readx; Zhu Youzhen has every reason to be excited. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause although this "rocket" is still very primitive and rudimentary, it is actually the prototype of modern rockets. Its sharp arrows, which have the lethality to penetrate the human body, are equivalent to the warhead of a rocket; The arrow shaft and the bamboo barrel set on the outside of the arrow shaft are equivalent to the arrow body of the rocket; The powder cartridge is the equivalent of the propulsion system of modern rockets; The tail feathers play a balancing role in the flight of the arrows, which is equivalent to the stabilization system of modern rockets.

This book was also inadvertently obtained by Zhu Youzhen. Originally, the author Mao Yuanyi was a small person, and the number of books printed was not large; With Mao Yuanyi's conviction and demotion to the brim, this book has become a "**", and most of it has been confiscated and destroyed.

However, the more forbidden things are destroyed, in the antique collection market, because "rare things are expensive", the more sought after, but they can't see the light. The book, along with a number of "**", was sold at a high price in an antique shop in Jingshi. The Wuzhou Trading Company, which started from the antique industry, of course, had to constantly investigate the business conditions of its competitors, so it discovered this book and reported it to Zhu Cunqi.

Zhu Cunqi and Zhu You have been checking for a long time, and as soon as they heard it, they knew that this book was extremely valuable, so they ordered someone to buy it at a high price and send it to the palace. If Zhu Youzhen got the treasure, he immediately sent it to the military factory for Sun Yuanlong, Wei Zhen and other weapons experts to study in detail. As long as the weapons listed above are of actual combat value, they will be copied and then tested on a small scale by the three major battalions to test their performance in practical applications.

This rocket is one of them. In fact, to put it bluntly, this thing is similar to modern combination fireworks, and it is not difficult to manufacture. And this thing has appeared a long time ago, it was not invented by Mao Yuanyi, he just recorded it in detail. According to the existing production process, the range of the rocket is not as good as the bird's gun, and it is incomparable with artillery, so it is used to directly kill and injure the enemy in actual combat, and the effect is very limited.

But Wei Zhen, a young man who loves to use his brains, still discovered the unique role of rockets, that is, they can be used to set fires. The bamboo barrel on the shaft of the arrow is filled with extremely flammable animal fat, and after the gunpowder of the gunpowder cartridge is ignited and exploded, it can just ignite the oil. Grease burns much longer than gunpowder, and it is not easy to get rid of when it is stained, so it is perfect for setting fires.

Moreover, setting fire with cluster rockets is much more advanced than the primitive way of shooting torches with bows and arrows. First of all, the arrows will become very heavy when they are tied to the torch, and the range and shooting accuracy will be greatly reduced; Moreover, if you want to start a fire, you can't shoot fewer torches, at least hundreds, and then hundreds of archers need to work at the same time. And this kind of cluster rocket, as long as it is usually ready, a sapper can be used, and dozens of them can be fired at once, and the firepower is highly concentrated, and the enemy has no time to move to dodge.

After listening to Wei Zhen's report, Zhu Youzhen ordered the military factory to produce a batch of rockets. However, due to the imminent defense of Beijing, the production of military factories must first be closely related to the use of the most frequent and mature production technology such as ordnance and lead bullets, and only a few craftsmen can be allocated to make rockets. A total of 100 beams of this batch of rockets were produced, and more than 10 beams were used for daily training, and now only more than 80 bundles can be put into battle.

But the rocket was put into real combat for the first time, and the effect was surprisingly good. This time, the target of the shooting was the corpse pile that was used as a temporary shelter by the Qing army, one could not move, and the other was combustible itself, and after being deeply embedded by dozens of rockets, the fire on the rockets quickly spread to the entire corpse pile, and for a time the flames flew and scorched to the sky.

And this sudden fire hindered the progress of the Qing army. The car that was originally rushing to the front was ready to pass through this area; But with the fire, the chariot did not dare to go forward, because the chariot itself was a wooden structure, and the front was covered with cooked cowhide, which was all on fire.

In order to make a way for the chariot, the soldiers of the Han army banner, under the coercion of the generals, returned to pick up the burning corpses with their spears. However, the fire was raging, and there was a danger of being engulfed if it came closer; The bird gunners of the Ming army have been shooting at their own pace, and it is still difficult to protect the soldiers, how can they have the time to clean up the corpses?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the free guns and rapid-fire guns at the head of the city opened fire frequently, destroying all the five carts pushed in the front. Meng Gong hurriedly stopped loudly: "Stop, stop, the artillery quickly stop firing, and if you bombard again, you will scare the Tartars away!" ”

At the same time that the fire was raging in front of Yongding Gate and the carriage was stagnant, the Qing army also began to force the moat. They worked in groups of several people, carrying a wooden raft that had been temporarily tied, and when they reached the moat, they threw it in, and then jumped on the wooden raft, or used a spear as a penny, or simply used their hands to pull water, in an attempt to take advantage of the Ming army's defense focus on the Yongdingmen area, and ferry it from a distant place.

It's a pity that they don't know that the Ming army likes them to do this the most. The moat was fifty zhang wide, with the inner edge fifty paces from the city wall and the outer edge one hundred and fifty paces from the city wall. Because one hundred and fifty paces is exactly the effective range of the flintlock and rapid-fire guns; Fifty to one hundred steps is the range of the bird's power.

Seeing that the Qing army finally began to cross the river, more than a hundred snipers immediately came to their senses. In the battle just now, Meng Gong didn't let them participate in the battle, and they were holding back uncomfortable; Now that they have come to the "dish" that belongs to them in the battle plan, they are willing to miss it, and they all look at Meng Gong eagerly.

Meng Gong's mood had completely stabilized now, and he said calmly: "The rapid-fire cannon is on standby, and the flint Lu Mi gun shoots first!" ”

At the sound of the order, hundreds of snipers immediately selected a suitable position and aimed at the enemy. In fact, you don't have to aim too hard, because don't see that the soldier is not slow on the ground, and he can't go down into the water. Originally, the wooden raft moved very slowly, and some of the Qing soldiers had just entered the water, and some were still putting wooden rafts, and they were crowded on the shore when they landed, and it was chaotic.

"Bang bang bang!" Suddenly, Lu Mi gunfire was loud, and then looking at the Qing soldiers on the opposite side, he really became a live target. Especially those who have already entered the water, they can't run away if they want to, just wait to sit and wait to be beaten; Some Qing soldiers saw that something was wrong and jumped into the water one after another.

But the water depth of this moat is more than a foot deep, and it is more than enough to completely submerge a tall man, not to mention that most of these Han army banner Qing soldiers are landlubbers, and they don't know water at all! Many Qing soldiers couldn't step on the bottom, so they immediately panicked, opened their mouths, poured into the river with a bang, and then fluttered and slowly sank to the bottom of the water.

"Good, good fight!" Zhu Youzhen and Yuan Keli, who were watching the battle at the head of the city, couldn't help but applaud. But when they looked into the distance, their hearts tightened, and they knew that the real test was coming.

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