Seeing this situation, more than 200 planes from the Allied Air Force immediately met. The Yaman Empire's planes were not to be outdone, and fierce air battles occurred in the air between the two sides.
More than 500 aircraft were fighting in the air. Both sides used the same Chinese Empress Eagle 1 reconnaissance aircraft equipped with machine guns. Their machine gun performance was roughly the same. At this time, there was no competition for aircraft performance, and the result of the battle.
It all depends on the pilot's skills.
The battle on the ground was going fiercely, the artillery soldiers on both sides were still conducting the same-death artillery, while the infantry used their weapons to shoot each other desperately, and the world's first large-scale air battle was being carried out in the air, which was an unprecedented example.
the air-ground collaboration battle.
Since the number and performance of both sides are roughly the same as the performance of the aircraft, both sides lost at the same speed. The planes that were dragging black smoke fell like dumplings, exploded and caught fire after hitting the ground, scaring the troops on the ground that they did not dare to go there.
Ground combat in this area.
The fierce air battle made the area below it a no-man's land. According to later statistics, this air battle was the record-breaking air battle in World War I. The most ace pilots were born. The two sides of the war had thirty-seven aces.
pilot.
The requirement to become an ace pilot in the Western Continent is to shoot down five aircraft, which means that the newly born thirty-seven ace pilots will shoot down at least 185 aircraft. Of course, the previous sporadic aerial battles should have also shot down, even so
They also shot down more than a hundred planes.
According to later statistics, the personnel who cleaned the battlefield found the wreckage of 194 aircraft and eight airships on the spot. This air battle was quite tragic.
The fierce battle did not end because of darkness. The Yaman soldiers who were good at night began a small-scale infiltration operation at night. They were very uncomfortable with this tactical Allied army. They quickly lost several important positions, causing
The overall retreat of the front.
The attack lasted for three days and three nights, and during which the Air Force conducted several small-scale air battles. Although both sides mobilized the planes again, such large-scale air battles did not occur again.
A month later, the number of casualties in the Yaman Empire was close to 450,000, and they had no choice but to retreat. Although the Allies won the defensive battle, their losses were even heavier, reaching 550,000.
Later generations called this tragic battle the 'Godden Meat Grinder'.
Shortly after the Battle of Gordon, the Grand Duchy of Sardin believed that the Nantes Empire's army was attracted to the Western Front and that it should have an opportunity to take advantage of it. So the Grand Duchy of Sardin mobilized 300,000 troops to launch from the southern front of the Nantes Empire.
war.
The army of the Grand Duchy of Sardinia was unintentional, and the early logistics preparations were sufficient. At the beginning of the battle, it raided the Nantes army's defensive positions outside the port of Toulon by large-scale artillery, causing major casualties to the other side.
Although the Nantes Empire army was prepared for this front, it suddenly encountered a sneak attack from the opponent's high-intensity artillery fire, causing excessive losses to the defensive forces and the position was broken. In desperation, the Nantes army had to retreat dozens of kilometers.
Only then did he stabilize his position on the second line of defense.
The senior leaders of the Nantes Empire military were not willing to accept the early losses. Fortunately, the Nantes army was arranged lightly at the beginning and heavy at the end. There were not many personnel who lost in the early stage. Moreover, the second line of defense was backed by Toulon Port and had logistical
Innate advantage, not afraid of the opponent's attack.
After making some progress in advance, the senior leaders of the Sardinian Army were proud and decided to use their superior forces to immediately launch an attack on the Nantes army stationed on the second line of defense outside Toulon Port. The Nantes army's defense line was very strong.
With the support of artillery from the fortress in the city, it was equal to the Sardinian army for a time.
After a few days of war between the two sides, the top leaders of the Sardinian army saw no progress and increased their troops on the front line again. At the same time, they only had twelve airships on their side. The economic conditions of the Sardinian Grand Duchy were not good, and they could not afford China at all.
The original helium airships from the Empire, now they are all imitations purchased from the Yaman Empire.
Seeing the other party's airship gradually coming, the Nantes army immediately set up a lot of heavy machine guns on the city wall. Since air defense is still a new concept, except for the Yaman Empire imported some anti-aircraft machine guns from the Chinese Empire, countries had no idea before.
Therefore, the air defense brackets he placed for the machine gun were also diverse.
Some of these brackets use long bipods, some simply use a large iron frame, and some also use wooden frame structures. However, since these designs are temporary, they are all relatively low without exception.
The first batch of air defense troops could only lie on the ground and shoot.
The group of airships gradually approaching did not know that the danger was approaching, because intelligence showed that the air force of the Nantes army was on the battlefield against the Yaman Empire and there was no place here.
The unprepared Sardinian airship group soon arrived over the Nantes position. They began to lower their heights and dropped bombs one after another. Because the Chinese Empire sold the formula of colloidal explosives before the war, shells from all sides were caused.
The sharp increase in power of the bomb also made the war even more cruel.
The powerful aviation bombs rage on the Nantes' positions, causing many casualties to the Nantes' infantry, but soon the Sardinian airship troops couldn't laugh. With a burst of dense sounds of bullets breaking through the air,
Ten tongues of flames extend from the city wall toward the air.
The heavy machine guns of the Nantes army were different from those imported by the Chinese Empire. Their machine guns were studied by scientists in China. They were similar to the early Maxine machine guns on Earth. Compared with the Chinese Empire, the Type 90 performance of the improved Vix machine gun.
A little worse than that.
But the performance is not absolute. Unlike the seven-mm caliber of the Type 90 heavy machine gun, the Nantes Empire's heavy machine gun called Hatchacas has an 8.9 mm caliber. The larger caliber has caused this machine gun
With greater power and longer range, all this became a nightmare for Sardin's airship.
The hot bullet shot through the airship's airbags while the Sardinian soldiers were caught off guard. Under the friction of high temperature, the hydrogen filled in the Sardinian airship quickly exploded. A huge airship that was just majestic just now, in a blink of an eye
Turned into a torch in the air.
Some Sardin soldiers with flames could not bear the roasting of the flames and howled from a height of hundreds of meters to the ground. The miserable screams were so touching that even the soldiers who had been through the battlefield could hear it.
.The soldiers who did not choose to jump down were not much better. As the airship burned more and more violently, its height continued to land. Soon the entire airship hit the ground, causing countless sparks.
The violently burning flames lasted for more than an hour, and none of the more than 30 crew members on the airship survived.
The nightmare of the Sardinian airship was not over yet. As the air defense machine gunners became more and more accurate, other Sardinian airships were shot down one after another. Seeing that their own airship was shot down, the Sardinian soldiers immediately began to turn, but the huge airship was about to
It was not easy to turn. When they turned sideways and exposed a larger area, it was easier for Nandan Army anti-aircraft machine guns to capture targets. Before the Sardinian airship escaped, they were all shot down.
The great losses caused the Sardinian army to be angry and embarrassed. They immediately pushed the troops forward and launched a fierce attack on the Nandan army's positions. However, the Sardinian army's top leaders forgot that the Nandan army's defense line was close to the seaside, and the Turkish army
Lun Port is also a very famous military port in the Nantes Empire.
A large group of Sardin soldiers opened the line of scattered soldiers and launched an attack on the Nantes' positions. The Nantes, which were relatively small, operated their own machine guns and fired desperately, but the other side was too many, let alone charging.
The team was mixed with dozens of chariots, so the Nantes army's defense line was in danger for a while.
Just as the Sardinian army was attacking a large scale, a sharp roar suddenly came from the sky, followed by a 330-mm heavy shell hit the charge team, fighting a Sardinian army.
The car, along with more than a dozen soldiers next to it, was restored to parts.
Looking at the large pit with a diameter of more than 30 meters, many of the Sardinian troops in the charge were stunned. They could not believe that there would be such sharp artillery, but soon a new whistle came again.
The second shell was not one, but reached the scale of dozens. This was the group of Nantes naval battleships anchored in Nantes Port and launched the shelling.
This Mediterranean fleet of the Nantes navy has been cruising in the Mediterranean some time ago. Because there is no radio system, they are unaware of the situation of the Nantes army. Until today, they have just completed their patrol mission and returned to Toulon Port, they know that they have already been
There was a fire exchange with the Sardinian army, and the fleet that had just entered the port immediately fired artillery and bombarded the Sardinian army that was charging.
In order to be able to accurately bombard, the Nantes army installed artillery observation posts on the city walls. They relied on flag-tongued notices to adjust the coordinates of the Nantes battleships in the port. With these observation posts, the naval guns of the Nantes battleships fell accurately to the Sardinian army's
As he advanced to the camp, he raised a bunch of broken limbs and broken arms.
The stationary Nantes battleships carried out artillery while port service personnel installed coal water and replenished ammunition on the battleship. Under the fierce bombardment of the huge naval guns of the battleship, the Sardinian offensive was curbed and they quickly retreated.
go back.
This time, the bombardment of the ship gun greatly damaged the morale of the Sardinian army. The military leaders had to order the attack to suspend the attack, wait for the arrival of their own fleets, and then compete with the Nantes army, but they thought it too naively.
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At midnight, the Nantes Mediterranean Fleet launched artillery attacks on the Sardinian barracks on the offshore. The hundreds of pound warheads exploded in the barracks, and the Sardinian army suffered heavy losses for a moment. Before the Sardinian high-level troops could stabilize the army,
The Nantes rushed up with a rifle, and the already chaotic Sardinian army had to retreat.