Chapter 341: Tremendous Power

"Put!"

The trebuchets in the city were ready to shoot, and at the sound of the order, the long bench fell sharply, throwing the four explosive packets that had been ignited high into the sky, and the speed of the shot was no less than that of a sharp arrow.

Zhao Tianyou wasted a lot of brains in order to go north to the Yuan Dynasty this time, and it is also thanks to the fact that the primary industrial system chain on Hong Kong Island has been completed, from the design of functional requirements to the implementation of drawings, material selection, sample production, etc., there is no need for Zhao Tianyou to do anything, and Hong Kong Island can already complete these projects independently.

Before the advent of the full-fledged repeating weapon machine gun, the dominance of cavalry in the field battlefield never wavered, but such a fast-moving cavalry to storm a city should be rare in the history of warfare, and it does not make sense from a tactical point of view.

The explosives bag snorted and emitted white smoke, flying out of the air at a distance of more than two hundred steps, and fell between the corpses of the people and horses scattered by the Yuan army, and the white smoke rising from the ground looked very strange and terrifying at this moment.

After all, the current technology is limited, and there is no way to produce real ammonium nitrate explosives, but adding magnesium phosphorus and other accelerants to the gunpowder, this special explosive package is not worse than that of large artillery shells, and there are still clever places in terms of killing methods.

The explosives package does not rely on shrapnel to hurt people, and the warhead wrapped in it is two hundred and forty iron balls the size of a dragon's eye, once they explode, the target within a few dozen steps will not be able to dodge and be spared, and these two hundred and forty iron balls will be scattered all over all angles and directions.

The diffuse scattering of iron balls may not be lethal enough, but it is impossible to run away from being injured in a single hit, and in such a dense team, the lethal results of an explosive pack can be magnified several times, which can better reflect the strategic purpose of creating it.

"Ready!"

The trebuchet is neatly stacked with four explosive bags, each weighing about 40 catties, and four 160 catties of equipment are fired at a time.

Like a tide, the cavalry of the Yuan army surged in, and the back of the horse carried the dust that covered the sky and the sun, and each soldier was tightly attached to the back of the horse, as far as possible not to expose his body. When they were about to get close to the range of the archers, some of them would burrow into the belly of the horse, and some would stick to the other side, which they had been using since childhood to dodge the bows and arrows of the Song army that might fall from the sky.

Bursts of white smoke rose from the land in front of them, and unlike the flames that had burned out, these things that were still smoking in all directions, the Yuan army watched very clearly as they flew out of the city, and a batch of ...... flew high in the air

The soldiers who rushed to the front gritted their teeth, and as soon as their bodies slid to the side of the horse's belly, they clinged to the side of the war horse, and the ups and downs of the war horse seemed to grow together with the rhythm of the war horse. Although there are still dozens of paces to get close to the enemy's main killing distance, this strange thing with white smoke makes them take precautions in advance, and if there is a slight mistake, it will stick to the horse's lower belly to dodge.

The second wave of explosives fluttered in the air and flew higher than the first time, and landed farther than the first time, and the Yuan army galloping forward looked up at the sky, and unconsciously the horses under him ran to the other side, trying to avoid the place where the explosives bag fell.

At this time, the white smoke scattered on the explosive packet on the ground suddenly stopped rising, and the soldiers who had already approached on horseback trembled in their hearts, and immediately drilled under the horse's belly lightly, their reaction was very fast and timely, and their guess was also correct, which was the precursor of the fuse burning to the end and about to explode violently.

"Boom!"

In the deafening explosion, a strong white light flashed, because of the addition of ground magnesium powder, which enhanced the instantaneous burning speed of the gunpowder, making the explosion more crisp and powerful.

Two hundred and forty iron beads were shot in all directions, and the horses galloping forward suddenly fell dozens of them, as if they were stopped by an invisible tripwire, and this explosion emptied the galloping horses within a radius of dozens of paces.

One of the soldiers fell from his horse and his head was dizzy, and an iron bead drilled a hole in his cheek, piercing it through the side, and taking a few back molars with him along the way.

"Uh, ah......hh

He opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't make the sound he wanted to speak, and half of his tongue came out of his mouth, and he rolled his eyes and fainted in fright, and fell straight to the side of his warhorse. His horse was hit on the head by an iron orb, and after shattering the skull, his head was flowered, and he fell to the ground without warning, and he died instantly.

The explosions continued one after another, and the cavalry who rushed to the city did not have time to exert their might, and none of the bows and arrows in their hands shot out, let alone rushed to Bazhou City to fight with the Song army, they had already been taught a lesson by the white smoke of the explosive pack.

Like a crop whose leaves were knocked off by a hailstorm, the cavalry of the Yuan army, which was originally menacing, quickly fell apart and collapsed in a violent explosion approaching a loud explosion. There was no place to hide, and I didn't know where to hide, and the rumbling explosions and the whizzing sound of iron ball projectiles breaking through the air were intertwined, forming a forbidden place full of death.

Even the stunned Song army at the head of the city was smashed by a few flying iron balls, but fortunately, the distance was already far away, and they were only slightly injured so as not to lose their lives.

"My goodness! These Yuan soldiers can bear it, our Hongyi cannon is not so powerful, and the bright light that flashed when it exploded, dazzling brighter than the sun's brighter than lightning, this is a new thing! ”

"There are a lot of such things when the ship is unloaded, this time I have seen it amazingly, this guy is more enjoyable than thunder, and the sound is several times that of our small cannon! But they operate trebuchets and can't see the explosion themselves, so let's show it, haha, it's more enjoyable than what they launched. ”

Along the center of the explosive bag explosion, there were fallen people and horses around the perimeter, but after more than a few paces away, most of the injured were killed, and only a few died on the spot, after all, only a few people were directly hit by this iron ball in the head.

However, the injuries caused by this iron bead were all blood holes one by one, that is, they did not hit the vital point, and they also weakened the combat effectiveness of this soldier by eighty, not to mention that those who could save their lives if they continued to fight were lucky.

The galloping cavalry was overwhelmed by the explosives pack, and the large force surging in the rear hugged the team forward, and the wounded and fallen soldiers were instantly drowned in the hooves of the horses.

The trebuchet was still maintaining the rhythm of projection, and under the command of the observation post, it controlled the distance and direction of the force, and continued to kill and injure the cavalry of the Yuan army.

"Sangou, give me a pot of wine again, it's really enjoyable!"

Zhao Tianyou put down a stone in his heart, the tactics that Kublai Khan could use basically would not work, and he might even announce this battle in advance, and the Song army had already obtained ten percent certainty.

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