Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 107 You Have Ascension Orb, I Have Black Dog Blood
The construction of the railway from Nanxiongzhou to Nan'anfu will be part of the future north-south artery—that is, the line from Nanxiongzhou to Ganzhou of the later Beijing-Guangzhou Railway.

Just when it is necessary to invest in infrastructure to digest the more than 100 million people who were driven out of Ganzhou.

This railway, which had not been planned, is now being rushed to the shelves for repairs.

Instead of spending the price to gnaw at the Yangtze River Fort of the Qing court.

It is better to move the ironclad ship to the Ganjiang River.

According to the calculation of the staff.

The current first-generation ironclad ship has a hull width of 2 feet and a length of 7.5 feet.

That's about 25 meters long and less than seven meters wide.

Nor is it a pure steel warship.

It is a transitional ship type from a wooden-hulled ship to a steel-hulled ship-an iron-clad ship.

That is to say, the wooden skeleton is covered with steel plates.

Powered by a steam engine.

The structure of this kind of boat is much simpler than that of ordinary sailboats.

Therefore, after the parts are directly processed, they can be transported to Nan'an Prefecture by waterway or railway.

Then complete the assembly in Nan'an, install the steam turbine, and rotate the fort.

Although not a real steel warship.

However, this kind of ironclad ship will crush the wooden ships of the Yangtze River Navy of the Qing court in terms of maneuverability, defense, and firepower.

The steam wooden-hulled iron-clad ship can pass through the Ganjiang River and traverse the Yangtze River system.

The staff calculated.

The cost paid in this way is much more cost-effective than the cost of storming the four forts of the Qing court.

Once the Yangtze River Navy is eliminated.

The fort that lost the support of the navy is still just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"My lord, can it be done in three months?" Napoleon asked, "Whether Qianlong will run away depends on whether his Yangtze River Navy is still there."

"If the Yangtze River Navy is gone, he can't run even if he wants to, unless he can swim across the Yangtze River." Zhu Daohua said.

"It is enough to build a temporary railway of only [-] kilometers in three months, and then a few armored ships can block Qianlong's retreat! If Qianlong is killed, the Qing Dynasty will have no appeal."

Zhu Daohua said.

Tao Biquan said with a smile: "If even the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is killed, the common people of the world should also know who is the master of the world!"

Killing Qianlong will have a major political impact on both the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

On the one hand, the Qing court was overwhelmed with dealing with the heirs of Qianlong and stabilizing the Eight Banners aristocratic ruling group, and there was no way they could send 20 troops south as they are now.

On the other hand.

If Qianlong was beaten to death by the Ming army.

The gentry and aristocrats in the southern provinces can also see the general trend of history and make correct choices as soon as possible.

There will be no obstacles for the Ming Dynasty to unify the south.

The north wind in the first month is still bitter.

Zhu Daohua raised his head and looked at the castle in the distance.

"let's start!"

Zhu Daohua turned his head and said.

Behind him rode a horse to deliver the order.

"Expand the hot air balloon and light the fire!"

"Launch!"

This is something new that Zhu Daohua brought to Jiangxi this time.

hot air balloon.

In fact, hot air balloons appeared in Europe seven or eight years ago.

1783年6月4日, 孟格菲兄弟在里昂安诺内广场做公开表演，一个圆周为110英尺的模拟气球升起, 飘然飞行了1.5英里。

On September 9 of the same year, in front of the Palace of Versailles in Paris, the Montgolfier brothers performed a hot air balloon launch performance for the king, queen, court ministers and 19 Parisians.

On the afternoon of November 11st of the same year, the Montgolfier brothers carried out the world's first hot air balloon manned aerial flight at Chateau de Mouet in Paris. The flight lasted for 21 minutes and landed near Place d'Italia after flying halfway across Paris.

This flight predated the Wright Brothers' flight by a full 120 years.In terms of inflatable balloons, the Robert brothers of France were the first to fly into the sky with hydrogen-filled balloons.

As for this flight, Zhu Daohua, the "Prince of Ming Dynasty", was also invited to visit, and he also offered a high salary to hire the Mengfei brothers to come to China with him, but unfortunately they refused.

However, after receiving a large sum of money, the two also agreed to pass on the technology of making hot air balloons to Zhu Daohua's craftsmen.

Hot air balloons are of great military value.

Of course, it is not a hot air balloon to drop a bomb. On the one hand, a hot air balloon can only float with the wind, and it is difficult to control the direction and speed. In addition, the recovery of a hot air balloon is also more dangerous.

The military application of hot air balloons is mainly for reconnaissance and communication.

The hot air balloons displayed by the Ming army are tethered hot air balloons.

There is a rope tied to the ground.

The fuel extracted from whale fat was burning, emitting a strange smell.

Two huge spheres soared into the air.

Instantly attracted everyone's attention.

The white ball is painted with the sun and moon flags with a red background on both sides.

As the sphere rose, so did the basket suspended by the rope.

The crew of each hot air balloon is two people.

After the two lookouts entered the gondola, the hot air balloon began to heat up,
Just as everyone was stunned.

Two hot air balloons rose slowly into the sky.

As if hanging above the clouds.

The Ming army is fine.

After all, everyone knows that this "Ascension Ball" is their own.

Since the "Ascension Sphere" is his own, there is nothing to be afraid of.

It must be that King Ming has been blessed by the heavens. Qing Da has committed so many crimes that even God can't stand it anymore, so he sent King Ming down to cleanse the demons!

"Long live!! Long live Great Ming!! Long live King Ming!!"

The sound of long live, one after another, first came from among the soldiers of the five brigades.

Followed by.

The civilians accompanying the Ming army who were digging trenches with their heads covered also looked up at the sky.

House-sized hot air balloons float overhead.

On the hanging basket below, two figures in Ming army uniforms can be clearly seen.

"Flying!"

"This is an immortal?!"

"Who is the fairy?"

"Ming Wang! It must be Ming Wang!"

After a short discussion, everyone also shouted long live together.

The morale of the Ming army was immediately boosted beyond words.

Honestly.

Even Zhu Daohua didn't expect it.

Just raising two hot air balloons for scouting.

It actually added a buff to the whole army's morale.

What about the Qing army?
Including Zhu Shedou.

Everyone opened their mouths wide, staring blankly at the slowly rising balloon.

"what is this?"

"What a big ball!"

"There are still people! People are flying into the sky!"

"That person can still wear Niming's clothes!"

'Fly to the sky, isn't that a fairy? '

"The soldiers against Ming are gods?"

"impossible!"

"Then King Ming is a god?"

"This"

The vast majority of people today are theists.

Now I saw such a shocking scene of Feitian.

All the brains have stopped turning.

Zhu Shedou was muttering: "What the hell is this?"

Agui, Fukang'an, and Eredengbao in Ganzhou City also saw the hot air balloon flying in midair.

With trembling lips, Batulu Eredengbao of Manchuria pointed to the two hot air balloons in the sky depicting the big bright sun and moon flag, and said in a trembling voice: "What is this? Are there really gods?!"

If there is a god, why doesn't the god bless the Qing Dynasty?

Is it really because the Qing Dynasty did too many crimes?

guilt guilt
Thinking of this, Eredenbao broke out in cold sweat.

"What a god! It must be Ni Ming who is playing tricks!!"

Fukang'an scolded.

"That's right! It's not a fairy, it must be a ghost!" Agui said, "It's either a ghost or a demon, anyway, it's a ghost!"

Fukang'an was taken aback, did I mean that?
Before Fukang'an could react.

Ah Gui grabbed one of his own Goshhas and confessed: "Go find some black dogs in the city!"

"Black dog?" Fukang'an was stunned again and again, "Why does the commander want a black dog?"

"Black dog blood!" Ah Gui laughed, "I heard that black dog blood can drive away evil spirits."

"Notify the whole army, just say that this commander has the method of black dog blood, which can destroy any monsters and ghosts, so don't worry!"

Only then did Fukang'an understand.

It's not that Agui suddenly became stupid.

It's about using the blood of the black dog to break the demon law.

Although I don't know what method Niming uses to send people to heaven—certainly it can't be some gods, demons and ghosts.

But now many of the soldiers below think it is a demon technique.

If there is no way to crack it here.

Then there is no way to fight this battle.

Therefore, it is necessary to use a black dog blood to break through the ascending sphere.

Let's have a fairy fight.

I don’t know if it’s useful or not, as long as the people below believe it’s useful.

When Ah Gui was busy preparing for a battle of immortals.

Zhu Daohua is not in the mood to play with this.

The goal of the two hot air balloons was to observe the layout of the Golden Fort and Ganzhou City.

In each gondola, there is a lookout with a telescope and a draftsman in charge of drawing.

"There is a bullet shelter inside the city wall. On the left side of the commander's tent, there are soldiers carrying food. Because it is a storage place, the warehouse on the left side is far away from the open fire and cooking place. There may be an area where gunpowder is stored!"

Following the lookout's words, the draftsman responsible for recording and drawing quickly drew out the layout of the Golden Fort, put it into a metal container, and then slid the container down along a rope.

Under a hot air balloon.

A soldier took the layout plan and handed it to a staff officer.

In Zhu Daohua's handsome tent.

The internal layout of the Golden Fort was quickly hung up.

"The Golden Fort is not big, it is all within the coverage of the artillery, and it can be flattened directly with the artillery."

Zhu Daohua looked at the layout of the Golden Fort and said.

There are hot air balloons as guides.

The artillery can accurately strike all valuable targets in the fort.

"Pull out this golden fort first, and it's best to put the artillery on the wall of the golden fort! In this way... the entire Ganzhou city is under the threat of our artillery!"

Napoleon pointed to the Golden Fort and said.

Arguably.

Before defending the city of Ganzhou, the Qing army should have set up large and small star fortresses to defend the main city of Ganzhou.

just
After driving away the people of Ganzhou.

In a short period of time, the Qing army really couldn't catch anyone to work.

With insufficient manpower, it is only possible to strengthen the defense of Ganzhou City as much as possible.

"Then take down this golden castle first."

Zhu Daohua pointed to the suspected gunpowder storage place on the layout plan and said.

"Dispatch the three-inch howitzer and aim at their gunpowder storage."

(End of this chapter)