C1574 The Magical Artillery Soldier (1/2)

”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.