The Qi army's Jedi counterattack made the three senior Ming generals furious. Although from the actual effect, the losses caused by the Qi people were minimal. An armed merchant ship of the Ming army was bombed and basically scrapped. Two soldiers were killed and more than a dozen were injured. They themselves suffered heavy casualties. None of the attacking boats survived, and hundreds of suicide squad members sought Ren to get Ren.

But in the eyes of Zhou Li, Suqian and Guan Zhen, the Qi army in Laizhou was a piece of meat on their felt board and a pig in the pigpen. Now the pig jumped up and opened his mouth to bite people, and he was able to do it. How could it not make them angry?

After Suqian returned to Jiuquan station, he immediately sent a small team of cavalry to cross the actual control line between both sides. Without giving them specific mission goals, he told them a word and do whatever they want.

So the thousands of cavalry teams under Suqian were divided into countless squads, interspersed into the Qi people's controlled area, causing chaos in the Qi people's controlled area. Several squads rushed into Bowang County, echoing the rebels where they were. For a moment, the situation in Bowang became precarious.

After a few days, the weather improved slightly, and the Ming army's airship troops were dispatched again. Du Yi personally brought another airship to Laizhou County City again.

This time, their bombing no longer carefully selected the target, but aimed at the areas with the most densely packed houses in Laizhou County and dropped incendiary bombs.

Accompanied by the rumbling explosion, a large ball of flames spread on the ground. Even though it had just snowed and the ground was still very wet, the effect it could play was still minimal under the attack of the incendiary bomb. In the city, it immediately turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Du Yi looked at the crowd running like an ant to put out the fire or fleeing, and snorted coldly: "If you don't give you a lesson that will never be forgotten for life, you won't know that Prince Ma has a third eye."

The bombing was concentrated north of the Red River. Due to the terrain, the houses and people were more concentrated, and the mountains and ridges were everywhere, which made the bombing more effective.

In order to revenge, Du Yi and the others brought more bombs this time. After the bombing, a large amount of thick smoke filled the entire northern city, and two airships hovered over the sky, patrolling their combat results.

At this time, at a certain place on the ground, Xu Junsheng was coldly looking at the two airships showing their might in the sky. His face was bloody red, his hands were exposed, and a few words burst out from his teeth, "Release the Kongming Lantern."

The Kongming lantern that Xu Junsheng had worked hard to make was finally successful. Although it was very large, it could finally carry a powerful crossbow or a crossbow machine and fly into the sky alone. Of course, this release would be equivalent to embarking on the road to the underworld, because they were destined to go without returning.

In order to find some of these suicide squad members, Xu Junsheng promised that as long as he was willing to go, his family would immediately send him to Chang'an City or where they were willing to go.

For many people, Laizhou is already a dead place. Not to mention that it will be conquered by the Ming army in the future, just the daily bombing makes people afraid to hope whether they can still live tomorrow. Since there is a possibility of death, it is still very cost-effective to use their own life to exchange for the possibility of a family living.

For a moment, the applicants were very enthusiastic. Of course, the elderly people here accounted for the majority.

After simple training, these people are considered to be on duty. The so-called training is actually to allow these people to fire powerful crossbows or crossbow machines after they are in the sky.

Du Yi did not notice it under the cover of thick smoke. Behind the mountain, huge Kongming lanterns rose rapidly. When these Kongming lanterns passed the thick smoke and flew over the mountain, he suddenly discovered that dozens of such Kongming lanterns were flying towards them quickly with the help of the wind.

"What's the matter?" All the Ming soldiers on the airship were shocked. Of course, they had seen Kongming lanterns, but they had never seen such a large Kongming lantern.

"There are people above, be careful, there is a strong crossbow!" A Ming soldier holding a telescope suddenly screamed.

Accompanied by his shouting, dozens of rising Kongming lanterns fired powerful crossbows as thick as children's arms and crossbow arrows like flying locusts at them almost at the same time.

The two airships suddenly became a little busy. They never thought they would encounter enemy attacks in the air. The only thing that was fortunate was that the enemies on these Kongming lanterns were still a little farther away when shooting, and they were not accurate.

Du Yi felt the airship above his head leaking sound. He looked up from the window and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Several crossbow arrows were inserted into the thick outer shell. He could almost see white gas coming out of the wound.

"Down, lower the height!" he shouted roaring.

Different choices determine different destinies. When Du Yi ordered the altitude to be lowered, another airship issued the opposite order, and the airship actually flew upwards.

Du Yi was shocked when he saw his companion's behavior, but he was helpless. Because such a Kongming lantern can only fly upwards and it is impossible to lower the height at all. When he descends, the other party will be helpless, but flying upwards will still be in the same area as the other party.

"Down the altitude, turn the sail, retreat!" Du Yi looked up at the sky, and the sound of breaking through the air in front of the crossbow sounded in his ears again.

The airship turned around and flew towards the Crab Bay. At this time, the flight of the air-loss airship was no longer stable, shaking like a drunken drunk man.

The airship flying upwards had a very miserable fate. He was almost surrounded by the Kongming lanterns that flew up at the same time. After being hit by countless crossbows and powerful crossbows, he fell down like a big bird with a broken wing.

When Du Yi turned around again, he saw the airship he came with fell into the northern city of Laizhou. The violent explosion aroused the rolling smoke and fire.

"Bastard!" He looked up at the sky and said.

The Qi army on Kongming lanterns that completed the fatal blow were not happy, because they were flying higher and higher at this time, blown by the wind, and flew faster and faster. God knew where they would eventually fly, and he didn't know when they would fall. The next fate was left to God to make a decision.

There were thunderous cheers in Laizhou City, and everyone was cheering because this was the first time they had knocked down the seemingly helpless monster in the air.

Xu Junsheng smiled, and Ding Shengming was also smiling. A river was separated by Zhu Ruofan, who was paying attention to this air battle, was also smiling.

There are always more ways than difficulties. As long as you are not afraid of sacrifice, you can always attack ways to restrain the enemy. Although this is not a particularly good method, at least it can make the Ming army's airships no longer dare to be as unscrupulous as before.

"Send away the families of the soldiers who have taken off this time this time, and reward the craftsmen who made Kongming lanterns. Tell them that we need more such Kongming lanterns." Xu Junsheng said.

Du Yi's airship barely flew back to Crab Bay. When he finally landed, he was less than ten meters away from the ground at the highest point. His miserable appearance scared the Ming soldiers in the entire Crab Bay.

This was the first time that the Ming Air Force was killed in the air, and it paid a huge price to make an expensive airship shot down and crash.

"This information will be reported to the Ministry of War as quickly as possible." Zhou Li and Guan Zhen both looked ashen. "The Qi army has had the first successful experience. Then they will immediately take the same measures on all battlefields. Du Yi, do those things have any obvious shortcomings?"

"Yes!" Du Yi's face was a little devastated. As the highest commander of the Air Force here, he thought he had an unshirkable responsibility for the failure of this operation.

"That is, some large Kongming lanterns can only rise, not fall, and cannot control the direction. Once they go to heaven, they can only leave their fate. They are completely disposable products."

"That is, if we can discover in advance, and keep the distance open at the right time, so that they can fly higher and higher, there will be no threat?"

"It's theoretically." Du Yi thought for a while and said

Guan Zhen frowned and said, "They can tie some ropes under them in the future so that these Kongming lanterns can float above the position to pose a threat to us."

"Tie the rope?" Du Yi shook his head and said, "How long do they need to have a rope? Our airship can easily fly to hundreds of meters above the altitude."

"I mean, if they do this, they can threaten the infantry that attacks us. A rope that is about a hundred meters long is not difficult to make. The elevation angle of our cannons cannot be so high. In this way, they can form a three-dimensional defense. Once the fuel of the Kongming lamp is insufficient, they will drag it down with the rope, so that it can be used repeatedly."

Du Yi outlined such a scene in his mind, and had to admit that it seemed that this was indeed feasible.

"Our airship must be equipped with weapons, such as crossbows, such as strong crossbows, or Ming Type 1 rifles." Zhou Li thought for a while, "If Qi army really did this, our airship could attack them from the sky. Once they were fully released, we would keep a distance and let them fly higher and higher, and ultimately there would be no threat."

"This method is feasible, but if you do this, the structure of the airship will have to be changed. Write all these situations and our guesses into the report and hand them over. What should we do? It is up to the above to decide. Du Yi, please don't attack again during this period."
Chapter completed!