In the Arsenal range, as in the Salt Regiment's camp, all the lights were turned on. However, even so, because www.biquge.info the shooting range is too large and the space is too large, the brightness here is significantly weaker than that of the front yard, and the scenery from 400 meters away is a little blurry, and further away, it is not clear to see.

In the shooting range, in addition to the door of the two-story building that integrates office, teaching and research in the repair institute, as well as the three workshops, there are also more than 100 meters away from each other, and there are sentries standing guard at the entrances of the four underground warehouses that are 100 meters away, only at the end of the shooting range, wearing the uniform of a salt regiment officer and hanging the epaulettes of the major, Bian Changsheng, Yang Deming, Zha Lianbiao, and Yuan Yuchun stood behind a desk with happy faces.

These four people, as well as Wang Desheng, who had been in the Tianjin Machinery Bureau all day during this time, and the technicians of the Tianjin Machinery Bureau who had been borrowed with them to help, had already quit their errands in the Machinery Bureau two months ago and officially joined the salt group in Qinchuan. Qin Chuan naturally will not treat these treasures badly, their treatment has been greatly improved on the original basis, the wages of those technicians according to their technical ability, the wages range from fifty oceans to one hundred oceans, Wang Desheng, Zha Lianbiao and their monthly salaries have also changed from one hundred eagle oceans to three hundred vermilion birds.

You must know that in the Qing Dynasty, the annual salary of a first-class official was only one hundred and eighty taels, and the annual salary of a magistrate was only forty or fifty taels, and Zhang Shiheng's level was only one hundred and eighty taels of silver, and it was divided into one month, but it was only seven or eight taels. And they are fifty to three hundred bells a month, which is much better than those officials, and even those foreigners in the concession and the machine bureau are not comparable to them. Of course, if you want to count gray income, they still can't compare to these officials of the Qing Dynasty.

Such a high salary, as long as you don't become an official in the Qing Dynasty, you can't find it with a lantern, how can Bian Changsheng and Cha Lianbiao be unhappy. Even when he learned that they were paid such a high salary, those mechanics from the Machinery Bureau, as well as foreign technicians and engineers, were all inquired about coming, but Qin Chuan was afraid that it would affect the operation of the Machinery Bureau, so he didn't dare to ask for it. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the operation of the machine bureau will be a problem now.

Although Qin Chuan didn't dare to ask for those people from the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, Qin Chuan estimated that once the contract they signed with the Tianjin Machinery Bureau expired, no one would renew the contract, and it was estimated that these people would come to him. At that time, he Qin Chuan would not be polite anymore.

Because the work of the repair institute in the past six months has been very successful, Qin Chuan specially instructed Li Mingfang before the end of the year to pay each of them an additional month's salary. In addition, because the catamaran presided over by Wang Desheng was also basically completed, Wang Desheng was additionally rewarded with 2,000 oceans.

Because here in Qinchuan, the repair institute is different from the machine bureau everywhere, these mechanics with bulging pockets, Wang Desheng and others, are now full of energy, and they are all thinking about how to show their faces.

On the table in front of Bian Changsheng, Zha Lianbiao and others, there were more than a dozen black objects more than half a foot long, because they were far away, Zhou Dajing and Qin Chuan, who had just come in, couldn't see what the object was.

On the ground on one side of the table, there are several wooden boxes of all sizes, as well as more than 20 fireworks more than two feet tall with colorful colored paper on the outside. On the ground in front of the table, there is also a bunker with a hemp bag more than ten meters long and half a person high.

Looking further to the east side of the range, at a distance of about 30 to 80 meters from the bunker, a dozen circles with gaps were arranged with wooden planks that were more than one person high.

Zhou Dajing, who was strange in his heart, saw Qin Chuan's footsteps hurriedly and went straight to the table, and Zhou Dajing followed closely behind Qin Chuan, and asked Lu Dezhang beside him in a puzzled whisper.

"Director Lu, what kind of work are you doing in the middle of the night?"

Lu Dezhang just pursed his lips, trying to control his excitement, smiled but did not answer Zhou Dajing, and almost trotted closely behind Qin Chuan, who was striding ahead.

"Hello everyone!"

Qin Chuan walked closer, just said hello to Bian Changsheng, Yuan Yuchun, Zha Lianbiao, and Yang Deming, and went straight to the table.

Lu Dezhang took a few steps forward and came to the table and pointed to the things on the table.

"Commander, that's it."

Zhou Dajing also saw the things on the table clearly at this time, it turned out to be a cylindrical iron lump with a smooth wooden handle, which seemed to weigh one or two catties.

Seeing Qin Chuan holding the hammer-shaped thing and carefully inspecting it, Zhou Dajing couldn't help but wonder and pulled Lu Dezhang.

Lu Dezhang understood what Zhou Dajing meant, and this time without waiting for Zhou Dajing to ask, he said proudly: "Chief of Staff Zhou, this is called a grenade." This is a new weapon designed by our commander himself, and it can be thrown when it is used. ”

"Grenades? New weapons? ”

Lu Dezhang's words made Zhou Dajing even more puzzled: "It's just such an iron lump, just throw it out, can this thing kill people?" ”

Zhou Dajing's words made Bian Changsheng and Zha Lianbiao, including Lu Dezhang, and the people in the repair institute couldn't help laughing.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't underestimate this little iron guy, if it is thrown out, it will not only kill people, but also kill and injure one by one." ”

Zhou Dajing didn't hear what Qin Chuan said clearly whether to smash or blow up, and asked in surprise according to his thinking inertia: "It's such a small thing, can it really smash people?" Still smashing a big piece? ”

Qin Chuan shook his head, knowing that Zhou Dajing had misheard the explanation: "I'm talking about frying, not smashing." This thing has explosives in it, and to put it bluntly, it's just a small bomb, thrown out during a war, and when it explodes in the crowd, there will be a lot of casualties. ”

"It's a bomb!"

Zhou Dajing finally understood that the hammer-like thing that Qin Chuan was holding in his hand turned out to be a bomb. However, Zhou Dajing was still very puzzled by what kind of grenade this thing was, and he didn't know why Qin Chuan wanted to make such a small bomb?

Qin Chuan unscrewed the small iron cover behind the wooden handle of the grenade, carefully pulled out a small iron ring tied with a thin rope from it, and observed the situation in the light for a while before he began to explain to Zhou Dajing.

"Dajing, this thing is called a grenade, and to put it bluntly, it is a kind of ammunition thrown by hand. The grenade appeared in Europe many years ago, and there are round ones and some of them are equipped with wooden handles. The grenade consists of two parts: a projectile body and a fuse. The principle of his explosion is very ordinary, the small iron ring you saw just now is connected to the fire pipe, the fire pipe is connected to the fuse, the other end of the fuse is connected to the detonator, and finally the TNT explosive in it is detonated by the thunderbolt. ”

However, although grenades have long appeared in Europe, because there was no TNT as a high explosive at that time, and in the past, grenades were filled with black powder, and the explosive power was limited, so grenades have long been ignored in Europe, so that now European powers, including the United States, 。。。。。。 Oh no, it should be said that now not a single one of the armies of all countries in the world is armed with grenades. ”

Although Zhou Dajing had understood what this grenade was for, he was still very skeptical about its effect.

"Commander, although this grenade is loaded with TNT, after all, the charge of such a small thing is very limited, and the power generated by the explosion will not be great, and it will 。。。。。。 when fighting."

Zhou Dajing smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it won't work." ”

Zhou Dajing thought so, this was a natural thing, Qin Chuan said: "Yes, relying on the power of such a little explosive explosion will not play a role on the battlefield." However, our grenade does not only rely on the shock wave generated by the explosion to hurt people, but mainly relies on the fragments generated by its explosion。。。。。。 ”

Qin Chuan held up the grenade in his hand and said to Zhou Dajing: "Don't look at the smooth appearance of this cast iron head, but there are many prefabricated grooves inside, according to my estimate, when it explodes, it will produce about 100 to 300 pieces of small fragments of various shapes, these small fragments will explode on the human body, and will produce wounds of different sizes because of the different parts of the explosion and the shape of the fragments and the angle of contact between the fragments and the human body." To put it bluntly, the power of an anti-personnel grenade is actually the quality of the fragmentation parameters of the grenade. ”

"Also, this wooden handle is also very particular. With this wooden handle, it can be thrown far away, and it is not a problem for ordinary adults to throw 50 meters, and those with strong arm strength can throw 80 meters away. Also, this wooden handle is also a stabilizer, with which the throwing point will be more accurate. ”

Qin Chuan smiled slyly at Zhou Dajing: "Dajing, think about it, if we start a war with Little Japan in the East, and we suddenly throw these dozens or even hundreds of grenades into their dense charging formation on the battlefield, what effect will it have。。。。。。 (To be continued.) )