Chapter 486 (1/2)

Although the stone bear gathered the whole family's efforts to consume all the materials hank brought from Europe before it produced 18 hot-air balloons, and although the soldiers driving the hot-air balloons could make the balloons float in a neat formation for a long distance under suitable weather conditions, these 18 hot-air balloons were not really ”air force”, At most, it has the rudiment of the air force.

But even so, the first actual combat of the ”air force” of the fierce bear army showed unparalleled power!

In this era, even if we fight with hot-air balloons, it's a truly cross dimensional battle!

Before the 18 balloons were launched and floated in a neat formation, any war in any country in the world was a two-dimensional war. That is to say, both sides are fighting on the same ground level, and the battlefield has only length and width, but no height.

But now, when the 18 balloons are successfully launched to a height of less than 500 meters from the ground, the 36 stormy bear soldiers driving the 18 balloons finally add the dimension of height to the battlefield!

Although it only adds a high dimension, the consequences are quite terrible.

In the original historical time and space, before the aircraft was developed, the most powerful weapon on the planet was called battleship. It was by virtue of its huge battle fleet that Britain swept across the four oceans and laid such a great empire.

Whether it's the early windsurfing battleship, the Iowa class battleship, the Yamato class battleship or the Bismarck class battleship in World War II, they are definitely the most terrifying weapons on the planet in a certain era.

On the two-dimensional battlefield, the battleship with huge caliber naval gun and heavy armor is like a God on the battlefield.

The only thing that can deal with battleships is battleships, and they must be of the same level!

Battleships ruled the planet for hundreds of years from the day they appeared!

However, after the emergence of aircraft, battleships, a powerful weapon that has ruled the planet for hundreds of years, were quickly eliminated. Nothing else. When the plane brought the dimension of altitude into the battlefield, everyone found that the battleship, which was so powerful that it was almost invincible, was just scum in front of the guy who was even more terrifying.

That's why, after World War II, aircraft carriers became the foundation for the United States to dominate the world.

The United States, which has a double-digit aircraft carrier fleet, is such a loser. In Hollywood blockbusters, the presidents of the United States always say in a critical moment - where is our aircraft carrier fleet? This directly reflects the role of the air force.

It's 1768. It's 135 years before the Wright brothers invented the airplane. It's still a century and a half before the airplane can be used in actual combat!

So, in this era, when the dimension of altitude is added to the battlefield with the hot air balloon, not to mention the Indian aborigines, even if you unite the most powerful countries in Europe, such as England, France, theop, in front of this kind of hot air balloon that can fight, it is also a waste.

In this era, even if the balloon can only fly less than one kilometer, it is invincible. Because no weapon can threaten a balloon at this altitude. But the hot-air balloon can be thrown down recklessly in the high altitude!