Chapter 637 The Battle of Tubo IV
dong dong dong
Thinking back to the heavy sound of military drums, it was after Duoji went crazy and gave the order for all to charge. Remembering the order to charge, the Tibetan soldiers got up from the ground under the supervision of the war team and began to follow the large troops towards the Tang Dynasty.
rush.
Kill
Go ahead
The Tubo army swarmed out like locusts
Zhao Yun on the observation deck couldn't help but frown. These Tubo people really didn't know how to fight a war. Charging at this time may seem very courageous, but in fact it is asking for death.
"Change formation, use pocket formation"
"Inform Zhisai Dangru Gongdun, Niang Chisang Yangdun and Murong Yanyi to let them attack from behind the enemy."
Messenger: "No"
The pocket formation can also be turned into a U-shaped formation, with a hollow in the middle and left and right wings on the sides. When the enemy enters the formation, as long as the Chinese army can withstand the pressure, the enemy will be dead.
After Zhao Yun's order was issued, the Tang military formation at the front began to slowly retract, and the two sides of the military formation also began to expand left and right.
At the same time, the crossbows in Datang's military formation never stopped, and arrows rained down from the sky all the time.
After receiving Zhao Yun's order, Ru Gongdun and Niang Chisang Yangdun pulled out their bows and shouted loudly.
"Brothers, the time for revenge has come, come with us"
Murong Yanyi also idly greeted his tribesmen to follow the flanks of the armies of Ru Gongdun and Niang Chisang Yangdun in Zhsai. At this time, he did not forget to take advantage.
Zhisai Dangru Gongdun and Niang Chisang Yangdun didn't care so much. This battle was the decisive battle they had been looking forward to for a long time. If they were taken advantage of, take advantage of it.
Wang Meng, who was on the airship, saw the Tibetan army led by Duoji charging, and he couldn't help complaining: It is impossible to win with such a mindless charge as soon as the war begins.
My airship is equipped with two powerful weapons designed to deal with dense battle formations.
The first is a conventional weapon, an air-dropped arrow. The arrow is one inch long. The arrow shaft and tail feathers are made of bamboo poles and duck feathers respectively. The arrow is a mass-produced armor-piercing cone cast directly from the Panzhihua factory using grinding tools. It is over 100 meters high and can penetrate armor.
The effect will show up.
Facing an army with complete armor and shields, it may only be able to provide some harassment, but for a country like Tubo with incomplete protective armor and few shields, it is an artifact with excellent killing effect.
Chapter 2: The anti-personnel weapon is an incendiary bomb. In Datang, it was simply rough-processed, stuffed into a porcelain bottle, ignited from a high altitude and thrown down. It would be better to mix some white phosphorus and sulfur next to it.
Against the Tibetans who did not have super long-range heavy crossbows, they would have no power to fight back.
"Accelerate your flight and start attacking after reaching the enemy's sky"
"promise"
Under the command of Wang Meng, more than ten airships arrived at an altitude of more than 100 meters above the Tibetan army, and the combat personnel on the airships began to be busy.
Turn the whole box of long arrows over the button to the empty position, pull the lever, and the empty hatch will open, and the rows of arrows will start to disperse and fall under the kinetic energy of the airship's flight and the action of gravity.
The Tibetan soldiers who lacked protective gear below the airship had no idea that death was falling from the sky.
swish swish
Ahhhhh
Countless arrows fell from the sky and pierced their bodies. The running and roaring Tubo soldiers fell down in rows like wheat.
"what's the situation"
"The arrows brought"
"Heaven, look at the sky"
Countless Tubo soldiers raised their heads and looked at the airship in the sky.
"What is that"
"Is he a heavenly soldier or a heavenly general?"
"Oh my God, the Tang Dynasty has sent heavenly soldiers and generals."
The airships in the sky don't know what the people on the ground are shouting. They are just tools. The Tang craftsmen on the airships don't know what is being shouted below. They only know how to execute the combat orders.
Baskets of arrows were placed in the bomb bay and thrown down. Following the flight path of the airship, they began to continuously harvest the enemy.
Seeing that the effect of the arrows was quite good, a large number of Tubo soldiers who lacked protective gear died, and then came the Tibetan elites with armor and protective gear behind them.
At this time, Wang Meng knew that simply using arrows at such a height would not achieve the best killing effect, so it was time to change.
"Give me the order to use petrol bombs, three boxes of petrol bombs and one frame of arrows"
"promise"
The messenger signaled to other airships, and the other airships that received Wang Meng's orders began to change their combat methods according to Wang Meng's orders.
Place about ten Molotov cocktails in the box at the position of the bomb magazine, use a torch to ignite the gun cotton in the Molotov cocktail, and as the gun cotton burns, open the magazine and let it fall to the ground naturally.
The Tibetan elites in the sky carefully held up their shields and crowded behind the surviving slaves in their own camp, preparing to consume the Tang Dynasty's weapons and physical strength before going up to kill the enemy.
They would have thought that they were holding up their shields to defend themselves against arrows. What they would receive was not arrows but fire.
Approved
boom
The burning Molotov cocktail hit the shield of the Tibetan soldier and broke into pieces. With the broken bottle, the gasoline inside was splashed everywhere. After being ignited by the burning guncotton, there was a sea of fire in an instant.
crackling
The sound of bottles breaking was accompanied by the raging fire.
The formation of this group of Tibetan soldiers became fragmented due to avoiding the flames. Without the formation, there was naturally no defense. As the slag-laden arrows fell from the sky, the death and injury of the Tibetan soldiers were inevitable.
The Tibetan soldiers falling in rows no longer mattered to the crazy Dorje. There was nothing else in his mind except the word "attack and kill".
In the sky
Wang Meng used his binoculars on the airship to see Dorje's banner in the Tibetan army array, as well as Dorje and his black-robed generals and other elite troops near the banner.
Narrowing his eyes, Wang Meng smiled evilly recently: He didn't even know how to hide when he saw the airship, and surrounded the big flag to attack. This third-rate Tibetan commander can't help it. Since you are willing to die, then just accept it.
A military job.
"Mobilize the two airships around us and follow me to kill the enemy leader."
Killing the enemy leader was a great achievement in the military industry of the Tang Dynasty. Hearing Wang Meng's words, the craftsmen and soldiers on the airship cheered.
"Oh~!"
"The general is wise"
"Your Excellency is wise"
The messenger quickly passed the flag message over, and after receiving Wang Meng's military order, the airships on the left and right hands changed their course to follow Wang Meng's flagship.
After arriving at the sky above Duoji's alleged position, Wang Meng used a telescope to confirm again that Duoji's position had not changed and then issued the order.
"Incendiary bombs and arrows are launched at a ratio of 2 to 1, targeting the enemy's flag."
"promise"
Using the supervising team to clear the way, the bomb bay doors of the three airships opened above the head of the Duoji army who was trying to push forward.
Chapter completed!