I was a tycoon in World War I: Starting to save France

Chapter 94 "Hot Air Balloon"

The appearance of the Zeppelin disrupted Charles's plans.

He originally wanted to attract the attention of German aircraft by blowing up reconnaissance balloons:
Blow up a reconnaissance balloon, and when a biplane appears and rushes towards another reconnaissance balloon, everyone, including the German planes, will think that the biplane is targeting the balloon, and the German planes will circle around the balloon to provide it with protection.

Then, to everyone's surprise, the biplane suddenly swooped down to attack Big Belsa on the ground...

The arrival of the Zeppelin airship made Charles realize that it might be a more attractive target for German pilots. When it was ignited, the explosion and flames would shock everyone, and the Germans would even forget that they had another weapon in their hands that could win the battle but also needed more protection - "Big Bertha".

Therefore, Charles immediately turned his attention to the Zeppelin airship.

He divided the fighters into two teams: one team was a biplane plus two "Pigeon" monoplanes, and the other team was two biplanes plus three "Pigeons".

The former was led by Major Fisher, whose mission was to blow up the Zeppelin airship.

The latter was led by Eric, whose mission was to blow up "Big Bertha".

This plan of the Charr requires everyone to become a warrior:
"Pilots of the 'Dove Monoplane' must be ready to sacrifice themselves at any time to save the biplane!"

"Biplanes are the spears that strike the enemy. If they are destroyed by the enemy, the mission will be doomed to failure."

"Biplane pilots, you must put your life and safety completely in the hands of the Dove!"

"Your mission is to blow up the target. If you have to avoid the enemy and change the flight path at the same time, it will be almost impossible to complete the mission. Even a small maneuver may affect the launch trajectory of the rocket!"

The pilots nodded heavily. They understood what Charles meant. It was not difficult to understand. The difficult part was...do they really have the courage to do this in actual combat?
Sacrifice yourself to save others?

Or do you rely on the self-sacrifice of others for your own safety?

It’s scary to think about it!
Major Fisher led the first squad to take off first. They rushed towards Zeppelin first. At the same time, the second squad also took off under the leadership of Eric and secretly approached "Big Bertha".

Major Fisher was originally feeling a little uncomfortable.

"I should be the one to bomb Big Bertha instead of that drunkard!" Major Fuscher muttered, "He always carries that bottle of wine with him. I've never seen him sober, and we pin our hopes for Antwerp on him!"

However, when Major Fisher saw the huge airship in the sky, his eyes widened.

"Bombing this thing is much more exciting than bombing 'Big Bertha'!" he exclaimed.

The mission went surprisingly smoothly.

When Major Fisher's three planes approached the airship, the German army did not react at all. Neither the machine guns nor the planes even raised their eyelids, and were too lazy to even look at them.

Charles, who was standing on the airport observation deck and watching the battle through a telescope, felt strange at first, but soon he understood: the Germans did not think they were in danger. After all, the planes at that time were not armed.

The German pilots were ordered not to let Charles escape, so they were to crash any planes trying to leave Antwerp.

The three planes led by Major Fischer did not fly out of Antwerp. The Germans thought they were here to see the "miracle" of the German Empire, so let them open their eyes! Anyway, they could do nothing!
After realizing this, Charles felt a little regretful.

He didn't expect the German pilots to react like this. If he had known this...

There was no need for any plan. He could just concentrate the three biplanes on bombing the Big Bertha and then slowly deal with the airship. At this time, Major Fisher fired a rocket at the airship.

The rocket hit the airship directly, but surprisingly it did not explode.

The situation then changed... The Germans realized that these Belgian planes were not as "harmless" as they had imagined, and immediately became nervous and launched an attack on them.

The first to attack were the machine guns. With a burst of gunfire, one of the "Pigeon" planes responsible for covering Major Fisher had one wing broken off in an instant.

It was spinning in the air, losing balance and falling to the ground like a wounded bird. There was no bang or explosion, and it just turned into pieces and scattered on the ground.

At the same time, the German "Dove" immediately approached Major Fisher. They seemed to have discovered that only biplanes were "armed", so they naturally regarded Major Fisher as a key target.

Major Fisher complained while controlling the plane: "Damn it, this thing is useless, our efforts are in vain!"

The previous failure made him think that the rocket could not penetrate or detonate the airship. What should he do now?
With the mentality of giving it a try, he flew the plane back again, and this time he launched five rockets in one breath.

They are useless anyway, so why keep them? Major Fisher thought so. If time allowed, he would have fired all the remaining rockets at once!

"Boom!" With a loud bang, a burst of fire suddenly appeared on the airship.

This frightened Major Fisher, who was unprepared, and he quickly maneuvered his plane to evade. The two German "Pigeon" planes that were originally rushing towards him were unable to stop their momentum and crashed directly into the rolling flames and were burned to ashes in an instant.

"It's useful, it works!" Major Fisher laughed and couldn't help looking back at his masterpiece.

The airship exploded one after another. There were compartments inside it. After the explosion of one compartment, the other compartments were detonated, just like falling dominoes, but much more violent than dominoes.

In a short while, the entire airship turned into a fireball in the air, like a huge lantern, burning fiercely in the air.

What is incredible is that it is still suspended in the air. At this moment, it may not be a hydrogen balloon but has transformed into a "hot air balloon".

It seemed to want to stay in the air for a while longer to experience the most splendid and glorious moment of its life, but in the end it fell slowly with reluctance and nostalgia amid the desperate screams of the passengers.

Everyone was stunned.

Albert I was shocked. He couldn't believe that just a few small gadgets with tails could destroy such a huge monster. He thought that it would at most cause some damage to it or force it to land.

But the fact is that this monster appears indestructible on the surface, but is actually extremely fragile and vulnerable.

Or……

A smile gradually appeared on Albert I's face. To be more precise, it was vulnerable in front of Charles.

Albert I kept his eyes on the burning and falling airship, and asked calmly: "General, do you still think Charles is planning to escape?"

General Gis was speechless, he watched it all in amazement, he was completely shocked by the scene before him, that unremarkable looking child actually had such great power!

Anyone who thought he was planning to escape was crazy. Was he trying to wipe out the Germans?
　Thanks to Wang Tingqiu for the reward! Thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)