Chapter 352: The Role of Hot Air Balloons
Soldiers, true iron-blooded soldiers, at all times, are synonymous with bravery, fearlessness.
Riding this kind of shoddy hot air balloon requires not only curiosity and courage, but also the spirit of not being afraid of death, it is so, after some consideration, Duan Jian eliminated all the other government soldiers, and decided to select people from the more than 1,000 mansions under Chen Guotai to test and operate the hot air balloon.
The results were very good, although the shoddy hot air balloons were often dangerous, some self-detonated, and some disintegrated automatically in the air for their own reasons, but these soldiers of the Zhichong Prefecture did not flinch, and still insisted on training, and after several days of training, after paying the price of six dead and more than 10 injured, the first air force in history that could fly into the sky was formally established.
Looking at Chen Guotai and the haggard but combative faces in front of him, Duan Jian also felt a burst of blood boiling, and waved his hand fiercely and said, "Okay, 'Huangsha wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and if you don't break Loulan, you won't return it.'" Today, let's let those barbarians see the fighting spirit of our Han'er and the spirit of our Tang Dynasty. Let's go. ”
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The dispatch of the Tang army did not hide from the defenders of the Black Bull tribe on the mountain range. Therefore, at the first time, someone told the commander of Manglong about this situation.
"What, those Han dogs are attacking again, it's really a bunch of brainless, they all say that they Han people are the smartest people in the world, now it seems that they are not as good as our She people, at least we know that the battle that cannot be won must not be fought, but they are good, they know that they can't win, so many people have died, and they don't know how to repent, it's really stupid." Because he got a sum of money and food out of thin air, Mang Long and Mangwa and several other warriors who were not low in the Black Bull tribe drank wine together last night, and it was almost noon and they had not completely sobered up.
"Hey, hey, the Han people are not stupid at all, they are not stupid, they will attack our Black Bull tribe so desperately, but the ones who suffer are those lowly Han people, and those who get the benefits are those who are officials, forget it, although you know that they can't attack it, it's better for you to go over and take a look." Mangwa said with a sneer.
As soon as Mangwa's words were finished, she heard the gate slammed open, and then she saw a She defender running in in a panic, and shouted in great horror, "The soldier master has appeared, the soldier master has appeared, the Han people have attacked with monsters, monsters are coming, monsters are coming." ”
Such a strange scene made several people in the room completely messy, and Mang Long was also frightened by the defender's words, but immediately, he came to his senses, walked in front of the defender in a few steps, grabbed him by the collar, picked him up, and roared angrily, "Damn dog, what nonsense, what soldier, what monster, you tell me clearly, what the hell is going on." ”
It's a pity that the majesty of the dragon has no effect on this defender at this time, and he was picked up by the dragon, making his face red and red, but he also muttered in his mouth, "What kind of soldier master appears, what monster", this situation makes the people in the house feel terrified.
"Forget it, big brother, he's been scared stupid, I can't see anything from his mouth, although I don't know what happened in front of me, let's hurry over and take a look, maybe it's really the Han people who have made something weird." Mangwa said calmly.
"Let's go."
Throwing the defender in his hand to the ground, Manglong strode outside, and Mangwa and the others hurriedly followed him.
The place where Manglong lived was not on the outer mountains, but halfway up the mountain of Prison Dragon, when he walked out of the house, he was immediately attracted by the scene in front of him. Or rather, it was shocked.
Seeing that in the originally blue sky, I don't know when there were countless things like big mushrooms, although the distance was not close, but he began to be able to judge the huge size of these big mushrooms.
If it was really a big mushroom, he wouldn't be the same thing, but these big mushrooms were not real, they just looked like big mushrooms, and he saw that there were still people in a wooden box under those big mushrooms, and those people were throwing something from the wooden boxes one after another to the fortress built by the Black Bull tribe on the mountain range below.
"It's ....... What is this, or is it really a monster, how can it fly in the sky out of thin air, and how can there be people on it, could it be that it is really the master of the soldier who has manifested himself. ”
Looking at the thing in front of him that he couldn't even dream of, someone behind Manglong said dryly, and from his tone, he could hear that he was full of fear and awe of the big mushroom-like thing.
"Hmph, nonsense, what monsters, what soldier lord manifests, that's simply impossible, if the Tang army really has monsters, they would have captured our Black Bull tribe a long time ago, why did so many people die a few days ago, as for the soldier lord's manifestation, it's even more impossible, the soldier master is the soldier master of our She people, how can he help the Han people, even if the spirit is to help our She people, in my opinion, this must be a trick used by the Han people, if you want to make us afraid, it is absolutely impossible, We must not allow the Han Chinese conspiracy to succeed. Even if there were a few traces of doubt and fear flashing in Manglong's eyes, compared to other She, his courage was still good.
It's just that no matter how bold and denied the dragon, the differences in technology cannot be changed by relying on courage.
Not long after Mang Long's words were finished, he saw that the people in the big mushrooms in the sky no longer threw things down from above, but bent their bows and arrows, and shot at the fortresses on those mountains, if it was an ordinary bow and arrow, those fortresses and guards would not care, but these bows and arrows were rockets, when the rockets like meteor showers shot at the fortress.
A surprising scene took place, and in an instant, just for a moment, the fortress and the mountains were completely in flames, and countless defenders fled and dodged like headless roosters in order to escape the fire.
It's a pity that everything they did was useless, no matter how they escaped and dodged, but after all, they couldn't escape the devouring of the sea of fire, and one by one the living figures rolled in the sea of fire, screaming, struggling, and finally could only fall there in pain, turning into a pile of black ashes.
"Ah...... Damn Han people, damn Tang Jun, I will kill you all, kill you all. Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, as the leader, the reckless dragon burst into the corners of his eyes and kept roaring.
Mang Long was not angry for those tragically dead defenders, what really made him angry was that under this fire, the mountains that were originally used as obstacles were useless, and when the fire was extinguished, the Tang army could easily take down those mountains and attack under the Prison Dragon Mountain.
What Manglong could think of, Mangwa and the others also thought of it, even Mangwa, who claimed to be the smartest She, saw the scene in front of him, and his heart was full of helplessness.
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The helplessness of Manglong and Mangwa and others is a great joy worth celebrating for Duan Jian and other Tang Jun.
At the foot of the mountain, looking at the fire on those mountains, Duan Jian and the others were extremely happy in their hearts, and many people came to the haze that shrouded the Tang army's head, and at this time they were completely expelled.
"Hahaha, congratulations to the governor, congratulations to the governor, the governor was able to create such a magic weapon, so that waiting for the danger to become a smooth road, capturing the prison dragon mountain, and taking down the Black Bull tribe, it is simply a simple matter, it seems that it will not be long before we can return to the dynasty." One of the generals said with a laugh.
"Hahaha, Brother Qi's words are different, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to want the class teacher to return to the dynasty, not to mention anything else, just this big fire will burn the mountain, won't it take a few days to burn?" As soon as this general's obviously ridiculous words came out, everyone burst into laughter again.
For a while, everyone looked at the sea of fire on the mountain and talked freely, and the situation was not like a war, but like a vacation to watch the scenery.
"Whether Lang Jun can capture this Black Bull Tribe this time, just relying on this hot air balloon, I'm afraid it won't be far away to seal the marquis immediately." Zhou Xing stood beside Duan Jian, and did not look at the sea of fire on the mountain, but looked at the hot air balloons that were constantly flying in the sky and said.
"Immediately seal the marquis, I'm afraid it's impossible, those who can be crowned marquis are all peerless generals who have experienced a hundred battles and established great feats for the Tang Dynasty, a hot air balloon, how can it be compared with those fierce generals, Xiaodao is too optimistic." Duan Jian said noncommittally.
Hearing Duan Jian's words, Zhou Xing said with a straight face, "Lang Jun's words are wrong, it seems that you still haven't really recognized what a powerful weapon this hot air balloon is, to be honest, it is not an exaggeration to call him a peerless." ”
"Oh, what do you say?" Seeing that Zhou Xing didn't want to be joking, Duan Jian also asked with some doubts, for Duan Jian from later generations, hot air balloons, not to mention compared with fighters and space shuttles, even airships are much stronger than him, besides, since the hot air balloon was opened in later generations, it has no big role in military affairs, it is just used to detect the situation of the other party, which is only useful when the two sides are fighting, and in peacetime, it is useless at all.
In fact, this is Duan Jane's mistake, the development of hot air balloons is another epoch-making work after Watt's invention of the 'steam engine', it is with the invention of the hot air apparatus, so that human beings have the idea of flying into the sky, there will be the invention of airplanes later, if there is no hot air balloon, even if human beings can invent airplanes, I don't know how many years later.
As for the military use of hot air balloons, it is even more biased, you know, the hot air balloons of later generations were only invented in the eighteenth century, and at that time, human warfare has been from the era of cold weapons to the era of hot weapons in the transition, the siege of the city has changed from pure manpower, to the contrast of tools, to today's Duan Jane this kind of hot air balloon on the oil on the fire, and then fly to the enemy's head to throw out the war book, in the eighteenth century has little effect, the era and the difference in weapons, resulting in the use of hot air balloons, It also made Duan Jian unable to really understand the importance of hot air balloons at this time.
Looking at Duan Jian's still puzzled face, Zhou Xing smiled bitterly in his heart, since Duan Jian made the hot air balloon, Zhou Xing's heart has never been calm, for him, this idea can only be thought up by demons.
It has been hundreds of years since Zhuge Kongming made the 'Kong Ming lantern', but everyone is just for playing, who would have thought that the Kong Ming lantern would be replaced with a material, and after making it larger, it would be able to have this kind of miraculous effect.
During the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder weapons have not yet been developed, this kind of attack from the sky directly to the enemy on the ground, for the attacked side that is fatal, think about it, when the Tang army wants to attack an unusually strong city, in the past, it was often necessary for the army to use siege vehicles, ladders and various tools to attack outside the city, costing countless soldiers to attack the city.
But now, when attacking these cities, the Tang army only needs to send some hot air balloons to fly to the heads of these city walls, whether it is to throw fire oil or use archers to attack the enemy at the head of the city, and act together with the army outside the city, the efficiency can be increased countless times compared to before, and how many good men of the Tang army can survive because of this.
Not to mention that when fighting in the field, with the help of the heater, the Tang Army was able to discover the enemy's layout and ambush in advance, find the most suitable place for their own battle, and then simply and effectively strike at the enemy.
As for the other benefits of hot air balloons, there are countless of them, it can be said that if old generals such as Xue Rengui or Liu Renliang see these hot air balloons, I am afraid that even their eyes can become green.
With such a powerful weapon, how could the imperial court not reward the inventor with a big reward, let alone a marquis, if Duan Jian operated it properly, I am afraid that a higher title would not be a problem.
When Zhou Xing told Duan Jian these thoughts, Duan Jian was completely stunned, of course, he was not shocked, but stimulated by the huge excitement in his heart.
"No wonder I saw those crossings in the previous life, after the pig's feet arrived in ancient times, they were so comfortable, there were many beauties, and the official positions of the dogs in the house were superb, it turned out that it was really the case, I just inadvertently created a hot air balloon, and I was able to directly seal the marquis, if I made a machine gun, it was not to do what I wanted, I knew this, what else should I do, what did I do, invent a few small things at home, official positions, wealth and beauties are not all in my hands, How could they have come to this ravine to deal with these natives? ”
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