Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1308

"What's the rush!"

Hearing Zhang Hai's question, Wei Wu turned around and snapped at him irritably before continuing:

"You think the Prince of Yan's side is like us, able to get there so quickly? You flew, but they ran on foot."

"Just wait! I left a walkie-talkie for the Prince of Yan before we set off. He'll let us know when he's ready."

Although he was reprimanded by Wei Wu, Zhang Hai, that shameless fellow, still maintained a grinning expression.

He was already used to it; whenever he went out to do something, he would feel uncomfortable if Wei Wu didn't say a few words to him.

As for Wei Wu, he had actually gotten used to Zhang Hai's nonchalant attitude.

So after scolding him a couple of times, they found Zhang Hai a job to distract him.

"If you have nothing to do, unscrew the lids of those oil drums to save time when we're actually doing it."

"okay!"

Zhang Hai responded lightly, then turned and ran to the oil drum to unscrew the lid.

As the saying goes, two flowers bloom, each telling its own story.

Just as Wei Wu was making preparations, Zhu Di had already led his men to the vicinity of the military camp.

Of course, this location wasn't chosen randomly; it was determined through measurement to be the best spot for setting up mortars.

To find this location, Zhu Di specifically sent a scout with a gunner on a risky mission before finally selecting the spot.

Fortunately, the location where the mortar was set up was not within the area heavily patrolled by the Northern Yuan scouts, so they did not encounter any danger.

After arriving at the designated location with three hundred men, Zhu Di immediately ordered one hundred gunners to find the right angle and set up the mortars.

At the same time, the soldiers carrying the shells also got to work, putting down their bamboo baskets and untying the ropes binding the shells.

Without Zhu Di giving any orders, those men spontaneously formed pairs and followed the gunners.

Their division of labor was very clear: one gunner was responsible for adjusting the muzzle angle, one was responsible for loading the shells, and one was responsible for delivering the shells.

Although the preparation work looks simple, it takes a lot of time; just adjusting the muzzle angle took half an hour.

After all, in addition to the angle of the cannon muzzle, we also need to determine the wind speed and direction. Fortunately, there was no wind on the grassland tonight.

In addition, after the debugging is completed, in order to prevent the muzzle angle from deviating, the gunners must stand by and hold the barrel in place by hand.

After all the preparations were completed, a soldier came to Zhu Di to report.

"Reporting to the general, all gunners are ready and can begin the attack at any time!"

"Ah, very good!"

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction, then took out the walkie-talkie that Wei Wu had given him, put it to his lips, and pressed the call button.

"Xiao Wu, I'm all ready. When do we begin the attack?"

On the other side, Wei Wu heard Zhu Di's voice coming from the walkie-talkie and immediately raised his left hand.

Looking at his watch, it was 11:58 when Wei Wu picked up the walkie-talkie and put it to his lips.

"Fourth Brother, take a look at the watch I gave you. When it's exactly twelve o'clock, you should fire the cannon."

Before setting off, Wei Wu gave Zhu Di a watch, mainly to facilitate communication about the timing of the attack.

Although the watch uses Arabic numerals, learning to read a watch is not difficult, and Zhu Di quickly gave a reply.

"Okay, I will launch the attack on time!"

Having received Zhu Di's response, Wei Wu glanced at his watch again; there were still one minute and twenty seconds left until midnight.

So he turned his head and looked directly at Shen Lin.

"Shen Lin, lower the helicopter to 200 meters. We're ready to move in."

"Yes, Master!"

Shen Lin responded, and then Wei Wu immediately got up and went to the cabin to tie the safety rope around his waist.

Then, Zhang Hai and I each carried two oil drums and stood by the cabin door.

Originally, Wei Wu planned to have only Zhang Hai spread the oil, but after thinking about it, he felt that one person would be too slow.

The more people poured oil down there, the more casualties the Northern Yuan army would suffer, leading to the current situation.

"Young Master, the altitude has been lowered to 200 meters. There's some chaos in the military camp below; they must have realized something's wrong."

After Shen Lin finished speaking, Wei Wu immediately looked down and saw that there were more fires in the camp.

Moreover, many flames could be seen moving around, but Wei Wu was not worried, since the people below couldn't see him anyway.

The grassland was pitch black, and the Northern Yuan soldiers could only hear the sound of the propellers, but they couldn't find their target.

However, it was almost time, so Wei Wu looked directly at Zhang Hai.

"Do it!"

After saying that, Wei Wu didn't wait for Zhang Hai's response. He simply turned his wrist and poured out the kerosene from the oil drum.

Seeing this, Zhang Hai also imitated Wei Wu's actions and poured out the oil. In just a few seconds, the four barrels of oil were emptied.

However, this is 200 meters in the air, and the kerosene will disperse in the air due to the strong airflow from the propeller.

The mist-like oil was falling at a much slower rate, and there were no signs of flames shooting into the sky in the camp for the time being.

However, just as Wei Wu and Zhang Hai lifted the four oil drums again, a burst of flames suddenly erupted in the Northern Yuan army camp.

The Northern Yuan army camp was initially only slightly agitated, but after the flames broke out, the agitation instantly turned into chaos.

Because those soldiers who were carrying torches and were close to the campfire were all burned by the raging flames.

Those who were only slightly burned by the flames were alright, but those who were set ablaze were truly miserable.

They frantically patted their clothes and rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

However, this was all in vain, because they were still covered in a lot of oil that had not been ignited immediately.

What's more, two hundred meters in the air, Wei Wu and Zhang Hai, those two living devils, were still pouring oil down on them.

Time passed slowly, and Wei Wu and Zhang Hai had already poured oil in this spot three times, totaling twelve barrels.

The fire at the camp below had grown too large to be controlled, so Wei Wu immediately ordered Shen Lin to move to another position.

Moving to a location about fifty meters from the fire, Wei Wu and Zhang Hai repeated their previous actions.

On the other side, Zhu Di looked at the firelight illuminating the Northern Yuan army camp in the distance and couldn't help but feel excited.

However, the time had not yet come, so he could only watch the flames rise while quietly waiting, glancing at his watch.

When Wei Wu set fire to the third location in the Northern Yuan army camp, it was finally midnight.

Zhu Di waved his hand and shouted:

"Everyone, listen to my command, fire!!"