Dong-dong-dong, war drums rumbled, a large-scale military exercise was going on intensely on the large campus outside Taiping Prefecture. This was the first military exercise after the new weapons produced by the Manufacturing General Administration began to be installed. The purpose was also to test

The new tactics and tactics paved the way for the subsequent deployment of the entire army. Liu Yi and a group of civil and military officials were all present. This exercise mobilized two divisions of troops. It can be said that this exercise is unprecedented in the history of the New Army.

The scale of this exercise has already ranked among the top three. But what Liu Yi is more interested in today is not the scale of the army, but whether the weapons and equipment produced by the Manufacturing Administration after absorbing fresh blood can really show off on the battlefield.

As soon as the war drums sounded, the two infantry divisions lined up to fight. People on the viewing platform stretched their necks. They also knew that today they would test new weapons, but they didn't know how powerful they would be.

"It's coming, it's coming, what is that?" Amid everyone's exclamations, a dozen monster-like things suddenly rose up from behind the two divisions. These things were all painted in white and slowly rose into the sky.

.Liu Yi’s mouth showed a smile, this is what he will do tomorrow

The hot air balloon that I thought about at night. With this thing, the New Army can be regarded as having an aviation force. The New Army's hot air balloon has two combat methods, which was also thought up by Bo Yu. One is to directly launch into the air for combat. The hot air balloon can only

Raise or lower the burner by adjusting the burner

Low, if you want to move forward, backward, left and right, you have to look for different wind layers. This combat method is a bit complicated, mainly because the balloon does not have the function of hovering in the air, so if the wind speed is fast, the hot air balloon will soon

Floating from above the opponent's military formation

In the past, it might have passed before there was time to drop the bomb. If you wanted to fly back, you would have to search for the wind layer again, which would take too much time. After all, they were not like the bombers of later generations that flew over the enemy at high speed and dropped the bomb. If the bomb failed to explode, they would return.

It can turn around and fly back immediately.

Since there is such a shortcoming, Bo Yu thought hard and finally came up with a very simple way to solve this problem. In fact, many times people just fall into a blind spot in thinking. A very simple thing, once you figure out the principle, you will find that

Ah, it turns out to be so easy. If you can't figure out the principle, you will never find the solution to the problem. Bo Yu also had a sudden idea when he visited the Navy.

The second set of combat plans was proposed. That is to anchor the hot air balloon on the ground just like anchoring a ship. The principle is very simple. Suppose there is an infinitely long rope, one end of which is fixed on the ground with a nail, and the other end of which is tied to the hot air balloon. In this way, the

After the balloon is released over the enemy, immediately tighten the rope and let the anchor rope pull at the limit of the wind speed to achieve hovering, so that the bomb can be dropped on the enemy's head calmly.

As soon as he said it, Bo Yu immediately started trial production, but he encountered difficulties at the beginning. Although the volume and weight of the hot air balloon were not as huge as the ship, with the support of the wind speed, the force was obvious. The anchor chain of the ship was made of steel.

The strength of the iron rope is of course no problem, but the manufacturing cost of the anchor chain is high.

Fortunately, the length is not long, so it is not difficult to manufacture, but the rope of the hot air balloon is different. First of all, iron chains must not be used. Not to mention that the iron chains are very heavy. Even in terms of manufacturing costs, they

We can't afford to build one. Not to mention hot air balloons, the combat radius must be at least five miles. Otherwise,

How to take a preemptive strike? The combat method of hot air balloons is very simple. Take off first, fly over the enemy's head, and before the enemy's artillery and military formations are set up, directly bombard them indiscriminately, destroying the enemy's artillery or baggage.

, or disrupt the enemy's formation. This means that the hot air balloon must have long range

It is far from the ability to fight, so the length of the rope is at least five miles. However, a rope as long as five miles will be 2,500 meters in future generations. How to make such a long rope, and how to ensure its strength even if it is made, don’t

As soon as the hot air balloon took off, the rope snapped. What's the use?

Bo Yu didn't think about it every day, just thinking hard to see what to do. After countless experiments, he finally found a way. A single raw material cannot make a high-strength rope. If you want to take into account both strength and weight factors, then

It must be mixed, that is, mixing a variety of materials together. The first thing he thought of was mixing cotton, linen and iron wire.

, after all, the iron chain is definitely the strongest, but it is too heavy, so the next best thing is to use iron wire instead of the iron chain, remove half the weight of the hemp rope, and use iron wire instead. However, after some attempts, I found that it is still too heavy.

Heavy, which gave him a headache, so what other materials are light and strong? With the help of Song Yingxing, Lu Chao and others, they finally made another

I found a new way and thought of mixing silk. The characteristic of silk is its strong toughness. It can be said that it is one of the strongest natural fibers that humans can find in its natural state. Then combine hemp rope, silk with iron wire and some other auxiliaries.

After mixing the materials, Bo Yu finally made a more durable rope with an acceptable weight. Use this rope to

The hot air balloon was anchored. After many rounds of tests, they were able to hover the hot air balloon in the air for at least half an hour. Half an hour is a long time for a hot air balloon. The hanging basket under the hot air balloon has a limited amount of bombs.

Basically, if you are a fast bombardier, the task of throwing a cup of tea will be completed, and the remaining work is to recover the hot air balloon for next use.

This is also the reason why Bo Yu dared to show off his skills in front of Liu Yi and everyone today. Only with a diamond can he take on the porcelain job. The hot air balloon lifted off powerfully and passed over the heads of the Qing Yi Army formation. People could see clearly that the hot air balloon

There is a rope dragged behind, and the entire hot air balloon is painted pure white. This is a disguise. It must be clearly visible to everyone, but if

On the battlefield, Qing Yijun released the hot air balloon in advance. After reaching a certain height, it will merge with the blue sky and white clouds. You can't see it unless you look carefully. The hot air balloon flies higher and higher, and then slowly floats towards the shooting range ahead.

, like every drill, of course there are wooden targets of various sizes set up on the shooting range to represent the various arms of the enemy, including artillery, infantry, and cavalry.

The hot air balloon floated over the enemy, and the bombardier inside immediately took out the thunderbolt. This thunderbolt was specially made. It was not an ordinary wooden-handled thunderbolt. It could be regarded as a cluster thunderbolt.

The explosion is powerful, with a wide range and large number of fragments, which can cause heavy damage to enemy targets. Moreover, there are two versions of this sky-shattering mine used for high-altitude throwing, one is for personnel killing, and the other is for killing people.

One is to load explosives into Duoduo, which has a powerful shock wave and is used to destroy the enemy's artillery and baggage. The five hot air balloons flew over the shooting range together, chirping, chirping, the sound of high-altitude bomb drops sounded, and black objects were dropped from the sky one after another.

After being thrown down, the hot air balloon is at least two to three hundred steps above the ground. Viewed from the ground, the hot air balloon is actually just a small dot, painted white, making it difficult to spot.

Boom boom boom, a large number of thunderbolts exploded on the ground, as if they appeared out of thin air. It is estimated that the enemy on the battlefield must have been confused when they saw this kind of tactics for the first time. Where did they even get the bombs from?

It was unclear which direction it was coming from. Boom boom boom, bursts of explosions came, and fireballs appeared one after another. You can imagine what would happen if soldiers of the Qing Army or Dashun Army were standing on the shooting range at this moment.

Such a scene, I'm afraid it would make people fall on their backs.

Light. Along with the bombing of the hot air balloon, the sound of artillery sounded. This was the Qing Yi Army's heavy artillery showing its power. After continuous improvement of gunpowder, shells and barrels, the range of the four-wheel millstone heavy artillery continued to increase.

Already

It can achieve a range that exceeds any artillery in the Ming Dynasty. This means that within the range of the Qing Yi Army's four-wheel millpan cannon, the enemy can only stand and be beaten, without the ability to fight back, watching the Qing Yi Army's artillery shells

landed on his head.

"Forward!" Dong-dong-dong, beep-doo, drums and bugles sounded at the same time. The infantrymen of the two divisions carried firecrackers and advanced like a wall, as if they wanted to bulldoze everything on the way forward. And at the front of these soldiers

, and a team of several people pushed a dark object forward. Of course Liu Yi knew what it was.

This is a magic weapon to defeat the enemy. The sound of explosions gradually weakened, which meant that the thunderbolts on the hot air balloon had been thrown and the artillery had to start dissipating heat. Liu Yi could see clearly in the telescope that many soldiers were pulling weapons behind the formation.

Pull the rope and recover the hot air balloon. Taking advantage of this time, the infantry of the two divisions have already

Marching to the front of the opponent's array, the two armies were less than half a mile apart. In theory, at this stage, they would be threatened by the opponent's artillery fire. However, Liu Yi believed that after such a combination of hot air balloons and heavy artillery, the enemy would be able to defeat them.

The artillery was probably almost beaten, and the remaining sporadic artillery fire could not do much damage to the entire artillery.

This military formation has had a substantial impact. Liu Yi does not want to fight a zero-casualty battle at every turn. In today's environment, zero casualties must be achieved unless there is a huge generation difference in weapons. Liu Yi understands a truth, never

Underestimating their opponents, Huang Taiji and Li Zicheng were able to reach today, and they are not ordinary people.

Judging from the battlefield shape, since the opponent's long-range weapons have been almost beaten, it should be the time for the Qingyi Army to continue to show off its power. Sure enough, a loud shout was heard from the battlefield, "Stop advancing! Cannon fire."

!" The taxi at the front of the battle formation

The soldier suddenly stopped and controlled the big dark guy in front of him. One of them jumped up, lifted up the black cloth, put on the bullet chain with a click, adjusted the direction slightly, and calmly shook the handle, bang bang bang, a strong wind.
Chapter completed!