Li Daoxuan opened his mouth to explain: "Governor, colleagues, the purpose of setting up the water tank is to determine the power of the rocket by the number of water tanks destroyed by the explosion after the rocket is launched. ”

Zhi Zhao nodded suddenly, frowned and continued to watch.

At this time, several craftsmen entered the field, holding the newly developed rocket in their hands, and as soon as they entered, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The leader of this group of craftsmen was none other than Shen Teamzheng, and this white-haired old man had been watched by so many generals and lieutenants for the first time in his life, so he was naturally very nervous.

But in order to strengthen the prestige of the craftsman's camp, his waist is straight, and his steps are big, since the dragon is from the clouds and the tiger from the wind, and he comes in a hurry.

Walking to the center of the school field, Team Shen was shouting: "Stop, swing the rocket." ”

With an order, the four craftsmen who followed him hurriedly put together two supporting wooden frames.

This wooden frame is designed as an "X" shape, which is placed on the ground for the purpose of launching the rocket, which is very strong and secure, and this material ensures that the rocket does not shake when launched and cause target deviation.

Next, the two craftsmen carefully picked up a rocket and carefully placed it on the wooden frame.

Seeing this, Zhi Zhao smiled and asked: "Husband, I heard Li Daoxuan say that there are only two new rockets in total?" ”

"Yes." Cui Wenqing said with a smile, "Originally, we made two of them for experimentation, and if they failed, they could be remade." ”

"Two rockets don't seem to be enough." Zhi Zhao smiled even more, "If the two rockets don't succeed later, won't you and the entire Divine Craftsman Battalion be disgraced?" ”

Cui Wenqing rolled her eyes and said, "Obviously, you have to ask all the generals to come to inspect it, so you put so much pressure on us, what can I do." ”

Zhi Zhaoyan smiled and turned his gaze to the military academy, although he did not open his mouth to encourage, but his eyes were full of hope.

She really hopes that Cui Wenqing, like other things before, will also bring miracles to Zhenwu Army in rocket research and development.

At this time, Team Shen was waiting for the others to be prepared, and the first rocket had been installed in place.

The entire military academy was silent, and only the sound of the long wind blowing over the military flag continued to sound.

At this moment of great solemnity and nervousness, Team Shen was tearing out his throat and suddenly said: "Start ignition." ”

You can see the craftsman standing next to the rocket blowing up the fire fold in his hand and bringing it to the lead.

I only heard a soft sound of "snort", and I saw that the rocket emitted patches of blue smoke, and then the entire rocket emitted an extremely sharp whistling sound, which broke through the air like a Hu man's whistle, which made people's eardrums ache.

At the same time, the rocket, which was originally resting on the wooden frame, moved in response to the sound, and flew out with a puff of blue smoke in a fierce wind and waves, and the electricity generally shot into the water tank.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and the rocket exploded with a piece of flame light, and suddenly a water tank where the explosion was located burst open, breaking into several pieces and shattering to the ground.

Seeing this scene in front of them, all the generals in the stands couldn't help but gasp, and many people were already shocked to stand up.

On the contrary, Cui Wenqing and Li Daoxuan glanced at each other, and their faces were a little ugly.

At this time, a soldier standing not far away ran into the water tank to take a closer look, and said in a loud voice: "Tell the captain, a total of one rocket broke through the water tank." ”

Hearing this number, Zhi Zhao was obviously stunned, and his pretty face couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and muttered: "What, is it only one?" ”

Li Daoxuan's face was pale, and his tone was a little solemn, and he said to the soldiers: "Quickly take a look at the fragments after the rocket explosion." ”

The soldiers surrendered their orders and looked for half a ring in the field, and then they got to the school field according to their words.

Cui Wenqing hurriedly walked over to take a closer look, and it could be seen that the iron sheet at the front end of the rocket had already fallen apart after the explosion, and was no longer on the rocket, but turned into two distorted fragments.

That is to say, in the explosion just now, the iron sheet on the outside was only broken into two, and it was the same as the grenade developed by the Eighth Route Army, which did not produce much power, but I was afraid that the water tank was also shattered by the iron lumps that sprayed out.

At this time, Zhi Zhao walked over, and when he saw that Cui Wenqing and Li Daoxuan's faces were a little ugly, he couldn't help but sigh lightly and asked, "How, did it not achieve the expected effect?" ”

Cui Wenqing nodded and admitted: "Yes, after the explosion, the iron sheet did not split several pieces according to the predetermined amount, but only broke into two, so that the number became smaller, the weight increased, and the power naturally decreased a lot." ”

Zhe Zhao bowed slightly, puzzled and asked, "Why is this happening?" ”

Cui Wenqing said with a wry smile: "Governor Dadu, this has a lot to do with the low current iron-smelting technology of Daqi. ”

Zhi Zhao asked in surprise: "Husband, my dynasty's iron-smelting technology is already very good, how can it be said that it is low?" ”

Cui Wenqing sighed slightly, and did not explain, at this time, many generals also gathered around to inspect the effect of the rocket, and the voices of discussion continued.

After a long discussion, Jiang Juan, the commander of the Left Army, was the first to speak out and express his opinion: "Dadu Dudu, if this new rocket is not very good in terms of explosive power, it takes so much effort to penetrate a water tank, so if it is used in actual warfare, won't it only kill and injure one person?" Compared with the two, it is better to use a crossbow directly. ”

Mo Li, the commander of the right army, nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, General Jiang is right, the crossbow is easy to carry, the arrow is convenient, and the power is huge, it is completely comparable to this rocket, and there is another point, the manufacture of crossbow arrows is believed to be much cheaper and faster than rockets, and this advantage is very obvious when there are frequent wars." ”

Hearing this, Bai Yifei retorted: "Ben Jiang thinks that this matter is still negotiable, I know Uncle Gain's ability and talent, there must be other factors in the failure of this rocket, as long as Uncle can improve it again, maybe it will be different." ”

Mu Wan bowed her head and said, "Yes, uncle, why don't you try to make a few rockets, and we'll watch it then?" ”

Cui Wenqing smiled bitterly, and was about to speak, when Li Daoxuan next to him suddenly interjected: "Let's not make a conclusion first, we have prepared a total of two rockets today, and now only one rocket has been launched, and you can also try the power of the second rocket." ”

As soon as the words fell, a thin lieutenant spoke: "Captain Li, the first rocket has already been regarded as a failure, so why do you need to test the second one?" Aren't you delaying everyone's time? Speaking of which, I have to rush back to the army to deal with military affairs. ”

"That's right, since it's a failure, forget it, why bother twisting it like this." Another lieutenant echoed his words.

Li Daoxuan frowned, and explained in a loud voice: "Colleagues, the iron sheet production method used in these two rockets is different, and the reason why this is the case is to divide two kinds for testing to see which iron sheet is the most suitable. ”

When Zhi Zhao heard this, he said: "Since this is the case, then everyone should be impatient, don't make judgments, let's take a look." ”

As soon as these words came out, many lieutenants, although they were a little unhappy, still sat back in their places according to the words.

(End of chapter)