay, but in fact, from the machine gun itself to the bullet, its overall weight may not be much worse than the 37 anti-aircraft gun, and even the irregular shape is not conducive to his transportation, The 37 anti-aircraft guns could be supplemented by reels, but the anti-aircraft machine guns could only be carried away.

After a comparison of the General Staff, in the end, the number of each division was 38, which was not enough to defend the entire sky, but it was enough to make the enemy's airship not dare to approach, the high price of the airship was also the difficulty of his popularization, before and after the anti-aircraft machine gun, it was completely two concepts, and when the time came, the airship would become a flashy weapon, at most it would play a certain tactical role.

After some fighting, when the battle of Paris is over, the troops participating in the battle of Paris will be allocated anti-aircraft machine guns, that is, from the concentrated 7,000 units, with 150 divisions near Paris, almost 6,000 are enough, and there is surplus to support other troops.

The war situation itself is worrying, after a meeting, all worries are swept away, because of the confidentiality relationship, can not be shared with their subordinates, but after these generals go back, they are immediately ready, the battle of Paris is about to begin, this is the war of annihilation, and it is not a small country and a weak country that is destroyed, but France, a powerful country of the same grade as them.

Airship base, airships take off one by one, news comes from machine gun positions one by one, Mark's face, showing an excited expression, success or failure is in one fell swoop, the distance between the two sides is not far, the relationship between Britain and France set off first, they have gone to half the distance, Germany can be regarded as taking off, Britain and France after discovering that the German airship took off, quickly occupy the commanding heights, which has been verified in previous small-scale operations, higher altitudes, whether it is lethality, or survivability, are much higher than the low.

In the eyes of the British and French airship commanders, the German airships were very strange, and after they stabilized the formation, they were just grouped together, and even the take-off distance was a little lower. In air battles, the opportunity is often fleeting, so in normal airship battles, it is a suicidal practice, although it is strange to the British and French airship commanders, but they still seize this rare opportunity and carry out a strong attack.

What they don't know is that their resolute and strong attack directly sent them into the trap of Germany, Mark had already planned, once the war started, the German airship would reduce the altitude, and by the way, the opponent's airship would not be introduced into the German preset anti-aircraft machine gun position, more than 7000 machine guns, of which only 1000 anti-aircraft machine guns with a range of about 4000 meters, and the remaining range was below 1000 meters, and it was not possible to rely only on those large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, All the anti-aircraft machine guns must be used to maximize the power of the metal storm, and only in this case can the huge target of the airship itself be inescapable

Taking advantage of the other party's inattention, they can shoot down 200-300 of the opponent's airships, in this case, the German airships will inevitably have the upper hand, and the German airships will escape from scattering, turn to strategic concentration, turn around, chase the other party's airships, even if it is a one-to-one ratio, shoot down all the opponent's airships, in the best state, Germany can still have at least more than 300 airships left, and in the least state, only about 100 are left, but in either case, the British, French and German airships will not exist. Germany would have an absolute advantage, and to a certain extent, the flexible use of these machine-gun positions would have been able to solve the problem with fewer losses.

The distance between the two sides is constantly narrowing, and the British and French airships have also changed from the initial scattered marches to a dense formation, even if on the European battlefield, Britain and France were defeated by Germany, but the military literacy of Britain and France is very deep, and the time of contact with the airship is not long, the unique sensitivity, or the intuitive use of the airship as a battleship, the concentration of firepower is very good, it looks like a neat camp, enough to tilt out a lot of firepower at the first time, And the higher position allows the machine gun bullets to fly farther.

I have to say that such a choice is the right choice, if Germany does not have the secret weapon of anti-aircraft machine guns, maybe it can only fight a war of attrition for the other side, relying on the machine guns and special shells provided by the northwest, occupy a certain advantage, at this time, the advantage is not big at all, it may be a 4:3, at most 5:3 such a consumption ratio, plus the number of the other side occupies a certain advantage, maybe it will be worse, in this case, maybe after the German airship fights out, The other party can still have a little left, at most it is a lose-lose result.

Britain and France in the face of each other, immediately began to seize the height, the airship began to rise rapidly, I thought it was very difficult, the previous few skirmishes, the two sides at this time the competition was very fierce, but this time the German side did not have the sense of competition at all, they successfully occupied the high point, in the best position of about 60 meters.

The commander of the British and French, who had the advantage, was very excited, this was a rare and great thing, not that the distance between the two sides was a little far, maybe he would order the next, direct attack, the British and French at a higher altitude, began to move quickly towards the German airship, and the decisive battle was about to begin. (To be continued.) )