Chapter 284: Another Fire Attack

The Shu army has never entered some narrow, can not accommodate the basic "sandwich" formation of the terrain, as long as there is this kind of terrain they will decisively detour, if they find that there is an ambush inside, do not go in to clear the suppression, the same is to use thunderbolts to greet, one is not enough for two, two is not enough for three, in short, at any cost, only to use the least casualty rate in exchange for the results.

The Wei army also ambushed many archers at some commanding heights, condescending to snipe the Shu army. However, most of the arrows were blocked by the rattan armor soldiers in the front row, and there were also some fire ~ spearmen who were recruited, after all, they were sneak attacks, and they were condescending, and it was difficult for the Shu army to completely dodge. After suffering a few losses, the fire ~ spearmen no longer participate in the clearing of the remnants of the enemy on the ground, but hold their guns to the rooftops everywhere, specially guarding against the archers who may appear at any time.

This is the time to test the speed and accuracy of the soldiers on both sides, but generally speaking, the Shu army has a great advantage. First of all, the Shu army has been aiming at a certain area, and the enemy will be attacked as soon as he emerges. And the Wei army had to show its head first, and then draw the bow, aim, and release the arrow.

They have completed such a series of complex actions, which is enough to keep aiming at the Shu arms here~ The gunmen pulled the trigger a few times. Secondly, the fire ~ spearmen will generally do a good job of division of labor, usually each area will have two or three people on guard at the same time. That way, even if one of them gets distracted or reacts a little slower, there are others who can supplement the attack.

Another means of attack of the Wei army is fire attack, which is also the largest means of attack of the Wei army. In some streets and alleys, the Wei military first placed a large amount of firewood and grass, fire oil, and spirits. They planned to set fire to the Shu army when they entered these areas and boiled the Shu army in one pot. It's a pity that since the vine armor soldiers suffered a big loss in Urn City, the front-line troops have become extremely cautious, making their treacherous plan unable to succeed.

The Shu army seems to be advancing quickly, but in fact, it is always confirming the safety of the surrounding environment. Some suspicious places are first tested with thunderbolts, fire ~ guns and even rockets, burning ~ burning ~ bombs, and then entering with small units to probe, and only after confirming that there is no danger, large troops will enter.

During the Wengcheng incident, the aerial reconnaissance troops were also criticized, and now that it was time to launch a general attack, they did not dare to relax in the slightest, and all of them stared at every place in the city with their eyes as big as bull's eyes, and used high-powered binoculars to keep an eye on every movement in the city. Although the Wei army also made some cover-ups, there were still many places where they saw the clues and notified the ground troops in time.

In addition to careful observation, the hot air balloon unit sometimes uses fire reconnaissance means, and when they see something suspicious, but they can't be sure for a while, they throw a thunderbolt or burn ~ burn ~ bounce down, which plays the role of startling the grass and snakes.

The manufacture of burning~burning~ bombs is simpler than that of thunderbolts, and a mixture of fire oil and sugar is filled in a stoneware bottle, and a ball of cloth is plugged into the mouth of the bottle. Of course, in order to make it easy to carry, the general cloth ball will not be pre-stuffed into the bottle, and the bottle mouth will be sealed with a wooden stopper, so that the contents will not leak out during long-distance transportation.

When it is to be used, the soldier pulls out the wooden stopper, and stuffs the matching cloth strip into it in a certain way, and this burning ~ burning ~ bottle can be used. The cloth regiment is quite a wick, and the soldiers have used oil lamps, and they are no strangers to the principle of burning ~ burning ~ ammunition. As long as they lit the strip of cloth and threw the burning~burning~ bottle out, the opposite side would become a sea of fire.

What they are curious about is why a small bottle of fire oil is so strong that it can cause such a large sea of fire, and the fire cannot be extinguished no matter how much it is extinguished, and it is difficult to extinguish even water. Not only were they curious, but even the workers who made it were curious, why did this thing have to be filled with sugar in addition to fire oil?

You must know that the sugar is transported back from Lingnan, and the price is very expensive, and it is rare for ordinary people to eat it once, but now they pour it into these bottles as if they don't need money.

However, it is said that this formula was given by Zuo Lao Immortal, so there must be its truth, after all, Zuo Lao Immortal has been giving the same and the same magical things over the years, and everything is not like anything in the world, but it has been proved that he never does useless work, and never creates some useless and boring things.

If you really know the principle, I'm afraid that apart from Zuo Ci, there are only some senior researchers in the Institute of Chemistry. Of course, the recipes are all military secrets, and those who know the inside information must be closely monitored, and the soldiers who use them on the front line only think that the bottle is filled with fire oil, and do not know that there are other ingredients.

In addition to being an artifact of killing and setting fire, these burning~burning~ bottles are also first-class in terms of fire reconnaissance. If there are flammable materials such as firewood and grass and fire oil hidden in that place, a burn~burn~bottle will be exposed~ and reimbursed. The best way to destroy such traps is to set them on fire and make them burn clean. The super burning effect of burning ~ burning ~ bottle well undertakes this task.

For places where there are suspected enemy soldiers lurking, burning ~ burning ~ bombs is also very useful, not every Wei soldier is Qiu Shaoyun, a burning ~ burning ~ bomb, no one can bear the pain and fear caused by the raging fire around him or even on his body. Therefore, often in places where Wei soldiers are lurking, if they are hit by a burning ~ burning ~ bomb, there will always be a burning man howling out, and then rolling on the ground.

Even the soldiers of Shu who started the tragedy saw it, and many people couldn't bear it. But this is something that can't be helped, the war is so cruel, either you die or I die, these lurking Wei soldiers are obviously ill-intentioned, if they don't use thunderbolts or burning ~ burning ~ bombs to force them out, the dead and injured are their own people, so no matter how unbearable they are, it is impossible for the Shu soldiers to stop.

When the Hong army occupied about a third of the city, the front-line troops finally discovered that something was wrong, the road in front was almost stuffed with flammable materials, even in the rooms on both sides of the road, often a thunderbolt or burning~burning~ bomb thrown in, it would be a raging fire, obviously, the room was already full of firewood.

Seeing this, the forward officer immediately ordered the troops to halt their advance, informed the command of the situation, and requested further instructions for action. This is not because the troops at the front are greedy for life and afraid of death, but because they try to avoid unnecessary losses when they are not necessary. Soon, the same information came from all the troops: the front was covered with flammable materials, and it was dangerous to continue advancing.

Liu Hou and the strategists have now arrived at the city gate tower, looking down on the battle situation in the city from the highest watchtower. After receiving the information from the various troops, Liu Hou smiled bitterly and said: "This Cao Xiu is really mad, he still engages in these things knowing that he is invincible, does he want to set fire to the whole city?" ”

ps. I'll start a business trip tomorrow, but I'm going to bring my computer and don't go anywhere at night, so I'll hide from the hotel code word and try to keep it updated, right?