At this time, Europe.
Saxony.
A glider was built based on Liu Zheng's idea. After several failures and process improvements, he finally built a glider that could stably glide three hundred meters in the air.
The distance is not long, but it is enough to be involved in the war.
This is very good news for the Longyan Army. With these gliders, their air combat plan can be implemented.
On the eve of the air raid.
Liu Zheng and Long Yanjun are doing the final work.
Improved explosives. If mines are used, the dose is too small and cannot produce much power.
The purpose of destroying the industrial area of Saxony was simply not achieved.
But if the glider carries too many explosives, the gliding distance will be affected. If it does not reach the most suitable distance, it will fall, causing no harm to the Saxony Heavy Industrial Zone at all.
So what Liu Zheng has to do now is to reduce the weight as much as possible while ensuring the power of the explosive.
The simplest way Liu Zheng thought of was to add an appropriate amount of sugar to these explosives to increase their power.
But the current situation is that although they do not lack any food, there is no sugar among the materials they looted from Saxony.
This thing is not a scarce material for Long Yan, but the 50,000 Long Yan army did not carry such a large amount of materials before they came to Saxony to fight.
Each person carries only very few necessities with him.
I brought the sugar with me, but it has been used up now.
However, this is not a difficult problem for Long Yanjun. There is a way in Liu Zheng's memory to use flour to produce starch sugar.
Although the effect is slightly worse, it is enough.
Liu Zheng used the flour snatched from the Saxon supply line to refine a very limited amount of starch sugar after emergency manufacturing and processing.
Although it only takes a little, it is enough.
Adding a little bit of sugar to explosives can increase the power of the bomb several times.
After solving the problem of power, we must also solve the problem of the shell. What is more important in blowing up a factory is the power of the explosion, not the shrapnel produced after the explosive explodes.
Therefore, the iron casing was eliminated and lighter burlap was used.
At the same time, Liu Zheng also stored a large amount of cotton cloth soaked in high-concentration alcohol.
The purpose is to increase the power of the explosions produced by these gliders after they fall.
However, Liu Zheng did not know that at this moment, Prince Subitz of Saxony was also brewing an action plan against their Dragon Flame Army.
Just as Prince Subiz expected, their Holy Crusaders were not penetrated like a sieve by Longyan's intelligence organization like Saxony's.
The Holy Crusaders are an army formed by Catholic believers. In terms of military loyalty, few troops can compare with them.
Even the intelligence department established by Liu Zheng would be difficult to penetrate.
Liu Zheng was unaware of all the Holy Crusaders' action plans.
However, under Prince Subitz's previous cover-up, Liu Zheng's intelligence department reported to him that the Holy Crusaders were retreating and were about to attack Hanover.
Breakthrough from Hanover into Prussia.
After receiving such information, Liu Zheng paid so much attention to the air strike destroying the heavy industrial zone in Saxony and accelerated the pace.
At this time, the Holy Crusaders led by Prince Subiz were already quietly lurking near Mount Halley.
He was currently in the temporary command post, looking at the map of Mount Halle given by the King of Saxony.
It was marked on the map that they were on the south side of the mountain.
The Long Yan Army is on the north side of the mountain. If they want to launch an attack, they must cross the mountain and climb over from the north before launching a surprise attack.
But the strongest force of the Holy Crusaders is the cavalry. Marching in the mountains is a challenge for the heavy cavalry, which will slow down the cavalry, but they cannot abandon such a powerful unit as the cavalry.
Prince Subiz decided to divide his troops into two groups. Along the way, infantry and crossbowmen came up the mountain from the south, and launched a surprise attack from the top of the mountain to provide cover for the cavalry.
The cavalry attacked Long Yan's army from the north flank and followed the mountain road directly.
The Longyan Army is located halfway up the mountainside of Halley Mountain. Halley Mountain is not steep, let alone the Longyan Army's base camp halfway up the mountain.
Subitz's plan of action was not difficult to implement.
But for Subiz, the only difficulty now is the traps set up by Longyan Army near his base camp.
He went to check the section of road where the Saxon troops were attacked and there were traces of explosions.
The entire section of the road was riddled with potholes and it would be impossible to operate it as a transportation line in the short term. It would take some time to repair it.
Although it is not known how Long Yanjun did it, observations from the scene showed that such an explosion did not come from artillery.
It's more like wherever a person walks, the ground suddenly explodes.
If Prince Subiz had not personally checked such a thing, he would not have believed it. He did not expect that Long Yan already had such weapons and equipment.
Prince Subiz did not dare to be tough directly. He did not know how to break such a trap, so he adopted the simplest and in his opinion the best method.
Use the crossbowmen and musketeers to harass and attack the Longyan Army to force them to send troops, and let the Longyan Army take the initiative to attack. At that time, the initiative on the battlefield will be completely in their hands.
Even if the Long Yan Army didn't take the bait, they could block all the Long Yan Army's roads up and down the mountain and trap the Long Yan Army halfway up the mountain.
With the plan in place, Prince Subiz left to launch the operation.
The infantry and crossbowmen of the Holy Crusaders quietly marched south of Mount Halley.
Harley Mountain is very large, and it is impossible for the Dragon Flame Army to densely cover the entire mountain. Moreover, the Holy Crusaders did not find any traces of the Dragon Flame Army operating in the south of Harley Mountain.
Prince Subiz moved very smoothly.
According to the information provided by the King of Saxony, they saw the military camp of the Dragon Flame Army on the northern mountainside of Halley Mountain.
At this time, Long Yanjun's military camp was still rising as usual, with smoke rising slowly.
There was no concern at all about exposing their location.
It even seemed to be tempting them to attack.
Prince Subiz smiled coldly when he saw how the Longyan Army camp looked down upon them.
The Holy Crusaders were not a Saxon force.
If it were the Saxon troops, their current action plan would have already suffered a devastating blow from the Longyan Army.
But for the Holy Crusaders, the current Long Yan Army is already a turtle in the urn, and they are at their mercy.
After seeing the military camp, Subitz went to attack immediately.
"Archery!"
The Holy Crusaders' crossbowmen launched an attack from the top of the mountain.
Countless arrows fell rapidly and attacked the base camp of Long Yan Army.
