1044 mortar
Then the artillery fire started one after another! This time the shells used in the gun are all shotgun! The tapping with big fingertips made a sound like a strong wind in the air, and instantly punched countless bullet holes in the dummy's body! Even the white smoke inside the bullet holes was so dense that it looked like white mist, which shows how dense the shotguns are!
In this way, the soldiers shot down five muskets in a very short period of time, which was regarded as the end of the Franco machine gun drill. But everyone has seen the Fran cannon before, and they don’t think it’s anything new! So everyone set their sights on the five stone mortar-shaped cannons at the back!
Qi Jiguang said at this time: "Master Li, the style of this artillery is so strange, it looks a bit like a mortar and pestle cannon! I wonder if it is a deformation of a mortar and pestle cannon?"
In fact, the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were not lagging behind those of the West at that time! After the clever Ming craftsmen got the concept of artillery, they also made a lot of improvements and developed a variety of artillery! Among them is the mortar-like cannon!
It's just that this kind of cannon also fires solid shells, which basically have no lethality! So much so that he was quickly eliminated as soon as he appeared! But it's hard for Qi Jiguang to remember that such a thing as a mortar and pestle gun once appeared!
Hearing this, Liu Haojia nodded and said, "Master Qi has great eyesight! This thing is the transformation of Mortar Pao! Now the official named him Mortar Pao!"
Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "The name is appropriate, but it is of no use! According to what I learned, the mortar cannon can shoot the shells over the city wall and hit people, but the hit rate is really bad! So no one uses them at all! "
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "Master Qi is right! But this mortar of Xiaguan is different! As for why, you will know later! Now let's start loading at work, let's watch the shooting first!"
I saw a soldier pick up a cake-shaped gunpowder packet and stuff it into the bottom of the mortar, and then smooth it with his hands! Then two more soldiers carried a huge round cannonball and stuffed it into the barrel! At the same time, the soldier who placed the gunpowder had already pierced the fire door with an iron hook on the side, punctured the powder package, and inserted the fuse at the same time! The soldier in charge of adjusting the artillery also jammed the bamboo shoots so that the muzzle would no longer shake! The four soldiers worked closely together and completed the loading very quickly!
When the other soldiers retreated, a soldier immediately lit the fuse! Just hearing a few cannon shots one after another, five big balls flew into the sky with gunpowder smoke! When Qi Jiguang saw this, he just shook his head slightly! He really doesn't believe what power this kind of artillery has?
In his opinion, no matter how big you make the cannonball, it will still be a point-to-point attack when it falls from the sky! And the mortar with no accuracy can't strike accurately at all! What's more, even if you hit every shot, one shot can only kill one person. God knows how many shots you have to fire to crush the enemy! .z.
At this moment, the five shells had flown to the highest point in the sky one after another! They paused in the air for a moment and then began to fall, accurately landing behind the false wall and disappearing! But what happened next shocked Qi Jiguang!
I saw five explosions coming from behind the false wall, and five plumes of thick smoke rose up! The violent explosion even knocked the false wall to the ground!
Seeing this scene, Qi Jiguang almost poked the telescope into his eyes! He stared eagerly at the smoke, wanting to see what would happen after the explosion! It just so happened that God was also powerful at this time, sending a gust of wind to carry away the smoke, and finally allowed Qi Jiguang to see the scene behind the fake wall!
I saw five large pits on the ground that were still rolling their eyes. As for the dummies around the pits, they were all in pieces! The ones that were a little further away were knocked to the ground by the force of the explosion even if they were not blown to pieces! Among the densely packed dummies, there was only one dummy standing alone in the corner! But looking at the way his armor was crooked, he might have been beaten to pieces by the thrown lead bullets!
Seeing this scene not only frightened Qi Jiguang, but also everyone else looked dumbfounded! Although they don't understand martial arts, they can always see the miserable scene after the explosion! They quickly brought the scene in front of them into their imaginations. What would it be like if such a shell exploded among their own soldiers? The result is naturally chilling!
After being frightened, Qi Jiguang stared at Liu Haojia with shining eyes and said, "Master Liu,
How do you make such exploding cannonballs? This kind of artillery shell is very useful in sieges and mountain operations! "
Hearing this, Liu Haojia couldn't help but sigh that Qi Jiguang was indeed a famous general, and he instantly found the most suitable battlefield for the mortar! So he explained: "This kind of artillery shell is called a blooming bullet by the official! Now only this kind of mortar has it, and other artillery shells are still being made. And the idea of making blooming shells is very simple, it's just about making an iron shell. The shell is just filled with explosives and lead bullets! Once the cannonball explodes, the shell and the lead bullets inside fly in all directions, killing everyone and animals within a radius of more than ten steps. It is extremely powerful!"...
Everyone gasped when they heard this, and they all felt that this kind of cannonball was really powerful! But Qi Jiguang asked, "How do you light the fuse of the artillery shell? I didn't see those soldiers lighting the fuse!"
Hearing this, Liu Haojia was even more moved by Qi Jiguang's sensitivity, and he got to the point as soon as he said it! He immediately said: "You don't need to light the fuses of all the blooming bullets yourself! When the propellant shoots out the blooming bullets, the gunpowder burning in the barrel will naturally ignite the fuse above!"
This answer is actually Liu Haojia fooling Qi Jiguang! Because the cannonballs he used were nothing like this anymore! Moreover, the blooming bombs used in other stocks have been successfully produced long ago!
When using blooming ammunition in the early days, the method he mentioned was indeed used. But this method has a big drawback, that is, it is impossible to control the time when the shell explodes!
If you are lucky, you can make the shell explode after landing on the ground. If you are lucky, it can even explode in mid-air close to the target, creating the effect of an airburst bomb! But there are times when you are unlucky, that is, the cannonball explodes not long after it flies out of the barrel!
You must know that artillery is usually lined up behind the infantry. Maybe the shell that exploded prematurely exploded on the head of your own soldier! Therefore, this kind of unsafe fuze is gradually being eliminated! So smart craftsmen invented the wooden message tube!
The so-called wooden tube is a small section of wood, hollowed out inside, and then filled with different amounts of slow-burning gunpowder according to the distance from the cannonball's impact point! Then put the message tube into the cannonball!
