Chai Shao became a little excited, and Ma Zhou became increasingly nervous.
After all, with grenades, if something goes wrong, your life will be at stake.
But being nervous is stressful, and things still have to be done.
The grenade's pin was quickly removed, which was specially designed by Li Sheng to ignite the gunpowder in it.
After pulling out the needle, the gunpowder will start to burn and the grenade will start to smoke. After a while...
The combustion will follow the gunpowder line in the grenade and burn to the tightly held mass of gunpowder, detonating the entire grenade.
Ma Zhou put the grenade in...
Then, he placed the crossbow on the ground - to prevent it from hitting his feet due to lack of physical strength to lift it straight - and then pulled the trigger.
Whoosh!
There was an extremely sharp sound, and a black mass was thrown far away from the iron cylinder of the crossbow!
The moment the grenade flew out, both Ma Zhou and Chai Shao beside him quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Whether the test would succeed or not was another matter. It would be okay if the person was fine anyway.
But just when the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, the ground shook violently.
The explosion roared!
The grenade exploded and smoke billowed out.
At this scene, Chai Shao and Ma Zhou were stunned.
It is not that the two of them have never seen this scene before. But the key to this scene is not the grenade explosion, but... distance!
The two people could see the smoke from the grenade explosion extremely clearly.
The distance was huge, at least eighty steps away!
When an ordinary soldier throws a grenade, he can only throw it thirty steps at most - this is still considered an achievement for the soldiers of the Forbidden Army who have extraordinary physical strength. If we talk about the average achievement of ordinary soldiers, it is only about twenty-five steps.
It has this kind of effect...
Doesn't this mean...
Chai Shao and Ma Zhou were stunned for a long time, and finally they slowly came to their senses.
Yes……
This thing works!
It can really increase the throwing distance of grenades by twice or nearly three times!
…
After confirming the projection distance of the new weapon, Chai Shao and Ma Zhou were overjoyed.
When they came to Hangzhou before, the two of them had worried about what they would do if they encountered a Goguryeo warship and robbed them along the way.
It's okay for the small group, but if there are too many, it will be troublesome. If people surround us, they can only shoot arrows and thunder in all directions. As time goes by, something will happen.
But now, the situation is different.
The grenade range has increased to more than 80 or even 90 steps, which is almost the same as the archery range of many forbidden troops.
This means that large ships can start attacking with grenades almost as soon as they engage an enemy ship, whereas in the past they could only shoot arrows.
Once close, the opponent will run away. If you want to throw grenades, you can only catch up as much as possible. But in this way, it is easy to be restrained by the enemy ship. If there are enough invading enemies, the battle will be very dangerous.
If it weren't for the shortcomings of the grenade, the first encounter before...
With Chai Shao's ability, the fighting will of the Forbidden Army who had just set out, and the assistance of grenades, how could the soldiers on the big ship suffer such serious casualties?
It's different now. This thing can project grenades at an archery distance. The firepower advantage...
If they encounter the same situation again, Goguryeo's warships can't even think about relying on the range of their bows and arrows to fight and retreat or fight and advance. That is completely asking for death!
It's so exciting to have such a huge advantage.
The loud noise of this explosion also attracted nearby villagers. When they saw the battle, another explosion, and two scholars who were suspected of being officials, they were all frightened.
But then, Chai Shao, the villager who owned the field, stuffed him with a large ingot of gold with a smile on his face, and then left quickly.
The owner of the field was very surprised. This official was too generous...
But this thing is really scary. I was sunbathing in the yard when suddenly I heard a thunder outside. I came out to see the battle... but this time, I somehow managed to pick up an ingot of gold in vain. It looked like this
I'm afraid there are only two or three...
This is enough to cover the family's expenses for more than two years.
The villagers were both surprised and nervous. They quickly left the scene and hid the gold in their own yards. Then they quietly cleaned up the charred land.
This rural field was quickly cleared, and the traces of the explosion were not large to begin with, so they were quickly cleared without any trace - the farmland still needed to be planted.
At this time, Hangzhou, merchants, sea trade...
Quietly, it has become popular in Hangzhou, the future trade palace. Even if it is just because of the establishment of the industrial zone, the grain, food, etc. needed by industrial workers who are no longer engaged in agriculture can be considered a big deal here.
Not to mention the iron ore, coal, etc. that are continuously transported from nearby states and counties...
Even because of the ancient accumulation of this city in the heart of the Jiangdong region, it has the foundation and prototype of a commercial economy. All kinds of merchants have a keen sense of smell and act decisively far better than other states and counties.
The people and industries surrounding the industrial park are finally gradually gathering, and even the legendary industrial chain is quietly being established...
The busy city of Hangzhou did not notice that a famous Duke and half of his disciples stayed near the port of the city for several days.
The warship initially attracted a few tourists to stop and watch, but such warships were not uncommon in the West Lake Shipbuilding Industrial Zone. Soon, tourists who did not know what was going on lost interest.
Chai Shao and Ma Zhou seemed to be just like ordinary merchants nearby, loading the boxes full of women and children, as well as the steel parts that Wu Meiniang arranged for the steel factory to hand over.
Board the ship and leave...
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Hangzhou is Li Sheng's shipbuilding place, and it is also the core area of Jiangdong, a fertile land.
When the Goguryeo army marched south, Yeon Gaesomun worked hard and alone on this grand strategy. The final target was of course Chang'an, but besides Chang'an, the number one secondary target was Hangzhou.
In such a place...how could Yeon Gaesomun not send spies out...
The coastline around China has naturally become expensive sea view houses in modern times. This is due to a series of military victories after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and military victory and military deterrence have completely different gold content.
However, throughout the ages, most of the time, only fishermen lived in such places.
Yeon Gaesomun sent a spy who disguised himself as a fisherman. He gathered information every two days and then went out to sea regularly. He pretended to be fishing and came to his side to get a bunch of catches and sell them back. No one could see this.
And this information is very important to Yeon Gaesumun.
Of course, most of the intelligence that Yeon Gaesomun has obtained so far is just commercial information about Hangzhou... and its military value is not high.