Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 321 The Military Application of Microbial Fermentation
After the signal bomb exploded in the air, a large amount of smoke produced by the violent burning of white phosphorus appeared in the entire sky like silver lightning.

Here, Lu Jiayu, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army of the Imperial Guard, who was approaching, was sitting on an iron-clad four-wheeled carriage and looking at the distant sky with a binoculars.

On this vast grassland, the field of vision is extremely wide, but it is also difficult to find landmarks. If there is no pre-agreed direction and compass, Lu Jiayu will really worry that his Fourth Army and the Third Army will be in this grassland. Lost connection.

And at this time, he also just saw the white phosphorus smoke appearing all over the sky, and he also understood that the third army was already retreating, and a large number of enemy cavalry was coming.

"The engineer battalion immediately set up roadblocks, the Feitian battalion prepared incendiary packs, the two cavalry battalions went to meet the third army, the artillery battalion was in place, and the four infantry battalions were ready to fight!"

Lu Jiayu immediately issued an order. His fourth army was a complete mixed infantry corps, with a main force of 2 people. Its combat effectiveness was only slightly worse than that of the first infantry corps. The main reason is that his grassroots officers are mainly third-term officers, but compared to other officers in Ming Dynasty, they are still relatively strong, at least in terms of discipline and order execution, they are not comparable to other classical armies.

As soon as Lu Jiayu's order was issued, the engineering battalion immediately carried a large amount of glass shards to the front one hundred steps away, and began to place glass shards in an open area of ​​fifty steps forward and backward, and a width of more than two hundred steps.

At the same time, yellow road signs were set up on both sides so that the third army would not be hindered by glass roadblocks when it retreated.

At the same time, the artillery battalion here also began to debug the artillery on the four-wheeled carriage, and measured the position of the white phosphorus when it burned. However, a quarter of an hour before the launch, the artillery battalion commander also fired a white phosphorus bomb. Inform the Third Army of the Praetorian Guard that the bombardment is about to begin, and they should speed up to avoid being injured by their own artillery fire.

The Flying Battalion consisting of hot air balloons and foot-operated aircraft also began to prepare for take-off. After a large amount of methane gas produced by the Royal Academy of Sciences through microbial fermentation was ignited in a special device, a large number of violent burning flames were immediately produced, and the hot air balloon was guaranteed. It expanded immediately, and slowly rose into the sky, and what was also brought into the sky was a combustion bag filled with a large amount of methane gas.

These flammable gases are mainly methane, but not only methane, but also a small amount of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide. Pig manure is used as the inoculum, and a large number of mixed bacteria in pig manure can be produced mainly through fermentation. Methanobacterium methane is produced by fermenting waste grain organic matter such as distiller's grains and vinegar grains as a medium.

These gases are collected from huge fired glass and porcelain jars (the reason why iron cans are not used is to avoid gas explosions caused by frictional sparks during transportation)

During the march, these gases will be collected into a cotton bag coated with paraffin wax, which can enhance the airtightness and can be used as an explosive bag.

The Flying Battalion went into space with packs of incendiary explosives filled (not fully filled) with methane and other flammable gases, while foot-operated personal vehicles began preparing to fly into space, holding ready-to-go bows and arrows and ignition device.

At this time, Mutar had gathered [-] elite cavalry to surround the [-] cavalry of the Third Army. They had a big appetite and planned to annihilate all the Third Army of the Imperial Guard by outflanking the left and right in order to retaliate. The hatred of his people being massacred by the third army.

But the third army fled slipperily like a loach, and as soon as they saw the same white smoke bombs, Oboi and the others immediately turned around and pulled out the Apocalypse Type [-] flintlock guns at their waists, firing and reloading in one go , and overturned the chasing Khalkha cavalry, throwing bullets all over the sky.

The Kalkha cavalry who were unable to defend themselves did not expect that the Ming army, which had always only known to flee, would suddenly stop and counterattack so quickly. Many Kalkha cavalry who rushed too fast fell directly to the ground.

But when Mutar reacted in time and led the cavalry outflanking from the two wings, Obai and his third army had already taken advantage of this gap and ran a longer distance.

"Cunning dog!" Mutar couldn't help being furious, and rushed forward brandishing a scimitar, but at this moment, there was a sudden explosion of gunfire, and countless iron bullets could be seen suddenly pouring down like heavy rain.

These high-speed iron bullets, like plowshares, plowed several bloody paths for the orderly Khalkha cavalry, and countless people and horses were smashed into meatloaf.

That's not to mention, when the Mutar led the cavalry braved the artillery fire and finally caught up with the third army, a large black cloud suddenly appeared above his head. When he looked up carefully, it was not a dark cloud, but a huge cotton bag. .

Mutar didn't know what kind of guy this was, so he directly ordered his cavalry to shoot a few arrows first.

The cavalry of the Khalkha tribe is very capable of archery, and the height of the arrows they shoot is no less than that of shooting white phosphorus bullets with a rifled gun. However, Mutar and his cavalry were surprised to find that these cotton bags were too soft. When the bow and arrow came, he was easily thrown out of a nest quickly. After the bow and arrow reached this height, the momentum was severely reduced due to air resistance, so that the cotton bag was not only not punctured, but also flew up naturally.

And at this time, the soldiers on the hot air balloon will throw a large amount of water towards these cotton bags. The cotton bags are soaked and the gravity increases, and they fall quickly. The soldiers shot the rocket up decisively.

At this time, because the cotton cloth was soaked, the airtightness of the paraffin wax decreased, and the flame on the rocket instantly detonated the gas in the cotton cloth bag, and a large amount of methane gas quickly burned into a fireball and sprayed everywhere.

The heads of a large number of Khalkha cavalry were directly burned to charcoal, and even the horses were burned, causing great pain for both the people and the horses.

The Khalkha cavalry was stunned. They never expected to be attacked from the head. Many of them were frightened. Although there were still cavalry rushing to the front position of the Fourth Army, most of them were just inertia.

Mutar endured the burning pain on his face (burned) and rushed towards the Fourth Army with the remaining ten thousand cavalry. In his opinion, since he couldn't deal with the Ming cavalry who ran faster than rabbits However, it is not enough to deal with this group of infantry.

But soon he found out that he was wrong, because as soon as his cavalry rushed in, he heard the fierce wailing of the horses, and many horses began to retreat consciously.

Mutar was surprised to find that the cavalry and horses on his side were all bloodstained. Naturally, he didn't understand what was going on, so he could only beat the horse hard with a whip to let the horse attack quickly, but the horse was not really without IQ. Anything that pierces their horseshoes or feet keeps them from going.

But at this time, seeing that the cavalry formation of the Khalkha tribe was in chaos, and even the horses were embarrassed by the broken glass, Obai led the two cavalry battalions of the third army and the fourth army to outflank them from left and right.

(End of this chapter)