Commanders of armies and fronts. Naprjazhennejshaja work
| to Pass to sections: Commanders of armies and fronts M.V.Shidlovsky, seeing, in what pours out naprjazhennejshajarabota its factory on release of new cars and as hopes of fighting application of such powerful weapon perish, in the report to a supreme commander in chief conducted. kn. To Nikolay Nikolaevichu has managed to prove that the reason of the created position not in low flight qualities, and in the wrong organisation of their use. |
In the end of July, 1914 the order on Military department had been founded groups of the air ships ' by Ilja Muromets ' according to which it was necessary to construct and complete 10 fighting ships. And here there was absolutely unexpected question on fighting application new and anywhere not tested weapon for which special aviation bombs and shooting arms were necessary. 
to the Initial plan each ship was equated to fighting group with all positions and states. These groups were given to staffs of fronts and armies. But the first operations have shown, an inefficiency of such organisation of business: separate ' Muromtsy ', given to themselves, experienced difficulties with repair, maintenance with fuel and arms. commanders of armies and the fronts, not having opytavzaimodejstvija with the such weapon, used the air ships basically for investigation, instead of as bombers. Less the new type of weapon the field general inspector of aircraft and aeronautics has managed to estimate all conducted. kn. Alexander Mihajlovich sending to the rate of the telegramme and official reports about unfitness ' Muromtsev ' for fighting work. 
