Holy Roman Empire

Three days later, a "Report on Low-altitude Dive Machine Gun Shooting" appeared in front of Governor Feslav.

Recording the battlefield and summarizing the gains and losses are the fine traditions of the Austrian army, and the unique characteristics of the Austrian army in this era.

Recording the course of the war seems simple, but not everyone can complete it.At least countries that have not completed compulsory education will not be able to do so.

The benefits of doing this are self-evident. Perhaps most of the recorded combat experience is repetitive nonsense, but as long as one-thousandth of the content is valuable, it is all earned.

Especially when it comes to the use of new weapons and equipment and the exploration of new tactics, these data are extremely important.

Therefore, the Army only writes reports for officers, but for the newly released Air Force, everyone writes reports.

Low-altitude dive bombing and low-altitude dive machine gun shooting are not new terms. Similar concepts were put forward more than ten years ago.

Don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with the great Franz.Franz's military Xiaobai is true, but he also knows that although the military concept of future generations is good, it is also based on specific conditions.

Take dive bombing as an example. It's not just about flying bombs at low altitudes.Not all aircraft have the ability to fly at a low altitude and dive.

Even if the performance of the aircraft is satisfied, the specific low-altitude method of this low-altitude flight is still to be explored in actual combat.

While being able to achieve results, it is necessary to ensure the safety of personnel and aircraft as much as possible, otherwise it is a replica of the Kamikaze Group.

Therefore, the great strategic idea of ​​using an airship to dive into carpet bombing at low altitude is not a masterpiece of Franz.

The emergence of this concept in the Austrian army is not without a target, but is supported by actual combat cases.

As soon as the airship was put into military use, the Austrian airship unit tried on Ottoman and achieved remarkable results.

At that time, this strategic concept also became the mainstream of the world and was recommended by many military leaders.

It was just that with the advent of air defense weapons, everyone discovered that a low-flying airship was a living target. This theory was quickly put on the shelf.

The inapplicability of airships does not mean that the aircraft is not applicable. At least at this stage, the air defense weapons of various countries pose little threat to the aircraft. In theory, low-altitude dives have become feasible.

Because of the insufficient load capacity of the aircraft, the dive-style strategic bombing has become a machine gun shooting, and its power has been weakened by more than one factor.

With the failure of the airship, Admiral Feslav did not rush to make a decision, but fell into deep thought.

Whether this is a case or a military concept with long-term development and application prospects remains a mystery so far.

Seeing that Feslav could not make up his mind, the Air Force Major General Andrew McCarthy added another fire.

"Your Excellency Commander, regardless of the prospects for the development of the dive jet, it is only effective in a short time.

We have conducted many exercises. The existing air defense weapons pose a very small threat to the aircraft, and it is easy to achieve the results of the dive sweep.

Even if the French discovered the weakness of this tactic, it would take time to figure out how to target it.Before this, it does not affect our promotion of this tactic."

Major General Andrew's performance was so positive that he was actually forced out.Compared to the Army and the Navy, the Air Force is a younger brother.

If the air force is strong enough, this does not require other arms to cooperate with tactical promotion, and there is no need to report to the theater commander at all, and you can do it yourself.

Soldiers still have to talk about their record. The Austrian Air Force’s establishment time is too short, and there is no record at all. Naturally, the waist for speaking is not hard enough.

If it weren't for Franz's support, they would still be an army flying unit and would not have the ability to become an independent army at all.

Against this background, the Air Force took a sigh of relief and eagerly wanted to prove its worth on the battlefield.

Therefore, the Air Force has always been the most active in the promotion of new tactics.Otherwise, it is impossible to verify its feasibility immediately after receiving a battlefield report.

After pondering for a while, Feslav nodded: "It is indeed feasible in theory, but it needs more practical case support to be able to promote it to the whole army.

In the coming days, I will allow your air force to attack on its own to verify or perfect this tactic."

The development of military technology has never been smooth sailing.A large country like Austria has enough capital to pay tuition for the development of military technology, and the promotion of any new tactics is a result of countless failures.

This is also the reason why many weapons, equipment and tactical concepts have not been adopted since they were born.Without the support of actual combat results, everyone has no bottom!

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After receiving the support of the theater commander, the Austrian Air Force stationed in the Sinai Peninsula took immediate action.

The Egyptian region became "lively". Not only the positions and fortresses became the hardest hit areas of bombing, but the streets and lanes and fields also became hunting grounds for the Austrian Air Force.

In order to collect more actual combat data, the Air Force has no regard for the cost, and has to try a wave no matter what.

As for the consequences, this is not within the scope of Major General Andrew's consideration. Anyway, the bullets hit the enemy's ground. It is nothing more than a matter of the size of the battle.

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Since the end of the airship force, the sky above Cairo has become the territory of the Austrian Air Force. Every day, a combination of airships and planes will come to work from time to time.

For the sake of his life, Governor Jacob had to move the headquarters into the basement.In fact, he initially wanted to find a safer blasthole.

It is a pity that Cairo is in the heart of Egypt. The French have never considered the threat of foreign enemies. The most recent military threat was the last time the rebels were siege of the city.

The rabble of indigenous rebels only had a few artillery pieces at most, and the artillery shells couldn't hit the Governor's Mansion at all.There is no need for anti-cannon, naturally there is no anti-cannon hole.

After the outbreak of the Fa-Austrian War, Governor Jacob was only considering the issue of the canal defense line. He never thought that he would face threats from the sky.

When the crisis comes, it is naturally too late to dig in.After all, the bomb shelter that can accommodate the French army command is not just a big cave.

"Your Excellency, the enemy's air force is too rampant, and France is simply not in sight. We must fight back."

Naturally it would not be a French soldier who could say this.Any officer on the scene knew that it was not that they did not want to fight back, but that they simply did not have the ability to fight back.

Looking at the angry middle-aged man, Governor Jacob frowned. After a long silence, he slowly said: "Senior official Abraham, please read the battle report or care about the domestic current affairs news.

Don't talk about our side, even the Austrian air force can't help the country. Paris was attacked by enemy air just a week ago."

Hearing the news that Paris had been attacked by air, the expressions of everyone at the scene changed drastically. Obviously, it was the first time everyone had received this news.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Jacob knew that there was a problem with his concept.Before the war broke out, the news that happened in Paris could reach Egypt in just a few hours.

The telegraph business in France is operated by capitalists. The first thing to consider is how to maximize profits, and to lean back on any strategy or strategy.

In this context, it is naturally impossible to lay a dedicated submarine cable for the telegraph from the French mainland to Egypt.

Rather, it goes through the land cable channel through Algeria and passes through Austrian Africa along the way. It is still in cooperation with the Austrian Telegraph Company.

This is also in line with international management. Telegram can be promoted to most parts of the world within decades, relying on regional cooperation.

If we do it alone, no telegraph company has the ability to connect to the world.

The outbreak of the European War was too sudden. After only a few months of brewing, the fighting started suddenly.The French government has all had a brief moment of coercion, let alone the Telegraph Company.

The economy also had to make concessions for politics. After the war broke out, the Austrian Telegraph Company, which had cooperated with them, naturally stopped the business of providing them with information transmission.

The current connection between Egypt and the mainland is mainly based on the transmission of information by warships between the two places.Even the most informed master in the past can hardly receive domestic news now.

After a pause for a while, the senior official Abraham who reacted was shocked and said: "Your Excellency, are you sure you are not kidding?"

Paris this year has a very sacred status in the hearts of the French.The news of the attack on Paris is so appalling that it is not comparable to Cairo being bombed every day.

Jacob nodded cautiously: "Your Excellency, if it didn't happen, would I make a joke about this kind of thing?"

"However, the matter is not as serious as you think. The enemy just passed by in Paris and did not cause us much loss.

Everyone must have discovered that the enemy's air force is not that terrible.Except for the seemingly huge momentum, the actual losses caused by the bombing were not great.

The country is already preparing to produce aircraft. As long as we persist in this period of time, the enemy's advantage will no longer exist.

Now, we……"

The bombing was terrible and not terrible.Although the French air defense forces are rubbish, they are still there. With backward air defense weapons, they still make Austrian airships afraid to fly at low altitudes.

Throwing bombs at an altitude of several kilometers, the hit rate is so touching, and he is about to catch up with the lottery.

In terms of lethality alone, from time to time, a dive-style strafing aircraft caused casualties to the French army, which was more efficient than airship bombing.

The high-ranking official Abraham interrupted: "Your Excellency, I have to correct here. The enemy air force has caused us not small losses.

From the beginning of the enemy’s bombing, the factories, shops, and entertainment venues in Cairo City... have not been able to operate normally.

The folks are already in a panic, and those with a little family background are desperately running outside.According to incomplete statistics, nearly 15,000 people have left Cairo in the past week.

Not only did Cairo’s economy suffered heavy losses, other parts of Egypt also suffered losses to varying degrees, especially the casualties.

After analyzing the news from various places, it is estimated that the number of civilian casualties caused by enemy air force attacks has exceeded five figures."

There is no way, no matter how accurate the bombing is, as long as the bomb is dropped, it will always have an effect.

The troops have a limited area of ​​activity, and they know how to save their lives under enemy bombing. Apart from the initial maladaptation, the casualties of the troops behind are not too great.

Civilians are different. When encountering enemy bombing these days, everyone's first reaction is to run, and few people have air defense awareness.

As soon as he ran around, the number of casualties naturally rose.In particular, the situation became more severe after the Austrian aircraft began strafing at low altitudes.

With a fierce slap on the table, Governor Jacob murmured with his enemy: "The Austrians are so despicable, how can war involve civilians!

Senior official Abraham, you are responsible for collecting relevant information. We want to expose their atrocities in the international community."

After receiving this answer, everyone fell silent again.The diplomatic protests these years are the last struggle of the weak, and the big powers prefer direct threats.

Naturally, everyone will not have expectations for Jacob's proposal of using the international community to exert political pressure.

There is no way, in this era of worse, any colonial empire has a dark history behind it.If it is really revealed, no one should think about it.

In contrast, civilian casualties caused by war are nothing at all.Especially when the place of war is still in Africa, the influence on the European world is even smaller.

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