Chapter 451 Europa, Your Chinese Master is Here (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
August 27, 1870, 13:00 p.m.
Guinea New Town Airship Field.
With the roar of the engines, airships rose into the sky one after another. Soon, the sky above the entire airship field was filled with airships, flying towards the north under the gaze of the world. When the natives watched the huge group of airships take off, they all said excitedly - "The gods have returned to their temple!"
More indigenous people were kneeling on the ground, praying, and even begging the gods not to leave!
At this moment, the airship seemed to have become a god in the hearts of the indigenous people. Even though they believed in Islam, their faith was shaken when faced with the airship.
There was even a moment when they felt that God left because they did not believe in Him.
And now, God flew away, abandoning these poor people.
However, God’s journey was not an easy one.
The original voyage went smoothly, and the airship maintained a flight altitude of about 2,000 meters.
The next day, the huge airship fleet ran into trouble at night - the cold night in the Mauritanian desert caused a sharp drop in temperature, which caused very violent turbulence. Not only did it affect the stability of the flight, but the cold air also compressed the hydrogen, causing the airships of the floating force to fly at a lower altitude.
By dawn, the officers and soldiers on the airship found that their airship was almost touching the desert. Standing at the window and looking out, Ma Xiangwu felt that as long as he stretched his feet out of the airship, he would be able to touch the sand below.
"There won't be any problem with such a low level!"
"No matter how low the level is, it's still a problem!"
Ma Xiaokai answered in a low voice. But just a few hours ago, everything changed!
Under the scorching sun of North Africa, the temperature rose sharply, forcing the compressed hydrogen to expand rapidly and slowly fly down into the sky. When the altitude gauge pointed to seven thousand meters, the people under the submarine were tortured by the thin air in the low altitude area and became human-shaped.
In the next two days, the journey across the desert was spent in such a tossing and turning at night and day. After a long time, everyone became exhausted in the tossing and turning: some people suffered from headaches, and others said they had hallucinations. Despite the safety concerns, Li Du still ordered the floating troops to continue flying.
On the morning of the eighth day, when the Mediterranean Sea appeared in our sight, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the voyage through the desert area full of surprises began.
"We are already halfway through the voyage. Measure your position and prepare to dock with the supply ship to replenish supplies."
The so-called "supply ship" is a transport ship that is delayed in sailing to the Caspian Sea in Spain. It is slightly different from a special cargo ship. The modified cargo ship mast can serve as an airship mooring tower.
Several hours ago, at the designated longitude and latitude, eight cargo ships were quietly moored under the sea. Before confirming their identities through light signal communication, the airship of the floating force quickly descended at a low altitude, and before throwing up the mooring rope, the sailors under the ship fixed it while lifting the supplies through the ropes.
All the supplies were loaded outside the hanging net. There were neither boxes of ammunition nor bombs. Even the bombs were packed in boxes and were directly lowered from the airship by the net through the pulley.
"Slow down, slow down..."
While the sailors and airship crew were busy below the ship, Zhuang Bei had already received a telegram from Nanhua - it was a telegram received by the fleet when it was in Gibraltar.
In recent days we have been sending ships to the land to look for newspapers in the Spanish port to obtain the latest news. However, because the port is too large and there is no telegraph station, there is no contact between it and South China.
"You have declared war on Prussia!"
"What?"
Wang Xinyue said in surprise.
"On August 20, right after you set out, at the invitation of France and based on the friendship between the two countries, you declared war on Prussia!"
Then, my tone became a little deeper.
"In addition, there is another piece of bad news. The French emperor... is surrounded in Sedan!"
"What?"
Wang Xinyue opened his eyes in astonishment and murmured.
"Then, then, why is it so slow?"
"Then... I'm afraid only God knows!"
Zhuang Bei once again looked at the newspapers sent down by the ship. Under the Spanish newspaper, it was reported that Emperor Napoleon VIII and Marshal MacMahon's French 2nd Army were surrounded and attacked by Moltke while trying to rescue Bazaine's 1st Army that was besieged. Their front was cut off by the Prussian army, and the French army was surrounded in the open area of Sedan.
"That's yesterday's newspaper..."
Looking at the news at the bottom of the newspaper, Zhuang Bei frowned.
"If your estimate is wrong, we should launch a general offensive in the next few days!"
"What are you going to do? Will it be too late if you go outside?"
Looking through the porthole at the floating troops busy hoisting supplies, the 79 airships were like white clouds under the sea, even blocking the Mediterranean sunlight. The officers and soldiers were busy outside, busy transporting the necessary combat supplies.
"No matter what, you all have to rush over. Marshal's orders are very complicated - fly to Sedan and do everything you can to help the French and help us defeat the Prussians!"
"Defeat the Prussians!"
The superior's words made Wang Xinyue speechless.
"How is that possible? The French emperor's army is now surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Prussian troops. How can you defeat us with just you? Sir, your floating troops are Nanhua's trump card, but... we are powerless, how can you defeat us?"
It's no wonder Wang Xinyue said that. No matter how confident I am, I still doubt that we can defeat hundreds of thousands of Prussian troops with just a few dozen airships. These are hundreds of thousands of well-trained troops. We are barbarians and country bumpkins who have never seen the world. How could we collapse and get out of the encirclement just because of the appearance of airships?
"Yes, yes, hit us, and help the French defeat the Prussians!"
Yes, wait for the commander to finish speaking, Wang Xinyue said.
"It's the same thing. The French are trying their best. No matter how powerful we are, it's useless. Your bombs will never run out."
Pursing his lips, Li Du said helplessly.
"Now, all you can do is to do your best! The rest is..."
Just leave it to fate.
A few hours ago, the floating troops loaded with ammunition set off again.
What we didn't know was that just as the airship fleet set off, our whereabouts were exposed. The captain of a Spanish merchant ship on a fixed route discovered the huge airship fleet. When I picked up the telescope in astonishment, the passengers on the ship also sensed our presence.
A few hours ago, the Nanhua airship unit finally flew over Spain and arrived at the European continent...
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(End of this chapter)
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