Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Unlike the soldiers who turned pale with fear at the earth-shattering explosion, Zhou Xu, who had already arrived at the rear of the battle formation, was full of excitement at this moment!

At this point in time, their reinforcements had not arrived yet, but the logistics supplies had arrived!

It took a lot of time for the logistics troops to prepare the logistics supplies. The military situation was urgent before, and they obviously could not wait for the logistics troops to set off together in order to reach the front line as quickly as possible.

But this does not mean that they are not important, and it can even be said that they are very important.

In addition to carrying the survival supplies and medical supplies of the troops, the logistics troops also have very important strategic supplies, among which the more typical ones are the explosive barrels and hot air balloons that have been put into use!

In the Great Zhou, the hot air balloons that have never had any war value have gained value because of the successful development of explosives, and the status of the hot air balloon operators has also begun to rise.

After all, apart from hot air balloons, at this stage, no air unit can carry multiple explosive barrels at a time and launch an offensive against the enemy formation from the air.

One after another, barrels of explosives were dropped from the hot air balloon.

Although at this stage, the explosives that Da Zhou had just made still had various problems, at this moment, it did not affect their ability to show the power of the barrels of explosives on this battlefield!

Under the continuous bombing of barrels of explosives, outside the canyon pass, the positions of the greenskin troops were in chaos.

The goblin wolf cavalrymen, who were on the flank and ready to move at any time, were also frightened by this scene.

At this stage, the power of the barrels of explosives in Da Zhou is purely the amount of piles. Each barrel of explosives is half a person tall. While it is full of weight, it also takes up a lot of space.

On the hot air balloon, under the premise of carrying fuel and reserving enough operating space for the operator without affecting the control of the hot air balloon, each hot air balloon is equipped with a maximum of three barrels of explosives.

In fact, stacking up layer by layer can bring more, but there are risks, and the risks are even great, so don't do this operation.

In the first round of entering the battlefield, in order to show their suppression power, Zhou Xu directly signaled five hot air balloons to drop explosive barrels at the same time, first drop two rounds in a row, smash down ten explosive barrels, and come up with a wave of firepower suppression, severely suppressing the arrogance of the opponent.

After two rounds of bombing, the five hot air balloons entered the stage of bombing in turns.

From hot air balloon No. 1 to hot air balloon No. 5, they successively dropped explosive barrels to bomb the places where the greenskin soldiers gathered in the battlefield, thus forming a continuous bombing effect and disrupting the opponent's position.

In this process, the hot air balloon that dropped the last explosive barrel naturally withdrew at the first time, carried out a new round of reloading, and then continued to enter the field to bomb, thus forming a cycle.

At this moment, for the Da Zhou troops stationed at the canyon pass, the hot air balloon carrying explosive barrels has become their main output in this battlefield.

Before, they were passively defending throughout the whole process, and could only rely on blocking the entrance of the canyon with a spear formation to resist the offensive of the greenskins.

But even so, the crazy offensive of the greenskin troops has already tortured them physically and mentally.

This is a vicious cycle in itself. If they can't hold on until the reinforcements arrive, it will form a dead end.

But now the situation is different. With the intervention of hot air balloons and explosive barrels, the situation in front of us has been directly revitalized!

Use the spear formation to block the entrance, you can't attack, and then use hot air balloons to throw explosive barrels to torture you crazily! Bullying is you who don't have air units!

Before the second round of hot air balloons entered the field, the greenskin troops, who also saw that the situation was not good, finally called off the troops.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Xu, who was in the canyon, breathed a sigh of relief.

To deal with this configuration of hot air balloons and explosive barrels, to put it simply, as long as you have a flying unit, they can't be rampant.

But if you don't have a flying unit, it will be very unsolvable!

"Stay alert, don't relax your carelessness."

While speaking, Xuan Yu flapped his wings very neatly and flew out to confirm the movements of the greenskin troops.

Although it was a small victory, Zhou Xu still had no intention of pursuing.

There are two key points in their tactics.

First, they are inside the canyon. Relying on the natural environmental advantages of the canyon, they can ensure the stability of their own positions while blocking all the greenskin troops outside the canyon.

Second, there are no flying units on the opposite side, which allows the hot air balloons to output steadily in the air.

Under this premise, once they leave the valley, the environmental advantages brought to them by the canyon environment will disappear, and the strength advantage of the greenskin troops on the opposite side will be fully utilized.

Once such a situation is formed, their current strength is not enough for the opposite side to fight.

Therefore, at this stage, their policy of defending the canyon and waiting for the arrival of the lizardmen reinforcements will never waver.

After Xuan Yu flew back and confirmed that the greenskin troops had really retreated, Zhou Xu walked quickly back to their camp in the canyon.

At this point, all the hot air balloons have been withdrawn.

However, what he is concerned about now is not the situation of the hot air balloons, but the number of remaining explosive barrels on their side.

The answer is thirty-two, thirty-two left.

If you throw more aggressively, you can throw them all in one battle.

They don’t have many barrels of explosives. One of the reasons is that it takes time to obtain raw materials. Another very important reason is that Zhou Xu sent all the first batch of barrels of explosives that were officially produced to the Plain Fortress in Xinbei District before the beginning of autumn.

According to Zhou Xu’s idea, there might be a battle with the greenskins in Xinbei District. Sending the barrels of explosives there can add an extra layer of insurance.

Who would have thought that after the beginning of autumn, the greenskins did not bubble up in the Plain Fortress, but the northeast region began to bubble up? !

Just thinking about it, the mentality is a bit exploded.

Before the departure, the logistics troops had emptied all the inventory in the factory, and the relevant production personnel had already started working overtime.

But Zhou Xu did not have much expectation for the subsequent productivity.

It’s not that there is not enough labor, but because they don’t have much raw materials. At the same time, because the power of gunpowder is not enough at this stage, they have to increase the power by piling materials. The remaining materials can’t do much.

As for when the subsequent raw materials will be delivered...

Let's not talk about potassium nitrate, sulfur has to be transported from the volcanic island, and it will take until next year.

In this way, in addition to using it for emergency purposes this time to scare off the opposing greenskin troops, in subsequent battles, Zhou Xu plans to arrange the remaining explosive barrels as strategic materials and will never use them easily. The core combat power still depends on the subsequent arrival of the lizardman troops!