It's night, and the moon and stars are scarce.

In a clearing outside Constantinople to the southeast, the students of the Academy of Sciences laid down their equipment and began assembling the lanterns.

Fan Mingchen also brought a troop with him, but his duty was not to participate in the attack, but to guard the perimeter and protect the safety of the students.

It's just that the gates of Constantinople have long been sealed, and the nearby combat forces have long been swept away by the Ming army, and there is no threat at all.

After making sure that there was no enemy situation on the periphery, Fan Mingchen came to Tong Xuan.

Tong Xuan took four people and was assembling an oversized Kong Ming lantern, and in the open space on the side, there was a black guy the size of an iron pot.

Fan Mingchen felt interesting, and stepped forward to touch it, it was cold, it should be made of cast iron.

"Bachelor Tong, this thing ......"

"Don't move!"

Tong Xuan saw Fan Mingchen with one hand on the "fat man", and hurriedly spoke to stop him.

Fan Mingchen was so frightened that he withdrew his hand and asked, "What...... What's wrong? ”

"The fat brother doesn't have a good temper, don't touch him."

"What?"

Fan Mingchen was puzzled, what fat brother, where is it?

Tong Xuan explained: "It's the big guy you touched, if he starts a temper, the consequences are very serious, and they are as serious as you can imagine." ”

Fan Mingchen looked at the fat black man and asked, "Isn't it just an iron lump, I know, it's gunpowder, it's a big bomb, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, but not all."

"What do you mean?"

"It's high-energy yellow powder...... Forget it, I can't explain it to you, anyway, I'll wait and see! ”

"High Energy Yellow Powder ......"

Fan Mingchen muttered to himself, as if he really didn't understand.

What kind of thing is this, it looks amazing......

Tong Xuan suddenly raised his head and asked, "By the way, aren't you going to participate?" ”

Fan Mingchen hurriedly nodded and said, "Is it okay?" ”

Tong Xuan turned his head and shouted at Mei Chun, "When will the reconnaissance light be released?" ”

Mei Chun said: "I'm preparing, what, you're going?" ”

"I'm not going, Fan Mingchen is going."

"What are you kidding?"

Mei Chun turned her head away and ignored it.

Tong Xuan smiled and said, "No kidding, he asked for it himself." ”

Fan Mingchen then said: "I have rough skin and thick meat, and I can act as a pioneer!" ”

Mei Chun turned her head again and asked, "Are you afraid of heights?" ”

Fan Mingchen was puzzled, when Tong Xuan asked just now, he was thinking, why do you want to ask me if I am afraid of heights?

Are you going to let me fly and drop bombs from the sky?

Tong Xuan didn't seem to be afraid of big things, and said: "You just give us a chance, General Fan escorted us to the front line all the way, and he made a small request, isn't it too much?" ”

Mei Chun frowned and asked, "The war is about to start, you don't want to talk to me!" ”

"Aren't you Ying Tianren, when did you learn Northeast dialect?"

"Don't care if I speak Northeastern, I only ask you ......"

Mei Chun looked Fan Mingchen up and down and asked, "Our work is very challenging, are you sure you want to try?" ”

Fan Mingchen nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, don't look at my reckless temperament, in fact, I am bold and careful, and I will definitely be able to ......."

"That's it!"

Mei Chun waved his hand to stop and said, "Come on, change General Fan's clothes." ”

Fan Mingchen was stunned and said, "I'm wearing armor!" ”

"It's because you're wearing armor, take it off, and change it into cotton armor."

"Why do you need to change to cotton armor......

"Are you still going?"

"Go, I'll go!"

Fan Mingchen obediently closed his mouth, changed into a cotton armor, and then saw a huge Kong Ming lantern.

"It's ......"

"This is the Observer used to observe the direction of the wind, and then it will rise into the air, you take the anemometer to record the wind direction and wind force, rest assured, there is a rope to pull, and you can't fly away."

Fan Mingchen's face turned white, he held the anemometer in his hand, and said hesitantly: "I, I...... I won't use it......"

"It's easy!"

Tong Xuan leaned over, pointed to the anemometer in Fan Mingchen's hand, and said, "Look at this chicken, its head refers to the direction of the wind......"

Fan Mingchen was still in the mood to listen to Tong Xuan's explanation, and now he just wanted to change back into his armor and do a good job as a guard.

However, did you fight for it just now?

What a damn one!

In the future, keep a long memory, the affairs of the Academy of Sciences, let's try not to get involved......

Kong Ming's lantern slowly rose, and Fan Mingchen sat in the bamboo basket, his legs trembling.

Tong Xuan shook his hand at him and said, "Remember what I just said, the observation data must be accurate!" ”

Fan Mingchen wanted to cry, but he couldn't.

Because tears burrowed into the crotch of the pants and flowed out of another liquid......

Mei Chun looked at Tong Xuan and asked, "The big war is coming, why do you have to let him go up?" ”

"This is what he asked for."

"He's not professionally trained, isn't that nonsense?"

"Just let him go up and experience it, and put three more reconnaissance posts, he ...... It's just an add-on. ”

Mei Chun shook his head helplessly, and instead ordered: "Release the reconnaissance post!" ”

In the city of Constantinople, there was silence.

Hafizkasha looked up at the night sky and noticed a few stars that were surprisingly bright.

And it flashes and flashes, giving people the illusion that it seems to fly very low.

Why don't the stars in the sky fall?

This problem has plagued human beings for thousands of years, and if you count from the first conscious monkey, I am afraid that it will be tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

Hafez was not only a military scientist, but also one of the few astronomers of the Ottomans, so he was sensitive to the position of the stars.

A few stars in the southeast immediately caught his attention, did the vision from the sky indicate that something big was about to happen?

Suddenly, one thing came to his mind.

Ever since the Orientals stopped shelling, they seemed to see something floating in the sky.

It's like kites, but if you think about it from another angle, what if those kites are used to detect the enemy?

From the sky, you can see it at a glance, and all the defenses in the city will be useless.

"Someone!"

"Lord Kasha."

"Go find the commander who delivered the letter during the day, and let him come to me immediately!"

"Yes!"

Although the herald didn't know why Lord Kasha was looking for someone in the middle of the night, there must have been an urgent military situation.

Soon after, the guard Hanuman hurried in.

"Lord Kasha, what do you have to do with me?"

Hafez looked solemn and asked, "How did the Ming army's war letter come into the city?" ”

Hanuman recalls what happened in the early morning and says: "It was a kite that flew up to the city wall, and we shot it down with firecrackers and bows and arrows. ”

Hafez looked frightened in his eyes and asked, "What kind of kite?" ”

"It's all rotten when it comes down, huh...... By the way, that kite doesn't have a string. ”

The more Hafez listened, the more nervous he became, and immediately said, "If something happens, you will immediately follow me to see His Majesty the King!" ”

(End of chapter)