After the siege, the Xia army never launched a real attack.
They only occasionally fired at the wall to scare the Spanish in the city. After reminding them that they were in a state of war, the infantry did not dispatch even once.
At first, the Spaniards were so frightened by the explosive shells that they did not even dare to stand on the top of the city.
But as time passed, they found that the Xia army did not attack, and the Spaniards' mentality stabilized.
"We have a strong castle, and there is endless food and drinking water in the city. It is absolutely impossible for the Xia army to break in."
Ashura Torres' worries disappeared and he became elated again, declaring his confidence to everyone.
The rest of the Spaniards felt the same way.
Since they began to explore the world, no enemy they faced could break through their defensive castles.
This is God's masterpiece, and no earthly weapon can break it.
Since there is no problem with food and drinking water in the city, then just continue to consume it.
They did not believe that the Xia army could survive the long journey. If the stalemate continued, the only way was to withdraw.
What is the Second Marine Division doing?
They are digging soil and building a high platform.
A very large and very high platform.
The height is like a hill, far higher than the Royal City of Spain.
The top of the high platform needs to be very flat.
Of course, the purpose of building such a high platform was not to set up an altar and cast spells, but to adopt an unprecedented tactic by the Xia army.
Building such a high platform is very time-consuming and laborious.
For this reason, Gu No. 2 Middle School even mobilized tens of thousands of local Luzon Han people to dig and pile up soil day and night.
Even so, this project lasted for more than a month.
In the end, the high platform finally reached the desired height, and it can be seen from a distance even in the Royal City of Spain.
But Asura Torres was completely confused about Xia Jun's actions.
"Diego, what do you think these Xia people want to do?"
Diego Franco, like him, is full of question marks.
"If the Xia army wants to build a high platform to suppress us from a high position, they should build the high platform near the castle. It is so far away now that even the most powerful artillery cannot hit us."
The Xia army's high platform was built seven or eight miles away from the Spanish Royal City.
Even the Xia army's heavy artillery would be greatly reduced in power if they tried to attack the city at this distance.
The Spaniards in the city pointed at the high platform, but none of them could guess its purpose.
One day, two days, and a long time passed. The tower still stood, but nothing happened. The Spaniards in the city couldn't help but relax again.
They had no idea that the Xia army was making intensive preparations to attack the city.
On this day, all preparations were finally completed.
On the back of the high platform, where the Spaniards could not see it, many Xia soldiers climbed onto the high platform carrying some strange tools on their shoulders.
"Li Wangdong, are you sure? This matter is no joke. The lives of many people are in your hands."
A special soldier looked confident when facing the inquiry from Gu No. 2 Middle School.
"Commander Gu, don't worry. I have tried this thing myself. I flew down from the top of Mount Tai without any injuries, let alone from such a height. And our special forces have used this as a daily training
, absolutely no problem.”
In the field of vision of Gu No. 2 Middle School, the soldiers of the special forces were busy assembling various tools.
Soon, many scattered iron bars, wooden rods, and bamboo poles were combined together to form a frame that resembled a pair of large wings.
Then the special forces pulled the canvas again and tightly covered it on the shelf.
After everything was completed, a thing with two wings spread out for more than five meters was born.
This thing is very similar to the arrowhead of a bow and arrow. Although it is not as sharp, it has a very round and thin texture.
The spread wings are very much like the wings of a bird, as if they are ready to fly at any time.
Under the two wings, there are two shelves one behind the other, whose purpose is temporarily unclear.
There is also a fixed belt between the two shelves, making the whole thing look weird.
One, two, three...
In the end, more than a hundred units were assembled up and down the high platform.
Seeing the spectacular scene, Zhu Jin was gearing up.
"This is the first time that a fixed hang glider has been put into actual combat. I hope it will be successful immediately. Let the Spaniards see what it means to fly from the sky!"
Yes.
Xia Jun's secret weapon, which he has been preparing for more than a month, is the fixed glider.
With the existence of Zuo Menggeng, aerodynamics was recognized by the Xia people very early. Especially the special forces troops started research on related aspects a long time ago.
When he attacked the White Lotus Sect in Menglianggu, Li Wangdong had already begun to think about fixed gliders.
Li Wangdong was obsessed with something like this that could carry people into the sky. He couldn't help himself. Although he was reprimanded many times by his superiors, he still couldn't forget it.
Later, Zuo Menggeng found out about this incident. Not only did he not punish him, he also encouraged Li Wangdong and provided a lot of theoretical and design help.
Li Wangdong was greatly inspired, and after thinking about it for several years, he finally designed a fixed wing that could actually glide in the sky.
When he flew down from a high place with this kind of thing for the first time, spanned several miles of space, and finally landed smoothly, everyone was dumbfounded.
Then the military immediately realized the value of this kind of thing.
After all, being able to overcome terrain obstacles can render some dangerous passes completely useless.
This time the Xia army was blocked in front of the Spanish Royal City, and the ground attack was blocked. Zhu Jin combined the castle drawings and thought of a way to attack from the air.
The Royal City of Spain covers a very large area and is by no means comparable to the small castles I have encountered before.
But precisely because it is large, it has a fatal weakness.
That is, the surrounding defenses against the center are not comprehensive enough.
In other words, if the Xia army could suddenly appear in the central area of the Spanish Royal City, the firepower on the surrounding city walls would not be able to attack it.
The key question is, how to break through the city walls and defenses to get here?
Fixed hang gliders have become the best choice.
Of course, this method cannot be used during the day.
In broad daylight, even if the Spaniards looked scared, they had no time to prepare.
Night has become the best cover.
That night, everything seemed peaceful.
Only in the Xia Army camps in the east, west, north and south, there were many blazing fires.
Even on the sea west of the Spanish Royal City, there were also Xia army's warships lighting up torches.
When viewed from a high altitude, you will find that if these torches burning in four directions are connected with lines, they will form a crosshair.
The intersection point of the crosshairs is actually in the very center of the Royal City of Spain.
This is the only positioning method in this era.
But for the brave Xia Army special forces, it was enough.
"Set off!"
Li Wangdong took the lead. He was the first to push the fixed hang glider, ran as fast as he could and jumped off the high platform.
He grabbed the shelf in front of him with both hands and tied the belt around his waist.
When I rushed out of the high platform and felt the buoyancy, I quickly lifted my legs and put them on the shelf behind.
At the same time, he controlled the hang glider and relied on the buoyancy of the air to start climbing higher bit by bit, flying quietly towards the Royal City of Spain.
Behind him, more than a hundred fixed gliders followed one after another, without causing any ripples in the dark night.