Chapter 300 The weapons of the Celestial Dynasty are so terrifying
Chapter 300 The weapons of the Celestial Dynasty are so terrifying
Author: fire pine cone
Chapter 300 The weapons of the Celestial Dynasty are so terrifying
Firearms in China at that time were still in a state of preliminary development. At this time, the so-called "cannons" of the Ming Dynasty mostly referred to "mortars" made of large pieces of wrought iron. Their characteristics were that the cannons had a short body, a short range, and an initial
The speed is low. Its main purpose is to use the thrust of the gunpowder explosion to throw the large iron pellet outside the barrel and "smash" the enemy's defenses.
No, "smashed". It depends on "smashing" rather than "exploding". In Zhu Su's opinion, that thing cannot be called a "cannon" at all.
At most, it is a more powerful "catapult". Its range is very different from that of a catapult.
But in the eyes of Fujiwara, who was born in the Japanese country, the so-called "cannon" was not a terrifying weapon that could only be possessed by a powerful Chinese dynasty. Cannons were rarely introduced to the Japanese country at that time, so Fujiwara was wrong about the so-called "general's invincible cannon".
”, no doubt a little curious.
"The name of that thing is so deceptive. Could it be that it really has terrible power? In that case, why didn't Wu Wang Diandong use it to destroy Mr. Oida and Mr. Zhang outside the city... Could it really be the same as those two soldiers?
They say the same thing, is it because Ming Dynasty adheres to 'Benevolence'?" Fujiwara thought in his heart.
"And that distance..." He raised his eyes and glanced at the distance between the cannon and the target. The cannon was set up on a low hill in the military camp, and the target... was simply set up by Genji on a hill outside the military camp.
The mountain is there. The red flag is hanging on the target, and Fujiwara can almost lose sight of it.
"Perhaps it's because those artillerymen angered the young master..."
After all, the Emperor of the past month also went to great lengths to beg an Eastern-level samurai to shoot the stars in the eastern sky with his bow and arrow. If he couldn't shoot, he asked him to commit suicide by committing seppuku. In the final analysis, it was because that samurai dared to do nothing.
He raised his head politely and glanced at the emperor's face, which made the emperor unhappy, so he found an excuse to let him die.
I think the master of the palace used the same trick. As a noble man, he would naturally manipulate the life and death of others at will... "But if you attack from such a distance, it is no longer a weapon, but a miracle."
Fujiwara cursed in his heart.
"Please light the fire! Silence!" A soldier saw an artilleryman in the artillery battalion holding a torch high coming to the cannon and reminded his companions who were chatting. Fujiwara also held his breath: the cannon is as noble as the heaven.
He has never seen this stuff before. Tomorrow will give him a better understanding...
Then, Fujiwara saw the Great General's invincible cannon emitting a terrible flame, and something seemed to fly directly from the muzzle.
Bu Nao was just like that. As for the target on the mountain in the distance, it was motionless.
"Huh? That's it?"
"The weapons that the Celestial Empire is proud of are actually a little louder. So it seems that they are not the warriors of the Japanese country..."
He finally regained a little bit of confidence as a Japanese, but unexpectedly, a rumbling sound like thunder suddenly exploded in his ears. Fujiwara walked on the ground in surprise: he saw the man with a sign in the distance.
The target mountain had exploded into a sea of fire like Mount Fuji! The dazzling fire light blinded Fujiwara's eyes!
Not to mention the target, the top of the mountain was almost blown away!
"That... that... that..." Fujiwara was stunned, his ears were buzzing with the deafening sound, and he pointed at the top of the mountain in horror.
The Chinese artillery! So terrifying!
How terrible! That was nothing short of a miracle! If not, the King of Wu Diandong had fired a cannon directly outside the city a few months ago...
Hiss, Fujiwara can’t even think about it!
"Look, the barbarian was so frightened that he fell to the ground. What's the matter with just one shell from General Bu Nao's cannon?" A soldier laughed.
"Tsk, it's really embarrassing for an ignorant guy. Just like that, he talks about whether he is a high-ranking official or a minister every day."
"Haha, if you are a barbarian minister, isn't he a barbarian? Even if you are a barbarian official, he is not as knowledgeable as our common people!"
"No, just no..."
A group of soldiers sneered at Fujiwara. Fujiwara's face turned red with embarrassment.
He turned back to look at the mountain, and what was reflected in his eyes was the raging fire and the falling gravel on the mountain. It was very much the fear and enthusiasm that was deeply rooted in his heart at this moment!
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"Lao Wu, what's the origin of my cannon! It's so powerful!" In a tent over there, Zhu Di looked at the flames burning on the top of the mountain, felt the faint tremors coming from the soles of his feet, and looked solemn with excitement.
"I heard that I once improved firearms with Brother Mu Ying... Then maybe we should build a new type of artillery?"
"Fourth brother, please wake up." Zhu Di asked not to follow him to watch the fun, but Zhu Su was speechless. "The one in the camp is just an ordinary big iron cannon, it can't be that powerful."
"That kind of old-fashioned iron gun has a range of no more than one mile and affects three feet. How can it make such a big noise? Otherwise, he asked the soldiers to bury gunpowder in the mountains in advance. When they heard the sound of the cannon, the mountain was in
The soldiers took advantage of the situation and ignited a large amount of gunpowder..."
There is a lot of gunpowder stored in the Suzhou government treasury. Beijing has begun mass production of new black gunpowder, and the old gunpowder cannot be eliminated. So Zhu Su simply let Wei Guan
The treasury was emptied and all the gunpowder in stock was buried in the mountains.
Did you originally want to blow up that stone mountain so that you can collect the stones and use them to build a dam in Taihu Lake? After all, although there is no danger of flooding in Taihu Lake for the time being, if you don't build the embankment, sooner or later the people will be flooded. Come and come.
If not, it would be better to urge Suzhou to build the dams, which would also be considered a benefit.
It happened that he met Fujiwara who had been begging for an audience again. Zhu Su thought about it and simply took advantage of the situation to scare him. Then he fabricated a "general's invincible cannon" and took advantage of the opportunity of blowing up mountains and quarrying rocks.
The purpose of performing such a "big cannon blasting the mountain" was to show off the "muscles" of the Ming Dynasty and make the ignorant Japanese even more afraid of the Ming Dynasty...
Zhu Su himself didn't expect that when the amount of old-style gunpowder was large enough, the momentum it caused would be so terrifying. I don't know if the "group performers" around Fujiwara were frightened, but
The performance and lines are well implemented...
"It turns out that gunpowder was buried in advance..." Zhu Di looked at the fire in the distance and was a little disappointed. "He really thought that I had really made such a terrifying weapon!"
"If the Ming Dynasty really has such a powerful weapon, Wang Baobao or Emperor Yuan Shun, just give him a shot, and he will lead the Ming Dynasty army to be invincible in Tiandong..." Zhu Laosi fell into a sweet dream.
Zhu Su couldn't help but laugh. After thinking about it, he saw that there was no one else nearby, so he smiled and said to Zhu Di, "Just because there is no one now, it doesn't mean there won't be one in the future."
"Fourth brother, have I forgotten where he came from?"
"Should I say that?" Zhu Di's eyes lit up. "Lao Wu, can I really make such a powerful weapon?"
"It's not certain whether it can be done. He can definitely tell me, Fourth Brother, whether there will indeed be such an exaggeratedly powerful weapon in the future." Zhu Su said. What's the point of flattening a mountain with one cannon? Nuclear weapons in the future, even
It can directly blow up a certain country's nuclear weapons... The research on firearms in ancient China was often biased, so telling Zhu Di in advance about the potential of firearms in the future would have no disadvantages.
"By the way, Fourth Brother, I played a major role in the five conquests of Mobei in the history of Kewu, and the defeat of Beiyuanbu fled. The 'Shenji Battalion' equipped with firearms was indispensable."
"Shenji Camp!" When Zhu Di heard the name of the army he led for the first time after the moon, he couldn't help but look solemn, and his whole body was filled with enthusiasm. "What a mighty name! It turns out that what Zhu Di is best at should be...