Chapter 867: The First Air Combat in History (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
fear!
The fear of death spread on all fronts in Montevideo, and in the next few days, the death toll from the airships was unimaginable.
When the Brazilian infantrymen escaped from the trenches, what were waiting for them were small bombs falling from the sky. Dense small bombs fell like raindrops, exploded, and took the lives of many people.
When they were asked to return to the trenches again, what fell were incendiary bombs.
The incendiary bombs and small bombs brought casualties to the Brazilian army that were unimaginable to the outside world, but the fear of death spread throughout Montevideo.
"Don't be afraid, our airship is on land, and the Ming people will soon feel the wrath of Brazil!"
General Cavalcanti, who was guarding Montevideo, made these solemn statements to his subordinates.
The Brazilian army also has airships. As the world's most important rubber producing area, Brazil's rubber is not only of the best quality, but also has a high output. Compared to building warships, it is easier to build airships. The technical level of things like rubberized silk cloth and ropes is not high or low, but it is definitely lower than building warships. Although Brazil is not an industrial country, they cannot make things like rubberized silk cloth and engines, but they can buy them.
So, relying on buying, Brazil "built" hundreds of airships. Although compared with the airships of the great powers, Brazil's domestically-made airships are smaller - with a payload of only about one ton, it does not prevent them from sending their own airships at this time.
On September 7, when the Brazilian army in Montevideo was being beaten badly by the Ming Dynasty's airships, a formation of thirty-six airships appeared over Montevideo.
"Look, that's our airship!"
The airships coming from the north carried dozens of tons of bombs. What was their mission? Of course, they were to teach the Ming army a lesson with bombs so that they could not attack the Brazilian army recklessly.
In addition, they will fly over Montevideo to boost morale.
Their arrival really boosted the morale of General Cavalcanti and his men. Cavalcanti even had someone write a big welcome word on the ground to welcome the arrival of the airship.
Just as the Brazilian army in Montevideo was cheering for their own airships, the Ming Dynasty's airships also came to join in the fun.
"The Ming airship has been discovered!"
Following the reports from his subordinates, Major Peasso picked up a telescope and observed the Ming airship in the distance, and he immediately shouted loudly.
"Be vigilant,"
Then he turned his head and shouted towards the back of the cabin.
"Pace, get your machine guns ready!"
machine gun.
It was none other than the Type 5 Gatling machine gun manufactured by the Ming Dynasty, and the Brazilian army was also its user.
While the machine gunner was operating the machine gun, Major Peasso discovered the changing formation of the Ming Dynasty's airship troops.
"Major, they seem to be moving into column."
"What?"
Peasso looked at the airships that were adjusting their formation in the distance with confusion. The huge airships were like aerial battleships, and they formed a battle column.
"They seem to be flying higher for us!"
While Peasso was looking at the Ming airship with some confusion, Ding Yunhai on the airship was staring coldly at the Brazilian airship and he shouted loudly.
"Maintain an altitude of 1,500 meters!"
"Yes, sir!"
The Brazilian airships are only one thousand meters high, but the Ming Dynasty's airships are now flying at a much higher altitude than them.
"Captain, the Brazilian airship is starting to rise!"
"Maintain the relative advantage in 500 meters."
After giving this order, Ding Yunhai ordered the machine gunner in front.
"Open fire after entering 500 meters!"
"Yes, sir!"
Would it be useful to machine gun the airship?
It was obviously useless. Even when the airship team commanded by Ding Yunhai opened fire at the Brazilian airship team, Major Peasso just raised his eyebrows and said.
"Does that make sense? Shoot at their cabin!"
Now the Ming army's airship is at high altitude, and the Brazilian airship is below it. It is difficult for the Ming army's machine guns to accurately hit the cabin through the airship's airbag. However, correspondingly, when the firing angle of the Brazilian airship's machine gun is blocked by the airship's airbag, it can't be blocked much higher.
After only a brief exchange of fire between the two sides, the Brazilian airships had to face a reality - their air bags blocked their vision, making them unable to shoot or even see that there were airships in the Ming Dynasty.
"Sir I can't see them anymore, they're above us!"
They are on top!
And it's still firing!
It was not until this time that Peasso realized the other party's purpose, and he shouted.
"Damn it, it's hard to believe they flew over our heads just for this... Quick, get into the air and overtake them!"
While Peasso was shouting orders and directing the airship troops to ascend through flag signals, the Ming airship troops riding above their heads directly strafed the airships with machine guns. However, even if the small 7.5mm bullets hit the airbags, at most they would cause air leaks. Although the bullets made hundreds of bullet holes in the Brazilian airship, and although the hydrogen leakage prevented the Brazilian airship from continuing to rise, that was all.
"Sir, I think it's almost done."
After firing several bullets at the airship, the machine gunner turned and shouted at the captain.
"Well, let's give it a try!"
As he spoke, Ding Yunhai took out a signal gun and fired a shot at the airship below.
"Bang!"
With a gunshot, the flare flew over, dragging a red fire dragon. Although he aimed very accurately, the accuracy of the flare was only two or three hundred meters away. After the shot missed, Ding Yunhai frowned.
"Damn it."
He loaded another flare and aimed again. Although it missed again, the flare towing the fire dragon passed not far from the Brazilian airship. Just as Ding Yunhai shot with the flare gun, the other airships did the same.
For a moment, the sky was filled with red flares. As the flares flew downwards from the sky, the red smoke trailed by them streaked across the sky. Although the people on the ground could not see this scene clearly, Peasso and other Brazilian airship officers and soldiers on the airship saw it.
At first, they didn't know what was going on, but soon, Peasso seemed to have thought of something, and his face turned pale in an instant.
"Quick, quick, descend immediately, hydrogen, damn it, they want to burn us..."
Almost at the moment he finished speaking, a ball of fire suddenly exploded from airship No. 18 in the distance, and the leaked hydrogen was finally ignited by the flare.
The flames instantly engulfed the airbag of the airship, and the once huge airship turned into a torch burning in the air. It burned like that and quickly fell to the ground.
(End of this chapter)
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