To be precise, by the third generation of airships, they already have a certain amount of power. Like the pedal plane, they are a huge propeller. Through a four-person pedal, and then through a transmission device, manpower is transported to the propeller, generating airflow, pushing the airship forward, or changing direction.

But this is not much better than the first generation of hot air balloons. With the power of four people, if you want to change the airship that can carry 8,000 kilograms or even 10,000 kilograms, this power is too small. Unless all the operators are replaced with masters, even if they are ninth-grade warriors, the propulsion power generated is still insufficient.

Therefore, all the third-generation airship can do is to generate thrust of twenty to thirty kilometers per hour in a windless environment. The problem is that at a height of hundreds of meters, there is almost no wind, and the wind direction is never fixed.

Therefore, this huge thruster has the most effect to change the direction of the airship or to play a slight propulsion effect.

When flying in the sky, what the air force needs to do is to control the general direction, just fly to the destination. As for the deviations generated in this process, it mainly depends on finding suitable airflow and wind direction, or on the sidewind to provide power, like a warship sailing against the wind, and proceed in a zigzag route.

But now what they want to do is conduct precise bombing, which is different from bombing ground troops. You must know that the battle between the Great Chu and the Ao people is a big scene of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. The battlefield stretches for dozens of miles, and there are people under it. It doesn’t matter if they hide in trenches or scatter them. As long as they are big and good, they can drop bombs. As for who can be bombed, a small part depends on the experience of dropping bombers, and most of them rely on luck.

It is precisely for this reason that during the Second Battle, although most of the results were obtained by the airship troops, the number of casualties of the Ao people was far lower than Cheng Liang's estimate.

Similarly, the Ao people's hot air balloon air team did not cause much casualties to the Great Chu coalition. In the first battle, more than 60,000 casualties were all from the "rebellion" war horses.

Naval warfare and land warfare are completely different. The aviation force is sweating profusely and it is difficult to fly the airship directly above the warship. Even if there are hundreds of warship transport ships below, the result is no different.

Sometimes, the airship does pass over the warship, but the time is very short, so short that the bomb droppers don't have enough time to ignite the fuse. It's easy to feel that it's almost done. As soon as the fuse is ignited, the airship has already flew over, or the warship has driven away.

From time to time, water columns burst out on the sea. They were lit bombs, which forced the bombers to throw them down. After all, this thing was too dangerous and no one wanted it to explode on the airship.

Half an hour later, Lan Bing received a report that 150 airships dropped ninety bombs without any results. The bomb that was closest to the enemy ship was more than fifty meters away.

This made Lan Bing feel incredible. How could it be? That was one hundred and fifty airships, and there were one hundred Ao people underneath. Even if you threw them with your eyes closed, a few of them would be blown up.

In fact, this is much more difficult than she thought. Not only is the airship difficult to control, but it is also very difficult for bomb droppers. On land, if the fuse is cut off by less length, the bomb will fall to the ground at most, and when it burns, it will naturally explode. But this is the sea, and bombs falling into the sea are even less useful as a stone. It will not explode at all, and the density is low. Throwing the head can only knock people out.

"The airship is difficult to control, the length of the fuse is too strict, and the enemy ships are evading all kinds of things..." The information sent from the airship is very large, and Lan Bing has to thank the radio again for the help, otherwise she can only ask someone to pick up the bottles thrown from the sea to know where the problem is. She can't even pass the solution back to the airship. She can't let the airship fall down to discuss.

The airship was a big guy, and he fell together, and he couldn't even think about it for less than half an hour. Lan Bing suddenly discovered that this naval battle seemed to be another joke. What's so hell is that the target of being ridiculed will be her Lan Bing.

She has been confident since childhood and was deeply shocked. She felt that she could not bear it anymore. After all, she was just a fourteen-year-old girl. It was already difficult for her to survive with nearly 200 people on the charge. Suddenly, she became 5,000 people. Lan Bing felt that she was too conceited before.

When she first saw those regulations, she nodded and sometimes shook her head. She did not agree with many of her husband's ideas. She thought she could do better, but when she arrived on the battlefield, she realized that many of the ideas she thought were very good were just talks on paper and could not be used at all.

"According to the naval warfare practice, the first wave of fighter jets should be released now." The Tiger King asked expressionlessly. He realized that the airship troops had just arrived, and he had never even thought that they had tried to make a contribution. As for dropping more than 90 bombs, the number was too small, he didn't care at all.

This is how smart people are. Lan Bing thinks it is better to bomb with airships, and Lan Yunxi thinks so. Like Lan Bing, she thinks she is a smart person. Although she has memorized the teacher's teachings and regulations, she has never thought about it carefully.

"Yes." Lan Bing responded subconsciously. At this moment, she had forgotten that she was the commander of the naval battle.

"According to the navy, the first batch of 100 fighter jets were released. After the bombs were dropped, they returned to the mothership to load the bombs." Lan Bing followed the words of the tiger king. After all, these were things that she had already memorized in the Cao Dian, and subconsciously recited the combat regulations on the Cao Dian.

"Yes, release the first batch of 100 aircraft to bomb enemy ships."

Twenty minutes later, Lan Yunxi received the order. This time, the luck was not good, and almost all the radios failed. It was not until a certain lucky radio was turned on that the command was passed to Lan Yunxi's air carrier Liuyun.

The airship rose rapidly and did not release the fighter jets until it was a height of 1,500 meters. After all, they were hung under the pod and did not have enough height. These pedal planes may fall directly into the sea.

These pilots were trained and completed the operation of controlling the aircraft from a height of 1,500 to 800 meters, adjusting the head of the aircraft, flying towards the Apollo fleet, and even forming a beautiful dual-plane formation.

This is another bad taste of Lord Lei. After all, the speed of pedaling on the plane is not fast, and the speed is usually only about 80 to 100 miles per hour. This is the speed of the battle. The driver needs to step on all his strength and cannot last for too long.

The dual-aircraft formation is not an air combat at this speed, and it is actually not necessary. Of course, it is not useless at all. According to the fighter's control code, when the attack of the aircraft fails, the wingman can adjust according to the aircraft and continue to complete the bombing mission.

As soon as the fleet appeared, Lan Yunxi was stunned. Compared to the airship's irritating control ability, the aircraft was too flexible. From an altitude of 800 meters, it rushed to the warship below, and the speed was much faster than normal. After all, it was diving, and even if it was not powered, it was not slow.

"Enter the attack position and prepare to drop bombs." The captain said to the bomb dropper behind. The pilot must be familiar with the air combat practice. The attack position refers to the head or stern of the ship. The aircraft will fly vertically across the warship from the beginning to the end, so that the bomb dropper will have more time to drop bombs.

It is said that it is more, but in fact there are very few. After all, it is also an aircraft. A warship with a speed of nearly 100 miles per hour and a length of 100 meters will pass through in just a few seconds. The bomb dropper must calculate the advance amount in a very short time and drop the bomb, otherwise he will have to wait to enter the attack position again.

This advance amount is not calculated, but the result of long-term training. It is wrapped with the same size and weight and practiced repeatedly. At different heights and speeds, this requires long-term cooperation between the driver and the bomb thrower.

After all, it is a human-powered aircraft. Unlike mechanical-powered aircraft, the speed is fixed. It is said that one hundred miles is only 100 miles. When a person steps on his feet, the strength is uneven, and he can only rely on the experience of a bomb dropper.

Obviously, Renault's training was very effective. The first plane dropped a 50-pound bomb at the tail of a warship. In fact, the bomber wanted to drop was in the center of the ship. Of course, this result was completely acceptable, after all, it was accurately dropped on the ship.

Dozens of water dragons were sprayed out of the bamboo tube, but the plane was too fast and the bomb was moving. This was not a bomb drop at high altitude. The plane almost flew over the top of the ship. The bomb fell for only two to three seconds, which was not enough for the sailors to react correctly.

Intercepting the fishing nets plays a very good role. A fifty kilogram bomb is not enough to tear the fishing nets. When it comes into contact with the fishing nets, it bounces and then explodes.

The fishing net above the warship exploded and burned, and a large hole worth tens of meters was released, and the secondary mast at the stern of the ship was blown down.

Immediately afterwards, the wingman also entered the dive position. With the experience of a long aircraft, the wingman's bomb dropper cut the fuse shorter and dropped the bomb one second in advance.

Unfortunately, the effect was not that good. He could not use the big hole that was dropped by the first bomb, so the bomb still exploded on the fishing net, but its location was very good, just near the main mast.

Although the power of black gunpowder is not very great, it depends on whom. At such a close distance, fifty kilograms of black gunpowder are enough to blow off the main mast, and at the same time, they twist all the fishing nets into a mess, losing their original function.

Unfortunately, Lan Yunxi has a little big appetite. Under her order, the 100 aircraft in this batch attacked fifty ships at the same time. Most of the situations were similar. They failed to sink the enemy ships directly. There were more than twenty warships that could smoke and fire. In addition, the Ao Ren's battleship defense net was also torn apart.

Seeing the battle results in front of her, Lan Yunxi was shocked. She finally imagined that such a small amount of plane could cause such great damage to the Ao people fleet, but the airship she had high hopes for was disappointing on the battlefield.

"Commander Lan, the second batch of fighter jets began to attack." The military officer reminded.
Chapter completed!