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Volume 3: Stormy France Chapter 138: Bombing the Camp

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    Chapter 138 Exploding the Camp

    More than a hundred soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty were all tall and round men selected by Meng Ge personally. Each one of them carried at least five thunderbolts on his body.

    Although as long as the Burgundians are still in Belfort, there will be more than one opportunity for the people of Western Qin to "give gifts".

    However, there is only so much gunpowder, and there is only so much Zhentian Lei at the moment. The more important problem is that they do not have enough time, so Mengge does not intend to be stingy and only use part of it at a time, but prepares it once.  Sex gives the Burgundians a big surprise.

    After all, they still need to rush back to Basel as soon as possible to join the main force of the coalition forces, so they don¡¯t have much time to spend here.

    The signal sounded, and hundreds of fires were lit at the same time. Fortunately, they were on a mountain peak, out of sight of the Burgundian sentries. If it were on the ground, in such a dark environment, as long as the other party's sentries were not  Blind people, then you can't hide it from their eyes.

    With another signal, more than a hundred Western Qin soldiers, with skilled movements, lit a thunderbolt and immediately threw it as far away as possible.  With a drop advantage of more than thirty meters, these strong Western Qin soldiers can throw the thunderbolt farther.

    Even before the first batch of sky-shaking thunder exploded, some quick-handed Western Qin soldiers lit the second one and threw it out.

    "If you ask me, they definitely don't have too many of these weapons. Otherwise, they wouldn't have used them in the battle to capture P¨¦tain and Dassault." In Archduke John's camp, there were also  A few nobles were showing off their knowledge, relying on their own experience to speculate on what this tmd was, or the limitations of this weapon.  It has to be said that Archduke John's men are more or less capable. As for the guy who just spoke, what they speculated is actually very close to the truth. However, they did not expect that "Rumble" was in Basel.  It was brought from Bern by the lieutenant after the battle.

    Just when there were still a few guys ready to boast, there was only a sound like a thunder in the plains. It was the kind of thunder with constant echoes that shocked all the Burgundians, both awake and sleeping.  I woke up with a start.

    They are completely familiar with this kind of sound, but listening to this sound, the noise is no longer comparable to the scale during the day. This can only explain one problem. The amount used by the people of Western Qin this time is also not the same as during the day.  kind of scale.

    On the mountain peak, Mengge and his soldiers did not bother to check the results of this battle (in fact, they could not check it. In the dark night, unless they waited until dawn, even Burgundy himself would not be able to completely  After calculating how much they had lost), they immediately retreated from the other side of the mountain.

    They are like a real assassin team. Once they succeed in attacking, they immediately retreat without considering other gains and losses.

    Also, Mengge and the others do not need to consider the results of the battle. After all, the strategic purpose of their battle this time - to delay the march of the Burgundians has been achieved.  As for whether the tactics can be achieved or not, that is already secondary.

    But the Burgundians must be concerned about the battle losses.  Before even seeing the enemy, their soldiers were suffering losses one after another. It would be impossible for Archduke John not to be angry.  And what makes him most frustrated is that he knows that it is not the fault of his soldiers and generals, and he can't vent his anger: he really wants to vent his anger on the people of Western Qin, but still, he hasn't done anything about it so far.  I saw the shadow of the Western Qin people.

    In his anger, the Grand Duke of Burgundy forgot what he had just said to his son not long ago, and personally came to the camp that was attacked by the Western Qin people.  If Meng Ge and the others had not left at this time, but had stayed here, they might have been able to catch a bigger fish, but no one could say for sure. Besides, if they really stayed here and waited,  The first thing to wait was the Burgundian patrol force.

    Looking at this tent of 5,000 people, not a single tent is still standing upright. The ones that are swaying here and there are considered the best preserved. Some of them can no longer see their original appearance and are full of holes, while more are now completely intact.  Turned into ashes.

    As for those poor soldiers, Archduke John considered himself to be a hard-hearted person, but when he saw the mutilated bodies of these soldiers or their scorched cheeks, his heart still couldn't help but twitch.

    Fortunately, it was still night, and the Grand Duke could only vaguely see the miserable state of his soldiers in the firelight. If not, then his heart would not just be tutting.

    After such an incident, all the Burgundians naturally had no intention of sleeping. Not only did the loud noise just disturb them, but more importantly, they were also worried that if they were sleeping soundly, they would fall asleep without knowing it.  It has become like this Although they also know that if the Western Qin people really attack them, they will not be able to escape.Over those little black dots.

    "How are the casualties?" Duke John really didn't want to bring up this topic. Just now, many people said that there wouldn't be too many "rumblings" on the Western Qin side, but in the blink of an eye, someone gave him a big slap in the face.

    "That camp was originally stationed with a force of 5,000 people. About 300 people were killed and 600 were lightly or seriously injured. Most of the injured could not hear their voices." Philip replied, a total of nearly 1,000 people were lost.  Not too big.

    "Shit, how could this happen?" The Grand Duke slammed the dead tree next to him, "Have you caught those sneak attacks?"

    "Not yet." Philip seemed to see his father "" and said: "But, father, there is good news."

    "What good news. Ha, can we still have good news now?" Archduke John was furious. However, since it was in front of his own son, he didn't have to worry too much. After all, in front of outsiders, in front of those who are loyal to  In front of your own people, you must always maintain your appearance so that they can fear you.

    "We found this." As he said that, Phillip took out a cloth bag from his side, which contained some fragments and some powder.

    Even the grenades of later generations cannot guarantee that there will be no duds, let alone the prototype of this extremely simple grenade?

    And because it is packed in pottery, if it falls to the ground before exploding, it will turn into pieces and a pile of gunpowder powder.  During the day, the scale used was small, and the throwing soldiers were the most experienced throwers in the entire Western Qin army, so the Burgundians were not allowed to find the finished product. However, this evening's operation inevitably made  The Burgundians got it.

    Of course, for the time being, with Burgundy¡¯s technical strength, it is not yet capable of imitating it.

    "We have no need for this thing. When we capture Switzerland, we will naturally find the people who made it to serve our Principality of Burgundy." There was a trace of anger and full confidence in Archduke John's words.  , after all, if an ordinary nobleman gets this thing, he will definitely let it be kept well so that his craftsmen can ponder it when the opportunity arises. But Archduke John, as soon as he opened his mouth, rushed directly to master this technology skillfully.  The craftsmen of the Western Qin Dynasty.  It's as if he doesn't pay attention to the people of Western Qin at all.

    However, before he learned that Xi Qin had this thing, Philip must have thought that there would be no problem in conquering Switzerland. But now that such a variable suddenly appeared, he had to feel a little worried.

    Five thousand people, and nearly one-fifth of the soldiers were lost in one fell swoop. They had no idea how many such weapons the Western Qin had. In other words, Philip was really worried that his soldiers would not be enough for the Western Qin people.  A "all of a sudden".

    John seemed to see his son's worry, smiled and said, "I didn't know how many jars they had like this." At first, the Burgundians used the onomatopoeia "Boom, Boom, Long" to refer to the banging sky made by the Western Qin people.  Ray, and now he could see from the fragments that the original model of this new weapon was a can. Of course, the most important thing was not the can itself, but the powder. John could also see this.

    "Although many people say that Western Qin cannot have too many jars, the army we have in our hands is the foundation for our family to rule Burgundy. Switzerland can do without it, but we cannot give up this army. So, I don't  Dare to take this risk and bet on how many jars the people of Western Qin have in their hands."

    Philip began to understand a little bit what his father meant, but as a son, he knew that now was not the time to show off.

    "Think about it, if we have such a powerful new weapon in our hands and there are sufficient quantities, will we only use them in a force of five thousand people? You must understand that doing so will only make  We can know more clearly the effect of their weapons, and it will also make us wary of it." Duke John seemed to like his son looking at him with such admiration: "If they are really numerous  If there are enough, they will only try their best to prevent us from knowing that they have this kind of weapon before the decisive battle, so that we know nothing about it. But now that they are using it, it only shows that they also do not think that this new weapon can change  A battle won.¡±

    "That's what Father said." Philip lowered his head deeply, once again satisfying his father's wish to be a good teacher.

    ¡°I have to admit that John was able to make waves in the cracks between the three great powers: the Kingdom of France, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Kingdom of England, and even nearly destroyed the French royal family. He did have his unique skills.

    "Tell all the nobles what I mean and let them feel at ease. Today, we can enter Switzerland." John raised his head, as if looking at something: "People from Xiqin, IWe can finally fight openly and openly.  "

    It seems that John himself is not a noble who likes to fight according to routines, but compared with the fighting style of the Western Qin people, John found that he is actually a quite traditional European noble.

    "Yes, Father." Philip lowered his head lower.

    As for Basel, if Bai Zhou knew that the Burgundians could deduce this information based on their own sneak attack, he would probably have to smile bitterly, although Bai Zhou knew that under the influence of this hero,  era, especially the inimitable "Fearless John", his ability is naturally not bad.  However, it is indeed not something that ordinary people can do to infer reasonable and useful information from clues.

    Fortunately, Bai Zhou had no intention of bluffing - he hoped to rely on the power of black gunpowder to make the Burgundians retreat, so there was no problem of self-defeating.  .  

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