Chapter One Hundred and One
Of course, artillery technology has come a long way in these years. The farthest distance can already attack five miles, that is, a distance of two thousand five hundred meters.
However, Phi Dao did not yet have the technical conditions to make artillery, and the cannon was too bulky to transport, and it was not as fast as a trebuchet. Therefore, Li Xiao has no plans to make artillery for the time being, but Li Xiao still wants to tinker with it in the future, after all, although this thing is bulky and not conducive to movement.
But it's still good to be on a boat, after all, Phi Island is at sea. You have to deal with the enemy at sea!
After the old fisherman saw the throwing distance of the trebuchet, he said with a mocking face: "The trebuchet can throw this distance, but it doesn't work anymore." ”
"Fisherman! What do you mean! Ao Canghai's face immediately pulled down, and he had worked hard to train. Now it is said that it doesn't work, it's really an uncle who can't bear it and an aunt can't bear it.
"It's not interesting! Now the latest muskets can hit this distance. The old fisherman said confidently, if the corners of his mouth are not blocked by ears, he can skim to the back of his head.
"You're saying that muskets can shoot up to six hundred meters away? I'm not sure I'm going to miss it! Ao Canghai looked incredulous, he was too familiar with the arquebus. It is very rare to be able to accurately hit the target within 200 meters, otherwise it would not have to be lined up with a row of guns.
Now, although nitrocellulose is available, it is not difficult to shoot 600 meters. But if you want to shoot 600 meters and still have an accurate head, it will be difficult.
"Don't believe me?" The old fisherman pouted and said. With a confident smile unique to a craftsman on his face, Inatomi next to him has a virtue. The two old guys who were hostile to each other at the beginning are now good friends. Li Xiao would see the two old guys having a drink together, and then go into the laboratory to tinker with those murderous weapons.
"Don't believe me? I'll bet you on a pig! Ao Canghai immediately offered a bid.
"Good! Bet on a pig! The old fisherman happily agreed.
The supplies on Phi Island were all supplied by unit, like the artillery and musket teams of the Ao Cang Sea Pipe, because of the large number of people, four pigs were allocated for food every ten days.
The number of craftsmen in the fisherman's camp is relatively small, but considering the importance of the craftsman camp. Under Li Xiao's preferential treatment, he gave two pigs every ten days.
Ao Canghai is in charge of the musket team and the artillery team, and he naturally has the final say on what is there. The craftsman's camp is now the territory of the fisherman, so he can also call the shots.
There is a pig thing left and right, and Li Xiao also wants to see what the two old glasses have come up with.
The fisherman ordered the man to return to his workshop and take out a gun about a meter and a half long. Ao Canghai was surprised to find that this gun actually had no arquebus.
The fisherman took out a small bag of nitrocellulose wrapped in brown paper and poured it into the barrel of the gun, and then put in a small projectile. The projectile seemed to be smaller than the caliber of the barrel, and it slipped into the chamber without a strip.
"Old fisherman, can this be done without a rule?" Ao Canghai's eyes widened, this just reloading was not a little faster than the arquebus he used before.
"It's thinner than the barrel of a gun, but it has to be compacted with a strip." Yu Lao looked at Ao Canghai with idiotic eyes, the ammunition was not compacted, and the barrel would not fall out once it was down.
It's an idiot to ask this kind of question!
Six hundred meters away, in the lime circle, a live pig was now bolted. At first glance, it is Ao Canghai's bastard deliberately, and the live pig will move. This makes it very difficult to shoot, and it is almost impossible to accurately hit such a distant target with an arquebus.
After compacting the bullet with a strip, the fisherman handed the gun to Yuna Inatomi.
The old guy put his gun on the erected gun mount, put the butt against his shoulder and began to aim.
"Bang!" Inatomyu pulled the trigger, and a puff of smoke erupted from the muzzle.
When people looked at the pig in the distance, they saw that the pig had fallen to the ground and was howling.
It was not easy to hit a pig at this distance, and Li Xiao and everyone walked towards the wailing pig. The bullet hit the pig's buttocks, and the impact was shocking.
The muscles rolled outward, and the white bone stubble and the yellow bone marrow oil flowing out of it could be seen. Half of the pig's leg was only connected by a thin layer of skin, and when Li Xiao and the others walked, the pig had already entered the last moment of its life.
Yulao and Yunao Inatomi were also the first time to hit a living creature with Mini bullets, and they were both shocked to see this kind of power. This is much more destructive than using a round projectile.
What they didn't know was that Li Xiao specially told the lead core of the warhead not to wrap it. When a bullet enters a human body, the lead core expands or ruptures, thus enlarging the wound surface and causing serious injuries to the person.
At a distance of 100 meters, the person who is hit by a dummmy bullet will be 100 percent dead, the person who is hit in the limbs will be 20 percent dead, and the rest will all be amputated, 100 percent will die if they hit the left chest (near the heart), 70 percent will die if they hit the right chest, and 70 percent will die if they hit the abdomen.
In later generations, this kind of thing, known as the dummy bomb, was banned by international conventions. But this year, Li Xiao has no worries. As long as you can kill the Tartars, no matter what bullet Li Xiao will use. Moreover, with the technological strength of the Tartars, it is not ordinarily difficult to imitate flintlock pistols and Mini bullets.
Up to now, they still love strong bows and arrows and broadswords and spears in their hands. It is with these broadswords, spears, and strong bows and arrows. They defeated the Mongols and defeated the Ming army.
They showed extraordinary confidence in the weapons in their hands.
What Li Xiao has to do is to dispel their self-confidence and let them roll back into the white mountains and black waters. Of course, before that, they have to pay with blood.
Stalin once said that hatred made in blood can only be dissolved in blood.
Li Xiao felt that Stalin was right!
"Holy! This thing is so powerful, what are you trying to figure out again? Ao Canghai's eyes widened, unable to believe the facts in front of him.
"In the future, soldiers will only use this packet of gunpowder for each bullet they load." Li Xiao found that the old fisher and Dao Fuyou had thoughtfully made the black powder into a small solid medicine cake.
This kind of small medicine cake is placed on the fire door, so it does not have to be so troublesome to sprinkle the propellant.
The dose of nitrocellulose was summed up by Yulao and Inatomi Yuzhi through countless experiments, and this dose did not have a fatal effect on the chamber of the gun. It can also propel the projectile to the maximum, and this is how the range of 600 meters comes from.
"Ao Ye! Lose us a pig, don't cheat! The old fisherman smiled and made fun of Ao Canghai.
"Don't fool around, this pig is for you."
"You're ......!" Looking at the pig whose entire hind leg was broken, the old fisherman was speechless. A good pig, now with one leg missing.
I don't know when, the fifth master also came over. Seeing Li Xiao smile and say, "Another good thing?" ”
"Hmmm! A new type of rifle, why are you back? ”
"Inspector Wang's military order, for Lord Mao." The fifth master took out a military order from his arms and handed it to Li Xiao.
Of course, Li Xiao would not look for Mao Wenlong to study together, and when he opened the envelope and took out the letterhead inside, Li Xiao suddenly fell into deep thought.
What should I do?