Five days later, on a cool morning, the canyon of the Arsenal Forbidden Zone, located under the western slope of Luoyan Valley, became extremely lively. At the invitation of Lin Jue, Guo Kun, the little prince, Shen Tan, the commander of the Horse Army of the Luoyan Army, Ma Qingshan, the deputy commander, Sun Dayong, the commander of the guard battalion and the firearms battalion, Ma Bin, the deputy commander of the Luoyan Army and the commander of the infantry army, and Liang Qi, the commander of the logistics baggage army, and dozens of other senior generals of the Luoyan Army were all invited. They all received invitations from Lin Jue. Lord Lin said that there is a good thing to show to everyone today, so that everyone can open their eyes.

No one knew what was going on, and Lin Jue's secrecy was doing a good job. However, judging from the fact that Lin Jue spent the past five days in the Xishan Arsenal, and he let him delay the discussion of anything he reported, and even did not return home, many people speculated that it must be that the manufacture of General Shenwei's cannonballs has made progress.

Everyone knows that Lord Lin has been thinking about changing the shells of Shenwei's cannon from solid shells to explosive shells on the ground in the past few months. Everyone also knows that if it can really succeed, the power of the Shenwei General Cannon may be increased by several grades, and it is an artifact of thunderbolt from the sky, who can resist it? However, in the past few months, Lin Jue has lost a lot of weight, and the master of the gunpowder workshop and the shopkeeper Zhou Da of the ironware workshop have boiled their hair and beard white, but there is no way to achieve the effect of hitting out and exploding as Lin Jue said.

Lin Jue originally thought that this was not difficult, the round iron cannonball was charged with a charge, and with the collision of kinetic energy, the cannonball could be detonated to achieve the effect of explosion. However, Lin Jue took it for granted. When this kind of shell is fired, it is just fired, and it does not have the effect of explosion at all. This was due to the fact that the gunpowder was not sensitive enough at this time, and it was not the kind of shell that could explode by impact. All the firearms made by Lin Jue were to ignite the fuze to make the gunpowder burn. This is true of the eight boxes, and so is the swarm of bazookas. There are also flashbang blinding rounds, which are also lit and thrown.

The master of the gunpowder workshop said that in order for gunpowder to explode, it needs to be mixed with phosphorus fire, and it may be possible. Lin Jue knew that in fact, he used the principle of low ignition point of phosphorus to mix phosphorus in the gunpowder, resulting in the effect of igniting the gunpowder. However, this is only possible in principle, not in practice. Phosphorus can be burned at room temperature, and gunpowder mixed with phosphorus is in danger of exploding anytime and anywhere, and there is no way to control it. The moment the cannon is shot out, the phosphorus can already be ignited, and the shell will explode before it is discharged, which is not killing the enemy, but killing one's own people. You don't even have to verify this to know it.

Lin Jue was eager to find the formula for gunpowder, but in the end he chose another way, which was to make this kind of cannonball by lighting the fuse. Once again, however, it failed. In order for the shell to withstand the impact of the gunpowder in the chamber without immediately detonating the drug, the shell had to have a thick shell. As a result, after the shot, the explosion exploded, but not even the skin of the shell exploded.

Lin Jue tried to design the shell to look like a common bullet in later generations, so that the gunpowder was far away from the bottom in the front. Fire. However, it requires extremely precise manufacturing processes and a sleek, rounded and streamlined body. However, with the hammers of blacksmiths, there was no guarantee that a shell of this shape would hit the target. This kind of shell, with an unstable center of gravity, shoots out and rolls in the air, with no accuracy at all, and it cannot hit a long distance. Occasionally, there are successes, but only few. In the end, Lin Jue gave up, if it took a lot of manpower and material resources to make a shuttle-shaped cannonball, it would be worth the loss. Kamui cannons consume a lot of shells when fired continuously. If it takes a year to make a shell and produce so many hundreds, but it is finished in half an hour, and it is impossible to replenish it quickly, then it is not practical at all.

It was extremely expensive, consuming a huge amount of metal and precious gunpowder and a lot of manpower. And it's very unstable, you don't know which one explodes in the chamber. That's absolutely not going to happen. That's called thankless, it's expensive and useless. What Lin Jue wanted was something that could be produced quickly and in large quantities with the existing capacity, and it would not consume much, and it would be extremely powerful. It seems that Kamui General Cannon can only give up for the time being.

Regarding the difficulty of the development process of Shenwei's artillery shells, all the generals of the Luoyan Army actually knew about it. They really wanted to comfort the depressed Lord Lin, but they didn't know where to comfort them. But today, after they received Lin Jue's mysterious notice, all the generals thought that the technique of General Shenwei's cannonballs had finally been broken through. So what they're all speculating in their hearts is about it.

However, when they arrived at the clearing in the valley where the arsenal was tested in the West Mountain Canyon, they did not see a single divine cannon. To test the gun, it is necessary to keep the gun away from the crowd and shelter. It is impossible to fire cannons from the mountainside and shoot down, and the people gathered in this valley will not be afraid for their lives. Bewildered and disappointed, they only saw some humanoid targets standing on the potholed slopes in front of them. When I got closer, it was actually some scarecrows woven from cowhide wrapped in grass. Is it to be a target for archery?

When everyone was puzzled, Lin Jue and Guo Kun walked side by side from the hillside, followed by the masters in the workshop, and a few guards who were carefully holding long wooden boxes.

"The brothers are here, hahaha, polite and polite." Lin Jue smiled and saluted everyone. Lin Jue went back to sleep in the house last night, so he bathed and changed his clothes and trimmed his beard and sideburns. I don't know if it's because of bathing and changing, or because his face is refreshed, but in short, the whole person seems to be glowing.

Guo Kun also smiled and wanted everyone to salute.

"Little Lord is good, Lord Lin is good." Everyone returned the salute respectfully.

"Brother Lin, what the hell is this calling us here early in the morning? I thought the shells were made, but it didn't look like it was the case. What do these targets do? Do you want to practice archery? Do you want our brothers to try our hand at archery? Ma Bin couldn't help but ask first.

Lin Jue laughed and said, "Brother Ma thinks so much, what kind of archery skills are you trying?" We are not Liao and Jurchens, we live by archery, and our Luoyan Army does not rely too much on bows and arrows, we rely on high technology. ”

"Strategist, what do you mean by high technology? What is technology? Is it unpalatable? Liang Qi asked puzzled.

Lin Jue fooled over and said with a smile: "Invite all brothers to come today, there is indeed a good thing to open your eyes." These targets are tightly tied bundles of grass wrapped in cowhide, and they are stronger than the flesh and skin of a human body. In a moment, I will show you the power of my newly made firearms. Come on, everyone, go up the hillside, don't stand here as a target, this thing is no joke, wait until everyone hides behind the shutter. ”

Everyone was whetted up, and Lin Jue did not delay, and ordered people to erect a thick baffle on the slope as a temporary shelter, and many observation holes were drilled on the baffle to facilitate everyone's observation. When everyone was hiding behind the baffle, Lin Jue asked the two guards to open the wooden box that had been moved. The wooden box contained a slow mess of grass, and Lin Jue reached into it and found a round object the size of a goose egg shaped like an olive.

"What is this?" Countless black question marks popped up in the minds of the generals.

I saw Lin Jue reach out and pick it with his hand at one end of the olive-shaped thing, lifting a thin layer of skin, inside was a small depression, and a fuse was coiled inside. Lin Jue pulled out the fuse.

"Everyone, pay attention, cover your ears, and keep your eyes open." Lin Jue snorted in a deep voice, took the fire fold handed over by the guard, and lit the fuse. The fuse snorted, sparks and smoke came out. Lin Jue raised his arm, threw the smoking object hard, and threw it into the area where the humanoid puppet stood forty steps away, and then quickly hid in the baffle.

Everyone was staring at the area through the baffle, through the observation hole. Some of them already understood that it might be a throwing firearm, but they didn't know how powerful it was.

After waiting for a full five or six breaths, nothing happened on the ground, it seemed to be just a pebble thrown past. The situation seems to be awkward. When everyone looked at each other, Guo Kun coughed and wanted to say two words to save the scene, but suddenly heard a bang, which shook the valley. The birds in the forest on the left fluttered and flew several flocks, and the little beasts in the forest ran away, unable to escape.

The unprepared generals were so shocked that their ears buzzed, and some of them stumbled and almost fell. I hurriedly looked at the place where the puppet stood at the bottom of the slope, where black smoke was rising and sand and dirt were falling. The gravel and dust within a radius of one or twenty paces looked like a rainstorm.

The smoke and dust were quickly blown away by the wind, and Lin Jue had already taken the lead in walking quickly, and everyone hurriedly followed closely to the area where the puppet was erected, and the smell of dust and gunsmoke was full of their noses. The hard ground was blasted into a half-foot-deep hole. You know, this valley in the west is where the turf is shoveled away to expose the solid underlying sandstone ground underneath, just for the convenience of testing firearms. It is convenient to observe the power of firearms and the passage of vehicles carrying goods and things. Such a ground was blown out of a large crater, which shows the power of the explosion.

Looking at the three or four puppets around the crater, they were staggered by the impact. The cowhide was rolled and cracked, and some of the puppets were missing arms and legs, and their heads were tilted to one side. It's not a real person, and it probably doesn't have as strong skeletal muscles as a real person. But it's definitely not something that can be done casually. The grass bundle is very tough after being tied tightly, and the strength of the whole doll is very strong after covering the cowhide, and it is already very telling that it can be blown up like this.

"It's amazing, it's really amazing. This thing...... You can solve three or four people at once, and the power is really strong. If this is thrown into the crowd on the battlefield, won't it blow up? Tsk tsk. The little prince Guo Kun muttered angrily.

"It's not just these three or four. I am afraid that this person with a radius of more than ten steps will lose his combat effectiveness. Although it is difficult for the nearest person to survive, can he be spared if he is gone? You see, it's all broken. Sun Dayong pointed to the puppets more than ten cloths away.

Only then did everyone realize that although the puppets around the explosion were intact in appearance and their posture was straight, the cowhides on their torsos, faces, arms and legs had been cracked. Ma Bin stretched out his hand and pulled out a small iron piece the size of a fingernail from the damaged part of a puppet's face, the iron piece was still hot, and although the sharp five sharp angles had been slightly bent and deformed, everyone had goosebumps on their bodies when they saw this thing.

Needless to say, the thing was placed inside the explosive, and as it exploded, it flew in all directions. Therefore, the scars on the bodies of the dozen or so puppets on the periphery were caused by it. That's where the real scary comes in. Losing the opponent's combat effectiveness in battle is not only killing the opponent, but also making the opponent injured and unable to fight, but also a means of annihilating the opponent. And the people who lead the army actually know that the most terrible thing about a soldier and horse is the situation when the camp is full of wounded soldiers. If they are wounded, they still have to consume supplies, food and grass, but they cannot provide any combat effectiveness. And they have to set aside people to take care of them. Whether in combat or in advance, wounded soldiers are the greatest burden. Therefore, many armies often do not rescue the wounded soldiers on the battlefield back to the battalion after the battle, except for those who are lightly wounded, and the seriously injured are often left to die on the battlefield, so as not to cause a burden to the soldiers and horses. It's cruel and inhumane, but sometimes it has to be done for the sake of victory.

And this thing created by Lin Jue is undoubtedly a sharp weapon for creating wounded soldiers. This thing was thrown into the crowd, and after the explosion, these iron stars mixed in the gunpowder scattered and flew in all directions, and a large number of injuries must have been injured within a radius of more than a dozen paces. Looking at the depth at which the pieces enter the puppet's body, you can see that its strength is amazing.

"Brother Lin, this is amazing. This thing...... Cocoa ...... It's amazing. Shen Tan stammered a little.

Lin Jue said: "This thing is called a grenade, and it throws firearms alone, and it is not small. ”

Ma Qingshan smacked his lips and said, "It's too powerful, but it seems to be ...... It's against the peace. It's too lethal. ”

Ma Bin laughed and said, "What is against the harmony of heaven? How can Brother Ma be a woman's kindness? If we don't be more aggressive, will others be merciful to us? Everything is done on the battlefield. ”

Ma Qingshan nodded and said: "What I said is that on the battlefield, you live and die, how can you have such thoughts." I should apologize to you for your words. ”

Lin Jue smiled and said, "Then there is no need to apologize, Brother Ma, these things are actually not against heaven and harmony." The key is to look at the purpose of the use. If a robber breaks into your home and wants to kill your family, do you care how you kill the robber? What is the difference between killing with a knife, beating with a stick, dousing oil with oil, or even biting with a tooth? The purpose is to protect your family. When the end is legitimate, the means are less important. Besides, fighting violence is peace, which is the simplest truth. ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Lin taught me a lesson." Ma Qingshan sweated, feeling guilty for his ridiculous kindness before.

"Grenade? That's a pretty good name. The explosion was like thunder, and it was thrown by hand, wasn't it a grenade? Hahaha. Guo Kun laughed.

Lin Jue smiled: "That's true, but I named it 'melon'." ”

Everyone laughed, and Shen Tan said: "This name is better, on the battlefield, please invite the enemy to eat melons." My Luoyan Army is so hospitable, if they refuse, they don't know how to lift, hahaha. ”

The crowd laughed again.

Lin Jue said with a smile: "Brothers, try the power feel, there is still in the box over there." In order to let the brothers better feel the power of this melon, I think it may be more intuitive to put armor on the dolls. ””

The crowd applauded. The soldiers took more than a dozen sets of standard armor and put them on the dolls, and these armors were all standard armors of the Great Zhou, which was much better than the armor of the Liao people. The best armor among the enemies in the north is the armor of the Liao, and the Jurchen army is now equipped with the armor of the Liao, so if the armor of the Great Zhou can't resist it, then the armor in the north will also be unstoppable.

This time, Guo Kun took matters into his own hands and threw a melon first, and after the explosion, everyone went to check the results. As expected, the armor within a radius of more than ten steps was directly penetrated by star-shaped fragments, which proved that even if the armor was complete, it would have a strong effect on injuring the enemy. Of course, with armor, the lethality is obviously weaker, but in terms of power, it is enough.

The generals threw a round of their own fire, shattering the armor of the test puppet and tearing it apart. Lin Jue even demonstrated extremely risky throwing methods such as air explosion thunder and second explosion thunder. In fact, it is nothing more than lighting the fuse and throwing it at the right time, so that it explodes in the air, so that the lethality of the fragments covers a wider range. Or it explodes the moment it hits the ground, so that the other party doesn't have time to dodge. The generals were fascinated, they couldn't have imagined that Lord Lin would actually make such a fierce thing and play so many tricks.

Everyone is aware of the fact that this thing will improve the combat capability of the army after equipping the army. With this thing, the frontal combat capability has been raised to the point of terror. The short-range strike methods of the Luoyan army have reached the point of destroying the world. At a distance of about 100 paces, there was a devastating blow from a swarm of bazookas. Within a hundred paces, there was a dense blockade of the king's eight boxes and repeaters. Entering the distance of thirty paces again, he joined the destructive explosion of the melon, and I am afraid that the opponent who can rush to the front after surviving these terrifying blows is not a god or a monster. The only thing that is lacking is the long-range strike means, and the long-range strike hand of the Luoyan Army is currently only supported by the Shenwei cannon, although the power is limited, but it still has a specific effect at a specific time. But things can't be perfect, and they can only be improved slowly.

When everyone was playing with melon grenades, they suddenly discovered that these grenades were actually fired pottery vessels, and at first they thought they were iron shells. Lin Jue explained. Although the iron shell is available, it is expensive and labor-complex. In order to meet the needs of the rapid manufacture of large quantities to equip the army and replenish it, the method of firing pottery utensils was the most rapid. Thousands of vessels can be fired in a single kiln, then filled with medicine, inserted into the fuse, and covered with a thin clay lid that resists moisture at one end. Of course, the disadvantage of pottery ware is that it may break when transported and thrown, causing inconvenience. But Lin Jue told everyone that he already had a way to deal with it. He had already done some simple experiments, which were to put a simple straw mesh skin on the outside of the grenade, which could effectively act as a cushion for landing.

Everyone admired that Lord Lin had always considered Zhou Xiang in his work. It's no wonder that in the past five days, Lord Lin has forgotten to sleep and eat, in fact, he has already thought clearly about everything made by this grenade. We think carefully about the cost, the cost, and the inconvenience that may occur. It was really everyone's luck that Lord Lin led the Luoyan Army. Think about it, if you are facing an opponent like Lord Lin, you don't even know how you died.