"Master, the cannon test will be earth-shaking later, you'd better not stay here.txt**" Wu Dong turned around and said to Master Li.
"Why is this?" Master Li was stunned.
"I'm afraid it will affect our children." Wu Dong said with a smile.
When the artillery was fired, the sound was too loud. If a pregnant woman like Li Shishi stayed here, her health would be affected and it would definitely be bad for the child, so Wu Dong had to let her leave.
Li Shishi was surprised when she heard what Wu Dong said. She had waited for so long and finally had a child. For her, the child was more important than her own life. She hurriedly left here by car and headed towards Incheon City.
Go in the direction.
After Master Li had gone far away, Wu Dong ordered the cannon test to begin.
Dozens of people transported the huge bronze cannon to the open space south of the munitions camp, and then stood here, waiting for Wu Dong's final order.
"Start!" Wu Dong said calmly.
Although the expression on his face was normal, he was filled with extraordinary expectations in his heart! Artillery is the dividing line between cold weapons and hot weapons, and the emergence of hot weapons will completely change the war situation. If Liangshan can dominate the world in this era
With the earliest artillery, the combat effectiveness will be greatly improved, which will also be of great benefit in shortening the gap with the nomads.
Ling Zhen and several craftsmen checked the performance of the artillery there, then put the gun into it, and finally put in a cannonball. This cannonball was an iron bullet, different from the earliest stone bullets used in history.
It is also different from the lead bullets used later.
Ling Zhen held a torch in his hand and lit the fuse tremblingly.
After a moment, a burst of fire suddenly appeared from the artillery, followed by an earth-shaking loud noise. For a moment, the sky and the earth became pale, the earth shook, and several soldiers fell to the ground. As for Ling Zhen and others, naturally
He also fell to the ground.
Wu Dong, who was extremely skilled in martial arts, was still standing there at this moment. He looked into the distance and saw only a piece of smoke rising in the distance. It seemed that the test of the artillery was successful?
"Grand Governor, we seem to have succeeded?" Ling Zhen got up from the ground, ran to Wu Dong, and shouted excitedly.
Unfortunately, Wu Dong could hardly hear at this time and could only see Ling Zhen's mouth opening non-stop. It took him a long time to recover, and the people around him also recovered from the shock caused by the cannon.
"My dear, is this an artillery piece? It's like thunder from the sky!" The soldiers around him were talking incessantly.
"If this thing were put on the battlefield, the sound alone would frighten countless horses!" Some soldiers said.
"Quickly go and see how it goes and how powerful it is." Wu Dong said hurriedly.
He rode his horse forward, and the other soldiers and craftsmen hurriedly followed him. At this moment, everyone was curious about the result, and they all wanted to see the true power of this artillery.
Soon, Wu Dong came to the crater. He visually observed that the range of this artillery was more than 700 meters, and he couldn't help but feel happy! This artillery was extremely primitive, and its range was much worse than that of later generations of artillery, but compared with
The current trebuchet is much stronger! The current trebuchet is one
Generally around 200 meters, the trebuchet improved by Liangshan can reach as far as 300 meters. In later generations, when the ancients were fighting in all directions, they developed reciprocating artillery, and the range was only 400 meters. And this primitive artillery just developed was
Compare all these trebuchets.
"Captain, that's great!" Ling Zhen ran to Wu Dong, measured it carefully, and then shouted excitedly to Wu Dong.
"Well, it's pretty good! But the range is not enough, the barrel is too heavy, and it uses solid bullets, so the power is very average!" Wu Dong said.
"Ah? Grand Governor, isn't this kind of power enough?" Ling Zhen couldn't believe it.
"A real cannon can have a range of tens of miles, and can kill hundreds or thousands of people with one shot... However, I am afraid I will never see such a cannon in my lifetime." Wu Dong sighed at the last sentence.
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"Grand Governor, besides solid bullets, are there any other bombs?" Ling Zhen didn't believe what Wu Dong said at all. If there really are such weapons, they must be used by gods in the sky, not mortals.
It was impossible to develop it. He was very interested in the "solid bullets" mentioned by Wu Dong and wanted to know why Wu Dong was dissatisfied with the "solid bullets".
"In addition to solid bullets, there are also open-fire projectiles, that is, the shells are filled with explosives, and then filled with countless steel balls and the like. The shells are allowed to explode the moment they touch the ground, and the blasting force of the explosives is used to blow the steel balls together.
It can be ejected with something like that and severely damage the enemy. It can also be purely filled with fire medicine, but I'm afraid ordinary fire medicine won't work." Wu Dong said while reviewing the relevant memories in his mind.
Many of the artillery shells of later generations were directly filled with gunpowder, which exploded into a large area. Unfortunately, the artillery shells of this era were very backward. If they were purely filled with gunpowder, they would not have much lethality at all, so the shells must be made as Wu Dong said.
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Ling Zhen was very curious about what Wu Dong said. He focused on technology and didn't care much about status and status. He squatted down next to the crater, scratched on the ground, and studied Wu Dong.
Occasionally, he raised his head to study the things he mentioned with Wu Dong, but Wu Dong didn't take them seriously. In the end, Wu Dong also squatted down and studied with him.
In fact, the principle of artillery is not very complicated. Primitive artillery like this has almost no technical content. The main thing is the production of the barrel. If the barrel can be made, the projectiles can be fired. Historically, by the Southern Song Dynasty,
, there is a rocket that uses giant bamboo as a tube. The principle of this rocket is the same as that of primitive artillery.
The two squatted down to study, and the pyrotechnics craftsmen also squatted down and listened carefully to the conversation between the two, and they all benefited a lot.
"Grand Governor, how do you know so many things?" Seeing that it was getting dark, the two of them stopped. Ling Zhen asked excitedly and excitedly.
"These things... I understand them innately! You should study artillery carefully, try to make the weight of the artillery lighter, and make the range of the artillery longer. In addition, you must research the artillery shell! If you can reduce the weight of the artillery,
Reduce it to half of what it is now, allow the artillery to have a range of two miles, and at the same time develop artillery shells. I will reward each of you with a thousand taels of silver!" Wu Dong thought for a while and said.
"Ah? So many!" The craftsmen around him were stunned in disbelief.
1,000 taels of silver was an unimaginable amount of money in this era! The value of silver is still very high now. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, silver had greatly depreciated. According to the scholarly history of the Qing Dynasty, Fan Jin gave people in the Si School
Being a teacher only costs 2 taels of silver a year, which is enough for a family of three, let alone 1,000 taels of silver?
On the border between the Khitan Kingdom and the Song Dynasty, several people were heading south in the dust at the moment.
"Master Park, we have finally arrived in the Song Dynasty!" One person said with tears on his face as he looked at the city in front of him.
"Yes! We finally came to the Song Dynasty! But we didn't contact the Jin Kingdom. Just contacting the Song Dynasty, I'm afraid we can't drive away those invaders!" The leading man said sadly with a stubble on his face.
"Anyway, we finally came to a safe place!" someone said.
"Lord Pu, where are we going now? Should we go directly to Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty?" someone else said.
"Yes, go to Bianliang, meet the emperor of the Song Dynasty, explain to him the situation in Goryeo, and ask for his help!" Master Pu said.