A large area of grassland outside Xianmen Pass has now been fenced off with wooden fences, and heavily armed Eight Banner soldiers patrol back and forth, and a large area of territory around it has become a military restricted area.

And in the center of this forbidden area, on a large open lawn, one by one, eight extremely large oval Wyvern III airships were placed side by side.

On the side of these eight Wyvern-3 airships, hundreds of Hu craftsmen were busy building barracks, warehouses, ammunition depots, and watchtowers with timber pulled from the nearby mountains under the command of a few half-blood flag men wearing Taoist clothes and waving dust.

They've been busy for a few days, and now they've built a dozen or so wooden houses that look a little sparse, and more are in the works.

Hundreds of yellow coats formed a small phalanx in an open space next to the eight airships, and everyone looked up at the sky—not looking at the celestial phenomena, of course, but at a floating Wyvern-3 airship hundreds of thousands of meters in the air.

While watching, there are also comments.

"I really didn't expect that our Dajin Navy would still be able to go to the sky!"

"That's right, there are sailors in the sky, and of course this navy can manage the affairs of the sky."

"Is there a sailor in the sky? Where's it? ”

"As the book says, there are 100,000 sailors in Tianhe, and there is also a sailor commander named Marshal Tianpeng!"

"Ah, Zhu Bajie in "Journey to the West"! Co-author, our King Pingxi is doing Zhu Bajie's errand! ”

"That's right, Zhu Bajie is a fairy, and people can fly!"

"Didn't our King Pingxi also fly into the sky? I don't know if it feels good to fly? The old and high in the sky will fall......"

"Don't talk nonsense, you're cursing the king!"

It turned out that Wu Fax, the king of Dajin Pingxi, was in the cabin of the airship floating in the air at this moment, staring at a pair of bronze bell-like eyes, looking at Zhuge Weidao, who was sitting opposite him in horror, holding the sword of Suppression Pilon in his hand, with his mouth open, and it took a long time to say a few words: "Advisor Zhuge , do you want me to jump off such a high airship?" You're going to fall to your death...... Advisor, I have no grudge against you, you can't hurt me like this! ”

Zhuge waved his hand with a smile, "Wu Shangshu, don't be afraid, you are Baturu, and you are the secretary of the Admiralty, and you have won the trust of the Son of Heaven. Now is the opportunity to repay the country, you have to be brave! ”

"What kind of chance is this?" Wu Fax's head shook like a rattle, "Jumping so high, I fell to my death and still serve the country like this?" ”

"If you can't die, how can you die?" Zhuge Weidao pointed to a "big burden" on a small table between the two of them, and said with a smile, "This is a folded parachute, you jump down with the parachute on your back, as long as you pull the rope buckle, the parachute will open, and then the buoyancy of the air will support the parachute, and it will also hold you hanging on the parachute." This will slow you down, and you won't be able to fall to your death if you fall slowly. ”

After he said this, he looked at Ling Zongjun and Wang Wen who were standing next to him, and asked with a smile: "Zongjun, go to school, which of you will perform a parachute jump for King Pingxi?" ”

Ling Zongjun is now the captain of the airship team, and he is also the captain of this airship.

And Wang Wen is the communications officer of this airship -- the airships of the Ming Navy are all "manned boats that are integrated with reconnaissance and fighting", and they are all equipped with black-tech radio stations, which can send the enemy information discovered with telescopes to the rear command headquarters by wireless telegraph.

Both of them had undergone fairly rough parachute training (parachutes in this era were just as rough as skydiving training), and of course knew how crazy it was to jump off a good airship!

But their top boss, Zhuge Weidao, didn't care at all that in order to carry out a critical sneak attack operation, he killed a few or even dozens of Eight Banner Heavenly Soldiers...... Their death is certainly valuable, at least to help Zhuge Weidao improve the design of the parachute.

And Wu Sangui's baby descendant, Wu Fax, is a fierce general selected by Daoguang to carry out a key surprise attack mission from the sky.

Of course Daoguang will not choose the wrong person, this guy is indeed very fierce, although he is a prince, but he has no interest in reading and cultivating immortals, he dropped out of school at the age of thirteen and joined the army of Emperor Dajin. This Dajin country is not as comfortable as the Daqing country, and it is not stable anywhere out of Xianmen Pass, so the emperor's escort army also bears the responsibility of a rapid reaction force, and where there is chaos to shovel, they often go up first.

And this Wu Fax has been in the army for more than 20 years, has experienced hundreds of battles, and has always taken the lead, made a lot of military achievements, and earned himself the courage of Baturu. Therefore, the beauty difference of this "macho man from the sky" belongs to him.

But no matter how brave he is, it's normal to be afraid of skydiving, and someone has to jump to show him.

"I'll do it!" Wang Wen opened his mouth and took over the task released by Zhuge Weidao - Ling Zongjun was his superior, how could he let his superior take risks?

Zhuge nodded with a smile: "Okay, after the jump, I'll give you a credit!" ”

Only meritorious service can be promoted!

During training, you can't remember the merits of parachuting, but now I am performing parachuting in front of the Admiralty Department of Daejin Kingdom, and of course I have merit if I jump well.

Then Zhuge Weidao asked Ling Zongjun to take the umbrella bag and put it on Wang Wen, and then buckled a pull ring on the umbrella bag directly to a lever in the cabin.

The propeller of this airship did not turn, but just hovered in the air for several hundred meters, fluttering with the wind. Zhuge Weidao and Wu Fax stood at the window on the side of the airship's cabin, waiting to see the parachute.

At this time, Ling Zongjun had already opened the hatch, and the cool wind poured in from high in the air, making a "boom boom" sound, Ling Zongjun roared loudly: "Wang Jinxue, you can jump!" ”

"Good!" Wang Wen shouted, gritted his teeth and stomped out of the airship's hatch. The pull buckle of his parachute bag was already attached to a lever in the cabin, so as soon as he jumped out, the parachute came out of the parachute, and in the blink of an eye, a white parachute flower bloomed in the air.

Seeing the umbrella flower, Zhuge Weidao breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Wu Fax: "King Pingxi, do you see it, this umbrella is descending very slowly, and the people hanging on it are very safe, but you should be careful when landing, don't sprain your foot." You shouldn't be scared now, right? ”

Wu Fax looked at the umbrella flower until it slowly landed, and Wang Wen, who was hanging below, was not only fine, but also able to pack the parachute in a hurry, and then he laughed: "This is amazing...... A squeezed airship can hold at least twenty people, and ten airships are two hundred, although it is not much, but the terrain of Afghanistan and northwestern India is mountainous...... Hahaha! King Pingxi suddenly laughed, and then turned his head to Zhuge Weidao and said, "Zhuge Advisor, you really deserve to be the queen of Zhuge Wuzhong, Wu admires!"

Zhuge smiled for Dao: "It's just a parachute drop...... Lord, now that you know the use of this parachute, you don't have to parachute today, go back and train before jumping! ”

......

Kolkata, Governor's House of the East India Company.

Baron Amsterdam was sitting in a small conference room with an excited face, holding a few copies of the telegram he had just received, looking at a few generals and colonels in thin navy or army uniforms sitting at a long table, and laughed loudly: "Everyone, good news, good news just received, our neighbor in the northwest, Emperor Daoguang, has really sent troops. According to reliable information from our friends in Bukhara, Samarkand, Khorezm, etc., the Dajin Emperor had sent envoys to Bukhara, Samarkand, Khorezm, and other places to gather troops and gather food, and go to the camp on the south bank of the Amu Darya River...... Moreover, Emperor Daoguang has mobilized a huge number of troops and food, and it looks like he is ready to do a big job! ”

"Baron," said Earl Nelson, who had only one arm, frowning, "you call this good news?" ”

"That's just part of the good news!" Baron Amsterdam laughed and said, "Our representative in Peshawar also got the Afghan Dost. Muhammad. Khan's secret letter, he wants to betray Daoguang! ”