Chapter 324 The first aviation bombing in world history!

"The Ming army is about to attack!"

The first ray of sunlight shone on the face of an Annan rebel who had been staring at him all night. He was about to yawn and squint at him, but accidentally turned it to the foot of the three mountains. His body trembled violently, and he was so shocked that all the hairs on his body stood on his head.

At the foot of the mountain, groups of Ming troops lined up neatly. They wiped their weapons and looked at the hills with burning eyes.

The reason why the Ming army's eyes are blazing is not because they have any hobbies, but because in the Ming Dynasty's military merit regulations, rebels are the first-class enemies. According to the reward and punishment system, a rebel's head can be exchanged for one tael of silver.

One tael of silver is almost equivalent to their monthly salary. If they cut a few more, they will not only be able to subsidize the family, but also support a few Japanese girls.

Thinking of what the brothers at the old Shenji Battalion said about how gentle and obedient the women of Wagua were, many soldiers felt agitated in their hearts.

It is really difficult to marry a girl from the Han family now, mainly because the bride price is too expensive. They are so miserable that they cannot afford such expensive gifts.

It is also not cost-effective for them. After all, for the same money, a Han girl can only marry one, and she cannot be beaten or scolded. She has to lick her face to please her all day long. It is a very frustrating life.

But foreign women are different. The same money can buy several. They can beat them as much as they want, scold them as much as they want, and toss them as much as they want.

Pick up the intercom and tune to the public channel.

Their attack is over, and they will now hand it over to the army brothers on the ground. As for whether they will come for bombing later, they have to wait for orders from above.

Now, they finally saw this giant beast take action, and they saw it with their own eyes, which made them excited and excited.

As Zhang Xian issued the order, he quickly received reports from several legions.

Even if they are all asked to share the same bed, these foreign girls will not only not be angry, but will happily agree.

The officer behind him responded and turned around to convey Li Li's order.

Any creature that is bigger than itself will feel fear in its heart, let alone such a magical thing that can float in the air.

Some Annan soldiers who had suffered a mental breakdown, ignored the pulls of their companions and the roars of their officers, and rushed back crazily with their heads in their hands.

Today's airships do not have precise sights. They simply fly over the enemy's head and then drop the bombs fixed on the rack.

After receiving the confirmation, the captain directly issued the bombing order without hesitation.

It's a pity that his idea is too naive.

That is to say, in order to maintain the majesty of the commander, if Jiang Huai were in this position and he was commanding the troops below to prepare for the attack, he would have been like a soldier, holding a helmet or weapon and yelling at the sky.

"The Ming Air Force Airship Corps, report to the commander, the entire army is ready for bombing, waiting for your order!"

There's no way around it. The Air Force is a technical branch, and it's not something you can do if you have the strength and courage. The various knowledge required to learn it is no easier than taking a public examination.

If the friendly forces are chasing too closely and the wind is slightly stronger, the bombs may float to their own heads.

When selecting personnel for the airship unit, the main concern was the fear of heights.

As a result, as soon as they left the stronghold, the enemy's powerful artillery smashed down their heads and faces.

He didn't believe it. In such a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, a mere fifty or sixty thousand people in the Ming Dynasty could break through his defense line.

Therefore, in order to recruit people from the imperial court, the newly formed Air Force was also willing to go all out. For the sake of talents, it was shameless.

Li Li had been familiar with military literature since he was a child, and often regarded himself as a Confucian general. He once threatened many times that he was born at the wrong time. If he had been born more than ten years earlier, it would have been him who swept the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties and unified the entire world, instead of a beggar.

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The Fourth Army Corps led by Zhang Xian is not an ordinary national defense force. It is known as the elite among the elites of the Ming Dynasty. Any unit that can get into the top five formations, no one is good at it.

The Annan rebels, who were on full alert, heard the sound and subconsciously looked in the direction from which the sound came.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!"

"As expected of the Ming army, they are all elites. If we want to win, we will probably have to fight hard."

For people with this kind of learning ability, when faced with the choice between the Air Force and being an officer, most people will choose to be an officer instead of being a bad guy.

"Inform all troops to prepare for defense. Once the Ming army attacks, they will give me a hard blow. Tell the soldiers that persistence is victory."

In the distant eastern sky, five behemoths blocked the rising sun, slowly pressing towards the mountain village with terrifying shadows.

As for whether you can hit the enemy, it all depends on luck.

Because current airships do not yet have automatic bomb-dropping devices, the bombs are hung on a rack under the airship pod. When dropping bombs, the bombardier needs to go down and operate them manually.

There is no guarantee that Annan State's wood and stone defense system, even some of the defensive positions from the Second World War, can withstand such a ferocious bombing.

It was the first time he commanded such a large corps in combat, the first time he served as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, and the first time he commanded the airship unit in combat. As a young general, Zhang Xian felt a little proud.

"Hey, is the old hen down? We have to finish it quickly and we have to go back for breakfast. There are big meat buns today!"

"Ahhhh..."

“Tu tu tu tu tu…”

These soldiers had all participated in the military parade. When they saw the airship for the first time, they were deeply shocked by it.

When the Ming army arrived yesterday, Li Li thought of taking advantage of its fatigue to attack in order to dampen the Ming army's vigor.

There were those who were superstitious, thinking that this was a ferocious beast sent by God. They threw away their weapons in fear, lay down on the ground and kept kowtowing, begging God to forgive their sins.

"Annanguo will not forget the contribution of everyone present. When the day of victory comes, I will share the wealth with all my brothers."

The Annan soldiers hiding below, after being forced back by the supervising team and officers, were already mentally unstable and might collapse at any time.

In fact, even though this guy looks so calm on the surface, he is actually very nervous and shouting with excitement.

"Beep beep beep..."

On the command podium, Zhang Xian, as the commander-in-chief of this attack, heard a report from the airship commander on the small radio next to him.

The communications soldier immediately understood and began to adjust the radio, switching the individual channel to the overall channel.

Zhang Xian replied and patted the communications soldier beside him.

Zhang Xian will take command of the battle, and the fourth army will be temporarily led by the deputy commander.

After experiencing two failures, Li Li stopped playing tricks and simply stayed at the village, waiting for the opportunity he was looking forward to.

Five artillery shells weighing 200 kilograms hit the wooden defense structure heavily.

"We have arrived at the bombing area. Airship No. 4 and No. 5 are bombing point A, and airship No. 2 and No. 3 are bombing point B. My boat No. 1 is starting to act as a supplementary bombing!"

When the man arrived, the soldiers and officers around him quickly saluted him and greeted him.

The big-headed cannonball fell rapidly, and the small propeller behind it, driven by the wind, rotated rapidly and made a sharp roar.

With the sound of iron chains, the last row of cannonballs was dropped.

The magical sound of Sanbengzi kept echoing in the sky. Five huge airships were divided into three arrays 221. Under the gazes of more than 60,000 National Defense Force soldiers below and countless Annan rebels opposite, they slowly

It floated to the approximate designated location.

"Fire the arrow!"

This time, 2,000 people went out, but it turned out that they were still two miles away from the Ming army camp. Unluckily, their men stepped on something, and then bursts of explosions sounded. In just a few seconds, hundreds of people were killed and injured.

If the opponent is a human, they still have the courage to fight, but this thing is so big and flying in the air. Even if they try their best, they have no chance.

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Those Annan rebels who did not run away and hid under the trenches of the curtain wall ended up not much better. They were either killed by falling wood and rocks, or buried underneath by the soil raised by the explosion.

In other words, he had seen the ferocity of the Ming army. Otherwise, in the Song Dynasty, Li Li would have led his troops to rush down and kill them.

The airship unit has a benefit. Each pilot can drive the airship back to his hometown at a designated time and honor his ancestors.

Ignoring the situation below, Tie Zhu handled the finishing work, climbed into the cabin of the boat while humming a tune and thinking about the big meat buns in the cafeteria, and drove the airship back to have breakfast with his teammates.

Not caring about responding to the soldiers and officers around him, Li Li ran behind the wooden wall with a serious expression and quickly observed the situation at the foot of the mountain.

At this sight, the whole camp was silent.

After the bombing was completed, the two designated attack positions of A and B no longer looked like they were at the beginning, with huge craters and body fragments everywhere.

The originally relatively strong defensive line turned into a shoddy project after being bombarded by five artillery shells, with wooden walls and trenches crumbling.

"Report to the captain that everything is normal with the bombardier and can release bombs at any time!"

It wasn't the return of the Annan rebel soldiers or the officers' prestige that made them obey the other party's words and stop.

"Go down, go down, it will be over soon!"

Originally, they were afraid of this thing, and they were praying in their hearts to attack others, but unexpectedly, it happened to them.

"The Ming army came from afar and relied entirely on domestic supplies for food and grass. I have made arrangements. As long as we stick to it, there will be problems with the Ming army's logistical supply. By then, victory will belong to us."

After observing for a while behind the wooden wall, Li Li couldn't help but sigh when he saw the Ming army really taking an offensive stance. At the same time, he looked at the neatly lined up Ming army with envy.

"Bombing begins!"

Li Lidu was at a loss, and his soldiers were even more embarrassed.

Zhang Xian, who was also looking up at the sky, heard the sonorous and powerful report on the radio, and a smile appeared on his majestic face.

As soon as the four airships flew to the designated position, the Annan rebels below exploded.

You must know that he now has 100,000 men who can fight. Although half of them are civilians, Li Li doesn't think that the people of Annan are any worse than the people of Ming Dynasty.

As the five most elite legions of the Ming Dynasty, their army configuration is naturally different from other armies.

If it weren't for the supervising team at the back, who would care about these officers with the shining arrows?

The two missing ones are not iron lumps, they are 400 taels of silver.

The airship is hovering at a height of 300 meters in the air. Not to mention the bows and arrows in the hands of the soldiers, even if the siege crossbows are deployed, it will probably be difficult to deal with the airship.

"yes!"
To be continued...