Chapter 304 Sir, I found something strange! (Please subscribe, please vote)

Great Strait.

A fat airship slowly passed over Sumatra Island and flew over the strait between Sumatra Island and the Andaman Islands. In the four-seater cabin, two large telescopes poked out from the left and right sides.

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This is a Feilong IV reconnaissance airship produced by Feilong Company of Ming Dynasty. Although Feilong Company has invested heavily in the research and development and manufacturing of aircraft, it has not completely abandoned the airship. After all, this airship is Feilong Company’s current cash.

Cows and the source of profits. As a capitalist, how can Zhuge Feilong be in trouble with profits?

Besides, today's airships cannot be completely replaced by airplanes. The ultra-long endurance of airships alone is beyond the reach of current airplanes. Take Feilong Company's latest Feilong IV as an example. Although this type of airship has shrunk in size and load capacity,

It has also been reduced a lot, but because it uses the latest radial engine and increases the fuel tank capacity, the airship's endurance and maximum flight speed have increased a lot.

Without replenishment, the maximum range of this type of airship can reach 6,000 kilometers! And its maximum speed can reach an astonishing 120 kilometers per hour!

In addition, because the cabin of this type of airship is designed to be more comfortable, better sealed, and equipped with heating and oxygen supply devices, it can perform high-altitude flight missions for a long time. The crew can even stay in the air for 10 consecutive days!

When the Malacca Operation began, the Nanyang Fleet specially dispatched 18 Flying Dragon IV airships for surveillance and reconnaissance. Their ultra-long range allowed them to easily fly to the west of the Malacca Strait for repeated searches.

When the submarines deployed at the western entrance of the Strait of Malacca discovered the British Grand Fleet, the Andaman Islands and Great Strait became the key search areas for these airships.

The four-seat cabin of this airship is similar to the front and rear seats of a car. Sitting in the front seat are the captain/pilot and co-pilot/communications officer. Sitting in the back seat are two lookouts who are using two aircraft mounted on the window.

The large telescope on it scanned the sea surface vigilantly.

Because the British and Indian large fleets had been discovered before, and the "First Air Battle" maneuvering around Sumatra to the west of Malacca also kept encountering British and Indian airships. Therefore, the ensuing Battle of Great Strait was almost a chess game.

Got it!

That is, the British-Indian fleet relied on its numerical advantage to seek a decisive battle with the "First Air Battle", while the "First Air Battle" relied on speed and air superiority to attack the British-Indian large fleet.

So last night, the reconnaissance airships on both sides rushed to the Grete Strait area like crazy, hoping to fly over the enemy fleet as soon as possible and keep a close eye on it!

"Look, the British airship formation!"

Suddenly, an airship formation heading south from the Andaman Sea attracted the attention of the observers. This airship formation was composed of a type of large airship that had never appeared near the Strait of Malacca before. There were 15 airships in total.

Two columns were formed in the air, flying with great might. One could tell at a glance that they were going to bomb the Ming Dynasty's fleet!

The captain of the Flying Dragon Type 4 airship quickly said to the co-pilot beside him: "Hurry up and send power to the headquarters to find a large formation of enemy airships, located above the Great Strait, numbering 15, sailing south!"

"yes!"

The co-pilot responded, and then the sound of ticking sounded in the cabin. Before the telegram was finished, the lookout in the back seat shouted again: "The British fleet! Battleship one or two

Three, four, five, six. Ten! His grandma’s, ten battleships! The British have spent their money!”

The captain of the airship quickly stretched out his neck and looked down. He still couldn't find the enemy's battleship formation. Someone in the back seat shouted again, "Old Zhang, look, what type of battleship is this? No.

Sovereign power is not unyielding. It has five turrets, one of which is still behind the chimney amidships!"

"This is a new warship! The British have a new warship! Captain, the British have a new warship."

At this time, the captain of the airship also used his telescope to see ten "Victory" class battleships moving south quickly in double columns on the sea!

The appearance of this type of battleship is very unique. It adopts a five-turret layout of "three in the front, one in the middle, and one in the back". It is obviously a new ship. And new battleships often mean stronger firepower and greater main engine power!

This news must be reported to the airship headquarters of the Nanyang Fleet immediately!

Almost at the same time, the reconnaissance airship sent by the British also discovered the "First Air Battle" formation!

It was discovered that the airship used in the "First Air War" was a 140-meter-long large airship, belonging to the Royal Indian Navy Air Force. It was a so-called "command airship", which meant that the aviation commander could ride directly on the airship.

An airship that can command air strikes or even battles between surface ships - this idea seems quite strange, but at present, apart from bad weather, nothing seems to threaten an airship flying in the sky. To have such a large airship command it from above, in George

.Elu and James Hood both look pretty good.

So last night, George Elliot boarded the "command airship" overnight and flew all the way from a secret base on the Andaman Islands to the south of the Traeger Strait. He wanted to find the Ming Dynasty naval formation and take a good look at it.

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After searching south of the Great Strait for a while, the lookout post on the airship that George Elliot was riding on actually discovered the "First Air War" wandering on the sea. Then George Elliot ordered the airship to fly to

Take a good look around the Ming Dynasty naval formation.

As I got closer, I discovered something strange.

"Commander, I found something strange!"

"Something strange?" George Yilu was stunned, "What is it?"

"I'm not sure, it's just that there is no airship on their airship mothership, and there are a lot of strange things that look like pallets on the carrier!"

"Shelf truck?"

George Elliot was confused after hearing this, so he took a telescope and walked to the port window of the airship to look for himself. As soon as he took a look, he was immediately stunned.

"What kind of ship is this? There are two turrets on the bow, a flat plate on the stern, and a large protruding flat plate on the port side! What is that on the flat plate?"

It turns out that George Elliot saw the aircraft-carrying battlecruiser!

What confused him even more was the biplanes already lined up on the flight deck of the aircraft-carrying battlecruiser - these biplanes had folding wings, and the folding wings hadn't been lowered yet.

So it doesn't look like an airplane at all, but like a wooden frame truck

Of course, even if the folding wings are put down, George Elliot may not be able to recognize that it is an airplane. Because the airplanes that have just appeared in Europe are all developed from delta gliders, which is the triangular glider above.

There is a pod below the wing, and behind the pod is a rotary engine or an inline engine, and then a propeller is installed. If it is not an airplane dropped from an airship, then there will be a tail fin behind the delta wing. Basically,

That’s it!

Of course, this kind of aircraft can fly, but its speed and take-off weight are completely different from the "wooden frame truck" aircraft that George Elliot saw. They can't take off from an aircraft carrier at all, and they can't take off from an aircraft carrier.

It was impossible to carry many bombs, and the flight itself was a bit difficult.

That's why the Royal Naval Air Force commanded by George Elliot used airships to drop "human-guided gliding bombs" instead of using serious carrier-based aircraft to drop bombs.

George Yilu had come to his senses at this time and said to the people around him: "Quickly, power up the Victory and tell them that we have discovered the Ming Dynasty's formation. There are a total of 4 battleships that we have never seen before.

There are also three airship carriers. There is also a strange battleship that I don’t know whether it should be considered a battleship or an airship carrier. In addition, their airship seems to have taken off!"
Chapter completed!