With the infusion of hot air, the hot air balloon slowly puffs up and gradually turns into a round ball, at this time the hot air balloon is actually full, but the buoyancy is not enough, and it does not stand up from the ground.

Song Yingxing didn't order anyone to stop filling the gas at this time, he just ordered a few brocade guards to carry the hanging basket and kerosene lamp holder to the side of the hot air balloon, ready at all times.

After about a cup of tea, the bottom of the balloon finally slowly detached itself from the ground, and it looked like it was about to rise!

Song Yingxing hurriedly unplugged the black wire behind the fan, and then instructed Jinyiwei to remove the horn from the mouth of the hot air balloon and hang the sling of the hanging basket.

He then ordered the kerosene lamp holder to be fixed to the iron hoop at the bottom of the hot air balloon, and to adjust the kerosene lamp to the minimum, and then fixed it on the bracket.

At this time, the hot air balloon has been completely erected, if it weren't for a few brocade guards standing in the hanging basket, it is estimated that it will be lifted into the air, Song Yingxing immediately said excitedly: "Marshal Lu, General Qin, quickly call a standard-bearer to come over, stand up, remember to let him bring binoculars." “

When Qin Gongming heard this, he immediately looked at Lu Xiangsheng to see what his opinion was.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and said decisively: "Call an artillery commander over." “

Qin Gongming nodded, and then said loudly: "Go, call Chen Han, the commander of the artillery division, to come over." “

When a personal soldier behind him heard this, he immediately mounted his horse and ran towards the artillery position, and soon, a young general dressed in a major general's uniform followed behind his personal guard and came on horseback.

Although this general is young, he is heroic, with a handsome face and elegant fortitude, and a pair of tiger eyes with tenacity and murderous aura.

He came to Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Gongming, turned over and jumped off the war horse, put his legs together, raised his head and chest, and performed a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "The last general Chen Han will see Marshal Lu and General Qin." “

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the telescope he hung on his chest, nodded, and then ordered: "You go and stand in that hanging basket, wait for the large Kong Ming lantern to rise into the air, observe the situation in the fortress, and see if there are any dead ends." “

When Chen Han heard this, he once again performed a standard military salute, and said loudly: "The last general obeys the order." “

Then, he threw the reins to the guards on the side, and ran towards the hot air balloon without hesitation.

Song Yingxing saw Chen Han running over, and immediately asked all the brocade guards in the hanging basket to climb out, held the surrounding of the hanging basket, and let Chen Han climb in, and then stepped forward to carefully explain the adjustment method of the kerosene lamp and the precautions for going up and down the hot air balloon.

Chen Han nodded his head to show his understanding, Song Yingxing checked it carefully, and then shouted excitedly: "Everyone pay attention, one, two, three, let go." “

With his order, the Jinyi guards who were holding the hanging fence around him let go of their hands at the same time, and the hot air balloon slowly floated into the air.

According to the method taught by Song Yingxing, Chen Han slowly turned up the kerosene lamp, and the flames gradually approached the bottom of the hot air balloon, and the hot air balloon rose faster and faster.

In the exclamation of everyone, the hot air balloon finally rose to a height of fifty feet, and the thick hemp rope at the bottom of the hanging basket was pulled straight.

Chen Han on the hot air balloon stabilized his body, then picked up the telescope and looked at the fortress in front of him, and after carefully scanning it a few times, he put down the telescope, turned down the kerosene lamp, and then made a gesture to complete the task downward.

Seeing this, Song Yingxing below immediately asked several brocade guards to pull the hemp rope down, and soon, the hot air balloon was pulled back to the ground, Chen Han described the situation to Song Yingxing above, and then climbed out of the hanging basket and ran towards Lu Xiangsheng.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw Chen Han running over, he immediately asked, "How about it, can you see the situation inside the fortress?" “

Chen Han saluted and said: "Report to Marshal Lu, I can see that the situation inside the fortress is clear, and there are no dead ends." “

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Okay." “

It's really good, with such an artifact, it is easy to suppress the firepower in the fortress, as long as a few rounds of flowering and bullets go down, the artillery in the fortress is basically dumb, plus the armored combat vehicles, attacking the fortress is like walking on the ground!

He thought about it for a while, and immediately ordered Qin Gongming: "General Qin, you send someone to set up a large camp five miles behind, and set up a regiment according to the size of a legion, we will live here and have a good practice." “

Lu Xiangsheng's mood at the moment is really excited, with the two artifacts of hot air balloons and armored combat vehicles, the fortress of Tsarist Russia has become vulnerable in front of the Ming army, and there is absolutely no problem in taking the Siberian Plain next year!

After he finished explaining, Qin Gongming ran to Song Yingxing's side again, and thanked him solemnly, Song Yingxing's gift is really good, this hot air balloon is not only useful in the offensive and defensive battles of the fortress, but also in other places.

For example, after setting up the camp, hang such a hot air balloon over the camp and send a sentry to look out on it, who else can sneak attack your own camp?

For another example, when the two armies are facing each other, such a hot air balloon is hoisted in the formation, and the enemy's formation can be fully seen, and then targeted arrangements are made, wouldn't it be a step ahead!

Of course, these all need to be rehearsed, and it takes time to explore and summarize.

Since then, Lu Xiangsheng has also become an experimental maniac, he directly led all his generals and most of the Dingliao army to live outside the fortress, every day is drills, drills, drills, all kinds of tactics have to be repeated many times, all kinds of data have to be repeatedly measured many times, and all with live ammunition.

For example, the attack distance of the fortress artillery, how far the live ammunition is, how far the flowering shells are, and how far the scattered shells are, he has to let the artillery in the fortress fire and measure them repeatedly.

For another example, if an armored combat vehicle will not be damaged after being attacked by live ammunition, he directly asks an armored combat vehicle to stop within the range of the fortress artillery, and then directly bombards it repeatedly with solid shells.

For another example, how fast the small armored combat vehicle dug the city wall, he directly ordered someone to drive the armored combat vehicle under the city wall and dig it out, and dig out the city wall, and dig one after another!

The drill was excited, and he even climbed into the hanging basket of the hot air balloon, rose to a high altitude, and directly commanded it with the flag, and the crazy energy seemed to be back when he personally led the army to rush to the city wall and kill the Quartet.

After repeated drills, he finally came up with the best plan to conquer the bastion, that is:

First of all, use a hundred Shenwei cannons, calibrate through hot air balloons, fire several rounds of flowering shells to destroy the batteries in the fortress as much as possible, and then suppress them with scattered bullets, directly making the artillery in the fortress dumb;

Then, ten large armored fighting vehicles and ten small armored fighting vehicles were on at the same time, each of which was followed by a hundred infantrymen and pushed directly under the city walls, the large armored fighting vehicles and half of the infantry covered, and the other half of the infantry dug the city walls together with the small armored fighting vehicles.

Finally, rush up from the gap with infantry and a simple small armored fighting vehicle, occupy one layer of fortresses, and then move on to the next layer, this small tank does not need artillery or a big hoe, it is an iron shell, just open a few rows of firing ports!

After testing, with this method, one day is enough to conquer a fortress!