Chapter 583: Air combat

The war continues. But this time, the place of war was changed to heaven.

The ground war between Qi and Yan has entered an endless state. It is difficult for both sides to make a breakthrough. And at this time. Airships and hot air balloons appeared in the sky. The people of Qi have imaginatively placed the breakthrough point in the sky. They will attack the Yan army by surprise.

Qi Air Force has spent a lot of thought. They soon realized the shortcomings of hot air balloons. No power. Can only rely on natural wind to carry out random drifting operations. This suddenly makes the hot air balloon seem useless.

But there was a turning point. A craftsman suggested. Why not slide a hot air balloon like a boat. This idea was quickly implemented as soon as it was proposed. They experimented with large, enlarged oars. Although the speed is not only satisfactory. But achieved the desired purpose. Simultaneously. Qi people gave full play to their imagination. They put two more small sails on the hot air balloon. Thus. The hot air balloon initially has a certain degree of mobility. But this time. The consciousness of air supremacy has not yet been realized. But Qin Jun possesses certain awareness

Qin Jun’s airship did not have aerial bombs. It would take a few days for their bombs to arrive. And they need to conduct target determination. The target was set at the village camp behind the enemy.

An airship entered the rear of the Qi army at a height of eight hundred steps. The Qin Jun pilots took pictures of the ground in a leisurely manner. Qi Jun on the ground stood up and shouted loudly.

"Come down. Come down to Grandpa." The Qi Jun soldier shouted and cursed.

Qin Jun’s reconnaissance activities became more and more frequent. The officer had guessed that the Qin army was likely to bomb the rear. This kind of fear of insecurity in the sky prompted the Qi Air Force to fly into the air.

The airship is still very leisurely. The pilots all waved. They respond to each other in this way. Just at this time. A pilot called out loudly.

"There are three hot air balloons in the lower left." the pilot shouted. Everyone sees the situation. The airship’s leisurely daily aerial reconnaissance has long dissatisfied Qi Air Force. then. They reacted immediately. That is to send a hot air balloon to fight back.

Qi Air Force has only five hot air balloons. Arrange in places where Qin Jun often haunts. At the same time, a large number of personnel were sent on the ground to observe. Then notify its lift-off operations.

There are three people to control the hot air balloon. Weapons are long-range weapons such as bows and arrows and muskets. The Qin Army did not carry any weapons due to the bombing.

"Go up. Let's attack them from above. Get close to them. Quickly," the Qi pilot shouted loudly. The three hot air balloons slowly moved up and approached.

"What do we do. They are flying towards us." the pilot yelled. This is the first air combat encounter.

"What to do? Shoot them down." The driver issued an order. Usually the captain of the airship is piloted by the airship. They are responsible for the specific missions of the airship.

"We have no weapons?" the co-pilot said.

"Use a wrench, use a screwdriver. We want to fly to a higher position to fight." The airship captain issued an order.

As a result, the airship quickly avoided pulling up. Fly over the hot air balloon.

The Qi State’s hot air balloon was slow to take off. Mainly they did not speed up the burning tool. Especially to provide oxygen equipment. The airship has an internal combustion engine as a mechanical propulsion device. At the same time they are hydrogen. A certain flying height can be reached by controlling the air room.

Obviously. The airship occupies a great technological advantage. It is this advantage. All of a sudden, the Qi State Air Force realized the huge gap. So they turned offensive to defensive. Start to avoid the airship.

"Mother. Fight. Fight." Soldiers on the ground were getting excited. They saw signs of fighting in the sky. This gives a new perspective to the boring trench life.

"Smash them with a wrench. Hurry up." The captain ordered.

The speed of the airship is much faster than that of a hot air balloon? . After all, people are driven by machines. And you are human. When the airship caught up with the hot air balloon, he smashed the opponent with a wrench. But after losing a lot of tools. The hot air balloon is fine. Instead, the bow and arrow fired by the hot air balloon almost hit. This made the Qin Kingdom's Heavenly Army feel very embarrassed at once. So after catching the hot air balloon a few times in the shop, he threw everything that could be thrown away. can. boots. I almost threw myself out. Helpless. There is no loss in the hot air balloon. The airship also felt helpless. Obviously have an advantage. It can't be shot down.

"Damn it. I could have shot down the opponent." The captain called out dissatisfied. If you shoot down the opponent. Then he will be the first person to shoot down the opponent in an air battle. but now.

"We return" the captain reluctantly gave an order.

So the Qin army first left the battle. And Qi Jun saw the opponent retreat. I think it won a huge victory. Although his side has been beaten. But after all, the other party took the initiative to retreat. then. The ground cheered the victory. this means. No longer in the sky is the situation where Qin Jun's family dominates the world.

The hot air balloon also began to escape from the battle and land, taking into account the fuel. In this way, the first air battle ended. But the battle is far from over. And this battle. Both sides attach great importance to it. then. Air combat became the second battlefield after ground wars. Both sides pin their hopes in the air.

Qin Jun realized the serious consequences of not installing weapons on the airship. then. They loaned some guns and ammunition to Yan Jun. Artillery because of its weight. The reason for the launch cannot be used. and so. The Qin Army had to use guns as weapons.

Qi Jun made a breakthrough in artillery research. Wooden artillery. The craftsman carefully studied the structure of the artillery. Although made of iron, bronze artillery is heavy. Qin Guo has used pressure to advance compression casting. But Qi Guo still did not find this problem. It's heavy. The carrying capacity of a hot air balloon is very limited.

under these circumstances. Craftsman Qi thought of using wood. They make wooden cannons like wooden barrels. The result of the experiment is. In reducing the charge. And to reduce the number of launches. Used well. And because it is wood. So it's lightweight. Easy to manufacture. So this kind of wooden artillery began to be equipped to the air force. Hope they will shoot down each other in the next battle.

Qi Air Force upgraded its weapons directly to the artillery stage. Not only that. The status of Qi Air Force began to increase rapidly. They speeded up the manufacture of hot air balloons. Generally, women of fifty people will produce two hot air balloons overnight. then. A large number of women were recruited to make airbags.

Qi people began to increase imports of cloth and kerosene. The scale of air combat began to escalate. And the Qin Heavenly Army finally looked forward to their aerial bombs. They decided to teach them a lesson. Let them taste the power of the bomb.