Chapter 1045 Ilya Muromets 1
Chapter 1045 Ilya Muromets 1
When the Austro-Hungarian army on the front line chose to retreat, the Russians also began to use horses to pull their 122MM howitzers forward. These artillery pieces, which were lighter than the 75 rapid-fire cannon, moved so quickly! Judging from the scene, all the Russian equipment on the entire battlefield can move forward at a relatively fast speed. The 107MM cannon is carried on a vehicle chassis, and the 122MM howitzer and a large number of machine guns are maneuvered on horse-drawn carriages. In fact, the Russians have a large number of artillery and machine guns. It's not high. If you count the number, it's no more than the Austro-Hungarian Army on the opposite side. But it's a pity that the Russians can always concentrate the most weapons in key areas through maneuvers!
When the situation was over, Major General Julian was ready to gather his troops and enter a defensive state, but unfortunately, it seemed that the Russians did not intend to give them a chance. When the ground offensive was fully launched, a large number of Cossack cavalry began to outflank the two flanks, and the Russians were facing the front. The army launched a tide-like offensive, and when the rear artillery groups began to move forward, the Russian Air Force, which had almost no presence before, also appeared!
Black shadows entered the battlefield from the northeast. If it weren't for the fact that the direction was absolutely wrong, the Austrians would have thought it was their own plane!
"It's Ilya Muromets! It's our spaceship!" A Russian colonel pointed at the huge figures in the sky and said proudly, "The Germans have it, so do we! And we do it better!"
"We have entered the target area, and all spaceships are preparing to carry out free attacks as planned. They will first attack the opponent's rear artillery and headquarters with bombs, and then start free hunting!" Sidrovsky, the squadron leader of the Russian spacecraft unit, used a light to The signal conveyed the order, and three minutes later, the 12 Ilya Muromets bombers that had originally gathered together began to disperse and attack the target.
17.5 meters long. The behemoth with a wingspan of 38 meters flew through the air at 2,500 meters, just like the God of Death spreading its black wings and looking down at the living beings below. As the altitude further decreased, people on the ground were able to see clearly the hideous face of this terrifying behemoth. The whole body looks like a large bus, equipped with a total of 4 engines on the long wings, which was extremely rare for aircraft at the time. Eight machine guns are deployed on the nose, sides and upper part of the fuselage, and there are also two machine guns on the tail. The hedgehog-like machine gun firepower makes enemies both in the air and on the ground very troublesome.
These aerial gods of death ignored the commotion on the ground battlefield and continued to fly deeper. When a spacecraft slid over an Austro-Hungarian artillery position, the bomb drop bay in the lower part of the cabin was opened, and a series of bombs weighing more than 20 kilograms were released from the bombs. Falling in the cabin.
"Not bad! Perfect coverage!" Sikorsky, who served as the captain of one of the aircrafts, saw through the bombsight that eight bombs landed on the target area as accurately as plum blossoms. The two 75MM rapid-fire cannons were covered by a fire and Buried in smoke! When the smoke dissipated, only huge craters were left in place! The explosive charge of the bomb is much greater than that of the same mass of artillery shells!
Except for people like Sikorsky who work alone,
Some spaceships also chose to act together. Three heavy bombers formed a formation and flew over from a low altitude of 800 meters. Their target was a baggage force that was preparing to evacuate backwards.
"Lower the height, yes, hold still, and slow down a little." The bombardier lying on the floor of the cabin pressed his eyes tightly to the sight, when the cross in the sight was fixed in the center of the cavalry. , the bombardier immediately pulled the handle next to it, and when the bomb bay opened and the first bomb fell from the sky, it seemed to be a signal, and the other two bombers also chose to drop bombs almost at the same time!
The three bombers dropped a total of 45 bombs weighing 30KG in more than ten seconds. These bombs were mixed with incendiary bombs, shrapnel and high-explosive bombs. These bombs fell to the ground like doomsday flaming meteorites. On the ground, accompanied by violent explosions and rising fire, huge circular air waves quickly spread from the explosion point to the surroundings. When the three bombers passed by, a series of smoke pillars rose from behind, like a belt. Like Satan of destruction and death, the three bombers climbed gracefully after leaving wreckage and mutilated bodies on the ground, and then waited for the opportunity to launch the next attack!
After clearing the second target with bombs, a Muromets bomb had been used up. Although the fuselage was huge, the bomb carrying capacity was only about the same as the German K-4, but Sikorsky had no plans to do so. Leaving the battlefield, the plane once again passed over an Austro-Hungarian force. With the roar of the engine, the roar of six Maxin machine guns sounded above the heads of the Austrians, like a reminder. Hundreds of bullets were fired in a very short time. time poured into the Austrian marching column, forming an oval-shaped bullet drop area. As the plane moved, this death zone tore the humble humans into pieces like a broom. A wide bloodstain appeared on the ground, which was so dazzling even when viewed from the air.
One after another, the spaceships flew towards the rear of the Austro-Hungarian Army. They used dense bombs to turn the firepower points, military depots and assembly points into a sea of fire. They used machine guns to shoot at the panic-stricken crowds, like the god of death, waving their hands from time to time. The sickle harvests the humble life on the ground and then sends it to the altar of war. These gods of death, who appeared for the first time, demonstrated their power with blood and fire.
"The German fighter jets are coming!" Just as Sikorsky was about to make another shallow dive and shoot the ground with machine guns, a colleague pointed at the fast-moving figure in the sky in the distance and said.
"We don't have to be afraid of them, right, Sikorsky?" Another Russian soldier said, patting the two machine guns located on the nose of the plane.
"I think we'd better avoid it." Looking at the four J-1 fighter jets in the distance in a formation known as the Finger of Death, Sikorsky felt a kind of fear from the bottom of his heart. The agile, powerful Firepower, this is how other colleagues describe German fighter jets. As the designer of the Ilya Muromets aircraft, he once specifically inspected the wreckage of Russian aircraft shot down by German fighter jets. Each one had bullet holes larger than a fist. And the aircraft body that was almost split into two parts left a deep impact on him, so he insisted that he would rather sacrifice the bomb load to equip the aircraft with enough machine guns, and he also wanted to add armor (of course, there is no bonus) . Just to avoid becoming one of those heroes.
"Okay, you are the boss, you have the final say." Then, the plane made a big circle in the air and began to evacuate to the rear.
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