The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1713

[1713. Chapter 1629 Fatal blow]

The flying balls started to take off one by one, heading towards the target direction.

Hu Kaishan couldn’t help but sweat.

Because for him, there is nothing to fear if the fly ball crashes.

But what was loaded on this flying ball was something worth thousands of gold.

Such a big iron ball costs a staggering amount of money. It is said that it involves craftsmanship and is extremely troublesome to make.

Hu Kaishan looked at such a valuable big lump, which would soon be thrown away and then turned into pieces. He felt very distressed. This is… copper… pure copper. I, the emperor, give it to people for use. stuff.

But no matter how distressed Hu Kaishan was, he could only watch the flying ball gradually go away.

After that, the fleet moved forward with full sail and full speed.

………

On the other side, Alfonso had led a group of guards and escorted Xu Pengju to an ambush location.

Looking at the wolf smoke in the distance, Alfonso had an expectant smile on his face.

He has decided that if the Ming army does not come, it means that the plan has failed. The Ming army must have known that Xu Pengju is for their own use. Then Xu Pengju is of no use. Xu Pengju can be killed on the spot today.

Of course, Alfonso was extremely interested in the Duke of Qi in the Ming Dynasty.

In these days, he learned many stories about Duke Qi from Xu Pengju. In addition, some Spaniards had landed in Ming Dynasty before and brought some sporadic information.

This made Alfonso realize that this Duke of Qi was an extraordinary figure in the Ming Dynasty.

He raised his telescope and looked at the still calm sea.

Then he said to Xu Pengju calmly: “Based on your observation, who is wiser, me or the Duke of Qi?”

Xu Pengju’s body was so scarred that he put on Franco’s tight-fitting clothes, and the clothes tightened with a slight movement. , making him extremely uncomfortable.

At this time, he shook his big head and thought for a while: “You are wiser.”

Alfonso said: “Really.”

He glanced at Xu Pengju, and it seemed that he could see Xu Pengju’s disobedience at a glance.

This young man is obviously not good at deception.

But…what does it matter? As long as this Ming Dynasty navy and landing army are eliminated, it is meaningless who is wiser.

He could almost imagine Duke Qi jumping for joy.

“What is that?”

At this moment, someone exclaimed.

Alfonso came to his senses immediately and raised his binoculars.

He saw black spots appearing one after another above the sea level, slowly moving towards the direction of the smoke.

Alfonso was stunned.

This is…

“It’s a flying ball!” After a pause, Alfonso said decisively: “I know this. Someone once found out from the Ming Dynasty that they have something that can fly into the sky and drop fire from the flying ball. Oil and arrows, for war. This is really an interesting thing.”

Alfonso looked very calm.

Because he found that there were not many flying balls, just a dozen or so.

Neither bows, arrows nor muskets can enter the effective shooting range of this thing, so it is extremely difficult to deal with.

However… if there are only a dozen flying balls, with their limited loading capacity, the kerosene and arrows they carry are just a step away from the Spaniards as a whole.

So he immediately and calmly issued the order: “Ignore them, pass my order, let the soldiers hide in the castle and city walls, prepare sand and stones, once they throw the kerosene, put out the fire immediately, don’t be afraid!”

He turned back and glanced at Xu Pengju: “They are coming!”

Sure enough… the other party fell into his trap.

The fly ball flew very slowly.

There is no way, the weight is too heavy.

What’s more… the characteristic of flying balls is that they have no natural enemies. They don’t worry about anything on the ground that can pose a threat to them.

Therefore, speed is not an issue.

The team members on the flying ball held telescopes and began to continuously determine the location. With the guidance of the smoke, this step went very quickly. After all, the fuel of the flying ball is limited. Once it is looking around like a headless fly, what will happen next? The problem is the return trip.

They held the compass, controlled the tail of the flying ball, and carefully corrected their position and target. Then… they found the valuable target pointed by Lang Yan.

The players recruited by the flying team are almost all scholars.

Because only readers can count, we can quickly teach them drawing, labeling and many other principles.

They are more of a group of technicians than a group of warriors.

And now…the target has been locked.

There are two people on each flying ball. One person is constantly measuring the wind force and constantly adjusting the position of the flying ball in the atmosphere according to the wind force.

In the atmosphere, wind direction and wind force are different. Only through accurate calculation can the direction be ensured.

Finally, they began to appear over the fortress and countless gathering places.

Below, the Spaniards looked up at the behemoth falling from the sky. Fortunately, their excellent military qualities did not frighten them.

They are not Tatars who have never seen the world. If they see a flying ball, they will never think it is a ghost.

Since they are not ghosts, just try to reduce the casualties caused by these weird things according to their characteristics.

Alfonso even found it ridiculous.

“I’m very knowledgeable about science…” He looked at the fortress in the distance and the flying balls that appeared over the fort. The flying balls began to appear over the military camp, over the fort, over the warehouse…

He continued: “Prince Your Excellency.”

Alfonso said in a joking tone: “According to my understanding of science, it is indeed a great thing to waste so much energy to make an object fly, but the waste it causes is also huge. Because in order to fly, the amount of fuel it uses must be staggering. In addition, in order to reduce its weight, the equipment it can carry is also limited. It takes so much effort to only carry some kerosene or use it for archery. Those barbarians in Luzon, or the natives of the New World, have a huge shocking effect, but…for people from the civilized world, they have no meaning.”

“Your country seems to have borrowed these… In your words, it should be a flashy thing. It has achieved huge results on the barbarians. It seems that they are complacent about it. However… if you think that you can use these to deal with the noble Spanish knights and the infantry regiment of His Royal Highness the King of Spain. , This… is really ridiculous.”

“Haha…haha…” Alfonso laughed.

Xu Pengju naturally sensed the sarcasm and shook his head without saying a word.

Seeing his silence, Alfonso was very disgusted, so he said in a commanding tone: “Why don’t you laugh with me?”

“Haha…”

Xu Pengju thought for a while and had no choice but to grin, and then said: “Haha. …Haha…”

Seeing Xu Pengju’s stiff smile, Alfonso was even more happy. It seemed that the plan was close to success. Not long after, the real Ming Navy was about to arrive, and next, a battle with his own advantage The battle was about to begin, and he felt a little more relaxed, so he smiled even more wildly.

Xu Pengju could only laugh…

At this moment, the scene became relaxed, lively and interesting.

And at this moment…

the players on the flying ball had already used the firing pin to detonate the big iron ball.

They went through training, and when the firing pin was fired, the big iron ball was unloaded.

Once this behemoth was separated from the flying ball, it began to fall at an extremely fast speed under the influence of gravity.

With a roar…

the Spaniards on the ground saw… this huge thing, as if it covered the sky.

They called to each other, trying to hide or looking for obstacles.

Whoosh whoosh…

the big iron balls…suddenly turned into sunlight.

Yes… above the Spaniard’s head, the Spaniard seemed to see another sun at this moment. ,

after this moment of daylight…

there was a harsh roar.

The huge roar made everyone feel that they were isolated from the world.

A powerful impact seemed to cause a storm, so much so that the human body could not bear it, and those who were close were instantly torn into pieces.

The copper ball had exploded, and countless fine copper pieces harvested flesh and blood with the impact.

In this era, there was no so-called fortress reinforced by concrete. Under this huge impact, the fortress made of huge rocks also exploded, so… flying sand and rocks…

The Spaniards who thought they could hide behind and gain safety, It was simply unimaginable that this stone barrier would collapse at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, a ball of fireworks rose into the sky, like a towering tree. The high temperature turned all nearby combustible materials into ashes.

The vast majority of people did not even have time to shout, ask for help, or express any emotion about this matter that they could not understand.

Because…at this moment, life has become so fragile, so fragile that in this short moment, they have completely lost contact with the world.

The flying balls dropped from the sky… After dropping the bombs, they wanted to leave quickly, but the impact on the ground and the waves of heat still caused many flying balls to keep bumping.

A flying ball was even directly impacted by the heat wave. It was shaky, malfunctioned, and fell to the ground in the distance.

It’s just that at this moment, no one is paying attention to the flying ball.

Alfonso was still grinning, his mouth was open, and he should have continued to laugh, but at this time, his facial expression had frozen.

He looked at the most important city and fortress in Luzon from a distance. He had seen its rise with his own eyes, but now… he actually saw its destruction!

“Hahahahaha…” Xu Pengju’s laughter continued…

…

I asked weakly if I could give him a monthly ticket to give him some face. Anyway… Tiger is also a respectable person.

(End of chapter)