Daqin: Assist Zulong at the beginning and become a public enemy

Chapter 115 Hot Air Balloon Raiders

Chapter 115 Hot Air Balloon Raiders

Inside the baggage camp, Zhao Gang brought all the soldiers to an open space.

Behind him are pieces of canvas that have been prepared long ago.

It is indeed impossible to build a hundred flying mechanism beasts within an hour.

Even though Zhao Gang uses an assembly line, how can a large number of ordinary craftsmen who are not even carpenters complete such difficult and delicate work.

To attack the Huns and gain an advantage all at once, the easiest way is to gain air superiority.

Mechanism beasts cannot be made, but there is one thing that Zhao Gang can do, and that is hot air balloons.

"My lord, according to your instruction, we have already sewed up all these corners, and we can absolutely guarantee that he will not leak air."

Looking at the thing in front of him, Zhao Gang turned around a few times before nodding in satisfaction.

"Yes, I just guide you for a moment, and you can invent this thing."

Luo Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Zhao Gang in front of him and said with a smile: "Thank you, sir. We are just trying to do it. To be honest, using the needle here is still not as comfortable as using the shovel."

"By the way, have you tested it? Can it fly?"

Luo Feng shook his head: "We didn't know how to use it, so we didn't mess with it."

Zhao Gang nodded, looked at the other side and said, "Is the thing I asked you to prepare ready?"

Two soldiers came out carrying a basket of black stones.

"Sir, according to your instructions, we dug these black stones in the mountain. Can these things really burn?"

Zhao Gang said with a light smile: "That's definitely possible! You will know later."

As he spoke, Zhao Gang took out a piece of raw coal and threw it into the nearby brazier.The flame quickly ignites the raw coal stone, releasing a fiery flame.

The soldiers around felt the scorching flames and were all cheered up.

Stones can actually burn!

And the flame released even far exceeds the temperature of the firewood.

The most frightening thing is that this thing is very resistant to fire.

The fire was already about to go out, but because of the addition of coal, the fire released terrifying heat again.

The most difficult part of military life is winter.

Even though they could chop firewood to warm the fire, the firewood burned too fast, and the firewood from the surrounding tens of miles might not be enough to keep the hundreds of thousands of troops warm.

Therefore, often in winter everyone can only rely on their own body heat to survive.

But now with this strange stone, everyone no longer has to worry about heating.

"My lord, are there many stones?"

"There are countless underground areas in Shangjun, and you may never be able to finish digging in your lifetime."

Everyone gasped when they heard the words.

If there are really so many, will the people of the world still be afraid of winter?

"Put all the coal in the iron basin I made, and tie it under the balloon."

The soldiers raised their hands one after another.

Gongshu Qiu seemed to understand something, so he stepped forward and carefully examined it for a moment.

"Is this thing burning to make this expand?"

Zhao Gang nodded in satisfaction: "An expert is an expert, and you can see it right away. You guessed it right."

"Remember, this thing is called a hot air balloon. Everyone in the world thinks that the learning of the Mohist school is a strange thing, but in my opinion, there is nothing good or bad about learning in the world. To tell you the truth, the Mohist school has chosen to cooperate with the empire. From now on, cultivating talents for the enemy country shows the determination of the empire to cultivate talents who are proficient in mechanics."

"In that case, I am willing to give it a try."

Gong Shuchou showed a determined look on his face, which was a yearning for science.

The coal was ignited, and the hot air balloon rose slowly. Zhao Gang and Gong Shuchou jumped into the hanging basket below.

As the flames steamed, they got higher and higher from the ground.

If the first person to fly in history was Wanhu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Gang and Gong Shuqiu were probably more than 2000 years earlier than them.

"High enough!"

Although Gong Shuqiu likes to invent, it does not mean that he is very courageous, especially when flying without any protection.

A distance of [-] meters, if you fall, you will definitely end up in pieces.

"It can be raised a little higher. This height is not high enough to avoid the Huns' bows and arrows."

"Still raised?" Gong Shuchou felt a little regretful, he would have known that he would not be overheated.

"Yes, raise it a little higher."

The hot air balloon continued to rise, and at a height of 120 meters, the hot air balloon, which was originally the size of a room, became only the size of a fist.

The soldiers of the Qin army watching below were all trembling with fear.

Many people in the entire upper county saw the magnificent landscape in front of them.

"Dangerous, it's too dangerous." Gong Shuchou thought that Zhao Gang was just flying more than ten meters for fun, but he didn't expect to fly to such a height all at once.

If it falls from this height, even Fei Lian Eilai may not be able to withstand the powerful impact.

"Zhao... Zhao Keqing, is this thing safe or not?"

Gongshuchou looked at Zhao Gang next to him, carefully holding on to the rope of the hot air balloon.

"I don't know, there should be some problems when using it for the first time!"

Hearing the words of Gong Shuchou, his little heart started beating wildly.

At this moment, he had scolded Zhao Gang thousands of times in his heart.

Just when he thought that Zhao Gang was going to drop the hot air balloon, Zhao Gang next to him suddenly shouted to the bottom: "You guys shoot arrows up and see if you can hit me."

Wang Li asked the soldiers next to him to fetch bows and arrows, and looked at Zhao Gang in the sky.

He swallowed his saliva.

Although Zhao Gang asked him to hit the target with all his strength, he knew very well that if he hit the target, Zhao Gang's life would probably be in danger.

Only missing a shot is a good thing for anyone.

Thinking of this, his face was also a little unnatural.

Since I started learning archery, this is probably the first time I have made up my mind to miss my shot.

"Whoosh!"

What Wang Li used was a special bow for the Qin army.Even so, the direct vertical attack only reached a height of less than [-] meters, which was still some distance away from Zhao Gang.

"Are you measuring a safe distance?" Seeing this, Gong Shuchou immediately understood Zhao Gang's painstaking efforts.

"That's right! This thing is not for playing with. We still need to use this thing to fly directly over the heads of the Huns. How can it work if we don't test it properly?"

"Okay, it's almost time to go down."

Zhao Gang blocked part of the opening of the flame with an iron plate.As the flame becomes smaller, the temperature of the air in the hot air balloon slowly drops, and the altitude also slowly decreases.

After about a stick of incense, the hot air balloon landed slowly, and the stones hanging in everyone's hearts were also slowly lowered.

"Haha, with this magical thing, what are we afraid of the Huns?" Wang Li touched the edge of the hot air balloon, his eyes full of excitement.

Zhao Gang also said confidently: "Let the brothers sew quickly and step up the manufacturing, and strive to create a hundred hot air balloons suitable for flight."

"As ordered."

(End of this chapter)