Chapter 216: Firearms Rumble
Li Junxian took everyone to the firearms test site that Li Junxian ordered to open, which is a special place for testing firearms. In the future, it will also be used as a range for firearms. Li Junxian took them here and found that there were many things on the ground, and there were two kinds of tube-shaped things, which everyone didn't know what they were. Last time, Li Junxian came to the test, but he didn't bring anyone over. Li Junxian was afraid of failure and ridiculed by these subordinates. Now that it has succeeded, of course Li Junxian dares to bring them over.
"General Li, what is this?" Dugu Mou picked up a spherical thing with grooves on it, and said casually.
"You're looking for death! This one is going to explode. This is a grenade, so don't use it indiscriminately. Li Junxian said.
Li Junxian took the grenade, then lit the fuse of the grenade with a fire breaker, and then immediately threw it out.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the grenade exploded.
"General Li, this is a grenade? This is a firearm? Dugumou said in surprise.
Just now, Dugumou didn't have a firearm in his eyes, but now he was very surprised when he saw that the explosive power of the firearm was so powerful. Now this grenade was able to blow a crater in the ground, which is amazing.
"General Li, isn't this a powerful firecracker?" Ma Zhou asked.
"Yes, firearms are powerful firecrackers. However, the shell of my grenade is made of steel, and grooves are carved into it. With these grooves, they will be able to form pieces of shards in the event of an explosion, which they will not be able to resist even if they wear light armor. In the place where this grenade exploded, there were no living creatures within a radius of ten steps. Li Junxian said.
Everyone present took a deep breath of cold air, which was obviously shocking. A palm-sized grenade can do this, but the firearm is not small.
"Second, look at what this is!" Li Junxian pointed to a short, tubular thing.
"You don't know, do you? This is the Tiger Squat Cannon! Li Junxian said.
Li Junxian asked those gunpowder workers to put the gunpowder into the muzzle of the tiger squat cannon, and then put in a cylindrical thing wrapped in waste paper from the front, I don't know what it is.
After putting that thing in. The gunpowder worker lit the fuse of the Tiger Cannon.
"Bump!" The gunpowder inside the Tiger Squat Cannon exploded.
"Crackling......" A crisp sound sounded, and a puff of smoke and dust appeared about three hundred meters ahead.
Li Junxian led everyone to the front, then dug out a small iron ball from the ground and said to his subordinates, "What did you think of?" ”
"General Li, this steel ball is what was put into the waste paper just now, right? A hundred feet away, it can still be so powerful. The ground is still very hard, but it can still penetrate it, which is amazing. I'm afraid that even if you wear heavy armor, you won't be able to resist the penetrating power of this tiger squat cannon! Su Dingfang said.
This tiger squat cannon was actually invented by Qi Jiguang in later generations to deal with the Japanese invaders, but later Qi Jiguang went to defend against the Mongols. also used this tiger squat cannon in the northern battlefield. The Tiger Squat Cannon is light and easy to carry, and has a good effect, making it a good auxiliary weapon for large corps operations. Although the armor-piercing ability of the tiger squat cannon is not as good as the firearms of later generations, it is obviously enough for the inferior armor of ancient times. As for the steppe nomads, then they simply did not have any decent armor, so these weapons were already enough.
"If you think about it, our enemy is far away, so we can get the infantry to use bows and crossbows. Then the enemy came closer. We can bombard a lot with Tiger Squat Cannons. After that, even if the enemy is close, we can have the men of the guard battalion throw grenades. If you think about it, we're on this hundreds of meters away. It's all firepower, can the enemy withstand it? Li Junxian asked.
Everyone thought about it for a while, and suddenly a chill ran down their spine. Because there are bows and crossbows in the distance, and there are tiger squat cannons in the closer. Then approached again with a grenade. If it comes down like this, there will be no gap in firepower for a few hundred meters, and it will be able to hit the enemy. Although the enemy is cavalry. But under this dense firepower, I am afraid that I can only drink hatred. So, this tactic is simply almost invincible. Those present couldn't imagine who could break through the firepower network of such cheats.
"General Li, fortunately you are not a foreigner!" Ma Zhou suddenly said this.
Everyone nodded a little, because if Li Junxian was a foreigner, then if he invented these firearms, then Datang would be dangerous. They had also seen the power of this firearm, and how could they not be afraid? They have seen it, as if this special guard is capable of sweeping everywhere.
"Look again, this is a flying thunder cannon!" Li Junxian said again.
Li Junxian asked a few gunpowder workers to get the flying thunder cannon done again, and then pointed a few flying thunder cannons at a boulder in the distance and ignited the gunpowder.
"Boom, boom!" Three loud noises, and as a result, everyone covered their ears, as if the sound had stimulated them.
"General Li, what's wrong with you? I can't seem to hear with my ears! Dugu Mou scratched his ears and said.
After a while, everyone guessed back and looked into the distance.
"Oh my God! What about the boulder? Su Dingfang asked.
"Yes! What about the boulder? Ma Zhou also said.
Li Junxian said: "That boulder has been blown up by this flying thunder cannon, I'm afraid it's just some stone chips left." ”
Several subordinates were speechless, and the power of this flying thunder cannon was too great.
"General Li, in the future, we won't have to drive the ladder to attack the city, just bombard it with this flying thunder cannon to see if he doesn't collapse?" Mulan jumped up excitedly and said.
Mulan is also a person who has been in the army for many years, and of course she knows how tragic the siege war is, that is, a war of attrition. For the attackers, the tall walls are an insurmountable chasm. But now with this Flying Thunder Cannon, the original chasm has immediately become a very smooth road, so what else can't be overcome?
"Jun Xian, with your firearms, I'm afraid the situation of the war will change in the future." Mulan said again.
Mulan is still relatively far-sighted, and he can see that after the invention of firearms, the entire pattern of war will change. In the era of a thousand cold weapons, the competition is whose martial arts are superb. However, no matter how powerful the martial arts are, they can't resist firearms, and any martial arts in front of firearms is a joke. Therefore, I am afraid that those generals will be useless in the future.
"Thankfully, you have witnessed the intersection of war history. In the future, we are about to enter the age of firearms, and you, as witnesses and commanders of the first armies to use firearms, are destined to go down in history. Li Junxian said very happily. (To be continued......)