Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

"What is it? Prime Minister … Prime Minister! " Xiang Shaolong chased his to the door and asked loudly, "What exactly happened?" Looking at Xiao Letian's back view in the distance, Dragon Lord knew that it must be something extremely bizarre and unbelievable, a special event that he did not expect. Otherwise, with Xiao Letian's personality, he would definitely not have such a strange expression.

"What's the strange thing about it? "I'm really curious …" Just as he was saying that, the aide behind him suddenly called out to him. "Report to the commander!" The artillery position has been prepared for shooting, and the last hot air balloon has been requested to rise! "

Dragon Lord looked at his watch and nodded, "I agree! Tell the air force observation post to wear more warm clothing, more fuel, more high-calorie food. Maybe they'll have a sleepless night high up in the sky tonight! "

"Before the sun sets, the hot air balloons and artillery positions must be adjusted to shoot blindly …"

"Sir!" The aide left.

Xiao Letian's idea of governing the army had always been attuned to firepower. The army's artillery had always been the king's way of firing during battles, so he admitted that he could not forget this killing machine.

However, due to the limitations of this era's road traffic and logistic capabilities, the caliber that field gun did not dare to do was too big. One reason was that it was not easy to transport and the other reason was that it was troublesome to supply ammunition.

In a situation where the caliber cannot be increased indefinitely, the only way to improve the artillery's firepower output efficiency is to start from the perspective of accuracy and all-weather.

If you fought in the plains during the day, you might not be able to sense the power of the Chinese artillery.

However, if you were to fight in the complex mountainous areas, hilly areas or even in the wild, then you would know the power of the Chinese artillery.

Every one of them was wrapped in three layers of thick leather clothing, with fox skin undergarments. In the middle, there was a wolf hide undergarment, and outside, there was a bear fur coat. Even their heads were wrapped in the delicate hat made of mink skin, revealing a pair of eyes when their facial features were completely covered.

No wonder the other branches of the army affectionately called the Air Force a beast in disguise. Just this beast skin alone would cost several thousand taels of silver to sell in the capital.

The fire was raging inside the stove, and the heat was being blown into the interior of the balloon. The huge buoyancy dragged the basket up into the sky, and there were three long, fixed cables tied to the foundations of the three stone houses.

The fuel used was coke, and it was the pure fuel of the carbonized top-grade anthracite. The fuel was light and hot, but there was no smoke. The corner was filled with all kinds of high-calorie foods such as liquor, chocolate, dried meat, cheese, and sugar.

The balloon was gradually rising and the living creatures on the ground gradually shrinking. From a God's perspective, it began to appear in front of observation sentry.

"Open the map, locate the artillery position..." The standard-bearer sent the signal for the artillery team to prepare for battle! "

At a height of fifty meters, the balloon was bound by three taut cables, and the air pressure was adjusted to keep the balloon at that height.

The sky and the ground were currently being communicated using the naval flags, and at night, a series of lighting signal passed on information. These were the eyes of the artillery in the sky.

"Five degrees due north... Shoot up at angle 30... Standard high explosive projectile... "Triple Shot …" From the hot air balloon came the sound of flags. From the artillery position below, the three cannons had to be adjusted according to the requirements of the observation sentry.

Three balls of smoke suddenly exploded at the edge of the forest in the distance. The observation sentry on the balloon nodded their heads and drew an area on the map: "This is area A 1, 5 degrees to the north, 30 degrees to the north …"

"Next, let's start shooting at area A and B, five degrees north of here …" "Rise at the forty-fifth angle …"

The artillery position fired three rounds in a row. These three runs weren't made up of random people, but rather the three nodes in the middle of the front and back chose a cannon with excellent performance as the coordinates.

Soon, District A and II also finished tagging the map. Now, everything they had done was completely for the sake of the night battles. Although it was not easy to discover the assault of the pitch-black night cavalry, at a height of fifty meters in the air, the sentries could rely on the advantage of being at a high altitude to use the weak starlight and moonlight to detect the enemy's motives.

Moreover, the moment the frontline army noticed any unusual movement, they would instantly shoot out a bright firework as a flare. As long as the sentries on the balloon found the enemy's location, they would be able to quickly position themselves on the map and then send the signal back to the artillery positions under their feet.

Since the enemy appeared in the 1st region, the artillery did not need to observe with the naked eye. All they needed to do was to adjust the direction and angle of the muzzle according to the coordinates set in advance, and then load and shoot. As a result, the artillery in the dark night seemed to have eyes, reacted quickly and accurately.

The procedure looked simple, but the difficulty was the coordination between high-caliber soldiers and friendly troops. These sentries didn't have to rush to the front lines to engage in close combat with the enemy, but they could still get higher pay than the frontline soldiers.

Why is that? But why was there not a single soldier who did not accept this? In fact, the key lay in the word knowledge.

To become an artillery observation post, as well as an Air Force soldier, it was impossible to do without the diploma issued by all the universities in Ryukyu. At the very least, he had to be proficient in algebra, calculus, English, German and so on.

Work on the coordinates of the targets was intense and orderly. Gradually, the entire battlefield was transformed into a square on the artillery map. A 1, A 2, B 1, C 3 … The direction, angle, and elevation of shooting requirement was marked in every area, and within a radius of 15 miles around the Haishenwai's defensive line, it had already become a no-dead angle bombing zone.

"D V Area Coordinates... "Triple Shot!"

Smoke immediately rose up from a dense forest to the northeast of the battlefield. However, no one expected that this time, the explosion would actually hit a big fish, and hundreds of Cossack cavalry s rushed out of the forest.

"There are enemy troops! The enemy is lurking in the northeast... Adjusting the angle of fire, Ding Si shot three times in a row … "Then, immediately adjust to area C 5, and after three consecutive shots adjust to area C 2 …"

Without any hesitation, the captain of the artillery on the ground immediately gave the order. Without any hesitation, the captain of the artillery on the ground immediately gave the order, without any need to look at the battlefield, the soldiers mechanically adjusted the cannons according to the parameters.

This was a group of vanguard unit that had snuck into the northeast direction. They were part of Fu Mannuofu's Second Corps and had a total of two companies of troops.