"Your Highness, the copper pipe you are holding is so shiny that one end is big and the other is small..."
"Oh! Black Wolf, this is the latest masterpiece of the Institute of Divine Inspiration, the 'Divine Eye Telescope'! It can magnify distant scenery several times, as if it is right in front of you!"
On the hillock by the sea, Shulot smiled and handed the one-meter-long copper pipe in his hand to the black wolf Toltec.
"Come! Take a look too!"
"Ah! Divine Eye Telescope? Divine Inspiration Institute's...new magic weapon?"
Toltec took a deep breath and cautiously took the long tube. He carefully stretched out his hand and touched the large and small biconvex transparent crystals at both ends of the long tube, as if he were touching a strange object with mysterious power.
"Oh! Black Wolf, these two transparent convex lenses are carefully polished by the jade craftsmen of Shenqi Institute, using natural transparent crystal as material! The larger side is the 'objective lens', facing the objects outside. The small side is the 'eyepiece', facing the eye..."
"The magnification factor is the focal length of the objective lens divided by the focal length of the eyepiece. The specific principles include the focal length of convex lenses and concave lenses, light and virtual and real imaging... I have written a new short book called "Introduction to Divine Optics" ", if you are interested, you can learn a thing or two..."
Shulot explained carefully for a while, looking at Hei Lang's confused eyes and suddenly trembling arms. He couldn't help but smile, shook his head, and patted his beloved general on the shoulder.
"Haha! Forget it, you don't need to learn specific optics... Well! Hei Lang, this kind of telescope is very convenient for marching and fighting, as long as you can use it... Yes, put one eye on the eyepiece, raise the telescope levelly, and look at it Look at the fleet in the distance and you’ll know just by looking at it!…”
"Hey! Is the sea above and the sky below?...Ah! What a big ship, it's like it's right in front of you!... Lord God! Is this gorgeous band of colorful light a rainbow dropped by the gods?... This! Lord God bless you! What a magical magical weapon!!”
Hei Lang closed one eye, held the long tube with both hands, moved for a moment, and saw the inverted sea and sky, the suddenly enlarged Navy flagship, and the "false color ribbons" on both sides of his field of vision.
"Yes! This kind of divine eye telescope is composed of two convex lenses, which will form an inverted real image. Its lenses are easier to process and the field of view will be very wide. It is more suitable for maritime and land combat observation... As for the false color bands on both sides... In fact, it is the different colors of light dispersed by the refraction of light, which is chromatic aberration..."
Shulot touched his chin and recalled his past optical knowledge with a somewhat emotional expression. In fact, what he asked the craftsmen to polish and assemble was based on the optical knowledge he remembered from junior high school, using two convex lenses of different sizes to create the simplest "Kepler telescope". According to his calculations, the magnification of this telescope should be only 4-5 times.
However, when this "ancient" telescope was actually formed, he discovered that the age gap in basic materials science was so huge that it profoundly affected all aspects of manufacturing. He could not build a standard prism to install in a telescope so that the inverted real image could be easily reflected and straightened. He also couldn't make a double-cemented achromatic lens. White light will naturally disperse into colored light after passing through the lens. Therefore, the telescope's image will inevitably be blurred at the edges, forming false color bands with obvious chromatic aberration.
"God bless you!... I have asked the craftsmen to lengthen the long tube and use less convex lenses to reduce the blurred ribbons on both sides as much as possible. But with the current craftsmanship... cough! Black Wolf, you should use the middle Look, get it clearer!…”
"Okay!...It's so big! Ah! Your Highness, I saw that guy! It's so clear and so big! I can shoot an arrow through his...cough!...With such a magic weapon, I can look for it in the distance in the future It’s really much easier to observe the enemy’s formation!…”
Black Wolf Toltec stopped in time and suppressed the murderous intention that was unconsciously revealed. With the help of this "divine eye weapon", he could still clearly see the priest Papu in the feather-crested robe on the flagship even from a distance of several hundred meters. At this moment, Priest Pappu was holding the staff high, seeming to be shouting something on the flagship.
"Gods bless you! Ancestors bless you! Assault! Assault! Landing assault!..."
"All warriors and sailors, please land! For the sake of the gods and ancestors, attack the hillock and seize the royal flag!..."
Following the impassioned order from Priest Papu, the Totonak Navy's morale was boosted and they quickly docked towards the seaside. More than two thousand tribal warriors and sailors jumped from large ships and small boats one after another and landed on the shallow beach. The Mexican Guards warriors in formation were silent and did not react at all. They just allowed the hostile navy to land on the shore, gather and reorganize.
"All aboard! Don't leave any manpower on the ship! This is the last chance for the Totonac tribes. The entire army must be pressed forward and go all out!..."
Priest Papu shouted loudly, gathering more than 500 soldiers and sailors loyal to him, as well as dozens of important shipwrights, to his side. Then, he looked at the more than a thousand Hidden Snake City warriors who had completely landed, and shouted again.
"Go forward! Follow me forward! Go to the hill where the king's flag is flying! Under the Mexica's Temple of Death, there..."
On the hillock, Shulot watched with great interest the shouts and performances of Priest Pap. He had discovered that the more than two thousand Totonak navy in front of him was obviously divided into two parts. The Hidden Snake warriors who occupied the main force were filled with tragic killing intent and marched towards the hillock with desperate shouts. The remaining tribal warriors and sailors remained silent and quietly distanced themselves from the warriors.
"Interesting! Interesting! This Pappu seems to be unable to control his hidden snake warriors?...But even so, he still brought me the people and the boat..."
Hulot smiled and saw that all the Totonak sailors had come ashore, and then he waved the red flag in his hand vigorously. Then, the two squatting tiger cannons suddenly fired into the sky, making two thunderous cannon blasts.
"Boom! Boom!"
Bursts of gunfire carried the message that had been agreed upon, spreading into the distance. In the bay a few miles to the northwest, three thousand Donghai navy had been waiting for a long time. The captain of the navy, Nuohuyu, stood on the bow of the ship holding a spear. When she heard the sound of the cannon, there was no joy on her face, she just waved her spear calmly and pointed forward.
"Blessed by the Lord God! The whole army goes out! Go and receive the big ship 'sent'!..."
"The Lord God bless us! The entire army attacks!"
At the same moment, almost the same shout suddenly sounded from the water village on the seaside. Afterwards, another two thousand elite guardsmen emerged from the strong water stronghold. They were divided into two teams of a thousand men, with clear goals and non-stop steps, and headed directly to outflank the landing navy!
"Go forward! Follow me! For the sake of the gods and ancestors, charge towards the enemy's royal flag. This battle will lead to death or death!..."
Facing the new enemy, Priest Papu raised his staff high, shouted generously, and ran with great strides. With hundreds of his followers, he ran for a full moment from the coast where he landed, all the way to the hill where the king's flag was, only a hundred steps away from the king! A hundred steps behind him, more than a thousand hidden snake warriors showed their determination to die. Following the heroic commander, they rushed into the encirclement of four thousand guards!
"Um?"
Looking at the two thousand naval forces who were making a desperate attack and getting closer and closer, Shulot frowned and quietly retreated behind the shield of the shield guard Ters. Then, he narrowed his eyes, stared at Priest Pap who was charging forward, and slowly raised a hand. Following his movements, more than fifty longbow guards who were good at shooting all raised their big bows and aimed at Priest Papu who was a hundred steps away!
"Well!…"
Priest Papu was keenly aware of the danger. He immediately stopped and looked around at the distance between the front and rear military formations. Feeling that it was almost done, he tore off his priest's feather crown, took off his gorgeous feathered serpent robe, and threw it to the ground vigorously, as if he was throwing away something worthless. A piece of rubbish and encumbrance.
Then, under the countless disbelieving and horrified gazes of the 4,000 Imperial Guards and more than 2,000 Hidden Snake City navy, he suddenly took out a flag from his arms and waved it vigorously. But as the sea breeze blew, the long dark green feathers and the burly figure holding a spear and shield suddenly appeared on the flag, showing everyone that this was the flag of the main god of Mexica!
“The Lord God bless you!…”
Priest Papu shouted impassionedly. He used all his strength to let the shouts echo in front of the hill. And all the sounds on the battlefield fell silent for an instant as he shouted, as if falling into a silent night.
"Surrender! We...surrender!!..."
"Under the mighty and supreme Temple of Death! Your humble servant Pappu, is willing to kneel under your divine flag and offer you all my loyalty and soul!..."
"The most high...Lord God witnesses! We are willing to...surrender to you!..."
(End of chapter)
