Inside a secret base on Zhoushan Island.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Xu Da and the others were mysterious and secretive, and they seemed to be very solemn, and he couldn't help but despise them in his heart.

Artillery only, what fuss can be? These things are really rare and weird.

At this time, a stout officer strode in front of Li Jin and the others.

"Smack!"

A standard military salute, the officer shouted:

"The artillery base garrison has seen the commander, please instruct."

Li Jin nodded with satisfaction, returned a military salute and said:

"Go, pull out the Italian cannons in the camp for me, so that the distinguished guests can see and see."

"Yes!"

The officer did not talk nonsense and turned to leave.

After the officer left, Li Jin saw Zhu Yuanzhang's puzzled eyes and explained:

"This person's name is Sun Cannon, and he is responsible for the development and management of artillery."

"This secret base is managed by him."

"This person is not only good at artillery research, but also a must-have with artillery, so I'll let you see it later."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was ugly, and he shouted:

"We don't care what he does, we want to ask you, what the hell is that Italian cannon?"

Li Jin suddenly realized and said:

"The Italian cannon was an improvement on the artillery imported from the West."

"I named him the Italian Cannon."

"This kind of artillery is very ferocious, after our transformation, it is not only long-range, but also powerful, and most importantly, this kind of artillery is more convenient."

"The carriage can be pulled, and with two wheels underneath, a horse can be pulled."

"In the near future, this Italian cannon will inevitably become a sharp weapon on the battlefield, so that everyone can see the power of the Italian cannon."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little speechless when he saw Li Jin's.

How powerful can a cannon that can be pulled by a horse-drawn cart be? Just think about it, the tonnage of this artillery will not be too large.

No tonnage, which means no caliber, how far can an artillery without caliber shoot? It is pure self-deception.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang sneered in his heart, he saw the artillery that he disdained.

I saw a group of artillery coming out of a barracks below, and these soldiers were in groups of five or five, each group of soldiers around a carriage.

On the carriage, there was the Italian cannon that Li Jin had just mentioned.

I saw that the Italian cannon was black and swarthy, and compared with the ordinary barrel, the barrel of the Italian cannon was more slender.

In addition, the Italian cannon appears to be made entirely of stainless steel, rather than the traditional bronze cast.

"Li Jin, why is the barrel of this artillery not cast in bronze?"

"Cannons made of iron can't be used at all, don't you know?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very puzzled and couldn't understand this at all.

You must know that artillery made of pig iron not only has poor thermal conductivity, but the most important thing is that although the pig iron is hard, the flexibility is not enough.

An ordinary artillery gun fired no more than five times, and the barrel made of cast iron could explode.

This is why today's artillery is made of copper.

As a result, now, Zhu Yuanzhang actually saw a cannon made of iron here in Li Jin, which was simply joking with the lives of soldiers.

Li Jin didn't answer, but said with a mysterious face:

"Lao Huang, don't borrow it, look behind slowly."

Zhu Yuanzhang is even more curious, does Li Jin have any secret means?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang had to endure and continue to look down.

I saw these artillerymen, with the help of horses, quickly moved the artillery to an artillery position.

Nearly eight or nine miles away from the position, there was a shooting range.

On top of the shooting range, some cows, sheep, scarecrows, horses, etc. were placed to simulate the real battlefield environment.

This shooting range covers an area of almost two miles, and it still looks relatively spacious.

The number of artillery guns in the artillery position was ten, and now all the artillery officers were already under the command of Sun Da Cannon, and they began to adjust the direction and angle nervously, apparently preparing to shell the shooting range.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the lookout and could clearly see every move below.

He watched as the soldiers below him, holding their cannons, were aiming at a distance of about seven or eight miles.

"It's... What does that mean? ”

"What do you mean?"

Li Jin rolled his eyes and said:

"Can't you see the cannon?"

"Cannon?"

Zhu Yuanzhang can't wait to buckle Li Jin's head, such a distance, still shooting?

"It's at least eight miles away, what do you tell us they're going to fight?"

"You should let them go another five miles or so."

"You're a waste of time, and your kind of artillery can easily blow up."

"With so many artillery guns firing together, it's just a joke with the lives of the soldiers, you hurry up and make them stop."

Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that Li Jin was like a retard.

You must know that even the artillery on the city wall will not shoot at a distance of more than five miles.

Now in the mountains, shooting from the bottom up, Li Jin even let them shoot at a distance of more than eight miles, isn't it a joke?

Moreover, that kind of black and swarthy artillery is very unsafe at first glance, especially the kind of thin and long barrel, the barrel of the gun must be very weak.

Once the gunpowder explodes, I am afraid that it will explode in an instant.

Li Jin, a dog thing, doesn't take human life seriously at all!!

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth, Xu Da next to him had already let the herald behind him wave the flag and issue a flag ready to fire.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's stunned, the soldiers below adjusted the angle and returned to the back of the cannon one after another.

After fixing the base of the gun, two soldiers got down on one knee and began to load the shells into the barrel.

As soon as all the shells were loaded into the barrels, the two soldiers got up, turned to salute the officer behind them, and reported loudly:

"Report, the elements have been calibrated, please instruct."

The officer nodded, and then all the soldiers who had finished loading saluted the officer, indicating that Zhu Yuan had taken aim and was ready to fire at any time.

The officer shouted:

"Gunner ready."

Then the remaining three soldiers of each team all stood in the position where the cannon was fired, ready to fire at any moment.

After seeing that everyone was in place, the officer looked towards Li Jin and waited for Li Jin's order to fire.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the orderly drill below, and did not say anything to stop it, but just looked at Li Jin.

Seeing this, Li Jin smiled slightly and took a deep breath.

Then, suddenly, he yelled:

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

The officer's orders were issued simultaneously, and a thunderous explosion followed.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Thunder thundered on the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback by this thunderous sound, but the scene on the shooting range below made his pupils dilate suddenly.

I saw that on the shooting range eight miles away, the cattle and sheep who were still leisurely eating grass and enjoying a good time, as well as the old horses, were all corpses on the spot at this moment.

And the shooting range within a two-mile radius was as if it was being ravaged by a strong wind, and none of the scarecrows originally placed in it were still physically intact, let alone able to stand up.

With the shooting range as the center, all the small trees within a radius of 5 miles were blown down by the air waves generated by the explosion, and the various masonry tiles and even countless iron nails on the big trees looked extremely miserable.

And the stone at the center of the explosion was blown to pieces.

A small, black mushroom cloud slowly rose over the range.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally disdainful in his heart, was the boss with his mouth open at the moment, his pupils were constantly expanding and shrinking, and he looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

Standing at the position of the watchtower, Zhu Yuanzhang was condescending, and naturally he wanted to see everything.

Just now, he saw with his own eyes that the shells fired by those cannons exploded the moment they hit the ground.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's impression, the shells of artillery have always been solid, and they only rely on huge force to kill people.

But now this kind of shell actually exploded in front of his eyes, he thought that he was mistaken, but then all the shells, the moment they landed, there was a big explosion.

And the power of this explosion instantly devoured the cattle, sheep, and war horses on the shooting range, and then all these things disappeared, becoming a pair of mutilated flesh and blood.

The scene was extremely bloody, but it just showed the power of this shell.

When a cannon goes down, it erodes for miles, and no living person is seen.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw this weapon for the first time, and was deeply shocked by this weapon for the first time.

"Li Jin, what kind of weapon are you?"

Li Jin gently plucked his ears, the sound of the cannon just now was still too loud, and his ears were a little uncomfortable.

"Artillery, what else could it be?"

"It can't be, it can't be artillery."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face became extremely serious at this moment, such a lethal weapon, he had to figure it out, otherwise he would definitely have trouble sleeping.

"The power of artillery is by no means so great, even the largest and heaviest Shenwei General Cannon, it is impossible to hit so far."

"And the material of your firearm is obviously made of iron, and everyone knows that the material of iron must not be used to make artillery."

"Otherwise, the gunpowder in the chamber will blow up the chamber first, instead of shooting the cannon out."

"Li Jin, tell us honestly, what the hell is this, otherwise we have to let the emperor punish your nine clans."

Li Jin glanced at the domineering Zhu Yuanzhang angrily, and explained casually:

"It's true that pig iron can't work, but that doesn't mean steel can't."

"Pig iron is so brittle that it shatters when it is fried. However, steel not only has the hardness of pig iron, but also is more flexible than copper, so it can completely replace bronze to cast artillery. ”

"And this kind of gun is lighter, more airtight, in addition to poor thermal conductivity, it is simply the best material for making cannons."

Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't believe it when he heard this, and said:

"What about the cannons? Why do the cannons you shoot explode, which is completely different from artillery? ”

李進 says:

"Exploding shells are just one of them, of course we have solid shells here, and if you want to see them, you can also look at them."

"Compared with solid shells, the biggest effect of this kind of exploding shell is that it kills and injures the enemy's living force in large quantities, and the lethality of this kind of explosive shell is at least ten times higher than that of solid shells."

"This kind of shell is loaded with a lot of iron nails and iron sand, under the violent explosion."

"The speed of these iron nails and iron sand is not much slower than the bullets fired by the firecracker."

"Within a distance of twenty paces, whether it is a human or an animal, it will die when touched, and it will be injured when touched, and the lethality can be described as terrifying."

"Of course, there is also the air wave generated by the explosion, under that violent air wave, it can shake people's internal organs and displace, making people lose their combat effectiveness in an instant."

"This is the new generation of artillery."

"I call it, God of War!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Jin's somewhat crazy eyes in a daze, recalling the tragedy on the shooting range just now.

Rao is Zhu Yuanzhang has seen life and death, and he can't help but feel a chill on his back, fortunately, when he was fighting, this kind of thing did not appear opposite him, otherwise he was afraid that his fate would be very miserable.

At this time, Xu Da also came to Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and asked with a smile:

"How? Can this thing be called a weapon of the country? Should it not be guarded so closely? ”

"Deserved, of course."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was slightly hideous, and then he said fiercely:

"Not only that, but we also have to ask the emperor to send heavy troops to protect this place."

"In the future, this will be a military forbidden place, and no one will want to enter and exit at will."

"These things will become the bottom of our Daming's box, so that anyone who dares to provoke Daming will pay the price of blood!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was loud, and it seemed that he had regarded this thing as a forbidden place, and no one was allowed to approach it again.

When the people around heard this, they looked at each other and were at a loss.

Isn't this thing Li Jin's? When did you become the emperor?

Everyone looked at Li Jin and wanted to see what Li Jin had to say?

Li Jin acted indifferently and said:

"Lao Huang, why don't you seem to have seen the world?"

"Do you know what cannons are for?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had already made up his mind in his heart to keep this kind of artillery for himself.

Hearing Li Jin's question, he couldn't help but snort coldly and said:

"Of course, it is used to guard the frontier and prevent foreign invasions."

"This kind of weapon of the country naturally has to be handed over to the emperor for safekeeping, do you still have to hold it in your hands with a small county order?"

When Li Jin heard this, he laughed, shook his head at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Lao Huang, your pattern is too small."

"This kind of thing is handed over to the emperor for safekeeping? What can the emperor do with it? When the salute is fired? Two guns every year during the holidays? ”

"Or put it in the arsenal of the capital, and wait until the foreign enemy hits the capital, and then take it out to protect the capital?"

"This is simply a tyrannical thing, holding such a sharp weapon in his hand, he actually thinks about shrinking up, only thinking about his own one-third of an acre."

"This official told you that cannons are used to measure the area of the country."

"Dignity is only above the edge of the sword!"

"Truth is always within the range of a cannon!"

"This official wants to take this kind of sharp weapon to teach a lesson to those who are not long-sighted, as well as the Japanese people who dare to invade the Ming Dynasty."

"This time, I want to see who else dares to reason with this official within the range of the cannon!!"

Li Jin's words were sonorous and powerful, and his face was even more resolute and unyielding.

It seems that Li Jin has a deep grudge against Wajima, and this powerful artillery is what Li Jin prepared for the Wajima people.

Now, the fun has just begun!