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Text Chapter 946 Struggle for air supremacy

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    After a U.S. military airship was hit and caught fire, it fell to the ground within ten seconds and shattered into pieces. It became the first airship to be shot down in this air battle.  And this airship officially kicked off the brutal air battle.  The airships of China and the United States were fighting fiercely at an altitude of more than a thousand meters.

    "Damn it, the Chinese actually installed a rapid-fire cannon on the airship. Aren't they afraid that the powerful recoil when the rapid-fire cannon fires will cause the entire airship to fall apart?" Colonel Ebutt, the commander of the US airship, exclaimed.  When he saw one of his airships being shot down, he felt no regret, but only surprise.  Becoming a crew member of an airship is inherently an extremely dangerous thing.  In a land war, soldiers may still be able to escape after being injured, but once the airship is hit, the crew on board is doomed.  At least, that's true for airships in the United States and most other countries

    "Colonel, the distance between us and the Chinese airships is too far, so it is difficult to hit them. But the Chinese can hit our airships with rapid-fire cannons. The current situation is very unfavorable to us!" A major officer told Egypt  Colonel Boot said.

    "Order each boat to close the distance with the Chinese, aim at the big guys, and shoot down those big guys first!" Colonel Ebut ordered.

    The U.S. military airships in the sky accelerated towards the Chinese airships, and the Chinese airships did not avoid the fight.  When the distance is too far, it is very difficult for a Chinese airship to hit a US airship.  In addition, Chinese airships still have a numerical advantage. Even if the two sides close the distance, the Chinese Air Force's airships will not be at a disadvantage.

    Hundreds of airships from both sides were engaged in a fierce battle in the air. The Chinese and American officers, soldiers and generals watching the battle below were paying close attention to the situation in the sky.  An American airship was shot down first, which greatly affected the morale of the US military.

    "Son of a bitch, why was our airship shot down first? Doesn't God really bless the United States?" Lieutenant General Clark couldn't help but curse.  He had always hoped that the appearance of the airship would turn the tide, defeat the Chinese airship, and prevent the Chinese airship from continuing to bomb Tiela Colorada.  But now it seems that something is wrong with the situation!

    Lieutenant General Clark¡¯s adjutant opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.  In a fierce air battle, if you want to shoot down your opponent, you need to rely on luck to a large extent.  And now it seems that the Chinese Air Force's airships are not only superior to the US military's airships in performance, but are also obviously better than the US military's airships in terms of weapons and equipment.  Without numerical advantage, this battle may not be too optimistic.

    "Da da da!" The Chinese Air Force's Airship No. 145 engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with an American airship at a distance of 600 meters.  The heavy machine gun fired at its maximum rate of fire, and the huge recoil caused the airship's pod to constantly shake. Tracer bullets left irregular traces in the air.

    "Dang, Dang, Dang!" A crisp impact sounded, and the pod of Airship No. 145 was hit.  But they were all blocked by the armor outside the pod. The pod was not penetrated, and the crew inside were naturally unharmed.

    "Poof!" There was a sound of air leakage, and the crew on the airship immediately looked nervously at the airbag above. Each of them had a parachute on his body. Once the airship was hit and crashed, they would be the first to go.  He jumped out of the airship's pod to save himself.  However, only two airbags were punctured, and the remaining airbags were intact.

    Because the Chinese Air Force¡¯s airships use separation technology to divide the rolled airbags into sixteen airbags, even if one or two airbags are destroyed, the airship can continue to fight, but its performance will be affected to a certain extent.  Moreover, the airbags of the Chinese airships are filled with helium and will not catch fire even after being hit. They are much safer than the US military's hydrogen airships!

    The airship was not shot down, so the crew members¡¯ hearts finally fell back into their stomachs.  Then, the crew immediately controlled the heavy machine guns and started to fight back, firing dense bullets at the airship on the opposite side.

    "Click, click, click!" A bullet chain more than two meters long was quickly shot out. The U.S. airship on the opposite side did not have such good luck this time.  Several bullets hit the airbag of the airship, and the US airship instantly turned into a big fireball, fell straight to the ground, and shattered into pieces. The US crew on it also fell to pieces.

    As the distance gets closer, the fighting between the Chinese and American airships becomes more and more fierce.  Airships were constantly being hit and then crashing to the ground.  Once a US military airship is hit, it will turn into balls of fire and fall to the ground like a burning flamingo.  Every time an airship is hit, the US generals, officers and soldiers will look very ugly.

    Slowly, the Chinese airship force also suffered casualties. A medium-sized airship numbered 137 was hit by a series of heavy machine gun bullets. Several airbags on it were broken. A large amount of helium leaked, causing the airship to lose its function.  Lift force?At this time, the captain immediately gave the order to parachute. Several crew members on the airship jumped out of the airship in an instant and opened the parachute behind them. Several small white flowers suddenly appeared in the sky.

    When the US military officers and soldiers saw that the Chinese airship was hit, they couldn't help but cheer loudly.  However, they then looked at the sky in astonishment.  After the Chinese Air Force crew members jumped out of the airship, parachutes appeared behind them, and their landing speed slowed down a lot.  Even after more than ten seconds, the airship fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, but the crew members were still floating in the air and slowly landed.

    "Oh God! Can those Chinese fly?" some American soldiers asked in horror.

    "Probably not, it was something behind them, something like an umbrella. This thing saved the lives of those Chinese people!" Some smart officers guessed.

    The officers and soldiers of the US military were very aggrieved. After their airship was hit, the people and the airship would be smashed into pieces, but the Chinese were able to escape. Isn't this cheating?  Originally, the U.S. airship was no match for the Chinese airship. Now the Chinese airship can escape after being hit, but the crew members on the U.S. airship have no choice but to die.  Under such circumstances, one can imagine how much the morale of the US airship crew will be affected.

    "These cunning Chinese are so despicable and shameless. Immediately send out troops to search for those Chinese crew members, arrest them all, and kill all those who dare to resist!" Lieutenant General Clark ordered through gritted teeth.  He found that he seemed to have been completely fooled by the Chinese, which made him very angry.

    At the same time, the commander of the Chinese army, Marshal Zhao Bowen, also issued an order to rescue the airship crews. Both armies dispatched elite special forces and search forces to disperse into small units to rescue the parachuting crews.  If those crew members fall to a side controlled by the Chinese military, their life safety will not be threatened, but if they fall to a side controlled by the US military, it will be dangerous.

    The fierce battle in the sky continued, and airships were constantly being hit. The airships either turned into a ball of fire and fell to the ground, or fell to the ground after jumping out of a few small white flowers.  Airships from China and the United States fought fiercely for air supremacy over Tierra Colorada.  However, the situation is developing in favor of the Chinese Air Force. Basically, three to four US airships will be shot down before the Chinese Air Force will shoot down one.  Moreover, the crew of the Chinese Air Force airship can escape by parachuting after the airship is hit, but the crew of the US military can only wait for death after the airship is hit.

    Under such a gap, the airships of the Chinese Air Force became stronger as the war progressed, but the airships of the US military were unable to restore the decline. Especially the crews of the US airships, their fighting spirit was greatly affected, which also affected the display of their combat power!

    After more than an hour of fierce aerial battle, half of the US military's airships had been lost, while the Chinese Air Force's airships had only lost a dozen.  Moreover, most of the losses were medium-sized airships. Although the heavy airships were larger, they also had more powerful firepower. After the US airships were successively destroyed by the heavy airships of the Chinese Air Force, they no longer dared to challenge these big guys.

    Seeing that the Chinese airships had gained a decisive advantage, the commander of the US airship force, Colonel Ebut, issued an order to retreat.  The remaining twenty or so US airships flew eastward in confusion, while the Chinese Air Force's airships were in hot pursuit.  The maximum speed of the U.S. military's airship is only 40 kilometers, while the maximum speed of the Chinese Air Force's airship reaches 50 kilometers. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for the U.S. military's airship troops to escape.

    The pursuit of the Chinese Air Force airship force lasted until ten minutes at noon. The US airship force dispatched fifty airships, but only 11 returned to Chilpancingo, and the remaining 39 were destroyed. The crews on them were  They all died.  The Chinese Air Force's airship force lost 10 airships, two of which were heavy airships, and the rest were light airships.  Most of the crew members on these ten airships were rescued, but only a dozen people were not rescued.  Some people died because they did not jump out of the airship in time when the airship was destroyed, and others fell to death because they did not open their parachutes in time.  Several other boat crew members were caught by troops sent by the US military and captured by the US military.  Although Lieutenant General Clark wanted to kill these soldiers of the Chinese airship force to vent his anger, in the end he suppressed the anger in his heart.  After all, there are more American prisoners of war in the Chinese army. If he kills Chinese prisoners of war, it would be bad if the Chinese side also kills American prisoners of war.

    After the air battle on February 20, the air supremacy over Tierra Colorada is still in the hands of the Chinese Air Force, but the US military will obviously not give up the fight for air supremacy.
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