C1557 The Military Thought of the Shaws (2/2)
To put it bluntly, a small squadron of one to two hundred people from the Chinese Navy Marines, as long as they had the support of the 210 caliber cannons from the Zhiyuan Warship behind them and two to three more heavy machine guns in her hands, would not need to be afraid of twenty to thirty thousand people from the eight flags of the Qing Dynasty.
This was because the average firepower output strength of these two hundred men would be a hundred or even a thousand times greater than that of the large sabre, spear, and spear! A strong firepower wasn't something that could be filled with just human life!
It was the same principle. The new army was destined to fight with the Western Powers in the future, and whether or not they could suppress the strong powers in Europe in terms of firepower output was an important matter that Xiao Letian had to consider.
The difficult and arduous battle in the Haishenwai was just a small test of Xiao Letian's military knowledge, but he never thought that the fruits of her battle would be so bountiful.
The two hot air balloons carried no more than fifty home-made aerial bombs and weighed no more than 500 pounds. However, the power of these bombs had already surpassed everyone's expectations. Compared to this, the Fire Dragon was nothing but a toothpick.
The ice surface of the Suifen River still could not withstand it in the end. It would be easy to use Nuo Beier's company's new type of explosive, much less blow up the ice surface.
The ice that was at least a thousand meters wide was riddled with holes from the explosion. Crackling sounds could be heard, as if a water monster was trying to smash its way up through the ice.
At the moment, Guo Geli could only adjust his strategy, he knew that capturing Tongzhi alive would be futile, and looking at the back of Tongzhi who was slowly becoming indistinct, Guo Geli hatefully scolded, ”Retreat, stop your attack!” Damn bastard! ”Why do these Chinese have so many strange weapons?!”
Du du du... The retreating bugle sounded, and the cavalrymen who were preparing to rush across the river stopped in their tracks. The surviving soldiers on the ice began to retreat, but of course, many of them fell into the river and were frozen to death.
Suddenly, the entire Suifen River was alive! Crack crack crack! * The sound was like muffled thunder, the cracks twisted and formed a spider web. The entire river's ice cover completely collapsed, reaching an astonishing length of over a thousand meters.
”Long live!” The entire position was in jubilation, and what was even more exciting was the few sentries on the hot air balloon. At this moment, because all of the heavy bombs were gone, the balloon flew higher and higher, and although there were angry enemies shooting at them from below, the bullets were unable to resist the attraction of Earth, so the weak and explosive rifle bullets posed no threat to them at all.
The sentries hugged each other and cheered, but the next step left them flabbergasted. It's the east wind now... Aren't we floating behind the enemy lines? ”
”Don't worry, since we've already flown past them, we'll fly a bit further. We'll head towards Jilin and choose a place to land in the small hills of Earth Gate.” The people there have the best relationship with us. As long as we land somewhere, they can protect us! ”
”Check coal reserves... A dream is safe... ”No. 2 is safe and well stocked!”
”Let's go. I'll go to the mountain to drink with my countrymen, but I'll f * cking freeze to death …” ”Doraemon control height, moving forward …”
Yes, you didn't hear wrongly, all of the hot air balloons under Xiao Letian's hands were numbered Doraemon, and no one in this world knew what those four words meant.