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Zeppelin, the German ace weapon during World War I!

This kind of rigid airship can be said to be the dominant existence in the air in this era!

The German airship technology developed very early. As early as 1900, Lord Zeppelin produced the first airship.

After that, this kind of airship attracted great attention from the civilian and military sectors, and received a large amount of funds for research and development.

During World War I, the German Zeppelin airships carried out many aerial bombing missions. They not only bombed the front lines of the Allied Powers, but also bombed the capitals of the Allied Powers and important domestic cities.

On January 19, 1915, several military Zeppelin airships flew for the first time over Wudu City, the capital city where the sun never sets, and carried out strategic bombing of Wudu City!

This is the first time in the past four hundred years that Fog City has been invaded by a foreign enemy, and it was an invasion from the air!

The people of the entire Fog City saw these huge, extremely eye-catching big guys in the sky!

The panicked Sun Bu Luo people urgently activated dozens of fighter jets and took off to intercept the German Zeppelin airship.

However, they sadly discovered that facing the solid outer shell of the Zeppelin airship, the machine guns on the fighter jets posed almost no threat to them. Apart from punching a few holes in the airship in vain, they could no longer attack them. Unable to cause any harm to the airship, we could only watch helplessly as the German airship threw away all its bombs and flew away!

Since then, the German Zeppelin airships have frequently visited the capital, where the sun never sets, visiting from time to time and dropping a few bombs to increase their presence.

Facing this kind of big guy that looks very bulky but has super strong defense, the Allies have almost no choice but to watch the other party make trouble.

It was precisely because of the outstanding performance of the Zeppelin in the war that the German military naively believed that the Zeppelin was the ultimate weapon in their hands!

They thought that once the Zeppelin airship was launched, it would be invincible and invincible, and all countries would be surrendered.

This idea was not wrong during World War I, because the performance of fighter jets in this era was very backward and could not destroy Zeppelin airships at all.

However, with the advancement of technology, the Allies will eventually find a way to deal with Zeppelin airships.

For example, during World War I, some smart pilots in the British Army discovered that although machine gun bullets could not penetrate the hard shell of a Zeppelin airship.

But if the weapons they use are not bullets but bombs, they can completely turn the Zeppelin into a roast turkey!

Therefore, at the end of the war, some British pilots tried to mount 6 kilograms of small bombs on fighter jets. During the battle, they flew directly over the Zeppelin airship, dropped bombs on it, and used the bombs to destroy the Zeppelin. Berlin airship.

This method really works. The outer shell of the airship cannot withstand the attack of the bomb. Once the shell is blown open, the hydrogen inside may explode violently. At that time, the entire airship will directly turn into a huge flower in the air. The fireball, the people above have absolutely no hope of escape!

Although the German army subsequently made improvements and replaced the dangerous hydrogen with the inert gas helium, this still could not reverse the decline of the Zeppelin airship.

However, the Zeppelin completely withdrew from the war stage until the Second World War. At this time in 1923, this kind of thing was still the overlord of the air, especially when facing countries without air forces, it was even more inconceivable. It's going to be bad!

The airship that appeared above the heads of the Pineland Army was naturally a German military airship. Although the Treaty of Versailles restricted the development of the German air force and did not allow them to own and produce it, the Allies seemed to be blind to the existence of airships and did nothing at all. Out of restrictions.

Since the other party does not impose restrictions, Mainz will naturally not let this go. He ordered 20 Zeppelin airships from the Zeppelin Aircraft Company to carry out artillery.

The speed of the Zeppelin airship itself is very slow and the bomb load is not considered. It is very big, but this airship has a great advantage, that is, it has a long time in the air!

Compared with airplanes, which can only maintain a flight time of a few hours, a Zeppelin can fly in the air for several days or even dozens of days!

If there is enough food and fresh water on the airship, the airship can even stay in the air!

This powerful ability to stay in the air gives the Zeppelin another huge use – to calibrate artillery fire!

"The artillery position of the Pineland Army was discovered, 12 kilometers away from the front line, in the northeast direction...."

The Zeppelin was suspended at an altitude of 2,500 meters, overlooking the entire Polish army's position.

With the advantage of height, the formation of the Pineland army can be seen clearly in their eyes, and there is no secret at all!

Ignoring the panic-stricken infantrymen at their feet, the German observers on the airship stood on the deck, looking for Polish artillery positions with binoculars!

Their hard work paid off, and they soon found the Polish army's artillery position hidden on the edge of the woods.

The Polish army does not have many skilled artillerymen, so it attaches great importance to the protection of artillery.

The location chosen by their artillery positions is very concealed. If it is not overlooked from the air, it would be difficult for them to discover the location of the enemy's artillery with only the artillery scouts on the ground!

However, all this is not difficult for the observers on the airship!

After obtaining the accurate positioning of the observers on the airship, the German artillery immediately locked the Pineland artillery position!

Boom boom boom!

Following five minutes of rapid firing, the entire Polish artillery position suddenly turned into a sea of flames!

The Polish army's pitiful artillery was simply taken over by the Germans!

Without the threat of artillery, the German army immediately began to attack and launched a fierce attack on the Polish defense line.

Under the cover of tractors and tanks, the German army quickly approached the Polish defense line in a coordinated manner with infantry and tanks.

"Hold on, hold on, as long as the enemy enters our minefield, we can turn defeat into victory!"

In response to the German attack, the Polish army laid a large number of landmines outside the position early. They planned to rely on these mines and the artillery in their hands to resist the German attack and hold on to the position. As long as they could hold on for a while, they would be saved by friendly forces.

In order to block the German army, the Bolan people used almost all their wealth. The minefields they laid were not only large in area, but also dense in number. The German army's first attack was very fast. I encountered the obstruction of a minefield!

"Haha, Hans, if you have the ability, come over!"

"Yes, if you have the ability to walk through the mine array and hit us!"

"Hans guy can't get through!"

"Oh, Hans is too scared to attack!"

Seeing that the German army was blocked by the mines they laid, the soldiers suddenly burst into cheers, as if they had won a huge victory!

And just when they were getting carried away, the German army launched a fierce shelling on their position. These triumphant Polish troops cried for their parents and suffered heavy casualties!

Although the bombardment severely damaged the enemy's arrogance, if the mine array was not resolved, the German offensive would really have a big problem!

"General, do you think we can avoid the minefield from the side?"

The German commanders on the front line felt very troubled when encountering this situation and didn't know how to deal with it.

They didn't know how many mines the Bolan people had buried, and they didn't know where the boundaries of the minefields were.

In this case , if you blindly send troops to attack, you will simply let the soldiers die!

Of course, it is impossible for the German army to adopt such death tactics, so their attack was temporarily stopped!

"Let the infantry retreat and let the tractors and tanks go to the mines!"

Mainz did not panic after hearing the report from the frontline generals. Instead, he issued the order very calmly.

"Uh, let the tank go to mines? Is this possible?"

"Will you know if you try it?"

Mainz glanced at the frontline generals and said calmly.

He was quite confident in his tractor tank, because this thing is not much different from the anti-mine vehicles of later generations, and is even thicker than the anti-mine vehicles, so they should be able to Used to clear mines!