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Ling Zhen circled around the cannon that Li Yan took him to see several times, and finally couldn't hold back and said, "Brother, is this really our cannon?" ”

No wonder Ling Zhen had this doubt, in fact, the cannon he saw was more than one foot in caliber and more than three feet long, if he didn't look at the bracket below, Ling Zhen would definitely treat it as a strange-looking iron bucket.

Li Yan patted the cannon, and then said with a complicated expression: "Yes, this is our flying thunder cannon." ”

Knowledgeable officials should have guessed that the cannon that Li Yan made was a conscienceless cannon invented by our army during the Liberation War due to the lack of heavy weapons to deal with the enemy's strong fortifications.

In propaganda, the conscienceless cannon can be said to be invincible, invincible, and powerful.

So in fact, this is really the case, the earthen cannon without conscience is really more powerful than the American heavy artillery?

Seriously speaking, the unconscionable cannon is actually a helpless method adopted in the absence of heavy firepower.

In its initial form, the Unconscionable Cannon was to put a projectile in a gasoline canister and then use the force generated by the explosion to push out the explosive packet.

As you can imagine from this rudimentary facility, the conscienceless cannon has no accuracy at all, and can only have a general direction.

In addition, the explosive packets that need to be ejected vary in weight - from a few kilograms to hundreds of kilograms, and their shape and size are difficult to control.

How much projectile should I use?

Therefore, all the guns without conscience have to be fired by experience.

The range is also not accurate, and it is possible from far and near.

There is also a problem - the individual explosive bag cannot be used, and it is necessary to use wooden planks to ensure attitude, but this will cause rolling during the launch, which is not stable at all.

Speaking of the conscienceless cannon, we have to mention its inventor, which is a serious ...... Technical sappers.

Speaking of which, you must also understand that the conscienceless cannon is not a cannon at all, but only a sapper weapon, which is mainly used to open roads and break obstacles.

The Unconscionable Cannon was developed under certain conditions and was effective against specific targets - it was only effective when enemy fire and observation were not very good, and at other times, the weapon was basically useless.

The biggest drawback of the unconscionable cannon is not the ones mentioned above, but the high temperature and high pressure generated by the propellant is likely to ignite the explosive package and cause the chamber to explode.

The damage to one's own side in such a situation is immeasurable, and its enormous power is enough to blow up one's firing position and kill or injure one's own personnel.

All in all, there is a huge problem with the unconscionable cannon itself, and the combat form is single, unable to adapt to the complex battlefield environment, and it is embarrassing to be useful.

But then again, the Unconscionable Cannon also has its huge advantages - the caliber of the Unconscionable Cannon is absolutely amazing (the caliber is as big as the barrel is), and the powerful explosive impact generated by the huge explosive package will blow up everywhere it passes, the pillbox, the people and horses will be blown away. Many of the enemies who were blown down often did not find any wounds on their bodies, but they were bleeding from seven holes and were shocked to death. It is precisely because of the great power of the conscienceless cannon that it is called the "conscienceless cannon".

Replacing modern advanced explosives with black powder will undoubtedly greatly reduce the power of the conscienceless cannon, but in this era, the conscienceless cannon is still a big killer!

When he was a soldier, Li Yan came into contact with this kind of earthen cannon - a modified conscienceless cannon.

The unconscionable cannon that Li Yan saw was not made of oil drums, but real barrels - thick-walled iron drums made of pig iron.

In addition, the explosive packs thrown by the conscienceless cannon have been standardized, and even the wooden planks that are dispensed have been simplified - that is, they are directly added to the explosives packs.

The benefits of this modification are obvious - the explosion rate is lower, and the accuracy of the projectile is also improved.

Of course, its weight has also gone up, and it is far less light than the conscience cannon made of oil drums.

Li Yan asked Tang Long to make this kind of conscienceless cannon.

In order to build this kind of unconscionable cannon, Li Yan even "invented" the blast furnace and clay mold for steelmaking, and stipulated the specifications of the explosive package.

Li Yan said: "When our explosives are ready, I'll let you see its power." ”

Hearing Li Yan say this, Ling Zhen could only put away his suspicions for the time being, waiting to see the power of this flying thunder cannon.

At this time, Lin Chong, Bian Xiang, Shan Shiqi, Xu Ning, and Yang Zhi walked towards Li Yan around Tang Long, who was still holding a saber more than two fingers wide in his hand.

As soon as he arrived in front of Li Yan, Tang Long said with confidence: "Brother, look at how this saber is!" ”

Hearing this, Li Yan took the saber from Tang Long's hand, and then checked its weight, feeling that even the knife with sheath was added together, it weighed less than two catties, and then looked at its length, it should be less than one meter.

Li Yan pulled out the saber, and a cold light flashed.

Li Yan swiped the blade of the knife with his thumb and found that it was extremely sharp, so he immediately used the knife to slash at a two-person hugging tree next to him!

The knife went into the tree for nearly half a foot, but it was not broken.

What strength is Li Yan?

This knife can stop Li Yan's full force slash, it must not be bad.

Li Yan pulled out the knife, then looked at the blade, found that the blade was not rolled, and then asked Tang Long: "This is forged with the method of covering steel and the method of laying soil and burning blades I told you?" ”

Tang Long said: "Yes, in addition, I also use the good steel made by my brother in the blast furnace...... Brother is really a god also, the steel is good not to say, is the little brother's life only, this steel method and the soil burning blade is a stroke of genius, I discussed with the blacksmith on the mountain for a long time to know the brother's intentions, the brother is to take the toughness of iron and the hardness of steel and exclude the softness of iron and the brittleness of steel, with the brother's method of forging the knife, both sharp and not easy to break, but also easy to polish, according to the younger brother's view, this knife is afraid that it is not under the Tang knife that has been lost...... Please also ask my brother to name this knife! ”

Li Yan stroked the blade of the knife and said, "Call it Liang Dao." ”

Bian Xiang said: "Liang Dao, Liang Shanbo's knife, good!" Good! Speaking of this, Bian Xiang rubbed his hands and said, "Brother, when will this good knife be equipped for our horse army?" Lin Chong, Shan Shiqi, Xu Ning, and Yang Zhi also pricked up their ears - obviously, they also had hot eyes on this good knife!

Li Yan looked at Tang Long, and this matter naturally had to be answered by Tang Long, who supervised the construction of weapons and iron armor.

Tang Long smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, I really don't have any extra manpower, I ...... the most Up to 10 beam knives can be made in a day. ”

Li Yan understands Tang Long's difficulties, in recent times, Tang Long has to build a hook and sickle gun, and he has to build a conscience cannon, and he also has to build sundries such as a waterwheel stone mill and a waterwheel copper sieve, ten handles a day, I am afraid that it is because Li Yan personally asked about it and said it head-on.

Li Yan said with a smile: "There is a danger in our Liangshanbo's eight hundred miles of water, whether to fight or not, when to fight, it's not Hu Yanzhuo who can say it, it's our Liangshanbo who can say it, so brother doesn't have to rush too much, we have time ......."

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