Chapter 894 Dimensionality reduction and dimensionality reduction
"Godsend, why do we have to fly over from Constantinople?"
On the airship, Colonel Nicholas looked at the city on the ground with some confusion. As far as their goal was concerned, there was no need for them to fly over here.
"psychology!"
Yang Tianci said with a smile.
"The role of the airship is not just a weapon, it is also a psychological weapon. Every time we fly over Constantinople, when the Turks sound the air raid siren, they flee to the air raid shelter in terror, waiting for the bombs to fall.
It is conceivable that the psychological trauma they suffered may even exceed the bomb itself, so even if we fly a little more, it is worth it!"
Nicholas was stunned by Yang Tianci's explanation. It took him a while before he spoke.
"Is this the science of war you're talking about?"
"War itself is the sum of all sciences, Nicholas."
Yang Tianci smiled.
"As soldiers, all we need is to make full use of the results of scientific research!"
"God! I pray that we will never become enemies!"
As Colonel Nicholas sighed, a huge formation of one hundred and twelve airships had already flown to the Sea of Marmara.
A few hours later, Turkish soldiers on the Dardanelles fort discovered the dense airships in the sky.
"Sir, airships, many airships! Coming to us!"
The desperate cries of the soldiers rang in Lepuji's ears. For a moment, the fort was filled with fear - the tragic scene of being burned to death by fire appeared in their minds.
Pleven Fortress was destroyed by an airship!
Lei Pujie just stood blankly on the fort platform, looking up at the airships flying in formation in the sky. His mood was extremely complicated.
His mission is to guard the strait and prevent fleets from other countries from entering the Canakkale Strait.
But what about now?
The Russians did not send their fleet, but their airships.
What should we do now?
He glanced at the 12-inch cannons on the fort. These cannons couldn't hit the airship! The rate of fire was extremely slow. It took three to five minutes to fire one shot. What's more important was that the elevation angle of all the cannons couldn't reach the airship. And.
What's even more sad is that the firing angle of his cannon is pointed to the west of the strait and the strait. The task of the fort is to prevent the enemy fleet from breaking in from the Aegean Sea. As for the Sea of Marmara, it is an inland sea blocked by the strait!
And the Russian airship happened to be flying from... the Sea of Marmara. Those cannons couldn't reach them, they couldn't even reach them. The cannons were useless!
At least when these forts were built, there was no thought that one day they would need to consider threats from the sky.
"Everyone, enter the bunker..."
Amidst the piercing air defense sirens, the Turkish defenders hid in the bunker in fear, and then prayed for God's blessing in the bunker!
At the same time, the Russian airship began to dive.
"What are they doing?"
Repjie, who was observing the airship with a telescope, looked at the airship flying from the Sea of Marmara with confusion. When those airships approached the strait, they began to descend. The height of their descent was very low. For a while
For a moment, Lepujie even felt that the airships had turned into boats, and they seemed to be touching the water.
At this moment, clouds of water exploded from the sea below the airship.
"He, what did they throw away?"
"Mine!"
Standing on the airship and observing the water surface of more than ten meters, Yang Tianci said.
"Try to mine as much as possible, don't think about density, all we need is to completely seal this strait!"
"That's right, as long as the British can't come in, Constantinople will be ours!"
For a moment, the airship was filled with laughter.
In the midst of laughter, gunfire suddenly came from both sides of the strait. It was the Turks. Although their cannons could not attack the airship, the Turks still fired with rifles. As you can imagine, the bullets were on the airbags.
It's just a few small holes that don't affect the overall situation at all.
But in just a short time, hundreds of Russian airships, under the watchful eyes of the Turks, dropped hundreds of mines in the Dardanelles Strait.
This was the first aerial mine drop operation in human history, and the most common mines were dropped. In order to ensure the success of the mine drop, they deliberately flew to a low altitude, almost close to the sea surface, and dropped anchor mines one after another into the Dardanelles Strait.
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Almost less than an hour after Russia dropped the mine, a merchant ship was sunk in the Dardanelles Strait. By the evening of that day, six merchant ships entering and exiting had been sunk.
In just one night, the narrow Dardanelles Strait turned into a sea of death.
At this time, the British Mediterranean Fleet had just sailed past Crete, and they soon learned that the strait was blocked by mines.
As a result, the mighty British Empire fleet approaching was dumbfounded. They did not expect such a result at all.
"When will those mines be cleared?"
Without even waiting for the British to get the answer, the next morning, the Russian airship force laid mines in the outer waters of the Dardanelles Strait, and then declared to the outside world - "Request ships from all countries not to approach the war zone. If they are sunk by mines, Russia will
We will not assume any responsibility! Any trespassers will be responsible for the consequences!”
Do it at your own risk!
This is tantamount to telling the British that even if your warship sinks, it has nothing to do with Russia. If you have the ability, just use your warship to break in!
This time, it was the British's turn to be dumbfounded. In the next few days, more mines were air-dropped at the east and west entrances of the Dardanelles Strait.
The Dardanelles Strait is completely blocked!
Faced with this situation, who is really dumbfounded?
He was not the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, but Benjamin. Originally, he planned to send the fleet to Istanbul, and through the protection of the fleet, let the Russians retreat in the face of difficulties, and then use mediation to induce the Russians to abandon most of their goals.
, thereby disintegrating the imperial alliance.
But what about now?
The Royal Navy can only stare blankly in the Aegean Sea.
"Admiral, can this...airship be used in this way?"
"Prime Minister, all I can say is that the use of airships is far beyond our imagination,"
Admiral Mision is also very helpless. Airships can bomb, transport troops, yes... but how can they also lay mines?
If a war breaks out in the future, and other countries' airship units lay mines on the Royal Navy's path... it will definitely be a disaster.
Just thinking about this, Mision feels a headache. Originally, he thought that the explosive characteristics of the airship would greatly weaken the role of the airship. Now it seems that the airship cannot only be weakened, but also further strengthened. The purpose of that thing is really
It’s too broad. As for hydrogen... it’s simply not worth mentioning compared to its uses.
"Prime Minister, I am sure that there must be military experts from the Ming Dynasty among the Russian airship troops. Otherwise, the Russians would not have mastered so many new airship tactics overnight."
Mision really guessed it right. When the Ming Dynasty delivered a batch of new airships to Russia, it naturally sent a group of officers to teach the Russians airship tactics and airdrop mines, which was just one of them.
"That's not important, what's important is..."
Benjamin did not continue speaking, he was heartbroken!
Nothing is important. What is important is that the Royal Navy fleet cannot reach Istanbul, which means that his plan has also been ruined!
"Can the Royal Navy defy mines?"
Holding the last glimmer of hope, Benjamin looked at Admiral Mision.
"It's possible, but the speed at which we can eliminate them is far less than the speed at which they drop bombs. Even if they don't continue to lay mines, at least in the next three months, we won't be able to clear all the mines."
It’s over!
Türkiye is finished!
In an instant, Benjamin's face turned pale, and he opened his mouth for a long time before speaking.