Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1060: Torture
Unlike the soldiers who were frightened pale by the earth-shaking explosion, Zhou Xu, who had already arrived at the rear of the battle formation, was full of excitement at this moment!

At this point in time, their reinforcements have not arrived yet, but the logistical supplies have arrived!

It would take the logistics troops a lot of time just to prepare the logistical supplies. The military situation was urgent before, and in order to reach the front line as quickly as possible, it was obviously impossible for them to wait for the logistics troops to set off together.

But this does not mean that they are not important. In fact, it can even be said that they are very important.

In addition to carrying survival supplies and medical supplies for the troops, the logistics troops also carry very important strategic supplies, typical of which are the barrels of explosives and hot air balloons that have already been put into use!

Within the Great Zhou, hot air balloons, which had never had any war value, gained value due to the successful development of explosives, and the status of hot air balloon operators also began to rise.

After all, apart from hot air balloons, there is currently no air unit that can carry multiple explosive barrels at once and launch an attack on the enemy from the air.

One after another, barrels of explosives were dropped from the hot air balloon.

Although at this stage, the explosives newly produced by Da Zhou still have various problems, but at this moment, it does not affect their ability to demonstrate the power of the powder barrel on this battlefield!

Under the continuous bombardment of explosive barrels, the greenskin troops' positions outside the canyon pass were in chaos.

The goblin wolf riders on the flanks, ready to take action at any time, were also frightened by this scene.

At this stage, the power of the Great Zhou's powder barrels is purely derived from the quantity of them piled up. Each barrel is half a person's height. Not only is it heavy, it also takes up a considerable amount of space.

On the hot air balloon, a maximum of three barrels of explosives can be equipped, provided that fuel is carried and sufficient operating space is reserved for the operator without affecting the control of the hot air balloon.

In fact, you can carry more by stacking them up layer by layer, but there are risks, and the risks are very high, so don't do this.

In the first round, in order to demonstrate their suppressive power, Zhou Xu directly signaled the five hot air balloons to drop barrels of explosives at the same time. They dropped two rounds in a row, smashing down ten barrels of explosives to launch a wave of firepower suppression and severely suppress the arrogance of the opponent.

After two rounds of bombing, the five hot air balloons entered the stage of taking turns bombing.

From hot air balloon No. 1 to hot air balloon No. 5, they dropped barrels of explosives in turn towards the places where the green-skinned soldiers gathered on the battlefield, thus creating a continuous bombing effect and disrupting the opposite position.

During this process, after the hot air balloon drops the last barrel of explosives, it will naturally withdraw immediately, carry out a new round of reloading, and then continue to bomb, thus forming a cycle.

At this moment, for the Da Zhou troops stationed at the canyon pass, the hot air balloon carrying barrels of explosives has become their main output on this battlefield.

Before, they were on passive defense throughout the whole process, and could only rely on blocking the entrance to the canyon with spear formations to resist the greenskins' offensive.

But even so, the greenskin troops' crazy offensive had already tortured them physically and mentally exhausted.

This is a vicious cycle in itself. If they can't hold out until reinforcements arrive, it will be a dead end.

But the situation is different now. With the intervention of hot air balloons and barrels of explosives, the current situation has been directly revitalized!
We will block the entrance with spears so you can't get in, and then we will use hot air balloons to drop explosive barrels on you to torture you! We will bully those of you who don't have air units!

Before the second round of hot air balloons came in, the greenskin troops, who also realized that the situation was not good, finally called off their troops.

Looking at this scene, Zhou Xu, who was in the canyon, breathed a sigh of relief.

To deal with the hot air balloon and explosive barrel configuration, to put it simply, as long as you have a flying unit, they will not be able to act recklessly. But if you don't have a flying unit, then there is no solution!

"Stay alert and don't let your guard down."

While speaking, Xuan Yu flapped his wings and flew out very quickly to confirm the movements of the greenskin troops.

Although he won a small victory, Zhou Xu still had no plans to pursue the enemy.

There are two key points in their tactics.

First, they were inside the canyon, and relying on the natural environmental advantages of the canyon, they ensured the stability of their own positions while blocking all the greenskin troops outside the canyon.

Second, there are no flying units on the opposite side, so the hot air balloon can provide stable output in the air.

Under this premise, once they leave the valley, the environmental advantage brought to them by the canyon environment will disappear, and the manpower advantage of the opposing greenskin troops will be fully utilized.

Once such a situation arises, the limited military strength they have now will not be enough to defeat the enemy in one wave.

Therefore, at this stage, their policy of defending the canyon and waiting for the arrival of Lizardman reinforcements will never waver.

After Xuan Yu flew back and confirmed that the greenskin troops had really retreated, Zhou Xu quickly walked back to their camp in the canyon.

At this point, all the hot air balloons had been withdrawn.

However, what he is concerned about now is not the situation of the hot air balloon, but the number of remaining barrels of explosives on their side.

The answer is thirty-two, and there are thirty-two left.

If you throw harder, you can lose them all in one battle.

One of the reasons was that they had a small number of barrels of explosives, and it took time to obtain the raw materials. Another very important reason was that before the beginning of autumn, Zhou Xu had sent all the first batch of barrels of explosives that had been officially produced to the Plain Fortress in the New North District.

According to Zhou Xu's idea, there might be a battle with the greenskins in the New North District, so sending the barrels of explosives over there would add an extra layer of insurance.

Who would have thought that after the beginning of autumn, the greenskins did not bubble up in the Plains Fortress, but instead, the Northeast region began to bubble up? !
Just thinking about it makes my mind explode.

Before setting off, the logistics team had already emptied out all the inventory in the factory, and the relevant production personnel had already started working overtime.

But Zhou Xu did not have high expectations for subsequent productivity.

It’s not that there is a shortage of labor, but that they are running out of raw materials. Also, because the current gunpowder is not powerful enough, they have to increase its power by piling up materials, and the remaining materials can’t do much.

As for when the subsequent raw materials will be delivered...

Not to mention potassium nitrate, the sulfur has to be transported from the volcanic island, which will take until next year.

In this way, in addition to being used for emergency purposes this time to scare off the opposing greenskin troops, in subsequent battles, Zhou Xu plans to arrange the remaining barrels of explosives as strategic materials and will never use them easily. The core combat power still depends on the Lizardman troops that will arrive later!
(End of this chapter)