lcionline Chapter 518 The Exercise Officially Begins
Chapter 518 The Exercise Officially Begins
"Okay, since everything is ready, let's start right away. I just want to see how the steam fire engine will perform after it is put into actual combat."
Ying Zheng nodded slightly, and gave orders to Xiao He.
"Father, don't worry, the effect of this steam fire engine will definitely not disappoint you."
Ying Yu was full of confidence.
"Really, then I'll just wait and see."
A smile appeared on Ying Zheng's face.
"Proceed with the order, the fire drill will officially begin!"
After Xiao He received Ying Zheng's order, he didn't dare to delay, and immediately passed on the order.
So, under the signal from the above, a dozen soldiers brought the first pile of dry firewood, entered the interior of the house that had already been built, spread a full circle around the edge of the wall, and brought a lot of dry grass to cover it. The top of the dry firewood almost buried the bottom building inside the house.
The reason why the hay and firewood are placed inside the house is also to better simulate the fire scene.
After all, apart from man-made malicious fire prevention, basically nine out of ten fires occur inside the house. Therefore, the fire simulation of today's fire drill naturally requires the house to catch fire to achieve the best effect.
After laying the dry firewood and hay, the next second, the sergeants each took a dozen bright torches and threw them directly into the house.
Under the high temperature of the torch, the hay and dry firewood piles were instantly ignited, bursts of smoke and flames several feet high rose, and quickly spread around the house.
"I also ask the common people to step back immediately and try to stay as far as fifty feet away from the fire demonstration area, so as not to be accidentally injured by the flames."
The sergeants came before the people again and shouted loudly.
Although the people are still enthusiastic, but facing such a raging fire, no matter how excited they are, they are still a little scared.
So this time the common people finally listened to what the sergeants said, and the crowd started to move, and they automatically retreated to a place fifty feet away from the fire demonstration area.
After all, my own life is the most important thing, if I am accidentally injured by the flames, then I really have no place to reason!
Due to the fact that they are all made of wood, the flames spread quickly.
After a while, the entire fire demonstration house was submerged in raging flames and thick smoke. People outside could hardly see what was inside, only the sound of wood being burned by the flames was heard continuously. .
"For such a big fire, can the steam fire engine invented by His Royal Highness really be effective?"
"Although I have always been confident in the things created by His Royal Highness, but this time, I really have no idea."
"Indeed, with such a big fire, it would be basically impossible to extinguish it without half a river of water."
Feeling the gradually rising temperature around them, the people looked at the fire demonstration house that had been engulfed in flames. Even though they trusted Ying Yu deeply in their hearts, they couldn't help but start to waver at this moment.
After all, the fire is really too big!
If it was still the old method of using water dragons to extinguish fires in the past, without a dozen or twenty water dragons, the fire would not be extinguished at all.
And these water dragons have to be close to the house. If they are a little farther away, with the speed of the water dragon that is worse than that of a turtle, I am afraid that this house can be directly sentenced to death.
Although the steam fire engine is a new generation of fire extinguishing vehicle that contains modern technology, and its function is much more powerful than that of a water dragon, it is just an official word after all, and the public has not seen its entity yet.
Therefore, I naturally don't have much confidence in the steam fire engine, and feel that it is powerless in the face of such a big flame.
Could it be that Prince Ying Yu's fire drill is about to overturn this time?
"The fire is already so huge, why hasn't this steam fire truck come out to fight the fire?"
Ying Zheng frowned, looked at the fire demonstration house below and said.
"Father said yes."
Ying Yu responded, then turned to Nei Shiten and said, "Let's get started."
Nei Shiten nodded slightly, saluted Ying Zheng and Ying Yu respectfully, and immediately went down.
He stretched out his hand and waved the green flag, and began to shake back and forth against the road, which seemed to contain some deep meaning.
This is the fire truck signal flag designed by Ying Yu.
Restricted by the level of technology, Daqin does not have long-distance communication capabilities such as mobile phones, telephones, or telegrams. As long as it is beyond the reach of human voice, it will be very troublesome to communicate information.
Basically, every time a word is said or an order is issued, someone must be sent to deliver the message. Not only is this inconvenient, but it will also slow down the operation efficiency of the fire truck, which is undoubtedly very unfavorable for firefighting.
And the most important thing is that the brakes of steam cars are not as good as those of modern cars. If no one informs the driver of the road conditions in advance, accidents will easily happen.
Telecom Ying Yu can't solve it for the time being, it depends on luck, you have to draw a lottery or complete system tasks to get it.
Therefore, Ying Yu found a way to improve the way of fire information exchange over a long distance of several hundred meters.
And the method he used to improve was the semaphore.
For example, when the red signal flag is deployed, it means to stop the steam fire engine.
When the yellow signal flag is deployed, it means to ask the steam fire engine to slow down.
These are very basic semaphores, and they are a little more complicated. Combined with the movement of waving the flag, they also represent different meanings.
The actions that Nestern did just now mean to let the driver start the car and drive the steam fire truck over immediately for fire drills.
Under Ying Yu's instruction, the steam fire engine was specially parked at the south gate of Xianyang City.
The reason for this is very simple, it is to show the public the speed of the steam fire truck.
After all, the most important point in fighting a fire is when the fire brigade can arrive at the scene of the fire. At this time, the speed of the fire-fighting vehicle that determines all this is extremely important.
At this time, the driver of the steam fire truck who was on standby was attentively waiting for the order in the car.
When he saw the flag in the distance, he immediately understood what Nesten wanted.
So next second.
The whole body is bright red steam fire engine coming from a distance, officially debut in front of everyone!
Under the control of the driver, the steam fire engine started from the south gate of Xianyang City and drove at an extremely fast speed.
The speed of the steam fire truck was very fast. The whole car was like a giant red beast. It took less than a cup of tea to arrive at the fire demonstration area.
The south gate of Xianyang City is about 400 meters away from the fire demonstration area. That is to say, in this short period of ten minutes, the steam fire engine has already completed a span of several hundred meters!
The occurrence of this scene undoubtedly greatly shocked the people present.