Chapter 363: The Principle of Haze
Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, it's enough, Wang San, you immediately let the soldiers move all the war drums to the shore." ”
"Big brother, aren't you going to sneak attack? What do you want war drums for? Wang San was suddenly confused.
Hua An smiled and said, "You go and move first, and the eldest brother will tell you in detail later." ”
"Yes, big brother." Wang San said and turned around and walked in the direction of the camp.
Hua An looked at the fifty fireships that were already filled with flammable materials, and asked softly: "Flat head, how many soldiers are needed to slide these fifty fireships to the Zhao Jun Water Village." ”
"Big brother, only a hundred soldiers are enough." Wang Biantou replied truthfully.
Hua An nodded and said, "One hundred people, we still need to prepare ten more boats and twenty soldiers to receive these hundred soldiers." ”
"Well, big brother, this is easy to do." Wang Biantou said.
Hua An paced two steps at the ferry, looked at Wang Biantou, and said: "Biantou, the hundred soldiers who are responsible for operating fifty fireships must be the best in water, this operation is to go deep into the tiger's den, it can be described as dangerous and abnormal, and there must be no business trip." ”
"Big brother, rest assured, our sailors are all excellent in water, and they will definitely be able to complete the task smoothly." Wang Biantou said proudly.
"Well, that's good." Hua An nodded, and then said: "Biantou, you prepare more than ten larger warships first, and when Wang San's war drums arrive, one ship will be placed on ten sides." ”
"Don't worry, big brother, I'll go and prepare." Wang Biantou said and went to prepare.
Two moments later, Wang San's more than 100 war drums and Wang Biantou's more than 10 warships all arrived at the designated position.
"Big brother, the drums of war are all ready."
"Big brother, more than ten warships have been prepared."
Wang San and Wang Biantou reported separately.
Hua An stretched out his hand and said, "Keep all the war drums on the warship, and each warship has ten sides." ”
"Yes, big brother." Wang San answered, and loaded all the war drums onto the warship.
When Yiqiē was ready, Hua An, Wang San, and Wang Biantou boarded one of the largest warships.
"Big brother, everything has been prepared, when will the fog appear." Wang San asked impatiently.
Hua An smiled and said: "Don't worry, the soldiers are tired, send an order, let the soldiers who participate in the operation enter the cabin to sleep, and send a few sentries to observe the situation on the river, and once there is fog, report immediately." ”
"Yes, big brother, let me do this." Wang Biantou said, go and give the order.
Hua An and Wang San walked into the cabin to rest, and soon, Wang Biantou also walked in.
"Big brother, now you can tell us the use of war drums!" Wang Biantou asked impatiently.
"Yes! Big brother, tell me quickly, what is it for, the war drums are used for sneak attacks, I have never heard of it. Wang San was also eager to know what was going on.
The corners of Hua An's mouth showed a hint of cunning, and he said: "Attack the west, divert the attention of the Zhao army, and cover the fire ship to calmly enter the Zhao army's water village." After speaking, he looked at the two of them proudly.
When the two heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then they suddenly realized that they praised Hua'an for his thoughtfulness.
You must know that even in the dense foggy weather where you can't see your fingers, the boat will always make a sound, and this will definitely attract the attention of Zhao Jun, and the success rate of the sneak attack will be greatly reduced.
Wang Biantou is quite proficient in water warfare, and after listening to Hua'an's thoughts, he thought carefully for a while, and said: "Big brother, the Zhao army's water village stretches for dozens of miles, and our army can choose to beat the drum downstream to attract the main force of the Zhao army, while fifty fireboats are from the upstream direction, down the river, and sneak into the Zhao army's water village. ”
"Well, going down the river can greatly reduce the frequency of paddling, so that it is more difficult to be discovered by the Zhao soldiers on the arrow tower." Hua An nodded in praise.
"Big brother, this is indeed a good idea." Wang San also agreed.
Hua An looked out of the cabin and said softly: "As long as the fog is together, thousands of Zhao Jun's warships will be burned." ”
"Big brother, will the fog really get up? For a whole day, we were all together, and I didn't see your big brother making fog! Wang San asked with some confusion.
"Yes! Big brother, how is the fog made, why not talk about it? Wang Biantou was also very curious.
Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, looked at the two of them, and said, "You forgot so quickly, an hour ago, our more than 500 warships, with 30,000 torches, circled around the periphery of Zhao Jun's water village for nearly half an hour. ”
"Ahh Big brother, you can make fog that way! Wang San looked extremely surprised.
"Big brother, how is that possible? You can make fog by lighting a torch, and it's too godly! Wang Biantou also frowned.
Seeing that the two didn't seem to believe themselves, Hua An didn't want to explain too much, and said softly: "How many hours will the fog last?" I'm tired of the day, so let's get some sleep! Before dawn, there will be a lot of fog on the river, hehe! After laughing twice, Hua An fell asleep.
Wang San and Wang Bian glanced at each other, and also lay in the cabin with their eyes closed.
In fact, Hua'an's fog-making method is very simple, that is, to use a large amount of water vapor on the river surface, and the tiny particles produced by torch combustion are gathered together, and then haze is formed, which in later life, due to the large amount of smoke and dust and other particulate matter emitted by cars and factories, thus leading to more and more severe haze weather, and Hua'an uses this principle.
Regarding the military use of artificial fog, there was such an allusion in Europe in later generations, that is a powerful figure in Europe, Napoleon, according to legend, Napoleon and the multinational coalition in a bloody battle, once, his army was stationed in the depression by the lake, and the coalition army was stationed in a high place, in the geographical advantage, Napoleon was at a disadvantage.
The shape shì was extremely unfavorable to Napoleon, but Napoleon took advantage of the high water vapor near the lake and made the soldiers cheer loudly at night with torches, and as a result, the depression near the lake was covered in fog the next morning, and from the top of the hill it looked like an open field.
The Allied sentinels reported the situation to the higher levels, and when the Allied commanders learned of the situation, they thought that Napoleon had escaped in the darkness, so his defenses became relaxed.
And Napoleon took advantage of the paralyzed heart of the coalition army, led the main army, and suddenly came out of the dense fog, which caught the coalition army by surprise, and as a result, the coalition army was defeated, and Napoleon won a great victory.
This is a typical classic case of using artificial fog to hide itself, so as to win by surprise, and Huaan also wants to create such a classic battle at this time.