In the King's City of Qi, King Jiang Xian of Qi is holding a military meeting with military advisers from Cyric and the generals staying behind to discuss how to continue to increase troops to the front and ensure that the defense line is flawless.
"Your Majesty, the most dangerous situation is the third prince's side. His troops have the worst equipment, so we should give priority to providing some reinforcements to the third prince." An old general reminded his king worriedly.
"The old general's suggestion is still pertinent. I also think that although the third prince's defense line is close to the border of the Great China Empire, maybe the Tang army will indeed take risks from there..." The consultant from Cyric also nodded and said.
"Tomorrow, new supplies from Cyric will arrive at the port. I will immediately allocate supplies to reinforce the third prince." King Jiang Xian of Qi saw that everyone agreed to reinforce the third prince, so he followed suit.
While everyone was discussing, a waiter hurried into the conference room. Before Jiang Xian could scold him, he handed a telegram to Jiang Xian: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent telegram from His Royal Highness, requesting...
Immediately present it to Your Majesty..."
Jiang Xian's expression was gloomy. He stretched out his hand and pulled out the message. When he looked down, his face suddenly changed: "What do you mean? What did he mean?"
Cyric's advisor glanced at the telegram in Jiang Xian's hand with confusion. The content on it was: "There are some extremely fast aircraft flying to the royal city. I hope my father will make preparations and take shelter immediately."
No wonder Jiang Xian asked what it meant here. What the message said was a bit too weird. Even he, Cyric's military adviser, didn't understand what it meant.
What is an extremely fast aircraft? Is it an airship that flies very fast? Even if an airship flies very fast, how far can it fly?
Besides, if it’s an airship, just intercept it. What does sending such an unclear telegram mean? Huh? No! It’s not an airship, the message is talking about an aircraft! If it’s an airship, the eldest prince obviously knows it.
Just say it's an airship, why bother emphasizing it's an aircraft?
Thinking of this, Cyric's advisor immediately realized! This was some new weapon introduced by the Tang Army. It was flying very fast and could not be intercepted, so the eldest prince sent such a telegram to warn.
But...how fast is this extremely fast? So fast? Still this fast? Still that fast? Is this really testing my imagination or understanding?
Cyric's advisor felt that his head was getting bigger. At this time, a general from Qi State had already taken the telegram from King Qi's hand and studied it carefully.
Almost as Cyric's advisor guessed, the old Qi general also roughly understood the meaning of the eldest prince's telegram.
Just listen to the veteran saying to Jiang Xian: "Your Majesty! This matter is very serious! If the veteran's prediction is correct, we should immediately go outside the city to escape..."
Because there was no way to measure the speed of the B-17 bomber, only a vague adjective "extremely fast" was used in the telegram. This made it impossible for Jiang Xian and others to judge the exact time of the enemy's attack.
What they didn't know was that when these B-17 bombers flew over the head of the eldest prince and flew towards the royal city, they were only less than two hours away from the royal city of Qi.
To be exact, it was less than an hour and a half! Although it would take such a long time to evacuate civilians, Jiang Xian and others did not know.
They didn't know when the enemy would arrive, nor how destructive the coming enemy would be, so their response was quite slow.
In order to ensure the absolute safety of Jiang Xian, the royal family and Cyric's advisory team began to evacuate. They had many cars, and at worst, horse-drawn carriages. In addition, civilians were not evacuated in time, so there was no congestion, so soon these people
They arrived at a manor outside the city that had been prepared long ago.
Next, everyone waited quietly and nervously in this forest manor overlooking the royal city for the arrival of those extremely fast aircraft.
About 40 minutes later, these B-17 bombers that passed over the head of the prince appeared in everyone's sight.
The faces of Cyric's advisory group immediately turned ugly. Of course they knew how far the King's City of Qi was from the border. This kind of aircraft that could cross more than 800 kilometers in less than two hours was much more terrifying than an airship.
too much.
They didn't know at this moment that something shocking to them was yet to come. As they watched, these B-17 bombers from afar began to lower their altitude, and their engines roared past the King's City of Qi.
On the bumpy B-17 bomber, the pilot was reminding the bombardier that they had reached the target.
Because there was no need to defend against enemy fighter jets, the first batch of B-17 bombers built by Tang Mo were not equipped with any self-defense weapons. All the machine gun and aircraft gun firing positions on the fuselage were only reserved for mounting weapons.
It is not equipped with weapons or operators.
This also allows the B-17 bomber to carry more bombs while reducing a large number of weapons operators.
As the plane passed over the city, the turbulent airflow made the fuselage tremble slightly. The door of the magazine had been opened. The bombardier saw the smoking factory chimneys on the outskirts of the city through the sight.
"Perfect!" The bombardier pressed the bomb release button, and a bomb detached from its pylon and dived rapidly toward the ground.
Followed by the second bomb, the third bomb... The plane following this plane was not idle either, and it also dropped a series of bombs without hesitation.
Because the development of this era is too abnormal, there are too many wooden houses and simple stone houses, so the B-17 carries small aerial bombs, which can make the number of bombs carried abnormally high.
degree.
These small aerial bombs detached from the plane like raindrops and spread out one after another, paving a dazzling avenue of stars wherever the plane passed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I'll follow you! Drop the bomb! Drop the bomb!" Flying on the plane behind, the bombardier looked at the densely packed buildings on the ground in the sight and shouted excitedly.
"I'm starting to drop bombs! I'm starting to drop bombs!" Another bombardier in the fleet pressed the button to drop bombs.
Accompanied by shouts on the radio, B-17 bombers with their magazines opened flew over the city and dispersed all the bombs they carried.
The explosions occurred one after another, covering the factories in the suburbs, and continuing from the factories of these factories to the city walls of the royal city. After covering the city walls, they extended to the wealthy areas within the city walls, and stopped until they reached the royal palace.
Immediately afterwards, these planes slowly climbed up one by one, crossing the entire city, then turned around at higher altitudes, and flew slowly towards the way they came.
These planes came and went as quickly as they came, like a gust of wind, disappearing in the blink of an eye. If the royal city hadn't been exploding and burning at this moment, everything that had just happened would have been just a dream.
Even from such a distance, Jiang Xian could feel the ground trembling under his feet. He saw the golden spire of his palace collapse in the explosion, and he also saw his favorite garden engulfed in the flames of the explosion.
Of course, he also saw the mansions of his ministers collapsed and damaged in the explosion, and he also saw the walls of his royal city blown out by the explosion.
What made him vomit blood even more was that the ammunition factory he had managed to run, the military factory capable of producing Cyric 1 rifles, and the workshop capable of assembling cannons were all destroyed in the explosion!
Jiang Xian could even feel his heart bleeding, and his entire royal city was smoking! His royal city was burning! It was exploding! It was collapsing! It was... changing beyond recognition!
This was the first day of official fighting between the two sides! He had just received a message from the front line three hours ago, stating that the Tang Army had just launched an attack!
But now, his palace has been bombed! His military factory in the hinterland has been bombed! He... was almost bombed too!
He looked angrily at Advisor Cyric who was standing aside. Needless to say, the meaning in his eyes was clear - why didn't you tell me that there was such a powerful weapon?
Cyric's advisors also had bitter looks on their faces at this time. They didn't know that the Tang Kingdom had accumulated such terrifying war weapons during more than a year of silence!
"Let people resume production as soon as possible!" Jiang Xian suppressed the anger in his heart and held it in for a long time before he finally said this.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xian realized a serious problem: he had no way to deal with these "extremely fast aircraft" that came and went without a trace.
The anti-aircraft guns he prepared to defend against airships, which could only hit fixed targets, were so powerless against these aircraft.
Just now, there were only two roars of anti-aircraft cannons on the ground at first, and then there was only the bombing display of aircraft, and the anti-aircraft cannons on the ground collectively went silent.
If these planes come again tomorrow, what will he do? If these planes come again the day after tomorrow, what will he... do?
"Think of a way...quickly...think of a way..." Feeling powerless, Jiang Xian once again looked at the embarrassed Sirik consultants, feebly and seemingly pleading, over and over again.
muttering.
He has no good solution. The only solution he can think of now is to hope that these Cyric advisers can come up with countermeasures.
But these consultants from Cyric are helpless at this moment, and they don't even have the courage to open their mouths.
At this point, the first batch of attacks by the Tang Air Force were all over. The tactical air force destroyed most of the enemy's supply points and heavy artillery positions deep along the front line. The strategic air force attacked the King's City of Qi and destroyed the King's Industrial Zone.