"It's so boring! We could only stare in the air and watch the infantry squad below have a good time! Zhou Zhongliang grumbled.

The huge Kirov airship still floats above the clouds, and even though it has powerful engines that provide the power to maneuver freely, it is not suitable for operating in the windy and snowy climate below.

They simply hovered near the lumberyard, looking down from the sky as the vanguard soldiers of the brigade rushed towards the panicked Russian partisans.

Wan Fengshan stood there straight, leaning in front of the huge refractor telescope with a diameter of 50 centimeters, deafly and obliquely continued to watch obliquely, and from time to time adjusted the focal length of the two-meter-long telescope, activated the button next to it, and took pictures one after another.

Kirov's own airship clairvoyance can allow the people on the airship to see the scenery below in detail and at a glance from a high altitude, which makes Meng Xiang suddenly realize that the high-altitude reconnaissance airship is the most cost-effective reconnaissance tool. Even if the satellite appears, the pitiful pixel count brought by the ultra-long distance is not as clear and real as that of the airship.

Especially in this era when there are no missiles, no laser weapons, and no ultra-high-altitude fighter planes that can deal with Kirov airships, the airship's ultra-long suspension time and stability have become the best carrier for reconnaissance, and it has become a strategic reconnaissance ace in the hands of Meng Xiang.

"Every day, we are always scouting in the sky, scouting, and we have already surveyed all the thousands of miles. The photographs taken on the spot are also about to bury people. But if there is no real battle with real guns, we are still super invincible Doomsday Judgment troops! Zhou Zhongliang continued to grumble.

As for the maps and geographical information of Siberia, although the spies also stole some from the archives of Soviet Russia, they also sent people to investigate on the spot in the past few years. However, none of them is as comprehensive as the airship unit's reconnaissance system in the air for more than half a year.

For half a year. The airship unit carried Chinese geologists throughout Siberia. A general system of information on cultivated land, roads, forests, lakes, mountains, and minerals in Siberia has been preliminarily outlined, and first-hand raw data has been accumulated for future development. The resulting military maps and photographs taken in the field will also serve as excellent reference materials in the military.

The credit of the reconnaissance is not small, but when Zhou Zhongliang first saw the airship in Taiyuan, he was fascinated by this huge war machine. After graduating, the top student of this military academy chose the airship unit with one mind, but when he passed the examination with great difficulty, he found that the airship unit had easily stopped showing up on the battlefield.

Most of its bombing function has been replaced by the B-17 and B-29, and in addition to the shock brought to the enemy by the huge tonnage of bombs and the huge figure, the bombing function of the aircraft is not inferior. In particular, countries began to assemble radars. For the time being, the Kirov airship, which does not have a stealth function, does not play a surprise role compared to the bombers that are getting faster and faster.

And although its large tonnage is sometimes better than that of transport aircraft, its speed is too slow to limit its popularity.

The most critical thing is that the number of Kirov airships is too small.

Now even the tank factory of the three-level base. The production of a Kirov airship takes up all the production lines, consumes a lot of energy, and takes seven days. Although there are more than 300 chariot factories in various places, they all have their own tasks, and they are all producing weapons and equipment, one for the normal consumption of the increasingly large Chinese National Defense Force, and the other for arms trading. It is difficult to spare time dedicated to the production of the Kirov airship.

Coupled with the high cost of the Kirov airship, Meng Xiang only opened a chariot factory in the Qinling Mountains at this time, specializing in the production of Kirov airships. The total number of airships in service has not yet exceeded a hundred.

"No hurry, no hurry, it's not time to use them yet!" Meng Xiang's reason for giving himself was very simple, but the officers and soldiers in the airship team below were a little restless.

As military personnel, they crave recognition for their exploits and others.

In the era of war in the whole world, although there are not many battles in the vanguard army, and there are more troops in the country who are eager to make meritorious contributions, their airship troops are elite troops directly under Meng Xiang's hands. But they can't be put on the battlefield to kill the enemy, so that they feel ashamed of the high-level treatment they have received.

The lowest rank in the airship unit is also a non-commissioned officer, and the salary is higher than that of the Air Force, but it has not been able to achieve combat exploits for a long time. If it weren't for the fact that the airship unit was very secretive and outsiders didn't know much about it, it would definitely provoke criticism from other troops.

"If you don't feel satisfied. Just go back and apply directly to the Army! Maybe the military ranks will be raised by one level. Wan Fengshan's eyes left the binoculars, glanced at Second Lieutenant Zhou Zhongliang, and said lightly.

"I surrender!" This tried-and-true sentence once again stopped Zhou Zhongliang's complaints.

"Even Commander Meng said that we are a unique strategic force, naturally not comparable to those ordinary army units! Hee-hee! Zhou Zhongliang continued to grin.

"If you want to keep going, why don't you pay attention to your radar. The battle is over, don't let any more accidents happen! Wan Fengshan said with a straight face.

"What could be the surprise?" Zhou Zhongliang couldn't help muttering, "The surrounding area of Lao Maozi has almost been cleaned up, and Lao Maozi's low-altitude planes have also been hit by our self-propelled guns so that they don't dare to come this way." It's been a long time since I saw a ghost on my radar. It would be better if there was another low-altitude plane, and there was no need to notify the air force and air defense forces by radio, and only those 20 cannons on our Baiqi could beat it down. ”

"What's the rambling?" Wan Fengshan shouted.

"Nothing, Captain!" Zhou Zhongliang's face turned pale, and then he said aggrievedly, "It's just a little unwilling!" You see the guerrillas of Lao Maozi popping up below, and as soon as the news was issued, the surrounding gang of sub-armies came running with the smell. More than 600 people with machine guns and mortars came to fight against this irregular group of up to 100 people who were short of guns and ammunition. But we can only watch, even if we drop a bomb from a high altitude! I've been honing my throwing skills lately, and I need up to three, and I'm sure I'll be able to blow up the lumber yard below. ”

"That's right! Captain! Even if we don't throw bombs, we can just throw a practice bomb and even the handle. Wu Minhao, who was also full of anticipation next to him, also came up with a hippie smile.

"Practice playing those hundreds of pounds of iron lumps, going down at a height of 10,000 meters, with that shock wave, you can definitely sweep away those wooden houses on the ground. Even the practice bullet costs money, so it's better to throw the ballast stone directly, and it doesn't have to be bad at all! It's also cheap and affordable! Li Gujun, who was next to him, opened his mouth and smiled.

"What are you doing here? Not going back to work? Wan Fengshan glared and shouted at the dozen officers and soldiers who gathered around.

Under normal circumstances, there are more than 30 people on the airship, and when there is no war, everyone is familiar with the operation in some important positions, and they have a lot of free time.

Wanfeng Mountain is known to be majestic, and as soon as he drank it at this time, everyone immediately dispersed in a huff.

"Don't worry, it's our turn soon!" However, Wan Fengshan's next sentence made everyone smile again.

"Senior brother, did you hear any good news?" Zhou Zhongliang immediately leaned over again to inquire about the senior in the military academy.

"Stinky boy, where did that little aura in the school go? Don't you see a big move in the south? Whether it's the tropical mountains and forests, or the vast blue waves, can we miss our opportunities? Wan Fengshan raised his face and aimed at Zhou Zhongliang, knocking down a chestnut and shouting.

When everyone laughed and dispersed, Wan Fengshan sighed in his heart: "Is there still a small opportunity?" The west of the Urals, the Far East, and even Japan proper, could make us famous, but when will this opportunity come? ”

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"Don't give Lao Maozi a chance to get lucky! We don't have to wait for them to give in automatically. Since they are still not convinced, let's beat them first and then convince them! Meng Xiang didn't think of the opportunity of the airship, but launched a new plan against Soviet Russia, "Since the security in various parts of Siberia has improved, and the adaptive training of various units has also achieved certain results, then let's test it with a real battle!" ”

On December 21, with Meng Xiang's order, the vanguard army of 500,000 people who had been training recruits to fight soy sauce near the Ural Mountains suddenly launched a fierce offensive. At this time, Stalin, who heard the news of the tacit compromise between China and Germany, thought that he had seen through the vanguard and did not dare to cross the Ural Mountains, had already sent many elite troops to fill the vacancies around Moscow.

When the more than 2,000 artillery pieces of the vanguard army shook the entire Ural Mountains, the Tiger and Par armored units near Yekaterinburg broke through three weakened Ural defense lines composed of Soviet and Russian recruits in just three days under artillery fire, and with the cooperation of the air force, conquered Perm, which was renamed Molotov in 40 years.

Only two days later, the armored detachment of the vanguard army, consisting of more than a thousand tanks, also crossed the Ural River and smashed through the Orenburg defenses.

After the German invasion, a large number of factories of the Russians were not transferred to the Siberian strip captured by the vanguard army, but were stranded directly west of the Urals. Perm and Orenburg were the places where many large companies retreated.

"Although some companies were destroyed in the war, most of them fell into our hands intact." Fan Chong was satisfied with the lightning raid.

"That's good! Send more people and empty them! Meng Xiang ordered without hesitation. (To be continued)