Many cattle were slaughtered in Seoul. The unskilled soldiers of the Song Dynasty were good at killing, but they were novices at skinning cows, destroying the integrity of many cow hides. Su Jin cursed in anger.
By noon the next day, more than thirty huge cowhide balloons had been sewn, and the giant bamboo basket hanging below was still being made. Su Jin took a hundred soldiers selected from the guard camp to teach them how to control the heat.
Balloon; when it comes to control, there is actually nothing to control, because apart from controlling the rise or fall of the balloon by controlling the size of the burning brazier, the rest can only rely on the help of wind, because there is no way to control the course of the balloon.
There is only one criterion for selecting soldiers, not bravery and fierceness, but weight. Soldiers who are thin and thin are often discriminated against in the army, but unexpectedly, they suddenly turn into meat and potatoes, and soldiers who are as skinny as monkeys become
He got a hot commodity and was selected by the commander to join the balloon aviation team in the enviable eyes of everyone.
Ma Han, Zhao Hu and others were ignored by Su Jin because they were too strong. This made them depressed. Seeing the selected guys beaming with joy, Ma Han angrily beat the most powerful skinny monkeys several times.
He slapped you and cursed: "If things don't go well, I'll skin you."
At the end of the afternoon, the balloon was finally completed. Su Jin put a bamboo pole tied with cloth strips on the roof to test the wind direction. The northeast wind was a bit strong, and the wind might be stronger when it rose into the air, but the wind was very stable; in this season
It is probably not easy to find good weather, and time is not waiting for anyone, because the scouts sent out have already discovered the scouts of Yelu Zhongyuan's army who have returned to defend the capital. In other words, Yelu Zhongyuan's army has already arrived.
The boundary to the west of Taizhou is two hundred miles away. With the speed of the cavalry, even if it snows heavily, it can be reached in four or five days at most. By then, the imperial city must be captured.
"Load the car and leave the city." Su Jin ordered.
Pan Jiang led five thousand soldiers to escort Su Jin and hundreds of others out of the city. They rushed to the open space to the north of the imperial city to let the hot air balloon take off and fly over the imperial city with the help of wind; there were three people in each bamboo basket
Soldier, fifty water bladders converted into kerosene bladders, one barrel of kerosene used as fuel, the total weight is less than 500 kilograms.
After everything was ready, the first hot air balloon Su Jin rode began to ignite. The soldiers held up the opening at the lower end of the cowhide ball and let the hot air generated by burning kerosene pour into the cowhide ball. The cowhide quickly expanded and stood upright, driving the hanging basket.
Slowly rising, Su Jin shouted: "Cut the rope."
The four pulling ropes were cut at the same time, and the balloon rose precariously into the gray sky, getting higher and higher.
Su Jin stretched out his thumb and made a good gesture. The soldiers below cheered and started to light fires and take off into the sky. For a while, more than thirty giant wind lanterns slowly rose in the sky north of Beijing. With the north wind,
Flying towards the sky above the imperial city.
The balloon was not flying smoothly, and the wind in the sky was very fast, making it difficult to control the balloon. The flames of the brazier burning below also swayed to one side. Su Jin regretted not adding a fireproof cover around the brazier, which would have been much better;
Just as he was regretting it, he saw a balloon behind him suddenly catch fire and crash onto the ice sheet with a ball of fire, igniting billowing fire and thick smoke.
Su Jin angrily cursed: "Idiot, idiot." At the same time, he ordered the guards around him to take out a flag and play a semaphore to signal to lower the height.
The airflow at low altitude has stabilized a lot, and the balloon has gradually stabilized. However, at a height of only 20 feet or so, it is very easy to be shot by the archers on the city top. However, the bed crossbow cannot shoot into the air, and the bow and arrow are
The power is limited, so the risk is worth taking.
As the sky gradually darkened, more than thirty red monsters flew to the top of the imperial city. The soldiers guarding the city had long seen the monsters floating in the air. They felt strange at first, and then felt frightened. These flaming monsters
They are neither birds nor clouds, and it is hard to predict whether they will be a disaster or a blessing.
The news soon spread throughout the imperial city, and everyone walked out of their homes and looked up to the sky to look at these alien visitors. Some people even thought they were gods coming and knelt in the snow to kowtow in worship.
The news was also received in the west building of the palace. The Queen Mother and the Prince Yelu Hongji were talking. After hearing the news, they came out with the support of the chambermaids to watch the vision. However, they saw more than thirty monsters coming from the north, floating slowly.
When they reached the sky above the palace, they suddenly descended slowly, from a height of more than 20 feet to a height of more than ten feet. Yelu Hongji looked more and more strange, because he had already seen that it was not a descending god, but a huge balloon.
There is a bamboo basket hanging below, and someone in the bamboo basket is looking down.
"No! It's the Song Army." Yelu Hongji suddenly realized that the armor was the Song Army's standard, and it was the Song Army descending from the sky to attack.
"Protect the Queen Mother as she enters the palace! Guard the Queen Mother and quickly order General Yelu to bring troops to help." Yelu Hongji issued a series of orders, his young face turned white with fear, and he reached out and pulled out the scimitar from his waist.
He thought the Song Army was going to fall to the ground to attack, but what happened next caught him by surprise. The Song Army above blew a sharp whistle, and the whistles echoed in the night sky. The next moment, dozens of regiments
The fireball fell from the sky, and the ignited skin exploded in the air. A rain of fire suddenly fell from the sky, falling on the roof of the palace, the treetops, and the grass. Everything that was combustible burned. The palace maids and chambermaids screamed,
They ran away indiscriminately, and the rain of flames fell on them, immediately turning them into burning people, rushing around in the palace, igniting more places.
Su Jin held the bamboo flute in his mouth. Every time he blew it, more than thirty fire oil bags were ignited and thrown into the palace below. After dozens of fire oil bags were thrown down, the palace below was already a sea of flames.
The palace residents who were caught in the fire ran and shouted, the guards hurriedly put out the fire in vain, and the concubines, princes, and queens in the harem were all seen running like pigs and wolves.
At the same time, Liao soldiers on the ground also came from all directions. Su Jin quickly ordered: "Evacuate in the air." It is extremely dangerous at a height of more than ten feet. Once the cowhide ball is shot, it will crash here.
The soldiers increased the fire in the brazier, and the hot-air balloon quickly took off, taking advantage of the wind to slowly cross the entire imperial city and reach the sky above Seoul. The Liao army below raised their heads and rode their horses and ran with the balloon until the balloon crossed the high wall and entered the sky above Seoul.
They could only look at it and sigh; while the Liao troops stationed on the city walls and watchtowers shot arrows into the air in vain, but the height was too high, so it could only be a show-off.
When landing, three more hot air balloons accidentally crashed, causing fires in residential areas of Seoul. Su Jin was depressed, but he also knew that these things were inevitable. Such a simple device could only be used if he was forced to do so.
If he dares to take risks, he will definitely be called a madman in future generations; but with this successful air raid and personal operation, Su Jin has many improvements, such as adding a windproof cover to the brazier, and adding a windproof cover to the bamboo basket.
Adding foldable windshields to the sides can increase or slow down the speed, etc.
What made Su Jin even more proud was that the kerosene he had worked so hard to refine finally appeared as a power fuel for the first time in this era. Su Jin had tried many times to recall the structure of steam engines or diesel engines in later generations, but he knew that with his own ability
With the technology of this era, it may be difficult to realize this dream. He can only write down his thoughts and ideas and tell the people around him. Maybe some genius will be able to understand this idea and create a power machine in the near future.
As a super-era product that can soar in the sky, hot air balloons are shocking to the world, but when life and death are at stake, Su Jin really doesn't care much. After Yelu Zhongyuan arrives, more than 80,000 of his own troops will face the desperate situation of annihilation.
At this time, let alone a hot air balloon, Su Jin dared to drop an atomic bomb as long as conditions allowed.
Su Jin had no doubt what kind of impact this air raid would have in this era. No one had ever attacked the enemy from the air, and he was not worried that it would change the course of this era, because after all, this simple hot air balloon still needed
With a lot of technology and materials to support, the refining of kerosene is a big problem. Without power and relying entirely on wind power, this thing will have great limitations. It can change the situation of the battle, but it cannot change the pattern. This is why Su Jin dares to use it.
reasons.
There was another thing that Su Jin had secretly developed, but Su Jin refused to show it. That was the steel pipe musket equipped by Su Ji's ocean-going fleet. It was the prototype of a musket. Even though he knew that this thing would one day become popular.
In this world, Su Jin is only limited to the equipment of a small number of close associates in the ocean-going fleet or his own personal guard. Su Jin does not want to be the originator of such a massacre weapon.
After this successful air attack, the imperial palace of the Liao Kingdom in the imperial city of Shangjing was burned to rubble, but this was just the beginning. In the next two days, hot air balloons were dispatched frequently, attacking targets all over the imperial city. The fire in the imperial city continued
There was no fire in the past two days, and a large number of houses were burned down, leaving almost no shelter.