"Put!"

At the same time, Sun Yuan also shouted: "Fire! ”

Because this time it was a nine-pound warhead, the cracking sound was louder and sharper than the previous two times

。 (.marshmallow)

Suddenly, the rocket smashed like hail on the hillside and sank into the fire.

But nothing happened, no explosions, no smoke and fire.

Is it a quality problem?

But the craftsmen didn't seem to think anything was wrong, and they shot the rockets in hand unhurriedly.

"What the hell is going on?" Sun Yuan waited for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask.

Wolf finally roared uncontrollably: "This is a solid bullet, when you first shot this rocket, I asked me to shoot three kinds of warheads: grenade, incendiary and solid, have you forgotten, my lord!" ”

Sun Yuanxin said: I don't know how many sketches I have drawn in the past few years, some may use use value, and some are purely cranky, who the remembers?

Guan Tao finally seized this opportunity to raise the bar with Wolf, and said with a smile: "Erhu, this solid catapult has no smoke and no fire, what is the use?" ”

Sun Yuan said: "Boss, you don't know, think about it, now it's only fifty volleys, if it's five hundred, thousands, so many solid bullets are smashed down, even if the enemy has many horses, they will be smashed to pieces immediately, isn't this just a small cannon?" ”

In fact, even the Napoleonic bronze cannon in the army had to use a lot of solid bullets instead of grenades.

Guan Tao said sincerely: "Master Hou is right, Erhu, you actually made such a good weapon, and you took it!" ”

Wolf is sincere: "You must obey you, but this rocket was invented by adults, and I am just turning it into actual combat." ”

Sun Yuan walked up to Wolf and patted him on the shoulder vigorously: "Erhu, good job." The accuracy, range and power of this thing are not as good as that of a cannon, but it is easy to make and carry, and only one war horse can carry three boxes of rockets and launchers, and the pressure on logistics and transportation is also small. ”

This is indeed the case, in fact, Sun Yuan has always attached importance to artillery, and has spent a lot of effort on artillery over the years. However, because of the poor road conditions and backward transportation level of the Ming Dynasty, it was very troublesome for the artillery to go to the battlefield during the march

。

For example, Napoleon's four-pounder bronze cannon, which is now generally equipped with marches, weighs 580 pounds, and theoretically needs to be equipped with eight men and four horses to pull it during the march; The eight-pounder bronze cannon, weighing 1,160 pounds, theoretically needed to be equipped with 16 men and four horses to tow it; The twelve-pounder cannon weighed 1,700 pounds, and it needed fifteen men and six horses to pull it.

And that's not even counting the assortment of shells that are equipped with cannons.

An artillery unit marched today, enough to put a strong man on his stomach.

Wolf: "It's not a good word, sir, you have to place an order." ”

"I forgot, okay, I want as much as you produce." Sun Yuan patted his head, yes, although the Ordnance Bureau is his grandson, Wolfe, Father Garcia and Pablo still have shares in it. For every weapon sold by the Ordnance Institute, they have a commission, no wonder this Wo Erhu was so enthusiastic to demonstrate rocket artillery to himself just now: "By the way, how much do you have on hand?" ”

Sun Yuan was taken aback by the figures given by Wolfe: "My lord, I have produced a thousand launchers and 20,000 rockets with different warheads. ”

Sun Yuan took a breath: "Why are there so many?" ”

Wolf was unhappy again: "My lord, when you designed this kind of rocket, it was not only to equip the army, in fact, the rocket is more suitable for the navy. ”

Sun Yuan remembered: "Yes, yes, I also thought about equipping this kind of rocket to the sailor division at the beginning." More than 20,000 rockets are equipped with the army and navy at the same time, which is really not enough! ”

In fact, in real history, Congreve rockets were originally equipped to the Navy for naval artillery and marines to launch from warships or specialized rocket sampans. In particular, incendiary bombs are best used against enemy ships. Hundreds or thousands of man-portable rockets are covered by a salvo of enemy ships, and only one hit the target can turn the enemy's ships into a torch.

More than 20,000 rockets seem like a lot, but because this thing is really inaccurate, it depends on estimation when fighting, and a larger battle can deplete the inventory.

In 1806, in Brun, the British Army used the Congreve Navy rocket for the first time. As a result, all the rockets that were originally aimed at the ships in the harbor hit the dock. Later, under Congreve's personal command, the Royal Navy fired about 25,000 rockets at Copenhagen, the Danish capital, and the result of the indiscriminate fire was to almost raze the entire city to the ground.

Because the accuracy of this rocket was so outrageously poor, the Duke of Wellington refused to use this strange weapon

。 Later, some people felt that the gadgets had a certain intimidating effect on the enemy's horses, so during the Battle of Waterloo, rockets were allowed to participate in the battle.

Sun Yuan thought for a while, and then said: "In this way, the army will order 2,000 launchers and 40,000 rockets in advance; One thousand for the Navy, forty thousand rockets. However, this kind of launcher is really big, long, and clumsy, and needs to be changed, preferably folded. ”

Wolff: "This is just a sample, not a finalization. I've thought about what the adults said, and it's not difficult to make the tripod of this launcher foldable, just add a hinge and pins. ”

As he spoke, the fire on the opposite hillside was much smaller, and the sky was overcast, and the snowflakes were falling denser and denser.

Guan Tao: "Master Hou, it's cold, why don't you and Mr. Erhu go into the house and talk." ”

Sun Yuan: "No need, I'll just leave after a few more words, there are still many places to see!" ”

Wolf, a native of Prussia, is not afraid of the cold: "My lord, what else do you have to ask?" ”

Sun Yuan: "This kind of rocket is light and portable, has good power, and has a certain combat value. However, it doesn't seem to be very technical. I'm afraid that after using it once on the battlefield, the enemy will learn it. In this way, it will be troublesome for the enemy to use my means to deal with my Ningxiang army in turn. Erhu, do you think this is possible? ”

"Possibly, is it possible?" Wolf sneered: "As Boss Guan said, even if the enemy learns, he will only get a large jumping monkey out, and there is no way to put it into actual combat." Let me ask you, my lord, does the enemy know how to calculate the trajectory, what recipe is needed for the propellant, and how much it needs to be loaded? Do you know the ratio of black powder and iron pellets in the grenade, and do you know how to make fragments of the warhead? As for what the composition of the incendiary bomb should be, do you know how to purify red phosphorus on a large scale? Perhaps, the enemy only knows how to put gunpowder or stone grease in it. How can you light a fire like the one on the opposite mountain? This requires trial and error, and it takes a lot of calculations. To put it mildly, there don't seem to be many of you Orientals who know mathematics! ”

Sun Yuan was speechless for a while: "Indeed, in this way, I don't have to worry." "A technical threshold is enough to bankrupt any attempt to defend it.

It's like anyone in the future who knows how to use the Internet will know how the atomic bomb exploded. But in the whole world, there are only five hooligans in the Security Council, plus the nine nuclear states of Israel, Iran, North Korea and Pakistan.

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