Chapter 156 Experiments on Primitive Gunpowder Weapons
The pleasant spring breeze blows the spring water on the lake and cuts out the new buds on the shore. April is the season of sprouting. The warm smile reflects in the eyes of the potter girl, just like the spring water flowing into her heart, allowing the seeds of yearning to germinate.
Talea burst into a smile of joy. She took a step forward and hugged Shulot's growing body tightly. Then, she raised her head slightly, her bright eyes were like water, and her gentle eyes stayed on the young man's face, not wanting to for a moment.
leave.
Shulot stood silently, his thoughts unspeakable. His body froze at first, he opened his arms slightly, and subconsciously wanted to break away from the embrace. Then, he felt Talea's close attachment and saw her affectionate eyes.
The young man couldn't bear to be hurt, and he also had inner love, so he could only sigh and focus on business.
"Talaiya, how is the progress of the gunpowder making?"
"Your Highness, the female workers have mastered the skills of gunpowder preparation. The complete set of wooden tools and operating steps have been recorded. As long as the three raw materials are sufficient, they can be prepared in large quantities at any time."
Xiuluo nodded. The original black powder was not resistant to storage and transportation. Once it was stored for a long time or bumpy, the three raw materials would often be layered up and down. Therefore, the young man was more inclined to store raw materials and make temporary preparations. After making gunpowder weapons,
Use as soon as possible.
"Has the development of new gunpowder produced any results?" Shulot asked.
"Your Highness, I tried adding different raw materials and roughly mastered the combustion and explosion effects of different gunpowder ratios. But I haven't found any clue about the critical step you mentioned."
Talea's eyes dimmed slightly, and there was a bit of remorse on her face.
Shulot smiled gently. Without clues of divine inspiration, technological research and development will always be slow. The improvement of gunpowder cannot be completed in a short time.
"Talaiya, don't worry. Take your time and pay attention to safety... How did the experiment of the three gunpowder weapons I ordered go?"
Talea smiled again. She nodded vigorously, reluctantly let go of her arms, and resumed her ability as a gunpowder manager.
"Your Highness, the vertical rocket can be put into actual combat. The pottery caltrop is very unstable and very dangerous to ignite. It has injured many civilians. The sound of the wooden cannon is very loud and very scary. But you can't put too much gunpowder in the launch because it will explode.
once."
When he heard about the explosion, Shulot looked solemn. He looked at the thin face of the potter girl and was a little worried. The young man stretched out his hand and held Talaya's catkin. He felt the beginning of blood in the smooth palm of his hand.
The calluses were slightly hard, so he held them tightly and spoke softly.
"Talaiya, don't personally participate in the preparation of gunpowder...take me to the weapons experiment site. I want to see the specific effects."
Talea nodded happily. The two of them walked together, surrounded by the surrounding warriors, and soon came to a wide flat land. There were many straw men in the flat ground, some of them wearing cotton armor and leather armor.
There are distance marks on the ground.
The weapon craftsmen involved in the research and development have been waiting for a long time. The potter girl gave a few detailed instructions, and then a large group of civilians listened to the order and carefully fetched the three weapons for display by the craftsmen.
The finished product of the vertical rocket is not much different from the ordinary war arrow. It just ties a spherical paper gunpowder bag at the back of the arrow, and contains more than two taels of gunpowder. The craftsmen use flint to light the fuse of the gunpowder bag.
Then he drew a Tlaxcala bow, put on the rocket, and shot it with all his strength.
The vertical rocket was loaded with gunpowder packets, and its weight nearly doubled. It was not very fast, and it passed through an obvious arc and landed next to the straw man more than 20 meters away. Everyone watched with bated breath, and they only saw it for three or four seconds.
, the rocket suddenly exploded into a bright flame. In an instant, the flames rose up, quickly igniting the straw man, and the smoke also dispersed. The fierce flame lasted for two seconds, and then weakened significantly, stabilizing on the straw man.
Burn on top.
Shulot estimated in his mind that after reducing the ratio of soil and saltpeter, the burning time of the gunpowder would be significantly longer. He looked at the distance of the straw man and gave instructions to the warrior commander not far away.
"Arrange twenty warriors with longbows."
Bertard nodded and obeyed the order. After a while, twenty warriors stood in a row holding longbows. They looked at the rockets in their hands with some fear, then carefully lit them, quickly stringed the arrows, and aimed slightly.
Finally, there was an arrow of "咻".
I saw twenty vertical rockets streaking across trajectories at different heights, scattered between fifty meters and one hundred meters. The weighted arrows only obviously reduced the range, but in the hands of a skilled archer, they could still maintain stable accuracy. Then
, the rockets exploded into bunches of flames one after another, igniting the nearby straw men, like fireworks blooming in the daytime. Soon, the rising smoke spread with a pungent smell in the weapons field, and it was like the breath of mythical spirits.
.After a while, the venue was already in flames.
Hulot silently calculated the different ignition speeds of the rocket in his mind. The deviation was about a few seconds. It seemed that the quality of the fuse was indeed uneven. He ordered a long-range shot again.
The longbow warriors fired arrows again, switching to shooting upward at a large angle. This time, the speed of the horizontal movement of the vertical rocket decreased, and it drew an elongated arc and fell into about 100 to 120 meters. Many rockets
It exploded in mid-air, like fire falling from the sky. The accuracy of the rockets was greatly reduced, and many of them deviated from the target and burned in corners far away from the straw man.
Shulot observed for a moment, and then asked the warriors to shoot several times at different distances, and made a rough plan for the use of vertical rockets. The stable shooting distance of the rocket should be within one hundred meters, and it has an amazing effect within fifty or sixty meters.
Satisfactory accuracy. If on swaying water, this distance should be further reduced. In order to increase the power of combustion, the charge of the gunpowder bag can be continued to increase, as long as the accurate shooting of fifty meters can be maintained.
Shulot nodded with satisfaction. He shook Thalia's hand and praised her.
"Talaiya, you did a good job. This kind of vertical rocket can be customized on a large scale, and it is called a 'light rocket'. In addition, I need you to double the gunpowder in the paper bag to create a range of
The 'heavy rocket' about fifty meters long is used as a weapon to light up the big boat. Currently, these two types are ordered."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Talea nodded happily and obeyed the order. Then, she hesitated.
"Your Highness, Tao Tribulus is a bit unstable. Can you also test it today? Maybe after a while, the research and development can be more mature..."
Shulot shook his head and said affirmatively.
"I'm about to go on an expedition. I don't have much time to wait, so let them start!"
Soon, following His Highness's order and forced by the warriors' war sticks, a row of ten civilians stood more than ten meters apart, fighting each other. With fear on their faces, they picked up the six or seven kilograms of caltrops.
, staring at the yellow and black spiked ball, which is a symbol of death.
Shulot thought for a while and asked the peasants to put on cotton armor. Then, the young man watched them nervously light the fuse of Tao Tribulus, as if pressing the countdown to death, and then waved his arms with all his strength to light the heavy Tao Tribulus.
Throw it out.
"Boom!..." Before a farmer could throw out the caltrop in his hand, the spiked ball exploded instantly, and countless fragments suddenly shot out. The farmer seemed to have been hit by a giant's heavy hammer.
He flew back two steps, then spurted blood and fell to the ground, dying instantly. With the power of black gunpowder in this era, he was not shattered to pieces.
When Shulot heard the sound, he felt a chill in his heart. The civilian husband's face was charred, and his body was burning with flames. If you look closely, there were dense wounds with countless ceramic shards inserted. His arms and limbs were twisted and separated, like a broken and broken weapon.
The rag doll's body was covered with blood like a spring, which was gradually burned dry by the flames.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Continuous explosions continued to sound, like the roar of the God of Thunder in the human world. The longbow warriors were horrified and took a few steps back in fear. The war sticks and bows and arrows fell silently from their hands.
Falling. Many warriors knelt down in fear and prayed loudly to the Lord God, praying for the Almighty Lord God to come and drive away the roaring evil spirits.
Shulot glanced around and saw two civilians rolling and struggling on the ground. Their caltrops were only thrown six or seven steps away, still within the effective killing range. The fragments of the explosion did not break their cotton armor, but the shot
One farmer's eyes were blinded and another farmer's neck was scratched. Soon, the farmer whose neck was bleeding was paralyzed and motionless.
"Boom! Boom!..." There were two more explosions. Tao Tribulus exploded at the straw man more than ten steps away. Within three steps, the straw man's leather armor cracked and was completely shattered by the explosion. Five steps later
Inside, the straw man's cotton armor was damaged and inlaid with many sharp fragments. But within about seven steps, the straw man's cotton armor blocked all the fragments, but was shaken back and forth by the air waves.
Shulot counted the explosions. Then, he frowned and looked carefully. There were two dumb bombs in front of him. The young man glanced past the civilian husband, whose hands and feet were limp, kneeling and howling, and looked at the man who could still maintain his composure.
Some warriors.
"This is a weapon given to us by the Lord God. Don't be afraid! Come two warriors, hold up two layers of shields, and put on two layers of cotton armor. Water the two unexploded caltrops. Make sure to cover your head and neck with the shield!"
After a while, two warriors emerged from the warriors. Hulot secretly noted their physical appearance. The two warriors were fully equipped, holding shields and water bottles, and carefully approached the spiked ball.
And just when they were about to start processing, there was another "Boom!...". A loud explosion came, shaking everyone's heartstrings.
Shulot looked solemnly and saw a warrior knocked to the ground by a close-range explosion. The young man quickly directed the rescue and brought the fallen warrior back nearby.
Then, Shulot looked carefully and saw that one side of the warrior's double shield had completely exploded, and one side was embedded with dense fragments. A few fragments penetrated the shield and got stuck on the cotton armor. The wooden shield was burning with flames, but fortunately the cotton armor
It was not lit. The guards checked for a moment and found that there were no wounds or blood on the warrior. It was just that his foot was sprained, his head was shaken and dizzy, and he was completely unable to stand up. This would mean death on the battlefield.
During the observation, another warrior had returned with the extinguished caltrop and threw the spiky ball into the pool prepared nearby.
Shulot smiled and praised him, asked the warrior's name, and wrote it down in his mind. Then, the young man continued to think and shook his head.
"One of the ten caltrops exploded early and two were duds. The explosion time of the remaining seven fluctuated. The biggest problem is that there is no stable fire tube. The quality of the fuse for igniting the fire is unstable... In addition, it needs to be thrown
Grenadiers are equipped with slow-burning matches specially designed for ignition."
Thinking of this, Shulot sighed. This is still an experimental site without enemies and capable of stable ignition. If it were to go to the battlefield, this kind of weapon would be a bomb that would explode at any time, and could only be used by desperate warriors.
"The grenadier needs to be tall and strong. The effective throwing distance is more than ten to twenty meters. The killing distance without armor is within seven steps, and the killing distance with cotton armor is within five steps. If facing a shield, the explosion must be within three steps.
Within. The sound of the explosion can greatly deter the enemy and severely damage the enemy's morale."
Hulot shook his head slightly. In his opinion, the power of this most primitive grenade was very limited. However, Bertard and the many warriors were already full of awe, looking at the spiky ball as if it were a divine object, and were amazed.
This is the power of God!
"It takes a long time to prepare, ignite and throw the caltrop. It needs to avoid enemy attacks and the throwing distance is also very short. It has the best effect on dense formations... From this point of view, the situation where this weapon exerts its maximum power is not
Field battles are instead siege battles, left to those who dare to die first!"
The young man thought for a moment, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Then he nodded with a smile and looked at the people who were as respectful as gods.
"continue!"
With the cooperation of several civilian workers, a simple wooden cannon with a copper hoop was transported to the center of the site. The civilian workers had already excavated the earth to build an earthen platform for shooting, and fixed the wooden cannon with a wooden frame. Later, the civilian workers worked under the craftsmen's
Under the command, he clumsily filled the gun barrel with gunpowder.
In front of His Highness, the craftsmen only filled eight or nine kilograms of crude black powder and did not dare to fill it up. Then they added more than ten kilograms of stones to the muzzle, led out a fuse, and then sealed the muzzle with cotton.
Aim at the straw man fifty steps away.
Shulot nodded. The young man hugged Talea's arm and pulled her back seventy or eighty steps. Then twenty warriors held up their shields and formed a three-layer protective shield array in front. His Highness then gave the order.
Fire up and fire.
After a long few breaths, there was only a loud "bang" sound, and then another "crash" sound.
Shulot strode out from behind the shield formation, and saw the wooden cannon repulsed several steps back. All the civilians around him were kneeling on the ground, praying in fear. Fifty steps away, a plume of rising smoke splashed out, and the people in the experimental field were
The straw man had disappeared. When the smoke cleared, the boy took a few steps forward and saw the straw man that had been knocked down and spread out, the stones densely embedded in the soil, and the leather armor as broken as a sieve.
Shulot walked from the densest center of the stones to judge the degree of dispersion of the shooting ammunition. Then, he ordered the warriors to set up wooden frames, place many shields fifty to one hundred meters away, and continue to light and test fire.
The repeated bombardments were accompanied by terrifying explosions, just like the roar of wild beasts in mythology, shocking the hearts of all warriors. This is the weapon of the gods in mythology, and the beast raised by the gods!
In Xurot's view, compared with real bronze cannons, this kind of wooden cannon is more like a big firecracker that intimidate people.
It can damage unarmored targets to a certain extent within a hundred meters, and it can kill cotton armor within fifty meters. When facing a warrior with a shield and armor, it has to be close to thirty meters to produce sufficient power. The firing speed of the wooden cannon is extremely slow.
After fixing the loading and ignition, cleaning, checking and resetting, the craftsmen could only fire one or two rounds in a quarter of an hour. After firing more than a dozen rounds, the craftsmen quickly warned that there might be a danger of the chamber exploding. As for the accuracy of the wooden cannon, it could only be kept roughly
It is normal for the direction to deviate by more than ten meters.
Looking at these new gunpowder weapons, Shulot was dissatisfied for a long time, then smiled with satisfaction.
"It's time to give Avitt a surprise!"
Shulot put his hands behind his back and looked at the palace of the northern capital in the distance. Behind him were admiring girls, loyal warriors, and everyone kneeling in awe.
