Lazahan, the former commander-in-chief of the Tang Army, is still very competent, he supervises the battle day and night like an iron man who never slackens, who dares not to fight with all his might, even if it is an authentic Tang person, he will scold him correctly!

"General Li, why did you order your gunboats to stop attacking?" He asked unceremoniously.

General Li, Li Baodong, the grandson of Li Jinxing in Yingzhou, joined the navy and became the admiral of the navy.

Li Jinxing and Wei Xi are world friends, comrades in the army, and the relationship is not shallow, and the Li family in Yingzhou has always been Wei Xi's basic plate.

Li Baodong explained: "Chief, the power of our gunboats is too small to break through the city defenses, and there are not many injuries, so the results achieved are ......."

"I know, I know, I know!" After saying three things in a row, Lazahan said in a cold voice: "Attacking Constantinople is to do everything you have if you have any strength, yes, the results of the artillery battle are not great, but as long as the Byzantines are upset, confused and afraid, your gunboats will not be in vain!" ”

Oh, and the emotional cannon is making noise!

Cheng Boxi played a round on the side and said: "It's a good thing to open fire, it's lively, it sounds good, anyway, we're not bad for money!" ”

Not bad for money!

It's not bad to say, recently the gods have solved millions of real money,

With this step, Li Baodong said: "I send one-half of the gunboats to fight/artillery every day, and I will satisfy the two chiefs." ”

"Take a third of the attack on Constantinople, two-thirds of the gunboats on Galada, send out the marines, and the simultaneous army, take it!" Razakhan ordered.

This order is good, there is meat to eat, Li Baodong hurriedly agreed.

"It's not just talking, it has to be knocked down!" Seeing that he was a little childish, Lazahan said sternly.

"The last general is willing to be a military commander!" Li Baodong had no choice but to say.

"You remember your words!" Razakhan said unceremoniously.

After Li Baodong left the military tent, Cheng Boxi said to Lazahan in private: "The Li family in Yingzhou is related to the prince, if you want to be long, you shouldn't treat him like this." ”

"I only want to take Constantinople, so much care!" Lazahan is hard and authentic.

"You're going to take Constantinople!" Cheng Boxi sighed deeply.

……

Located on the other side of the Golden Horn in the 7th century, across the sea from Constantinople, the Galata Fortress was an important defensive area.

The Galata fortress was close to the sea, and several large iron cables were pulled between it and Constantinople, and ships could not enter the Golden Horn.

Its land direction is wetland, which is not conducive to the deployment and passage of infantry troops, so if you want to attack it, you can only make a fuss at sea.

……

At the beginning of the morning, the hundreds of Tang ships had already gathered into a huge formation, and around the sea of the Galada fortress, they opened fire one after another, and fired cannonballs like cannonballs at the fortress.

The sea is full of smoke and lasts for a long time.

When the smoke of gunpowder retreated, I saw that the Galata Fortress seemed to be immovable!

There was a faint sound of Byzantine laughter.

No damage was inflicted on the fortress, and the marines could not be dispatched to rush to the beach and land.

This time Li Baodong made a difficulty.

He knew that his artillery was small in caliber and weak, and it was not easy to bully the enemy's ships and use them to fight fortified cities.

But the thought of making a military order, although Razakhan may not have the opportunity to pinch him (as long as he stays on the ship, Razakhan has no jurisdiction over him), but it is really unpleasant to think of losing face in front of the former great cannibal!

There are catapults and thunder cannons that can boost firepower, but the catapults are too big to move the ship, and the thunder cannon is powerful, but its recoil can shake the ship apart.

After thinking about it, he ordered the boat to sail, and then went ashore to ask to see Wei Xi!

……

Wei Xi only supervised the war, did not interfere in military affairs, and when he was free, he went fishing.

Recently, everyone has been fighting, the fish in the Sea of Marmara have not been caught, it is very fat, Wei Xi caught it, grilled the fish by himself and ate it, the fragrance is strong, and Cheng Boxi does not care about the siege military affairs, and often eats fish with him.

Li Baodong watched Wei Xi and Cheng Boxi busy on the beach from a distance, so he asked to see him.

As a result, Wei Xi didn't see him, and sent a guard to give him a bag, which had a taste of Zhuge Liang.

Li Baodong opened the bag and there was a booklet inside, and after he flipped through it on the spot, he couldn't help but be shocked!

Rocket!

The rocket is finally available,

The "rocket" that Wei Xi taught Li Baodong was a rocket made of iron with a powder cartridge, weighing 15 kilograms, with an arrow length of one meter and a diameter of 0.1 meters, and three inclined spirals mounted on its tail.

This is a "high-tech", the function of the spiral plate is to stabilize, when the rocket is launched due to the effect of aerodynamic force to make the rocket rotate itself and achieve stability, not affected by the wind direction and the trajectory is more reliable.

There is a fuse inside, which automatically ignites after firing and can detonate a blasting warhead!

In addition to the explosion, the warhead can be equipped with iron nails and steel balls, which can seriously injure, kill, and lightly injure the enemy.

Due to the spin, the rocket launches using guide rails, and the five guide rails are connected in series to become a five-pack rocket.

There is even an automatic igniter designed, which can be ignited and people can leave, and five rockets are fired in turn!

This is a big killer!

In fact, this is the result of the science and technology department in the rear after a long period of research, and it was sent to Wei Xi for approval, and Wei Xi directly handed it over to Li Baodong.

……

Due to the war, the technical force in the barracks was very strong, and Li Baodong handed over the atlas to the logistics department of the army, and they organized technicians and workers to build it according to the book.

The country has the power to overthrow the sea, and rush to work day and night. Thousands of rockets were soon produced.

First of all, it was used on gunboats, although it was a wooden deck, but it was possible to nail iron plates on it, and the tail flame of the rocket fell on the iron plates, so it would not cause burning.

……

Li Baodong once again drove a large number of gunboats to the Galata fortress, releasing hundreds of small boats loaded with marines to rush to the beach and land, first using artillery to cover, and at the same time paralyzing the Byzantines.

When the small boats approached the Galata fortress, this time nearly two hundred gunboats simultaneously fired five rockets.

Smoke and dust flew, flames soared into the sky, and rows of rockets whistling up with red tail flames, most of them falling on the Galata Fortress.

Thousands of rockets exploded at the same time, and the Galata fortress exploded like a volcano!

In an instant, the sky was dark, and the sand, stones, and firelight flew together, forming an extra-large ball of fire smoke billowing up in the air.

Due to the hot weather and knowing that the artillery ships of the Don Army were weak, the armor of the defenders of the Galada fortress was not strong, and as a result, they suffered a big loss!

was blown up and killed, limbs were blown off, and his body was hit by iron nails and steel balls, and he was bruised all over his body!

Surprised, the defenders of the Galada fortress were hit hard!

The small boats of the Tang marines docked, the sergeants rushed with ladders, and the defenders of the fortress were so dazed that they did not put up any effective resistance.

Putting a ladder on the city wall, the Don army bravely climbed it and planted the general flag on the fortress!

On the other side of the city of Constantinople, the Byzantines watched the flag of the Don Army rise on the top of the fortress, and they were so shocked that they were speechless!

Galata Fortress is lost!