nycdaug Chapter 279 You have poison gas bombs? How about a gas mask?
Chapter 279 You have poison gas bombs? How about a gas mask?
The Western Front.
The general sent by King Zhao was named Wei Liangcai, who was to fight against Kong Zhanpeng, a rebel general from the western frontier.
Half of Wei Liangcai's soldiers were equipped with hidden weapons made by Qin Xiaoyan and were already neatly lined up in formation.
Wei Liangcai looked at Kong Zhanpeng and gritted his teeth.
Kong Zhanpeng killed the six old generals who had previously promoted him, defected to the War King, and joined forces with the western generals to rebel.
The enemy soldiers were holding something in their hands.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a crossbow.
Wei Liangcai thought to himself, "Isn't the Death Spider useless? Why bring a crossbow?"
Kong Zhanpeng smiled slightly and gave an order: "Fire the crossbow bolts."
Following Kong Zhanpeng's command, bullets were being fired one by one, landing at the feet of our soldiers.
This thing has no offensive power, but it will immediately crack open as soon as it hits the ground or a hard object, and then wisps of green smoke will come out of it.
Wei Liangcai's expression changed.
Based on his years of experience in military campaigns, he knew it contained poison gas!
Wei Liangcai immediately gave the order: "Everyone, tear off your clothes, cover your mouths and noses, and evacuate in an orderly manner!"
Upon receiving the order, the soldiers immediately withdrew, but many crossbow bolts had already been fired, and many soldiers inhaled the poison gas and collapsed to the ground.
Meanwhile, the enemy soldiers charged in.
They lost that battle.
The battlefield was littered with the corpses of Zhao Wang's soldiers, their hidden weapons lying scattered on the ground. Wei Liangcai had died from inhaling poison gas.
Kong Zhanpeng was smug; this poison gas bomb was really good!
He ordered his men to clean up the battlefield and collect all the hidden weapons that had been left on the ground.
Thinking that he had captured so many hidden weapons, he was certain that he had accomplished a great feat.
But when he got his hands on the hidden weapon, he was dumbfounded.
Why did these hidden weapons become ineffective in their hands?
When the hidden weapon is in the opponent's hands, it is obviously very easy to use and launch. But when it is in his hands, it seems to be dead and cannot be launched at all.
He sent the mechanics accompanying the army to investigate. It would have been better if they hadn't taken it apart; once they did, they discovered that the internal structure had already been destroyed, and they had no idea how it had been made.
"General Kong, this thing has a mechanism on it. It is estimated that these soldiers activated the mechanism before they died, which destroyed the hidden weapon."
Kong Zhanpeng was so angry that he kept pounding his thigh.
Whoever invented this hidden weapon is incredibly cunning and treacherous!
"Look carefully, see if there are any that weren't destroyed by the mechanism!" He refused to believe that all the soldiers would press the mechanism before they died. Was there not a single one that wasn't pressed?
"General Kong, we've found it!" A soldier walked over excitedly, holding a hidden dart.
Kong Zhanpeng hurriedly handed it to the mechanic for a study, and finally saw a glimmer of hope.
As a result, the technician disassembled it...
A crisp cracking sound came from inside the hidden weapon.
Kong Zhanpeng's smile froze on his face.
"What's going on? What's going on?!" Kong Zhanpeng asked, hands on his hips.
"General Kong... there was an extra step added during the manufacturing process of this hidden weapon. If it were forcibly disassembled, it would inevitably damage the internal structure, making it impossible to know how this hidden weapon was made..."
"Can't we dismantle it even if the mechanism isn't pressed?" Kong Zhanpeng felt extremely frustrated.
"The purpose of the mechanism is to prevent it from being used by the enemy after it is confiscated. And the hidden weapon itself cannot be disassembled."
Kong Zhanpeng's face fell.
Why does this victory make him feel so bad?
However, Kong Zhanpeng quickly consoled himself: they won, they won...
When the news of the defeat on the western front reached Kyoto, the faces of the civil and military officials were not pleasant.
"Poison gas, I never imagined that the War King would actually develop poison gas bombs..." the Emperor said in a low voice.
If such poison gas bombs are widely deployed on the battlefield, how can the war be fought? We must quickly come up with countermeasures.
“Father, Qin Yunzhu is skilled in detoxification. Why not let him try and see if he can develop a method to counteract it?” Xiao Jiye said.
The Emperor nodded, agreeing with his thoughts.
Qin Yunzhu's medical skills are unparalleled in the world; he should be given a chance to study them thoroughly.
The Emperor transferred another cannon to the western battlefield.
Artillery has a longer range than crossbows, so it can be used as a temporary solution.
However, using artillery is not a long-term solution, since the number of times an artillery can fire is limited. We need to develop an antidote as soon as possible.
Qin Yunzhu, under the protection of the Shadow Guards, rushed to the western battlefield.
Before leaving, Qin Wanying called him back.
Qin Wanying gave him a brief explanation of the working principle of gas masks, hoping to inspire Qin Yunzhu.
Qin Yunzhu immediately thought this was a good idea.
However, we still need to go to the vicinity of the battlefield to see the poison gas for ourselves and study its composition.
Qin Wanying then explained the working principle of the gas mask to Qin Xiaoyan, who immediately found it very interesting and began to study it.
Three days later.
Good news came from the western battlefield from Qin Yunzhu: he had finally created a preventative drug.
After sending the prescription back, Qin Xiaoyan placed the medicine in the interlayer of the gas mask he had researched, so that the soldiers could wear it on their faces to deal with the poison gas.
The Ordnance Bureau immediately invested manpower and resources to produce gas masks.
Finally, the gas masks were successfully manufactured and quickly distributed to the battlefield for the soldiers to use.
The western battlefield was in full swing. Our general Wei Liangcai died in the previous gas attack. The situation in the southeast eased, so Yu Jiashu was transferred to the western battlefield.
Kong Zhanpeng discovered that the number of times the artillery could be fired seemed to be limited, and the enemy always cherished the number of times they could fire their artillery.
This time, the enemy did not bring any artillery to the battlefield.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the enemy soldiers were all wearing masks.
This mask is very peculiar; I've never seen one like it before. It seems to be able to completely cover the face without any gaps.
Could that thing be prepared for poison gas?
Kong Zhanpeng wanted to test the power of that thing, so he ordered his men to fire some poison gas bombs.
As the gas bomb cracked open on the ground, green smoke enveloped the enemy, but none of them fell. Instead, they shouted and charged forward.
Kong Zhanpeng's expression hardened; that mask was indeed extraordinary.
They thought this poison gas was their secret weapon, but they never expected it to be discovered in just two days!
The two armies clashed, and as the fighting progressed, Kong Zhanpeng discovered that his troops had been outflanked from the rear!
Yu Jiashu rode on his horse, his cold and stern face hidden behind the mask.
"Traitor Kong Zhanpeng, surrender now!" Yu Jiashu shouted.
He despised these treacherous officials. Protecting the country and its people is a highly respectable thing, but they colluded with the War King to plot a rebellion, which is truly intolerable.
Moreover, he had previously killed General Wei...
After arriving in Huaiping, General Wei took good care of Yu Jiashu.
Now, I finally have the chance to avenge General Wei.
In this battle, Yu Jiashu's army won a great victory, and Kong Zhanpeng died on the battlefield.
Yu Jiashu removed the gas mask from his face.
He knew that the gas mask was made by the fourth and sixth young masters of the Qin family.