Chapter 983: British (Gran) Su (Gran) battle
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When Marin's barrel of gasoline blended with red paint and fish skin gelatin was sent to Newcastle, Saqqara was in the whole team, preparing to board the ship to Edinburgh.
Sakala smelled it personally, and as a result, there was a bad smell in the barrel. It was Marlin's intentionally added interference odor, which was afraid of people smelling gasoline.
Sure enough, Sakala didn't smell gasoline because the smell smelled up the gasoline ...
"What is this stuff? Why is it so stinky?"
The spy sent by Marin replied:
"This is the kerosene made by the Grand Duke himself, and it is said that it has the burning ability similar to the Greek fire ..."
"Greek fire?" Sakara's face suddenly changed. In Europe, not many people are ignorant of Greek fire. Because, the Byzantine Empire only perished for decades. The Byzantine Empire is a weak empire, it can last thousands of years, the Greek fire has a great effect. It was thanks to the power of the Greek fire that the Byzantine Empire repulsed the attacks launched by the Arabs and the Turks from the sea, and continued its life for the Byzantine Empire for hundreds of years. Without a Greek fire that repeatedly destroyed the enemy fleet, the Turks could not wait to capture Constantinople. The prosperous Arab empire hundreds of years ago had already destroyed the Byzantine Empire.
Because the record of the Greek fire is too glorious, the Greek fire is deified in Europe. So, I heard that this barrel of "red oil" is comparable to Greek fire, and Sakala was shocked. However, he still did not believe:
"Aren't the Greek fires lost? Is this thing really powerful?"
Spies are not nonsense, they just say:
"Don't you know if you try?" Then, he scooped it out with a wooden spoon and poured it on the river. Then, I shot it with a rocket ...
Sure enough, the flame suddenly flew on the river ...
"The surface of the water is burning, no firewood is needed to support combustion ... it is really a Greek fire ..." Sakala muttered to himself.
"No, Lord Legion, this is the arsenal of the Grand Duke, not the Greek fire," the spy corrected.
"Well, I understand, it's kerosene, not Greek fire ..." Obviously, Sakala misunderstood, thinking Marin wanted to keep it secret.
"Oh, this ... how does kerosene work?"
The spy recounted Marin's approach:
"Send someone holding a big wooden shield, carrying firewood, and piled up under the Edinburgh city gate. Then, pour the fire oil. When the people left, they shot a rocket from a distance and lit it, burning the Edinburgh city gate ..."
Saqqara froze:
"Isn't this kerosene burning without firewood? Why do you need firewood?"
The messenger explained:
"This oil is liquid, it will flow. If it is poured on the city gate, it will definitely flow down and run away. If there is firewood, you can fix the oil, so that the fire oil does not flow everywhere. The grandfather said that firewood is fixed fire oil, Don't let it flow around ... "
"It turns out ..." Sakala realized.
"After the hole is burned, when the flame is extinguished, the blasting team can take the gunpowder barrel and bury it, and then explode the accumulation behind the city gate ..."
When attacking the city, the defending party will surely pile up logs and stones behind the gate to prevent the gate from being hit by the enemy. Therefore, even if the city gate is burnt out, there are still many debris accumulated in the city gate cave. However, if the blasting is buried with gunpowder barrels, the channel can still be opened. The premise is that you have to break the city gate and leave the hole where the gunpowder barrel is buried.
Of course, if the opponent builds a wall in the city gate hole, the city gate hole is blocked, and the gunpowder barrel cannot be blasted. But the problem is that this attack on Edinburgh was a sneak attack, and the other party could not have time to slowly build a wall in the city gate cave. In a state of panic, up to the back of the door, piled up sapwood stones, etc., can be exploded with a gunpowder barrel.
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As the Fourth Army of Saqqara prepared to take a boat to Edinburgh, the main force of the English army also entered Northumberland. Apart from the fact that only half of Siwag ’s Fifth Legion was actually true, the other half were impersonated by German militiamen, and there were 10,000 new recruits newly recruited after Edward ascended the throne.
However, although this 10,000-strong military source is good, there is a serious shortage of qualified military officers. Because, at the time, the powerful officers of Henry VII were killed by Edward. Therefore, the remaining officers who turned to Edward were either mediocre or incompetent, and had little talent at all.
Just like Henderson, the head of the new legion, he used to be an English wandering knight who followed Edward. The military command ability is general, but the victory is faithful. After Edward ascended the throne, there was no one in his hand, so he had to put the mediocre Henderson on the throne of the regiment leader.
However, most of Henderson and his officers are mediocre. Although with the help of Siwag, a new training method was adopted, but compared with the Fifth Army of the North Sea State, the combat effectiveness of the new army is still average. After all, there are a lot of soldiers and they will be in a den. Henderson and his officers are very poor at leading troops, and the new army is naturally inferior to the source of their troops and their fifth army. The same is the army mainly composed of English soldiers, but each time the new army is exercised, it is suppressed by the fifth army ...
In desperation, Edward had to appoint Siwag as the commander of this coalition, instead of Henderson.
After these two regiments headed north to Northumberland, from the direction of Newcastle, they also drove a 10,000-person army "North Sea State Fourth Army". Of course, this "Fourth Army" is quoted, not the real Fourth Army.
Their true identity is based on the two thousand thugs of the Newcastle Coal Mine Conservation Team, and recruited 8,000 people after the strong ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ After a short training, the "Fourth Army" put together.
The two thousand mine protection teams, the main body of this team, were established almost the same time as the Fourth Army in order to protect Newcastle ’s coal mines from the impact of refugees. But now there are no refugees in northern England, and their tasks are not big now. Therefore, Marin simply let them go out and help the English army to gain a strong reputation.
Moreover, on the surface, these 2000 guard teams are usually able to train at least. At least, the standing posture and walking are relatively neat. As for the newly recruited 8,000 people, they also went through short-term cohort training and walked decently. If you don't do it, it is difficult for ordinary people to see the details of this fake "Fourth Army".
As a result, on the face of it, England dispatched a total of 30,000 legions of 30,000 troops to the border area of England and Scotland, which was very scary.
And Scotland was really scared. In order to defend the country, Scotland mobilized seven or eight thousand soldiers from the rear to fill the guard troops. However, considering the strength of the English, these seven or eight thousand Scots militiamen are only stationed in some mountain passes in southern Scotland and in towns that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. In this way, these Scottish militiamen can also rely on geographical advantages and fight with the stronger English army.
But the strange thing is that after the 30,000 English "army" arrived at the border, they did not immediately launch a fierce offensive, but stopped to repair. Then, a small group of troops was sent, and from time to time, they went to the Scottish army fortress to provoke abuse and seduce the Scottish army out of the city for a decisive battle. Or, simply persuade the surrender. But where is the Scottish army fooled? Even if the tortoise shrank out of the city, he would not surrender. Then, the border area fell into a strange confrontation, that is, it did not really fight ...
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