On the ground, a huge searchlight with a diameter of more than one meter suddenly charged up, shining brightly and instantly piercing the entire sky.
It was like a holy sword, cutting through the darkness at once, and then gradually tilting, as if it was about to split the night.
On the Qi airship, the airship commander from Cyric was startled by the light in front of him. He didn't expect that the other party would install such a bright light bulb in a place where birds don't poop.
"Keep the course! They shouldn't have much anti-aircraft fire..." Before Cyric's captain even finished speaking, he saw the beam of light in front of him begin to tilt until it hit the airship he was on.
The light shines on the huge Qi State emblem on the side of the Qi State airship. With the night as the background, the mark appears so clear and shining.
What he wanted to say was that it was impossible for the Tang State to deploy so many anti-aircraft guns in such a place with no defensive value.
But before he finished speaking, the anti-aircraft guns deployed on the ground in the Tang Dynasty rang out, and a row of tracer bullets rushed into the sky, like a rising golden light spot.
Before he could realize what was happening, the airship commander from Cyric felt a slight vibration in the airship cabin beneath his feet.
Something penetrated the thin shell of the airship's cockpit, penetrated the floor beneath their feet, and pierced everything in its path.
The commander turned around and saw that a subordinate operating an airship behind him was shot into pieces by a cannonball from below.
It was a real fragment. The shell blew off one of his thighs, and then tore open the man's shoulder, leaving the unlucky guy instantly bloody and miserable.
"No...it doesn't matter...they can't possibly..." The captain of the airship also wanted to comfort the men around him. He wanted to tell everyone that it was impossible for anti-aircraft guns to continuously hit his airship without stopping.
Unfortunately, before he could even finish his words, the cannonballs from below once again penetrated the airship's cab, making a series of clanging sounds as it seemed to fly to a higher place.
The pale captain of the airship raised his head and saw the fire starting to bloom above his head. In order to simplify production, the airship produced by Cyric used hydrogen, not the inert gas helium that Tang Mo insisted on using.
Hit by a specially designed tracer bullet, the hydrogen filled in the airbag of the hard-shell airship became unstable, and some of the gas was ignited and began to torture the internal supports of the airship.
Because the combustion temperature is too high, these brackets begin to melt and deform. In the process of collapse and destruction, more air flows into the air bag, which subsequently ignites more hydrogen.
This was a vicious cycle, and everything was almost completed within five seconds. When Cyric's airship commander raised his head and looked at the top of his head, it had become a burning and exploding hell.
Then the air wave swallowed up the entire cockpit of the airship. The Cyric commander only had time to let out a hysterical scream before he was completely swallowed up by the flames.
On the ground, the anti-aircraft gun team that had just been pouring tracer bullets on the airship had already seen the burning airship.
They saw that the targets they were attacking were all set on fire, and in the firelight they could even clearly see the frame structure of the airship supporting the airbag.
Even from a distance of more than a kilometer, they could clearly see that in the raging fire, the frames supporting the airship were burning, breaking, and melting.
Everyone on the ground could also see the cockpit deformed and disintegrated by the flames, and then fell from the sky to the ground.
The flames in the sky illuminated everything around them, and then attracted more and denser artillery fire - in the sky illuminated by the burning airship, the outlines of seven or eight airships became extremely clear.
It took almost only a moment for the anti-aircraft guns on the ground to aim at the target, and they began to attack again. The shells flew into the sky one by one, and then lit up new airships one after another.
Not far away, the second Qi State airship immediately started burning, and in an instant it turned into a ball of unruly fire, struggling and exploding in the sky.
Seeing that the third airship was also hit, the searchlight didn't even have time to shine on the body of the airship, and it began to burn itself to illuminate others.
Four anti-aircraft guns from an anti-aircraft gun battery, plus a searchlight, shot down all the Qi airships closest to the anti-aircraft gun defense positions in just a few minutes.
When the fourth Qi State airship exploded and broke, burning and crashing in the sky, the first Qi State airship that was shot down hit the ground, and then erupted with an even more tragic explosion.
That was the result of the explosion of an aerial bomb carried by the airship. The tragic explosion caused the earth to tremble slightly.
The airship loaded with bombs was like a small ammunition depot. The huge fire caused by the weapon explosion shocked the surrounding Tang Army soldiers.
The night in front of them was destined to not be a peaceful night. At this time, the Qi airship troops finally realized that they seemed to be unable to cross the border and go to their chosen target of attack, Anpu.
As a result, no one knew who gave the order to retreat, and these airships began to slowly turn in the illuminated night sky.
In front of the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun, which was completely designed to intercept aircraft, such maneuvers were like an old lady dodging bullets.
The officer standing next to the anti-aircraft gun on the ground lowered his arm again, the gunner stepped on the firing pedal, and the Bofors anti-aircraft gun once again spit out tongues of fire, destroying all the shells in the magazine.
A series of tracer bullets once again fly towards the target. Using tracer bullets can not only improve your hit rate in the dark night, but also have the effect of igniting the target.
At this time, the Qi Jun airship, which had just begun to turn around slightly, was already burning again. The commander of the Qi Jun airship in the cockpit could only close his eyes in despair.
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Compared to the infantry on the ground, he doesn't even have the option to surrender - what's the point is that he is now ordering people to hoist the white flag. Who can see clearly?
Besides, they look like this, almost running naked without any armor, their defense power is about zero, their skin is thin and their skin is large and they have eighteen pleats, how many chances do they have to hang a white flag?
Just when he was thinking wildly, the airship he was in exploded, and he was engulfed in flames. He didn't even feel pain and was completely reduced to ashes.
In just 10 minutes, seven Qi airships burned and crashed, turning into burning fires on the ground. Another five airships were exploding in the sky and were about to land.
The remaining Qi airships turned around desperately and finally got out of the attack range of this anti-aircraft gun battery.
These airship commanders from Cyric, as well as some Qi flight commanders who came to make up the numbers, were frightened by the fierce ground firepower of the Tang army at this moment.
They didn't even bother to look back at their companions, and just fled back to the Qi-controlled area in a panic.
An even more tragic thing eventually happened. During the chaotic escape process, two Qi airships collided in the air.
The huge collision destroyed the hard shell of the airships, directly causing the two airships to crash. The aerial bombs exploded the moment they landed, destroying the Qi army's position on the ground beyond recognition.
The flames raised by the tragic explosion were even seen by His Royal Highness the Prince who stayed at the position headquarters. For a time, the morale of the entire Qi army was shaken and the mood of all the soldiers was very low.
The battle ended in a ridiculous way. The anti-aircraft artillery batteries deployed elsewhere by the Tang Army did not even see the shadow of the Qi airship all night.
All the results belong to the only anti-aircraft gun company that participated in the battle - their skills are nothing to brag about, what is enviable is their luck.
Perhaps the luck of everyone in the Qi Air Force airship unit was taken away by this anti-aircraft gun company. Most of the Qi airships that night were not even able to cross the border defense line and were forced to turn around and return.
Cyric also did not expect that Tang Jun's anti-aircraft firepower was so fierce, leaving them no chance at all.
During the return flight, Qi's air force began to shirk responsibility from each other: This pot is too big, and no one of them can bear it!
The 14 airships carry more than 300 valuable aviation talents. At the same time, the prices of these 14 airships are shockingly expensive.
As a result, the battle lasted less than 20 minutes, and so many expensive weapons and equipment were lost, but the target to be attacked was not even seen - who can accept such a loss?
An angry Qi Air Force commander even sent a telegram on the way back, cursing Cyric's advisers for having ulterior motives and asking them to die.
The Tang Army was also very unhappy because they deployed 10 anti-aircraft artillery batteries that night, not counting the field airport air defense forces that were ready.
You must know that these troops move to the defensive positions and stand by, but they all consume fuel! Therefore, the senior commanders of the Tang Army were also very unhappy that night.
Especially when Tiger and Redman heard that the Qi Army airships were dispatched at night to try to attack the Tang Army, they tactfully expressed their dissatisfaction to the Air Force.
Brahim was so ashamed and angry that he made up his mind to dispatch fighter units at dawn the next day, preparing to avenge his shame.
In order to express their anger, the artillery troops of the Tang Army opened fire and bombarded the Qi Army's positions in the middle of the night. The Qi Army's artillery had to fire back, and the two sides continued to be noisy all night long.
But everything came to an abrupt end with the sunrise the next day - at dawn, the Tang Army's technical and equipment advantages once again appeared, and they returned to their home court again!