Chapter 697: Expulsion of the Tartars (9)
"Lord Wang, the Han army has all retreated to the camp under the city of Xuzhou."
The Qing light cavalry that was sent out in a hurry did not even find a single Han soldier, so they could only run back in despair to report it.
Azig was even more furious.
"Hurry up and set up camp, and wave your army to attack Hangou tomorrow."
In the camp of the Han army under the city of Xuzhou, Mu Jingnan watched the Qing army on the opposite side, and saw that it was dark from the afternoon.
Seeing that the Qing army's camp was beginning to be completed, and the lights in the camp were gradually lit up, a smile flashed on Mu Jingnan's face.
"Have the two wings been sent?"
"I've just set off."
"Okay, you must be careful not to let the Tartars discover the strategic targets of our army."
"Whoa"
The 100,000 battalions of the Han army surrounded the entire city of Xuzhou behind them, but unlike the camp of the Qing army, there were not many lights in the camp of the Han army at this moment, only the camp near the front of the Qing army lit a lot of fires to defend against the enemy.
Just behind the Han army camp, which the Qing army could not see, a team of 40,000 people had quietly left the camp.
Mu Jingnan sent nearly 10,000 soldiers to the front camp called the drill, which was actually to attract the attention of the Qing army.
The 40,000 soldiers who had left the camp marched five miles westward, and then they were divided into two roads again, one to the north and the other to the south, to see that the posture was actually to surround the entire Qing army.
"Hurry up, don't speak."
Along the way, there were scout guards on the side of the road responsible for guiding the way, relying on the prestige of the Han army scouts, the Qing army did not even dare to go out of the camp at night.
The drill of the soldiers in the former camp of the Han army continued until the time of the war.
The Qing army had been very vigilantly observing the movements of the Han army, and did not rest until the Han army stopped.
However, it was only two o'clock in the morning, and the sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded in the Han military camp.
Azig finally rested in the tent and was startled when he heard the sound.
"Is it the Han army stealing the camp? What about the soldiers on night duty? ”
The tent wrapped around the servant said loudly: "Lord, the Han army only rushed out of the camp tent for two or three miles, and when they saw our army, they went back. ”
"Damn", Azig lifted the curtain and walked out of the tent with an angry face on his face.
"Han Gou, is this trying to learn from Uncle Liu Huang to harass our army?"
The Manchu Qing Dynasty is very familiar with the most popular traffic of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and now when he saw the movements of the Han army, Azig immediately thought of this.
"The order went down, the soldiers slept in their clothes, and the whole army was divided into three waves on duty."
Looking at the Han army camp in the distance, which was gradually falling silent, Azig sneered and settled down directly.
But I didn't expect that the Han army stopped for two hours, and there was no movement in the second half of the night and ugly times, which made the Qing army in a dilemma.
At the end of the day, in the camp of the Han army.
Mu Jingnan walked out of the tent in full spirit.
"Are the Air Force units ready?"
The words that came out of Mu Jingnan's mouth were enough to make the Qing army frightened.
What is the Air Force?
Since the founding of the Han Dynasty and the proclamation of the king, the official position system of the Han Dynasty has been spread in the Central Plains Daily.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty was most concerned about the Han army's three military governors.
Originally, Dolgon and others were still wondering why the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was changed to the Governor's Office of the Three Armies, but later learned that Liu Ximing divided the military into three types: army, navy and air force.
And what exactly the Air Force is, it is said that few people even within the Han Dynasty know about it.
No one in the world expected that Mu Jingnan would have an air force here.
In the middle of the Han army, twenty huge black air bags have been blown up.
Li Baohua, the brigade commander of the Air Force Governor's Mansion who came to take command, was trying his best to instigate his subordinates to play with the thing in front of them.
As soon as he saw Mu Jingnan, Wei Jingguo and others coming, Li Baohua walked over quickly and saluted:
"Report to the two governors, the Kunpeng No. 2 airship under the Air Force is being debugged and is expected to take off in fifteen minutes."
Some army officers around Wei Jingguo circled around Kunpeng No. 2 with some unusual surprises.
"Brigadier Li, hurry up and introduce us to the new guys in your Air Force."
A group of onlookers of army officers looked hot, and one by two pouted Li Baohua to introduce them.
Li Baohua smiled, pointed to the twenty monsters in front of him and said:
"What you see is the official airship of our Air Force, named Kunpeng No. 2, as the name suggests, and Kunpeng No. 1, but it is an experimental product, and only three have been built."
"Our Kunpeng No. 2 is different, thirty ships have been built so far, the king said, the airship will continue to be built, and when there is a new power system in the future, this thing will be of great use."
"Okay, I know that your air force is a treasure in the eyes of the king, so hurry up and tell me how you fly."
A group of army generals shouted with some surprise.
Li Baohua said in his heart, according to the king's words, the whole world will belong to our air force in the future, and now it is good to let you be majestic.
"The Kunpeng No. 2 uses helium as the main internal gas, and the cab is just below this airbag, which can seat 12 people, and the power drive is mainly a foot-operated human drive."
"The airship can carry about 500 small high-explosive bombs, and in order to cooperate with this operation, we have replaced half of the high-explosive bombs with incendiary bombs."
"Hiss"
These people in the army were all frightened by the ruthlessness of these masters of the Air Force.
There are twenty airships here, adding up to almost ten thousand bombs, of which five thousand are incendiary.
Thinking about these falling from the heads of the Qing army, the picture is simply too beautiful to imagine.
Mu Jingnan listened very sourly, "The air force is doing well, the king's intention is to keep all this wave of Qing troops here, and all the ruthless things of the big guys will be used." ”
He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, then turned to look at his subordinates and said:
"The airship of the Air Force is expected to arrive in 60 minutes, and all of them are there, and the whole army is ordered to reorganize the army, and there is one condition, not to alarm the Qing army on the opposite side."
"Whoa"
Li Baohua's estimate of the performance of his airship was correct, and 15 minutes later, 240 air force soldiers entered the Kunpeng 2.
At this time, the air force soldiers who remained in the battalion to operate quickly untied the ropes tied to the airships, and the twenty airships floated silently into the sky like night elves.
Due to the control of the lights, the entire airship is painted in black, and it is impossible to see anything clearly when standing in the Qing army camp and looking at the sky.
But in the eyes of Li Baohua and others, the Qing army camp and their own camp were as clear as a giant torch.
In order to prepare for night attacks, bonfires should be lit in the large camp to avoid being unable to assemble troops in the event of a sudden crisis, which gave Li Baohua and others the opportunity to raid.
"Report to the captain, the floating distance is 200 zhang, and the flight requirements have been met."
Lin Yong, a soldier in charge of keeping an eye on the altimeter, reported loudly to Li Baohua, who was operating the rudder.
The entire airship is divided into three parts, the front part is the operation compartment, the middle part is the bomb compartment, and the rear part is the power compartment.
There were only two people in the operation cabin, Li Baohua and Lin Yong, hearing this, Li Baohua immediately yelled at a microphone next to him:
"Target northeast, full speed ahead."
All eight people in the power cabin sat on a bicycle-like pedal thruster, and immediately kicked their pedals when they heard the words.
With the frantic rotation of the foot pedals, through a series of connecting rods and gears, an 8-foot diameter propeller located at the tail end of the airship airbag spun wildly.
Woooooooo
The airship propelled forward with a very low noise, and Li Baohua operated the rudder to constantly adjust the direction.
Guan Hai, who was in the ammunition warehouse, was not idle, and at this time, both of them leaned over together and began to check the ammunition.
In the sky above the Han army camp, if you look down from above, you can see twenty monsters like big black fish steadily advancing above the Qing army camp.
After 45 minutes.
"Report to the captain, our boat has arrived over the Qing army camp."
Lin Yong's calm voice came.
Li Baohua shouted into the microphone on the side again: "Stop moving forward, prepare to drop bombs, Ding Tai and Liao Fei stay in the power cabin." ”
The eight people in the power compartment had already become out of breath, and immediately stopped stomping when they heard this, and six of them immediately got up and ran to the ammunition compartment.
Captain Guan Hai was in charge of directing the bomb dropping, and in a few moments he and another bombardier had already checked the ammunition.
Seeing everyone pouring into the ammunition warehouse, Guan Hai said in a deep voice:
"All in position and fasten their seatbelts."
The six new recruits immediately pulled a rope with a hook from the top of the cockpit and hung it on their belts.
Guan Hai carefully inspected it, and then walked to the microphone on the wall of the boat and shouted: "Report to the captain, the ammunition compartment is ready, and ask for a bomb." ”
"Permission to drop bombs."
Li Baohua's excited voice sounded.
A hint of excitement flashed across Guan Hai's face, and he walked to the wall of the boat and snapped off a handle.
The floor in the middle of the airship's ammunition compartment suddenly cracked downward, revealing a large opening, and a strong wind blew in.