Chapter 777: Thornwood Oil

"no!"

Just when I felt that everything was about to come to fruition, a voice came from behind. It was the logistics officer surnamed Zhang again. It can be used for battle in the air, or as a royal ride, so there is no reason to transport cheap torpedoes? Besides, this torpedo is just a trick for fishermen to fry fish, how can it be on the table? My Xuanyuan Empire has always been the center of China. Your Majesty, if you even take out the torpedoes to fight, I'm afraid it will inevitably become a joke of the mainland!"

I frowned: "My lord, what does this mean? How could it be a joke to treat torpedoes as a method of warfare?"

"Fire in July!"

He stared at me and said: "As the deputy commander of the regular army of the empire, you don't think about the twenty-seven tactics of warfare, and you don't learn the techniques of the imperial battle formation. Can it withstand the heavy armor of the Flamingo Corps? Have you verified it?"

"No."

I shook my head and said, "But I believe it works, and Han Zixi believes it too, right?"

Han Zixi nodded hastily: "Yes... the torpedo is mixed with some broken tiles, so it must be more powerful. Perhaps the speed of the explosion is enough to deform or even penetrate the opponent's heavy armor."

"It's just nonsense, how can the torpedo be used to meet the enemy?!" The logistics officer was still reluctant.

I raised my eyebrows: "If your lord said so, how about you go to meet the enemy? How about you go and defeat the 600,000 flamingo corps?"

"you……"

He was furious.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Ying raised his eyebrows and said: "Zhang Jishan! You can step back, there is nothing for you here for the time being, you just need to arrange the food, grass and equipment."

"yes……"

Zhang Jishan was obedient, and exited the meeting room after cupping his fists.

"Fire in July."

Xuanyuanying looked at me with deep eyes, and said with a smile: "You are a very interesting young general, and you are also the leader of the new generation of generals in the empire. I believe in you, and I will hand over all the twenty transport ships of the Flying Boat Battalion to you. You, in addition, dispatch my flying boat for you, I hope you can achieve satisfactory results on the battlefield."

"Yes, thank you Your Majesty!"

On the side, Han Zixi also clasped his fists together: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will take my leave!"

"Let's go~~~"

Feng Buwen smiled and said: "I'll take you to receive the flying boat. Besides, how many people are needed? Just tell me, here is my autographed letter. Take it with you. All resources can be dispatched in major provinces, but there are Those who don’t comply will be killed on the spot!”

"Thank you, Feng Xiang."

"Well, let's go!"

...

Not long after, accompanied by the sound of "gurgling", the spirit stones in the furnaces on both sides of the flying boat burned fiercely, providing an endless supply of power. Dozens of flying boats soared into the sky, and then rushed into the clouds "shuashuashua" Among them, he flew straight to the south, and in less than twenty minutes, he directly entered Yunxi City, a secondary main city located in the south, where it seemed that the Shinhwa and Edge guilds settled here.

The flying fleet landed directly above a workshop, and when I showed the unheard seal, a local official said in a deep voice: "The Northern Wilderness Province is in the midst of war, and the Empire needs the materials in your hands. Move out all your torpedoes, count them according to the quantity, and then the provincial capital will distribute subsidies to you according to the quantity, please don't hide anything!"

All of a sudden, a continuous stream of people loaded boxes of black lacquered torpedoes with a lead wire onto the airship. In less than ten minutes, everything was ready, and dozens of airships were filled with heavy torpedoes. torpedo.

"Let's go, Beidi County!"

"set sail!"

With the sound of the order, the flying boats vacated again, and arrived in Beidi County, which is the closest to the battlefield in the Northern Wilderness Province, about 18 minutes later. When the flying boats landed on a wide area, countless workers wearing the uniforms of the Ministry of Industry galloped Come, quickly start to fill the torpedo with gunpowder and crock pot fragments, I am anxiously waiting, every second there is a deer player, a soldier of the Silver Frost Legion is sacrificing, the faster here, the less loss there, Desperation can be used to describe my mood at the moment.

"My lord, there is no need to worry, it will be soon."

Aside, Han Zixi said.

"Um."

I nodded: "How long will it take?"

"The first batch will be ready to move in about ten minutes."

"Okay, take me around, I want to see this workshop."

"yes!"

Not far ahead, I smelled a pungent smell in my nose. In addition to the smell of gunpowder, there was also a smell similar to kerosene, so I frowned: "What smell?"

"Oh, it's thornwood oil."

"thornwood oil?"

"Yes, my lord." Han Zixi said: "The thornwood grows in the northern and southern provinces of the empire, and the oil it produces burns instantly when exposed to fire. The colleagues in the Ministry of Industry have always had the habit of refining thornwood oil and using it as an oil lamp. , and these thornwood oils are also very popular in the north, and ordinary rich families will hoard a large amount of thornwood oil as fuel to survive the long cold winter."

"It really burns when it meets fire?"

"yes!"

"Show me."

"Yes, my lord!"

Turning the corner, there is an alley ahead, just ahead, a middle-aged man is walking with an oil drum, Han Zixi stops him directly, and I take a branch from the oil drum and soak it The thornwood oil, then looked around, and applied it directly on the stone wall, and the flames of the gouging skill flew by with the wind blowing.

"Shua!"

A blazing flame burned along the path of the thornwood oil, scorching the wall black.

"sharp……"

I frowned and said, "Han Zixi, is there much oil in this thornwood?"

"A lot, after all, it is a daily necessities."

"good!"

I turned around and looked at a lieutenant behind me, and said, "Can the catapult of the Silver Frost Legion cast this barrel of thornwood oil?"

The lieutenant stepped forward and weighed it with the oil barrel, and said with a smile: "My lord, it's a small thing... But... our catapults are used to project huge rocks to kill the opponent, why throw this?"

"Aren't you going to attack with fire?" Han Zixi said with a smile as his eyes lit up.

I also smiled: "The fire attack may be useless to other Scarlet King's Court Corps, but the Flamingo Corps are all heavily armed troops, whether it is heavy infantry or heavy cavalry, once infected with this fire attack The flaming thornwood oil, if we shoot the rockets like this and spread to each other, I am afraid that the Flamingo Corps can only be reborn from the ashes."

Han Zixi nodded: "Your Excellency's words are absolutely true!"

"Okay, all requisitioned, as many as you want!"

"yes!"

...

Twenty minutes later, the first batch of torpedoes were all loaded on the ship, and I returned to the battlefield together. At this time, it was night again, and the whole world was gray, and strands of snowflakes fell from the sky. Among them, the Silver Frost Legion and Yilu's men and horses have been in the bloody battle game for a long day and night.

"Master July Liuhuo is back!"

When the flying boat landed, someone saw me.

"My dear brother, how are you doing?"

Wang Shuangce stepped forward immediately, the blade was still dripping with blood, presumably he couldn't hold back and went into battle to kill the enemy himself.

"all the best."

I smiled slightly: "Brother Wang Shuang, how is the situation on the battlefield?"

Immediately, Wang Shuang's smile gradually disappeared, and he said: "The Flamingo Corps launched a frenzied onslaught, and our brothers suffered heavy losses. More than 10,000 people have been killed and more than 10,000 people have been injured in the Iron Step Battalion. Most of the soldiers in the battle are also exhausted, if everyone does not take a little rest and eat to replenish their strength, I am afraid that the Silver Frost Legion will be dragged down."

"knew."

I nodded, looked into the distance, and said, "The Tiebuying camp has held on for too long, and they must be replaced to take a rest."

"Then... what about the defense line?" Wang Shuang said.

"It doesn't matter."

I looked at Qin Zhan, the commander of the Tianqi Battalion, and said, "Can the heavy cavalry of the Tianqi Battalion, dismounted and carried shields, be able to take on the important role of infantry?"

Immediately, Qin Zhan looked excited, clasped his fists and said: "Please rest assured, the commander and deputy commander, the brothers of the Tianqi Battalion are powerful heavy cavalry when mounted, and they can replace the brothers of the Tiebu Battalion just like dismounting, please order, the last general The 30,000 brothers from the same battalion watched the bloody battle of the brothers in the same battalion, and they were gearing up for a showdown with the Flamingo Corps!"

"good!"

I nodded and smiled: "Qin Zhan, you go to pass the order. The 20,000-day cavalry battalion will dismount their horses and carry shields, and go to be heavy infantry and change to the iron infantry battalion. The rest of the 10,000-day cavalry battalion will also dismount. Han Zixi will teach them how to use torpedoes." , All the brothers from the Tiebu Camp and the Shengong Camp who have been transferred from the defense have all returned to the camp to recuperate, have a good meal, sleep, and heal their injuries."

"yes!"

"Brother!" Wang Shuang took a step forward and said, "Manpower is too short. I have 10,000 guards in my guard battalion. You should also dispatch them together!"

"good."

I nodded: "Let them carry their shields together to defend against the enemy!"

"Um!"

...

Not long after the change of defense was completed, the 20,000-day cavalry battalion and the 10,000-day guard battalion all carried their shields and went into battle with the flamingo heavy infantry. In the back row, 10,000 cavalrymen who had received Han Zixi's "emergency training" The battalion cavalry took off their battle armor one after another, and went into battle shirtless, each with a box of torpedoes, while piles of bonfires were lit behind the line of defense.

"remember!"

Han Zixi rode a skinny horse and said, "After lighting it up, throw it forward with all your strength!"

"Yes, my lord!"

"let's start!"

...

I also turned around and waited intently for how much the torpedo would change the situation on the battlefield.

"Sizzling~~~"

The moment the fuse was ignited, the cavalrymen of the Tianqi Battalion turned around one after another, and then "swizzed" and threw the torpedoes one by one in the air. Immediately, strands of flames drew beautiful arcs in the air, and the flamingos reappeared. The people who were rushing to kill looked up at the dense sparks in the sky one by one, and said, "This...what is it?"