At Topkapi Palace, Muhad had just fallen asleep, but was woken up by a loud noise.
"I have urgent military information and need to meet with His Majesty the King immediately!"
"Lord Kasha, His Majesty the King has just fallen asleep. Do you have anything waiting for tomorrow..."
"You can't wait until tomorrow, you have to do it now!"
"But……"
"Don't talk nonsense. Constantinople is in danger. If we don't take action, it will be too late!"
Muhad opened his sleepy eyes, feeling angry.
No matter who it is, who is eating hot pot and singing songs happily and is suddenly beaten at the door of their home, it is a sad story.
You kill people with no more than a nod, and now you're not even allowed to sleep?
Destroy it, I’m tired!
Hafez had already rushed in and shouted: "Your Majesty, something big is going to happen!"
Muhad looked at him helplessly and said: "What can't be discussed tomorrow? Has the sky fallen?"
"Yes, the sky is falling!"
Hafez nodded solemnly and added: "The Ming army will probably attack from the sky!"
Muhad was a little confused. He rubbed his eyes vigorously and thought to himself, is it violent?
The Ming army attacked from the sky... Could it be that Easterners knew magical witchcraft and could fly into the sky?
Hafiz grabbed Hanuman and said, "You tell me!"
"ah?"
Hanuman was stunned, what am I talking about?
"What are you doing in a daze? Tell me how that letter of war was sent to the city!"
"Yes...it floated in from the sky..."
Hanuman stammered and told the whole story. Muhad wondered: "It is not difficult for a kite to fly into the city. What does this mean?"
"Your Majesty the King!"
Hafiz looked distressed and said: "Since a kite can carry a declaration of war, can't it also carry a bomb?"
Only then did Muhad come to his senses and murmured: "You mean... Orientals will tie bombs to kites and fly them into the city?"
"Exactly!"
"Then...what should we do?"
"Immediately issue an edict and put the entire city on alert!"
Muhad scratched his head and said: "If the Orientals really attack from the sky, how should we defend?"
The current situation is beyond his understanding. Even if he sees through the Ming army's offensive method, what can he do?
How can we defend the city's defenders if they can't fly?
Hafez sighed and said: "There is no good way at the moment, but the ammunition carried by the Ming army is limited. His Majesty immediately issued a warning and notified the people in the city to find bunkers and hide in order to minimize casualties. Once the Ming army's offensive is over,
Then organize troops to counterattack."
Muhad's eyes were dull, and after a long time, he said: "Issue an edict!"
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"Wind direction, due southeast, error less than ten degrees."
"Wind strength is above level five."
"The wind speed is stable and you can fly!"
The manned Kongming lantern responsible for the investigation fell, and Mei Chun began to compile the data, paying no attention to Fan Mingchen who was slumped on the ground.
Seeing the calculation results, Bei Lin immediately ordered: "There is no problem with the data. Prepare to fly the Kongming Lantern according to the determined location and determined time!"
Students from the Academy of Sciences acted nervously and orderly, assembling racks of sky lanterns, loading them with bombs, and setting the length of the fuses.
As long as you have accurate parameters, you can calculate the flight time and detonation point of the Kongming Lantern.
At this time, Fan Mingchen held the wind meter tightly in his hand and looked at the rotating chicken head, feeling terrified in his heart.
It’s so scary, it’s flying into the sky!
There was only a quarter of an hour left before the attack, and everyone was preparing nervously, repeatedly confirming the length of the fuse to ensure that the Kongming Lantern could detonate at the designated location.
Tong Xuan led a few people to load up the large Kongming Lantern, and everything was ready. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Fan Mingchen, who was still shivering, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder.
"ah!"
Fan Mingchen almost jumped up and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was Tong Xuan.
Tong Xuan said with a smile: "Why, are you scared?"
"how come?"
Fan Mingchen retorted subconsciously: "I...how could I be afraid..."
"Why are your pants wet?"
"The sea breeze is very humid..."
Fan Mingchen suddenly blushed to the root of his neck. Fortunately, no one else could see him in the dark.
Through this test flight, he experienced firsthand what it means to be overwhelmed by the cold at a high place, and he couldn't help but admire these powerless students.
I thought that the Academy of Sciences was just using their brains with its messy new inventions. Now it seems that I am so ignorant.
He stood up tremblingly, thinking to himself that he might as well do his promising job as a guard!
"I'll go to the outskirts... to see if you are busy!"
Tong Xuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw him shaking when he walked, and then said, "Wait a minute!"
"ah?"
Fan Mingchen turned around, not knowing what to say.
Tong Xuan pointed to the wind meter in his hand and said, "Do you still need it?"
"No, no need..."
Fan Mingchen smiled awkwardly, handed the wind measuring instrument to Tong Xuan, then turned and left.
The hourglass is slowly emptying, which means that the attack is about to begin.
Beilin decisively ordered: "The first batch, release them!"
The camp was lit up with bright lights, and bomb-laden Kongming lanterns began to take off.
Under each lampshade, there is a dark iron ball hanging, which is a high-energy yellow powder bomb.
The fuse of the bomb is connected to the wick and locked with a special machine buckle.
According to calculations, when these sky lanterns float over the city of Constantinople, the fuses will ignite and the bomb will fall off.
The southeast wind was very stable, and the first batch of two hundred sky lanterns slowly rose and drifted to the northwest.
In the night sky, a large number of dotted lights suddenly appeared, flying towards Constantinople.
It was midnight and everyone was asleep.
Suddenly, a rapid ringing of bells came from the city, and a large number of soldiers appeared on the streets, holding gongs in their hands and beating them everywhere.
"His Majesty the King has ordered that everyone find bunkers on the spot and prepare emergency medicine..."
The people in the city woke up one after another, wondering what had happened.
Why are we looking for bunkers and preparing emergency medicine? Has the Ming army entered the city?
Everyone was in a panic and didn't know what to do.
Hafez has climbed to the bell tower, which is the tallest building in Constantinople.
Here, you can see the whole city at a glance.
He took out a monocular telescope and searched outside the city...
If the Ming army really attacked from the sky, they should be ready by now.
Suddenly, he was shocked because he saw a camp in the southeast with lights on.
Hafez stared closely at the bright light in the telescope, trying to distinguish it, and then he saw dots of fireflies rising into the sky and floating towards him.
In the night sky, these faint stars were inconspicuous, but he knew that a disaster was coming.
"It's over, it's over..."
Hafez suddenly lost strength in his legs and fell to the ground, muttering incomprehensibly.