This time, Kuroko made six.
Of course Han Du would not be stupid enough to just hold it in his hand, light it and throw it out. God knows how many pieces of this fuse are burning, and I don’t know how powerful this thing is, how wide the explosion range is, how far I can throw it, and will it hurt myself?
Originally, I came up with this killer weapon to let the enemy have a taste of it. If I became the first victim, I would really be teasing the ages and would be laughed at for ten thousand years.
In the Ordnance Bureau's testing ground, this place was specially opened for testing the power of the revolver.
Someone put the grenade on a stone slab and pulled out a two-foot-long fuse. Several rows of targets for testing revolvers were erected around it. Each target was made of two-inch-thick, sun-dried wooden boards. Han Du just wanted to see how powerful the grenade was after exploding and what kind of damage it could cause.
Han Du pulled Heizi away and told the craftsman who lit the fire to light it and run back immediately.
When the craftsman heard Han Du say that this thing could kill him, he turned around and ran faster than a frightened rabbit as soon as he lit it.
Han Du looked up at the fuse that was smoking white, and there seemed to be an illusory sizzling sound of the fuse burning in his ears. Seeing the last ray of fire sinking into the grenade, a voice echoed in Han Du's heart, "It's time to explode~"
Just as the thought came to his mind, Han Du saw a burst of fire and subconsciously shrank his neck to prepare for the huge sound. However, the expected roar did not come, but a black dot was seen flying towards this direction.
Han Du's nerves were extremely tense and he suddenly pushed Heizi to the ground.
"Get down!"
"Hey~" As soon as Han Du threw himself on the ground, he heard a scream that ripped through the air from the right, followed by a dull sound behind him.
Han Du remained still, and after two breaths passed without noticing anything else happened, he slowly turned over on the ground.
A straight flue appeared in the air, and he sniffed slightly, and a strong smell of gunpowder came into his mind. The white smoke pointed straight at the wall. At the end of the white smoke, a large hole suddenly appeared in the brick wall, and the original bricks and stones disappeared.
Han Du turned over and stood up from the ground, looking relaxed. Seeing Heizi still lying motionless on the ground, he leaned over and pulled him up.
"It's okay, get up."
The craftsman on the side was dripping with cold sweat. You must know that he was standing to the left of Han Du, and the thing just flew past Han Du's right. If he was unlucky and stood on the right side when running over, he might not end well. He didn't think that his flesh and blood could be harder than bricks and stones.
Seeing that the craftsman was frightened, Han Du gave him a comforting smile, narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't worry, it was my fault this time. It won't be like this next time."
Facing Han Du's glance, the craftsman could only swallow a few times and show an expression uglier than crying. If something like this happened once, it would scare him half to death. If it happened again, would he still be alive? I wanted to refuse, but I didn't have the courage to refuse. After a few breaths, I could only sigh in my heart and stand there without saying a word.
Han Du didn't care about the craftsman's complicated mood. What he was most concerned about now was: This thing was obviously going to explode, how could it become like this? If the reason is not found, then this big killer will be terminated.
Dead in the belly.
"Come on, let's go over and take a look."
The two walked through the door and saw the grenade break through the wall and fall into the corner of a house. There were still traces of being hit by the grenade on the wall.
When Han Du came here, there were already some people gathered around.
When a master craftsman saw Han Du coming, he quickly pointed to something on the ground and asked, "Sir, what is this thing? The old man was polishing warheads in the house when he heard a bang outside the house. When he came out, he saw this thing covering the wall. They all made a hole."
"It's nothing~" Han Du didn't want to explain too much. Seeing that more and more people were gathering around him, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Let's all disperse."
After saying that, Han Du reached out to pick up the grenade.
But the master craftsman on the side grabbed his arm quickly and said, "Sir, be careful, this thing is very hot. The old man was burned when he grabbed it just now. Someone has already been sent to fetch water."
After saying that, the master opened his burned hand and showed it to Han Du.
The master's hands are like withered branches. The fingers and palms are covered with a thick layer of calluses due to years of polishing bullets. Even so, the master's palm was burnt and turned red. Fortunately, it was nothing serious.
"The water is coming, the water is coming..."
As a ladle of cold water went down, the grenade made a sizzling sound and quickly cooled down.
Han Du tested the temperature and found it was only slightly warm, so he picked up the grenade and examined it carefully.
The gunpowder inside had burned out, leaving only a small amount of black ash. One end of the grenade was mostly dented, which was obviously caused by a collision. There were also several cracks on the edge. It was not known whether it was broken by gunpowder or hit.
After reading it, Han Du couldn't see anything for the time being, so Han Du threw it to Heizi.
Heizi checked it and couldn't see anything wrong.
Han Du thought for a moment and said, "Let's go inside and have a look."
The two came to the place where the grenade was placed, and saw that except for a trace of burning fuse left on the stone slab, everything was normal. On the other hand, many of the targets erected around them were staggering, and some were even broken on the ground.
When Han Du saw this, he immediately understood what happened. It must have been caused by the random collision between the grenade and these targets when it flew out.
After understanding what was going on, Han Du was still worried and didn't know whether his luck was too bad or too good. After knocking down so many targets and still being able to fly towards him, there is no chance of anyone else doing so. Fortunately, this thing just flew past me, so even if I didn't hide, nothing would happen.
Han Du picked up the iron shell of the grenade and took a look at it. Suddenly he saw the cracked gap and his eyes were a little strange.
Subconsciously he asked: "What are you using for this?"
Heizi was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses in an instant, understood what Han Du was asking, and quickly replied: "What the Lord wants, my subordinates will naturally use the best steel to make it."
the best?
Han Du suddenly had a bad premonition and asked in a deep voice, "What did you use to make it? Isn't it the special steel used to make revolvers?"
"Of course." Heizi nodded without hesitation as if it were a matter of course.
Han Du suddenly felt his chest
He almost couldn't hold a breath in his chest. After finally regaining his composure, he got furious and cursed: "Idiot, idiot, reckless man... Who asked you to use this kind of fine steel?"
No wonder this thing can't explode. I didn't expect Heizi to be made of this special steel. The strength and toughness of the steel used to make the revolver are much higher than ordinary fine steel. The explosive power of gunpowder is not as powerful as high explosives, so it is strange that it can explode like this.
Seeing Han Du's anger, Heizi didn't dare to say anything. After Han Du vented his anger, he asked cautiously: "Then, what do you mean, sir?"
Han Du threw down the shell in his hand angrily, clapped his hands and said, "You can't even use steel, you have to use thick iron."
'Want to use thick iron? It is naturally better to use thick iron. If nothing else, the cost alone will be reduced by more than half. ’ Heizi nodded subconsciously.
Han Du looked back at the remaining ones on the table in the distance and couldn't help but ask: "Are your ones also made of fine steel?"
"Yes." Heizi replied quickly, with a self-defeating embarrassment in his tone.
"Then these are all useless, just dismantle them all." Han Du waved his hand and scrapped the remaining ones. He hurriedly ordered Heizi: "Go and make a few more with thick iron right away."
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Heizi did not move after hearing this, and looked at Han Du hesitantly.
Han Du felt a little strange. Could it be that he couldn't even do this? His request was not difficult.
"What's wrong?"
Facing Han Du's question, Heizi had no choice but to speak. He apologized and explained: "My lord, I don't know something. Since the Ordnance Bureau built the blast furnace, it has dismantled the original iron-making furnace. If your lord wants refined steel, That would be easy to handle, there are plenty of them. But my lord wants thick iron...Now in the Ordnance Bureau, we can no longer find thick iron."
Think about it, since there is a lot of fine steel, who would keep a furnace that can only smelt crude iron? In the past, when the Ordnance Bureau made ordnance, it focused on using good steel on the blade. Why would the Ordnance Bureau care about this now? Anyway, steel materials are easy to come by, so it is natural to directly create pure steel weapons.
There is no thick iron, which is a problem. Han Du touched his chin and smacked it twice.
Naturally, Han Du had to keep a deadly weapon like a grenade strictly confidential and didn't want others to know about it. From this point of view, it is not feasible to let the iron-making furnace be produced outside.
The Ordnance Bureau no longer has an iron-making furnace, so...
After thinking for a while, Han Du suddenly asked: "Where's the Ministry of Industry? Do they still have iron-making furnaces?"
"At the Ministry of Industry..." Heizi was reminded by Han Du's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly said: "They should still have it. Some time ago, my subordinates heard that they were still folding and forging steel materials. . I will take care of it now."
Han Du nodded lightly and couldn't help but tell them, "Tell them that we can exchange it for fine steel."
"I understand." Hearing Han Du's reminder, Heizi quickly turned around and nodded.
It is a good idea to exchange fine steel for crude iron. The price difference between the two is dozens of times, and a little bit of fine steel can be exchanged for a lot of crude iron. For the Ordnance Bureau, this is more cost-effective than building a furnace to smelt crude iron.
After all, fine steel is something that is readily available to the Ordnance Bureau.
