The pilots were taken aback at what they saw on the ground. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe Soochow army on the ground is already in disarray, and there is no longer a worthy bombing target. Even the archers who had lined up in a neat formation before were now gone, and the archers had long since thrown down their weapons and fled in all directions.

It can be said that even if there are bombs, pilots do not know where to throw them. Besides, throwing bombs in this situation is a bit wasteful, and it has no effect on the war situation at all.

One of the pilots pointed to the chaos below and muttered, "Could this be the consequence of the so-called decapitation tactics?" Sir, don't deceive me. The gentleman he was referring to was the teacher who taught tactics classes in the academy.

"It seems that it is right, you see, the Eastern Wu army below has collapsed. This is what Mr. said, after the implementation of the decapitation operation, the enemy is leaderless, and it is easy to fall into chaos and even collapse. Looks like we really hit it today. Another special forces said.

In fact, they don't know that today they have created a classic example of decapitation, and at the same time, they have also conducted a useful test on the new aerial bomb, which provides good experimental data for the later improvement of the aerial bomb.

In the past, hot air balloons used time-delay bombs for air raid bombing, that is, before dropping the bomb, the altitude should be measured first, and then the time required for this free fall should be calculated according to the height of the hot air balloon, and then the fuse of the bomb was shortened to the required time, so that the bomb exploded when it almost touched the ground.

This method is prone to errors, either the bomb explodes at high altitude early, and the shrapnel falling from the high air will weaken the damage to the personnel on the ground, or the bomb has landed on the lead and has not burned out, at this time the bomb has been smashed to pieces, the fire ~ powder splashed to the ground, and the lead can only ignite a ball of fire and cannot explode.

This kind of impact-triggered bomb is different, it relies on the force generated by the impact to trigger the lighter, so it can ensure that the bomb will explode when it falls to the ground and is impacted.

However, this kind of bomb still has a big problem, that is, after falling on the ground, the bomb is easy to be shattered by the strong impact force, and the gun~powder will not explode as long as it is not ignited in a confined space, but will only burn.

The reason why this air raid was successful was actually due to a lot of luck. The large mine fell right into the muddy ground, and the whole mine fell into the mud, and the soft mud protected it, so that he was not knocked to pieces in the first place, so that it could be successfully detonated.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, the height of the balloon flight is only one arrow away, this distance is not too high, and the impact force of the drop is not too large, if either of these two conditions is not met, this explosion will not happen, and the decapitation operation will fail.

Of course, the pilots on the eighteenth hot air balloon did not know that they had succeeded by chance, and they did not think so much at the time, let alone have such deep theoretical knowledge.

These two necessary conditions were obtained after investigation by the investigators at the back. This time such a big incident happened, the pilots of the hot air balloon naturally had to write a detailed report to report to their superiors, especially since they also openly disobeyed the order and deviated from the original plan of action.

During the investigation of the incident, investigators unexpectedly discovered that the pilot used mines to carry out air strikes and dropped bombs, and they were able to successfully detonate them. Later, this situation attracted the attention of engineering and technical personnel, so the Firearms Research Institute specially sent some researchers to investigate and study. The results of this investigation provide good material for the development of full-fledged aerial bombs in the future.

These pilots violated discipline, but they also made great contributions, and in the end the merit was offset by the demerits, and they were not punished, but they were not rewarded, and continued to be their pilots.

Back at the scene, the other pilots in the hot air balloon in the sky saw that the Soochow army had collapsed and there was nothing that could threaten their safety, so they lowered their altitude and picked up the special forces on the ground.

The special forces on the ground first send the wounded to the hot air balloon, and then simply clean up the battlefield, and pack some special equipment to send to the balloon, after all, there are some special equipment that cannot fall into the hands of the enemy, and even if they can't be taken away, they must be destroyed before leaving.

Later, I saw that there was still time, so I simply carried the bodies of my fallen comrades into a hot air balloon and brought them back for burial. In fact, it doesn't matter if it's a matter of time now, the Soochow army is running out, and they can do anything calmly.

By the time dawn came, there were still two inlets that had not been blocked, and with the previous battles at that estuary, the Soochow army had been vigilant and had arranged a large number of men and horses to guard the remaining two estuaries.

At this time, it is obviously not feasible to use a hot air balloon to lay mines, but this has long been expected by Sima Yi, at this time there are only two estuaries left, and they are the two closest to the Jingzhou Navy Estuary, so what is there to be afraid of?

According to the plan, Guan Gong sent a large number of fleets directly into these two river esturies, preparing to annihilate the Soochow naval forces in these two tributaries first.

If the Jingzhou Navy breaks into the encirclement of the Dongwu Navy, and the Dongwu Navy will be surrounded by the superior forces of the Dongwu Navy and be forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat that is not beneficial to itself.

And now the situation is completely different, the six roads of the Dongwu Navy have been blocked by four roads, and there are only two roads left. This is equivalent to the fact that the Dongwu Navy took the initiative to divide its troops, and the Jingzhou Navy could concentrate superior forces to defeat all the men and horses of the Dongwu Navy Army.

The current superiority in strength is completely on the side of the Jingzhou Naval Army, and there is no longer any need to be cautious in fighting, and it is completely possible to crush it directly with superior forces. Guan Gong divided the entire Jingzhou naval army into three, and two of them entered the remaining two tributaries respectively to pursue and kill the Eastern Wu naval army ambushed inside.

The remaining one-third was divided into four and sent to the four estuaries that had already been mined and blocked, and the four estuaries were subsequently blocked. Why do we need to follow up on the four river estuaries where mines have been laid?

The reason has been mentioned earlier, because the people of Eastern Wu are good at demining, which is also the main reason why Sima Yi feels that Zhuge Wang's plan is not perfect. The mines laid by the hot air balloon could only temporarily stop the battleships of Soochow.

Once they have figured out the situation, they will inevitably find a way to clear the mines. Once they have cleared the mines, they can still enter the Yangtze River, once again endangering the safety of the Jingzhou naval army.

In fact, the loading capacity of the hot air balloon is limited, and the mines laid are not too many, and it will not take too much time for the Soochow Navy to clear them, so it is necessary to send some warships to guard the various river mouths, which can hinder the demining of the Soochow Navy and replenish the lost mines in time, so as to achieve the result of blocking a large number of Soochow Navy with a small number of troops.