White phosphorus bomb is a very vicious weapon. You can classify it as an incendiary bomb or a chemical weapon. You can even think of it as a large smoke signal bomb.
In Xiao Letian's previous life, apart from the United States, the only other country that used white phosphorus bombs in actual combat was Israel. Xiao Letian once saw the tragic remains of corpses after being attacked by white phosphorus bombs. The flames of white phosphorus were powerful enough to burn through the flesh and bones, and they also contained The garlic-flavored smoke can effectively poison the target.
To deal with this kind of flame, unless the entire human body is placed in an environment that is isolated from the air, it is useless to rely on ordinary watering and sand covering methods.
The fire field formed by five hundred fat bombs shocked everyone present, and even the new officers and soldiers with extremely strong psychology showed unbearable expressions.
Looking at those young men again, each and every one of them was kneeling on the ground crying and trembling. These people may have psychological shadows throughout their lives.
"Heavenly fire, this is heavenly fire, this is heavenly fire that is not afraid of water... The Prime Minister is not a mortal, the Prime Minister is a god descending to earth."
"Prime Minister, please spare our lives. We didn't intend to spy on the secrets of heaven. Please don't take us away. We have parents and wives and children. Please spare our lives..."
This group of refugees formed a circle and kowtowed violently at Xiao Letian. These ordinary people who were educated in traditional superstitious ideas thought that they had spied on the secret of heaven, and they were all afraid that Xiao Letian would silence them.
At this time, Xiao Le had no time to deal with the nonsense of this group of people. All his energy was now focused on the battlefield, that flaming hell.
The burning horses fled in all directions, disrupting the Huai Army formations one after another. The roaring Eight Banners cavalry rolled in the water in an attempt to extinguish the fire, but no one expected that the white phosphorus floating on the water could still burn. People rolled more and more The greater the flame.
Snipers and Gatling guns guarded the battlefield. All the horses and soldiers who rushed towards the formation were killed on the spot. The white phosphorus flames must not spread to the New Army positions.
"It's expensive." When Andehai, who was in the rear, saw such a tragic fire scene, he screamed in fright, turned his horse's head and ran away. He vomited as he ran, and even vomited out the little food he had grabbed. .
The other housekeepers were not much better. Smelling the smell of human flesh in the air, they all vomited out bitter bile on horseback.
Li Hongzhang was now completely sluggish. He allowed the Eight Banners soldiers around him to run for their lives without even trying to stop him. He murmured to himself, "This is Zhuge Liang burning the vine armored soldiers. Xiao Letian, you are going to lose your life... you are going to suffer." Retribution will come.”
"Retribution... Xiao Letian, you will suffer retribution for using such a cruel and cruel trick..."
Li Hongzhang yelled on the battlefield, but his nephews and nephews who were guarding them didn't care so much. They rushed over and took the reins of their horses and fled south.
"All retreat... The men of the Huai Army retreat to the south. Let's gather in Cangzhou... Damn it, Xiao Letian is not a human being. We can't deal with it. Let them all die..."
In Huai Jun's eyes, the lives of his brothers are the first priority. As for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, it's all bullshit. If he had known that Xiao Letian could control the sky fire, he would have fought this battle like a fool. It's a pity that those brothers died in vain.
Li Hongzhang was already crazy. He whipped him left and right with his riding crop, "Let me go and let me die. The court is not kind to me... I can't just watch the evil in the capital. The Qing Dynasty cannot change... What should I do?" I am worthy of those brothers who died tragically, wuwuwu..."
The bodyguards around him were all nephews of the old Li family. They fought back with whips and said, "We are good enough to kill the Nian army, and we are worthy of the court. Now this disaster is caused by the fucking Cixi." Why should we mention their death for nothing? The food and salary for our Huai Opera are all raised by Jiangnan itself, and it has a shitty relationship with the imperial court."
"Withdraw, let's all withdraw..." A group of soldiers surrounded Li Hongzhang and galloped southward.
When Andehai could no longer be seen behind him, Li Hongzhang suddenly changed his expression and said, "Okay, don't stand around here. We will immediately divide our troops to go to the capital and mobilize our connections to spread the news of the imperial court's defeat..."
"Damn it, now we can only cover up our defeat by making Xiao Letian's sky fire seem so miraculous, and only by making the Eight Banners' defeat worse than ours... It's really a national crisis that breeds evildoers. Why is this Xiao Letian so evil."
Human beings are always full of fear of the unknown. When an unprecedented weapon appears in front of people, when an unexplainable phenomenon occurs, timid humans will always be connected to various superstitious legends for the first time.
Especially this group of Eight Banners dudes, who are not interested in natural science by nature. When this kind of flame that is not afraid of water burns up, they immediately regard it as a fire from the sky.
"Run, let's all run... Damn it, grandma, the court is really cheating. They let us go even though they knew Xiao Letian was a demon. What about the monks and Taoists raised by the court, and the lamas in the west of Beijing? Why not let them?" Come on..."
"Brothers, the food and salary we receive is for us to fight against others. That Xiao Letian is a demon from hell. This is not our business. Let's all run for our lives..."
The three thousand cavalrymen had been burned by the fire, and the remaining ten thousand infantrymen had long been frightened. Looking back, they saw that An Dehai and the supervisors had fled, including Li Hongzhang and Marshal Li. What are you waiting for if you don’t run?
More than 10,000 defeated soldiers fled in all directions with fear from their souls. A small number of them were smart enough not to retreat towards Beijing, but wanted to flee to the north and south. These people were also the ones who survived the most after the war.
And most of the fools remembered their little family in Beijing at that moment, turned around and ran away after Ande Hai, without even thinking about what they would do if Xiao Letian chased after him.
"The new army all obeyed the order and marched to catch up... Stick to these ducks and run to Beijing, let them spread their fear of us to the whole world... The new army charges, let's fight to the city of Beijing..."
Chasing down defeated troops is the favorite job of all officers and soldiers. The real achievements come from here. The new army, armed with live ammunition, pounced on them one by one with murderous intent. How could those heavy-smoking Eight Banners soldiers outrun these warriors? , and soon his tail was bitten.
Bang bang bang... The new army kept loading and firing, killing those who ran the slowest on the spot. The bloody killings made the Eight Banners soldiers even more frightened, and they ran for their lives even faster.
These Eight Banners men had never thought that they could run so fast. If they had been this fast before, they would have been able to rush to the battlefield in seven or eight hours without a whole night. Sure enough, the threat of death is the most motivating factor. Human potential.
"Stop chasing, we won't fight, please spare us..." Those big smokers who couldn't run away fell to their knees one by one, kowtowing desperately, begging the new army to let them live. .
However, the new army was really wicked. They neither fought nor killed. They caught a prisoner who was kneeling and begging for mercy. He went up and stabbed him with two bayonets, and cut off the thumbs of both hands.
"Ah..." The soldier in unbearable pain screamed loudly, but the new army didn't bother to pay attention to him. He just said lightly, "I'll spare your life. If you dare to attack our new army again, I'll cut you next time." The second child... we won’t kill you, let you become a eunuch.”
The prisoners' faces turned pale with fright, and no one dared to say a word in pain.
Perhaps it was the atrocities of the New Army that angered this group of deserters. In the end, a group of brave people risked their lives and launched a counter-charge against the New Army. These charge formations, which had the largest number of white people, didn't even need to be fired by the New Army. They only needed to throw a fat man at them. , and suddenly the flames engulfed everything.
"Tianhuo, Tianhuo again, run, Xiao Letian is absolutely unbeatable..." After several Fat Man incendiary bombs, the last bit of courage in the hearts of the Eight Banners soldiers was burned out.
The people on both sides of the pipeline who had just been tortured by the Eight Banners soldiers turned around and saw such a magical scene. The Eight Banners men who had just snatched food and insulted women suddenly turned into homeless dogs and were surrounded by soldiers in blue military uniforms. Kill like a duck.
The official road was full of Eight Banners soldiers kneeling down in twos and threes begging for mercy. From time to time, bottles that could spray flames exploded in the crowd, and then there was a roar of ghosts shouting fire from heaven.
"You deserve it...this is retribution, this is retribution in this world...a bunch of damn beasts." Countless people rushed out of their homes and cursed at the Eight Banners soldiers.
The war situation has become irreversible at this point. This group of old soldiers was not capable of going to the battlefield in the first place. In addition, they did not have a good commander to lead them. In the end, when they encountered the 'Sky Fire', their morale naturally dropped to the freezing point.
At the same time that the imperial army was defeated in Beijing, the Forbidden City was also in chaos. The reason was just the top-secret intelligence brought by a fast horse. It was the latest southern intelligence sent to the imperial court by Zeng Guofan.
"Report..." A long and urgent voice sounded in the Forbidden City. "Report...Zeng Guofan is urgent for eight hundred miles. Please give a preview...it is urgent for eight hundred miles."
"Make way, give way... quickly give way, the urgent military and national intelligence sent by Marshal Zeng cannot be delayed for a moment..."
When the sound reached Dongnuan Pavilion, Cixi, who was reciting Buddha's name, shook her hand, and a string of coral beads suddenly broke, and 108 round coral beads rolled all over the floor.
"Quick...quickly submit to the Aijia and bring in the information and messengers..."
After a while, Andehai walked into the hall with four eunuchs supporting a panting cavalryman. The cavalryman knelt on the ground, took out the oilcloth package from his arms and covered it with fire paint without damaging it at all.
"The Queen Mother...this is, this is the top secret sent by Marshal Zeng..." After speaking, he raised his hands high above his head.
After Li Lianying took the oilcloth bag, the exhausted knight tilted his head and fell asleep from exhaustion. The young eunuchs quickly carried him out.
When Cixi opened the oilcloth scroll and read the words inside, the old witch did not speak for ten minutes, her expression completely dull, and ten minutes later it was stormy.
The kang table was overturned with a bang, and the white porcelain plate and fruit in front of it were smashed against the glass mirror. The glass mirror imported from Hongmao's country was smashed into pieces.
"Oh my god, ancestors, what evil have we done in the Qing Dynasty... Why do we encounter so many evil monsters, wuwuwu... The long hair is flat, they come out to suppress the army, and then there are foreigners who are causing trouble... Now again Come on, Xiao Letian, why is he so capable?"
The newspapers were scattered on the floor, and Li Lianying was so frightened that she was covered in white hair as soon as she glanced at them. They were all reports and photos of Xiao Letian's victory in Europe.
