Chapter 1060 Torture
Unlike the soldiers who were frightened and turned pale by the earth-shattering roar of the explosion, at this moment, Zhou Xu, who had arrived at the rear of the battle formation, was full of excitement!
At this time, their reinforcements have not arrived yet, but the logistics materials have arrived!
The logistics troops have to spend a lot of time just preparing logistics supplies. The military situation was urgent before. In order to reach the front line as quickly as possible, it was obviously impossible for them to wait for the logistics troops to set off together.
But this does not mean that they are not important, it can even be said that they are very important.
In addition to carrying the troops' survival supplies and medical supplies, the logistics troops also carry very important strategic supplies. The more typical ones are the explosive barrels and hot air balloons that have been put into use!
In Da Zhou, hot air balloons, which have never had any war value, have gained value due to the successful development of explosives, and the status of hot air balloon operators has begun to rise.
After all, except for hot air balloons, no aerial unit at this stage can carry multiple explosive barrels at one go and launch an offensive from the air towards the enemy position.
One after another, explosive barrels were dropped from the hot air balloon.
Although at this stage, there are still various problems with the explosives that Dazhou has just produced, at this moment, it does not affect their ability to display the explosive barrels on this battlefield at all. Power!
Under the continuous bombardment of explosive barrels, chaos broke out in the greenskin troop positions outside the canyon pass.
The Goblin Wolf Cavalry, who were on the flanks and ready to take action at any time, were also frightened by this battle and their hearts trembled.
At this stage, the power of explosives in Dazhou's explosive barrels is purely due to the piles. Each explosive barrel is half a person tall. While it is full of weight, it also takes up a lot of space. .
On the premise that fuel needs to be carried on a hot air balloon and sufficient operating space is reserved for the operator without affecting the control of the hot air balloon, each hot air balloon is equipped with up to three explosive barrels.
Actually, you can carry more by stacking them layer by layer, but there are risks, even very high risks, so don’t do this operation.
Entering the arena in the first round, in order to show their suppression power, Zhou Xu directly ordered five hot air balloons to release explosive barrels at the same time. He first threw two rounds in a row, smashing ten explosive barrels down, and launched a wave of fire suppression. Let's talk about suppressing the arrogance on the other side.
After two rounds of bombing, the five hot air balloons entered the stage of bombing in turns.
From Hot Air Balloon No. 1 to Hot Air Balloon No. 5, they successively dropped explosive barrels towards the places where green-skinned soldiers gathered in the battlefield for bombing, thus creating a continuous bombing effect and disrupting the opposite position.
In this process, after the hot air balloon has released the last explosive barrel, it will naturally withdraw as soon as possible, conduct a new round of loading, and then continue to approach the site for bombing, thus forming a cycle.
At this moment, for the Da Zhou troops stationed at the canyon pass, hot air balloons carrying explosive barrels have become their main output on this battlefield.
Previously, they had a passive defense throughout the entire process, and could only rely on blocking the entrance of the canyon with a spear array to resist the greenskin offensive.
But even so, the crazy offensive of the greenskin troops has tortured them physically and mentally.
This itself is a vicious circle. If they cannot wait for reinforcements to arrive, it will form a dead situation.
But the situation is different now. With the intervention of hot air balloons and explosive barrels, the situation in front of us has been immediately revitalized!
Block the entrance with an array of spears so that you can't get in, and then madly use hot air balloons to throw explosive barrels to torture you! Those of you who don’t have air units are the ones being bullied!
Before the second round of hot air balloons could enter the scene, the green-skinned troops, who also sensed that the situation was not good, finally retreated.
Looking at this scene, Zhou Xu, who was in the canyon, breathed a sigh of relief.
If you want to deal with the configuration of hot air balloon and explosive barrel, to put it simply, as long as you have a flying unit, they will not be able to run rampant. But if you don’t have flying units, it’s very difficult!
“Stay alert and don’t let your guard down.”
While speaking, Xuanyu flapped his wings very neatly and flew out to confirm the movements of the green-skinned troops.
Although it was a small victory, Zhou Xu still had no intention of pursuing him.
There are two key points in their tactics.
First, they are located inside the canyon, relying on the natural environmental advantages of the canyon to block all the greenskin troops outside the canyon while ensuring the stability of their own positions.
The second is that there are no flying units on the opposite side, which allows the hot air balloon to perform stable output in the air.
Under this premise, once they leave the valley, the environmental advantages brought to them by the canyon environment will be gone, and the strength advantage of the green-skinned troops on the opposite side will be fully exerted.
Once such a situation is formed, their current strength is simply not enough to fight against the enemy.
Therefore, at this stage, their policy of guarding the canyon and waiting for the lizardman reinforcements to arrive will never waver.
After Xuan Yu flew back and confirmed that the green-skinned troops had really retreated, Zhou Xu quickly walked back to their camp in the canyon.
At this point in time, all the hot air balloons have been withdrawn.
But what he was concerned about now was not the situation of the hot air balloon, but the number of remaining explosive barrels on their side.
The answer is thirty-two, and there are thirty-two left.
Throw it hard and you can lose it all in one battle.
They don’t have many explosive barrels. One of the reasons is that it takes time to obtain raw materials. Another very important reason is that before autumn, Zhou Xu will officially produce the first batch of explosive barrels. All were sent to Pingyuan Fortress in New Taipei District.
According to Zhou Xu's idea, there may be a battle with the greenskins in the New Taipei District. Sending the explosive barrel there can provide an extra layer of insurance.
Who would have thought that after autumn, the green skin did not bubble up in the plain fortress, but started to bubble up in the Northeast region? !
Just thinking about it makes my mentality a bit explosive.
Before departure, the logistics team had emptied all the inventory in the factory, and the relevant production personnel had also started working overtime.
But Zhou Xu did not have high expectations for subsequent productivity.
It’s not that there is not enough labor force, but because they don’t have much raw materials. At the same time, because the gunpowder is not powerful enough at this stage, they have to increase its power by stacking materials. The remaining materials are basically useless. Not much can be done.
As for when the subsequent raw materials will be delivered...
Let’s not talk about potassium nitrate, the sulfur has to be transported from the volcanic island, and the time will have to wait until next year.
In this way, in addition to being used for emergencies this time to scare off the green-skinned troops on the opposite side, in subsequent battles, Zhou Xu is preparing to arrange the remaining explosive barrels as strategic materials. Yes, they will never be used easily. The core combat strength still depends on the lizardman troops arriving later!
(End of this chapter)