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 The supplies that Chang Suining was waiting for were delivered within an hour as expected.

Sheng Jun, who was responsible for receiving supplies from the rear, soon discovered that there were more ships transporting supplies this time than before, and those ships brought things they had never seen before.

The strange thing is that those things are neither food, medicine, ordnance or gunpowder, nor do they look like some novel mechanism -

Seeing the rectangular wooden objects that were tall enough for a person to be quickly carried down by the soldiers, Tang Xing's eyes were filled with surprise: "Sir, could these be...bellows?!"

"To be precise, it is an improved bellows." Chang Sui Ning said: "The craftsmen named it a double-action bellows."

Going back further, the emergence of the bellows has brought great help to the improvement of the art of firing and smelting, greatly increasing the temperature of the furnace fire.

However, since the development of bellows, most of them only provide one-way air. The wind can be sent out by pushing and pulling.

At this moment, the "double-action air box" mentioned by Chang Suining can generate wind by pushing or pulling. There are air inlets at both ends, which greatly increases the air supply speed and can achieve continuous air supply and air output volume. Big and long lasting.

Previously, Chang Suining ordered Shen Sanmao to make a bellows, with only one request - if the air supply speed could be slightly increased on the original basis, that would be great.

She never thought that the craftsmen who came to Jiangdu on their own and who were secretly found by Meng Lie gave her a big surprise through the collision of ingenious ideas and created such a breakthrough new thing.

Such good things will undoubtedly be a great weapon when used in the smelting workshop.

Strictly speaking, the bellows was born for firing, so it was unexpected that it appeared in a naval battle.

However, surprise has always been the only prerequisite for winning by surprise.

"Send the order and quickly distribute these two hundred bellows to the fifty vanguard warships ahead. Each ship will have four bellows, and four people will take turns guarding each bellows." Chang Suining ordered: "Everything is ready. Then, follow my orders and create wind."

"yes!"

Hearing the word "create the wind" from the girl's mouth, Tang Xing suddenly felt an unknown wave in his heart - all the directions of the wind were given by God. However, at this moment, the sky does not provide wind, but someone has to rely on human power to create the strong wind she wants on this sea area.

This feeling of "God refused to give it to me, but I made it myself" gave Tang Xing a strange shock.

Soon, this shock materialized.

As those specially made gunpowder cartridges were projected onto the Japanese warships and swept into the water by the Japanese, a strong wind suddenly appeared on the originally windless sea surface, whistling and making a "whooshing" sound. .

Moreover, the direction of the wind was very strange, and it went straight towards the Japanese warships. They seemed to be controlled by humans, puffing up smoke arrogantly.

The smoke was carried by the wind and formed a shaped air current in the air. It seemed to be alive and covered the Japanese army.

Soon, the lime powder and other substances exploded in the smoke screen began to work in the air, causing the Japanese soldiers who were fighting in the front line to fall into panic one after another.

On the other hand, Sheng Jun all covered their mouths and noses with face towels, and with the bellows in hand, they could use the wind power in their hands at any time to expel the smoke that showed signs of returning.

The huge winds and smoke came suddenly, and the exhausted Japanese soldiers did not even have time to discern what was going on, so they became increasingly panicked.

There were still a large number of gunpowder cartridges, which were thrown into the Japanese warships with the help of the projection mechanism on the warships.

Shouts, urgent orders, the collision of warships, the sound was chaotic.

Immediately afterwards, Chang Suining asked the soldiers to take out the straw that had been bundled in advance, wet the outside with sea water, ignite the inner core, and pile it on the boat in large quantities. More than a dozen unmanned boats sailed toward the Japanese camp with the wind, billowing even more thick smoke.

The interior of these straws is also filled with lime and other substances, and the smoke generated is as lethal as those of special gunpowder cartridges.

However, in comparison, special gunpowder cartridges are more difficult to prevent and extinguish, and are easy to scatter and throw. They are suitable for leading the battle. After the enemy falls into chaos and loses mobility, it is more economical and practical to use straw to burn the smoke.

After all, gunpowder is expensive to make, and Chang Suining advocates the combat principle of "spend what you need and save what you can".

As the smoke became thicker and thicker, many Japanese soldiers were unable to open their eyes and shed tears.

And their panic comes not only from physical and visual injuries, but also from psychological impact -

It should be noted that the weapons used in current naval battles are mostly swords, spears, bows and arrows, and catapult mechanisms installed on warships.

When it comes to tactics, there have been fire attacks since ancient times. At first, fire ships were used to attack them. Since then, as gunpowder was used in warfare, fire-supporting rockets have appeared.

However, a smoke screen suddenly appeared on the sea, and this method of dealing with the enemy was unprecedented.

"Never before" means the huge unknown.

The most lethal time of a weapon is always when it is first launched on a large scale - if its original lethality is 60%, it will definitely reach 100% when it is used for the first time, and the remaining 40% is what it brings to people's hearts. of deterrence.

Looking at the huge smoke screen in front of him, Tang Xing could already conclude that no matter what the outcome of this battle was, it would inevitably open a new chapter in naval warfare and leave a mark in the history of naval warfare.

Double-acting bellows, gunpowder entering the water... without any external force, raising a smoke screen to control the enemy on the sea... Even if Tang Xing died here today, it was worth it to be lucky enough to participate in such a battle!

Yuan Xiang, who has been fighting for many years, is also very excited. Looking at the situation of the Japanese army on the opposite side, he can't help but admire and say: "Coach, your plan today is the reincarnation of Chi You!"

Chang Sui Ning slightly turned his head to look at him: "?"

"It is said in the ancient books that Chi You can create heavy fog and make the soldiers unconscious, so as to win!" Yuan Xiang's eyes were full of admiration: "Compared to Chi You, you are better than him!"

Looking back, he will definitely write about this battle in detail to the Governor!

Chang Chi You's reincarnation Sui Ning raised his eyebrows slightly and recognized the title.

The two generals stepped forward quickly, their faces full of excitement, and they couldn't wait to ask for instructions: "Commander, while the Japanese army is in chaos, do you want to order your troops to attack and kill?!"

"There's no rush." ​​Chang Suining said, "Wait until they become more chaotic."

Her soldiers had suffered too many casualties. Next, she would kill the enemy at the minimum cost.

The smoke is thick at this moment, and if you rush forward to attack, you will easily hurt your own people.

This is also the reason why Chang Suining rejected Shen Sanmao’s other proposal before—

Shen Sanmao was a human being who could not be defined by the worldly sense of good and evil. When Chang Sui Ning was making these powder cartridges mixed with lime, he had privately suggested that in addition to lime powder, he might as well add poison to smoke. Poisoning and killing the enemy will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Chang Suining looked at him for a moment, then shook his head: [Inappropriate]

Shen Sanmao hurriedly knelt down to apologize, thinking that Chang Sui Ning was unhappy because his sinister side had been revealed.

Chang Suining explained to him: "On the battlefield, you will die and I will die, especially when dealing with Japanese enemies. I have no mercy at all, but I am afraid that the poison will be too strong and it will hurt our own soldiers."

Many times, when fighting a war, the plan is one thing and the implementation is another. If there is a sudden change in the direction of the wind, the gain may outweigh the loss and end up with a backlash.

Greed and murderous desires are common to everyone on the battlefield, but before such a huge temptation to defeat the enemy, reason tells Chang Sui Ning that he should choose to protect the bottom line of safety of his soldiers first, and then talk about other things. In the thick smoke, the formation of the Japanese army became more and more chaotic.

Looking from a distance, the sea surface everywhere is still calm, existing quietly in the thin night between heaven and earth.

But only where the Japanese army was, the smoke billowed into the sky, and the screams were deafening, as if countless evil spirits were trapped in the endless hell, struggling in fear, being stared at and judged by all creatures in the world.

Sheng Jun regards the Japanese army as a tortured evil ghost, and the Japanese army now also regards Sheng Jun as an evil ghost.

—How could someone create an injurious smoke screen out of thin air above the sea when there is no wind? What is this if not an evil spirit?

With the Sheng army in their hands, they are no longer lambs to be slaughtered.

On the contrary, they have fallen into a huge passivity!

They wanted to escape, but were unable to move due to the collision of ships, and fell into greater chaos.

Some Japanese soldiers didn't know what they were going to face next, so they jumped into the water in a panic. However, when the lime stained on their eyes and skin entered the water, it caused an even greater burning sensation, and painful screams continued to sound. .

"It's just smoke and lime, why should we be afraid!" Maro Fujiwara scolded with a gloomy face: "A bunch of wastes who have no ability to respond!"

He was angry that his soldiers would not fight, and tried many times to stabilize the situation, but all to no avail. He could only watch as the situation became more and more out of control.

Fujiwara Maro is an excellent soldier who can still remain calm and fearless under such circumstances, but after all, he cannot force every soldier under his command to respond as calmly as he does.

To be a general, one must be exceptional. However, most soldiers can only be ordinary soldiers throughout their lives, and there are fundamental reasons for this.

Even before today, these Japanese soldiers were all arrogant and ruthless. They wore a cloak of ambition and greed and dared to kill at will -

But after the coat was burned and separated from the body by a sudden fire, they inevitably showed their true colors as rats.

After some ships in the rear struggled to move their direction, they began to flee without authorization, ignoring military orders.

Seeing that the smoke was slightly lighter, Chang Suining raised his hand at the right time and ordered: "Fire the arrow -"

"yes!"

Shepherd's Purse responded loudly, beat the drum head violently, and used the sound of the drum to convey the command to release the arrow.

On each ship, the sound of drums and drums sounded in unison, and clusters of rockets were fired, landing on the Japanese warships.

The purpose of the rockets was to ignite enemy ships and create further chaos. However, because many Japanese soldiers were unable to see and had no time to evade, many even fell down after being hit by arrows.

This undoubtedly made the Japanese army more and more frightened.

As the ship burned, they fled in disorder, completely losing their remaining ability to collaborate.

The rockets continued to fly, and Fujiwara Maro's warship was also affected.

Although most of the smoke screen was dispersed, a new sea of ​​​​fire seemed to have brewed in the Japanese camp.

"Coach...!" Deputy General Jin and others asked for orders behind the black-robed girl.

The girl didn't look back at them, her long-dried black hair was slightly scattered, a few strands of hair were flying in the early night wind, and there was firelight shining in her dark eyes -

Now the time has come, she said: "Send the order, all the soldiers in the army will kill the Japanese bandits immediately."

Vice Admiral Jin and others, who had been waiting for this moment for too long, were all excited when they heard this and responded loudly: "The last general takes orders!"

They stood up suddenly, and when they were about to go down to deliver the order, they heard the young girl say: "But do you all know that in our army, there is a rule that those who surrender are not killed?"

Thinking of these comrades who had died tragically or even been tortured and killed, Deputy General Jin and others, although unwilling to do so, still said: "The general will know!"

"Then remember, we don't understand the Japanese language -" Chang Sui Ning said: "Therefore, there are no troops surrendering here tonight."

Blood debts need to be repaid with blood. Tonight, she will make these Japanese invaders pay ten times and a hundred times the price.

"General... obey your orders!"

Vice General Jin and several others responded with heavy fists. When they turned around, they all pulled out their long knives with red eyes and shouted in a hissing voice: "The commander has ordered, kill the enemy immediately!"

"Kill the enemy!"

Some generals even shouted angrily: "...to avenge General Chang for our comrades who died in vain! Kill!"

"Avenge General Chang!"

"-kill!"

Amidst the excited shouts, Tang Xing also burst out with enthusiasm, drew his sword and charged forward.

Fujiwara Maro was not a man who insisted on going his own way. In this situation, the Japanese army was gone. Ordinarily he should have withdrawn, but the huge chaos made it difficult for the fleet to move. Nearly 800 warships, large and small, wanted to readjust order. But it's not easy either.

What's more, many ships were on fire at this moment, and Sheng's army was attacking in large numbers at this time. The Japanese soldiers on each ship had no time to take care of themselves, and Fujiwara Maro's order could not be conveyed smoothly at all.

At this time, a Japanese soldier came in a hurry and brought back the battle situation in Runzhou.

Fujiwara Maro attacked the Runzhou defense line with nearly 40,000 troops. Firstly, he wanted to contain Sheng's army. Secondly, he also hoped to break through Runzhou. Although Runzhou was far inferior to Jiangdu, it was still considered a route to land in Dasheng.

Seeing the Japanese soldier reporting the news, Fujiwara Maro only hoped for a good news. He almost grabbed the soldier's collar: "How is the battle in Runzhou? Is it a victory or a defeat?!"

According to common sense, it must be a win!

But the sudden reversal of the battle situation here today means that Fujiwara Maro can no longer believe in the existence of "common sense".

"General... I am waiting... for a big defeat in Runzhou!" The Japanese soldiers who came to report the news were also frightened by the situation in front of them. When they saw the ferocious face of Fujiwara Maro, their voice became more and more trembling: "...Runzhou, there is Xuance Army there to help!"

The soldier's trembling voice became even more trembling when he mentioned "Xuance Army".

Those three words were the shame and nightmare that had hung over their heads in Japan for more than ten years, especially for Fujiwara Maro.

"-What did you say?!" Fujiwara Maro almost tightened his grip on the soldier's neck, as if he was about to break it at the next moment: "Xuance Army?! How could Xuance Army appear in Runzhou!"

"They... what they hung is indeed the old military flag of the Xuance Army!"

(Note: Double-acting piston bellows originated in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

I have been revising this chapter over and over again for a long time. I will try to catch the typos again later. I would like to ask for monthly votes by the way~ Good night!