C1303 Nether Ghost Flame white phosphorous bullet

The white phosphorous bullet was one of the most evil weapons in Xiao Letian's arsenal, and it also had the attributes of Burning Attack and Chemical Attack. However, attacking without distinction all day long, rain or snow would not affect the effects of the white phosphorous bullet, and if it was used on the water surface, the effects of the white phosphorous on the water surface would be even greater.

The first person who had tasted the white phosphorous bullet's might was Huai Army General Li Hongzhang, who had just established himself as Battalion Head. This former Xiang Army advisor who had defected to Ci Xi's side, had overestimated himself and wanted to obstruct Xiao Letian's attack in the Beijing Belt. In the torrential rain, the white phosphorous bullet gave them a deep lesson, an unforgettable memory in his entire life.

A heavenly fire that could never be extinguished by heavy rain. The blue flames could burn directly into the crevices of people's bones, and no matter how much water was poured on it, it could not extinguish those flames.

Not only that, but burning white phosphorus could also produce a highly toxic gas. Any soldier who breathed this gas would suffocate and die with a green face. Their appearance before dying was extremely horrifying.

It was precisely because the effects of white phosphorous bullet's weapons were too terrifying that the mouths of the commoners of the Qing Empire gave rise to many mysterious colors, such as the theory of heavenly fire, the theory of ghost fire, Xiao Letian's command of heavenly soldiers, and even rumors of injustice to take revenge.

In fact, this kind of theory was very popular in the Qing Dynasty. Sometimes, there were even people secretly promoting the spread of this kind of speech. Don't say that the ancients were stupid, but they were actually very smart.

Xiao Letian had heard the story of 'the Shadow Soldiers borrowing the rations', and said that there was a ghost in the Qing Dynasty's grain depot. Everyone in the city knew that a group of Shadow Soldiers borrowing the rations, and the rumor spread far and wide, but the result of the investigation was completely unexpected.

The so-called borrowing of food by ghost soldiers was just an act of officials to cover up their crime of embezzling food and selling food privately. This was just an ancient public outcry.

The corrupt officials were especially adept at such public opinion battles.

Li Hongzhang lost, and was beaten up so badly by Xiao Letian's new army that he did not even have the strength to fight back. Originally, this kind of crushing defeat was meant to be blamed by the imperial government, but what was strange was that after the matter, not only did Li Hongzhang not receive any form of punishment, the army he led instead received the support of the imperial government's even more military expenditures, and even increased the number of Battalion Head s.

Right now, Li Hongzhang was stationed in the vicinity of Shandong Province, doing his utmost to recruit new troops and horses, to accumulate strength.

Why did such an anomaly occur? On the one hand, this was the result of a contest between the political powers of the imperial court, and on the other hand, it was the instinct of the imperial court to drive out the enemies of the enemy.

To put it bluntly, because Li Hongzhang had been killed miserably by Xiao Letian, it proved that Li Hongzhang and the imperial government had the same intentions. Li Hongzhang and Xiao Letian definitely did not wink at each other secretly, but Li Hongzhang was a reliable and important official.

Look, everything in this world is so ridiculous. Sometimes, losing a battle can only bring fortune to one's misfortune. Can the thoughts of ordinary commoners reach such a level?

Under this mentality, the imperial government or Li Hongzhang seemed to be brooding over their failure and gritting their teeth at Sky Fire, but they were not thinking that way.

Not only did these people not stop all sorts of superstitious rumors about white phosphorous bullet from spreading, they even sent people to secretly create more trouble. To be honest, most of the rumors that Xiao Letian was able to control the Heaven Flames in the Great Qing to fight were actually spread by the Li Hongzhang forces.

Is it hard to understand? It was actually very simple. The more Li Hongzhang bragged about Xiao Letian, the more he was godly, and the less guilty he would be from failure. Moreover, the superstitious citizens would not blame him, and would instead say something.

"That's right, since Xiao Letian can order the Heaven Fire Ghost Fire, then this kind of person should be dealt with using the High Monk Elder Daoist. It's understandable that Li Hongzhang was defeated …"

Haha, the saint cloud 'the people can make it, but not know' is good now, it has risen to 'the people can make it lie, not know'.

The people of Great Qing, you want to be deceived, you want true information? Grandma! Now that you know everything, how am I going to govern you?

In this kind of political environment, obviously it was a very important military intelligence, and it was made into a legend by the Qing Dynasty, finally making the military officials of the strongest families in Europe confused.

These Europeans could be considered to have interacted with the Great Qing for many years. Of course, they knew that the Qing Empire's officials were good at using superstitious stories to blame their incompetence.

Everyone relaxed their vigilance. No one paid too much attention to this new weapon. In fact, many people did not even know about its existence.

Because Xiao Letian had then deeply hidden the white phosphorous bullet and never used it once.

First of all, the humans of mid-century leaf had yet to invent a safe way to purify the phosphorous ore. The existing phosphorous ore was extracted manually from the laboratory and the risk was rather high, so the production of white phosphorous bullet s was always small, they were unable to equip the army on a large scale.

The real and effective large-scale exploitation of the white phosphorous ore in human history should have started at the beginning of the 20th century, and there are still at least fifty years left.

However, the other important factor was that white phosphorous bullet were too dangerous, this chemical substance was too unstable, during the production and storage process, Xiao Letian could not remember how many times they had exposed and burned failures.

Now that they knew that the production and storage of white phosphorous bullet were all done on the deserted island in the Pacific Ocean, no one knew where Xiao Letian had hidden this secret weapon.

The third reason that stopped Xiao Letian from using this weapon was because it was a moral one. white phosphorous bullet s were prohibited by international conventions in the future, because this weapon's killing power was too great and too cruel.

Xiao Letian could not be considered a complete materialist in the first place, as the transcendence had destroyed all of his atheistic views. Now he had to admit that there might really be a god that was affecting everything.

The killing power of white phosphorous bullet was so great, if it was used too much, would there be retribution?

Xiao Letian couldn't tell what his retribution was, but he was clear that if he were to use this weapon on a large scale, then the retribution of English and French and the others would arrive very quickly.

The principles behind white phosphorous bullet s were not complicated. If English and French became anxious and started to mass produce this weapon, then no matter the quantity or quality, Xiao Letian would not be able to defeat them.

Because the gap in industrial strength was there, and it was not something that could be reversed in a short period of time, white phosphorous bullet could only be used as a special weapon and not on a large scale.

And today's brutal night battle had forced Xiao Letian to use his trump card, the Netherworld Ghost Flame had once again appeared on the Mortal Battlefield.