The Germans made such an unreasonable move, all of a sudden the Americans miserable, just completed the identification of cultural relics, classified storage, ready to be packed in the airship, but encountered such a problem, several times Sosa applied for shipping out, were rejected by Britain and France, because it was not safe, the contract signed by the Americans with the French is a series of contracts, in addition to the down payment of 10%, the rest is the FOB price, that is, before the thing left the French territory, it has always belonged to France, except for the deposit, As for the shipment, it is considered American.

There seemed to be no loss of money, but looking at these good things, there was no way to transport them out, Sosa's hair was much grayer, and he successively found the French official and asked the French to help him transport the things out.

France still attaches great importance to this transaction, 55 million US dollars, enough for the French to equip dozens of divisions of the army, plus some treasures of the Louvre, these precious cultural relics that were not thought of before for various reasons, fell into the hands of the Germans, for France, it is a nightmare, the humiliation of the Franco-Prussian War seems to be going through again, which is unacceptable to the French no matter what.

For this reason, the French began to try to send airships, and they tried, which were 12 airships in a group, a little more than the German patrol force, and the two sides had a fierce exchange of fire in the south of Paris, France, and the French, who took the initiative, finally had to exercise restraint and retreated, and the final result was that the French side sank 5 airships, and the German side sank 3 ships, and both sides retreated back. Correspondingly, the French wanted to ship things out of the way.

Next, don't be urged by Sosa. France also realized that the situation was not good, and together with Britain, began a tentative attack on Germany, and in three days, there were several brief exchanges of fire, and the number of airships on both sides was quite different. Basically, it can't fight, or it's one-sided, under the premise that the number of airships on both sides is almost the same. Britain and France almost lost more and won less, which made Britain and France very faceless, which also made them brew a counterattack and prepare a big move. It's really not the best moment to make a move. For this reason, Sosa asked several times to forcibly transport things out, but they were all refused, and as time passed, the shadow in Sosa's heart became deeper and deeper, and his intuition told him that if he did not leave at this time. I really can't go.

In the midst of the incessant exchange of fire, Britain and France also detected the determination of the Germans. The air blockade should be before the ground offensive, a winter supplement, so that the defenders of Paris did not lose much morale, but the increase in strength is limited, under the premise that the strength of the army is significantly inferior to the German army, the hope of holding Paris, seems to fall on the air force, must maintain a certain air superiority, and take out the opponent's airship troops by surprise, otherwise, Paris will not be able to hold at all.

In the north of Paris, about 40 kilometers from Paris, a flat land, because of the German occupation, did not continue to grow food, but was specially leveled as a landing ground for airship troops.

The terrain environment here is unique, the straight-line distance from Paris is 40 kilometers, relatively close, the airship troops, at most a little more than 40 minutes, you can reach the front line in Paris, for the army to support, by the way to patrol the airspace near Paris, but to come from the land, there are 7 rivers and some mountains to block, it is not convenient to come directly, you need to detour.

This is quite safe, the German airship commander, or back then, with the northwest to study Mark, now he is no longer a lieutenant colonel, the airship unit in the previous shine, under the premise of continuous contributions, at this time he has been promoted to brigadier general, there is clear news that as long as in this battle of Paris, the performance is almost the same, he will become a real general, the rank of major general will be his.

On this flat land, not only more than half of the German airships were parked, but the German airship headquarters was also here, and the air force with airships as the main force did not come out alone, but it was only nominally attached to the army. To a certain extent, the airship unit had independent command, and the airship regiment was named the Royal Airship Regiment, which, like the Royal Navy, belonged only to William II. It is precisely because of the concern of Wilhelm II that the airship corps has developed greatly, a $1 million airship, 10 is equivalent to the price of a capital ship, 500, almost equal to 50, although the maintenance cost is not as powerful as the battleship, but the funds occupied are unusually large, fortunately, in the previous war between Belgium and northern France, it has played an unimaginable effect, which makes the criticism of the airship a little less.

However, in the winter between operations, in order to maintain the pressure on Britain and France, not only did not stop increasing the number of airships, but continued to increase, and now there are almost 500 airships.

After a few short firefights, the overall 5:3 shootdown ratio was achieved, which looked good, but the criticism of the entire army for the airship became stronger and stronger, and they all felt that it was a useless vase, costing a huge amount of money, 1 million US dollars, although it could not equip a division, but it was almost half a division, placed in the air, just a consumable, and the two sides saw who could carry it.

However, at this time, Wilhelm II maintained enough confidence in the airship, because the import of the airship was made by William II, when introducing the efficacy of the airship, he also listened to the whole process, the huge financial pressure, sometimes made him a little confused, whether to continue to persevere, it is still difficult to say, but there is no airship, then it is absolutely impossible, when it comes to the offensive and defensive battle of the Liège Fortress, many generals of the army do not speak, the airship investment is huge, and the capital is huge, but the only one who can deal with the airship is the airship, This is no longer a question of whether there should be or should not be, it is a problem that the other side has, you must have, it is true that Germany has abolished the airship, so more than 600 airships from Britain, France and Germany rushed over, is it to resist the navy or the army?

The commander of the German airship, after asking about the results of today's patrol, he was slightly depressed, and sank 3 more today, although he shot down 7 airships of the other side, but the overall ratio is still maintained at the level of 3:5, it is still a war of attrition, a airship loses not many personnel, but the value is too high, fortunately, the place where the battle took place is the German control area, the airship falls, and some of the things can still be recovered, plus the downed British airship, it cannot be regarded as a loss of money.

This is just a preliminary contact, not the final decisive battle, not the final proportion, but the total amount of Britain, France and Germany has always been pressed on his heart, with countless colonies and the United States behind Britain and France, the production capacity is above Germany, 1 million airships, but can only be like a war of attrition, mutual attrition, this is definitely not the best choice.

Mark's eyes fell on the huge 4-pack machine gun next to the headquarters, and the anti-aircraft machine gun was probably the only thing to rely on. The first batch of 7,000 anti-aircraft machine guns ordered from the northwest has all been put in place, and in the exercise, he has already demonstrated his attack power against air opponents, but the firing range is a big problem, the highest is less than 4,000, which can barely withstand the minimum altitude of the airship cruise, once the airship continues to rise, staying at an altitude of 9,000 meters and 10,000 meters, the German will sigh with joy.

From just coming into contact with airships, to now, the commander-in-chief of the airship troops, Mark has gone from ignorance of airships to the present, familiar with various airship tactics, he knows very well that the use of anti-aircraft machine guns against airships has huge shortcomings, which means that sneak attacks can, if the other party does not have much preparation, if the raid here is a surprise, it is easy to produce results, in terms of airships, which are strong and weak, once the results are produced, they cannot be reversed, as long as in an ambush, a large number of opponents' airships are consumed, When the ratio of power reaches 2:1, or even 3:1, the victory of the German side will be irreversible. At that time, the Germans, led by the airship troops, will attack Paris, whether it is airborne or air support, and the battle of Paris will become easier.

The ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny, the anti-aircraft machine gun is destined to be in the big scene, and there is only one chance to use it, once it is leaked, if the other party is prepared, it will be difficult, not close to the 4000-meter area, no matter how much machine gun you have, it is not a firewood stick.

Mark is well aware of the weakness of the anti-aircraft machine gun, so he has been preparing for the appearance of the anti-aircraft machine gun all along, and before that, even in the face of a war of attrition, as long as a certain bottom line is not reached, it must be insisted on, a loss of one million, so far, it has exceeded 20 ships, which is almost the loss of 2 capital ships, but Mark has no choice.

On this line north of Paris, 12 anti-aircraft machine gun positions have been arranged in 12 places, and the deduction of tactics has been carried out I don't know how many times, and every airship of the airship regiment is familiar with the location of these machine gun positions, and every step of attracting troops and carrying out the operation has been done countless times in the past three months, but the other side has never sent more than 20 airships, which makes the airship troops very helpless, so they have to continue the stalemate.

Unlike those ordinary officers at the bottom and the commander of a single airship, Mark is very clear that the decisive battle will inevitably open in the north, and in the south, whether it is the British and French coalition forces or the German army, the number is not much, it is just a cut off of contact, the British and French actions are becoming more and more frequent, as if every loss does not exist, it is clear that they are also investigating, especially on the ground, the army units have caught more than 500 infiltrators, the British and French are planning a big operation, and it is very likely to be an airship, in that case, The opportunity to belong to Germany will come, and the steel forest of more than 7,000 anti-aircraft machine guns densely scattered in key positions in the north will let the airship know that it is not only the airship that can attack the airship. (To be continued.) )