Xu Mingwu ignored Cao Minghao's disbelief and continued to command the attack.

Dozens of hot air balloons flew over the Burmese army camp, explosives bags rained down, and everyone was shocked, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the impregnable Burmese defense line became an ornament and the entire line collapsed.

Then, the 3,000 Ming troops attacked and advanced to the Burmese army camp, and the 2,000 landing troops that had been trapped before were flanked back and forth.

The hall was silent, and everyone stared blankly at the incredible result on the sand table.

Cao Minghao was very unconvinced and said loudly: "Xu Mingwu, you are cheating!" ”

Cao Minghao's command not only did not make mistakes, but instead used the tactics of luring the enemy into depth, and all the bigwigs present asked themselves if they were the commanders of the Burmese army, and if they wanted to defeat the mythical Ming army, they could only design a lure and inflict heavy losses on their troops.

If Cao Minghao is defeated, it is too far-fetched, after all, the balloon troops mentioned by the kid surnamed Xu have never existed!

If you have to find a precedent, there is only Kong Ming lantern, but that thing is used as a military liaison signal, when will it be able to carry people into the sky, and throw explosive bags?

Zhao Jinglin saluted to Zhu Cihong and said, "Your Majesty ......"

Whether this battle counts or not depends on the emperor's intentions.

Zhu Cihong picked up the teacup with an expressionless face and asked, "Xu Mingwu, how did you effectively control the direction of this balloon and make it fly over the enemy camp?" ”

Xu Mingwu said: "Back to Your Majesty, you can use a cable to fix it on the big winch, and the soldier will rotate and lift it by swinging the axis, as for controlling the direction of the balloon, you need to know the direction of the wind that day." ”

He knew that in 1794, the French revolutionary government established the first air force in human history, and the commander of this force was the balloon expert Coutal, which initially included more than 20 officers and soldiers, and the main task was to reconnoiter the enemy.

The French relied on military balloons to observe the positions of the Austrian troops, and the Austrians were very unhappy with such a thing on their heads, and bombarded them with artillery fire.

But Kutelle raised the balloon hundreds of meters, so that the Austrian artillery was completely powerless and could only stare dryly? Three-dimensional warfare has initially shown its might.

And the first to attack directly with balloons were the Austrians? In 1848, the Italian War of Independence broke out, and Austria sent troops to suppress it? The Austrians prepared 200 paper balloons with 30 pounds of explosives hanging each? Let the balloon drift downwind to the positions of the Italian army and carry out the "bombing", the first air raid in the history of mankind!

In the nineteenth century, military balloons were widely used by the world's major powers for aerial reconnaissance, and even the Qing Dynasty embarked on the last train, and the course of light balloons was set up in the Tianjin Military Academy.

In 1908, the three towns (divisions) of the new army of the Qing Dynasty successively formed balloon reconnaissance units.

Even in World War II, the Japanese army still used balloon troops? It is used in the guerrilla battlefield behind enemy lines in China.

The craziest move by Japan was the "balloon bombs", which released more than 9,000 "balloon bombs" to the United States at the end of the war, hoping that these things would be able to float across the Pacific Ocean and explode on American soil.

Of course, it had little effect, except for some forest fires in the United States, and the impact on America's ability to fight war was almost zero.

What does Xu Mingwu think? Before the invention of airplanes, the balloon troops still had some effect, especially this attack on Burma, and there was no problem in overturning them by surprise!

Zhu Cihong was old and spicy after all, and turned to Cao Bianjiao on the left side with a silent face, and asked, "Xiangguo Gong, what do you see?" ”

In the Wuying Palace, Cao Bianjiao has the highest official rank, and he is Zhu Cihong's most trusted chief military minister, Zhu Cihong kicked the ball to Cao Bianjiao, hoping that he would come out to relieve the siege.

Cao Bianjiao was staring at the sand table with all his attention, the defeat of his eldest son Cao Minghao made him depressed, but as the highest official of the military aircraft, what he was most concerned about now was whether the balloon unit was reliable?

Cao Bianjiao, who was in deep thought, was awakened by Zhu Cihong's question, he did not answer Zhu Cihong's question directly, but asked Xu Mingwu: "Xu Mingwu, can you make this kind of manned balloon you said?" ”

Xu Mingwu bowed deeply to Cao Bianjiao and said confidently: "The students will do it!" ”

Cao Bianjiao's heart moved, and said, "How to make it?" ”

Xu Mingwu replied: "Use a large hair dryer pushed by four people to blow into the balloon, blow for about half an hour, fill the ball with air to test whether it is leaking, so as to repair it immediately, once the foot is filled, the sphere rises immediately, the sphere must be covered with a large net, the lower edge of the net is tied with many sand bags, so that the ball does not rise, remove the sand bag when rising, naturally lift up, and then hang a large bamboo bucket under the ball, and five people can sit in the bucket ......"

When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he suddenly saluted Zhu Cihong and said: "The minister implores His Majesty for approval to establish an air formation in the army, and according to the establishment of three battalions, the minister will promote Xu Mingwu as the first commander of the air formation and grant the regiment the post of commander. ”

As soon as Cao Bianjiao's words came out, everyone was stunned.

Not to mention that Xu Mingwu has just entered the Huangming Military Academy for two months, and he is a student with no position, the overall grade of this regiment is the fourth grade, how can he become a general-level figure because of a sand table last night, and he has risen too fast!

Xu Mingwu sighed in his heart, it seems that this famous General Cao is really a person who is dedicated to the country, and he can't help but be full of respect for him.

The first to jump out to oppose it was Pingyang Hou Xu Qingshan, who said: "Cao Gong, the dog has no size, and he should not be so loved by Cao Gong." ”

"Yes, Father, it's child's play for you to establish a military branch just because of a sand table operation!" Cao Minghao said dissatisfied.

Cao Bianjiao glared at him fiercely, ignoring everyone, just looking at Emperor Tianwu on the throne.

Zhu Cihong's fingers tapped on the throne, his eyes still on Xu Mingwu.

After a long time, he said leisurely: "I still look at the results of the production and training of this balloon first, and then make a decision, this matter will be left to you, make a sample within a month, and train the ascension throwing drill." ”

Xu Mingwu, who was a little nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was finally going to make his debut in advance!

He replied confidently: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the students promise to draw the design drawings as soon as possible and put them into production training as soon as possible!" ”

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Xu Mingwu seemed to be a little floating, and continued: "Your Majesty, the air formation is very interesting, and in the future, students can also fill the balloon with hydrogen gas, so that the balloon can fly higher, even if the enemy shoots at once, he can't shoot it down!" ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, and the expression on Zhu'er's face became more and more profound.

Although Zhu Cihong is not good at chemistry, he also knows that hydrogen was first discovered by British chemists in the 18th century! It's only the middle of the seventeenth century, and it's been more than a hundred years!

Although some scientists in the Ming Dynasty have come into contact with this gas by chance, they have never separated or collected it, let alone named it "hydrogen"!

You're finally fucking exposed! Peers from the future!

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After everyone retreated, only Zhu Cihong and Wu Zhong were left in the Wuying Hall of Nuoda.

"The Emperor's ......"

Seeing the emperor beckoning, Wu Zhong leaned over.

Zhu Cihong said lightly: "You personally go to Dongchang and take the confession that interrogated Xu Mingwu at the beginning, and I want to see it in person." ”

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