1825 My New Daming

Chapter 86 The big knife cuts off the heads of the devils! (For collection, for follow-up)

As the siren sounded, 22 Daikin navy airborne broadswords were assembled and the team came out of the barracks one by one.

Due to the rifle barrel, rigging, and paracord entanglement accidents in the previous airborne and cable drop training, the Daikin Navy Airborne Forces simply no longer equipped with rifles, but replaced them with pistols and waist knives plus a few grenades The combination.One of the pistols is a "big pistol" with a 24-round long magazine, which looks a bit like a shell gun.This kind of pistol is equipped by the cavalry of the Ming Army, and it is very powerful when shooting at close range.But the pistol can't be equipped with a bayonet, so the navy airborne is equipped with a waist knife so that they can cut people
So what appeared on the airship field of the Amu Darya River camp now was a group of paratroopers wearing long robes and mandarin jackets, dog fur hats, "butcher guns" pinned to their waists, and large blades. They were still paratroopers of the Navy!
Although it looks a bit strange - a group of paratroopers wearing "ancient costumes", can it not be strange?However, these paratroopers in ancient costumes are still very well-trained. Amidst the command of the officers leading the team, they ran into the arena, quickly completed the whole team, and then completed the equipment inspection before boarding the boat very neatly, and finally, in the sound of counting, they There was no delay in the whole process of boarding the boat. In less than 10 minutes, more than 200 Daikin Navy airborne swordsmen had all completed the boarding.

At this time, the second round of alarm sounded again, which was the signal for the airship to take off!

The No. [-] boat, which was the first to go up to serve as the pilot, was commanded by Zhuge Weidao's subordinate Ma Xuchen.Although this Ma Xuchen had only played hot air balloons before, he was a naval officer after all, and relying on compass, sextant and other equipment to navigate in the vast sea is a basic skill.The No. [-] boat under the command of Ma Xuchen had also traveled with the No. [-] boat to explore the road, and had also been to the Khyber Pass.

The No. [-] boat that Zhuge Weidao, Li Kezhi, Yu Yang and Guan Tianpei took was the second to ascend to heaven.Li Kezhi was the captain, Yu Yang served as Zhuge Weidao's staff officer, and Guan Tianpei was the observer.

Zheng Guoxian and the observers sent by the Ministry of the Army of the Ming Dynasty lifted off in the No. [-] and No. [-] boats respectively.And Wu Sangui's grandson, Wu Chuanzhen, boarded the No. [-] boat——this boat is the vanguard of the whole army!
As one airship after another rose into the sky, over the Amu Darya camp, twelve airships painted white and looking like clouds soon appeared.Driven by propellers driven by gasoline engines, these airships flew towards the vast mountains in the south.
"boom boom"

The cabin of the airship flying at high altitude is very noisy. The sound of the motor, the sound of the propeller turning, and the sound of the wind whistling in the high altitude merged into a thunderous noise.

However, this did not affect Zhuge Weidao and Guan Tianpei talking about this "printing operation" while looking at the scenery.

The cabin of the airship was very crowded. In addition to the ten crew members operating the airship, there were more than 20 "yellow jacket airborne soldiers", but Zhuge Weidao and Guan Tianpei still got a separate small room at the rear of the cabin—this It is a lounge. The Wyvern III airship was originally used to patrol the ocean. It has a great battery life and can fly continuously for days and nights. The crew must have a rest space so that they can take turns sleeping.

Now this space has become the single room for Zhuge Weidao and Guan Tianpei. The two had just had a sumptuous "airship meal" here. There is an enamel plate and two pairs of chopsticks, and there are some leftovers in the plate.

Although the doors and windows of the lounge were closed tightly, the temperature inside was still a bit low, it could be said to be bitingly cold.Zhuge Weidao and Guan Tianpei were sitting on the camping bed right now, holding a camping water bottle wrapped in thick fur in one hand, drinking warm shochu while talking.

"Daozi, do you think that King Pingxi can really take down the Peshawar Fortress with more than 200 people?" Guan Tianpei took a sip of soju and asked with a frown, "Is the British barbarians in India really that bad?"

Guan Tianpei also traveled to Europe with Zhuge Weidao's father, Zhuge Youde, and served as a liaison officer on Earl Nelson's flagship, and participated in several battles with the French navy.

The bravery and fearlessness of the British Royal Navy left a deep impression on him!
Of course, he was not "terrified of the British", but felt that Zhuge Weidao's surprise attack plan on Peshawar was too risky-to use [-] or [-] yellow jacket paratroopers to occupy Baisha, which was defended by two regiments of British and Indian soldiers. Wow, this is just insane.

Even just capturing Peshawar Fort, which has relatively few defenders, is almost a gamble!
And once the operation fails, all the more than 200 people will be gone.

Even if the raid was successful, the British and Indian troops coming from all directions would surround Peshawar and the army of the Kingdom of Jin would not be able to get through at all, so they could only send reinforcements by airship.But these twelve or thirteen airships were transported to more than 200 once they died.

And even if the weather is good, the airship will take time to overhaul, and it will take time to go back and forth on the road, and the crew will have to rest. Running once every two days is fine. How many people can it transport?

Zhuge Weidao also took a sip of shochu, and said with a smile, "Mr. Guan, isn't this just gambling? Emperor Daoguang dared to bet, King Pingxi dared to bet. Doesn't that explain the problem? They know more about the British and Indian troops than we do." And even if they lose the bet, Yingyi will know how powerful our airship is! As far as I know, Yingyi’s warships have no weapons that can deal with airships, and there is nothing in their fortress that can hit high-altitude targets. Artillery, at most only a few old-fashioned balloon cannons, if the fleet anchored in the port is attacked by our hundreds of airships, the entire army may be wiped out!"

Guan Tianpei frowned when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "If hundreds of airships land 2500 people at a time, can the big fortress of Singapore be taken away? What a pity."

From his tone, it seemed that the Naval Training Board had been drawing up plans to attack and seize the fortress of Singapore.But it seems nothing to Zhuge Weidao, because it is impossible to start a war in recent years-the Ming Navy's shipbuilding plan will not be possible until the completion of the shipbuilding plan.And when the Ming Navy completes its war preparations, it may be more than ten years later.Biplane "diving" bombers (not dive bombers, but capable of diving) have come out, who still uses airships?Besides, the hydrogen airship is too dangerous, and it can be hit with a single hit.However, helium airships are too expensive and difficult to obtain, and helium is heavier than hydrogen, so they have to be built very large to provide enough lift.

So the hydrogen airship is a weapon for the enemy, so now it's time to let them show their prowess to the British.
"dong dong dong"

There was a sudden knock on the door of the living room.

Zhuge Weidao and Guan Tianpei looked at each other, then put away the kettle together and stood up.Zhuge Weidao stretched out his hand and opened the hatch, and standing outside was Yu Yang.

"How are you, Major?" Guan Tianpei asked.

Yu Yang saluted and said excitedly, "Officer Guan, you can already see the city of Peshawar!"

"Okay!" An inexplicable pleasure suddenly rose in Guan Tianpei's heart. He called out "Okay" and quickly stepped out of the cabin, then passed through the two rows of Daijin Navy paratroopers sitting in the cabin, and walked in. The cockpit of the airship.

When the officers and airship soldiers in the cockpit saw him coming in, they all saluted him, and the captain Li Kezhi immediately reported: "Mr. Guan, you can already see Peshawar with binoculars. The weather over Peshawar is fine. There are only a few puffy clouds, and the wind speed is three to four meters per second, and the wind is due east."

"Where are the British?" Guan Tianpei asked, "What's the reaction?"

"There is no movement," Li Kezhi said, "The city of Peshawar is very peaceful."

Guan Tianpei turned his head to look at Zhuge Weidao, and found that he was already observing the enemy's situation with his binoculars. He also hurried to a window, raised his binoculars and began to look into the distance.Soon a small gray and white city was discovered on an open plain.The small town looked very peaceful, without any signs of preparing for war.

"Daozi," Guan Tianpei said, "If the surprise attack is successful, we'll see if King Pingxi and the others are able to defeat ten with one!"

Zhuge Weidao nodded, put down the binoculars, and said to Li Kezhi beside him: "Give power to the Amu Darya camp. Cut off the devils' heads with a big knife!"

(End of this chapter)