This air force with less than 3,000 people started training when the airship plan was still on paper. The selection of talents was spread throughout the army. The first thing required was that the body was too fat, too tall, and too strong, and it was not considered, because the load capacity of the airship was limited. If the person was heavy, then the other things would naturally be less installed. If these conditions were removed, and the requirements for physical fitness were met, the optional surface would be very narrow. After these selections, a group of people were ruthlessly eliminated during training, and some were scared to withdraw. The airship was not 100% safe. In the early stages of the experiment, there were

The corpses of the boat exploded from the air, and some fell directly in the air. The people who fell naturally had no reason to survive. Until the later technology gradually matured, the gas in the airship also changed from the initial hydrogen to helium, and the safety factor was greatly improved. However, during the experiment, there was still a large accident. The airship tested at a high altitude suddenly encountered a sudden change in the weather and was blown to where the strong wind was not known. Until now, the missing airship still had no life or death. Although it was listed as missing in the Air Force's archives, everyone knew that these people would never be able to come back.

In addition to these most basic training, the Air Force combatants also have high requirements for cultural quality. In addition to completing a series of military training tasks such as combat and reconnaissance, they also need to learn heavy cultural knowledge, requiring them to be able to accurately distinguish directions and geography in the air, be able to write and draw, require them to have a basic judgment of weather conditions, require them to have a clear understanding of wind direction, airflow, etc. and adjust their flight missions accordingly.

When the Air Force developed into steam airships, more than 20,000 selected officers and soldiers who participated in the training were left, and less than 3,000 people joined the combat troops. Some of them went to logistics, and the rest could only go from wherever they were.

Han Dang stood out from these people. He was one of the first people to join. He participated in almost all the experiments of airships. He even led the team to conduct experiments on airships for generations. After the airships were on the sky, he led the team to collect data on the entire mountain and geography of the Ming Dynasty. Now they have completed most of this work. The map of the Ming Dynasty is not only clearer, but also more accurate than in the past. They are slowly drawn by them flying in the air and drawing them stroke by stroke.

For them, participating in the battle was also the first time. Although they had conducted countless such experiments before, at this moment, Han Dang found that he was still very nervous. He had fought countless battles on land, but in the air, the big girl was still in the sedan chair.

Since there is only one air force like airships in this world, the Ming Dynasty has no other semicolons, so there is actually only one kind of combat training, that is, to attack the enemy, and there is only one way to attack the enemy, that is, to drop bombs from the air. When at the training base, they raise the airship every morning and then throw stone bombs of about the same weight as bombs from above.

On the shooting range on the ground, they were attacking targets of all sizes. What they thought was very simple, but they realized that nothing was simple until they went to heaven and started attacking. The stone bombs dropped were not one in a hundred at the beginning. It was not until after a long period of training and exploration that their accuracy gradually rose.

The current airship airship forces cost a lot, and the manufacturing of helium alone is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive. Now a large number of people in charge of chemical engineering are still trying to reduce the cost of making helium so that they can quickly and effectively produce this gas that is much safer than hydrogen. The Army and Navy are also dissatisfied with the Air Force occupying such a large portion of their military expenditure, because for now, the role of the Air Force cannot be fully reflected. In addition to showing special talents in reconnaissance and mapping, they do not recognize it in combat. Because airships are affected by

The weather is really too great. The dishes are basically stopped on rainy days, and the winds are basically stopped. Even if it is cloudy, the clouds are almost overcast. Because the clouds are low, the airship flies high and passes through the clouds, then nothing can be seen and there is no effect. If it flies low, the enemy on the ground can pose a threat to them with strong crossbows. Once such a big guy enters the range of the strong crossbows on the ground, he only needs dozens of strong crossbows to shoot in one round, and it is basically finished. But only because of Qin Feng's strong support, this army can be ranked alongside the army and the navy as one of the three major military branches of the Ming Dynasty.

Han Dang held his breath and wanted to win a huge victory in the battle, and prove the value of the existence of the air force like the army and the navy. This time, Emperor Qin Feng of the Ming Dynasty brought the latest ten steam airships, which made them make great contributions in the battle and relieve the pressure on their bodies.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty had supreme status in the political system of the Ming Dynasty, but he was not able to do whatever he wanted. The power of the general power still had considerable constraints on the imperial power. Just like the matter of allocating funds to the Air Force, even if the emperor agreed, the Political Affairs Hall insisted on not giving it to him, and the emperor had no choice but to imagine it. However, the prestige of the Emperor Qin Feng is too high now, and the Chief Auxiliary Jin Jingnan, the Ministry of War Zhang Xiaomao and other members of the Political Affairs Hall are loyal to the emperor and are unwilling to hurt the emperor's face, so they were allowed to be released.

After Drop on the sea saw the strangeness in the sky, Han Dang also discovered the vast warship above the sea. He raised his telescope and looked at the dark area in the distance. When the high-flying tiger flag appeared in front of him, he shouted happily.

My luck is really good. I actually caught the main force of the enemy's fleet on my first tour.

Although we know that the main fleet of the Tiger Dynasty is coming towards Manila, it is not easy to really capture such a fleet accurately on the vast sea.

When you arrive at the sea, it is much more difficult to distinguish the direction than on land. On land, there are at least mountains and rivers as references. However, on the sea, besides water, the only thing that can provide him with a sense of direction is the sun, stars, and the flying compass that are necessary on every airship. If you make a mistake, you will lose control of your own direction.

"Calculate our exact position, then release the harrier eagle and report the whereabouts of the enemy to His Majesty the Emperor." Han Dang shouted: "Released combat missions to other airships. Next, we will attack the enemy ships and tell your brothers that this is the first battle of our Ming Air Force. We have all cheered up my spirits, aiming at it, and wanting to hurt the enemy."

He paused and said, "You must be worthy of the military uniforms on us, the huge expenses we spent, and the two words "Air Force."

The flag bearer beside him flew with his hands constantly, conveying Han Dang's meaning word for word. After a moment, the airship troops following behind him returned to the flag words one by one.

"Fight for the Ming Dynasty!"

"Fight for the Air Force!"

“Fight for honor!”

Han Dang nodded with satisfaction, "Ignite, start the steam engine, the entire ship is divided into two batches, the main target of the air strike is the enemy's flagship, follow me closely!"

Ten airships started the steam engine, and the steam engine was rumbling and bursts of white smoke came out behind the tail. Compared with the coal used by the large steam engines of the naval warships, the coal used by the airship was much higher. There was no such rolling thick smoke, but only a very light white smoke came out.

Of course, in the blue sea and the blue sky that floats just as a backdrop, these white smoke is still extremely conspicuous.

"No. 234, I took the first wave of attacks, No. 56, 78, followed up to do the second wave of attacks, No. 90, I observed the results of the battle, recorded the data, and then carried out the third round of attacks." Han Dang issued the last order before the attack, and then painted a huge 1-word airship on the surface of the white airship, and took the lead, flew towards the fleet above the distant sea.

At this time, the entire air force was divided into three groups.

When Han issued an order to attack the fleet on the sea, the huge fleet of the Tiger Dynasty on the sea was still in a collective stagnation. They had never seen such things flying in the air. Since ancient times, flying in the air like birds has been everyone's dream. Among countless poems, people have written popular poems for this, both things are the same. But the Ming Dynasty is the only one who really lets humans fly above the sky.

Everyone, including Dance, looked up at the big birds getting closer and closer in the sky. Dance even forgot to put down the telescope in his hand, feeling that the bodies of the big birds were getting bigger and bigger. In the end, the entire telescope was filled with airships.

What's fatal is that at this time, only part of their huge fleet left and was sailing away, and more warships were connected together by iron chains.

Han Dang ignored the warships on the periphery. With his training experience, it would be more difficult to hit the targets in the sports, while those gathered together were bigger and better targets. What's more, the battleship with the majestic tiger flag was so magnificent that it would be memorable. With just a glance, it would be unforgettable and it would be difficult to guess that the status of the owner of this warship must be extraordinary.

It's really stupid. Think about it, when the Ming Dynasty fought, when the Supreme General sent ordinary soldiers, everyone had the same armor and it was difficult for outsiders to distinguish their differences from their clothes to avoid being attacked by the enemy.

Driven by the steam engine, the airship flew to the high place above the heads of these warships very quickly.
Chapter completed!