The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 294 The Way to Let the Balloon Rise and Fall Freely
Lu Su came back from Xudu and gave Lu Bu the title of Marquis of Chu.

Lu Bu and the others returned to the government and held a court meeting to discuss how to deal with what was about to happen.

In fact, he had long expected that Cao Cao would unite with Yuan Shao to deal with Xuzhou.

Everyone in Xuzhou has the same awareness and preparation.

All the defenses had been prepared long ago, and Lu Bu called everyone over to discuss who would lead the troops to fight against which enemy army once the two armies of Cao and Yuan arrived.

The Cao family and the Yuan family hadn't moved yet. Xuzhou's military strength was not enough to go on a crusade. The specific situation was not clear, and the court could not discuss a specific deployment plan.

At the court meeting, Lu Bu simply reminded everyone that the Cao family and the Yuan family are likely to jointly send troops to attack Xuzhou in the near future, and asked them to make plans earlier.

When the court discussion dissipated, Lu Bu stopped Pang Tong.

Only Pang Tong and them were left in the front hall.

"Has the balloon been developed yet?" Lu Bu asked Pang Tong.

"According to the procedures explained by the Marquis of Chu, the craftsmen have indeed made it." Pang Tong replied: "It's just that there are still some things that haven't been dealt with, which is very troublesome."

"Where is the headache?" Lu Bu asked.

"That is to say, it is difficult to land in the middle of the air." Pang Tong replied: "The hot air is circling in the balloon, and when it cools down, it has already flown past the intended landing place."

"Take me to have a look." Lu Bu greeted, and Pang Tong led him to the air force barracks.

The air force barracks occupies a large area, but the number of soldiers living in it is not very large.

When Lu Bu and Pang Tong arrived, Zhao Yun, who had received the news, came out to welcome them.

"Marquis Chu!" Zhao Yun called out.

Lu Bu asked, "Are the soldiers practicing hard every day?"

"Flying in mid-air, a careless accident is fatal." Zhao Yun said with a smile: "They are also quite diligent in their practice."

When Lu Bu came to the air force barracks, the soldiers were practicing the glider.

In the first few days of the establishment of the Air Force, the soldiers flew the glider into the air, and the people of Pengcheng would stop and watch.

Later, the people of Pengcheng have become accustomed to the number of people flying above their heads every day.

During the air force drill, no one stopped deliberately, as if flying in mid-air was just some insignificant big birds.

Over the barracks, there were countless gliders flying high and low. Lu Bu looked up and followed Zhao Yun and Pang Tong to the depths of the barracks.

In the air force barracks, two open spaces have been opened up.

In one of them, many gliders were lined up earlier.

Not long after arriving in Pengcheng, Lu Bu tried to make the skeleton of the glider into a folded shape, and put it in the warehouse when it was not in use, so as to avoid the rapid aging of the glider.

Now there is no glider in that open space, and there are only air force officers and soldiers running around busy taking off and landing.

Another open space is in the deepest part of the barracks.

When Lu Bu arrived, there was only one hot air balloon standing alone on the open space.

Next to the hot air balloon, there are more than a dozen craftsmen busy with something.

The craftsmen circled the hot air balloon, still discussing something.

Zhao Yun and Pang Tong accompanied Lu Bu over there.

It may be that they were too focused on the problem to be solved, until they came to the side of the hot air balloon, the craftsmen hadn't discovered it yet.

Pang Tong coughed lightly.

Only then did the craftsmen realize that there was someone beside them, and quickly turned their heads to look over.

When the craftsmen saw Lu Bu and others standing aside, they quickly turned to face them and bowed in salute.

"How's it going?" Lu Bu asked after circling the hot air balloon.

"Nothing else, you can adjust the direction after ascending." One of the craftsmen replied, "It's just troublesome when descending."

"What kind of trouble?" Lu Bu asked.

"After the ceasefire, the hot air in the balloon is still not cold. When the hot air cools down, it has already flown quite a distance." The craftsman replied: "If you want to land at the selected place, you must stop the fire in advance. And how much will it fly after the ceasefire? Far, no one can tell."

"That won't work." Lu Bu ordered: "You light up the balloons, and I'll see what's going on."

The craftsmen took orders, and someone jumped into the basket under the balloon and lit the brazier.

The flames ignite, the hot air rises, and the deflated balloon fills up quickly.

When the balloon was about to lift off, Lu Bu shouted: "Cease fire!"

The craftsman quickly covered the brazier.

Unable to come into contact with the air, the flames quickly extinguished, and the balloon, which contained a lot of hot air, swayed back and forth in the wind.

The basket hanging under the balloon swayed back and forth in the wind.

Walking under the basket, Lu Bu raised his face and looked inside the balloon.

"Is there no opening on the balloon?" Lu Bu asked the craftsmen after carefully looking inside the balloon filled with hot air.

The craftsmen looked at each other, but they didn't understand why they had to open a hole on the balloon.

"There is a hole in the balloon, and once the fire ceases, the hot air will quickly overflow from the hole above." Lu Bu said: "The person who controls the balloon only needs to control the size of the flame, and there is no need to wait for the fire inside to land." The heat cools off."

"In that case, when will the hot air be filled?" The craftsmen looked at Lu Bu in astonishment, and someone asked, "If there is an opening on the top, wouldn't it be filling the hot air while..."

What Lu Bu said next blocked the words of the craftsman: "Make a roof, and when it needs to be filled with hot air, block the hole. Wait until it is about to land, and then pull it open. The gap is opened. The more it is, the faster the hot air will flow out, and the goal of landing can be achieved without stopping the fire at all.”

The method he mentioned before is to open a hole in the balloon and use the size of the flame to determine the lift.

At this time, it was replaced with an opening, and then a skylight was made under the opening.

When it needs to be filled with hot air, the skylight is closed, and when it needs to land, the skylight is opened.

Compared with controlling the flame, controlling the size of the skylight is much simpler.

The craftsmen already understood what he meant and quickly agreed.

The structure of the balloon is actually very simple, and all that needs to be solved are some details.

Lu Bu reminded how to solve the problem of balloon landing. Seeing that the craftsmen had already understood, he greeted Pang Tong and Zhao Yun: "In a short while, there may be a big war coming. The role of the air force will be very important at that time. The number of gliders is not enough. Second, the balloons have to be produced quickly. If they can’t cover the sky and cover the sky, our air force will basically be useless.”

Both Pang Tong and Zhao Yun agreed.

Lu Bu patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder: "The role that the air force can play today is still to surround the enemy. Zilong has a long way to go in the future, and the burden on his shoulders is not light."

(End of this chapter)