"Brother, the ammunition is loaded!"
After Ling Zhen finished everything, he said to Sun Lei. Qinbei Pavilion
"See that dead tree on the shore? Beat it up."
Sun Lei pointed to a big dead tree on the other side. The tree stood alone on the shore and was very easy to recognize.
"yes!"
Ling Zhen stood up straight and answered, then began to adjust the angle of the cannon.
"Brother, get ready!"
Ling Zhen confirmed it several times, and finally stood up and said to Sun Lei, "This is the first shot he fired after going to Liangshan. It must be a beautiful shot." At this moment, Ling Zhen felt the same excitement as when he first came into contact with firearms as a teenager. feeling.
"Can it be hit at such a long distance?"
Pang Wanchun looked at the dead tree on the other side with suspicion. He was a master of arrows. The most powerful crossbow in the world was the military's three-bow crossbow (also known as the eight-oxen crossbow). It was a sharp weapon in the military. The order cannot be deployed unless it is an elite. Even if it is defeated, the three bows and crossbows must be destroyed before they can escape, otherwise they will be punished with death. The reason is that the three-bow bed crossbow is made by concentrating the essence of original millennium crafts and technology. Its range can reach up to a thousand steps (fifteen hundred meters), and it must not fall into the hands of the enemy.
"I don't think I can hit it either, it's too far!"
Yang Zhi is also a bit wise. He has wider knowledge. He has seen all kinds of weapons and weapons, and he is no stranger to artillery. How can he shoot so far?
"Brothers, I'm afraid you may have made a mistake. Brother Sun Lei has full confidence in brother Ling Zhen!"
Ou Peng chuckled and said, the only thing Sun Lei is sure about is holding it in his hand.
"If we can hit this, our Liangshanbo barrier will become a decoration."
Fei Bao looked at the wide water surface and said, the biggest advantage of Liangshan is the natural danger of this water bank. Even a hundred thousand troops can't even think of getting close to Liangshan. But if something can attack Liangshan through the water bank, then Liangshan will no longer be impregnable. .
"We need a stick of incense even if we row a boat, right?"
Ruan Xiaoqi didn't believe it either.
"Brother Lin Chong, is this artillery so powerful?"
Ruan Xiaoer looked at Lin Chong and asked. Lin Chong was the instructor of the 800,000 Forbidden Army and must be familiar with military equipment.
"I can actually hit two or three miles."
Lin Chong smiled bitterly and shook his head. The only thing he had seen was a small cannon that could shoot two or three miles. He couldn't even think of it and had never heard of it for more than ten miles. But this was normal. Firearms had always been a secret in the military. He doesn't have much contact as a bat grabbing coach.
Everyone was whispering for a while, and they were all skeptical about the range of the artillery.
"fire."
Sun Lei looked at Ling Zhen and nodded.
Ling Zhen took the order and lit the fuse. As the fuse burned, there was a loud "bang", the gun barrel hit the ground with violent recoil, and a burst of black smoke slowly floated out of the gun barrel.
"Hit!"
No one could see the cannonball clearly, but the dead tree on the other side was hit, and the projectile directly broke the dead tree in half.
"My dear!"
Li Kui opened his mouth in surprise, thinking that when he was in Tokyo, he had asked Ling Zhen to carry the cannon to try it out. If he was hit by a cannon, he would probably be completely destroyed without any bones left.
"Okay! As expected of Hong Tian Lei!"
Sun Lei laughed and clapped his hands and said, "Ling Zhen is good at making artillery and can shoot fourteen to five miles away. He is known as "the best artilleryman in the world in the Song Dynasty". Now it seems that his reputation is not in vain.
"It's all thanks to my brother's secret recipe for gunpowder, otherwise I would be like a frog in a well, living in a lake!"
Ling Zhen cupped his fists at Sun Lei and said, if Sun Lei hadn't given him the best formula for gunpowder, the power of the firearm would never have been so great. If you want to hit more than ten miles, you have to use a giant cannon. The craft is too complicated, even if it's a first-class craft. A skilled craftsman may not be able to build one in a month.
"Not to mention these, we are all brothers!"
Sun Lei waved his hand and said with a smile, now that Ling Zhen has gone to Liangshan, giving him a formula is nothing.
"By the way, what you are shooting are solid bullets. Can you shoot with blooming bullets?"
Sun Lei looked at Ling Zhen and asked. The artillery in front of him was still very backward. It relied on gunpowder to explode and push out projectiles. A solid projectile could only damage the enemy by impact. The lethality was too small. This was completely different from the Italian cannon that Sun Lei wanted. Two different things. What Sun Lei wanted was a grenade that couldn't explode.
"Brother, do you want to use the Thunderbolt Cannon?"
Ling Zhen pointed to the Thunderbolt Cannon (small trebuchet) next to him and said to Sun Lei.
"This thing can't hit far. What I want is to hit the Thunderbolt to the other side with this Tiger Cannon."
Sun Lei shook his head and said.
"Brother, if this thunder was placed in the barrel, wouldn't it explode directly?"
Ling Zhen waved his hands and shook his head to express that it was impossible.
"Brother, this artillery is not that capable. Firearms can be roughly divided into two types. Those that can explode are mostly thrown out, or tied to crossbows and shot out, or even tied to kites. And artillery fires are fired by explosions. It can only be fired with solid iron pellets or some iron pear or small steel balls. Don't dare to directly release the thunder!"
Ling Zhen explained to Sun Lei that if he put Zhentian Lei into the barrel, it would not be suicide.
"Can't do it?"
Sun Lei was a little regretful. If he could only shoot solid projectiles, the lethality would be greatly reduced. It could only be used in city defense and siege, but not in other situations.
"Slowly study how to prevent this sky-shattering thunder from exploding in the barrel, but only exploding after flying out to the ground. Think about it, this will be much more powerful. The enemy is coming with thousands of troops and is still ten miles away. , I fired a volley of cannons over, and they instantly turned into ashes, how cool it is!"
Sun Lei looked at Ling Zhen and said.
"Brother, is this... is this really possible? Can a hollow bomb withstand the explosion of gunpowder in the barrel?"
Ling Zhen was embarrassed. He couldn't even think about Sun Lei's request. Gunpowder was already flammable and explosive. How could it be fired in the barrel?
"How do you know if you don't try it? If you study gunpowder, you should know that all possibilities start from the impossible. For example, artillery, everyone thinks it is bulky, slow, and weak, but you can shoot fourteen or five miles away. This Isn’t it also impossible?”
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"Brother, I must work hard!"
Ling Zhen's eyes lit up. Didn't everything he did start from the impossible?
"Senior strategists, how about this artillery!"
Sun Lei looked at the four military advisors around him with a smile and asked, this is one of the confidences for future battles in Liangshan.
"It is indeed extraordinary. This artillery is so powerful. It will become a weapon on the battlefield in the future. It will not be a problem to win or lose."
Xiao Jiasui sighed, today it was just a thunderbolt and a cannon, but it was so powerful. If there were too many, it would be unimaginable.
"Brother, with this help, great things can be accomplished!"
Xu Guanzhong said with a smile. Originally, he thought Liangshan would take a long time to develop, but now it seems that Sun Lei is far more prepared than he thought. Liangshan not only has many generals, occupies the geographical location, and has the hearts of the people, but now it also has a big killer - -Artillery, it can be said that it is just waiting for the right time.
"Haha, the objects are all dead. We in Liangshan still rely on our brothers."
Sun Lei looked at everyone and smiled and said, weapons are only secondary, it is people who determine the war.
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