Chapter 114: Shocking the audience
PS: When it first hit the shelves, I was very nervous, after all, this paid chapter had to be written more carefully.
Of course there is pressure, the first time, hehe.
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The hot air balloon weighed hundreds of pounds, and together with the rattan basket and flamethrowers, blowers and other supporting facilities, it took several carriages to mount it, and the landing site was on the mountain, the road was frozen and slippery, rugged and difficult, and it was not easy to transport it down. But after all, the carrying team was numerous, and the landing site was not too far from the Chinese army camp, so everyone worked together and carried it hand on their shoulders, and they still quickly carried the whole set of household belongings down the mountain and sent them to the Chinese army tent of the governor of the three sides, but they did not let Yang and Du Zhu wait.
A large area of flat land had already been cleared in front of the big tent, and a group of guards pouted and maintained order around the venue. Officers and non-commissioned officers have also heard about the hot air balloon, and this kind of rare thing is the most popular for the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, where is there still a person who is not enthusiastic to watch, and it is so dense that even the surrounding high places are full of people, one by one, squeezing and rubbing, tiptoeing and shoulders, just hoping that they can't come to the front to see it clearly.
Originally, this was not very in line with military discipline, but Yang He was originally a civilian official, and his subordinates were not very strict, and he was in a good mood at this time, and he didn't want to overwhelm the public, so he was able to win everyone. But he had a cautious personality, and although he saw that the thieves had been quelled, he still ordered a thousand households in the governor's standard camp to lead people to cover and defend the pass.
As soon as the hot air balloon arrived, Lao Huang took the two of them forward without waiting for Wu Wei's instructions to start inflating, heating, assembling and other steps. The three of them have just won a big reward, and their motivation is high. Under the attention of more than 10,000 spectators at the scene, he even used his ability to eat. I saw that the movements were dazzling and extremely skillful. It was a few points faster than when the battle began.
Yang He led a group of generals to watch the three of them do it, and they were all full of interest, and many people even came close to watch. Some people have focused on rumbling blowers, others have become interested in carrying people's rattan baskets, and some have even been brave enough to touch the balloon's air sacs with their hands. In their opinion, the hot air balloon is huge, but the workmanship is very delicate, and the airbag is not skin, but it is extremely light and tough. I don't know what kind of material it was made of. If the big airbag, the formation is fine and even, and it is almost impossible to see clearly if you don't pay attention to distinguish, and there are quite a lot of well-informed people among the people, who have never seen such craftsmanship!
The blower is also very delicate, it does not look very big, and it is very powerful to start, if the large bag is constantly blown into the strong wind, it slowly expands and erects at a speed visible to the naked eye. Yang He is interested in machinery. Regardless of the deafening roar of the machine, I took a closer look and touched it, and saw that its structure was complex and the craftsmanship was ingenious. There is something unfathomable, and I can't help but be impressed. After the Governor was transferred back to Beijing, he ordered someone to draw a map of what he saw today according to his memory, which aroused the interest of many people. Someone actually made a special trip to observe the real thing, this is a later story.
The inflation heat up time is longer. Wu Wei beckoned someone to bring up the samples of the "Ten Thousand Enemies" and the Burning # flask that showed great power in this battle, and respectfully presented them to Yang He. Yang He is amazed by the ingenuity of the hot air balloon. When I saw the other two artifacts in the legend, I was immediately refreshed. He took the "Ten Thousand Enemies", grinding with his palm, while listening to Wu Wei introduce its principle and effect, nodding from time to time, when he heard that the use of this thing is to ignite the fuse and throw it with his hand, when the explosion was killed within a radius of several zhang, not only his eyelids jumped slightly.
Wu Wei saw that Yang He's face was solemn, and he was thinking about the significance of this thing being applied to the battlefield, so he lost no time in stepping forward and said loudly: "Two adults, please move to the next step, and the lower officials please demonstrate the power of this thing for adults." Yang He and Du Wenhuan originally wanted to propose to see the actual combat effect of this thing, but when they heard the words, they both nodded in agreement.
Wu Wei found a personal guard named Liu Zhuo, who was more than 6 feet tall, that is, more than 1.9 meters today, born with big shoulders and a round waist, and was very powerful, and was a famous strong man in the Ansai camp. When he heard that Wu Wei ordered him to perform a demonstration of throwing "10,000 enemies" in front of all the big people, he felt that there was light on his face, and according to the rules taught by Luo Rucai, he strode in front of Yang He, knelt down and kowtowed, and only stood up when he heard Yang He tell him to get up.
The "10,000 enemies" are very powerful, and in order to avoid accidental injury, the throwing target was selected in a shallow pit beside the road at a distance, and the surrounding vision is quite good. In order to enhance the intuitiveness of the power of the explosion, Wu Wei ordered several horses and mules that had broken their hooves and had been scrapped to be tied to nearby trees. Most of the people stood at a high place dozens of zhang away to watch, and this distance was absolutely safe according to Wu Wei's many tests. And the military and political officials, including Yang He, stood farther away, and Yang He also wanted to get closer and see clearly, but he had no choice but to let the guards around him live or die, so he had to give up.
After lighting the fuse, he used all his strength to throw the "10,000 enemies" far into the shallow pit of the target, and then quickly lay down on the ground, crossed his arms in front of him, and pillowed his forehead on his arms. The power of this "10,000 enemies" is really huge, only to hear a loud bang, and the air wave mixed with dust will hit all around, Rao is Yang He stood far away, and his ears were still buzzing. The closer ones were even more unbearable, and many of them reflexively leaned over the ground, their hair buns and brims covered in crumbs.
Du Wenhuan and other generals were not surprised, and before the smoke and dust dissipated, they hurriedly approached the center of the explosion to check the effect. At first glance, it was really shocking, the horses and mules closer to the center of the explosion were all bloody and fleshy, and their intestines were rotten and died, and the horses and mules a little further away were also scorched and dying. As far as the eye can see, with the explosion point as the center of the circle, the living force within a radius of a few zhang should be swept away! Yang He stepped over at this time, and was quite shocked to see that the explosion was so powerful. Wu Wei took advantage of the situation and said: "This thing can also be improved, if you add fillers such as iron nails and coarse sand, the killing effect will be stronger." When defending the city, it is thrown from the wall, and the power is ten times greater than that of rolling wood and stones. ”
Du Wenhuan and other generals are all old in military affairs, even if they can't fight in the field, they have experienced a lot in defending the city, and they know that what Wu Wei said is true, and they are all happy. What's even better is that it's easy to get and easy to make. It is easy to imitate a large number of people, and the cost is much smaller than buying a Franc machine. The power is not bad at all, and the biggest advantage is that there is no dead end. Such a sharp weapon is the most suitable for defending the city. The only weakness of this thing may be that it can't reach far after all, but the nimble mind is already thinking about how to fire it with a long-range weapon like a trebuchet to solve this problem.
Although Yang He is a civil official, he has insight into the world and is not a sour Confucian who is not familiar with popular affairs, and after a little thought, he also understands the wonders, and he can't help but smile. His horizons are much broader than those of the generals in northern Shaanxi, and at this time he thought that if the "10,000 enemies" were promoted in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, it would greatly improve the city defense capabilities of various places. The city in the entire Ming Dynasty. No matter the size, it's everywhere. In this sense, this thing can be called a militaristic weapon!
Seeing the power of the "Ten Thousand Enemies", Yang He and others also looked forward to the power of burning # flasks. After explaining the principle of burning # flasks, it is still demonstrated by Liu Zhuo, although there is no earth-shattering explosion this time, but the characteristics of burning # flasks are sticky burning, which is more painful than the death of the "ten thousand enemies", and the enemies who have been attacked by the burning # flask are often more painful. In addition, in the process of struggling, the fire will be extended to the surrounding area, so that more people will be hit, so it will greatly damage the morale of the enemy, and in this sense, its power is also better than that of the "10,000 enemies". It's just that the raw material of the burning # flask is more complicated. The dehydration and desalination of crude oil requires a certain process, and the application prospect is far inferior to that of "ten thousand enemies".
I've seen the demonstrations of two sharp weapons, and they are both very exciting. The officers and soldiers were all satisfied, and there was a lot of discussion in private. And the bigger meat drama is still to come. While all eyes were focused on the "10,000 enemies" and the Molotov cocktail demonstration, the hot air balloon had quietly completed preparations for liftoff. The inflated airbag changed its previous soft and collapsed appearance, became extremely large, and was erected in the center of the square, and the huge HELLOKITTY swayed in the wind, but this time it was close at hand, and everyone could see it clearly, and it would no longer be false. Wu fifteen controlled the flamethrower's fire head to avoid the lift change being too drastic, and the hot air balloon itself was directly fixed to several heavily loaded carriages on the ground through several ropes, and the rattan basket under the balloon was already about a foot above the ground.
Seeing such a spectacular scene, the huge hot air balloon was close in front of them, within reach, and everyone had even any suspicions before, which caused tens of thousands of thieves to collapse and affected the officials and soldiers of Ningxia Town, and it was really not a ghost, but a so-called hot air balloon in front of them! Even the cartoon pattern on it doesn't seem to be so weird and scary at this time.
Wu Wei saw that Lao Huang and the three of them had entered the rattan basket, and the bottom of the rattan basket had left the ground, so he couldn't help but move in his heart, pointed to the hot air balloon and said aloud to the generals of northern Shaanxi: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know who has the courage to board this thing?" Seeing this, Yang He didn't interfere, just looked at them with a smile, and was quite curious to see if anyone dared to accept this challenge.
In front of more than 10,000 of their own soldiers, how could the generals admit that they retreated, and they volunteered one after another, arguing endlessly, and finally the board was made by the chief soldier and a young general named Ma Kui was appointed. Amid the cheers of the crowd, Ma Kui dressed up and greeted everyone, boarding the hot air balloon like a hero. After asking Yang He, Wu ordered Lao Huang and the three of them to start controlling the hot air balloon to rise, and the ropes under the rattan basket were untied one after another, leaving only an extremely long rope connected to the ground, and the hot air balloon was fixed by this rope, so as not to float away with the wind as at the beginning.
As the height of the balloon increased, the people and objects on the ground slowly became extremely small, and did not stop rising until the rope was exhausted, and the height had reached dozens of zhang by this time. Ma Kui's expression gradually changed from casual at the beginning to pale, and the rattan basket in the air with every bump in the air made him unstable, and he involuntarily clung to the handle beside him, as if he would be lifted out of the rattan basket by the wind at any time, fell from a height of dozens of feet, and fell to pieces! The cheering crowd below also became distant and blurred.
The time of a stick of incense felt like a century, and when the balloon returned to the ground, he was greeted by deafening cheers, and he forced himself to make a smiling face as he stepped out of the rattan basket and waved to the crowd.
"NND, I'll never sit on that for the second time if I kill Lao Tzu." Marqui thought.
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