Artillery Testing

A test range for artillery.

Two howitzers, one with a new mounting is getting a test.

A fire off between the standard issue howitzer and the one with the new mounting.

A special radar will track the shells for accuracy and muzzle velocity.

The troops wear special high visibility yellow uniforms for the test, so everyone is accounted for and safe.

Return Flight

The fragile plane returns to base, it's one bomb expended.

Will it be enough?

It's the only bomb in the Signal Corp.

And it only hit one war machine.

A safe landing after the first bombing mission in history.

The two remaining Martians help their ruined partner off the field of battle.

The town is saved!

Bombing Run

The plane sees the Martian War Machines!

The pilot lines up the targets...

And it's bombs away!

The war machines stop and look up, unsure about what is happening.

The bomb, however, falls straight and true and destroys one of the machines!

Flying

All the while the Martians have been moving closer to the town.

It did not take long for the plane to get to the Martian War Machines.

The Martians are astonied at the sight of a flying machine.

With the thin atmosphere on Mars, nothing flies.

The plane not only flies, but it's dangerous.