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The night was getting darker. Since the general attack was scheduled for the next day, the camp outside the city seemed very quiet. Except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else fell asleep early.

In Mingwei Fort, for some reason, the lights seemed to be reduced a lot this night. Under the cover of night, it seemed a bit dark.

However, in the city square, groups of Ming soldiers were busy silently. In the middle of the square, objects were placed. Although they were shrouded in dim lights, the Ming army soldiers here had never been seen before.

The leader of the Cossacks, Khmelnytsky, received an order to launch a general attack on the enemies outside the city at dawn tomorrow.

This order made him very puzzled. With such a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, why did they not hide in the city and defend, but instead take the initiative to attack? Even if the Ming army could fight again, how could they possibly agree to an enemy that was several times their size? You know, those coalition troops outside the city are elite armies from various countries!

For this reason, he raised a rare objection and voiced his concerns for the first time. After hearing this, Man Gui smiled and said to him: "Of course I will not do anything like flying a moth into a flame. The reason for this decision is that the enemy will be defeated. If you are worried, don't do it tonight." Go to sleep and enjoy a scene you have never seen before!"

This answer surprised Khmelnytsky and made him very curious. What kind of scene could allow so many troops outside the city to be defeated by the 50,000 troops inside the city? This seems a bit incredible!

At this time, he was following Man Gui, watching the Ming army soldiers busy in the square. Li Dingguo, on the other hand, fell asleep early and did not come to watch.

Khmelnytsky discovered that the things on the square were all shipped from the Ming Dynasty before the Allied forces attacked. The defense was very tight at that time, and the warehouse where the items were stored was guarded day and night. After understanding this, he became even more curious. What on earth was this? Could it really allow Daming to win this battle?

Under the busy work of the Ming army soldiers, the object slowly changed.

It looks like a piece of cloth, but it is empty inside. When air is filled in, it slowly bulges up. It gets bigger and bigger, and finally becomes a long, round thing. Under this thing, there is a big basket...

Khmelnytsky saw it very strangely, and wanted to get closer to have a look, but was stopped by Mangui: "There are regulations, it is impossible to get close, it may be dangerous."

In fact, Mangui herself was curious and wanted to take a closer look. However, what is being manipulated over there is the real disciple of the emperor. The current emperor is called the master. He strictly orders anyone who is not related to approach him, and he has to abide by it.

In fact, there was nothing that could be done about it. At this time, Daming could not produce helium, so it could only use hydrogen to inflate the airship, which was very dangerous. Therefore, airships must be handled with caution. Otherwise, it is very likely that you will shoot yourself in the foot, and this will be the first actual battle.

That's right, what is being prepared in the square is the Ming Dynasty's air force, and the person leading it is Xu Zhengming. In the past, it had been unknown because of the need to keep it secret.

Speaking of which, airships are greatly affected by weather. Moreover, the airships at this time were too bulky. If used during the day, they could be used for siege warfare, but they were basically useless for defending the city. The enemy is not a fool and will definitely take precautions. However, with the cover of night, it is different. Anyway, the enemy's camp had a bonfire as a guide, so there wasn't much hindrance.

The airship slowly inflated and began to levitate. This scene made everyone present who had never seen it open their mouths in surprise. And when two Ming army soldiers entered the gondola, one operated the airship, and the other arranged the things that were loaded into the gondola, then untied the cables and began to slowly rise into the air, everyone was shocked.

Because he had never heard of it before, Khmelnytsky opened his mouth in surprise. He actually flew. He actually flew with people. Oh my God, people actually flew...

One, two, three... a total of twenty-five airships, and finally they all successfully flew.

Man Gui naturally knew what was going to happen next, so he quickly called his personal guard and told him to wake up Li Dingguo. This was agreed upon by both parties.

He looked up and watched the airship rising higher and higher. After reaching a certain height, the airship began to float in the same direction, which was the enemy's camp outside the city. The target was the Chinese military tent that had been observed during the day.

The pilots of the airship are all in the chat group, and the officers of the air force communicate and command through the chat group.

At this moment, even these air force officers were very excited. After all, this battle was the first battle since the establishment of the Air Force. The Chinese have always attached great importance to a good start, so this battle is a crucial one for the Air Force.

Even they are not the only ones. In the chat group, there are some big shots from far away in the Ming Dynasty, such as Emperor Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng, the Minister of War, Sun Chuanting, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Hong Chengchou of the Metropolitan Inspectorate. There are also some who don’t know soldiers, including Wen Tiren, the chief minister , Assistant Minister Xue Guoguan, etc., as long as they were in the chat group, they were all awake, and they all wanted to witness the unprecedented sacred first battle of the Air Force.

For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen even prepared enough achievement points to allow several air force officers to shoot videos from different angles for live broadcast.

At Fort Mingwei, some soldiers who, like Li Dingguo, had been ordered to go to bed early, were notified at this time, got up quietly, and all went to the top of the city to watch the upcoming first battle of the Air Force.

In the dark night, the airship troops that took off slowly moved towards the enemy camp outside the city, and then slowly faded out of the sight of the Ming army officers and soldiers at the top of the city. I could only vaguely see black shadows that seemed to be moving in the dark night. After getting further away, it is completely invisible.

At this time, everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at the enemy camp in the distance, wondering where the magical airship troops had flown to and what would happen next?

Time seems to have stood still, making people extremely tormented by waiting.

Wait, there is no movement yet. Wait, there is no movement yet...

I don’t know how long they waited. Some people even began to suspect that those airship troops had flown to who-knows-where?

However, Man Gui and Li Dingguo were very calm, and other soldiers did not dare to make noise or discuss due to military discipline. I can only continue to wait silently in the dark night.

The coalition camp outside the city remained as usual. Under the night, it seemed very quiet. Those burning bonfires dotted here and there prove that there is a huge military camp over there.

I don’t know how much time passed, but it felt like it was already late at night. If there was no movement, it would be dawn soon.

Suddenly, I saw a bonfire in the coalition camp in the distance. It seemed that it was suddenly stimulated by something. It suddenly exploded. The fire shot into the sky, and even the nearest tents were all on fire.

As soon as they saw this movement, everyone on the top of the Mingwei Castle was lifted up. With this movement, it must be the airship force taking action.

Man Gui and Li Dingguo knew better than they did, because they knew in advance that the people brought onto the airship were earthen jars filled with fierce fire oil. The bonfire in the enemy camp in the distance suddenly changed, and it must have been hit by the fierce fire oil.

Khmelnytsky's eyes almost vomited out when he saw it. The Ming Dynasty was able to surprise the enemy's camp from the air. The fire was so intense that the enemies outside the city probably thought it was divine fire from heaven, right?

The enemy outside the city is indeed going to die. No wonder several adults said that they will leave the city early tomorrow morning to launch a general attack on the enemy. Now, he finally understood!

At this time, the airship troops were already in the sky above the enemy's military tent. They were spread out a bit. Cans of fire oil were thrown down violently. The fire in the enemy's camp below soon burst into the sky. Many living people were struggling, and more tents were attracted. on fire. Countless coalition soldiers were shocked and ran out of their tents to watch something falling from the sky. The fire became more and more intense and could not be extinguished. For soldiers who didn't know the truth, they thought God was punishing them.

Ignorance, fear, and the intertwining of various psychology made the coalition camp outside the city even more chaotic.

Some are running for their lives, some are struggling, some are praying...

Anyway, this mess has different reactions because each soldier has different psychological endurance and different cognition. It boils down to one word: chaos!

The chaotic situation gradually spread to the entire military camp. Fear and panic are spreading...

Bombing the camp in the dark was originally a very dangerous thing, not to mention that there was a blow beyond their understanding, which only exacerbated the chaos in the military camp. As gunpowder was ignited and there was an explosion, the fire became more intense.

In panic, the coalition soldiers went crazy, and their casualties began to increase exponentially.

In the coalition camp, this sudden change could not be controlled at all, and the camp was completely blown up.

In fact, not many coalition soldiers were burned to death. After all, how many cans of fire oil can twenty-five airships carry? The casualties among the coalition soldiers were more those who were trampled to death in the dark, and those who killed each other without acknowledging each other in fear, not too many.

The time soon reached the darkest hour before dawn. Inside the Mingwei Fort, the soldiers of the Ming Army, who had been awakened by the movement outside the city, had received orders to assemble their troops and prepare for war.

Someone has explained what probably happened outside. One is to avoid causing chaos in the city, and the other is to boost the morale of the army. Obviously, the airship force of the Air Force, which appeared in front of the world for the first time, has an unimaginable bonus in boosting morale. And the shouts of chaos outside the city made the Ming army soldiers want to rush out of the city immediately.

Therefore, all the officers and soldiers of the Ming army who had received orders and were preparing to attack were eagerly obeying the orders and preparing to attack.

When the white fish belly appeared in the east and the darkness covering the Eastern European plains was dispersed by the light of dawn, the city gate of Mingwei Fort was lowered, and the Ming cavalry took the lead in rushing out of the city gate. The regiment's coalition camp launched an attack.

At this time, it was bright enough to basically see the situation clearly. The coalition soldiers who escaped from the camp, or at least escaped from the burning camp, finally saw something in the sky above their camp.

Twenty-five airships were flying in the sky after throwing away the fire oil tanks. For those who saw it for the first time, it was really not too shocking. Especially when they saw clearly that the Ming Dynasty flag was painted on the airship, and there were people on it, also wearing Ming Dynasty military uniforms. It was even more shocking.

The Ming army can actually fly! ! ! Obviously, this is beyond their knowledge!

In shock, the soldiers could not find the general, and the general could not find the soldiers. Naturally, it is impossible for the various countries in the coalition to conduct cross-border command. The coalition soldiers are like headless flies, they are in chaos! I saw the long dragon of the Ming army coming out of Mingwei Fort, dividing into several parts and rushing over.

At this time, all the coalition soldiers fled from the camp in panic. Not only were they unarmed, some were not even wearing any underpants. Seeing the Ming army's cavalry rolling in, no one thought of resisting. The first thing they did was to stay away from the direction of the Ming army's charge.

Although the soldiers of both armies were numerous, they were all like lambs on the plains of Eastern Europe, fleeing in all directions under the attack of wolves.

Thirty thousand cavalry and 20,000 infantry, under the command of Li Dingguo, Man Gui and others, took the opportunity to drive away the coalition soldiers and drove them towards the Volga River.

On the top of Mingwei Fort, the Ming army soldiers who were on duty at night were originally going to rest. But at this time, they did not go to rest, but watched the battle on the top of the city. Seeing my comrades driving the enemy away like cattle and sheep, I couldn't help but get excited.

Especially when the Ming Dynasty cavalry saw that the enemy seemed to be grouping together to resist, the Ming Dynasty cavalry rushed past, leaving corpses on the ground, re-dispersing the group of enemies, forcing them to flee to the Volga River. Every time they saw this wonderful scene, the Ming army soldiers on the top of the city quickly pointed and cheered loudly.

On this day, history books record that the Volga River stopped flowing, and the entire Volga River was dyed red with blood. It is said that the fish in the river became so fat that no one would dare to catch fish for many years to come.

The Ming army has been chasing them. Even if some coalition soldiers fled to the other side of the Volga River, they would always be followed by the sound of horse hooves.

At noon, the coalition soldiers stationed at the Ural Mountains checkpoint received a quick message, indicating that Weibao was defeated!

No one wants to believe this, let alone listen to the explanation that the Ming army used flying objects to attack the camp last night. This is simply a fantasy, how is it possible!

However, as some of the defeated troops fled this way, they couldn't help but not believe it.

In panic, some people advocated immediate return of reinforcements, while others advocated immediate escape. In people's panic, no one has the absolute authority to unified command the armies of various countries on this side of the Ural Mountains.

Before they could make a decision, the Ming army on the east side of the Ural Mountains launched an attack on them. A steady stream of Ming troops came out of the checkpoint. The slope to the east is gentle, which is an excellent terrain for fighting from a high position.

This side is led by Yang Sichang, who has gathered the cavalry of the Mongolian Grassland Department of the Ming Dynasty, numbering 150,000. Of course, these are said to be cavalry, but most of them are actually herdsmen and cannot be compared with the elite cavalry under Man Gui. But at this time, it was enough to deal with the panicked coalition forces.

At the two checkpoints in the Ural Mountains, a steady stream of Ming troops rushed down the hillside like running water. The coalition forces failed to resist at all and collapsed.

The Battle of Fort Mingwei was one of the largest wars in human history; it was also the first time in human history that the Air Force shocked the world, and became the most critical turning point in the war.

After this battle, Europe, at least Northern Europe, was already dominated by the Ming Dynasty, and no force could be hostile to the Ming Dynasty.

On the southern front, the Ming army also harassed the enemy from behind, surprising Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire who was attacking the city.

The Ming army unexpectedly appeared in the Persian Empire and captured the army's material transfer station. At the first moment, he understood that the defeat of the combined fleet must have given the Ming army the opportunity to take a retreat from the sea.

The food route in the rear was cut off, which would be more deadly for his army, especially the larger the number.

Murad IV panicked. He was not sure and wanted to capture Dhaka before he ran out of food and supplies. Not only that, he was even more worried, wondering how many Ming troops would attack the rear by sea? I wonder if the Ming army invaded the Ottoman Empire? You know, for this expedition, he brought out all the domestic troops!

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