69novels Chapter 639
Chapter 639
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: 0.036s Scan: 0.024sSince the Wright brothers invented the airplane in 1903, human figures have begun to appear in the sky!
The initial airplanes were very simple, most of which were gliders. In order to reduce weight and increase lift, the wings of the airplanes were very wide, and even double-layer wings were used to obtain the maximum lift so that the airplanes could fly.
This type of airplane itself was very light and could not carry much, because excessive loads would increase the weight of the airplanes and prevent them from flying.
So the airplanes at that time basically had no combat capability.
However, in the early twentieth century, human technology progressed very rapidly. After continuous development and improvement, airplanes with faster flying speeds and heavier loads finally began to appear.
In 191, on the battlefield in North Africa, the Italians and the natives broke out in a war over the ownership of the colonies in North Africa. This war between weak countries was nothing worth talking about, but an Italian Air Force lieutenant carried four 2-kilogram grenades while flying a reconnaissance plane to investigate the enemy.
When his plane flew over the Turkish positions, the Italian pilot threw the grenade on the plane.
Although his grenade did not cause much damage to the Turkish army, it made history: this was the first time in human history that an aircraft completed a ground attack mission, and on this day, the role of the bomber was officially born!
At this time, with the shrill air defense alarms ringing all over the city, the shivering people of the British Empire hiding in the underground air-raid shelters might be cursing the Wright brothers who invented the airplane in their hearts!
There are many British troops stationed in Fog City.
This city is the capital of the British Empire and the most important city in their country!
Like Gotham City in North America, Fog City is one of the few cities in the world with a population of more than 10 million!
Such a large population makes the scale of this city extremely large.
Therefore, Fog City is divided into two parts: East Fog City and West Fog City.
At this time, in the sky above the Eastern Fog City, planes that covered the sky and the sun were flying over the city, whistling and dropping heavy bombs in a string, causing waves in the city.
Looking down at the earth from the air, the gray mushroom cloud produced by the bomb explosion looked like an umbrella-shaped mushroom growing underground, which looked quite beautiful.
Thousands of mushrooms of success or failure are arranged together, and the scene is no longer beautiful, but spectacular!
At an altitude of 3,000 meters, the scene seen by German pilots may be a spectacular mushroom cloud, but on the ground in the city, there are wounded soldiers crying and running around, screaming and begging helplessly. What they see is not a beautiful scenery, but a purgatory on earth!
From 191 to 1928, in just seventeen years, the development of aircraft may have completely exceeded people’s imagination.
The aircraft that appeared today, let the Wright brothers see it, I am afraid they will be surprised!
At least, the people of Fog City were very surprised when they looked at the plane above their heads!
Da Da Da!
The German planes suddenly attacked, and the British had almost no defense. This kind of plane flew at a high altitude and at a very fast speed. They were not equipped with air warning radar at this time, so they had no way to see the enemy’s movements in advance. In addition, the airport on the ground was bombed by the Germans first, which made the British’s own fighter planes a mess.
They were too busy to take care of themselves at this time and had no way to take off to meet the enemy.
Therefore, the only thing that could bring a little sense of security to the people of Fog City was the thousands of anti-aircraft guns in the city!
Chirp!
Chirp!
Chirp – bombs were constantly thrown from thousands of meters high, hitting the ground or buildings with a sharp whistle!
Boom – bursts of loud noises came, and in the eyes of the people of Fog City, it seemed that the whole city was trembling under the German bombing, and the earth was shaking!
Under the city, in the subway and air-raid shelters of Fog City, a large number of people who hid here dared not breathe, snuggled together, hugged each other, and trembled as they watched the constant explosions from the ceiling above their heads, as well as the dust that would fall after each explosion!
This was a scene they had never seen in their lives, and it was something they had never dared to imagine!
They had not even seen the shadows of the enemy’s army, and they had already suffered heavy casualties under the enemy’s attack and became homeless!
Those who had no knowledge of war finally saw the cruelty of war at this moment!
But unfortunately, many people could no longer see it!
On the streets of Fog City, the entire city was exploding everywhere, and the raging fire of the explosion gas turned the entire East Fog City into a sea of fire.
In this sea of fire, the streets and alleys were almost full of corpses. At the entrance of an underground air-raid shelter, hundreds of citizens who swarmed in had originally planned to enter this air-raid shelter for refuge, but because of the large number of people, the entrance to the shelter was overcrowded and the passage was blocked!
Unfortunately, the German bombing just covered this area. Three bombs fell around the air-raid shelter, one of which landed right at the entrance of the air-raid shelter, causing heavy casualties among the citizens at the entrance. The ground was full of broken arms and limbs, and many bodies were even blown to pieces. The ground was full of blood-red body fragments and bloody footprints…
The same scene also appeared in other places. As the area where the German army focused on bombing today, East Fog City suffered extremely heavy losses!
To their west, across the Thames, West Fog City, although not bombed, the people of West Fog City looked at the tragic situation in the east with fear, looking at the long string of bombs hanging under the bombers in the sky, and the smoke was raised after falling. The citizens of West Fog City were terrified!
On that day, at least half of the citizens of West Fog City fled the city and fled to the countryside and suburbs for refuge!
Even a fool could see that after the Germans bombed East Fog City, they would definitely bomb West Fog City. If they continued to stay here, they would most likely die under the German bombing!
These people guessed correctly. The next day, after confirming that East Fog City had been severely damaged, the Germans began to bomb West Fog City!