The white phosphorus bomb is one of the most evil weapons in Xiao Lotte's arsenal. It has both burning attack and chemical attack attributes. It has no difference in attacks all day long. Rain and snow will not affect the effect of the white phosphorus bomb. It is even used on the water surface. The white phosphorus will be larger by the help of the water flow.

The first person who tasted the power of the white phosphorus bomb was Li Hongzhang, the commander of the Huai Army who had just established himself in the camp. This former Hunan Army aide who defected to Cixi, overestimated his ability in the capital and wanted to block Xiao Letian's military attack. In the pouring rain, the white phosphorus bomb gave them a deep lesson, a memory that would be unforgettable for life.

The sky fire that cannot be extinguished even when the heavy rain is blown, and the blue flames can directly burn into the cracks of people's bones. No matter how much water you pour, you cannot extinguish these flames.

Not only that, the combustion of white phosphorus can also produce highly toxic gases. All soldiers who breathe this gas will suffocate and die with blue faces. Their appearance before death is extremely terrifying.

It is precisely because the white phosphorus bomb's weapon effect is too terrifying that in the mouths of the Qing people, this weapon was covered with many mysterious colors, such as the Tianhuo Saying, the Ghost Fire Saying, Xiao Letian drove the heavenly soldiers and generals, and even the injustice possessed and revenge, and other messy rumors.

In fact, in the Qing Dynasty, this kind of theory of gods and ghosts was very popular, and sometimes someone even secretly promoted the spread of such remarks. Don’t say that the ancients were stupid, but in fact, the ancients were very smart.

Xiao Letian once heard the story of "the Yin soldiers borrowed grain" that said that a grain warehouse in the Qing Dynasty was haunted. Everyone in the city knew that a group of Yin soldiers had borrowed grain. The rumors spread all over the Qing Dynasty were in full swing, but the final investigation result was unexpected.

The so-called Yin soldiers borrowing grain is actually just a wind that officials deliberately released to cover up their crime of embezzling food and selling official grain. This is actually just an ancient public opinion war.

In particular, corrupt officials are very skillful in using this kind of public opinion war.

Li Hongzhang failed and was defeated by Xiao Letian's new army and had no power to fight back. Originally, this kind of defeat would be held accountable by the court, but strangely, not only did Li Hongzhang not be punished after the incident, but the army he led received more support from the court's military expenditure and even increased the camp.

Li Hongzhang is now stationed in Shandong and Jiangsu, desperately recruiting troops and accumulating strength.

Why does this abnormal situation occur? On the one hand, this is the result of a contest between the court's political forces, and on the other hand, it is also due to the instinct of the court to drive the enemy to the enemy.

To put it bluntly, it is precisely because Li Hongzhang made Xiao Letian kill him so badly that it indirectly proves that Li Hongzhang and the court are in the same mind. Li Hongzhang and Xiao Letian have absolutely no secretly glaring at each other. This is a reliable and reusable official.

Look, things in the world are so ridiculous. Sometimes defeating wars will lead to blessings in disguise. Can ordinary people's thinking loops reach this level?

Under this mentality, the court or Li Hongzhang was worried about the failure on the surface and gritted his teeth on the surface, but they didn't think so in their hearts.

Not only did these people not stop the spread of various superstitious rumors about white phosphorus bombs, but they also had to send people to secretly promote the fire. To be honest, most of the rumors in the Qing Dynasty that Xiao Letian could drive the Tianhuo war were actually spread by Li Hongzhang's forces.

Is the reason difficult to understand? In fact, it is very simple. The more Li Hongzhang brags Xiao Letian and is amazing, the less his sins will be, and the superstitious people will not blame him, but will say it.

"Yes, Xiao Letian can drive the heavenly fire and ghost fire. Such people have to be dealt with with the monks and Taoists. It is understandable that Li Hongzhang defeated..."

Haha, the sage said, "The people can use it, but not know it." Now it is good, but it has risen to "The people can use it to deceive it, but not know it."

The people of the Qing Dynasty, just be deceived with peace of mind. Do you want to get real information? Grandma! You know everything, how can I control you?

Under this political ecology, a very important military intelligence made the Qing Dynasty a myth and legend, and in the end the military officers of the European powers were confused.

These Europeans have been dealing with the Qing Dynasty for many years. Of course, they know that Qing officials are good at using superstitious stories to shirk their incompetence. When Li Hongzhang defeated the war, he made up a story about Tianhuo, which is almost 100%.

Everyone relaxed their vigilance. No one paid too much attention to this new weapon, and many people even didn't know the existence of this weapon.

Because Xiao Letian then hid the white phosphorus bomb deeply and had never used it once.

Xiao Letian was very considerate. First of all, in the mid-19th century, humans had not invented a safe refining method for phosphate ores. The existing phosphate ores were extracted manually in laboratories, which was quite high in danger, so the output of white phosphorus bombs has always been very small and cannot be equipped with the army on a large scale.

The effective large-scale utilization of white phosphorus ore in human history should have started only in the early 20th century, and now it is at least fifty years left.

The main reason for low production is that it cannot produce large-scale production, and another important factor is that the white phosphorus bomb is too dangerous. This chemical is really unstable. During the production and storage process, Xiao Letian cannot remember how many times it leaked and burned failures have been reported.

I know that now, the production and storage of white phosphorus bombs are carried out on unmanned islands in the Pacific Ocean, and no one knows where Xiao Letian hid such a secret weapon.

The third reason why Xiao Letian prevented him from using this weapon is morality. White phosphorus bombs were originally a weapon prohibited by international conventions in later generations, because this weapon is too lethal and too cruel, which will hurt the world!

Xiao Letian was not a complete materialist. A time travel defeated all his atheistic views. Now he has to admit that there may be gods that are influencing everything in the dark.

The white phosphorus bomb has such a huge lethality. Will there be retribution if it is used too much?

Xiao Letian couldn't explain the retribution in the dark, but he was very clear that if he used this weapon on a large scale, the retribution from Britain, France and other countries would soon come.

The principle of white phosphorus bombs is not complicated. If Britain and France are anxious and start to produce such weapons on a large scale, then Xiao Letian will not be able to defeat them in terms of quantity and quality.

Because the gap in industrial strength is there, this cannot be reversed in a short period of time, white phosphorus bombs can only be used as special weapons and cannot be used on a large scale.
Chapter completed!