Chapter 1178: The Power of Artillery
Nong Yu asked without giving up: "Do you have to take this guy with you?" Anyway, everything that should be asked has already been asked, and this emperor is of no value to us. ”
Yuan Fang insisted: "Bring it, maybe it will be useful in the future, if you are discovered, if it really can't be done, you can watch it." Nongyu nodded, and carried the unconscious emperor towards the sea.
Yuan Fang looked at Yang Yi and Hongyi: "Let's go too, wait and be careful, try not to be discovered by the airship in the sky, and if you get separated, find a way to go to the meeting point." ”
The focus of the Liusang Praetorian Guard's search was in the imperial capital, and there were not many airships in the suburbs, so Yuan Fang and the others carefully guarded the embankment all the way, hiding in advance before the searchlight of the airship came over, and then continued to hurry when the airship passed.
In this way, Yuan Fang and the three of them first went north, and then turned to the east after arriving in the north of the city, at this time, the sky was already bright, and the vegetable farmers who got up early and rushed to the imperial capital rushed to the imperial capital one after another, but today they found that something big seemed to have happened in the imperial capital, not to mention that there were airships everywhere in the sky, and the city gate that was usually opened long ago has been closed today.
The city gate in the north of the city is closed, and some vegetable farmers who don't give up will go to other city gates to try their luck, some people go to the west city gate, and some people go to the east city gate, so that Yuan Fang's three people mixed into the team of these vegetable farmers are not so dazzling, of course, the red clothes and Yang Yi have already changed into the clothes they brought before, otherwise Yang Yi's night suit and red flight suit will not be able to hide people's eyes and ears at all.
Following the vegetable farmers to the easternmost corner of the north city wall, Yuan Fang, Yang Yi, and Hongyi slowed down and fell at the back of the team, running away while people were not paying attention, and soon disappeared into the hills not far away.
Entering the hilly area, Yuan Fang and the three of them turned to the southeast, stopping at a place called Cangjing Mountain, about seven or eight miles away from the imperial capital, and the three of them searched separately, and finally found the former contact station of the night intelligence officers halfway up the mountain.
This is a small cave, the entrance of the cave is blocked by a boulder, there is only a gap of more than half a meter for people to enter and exit, the boulder is crawling with vines, covering the entrance of the cave, quite secret, of course, Yuan Fang They also spent a lot of effort to find here.
There is dry firewood and some water and dry food in the cave, the dry food is no longer edible, and the water in the bucket has also fallen a thick layer of ash, the weather is hot now, not to mention lighting a fire to keep warm, Yuan Fang and the three of them hid inside and waited for Xueqin and them to come over.
Time passed little by little, and Yuan Fang, who was lying on the ground resting at noon, sat up suddenly, pricked up his ears and listened for a while and said, "It seems to be the sound of cannons, did you hear it?" ”
Hongyi listened quietly for a while, nodded in surprise and said, "I heard, it's Xueqin and they are here." As he spoke, he ran to the entrance of the cave.
Yang Yi was puzzled and said, "Why didn't I hear anything?" Are your ears better than mine? ”
Hongyi smiled and said, "Eldest sister, you really didn't hear anything?" ”
Yang Yi listened carefully and shook his head and said, "No, I heard the sound of thunder." ”
Hongyi took Yang Yi's hand and said, "That's the sound of cannons, you see that the sky is clear, and there is not even a white cloud, how can it be thunder." Brother, shall we go down the mountain now? ”
Yuan Fang shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer, wait for our airship to come over." ”
Yuan Fang came out of the cave, squatting like a soil dog under the boulder in front of the cave entrance and looking north, there was no telescope, Yuan Fang's eyes were blank, only the sound of artillery from far to near, more and more clear.
In the sky above the imperial capital in the west, a large number of airships gathered and flew to the north, Yuan Fang sneered and said, "Go, if you go, you will be sent to death." ”
Inside a sky-blue new bomber, Xueqin had gauze wrapped around her head, calmly giving one order after another, ten new fighters and thirteen scarred dinghys were guarding the surroundings, protecting Xueqin's flagship and six other bombers and three transport boats, in front, thirty fighters were in a group of two, and were exchanging fire with the airships of the Liusang Empire, or a one-sided slaughter.
The fighters of the Dongsheng Empire are all equipped with artillery, compared to the opponent's heavy crossbows, the range is longer, the coverage is larger, and the lethality is even more amazing, at a distance of 1,500 meters, a swarm of bee shells in the past basically most of the iron arrows with explosives can hit the target, as long as they are shot by these iron arrows with barbs, the iron arrows and the explosives on them will be firmly nailed to the wooden outer armor of the Liusang airship, until the fuse burns out and explodes, blowing the airship out of a big hole.
The Liusang Empire really hid a hand, the number of airships was more than expected, and at midnight, Xueqin first led a team to attack Changqing according to Yuan Fang's plan.
At the beginning, Xueqin sent ten fighters to meet the opponent's patrol airship, using scattered bombs, at a distance of one thousand meters from the opponent's formation, a salvo, more than 200 egg-sized spikes drowned more than a dozen of the opponent's airships, but did not cause much damage, most of the scattered bombs were nailed to the opponent's outer armor, and only a few smashed the windshield and smashed into the cabin.
Before the pilots of the Liusang Empire could sober up from the shock and laugh at these tattered weapons of the Dongsheng Empire, those inconspicuous iron bumps suddenly exploded, flames gushed, shrapnel shot everywhere, and large holes in the airship appeared one after another in various places with green smoke, and then there was no more, except for the airship that was sent back to report the news at the beginning, the fourteen airships of this patrol team were all wiped out in one look.
The air force led by Xueqin did not stop at all and continued to advance, and when it was almost to Changqingdao, most of the airships of the Liusang Empire had already taken off, and the other party was in a hurry, and they didn't know that the Dongsheng Empire already had a terrifying weapon like artillery, or according to the same way of playing before, preparing to fire a salvo first, and then fight with a numerical advantage.
Xueqin was waiting, seeing that more than 100 airships were gathering on the other side, she ordered to slow down and give the other party enough time to assemble, and then ordered to fire at a distance of three thousand meters, this time, using ordinary shells with a three-meter fuse, each one is the size of an ostrich egg, the shell of this shell is relatively thin, correspondingly, it contains more explosives, and the explosion is more powerful.
Fifty fighters, a hundred artillery salvos, a hundred shells flew into the enemy group, almost half of the shells exploded in the group, several unlucky airships were directly blown to pieces and fell, and then, the wind brought by the huge impact force blew the nearby airships to the side, some lost control, and collided with the airships next to them, before the airships of the Liusang Empire could come to their senses, Xueqin had come to a distance of one thousand meters.