“Rise!”

“Try to increase it!”

The commanders of both sides have no experience in air combat command, but they are all smart people. The first thing they think of is to raise hot air balloons and airships.

At this time, the difference in equipment is shown. The heat of hot tin oil is very high, and the heat of orange burnt is even higher. When both sides raise it with all their strength at the same time, the speed and height of the airship rise are significantly higher than that of the hot air balloon.

Von Ole frowned. The hot air balloon's liftoff speed was too slow, so it wouldn't work. Although he hadn't figured out how to fight, he instinctively felt that seizing height is very important for air combat.

At the same time, Semancang also frowned. The airship had a clear advantage in seizing heights, but the wind was very strong in this airspace. The higher the airship flew, the worse the control. Whether it was an airship or a hot air balloon, it was not small in size. He wanted to get close to the other party, but hesitated and didn't dare.

In addition, there are other problems. The height is obtained, but what weapon can be used to attack has become a problem. The load capacity of the airship is obviously higher than that of the hot air balloon, but no one thought that it would encounter air combat. None of the weapons equipped are suitable for air combat.

The crossbow can shoot as far as five hundred feet away on the flat ground. This distance is already very amazing, but in the sky, this distance is not even a fart. A strong wind blows the airship hundreds of feet away, and the direction is still uncontrollable.

"Transfer the order, try to fly above the enemy's side, attack with a crossbow, or anything else, anyway, whatever it is." Semancang's order was quite nonsensical, the general's order should be accurate, and the order he issued was a bit nonsense.

Although it is a bit nonsense, the situation of the Sex-full warehouse is much better than that of Von Ole. The airship is equipped with a radio station, and this kind of thing that often fails and makes maintenance personnel angry and want to hit the wall has an average success rate of less than 30%. At this moment, it played an extremely important role. At least more than 30% of the airships received the Sex-full warehouse instructions.

The poor Feng Ole had less than ten hot air balloons that could receive the orders in the flag language. While he had to nervously grab the high position, he had to watch the Chu people's airship and prepare weapons.

What's even more troublesome is that in the air, unlike on land, we are not on the same plane, but hot air balloons higher than Von Ole are better, and those lower than him cannot see the flags. This is still a nearby hot air balloon. It is more than three miles away. Even hot air balloons at the same height may not be able to see clearly. After all, there are clouds and water vapor around, and the vision is greatly affected.

"Boom..." A bomb exploded, forming a ball of fire in the sky, and a large amount of gunpowder spread out. The hot air balloon that was closest was also a mile away from the explosion point, and there was no one else in this accurate position.

Balls of fireballs kept appearing. The airship that received the order tried every means to attack the hot air balloons of the Ao Ren. The idea was good, but the gap between reality and ideal was too far away.

There are also airships trying to launch bed crossbows. Airships have great advantages in this regard. Although they have never thought of using bed crossbows to fight in air, they are ready to attack the ground. As long as they grab a high position, launching bed crossbows is not a problem.

But in the air battle, the most powerful crossbow of Da Chu, like a toy, the strong wind blows the shot crossbow arrows away, and even if you finally fly, you can't see wherever you go.

Five hundred feet above the ground is already a long distance, in the air, very close...

Feng Ole felt his scalp numb, and looking at the bursting fireballs and smoke, it proved that the people of Great Chu were not ignorant. They had gunpowder weapons and bombs, and they must have muskets and cannons.

The hot air balloon is at a low position and cannot use the bomb, so he can only watch it being bombed. However, after watching for a while, Von Ole was relieved. Air combat is not that simple. The other party seems to be like him, and he is also an air combat rookie. There are at least hundreds of bombs dropped, including large and small, but even the edge of the hot air balloon is not touched. The nearest explosion point to the hot air balloon is hundreds of feet away. The inflated airflow pushes the nearby hot air balloon far away, without any damage and killing power at all.

The two rookie air force commanders were thinking about air combat tactics while commanding the battle. Obviously, the weapons they carry now are not suitable for air combat. If you want to occupy the sky, you must return the secret master to study new secret weapons.

It was already a month later when Renault received the air battle report. It is said that the ground troops have started to fight, and it will take longer to get more battle reports.

Of course, Renault didn't need to wait that long, find time, observe with the God of Wealth, and after watching for a few hours, his face turned ugly. As he thought, the Austrian army equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery had the upper hand in land warfare, causing heavy losses to the United Army. The Austrian losses, ninety percent came from the bombing of airships.

As for the air combat report in his hand, Renault shook his head. The two sides invested nearly 150 airship hot air balloons, fought fiercely for two and a half hours, and finally ended the farce-like air battle with zero to zero.

There is no need for speculation from the Ministry of War of the Great Chu, the God of Wealth has found the second fleet of the Ao people. It can be seen from the number that this unit has four armies, 120,000 people, and a large amount of supplies. In another month and a half, it will reach Chunjiang Prefecture.

Renault really wanted to give the coordinates of the Austrian fleet, but it was useless. The sea was vast and there was no satellite positioning. It was impossible to find the ever-moving Austrian fleet with a compass and compass. Moreover, the speed of transmitting information was too slow. By the time Renault's information was transmitted to the Ministry of War in Luocheng, at least half a month had passed. The order from the Ministry of War was issued to the Southern Navy, at least more than half a month had passed.

When the Southern Navy gathered and rushed over, the second fleet of the Ao people had already landed.

What's more, Renault did not want the Southern Navy to engage in naval battles with the Austrian warships. The naval armies of both sides had generation differences. As long as the Austrian navy commander was not a pig's brain, the Southern Navy would not win.

The wooden warship Renault didn't care, but those naval forces were the basis for establishing iron-clad fleets in the future. No one was the best ship, but it was just a pile of scrap iron.

There are a lot of bad news and good news. Experiment No. 2's sea trial was very successful. Three boilers were activated at the same time, with a maximum speed of nearly thirty knots per hour, and two boilers could also run at a high speed of twenty-three knots.

Of course, it is impossible for the next ironclad ship to reach such a high speed. The laboratory can produce boilers, but the mass production of boilers is a problem, so only dual boilers can be used. Experiment No. 3 will be an eighty-meter-long first-class warship. Experiment No. 4 is expected to be 100 meters long, which is about the same displacement as the special-class warship of Dachu, that is, the flagship.

The number of boilers with the same power has decreased, so it is impossible for Experiment 3 and 4 to run out of Experiment 2.

This comes from a general of the Ministry of War. After General Wei Wenchang left, the Ministry of War sent four generals and officials one after another. Their responsibility was to give more reasonable opinions when Renault set up some kind of weapon and equipment.

Among these four generals, there was a general from the Southern Navy. In his opinion, Experiment No. 2 was completely unnecessary. Such a fast speed was a waste. Since the boiler production was difficult and the quantity was limited, the three boilers were too wasteful, and dual boilers were sufficient, and even more radical single boilers were acceptable.

After all, in naval battles, as long as the speed is faster than the opponent, it is enough. Even with a single boiler, the No. 2 Iron Craft can run up to a speed of up to fourteen knots, which is enough to kill the Sailing Battleship of the Apocalypse in seconds.

The most important thing is that the warships in the Shengong Hall are iron-clad ships, and they can even hit the battleships of the Austrians. What the Southern Navy generals are anxious about is quantity rather than quality.

Even if there are only the No. 2 ironclad ships, there are not many. There are ten, he dares to take the captain who rushed towards the Austrians. He still confidently believes that after strangling the enemy ships, he can bring back a lot of ironclad ships, and wait until the rest is done, and continue to attack the Austrians fleet.

This temptation made Renault tempted, but after careful consideration, he knew that this would not work at all. The ironclad ship and the sailing wooden ship did have a generation difference, but it was not that obvious. As long as the commander of the Austrian naval army was willing to cut his losses, let alone ten ships, even twenty ironclad ships could be wiped out.

Now the ironclad ships still lack the most important long-range weapons. Only when they have the right weapons and the speed of the ironclad ship can they play kite flying and beat the Austrian navy. It is a bullshit. They only need to order several warships to squeeze in, clamp the ironclad ship, and then play platoon battles, and even capture the ironclad ship.

This gave Renault a warning, and the experimental ship No. 3 and 4 were modified, leaving a water injection port and valve on the bottom floor. When necessary, the valve can be opened.

"Huzi, has the production of each manufacturing workshop been counted in the past month?"

Although there are new workshops near Shengong City, there are nearly a thousand blast furnaces, and the number of personnel has increased to hundreds of thousands. However, it takes a lot of time to turn fine iron alloys into weapons, especially the weapons that Renault wants, which are much more complicated than the weapons before the Great Chu.

"Sir, there are currently twelve board armor workshops, with a monthly output of 3,000 heavy board armors and 6,000 light board armors..." Hu Zi took the folder in Mo Xiang's hand and glanced at it.

"Give it to me, I'll see it myself." Renault said and took the folder. Hu Zi's mind was still not smart. The last thing Renault wants to know is the plate armor factory.

Renault doesn't care, but others care. The Ministry of War has repeatedly increased its importance to Shengong City. Now it has begun to transport soldiers in large quantities, for fear of something happening here. In addition to using airships, the Desert Legion received a transfer order a month ago. A new army composed of half of veterans and half of new recruits has already set off here. Their mission is to defend Shengong City and never retreat.

There are four rifle production workshops, with 500 flintlock rifles installed before delivery every month, and 100 new bolt-action rifles. 20,000 ammunition for flintlock rifles, and 2,000 ammunition for bolt-action rifles...

Looking at this quantity, there is no need for mental calculation. Renault knows that the output is too low. Before the machine gun was developed, even if it was a bolt-action rifle, it would have to rely on quantity to have an advantage.
Chapter completed!