Colonial empires in a world ruled by elves

The first practice Zepeline

At the air force training ground, a large group of aspirants were gathered around a huge Zeppelin.

Which had LZ 54 written on the side, it had been a Zeppelin donated by the Diustic Army while the Republic of Gallus created Zeppelins for the Human Liberation Army.

All the aspirants were amazed at the immense size of that war machine that was the size of a battlecruiser.

Although it looked huge, it could only have 50 soldiers because it used the old hydrogen design although in the flotation bags, it had been replaced by helium for more safety.

The new design of the Republic of Gallus using helium would make them true floating fortresses, as they would have a capacity of 500 people.

That is why the 5000 aspirants would be divided into teams so that they could enter and look inside the Zepelin.

Although to be able to fly, it could only have 50 crew members, 300 aspirants could enter to check how the interior of the Zepelin is built.

When the first group of aspirants entered the Zepelin, they realized how huge it was inside, as most of the size came from the flotation bags.

The chief engineer began to explain, “This Zepelin design is obsolete as a lot of space is wasted because of the hydrogen bags.

But it can give you an idea of what a new generation Zepelin will look like, because Helium will be used instead of hydrogen you can opt for an original design.

In the new design, the rooms and the entire piping and air system will be inside the Helium flotation bags.

Well, as it is not flammable, it will not cause accidents.

Thanks to the three nations, the frame that was originally built of steel will use a light and resistant aluminum alloy to be built.

Another thing that will improve is the use of 8 turbines with propellers at the base of the Zepelin to help generate enough power to float in the air.

Since the weight of the frame will be reduced, the cloth exterior will be replaced by hardened aluminum plates.

Which will have a diamond-shaped design that, according to research, has the ability to withstand low-caliber impacts.

For greater resistance capacity, the aluminum plates on the inside will be covered inside by thick layers of asbestos fiber and covered by three layers of silk fabric. “

All the aspirants were surprised because they knew that silk was a luxury material.

Seeing the faces of the surprised recruits, the engineer smiled “The goddess gave us a vast continent and an overwhelming amount of silkworms.

So we can produce silk at levels never seen before, because of this during the last 5 weeks since we came to this world.

Many engineers and scientists are investigating the creation of special protection for soldiers.

Fortunately, two ancient investigations one from the Diustic Empire and one from the Bretaigne Empire.

They showed that to improve the defense of the aluminum plates, the layers of asbestos and silk could create a defense similar to an armored steel plate.

So the Zepelin will have a very powerful defense against medium caliber and perhaps can withstand high caliber weapons.

But this is only the first investigations, we hope in the future to find a substitute material for asbestos, why its functions are quite useful in resisting fire.

But let’s continue with the explanation of the Zeppelin. “

They all continued walking through the vast interior of the Zepelin.

“This interior is completely wasted because of the basic design it has, but in the future there will be a lot of crew areas.

Being a gigantic fortress, it will have 50 machine-gun nests to protect the exterior of the Zeppelin.

These machine-gun nests will be spread across the top, on the sides and at the bottom.

It will also have 5 heavy artillery and 10 medium artillery to provide cover fire to troops on the ground.

As for the pumps, they will be transported of two types, the first of gases, such as chlorine gas or mustard gas.

While the others will be Elektronbrandbombe, which are thermite incendiary bombs that have an aluminum-magnesium alloy.

These two kinds of bombs will be used to destroy enemy fortresses or to eliminate large groups of enemies.

The central command is also investigating the use of white phosphorus as a punitive weapon in case the elves mistreat our captives.

In this war for humanity, we may be deaf and blind for revenge, but defeat can only mean being worse than slaves. “

After this they continued looking inside the Zeppelin, from the crew rooms to the cockpit where Major Zeppelin would be.

“We will expand this cabin in the new design of the Zepelin so that the central command can be the communication post.

To make matters worse, we will use a special experimental armored glass from the Bretaigne empire, which is very expensive to produce.

But for these machines it will be essential, also for greater security inside the Zepelin there will be fire extinguishers.

A tool that we developed to put out fires inside, a parachuting zone will be built in case the ship has to be abandoned.

There will also be a hangar with four gliders to ensure a reconnaissance on the front line.

But we will continue to see the beautiful Zepelin. “

After this they continued seeing all the parts of the Zepelin as well as hearing what would be built in the future.

The tour lasted just ten minutes, but it was enough time for the aspirants to fall in love with the promise of the Zepelin.

Many of them who planned to be pilots were more interested in being a member of a Zepelin crew because living in the air was a dream they could fulfill.

Not to mention, they could prove their worth by fighting on the front line against any elven foe who might pose a danger.

While this was happening on the ground, in skies, Moritz, Edrick and Rémi were having a friendly competition, shooting each other with paint bullets to find out who of them was the best.

The competition was close, but after a few minutes, their competition had to come down from the sky because they heard on their radios that they had to give a demonstration to the aspirants.

When they reached land, Moritz smiled cheerfully as he had been the winner.

Not for nothing did they call him the Blue Baron.