Chapter 439: Strategic Bombing That's Dimensionality Attack (Third update, please subscribe)
The war will never end!
In human history, wars have never ended. Even the history of every country is a history of war. Any country that has survived to this day must defeat foreign enemies time and time again.
The only way to survive is to fight!
These eight words can be seen everywhere in the military camp of Nanhua. The same is true on the wall of the airship hangar of the Army Airship Field. These eight words remind people that fighting is the only way to survive.
What is different from the past is that today, there are no airships to be seen in the huge airship field. It’s not that they are invisible, but the airbags of the huge airships have been deflated.
The once majestic airship has turned into a deflated balloon.
"Really? All this hydrogen is just wasted!"
Seeing his airship become like this, Wang Xinyue couldn't help feeling a little heartbroken.
Li Du laughed at his subordinates' complaints.
"We also recovered some of it. Hydrogen is a bit expensive, but if we fly directly over there, it will not only take a long time, but also be very risky at sea. If an accident happens, it will be bad. After all, we only have 58 airships in total."
"Besides, this mission is of great importance. Have you researched the route?"
"Sir, let's talk in the office."
The so-called office was located in the corner of the airship cabin. It was an office of more than ten square meters, with maps hanging all over the walls and tables.
After entering the office and closing the door, Wang Xinyue spread out a map and said.
"According to the plan, the troops will first arrive at Madita at the mouth of the Congo River by boat. We will then open up an airship field there. After the troops have rested, they will be transferred to the second departure point by air. What about the local airship field?"
Wang Xinyue looked up at his superior and asked.
“It must be finished by then!”
"It will definitely be completed. When you set off, a troop will take a ship to Guinea. In half a month at most, an airship field will definitely be opened."
"We need to build not only an airship field, but also an airship hangar. The local environment is tropical. If we encounter a tropical storm, without the protection of the airship hangar, it would be terrible if the airship was damaged."
"I know!"
Li Du nodded, his fingers moving along the inland route drawn between Madita and Guinea.
“This is our route.”
"Yes, we will try to take an inland route. My plan is to send the airship to Kinshasa by train after landing in Madita, and then depart from the inland. This way we can avoid tropical storms along the coast. Even if we encounter a storm, the wind will be much weaker inland. We will arrive at the Port of Nova Scotia in Guinea and wait for orders. However, the airship cabin must be built as soon as possible. After all, the local rainy season begins in June."
When Wang Xinyue was urging the airship hangar again, Li Du had already turned his attention to another route, which pointed directly to the north. Where was the end of the route?
It's France!
According to the plan, they will sail all the way to France!
"Paris……"
Staring at the map, Li Du said seriously.
"The ultimate goal of our voyage is Paris. After arriving in Paris, we will join the war. All we need is to cover the French army's operations from the air. This is our advantage. We are the only one in the entire European sky."
"Why can't we send the troops directly from Nanhua to France by ship? After all, wouldn't it be safer this way? Although our current route is divided into two sections, the total distance is more than 8,000 kilometers. Each section is 4,000 kilometers long, and we have never sailed such a long distance before. The most we have ever sailed is 3,000 kilometers."
As the most experienced captain of the airship unit, Wang Xinyue once flew an airship all the way south to Tierra del Fuego, symbolically replenished supplies to the local garrison, and then returned to Nanhua.
That was the longest distance in human history so far, but now? He was going to lead his troops on an even longer voyage.
"Our flight is not just to help France! It's for testing!"
While speaking, Li Du subconsciously glanced outside the door. Although he knew that there were people guarding the door and no one would be allowed to approach, he still lowered his voice and spoke.
"Our voyage this time is ostensibly to support France when the time is right, but in reality, it is to prepare for the next expedition."
"For the next expedition?"
Wang Xinyue asked doubtfully.
"What do you mean, sir?"
"U.K!"
Li Du pointed to another corner of the map and spoke softly.
"U.K!"
With his eyes wide open, Wang Xinyue exclaimed in a low voice.
"Is there any problem between us and Britain?"
"How can there be no problem? Britain has always been hostile to our control of the La Plata River Basin. The reason we aided France is that we are worried that if France is defeated, Britain will lose its control. Then they will reach out to South China. At that time, even if we don't want to fight, we will be forced to fight."
Explaining the reason for supporting France, Li Du said with some emotion.
"We don't know the outcome of this war, but we are certain that conflicts between us and the British are inevitable in the future. Your Majesty and the General Staff believe that in the next ten to fifteen years, we are likely to go to war with Britain. Therefore, we need to take advantage of this opportunity to conduct a long-distance voyage test."
Walking to the map, Li Du drew another line on it with his finger.
"Once a war breaks out between us and Britain, the airship force will take off from Guinea and head straight to the British mainland to bomb British factories, especially shipyards. Through large-scale bombing, we can weaken Britain's war potential. After all, our industrial strength is far inferior to that of Britain, but by bombing British factories, we can weaken Britain's industrial strength. In this way, the war will develop in a direction that is favorable to us."
This... war can actually be fought like this!
Even though Wang Xinyue was an officer in an airship unit, this kind of fighting style still shocked him so much that he was speechless.
Once upon a time, what did he think the purpose of airships was?
It was nothing more than bombing, bombing, and bombing again. But he never imagined that one day airships could travel thousands of kilometers to carry out aerial "expeditions" and directly destroy the enemy's war potential by bombing factories.
"Sir, this, this..."
Looking at the dumbfounded Wang Xinyue, Li Du patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Don't flatter me. This method of attack was not invented by me. Your Majesty called it "strategic bombing"!"
(End of this chapter)
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