Liangshan Mountain back mountain water berth. Pro-Shell Pavilion

"Brother, I have reconfigured the gunpowder according to the recipe and made the Heaven-Shaking Thunder!"

Ling Zhen said to Sun Lei with an excited face, he was holding an iron ball in his hand, which contained the gunpowder that had just been configured, and the Great Song Dynasty called this firearm a heaven-shattering thunder.

Ling Zhen can be regarded as a science and technology maniac, after going up the mountain, Sun Lei carved out a vacant land for him in the back mountain, he found Tao Zongwang, built a few houses in a day, and then got into it and started the research of gunpowder.

"It's a good portion."

Sun Lei weighed the earth-shattering thunder and nodded, it's not too heavy, people with divine power like Lu Zhishen and Wu Song are afraid that they can throw it far away, and it can be regarded as a huge grenade.

"Brother, the little brother of saltpeter and sulfur has been purified according to what my brother said, and the charcoal is used in the best willow charcoal!"

Ling Zhen looked at Sun Lei gratefully, Sun Lei did not break his promise, really gave him enough support, gave him the opportunity to display his talents, and never pointed fingers, did not interfere in his research, without Sun Lei, he would not have been able to study such powerful gunpowder in his life.

"How are you going to launch this thing? With a barrel? ”

Sun Lei looked at Ling Zhen and asked.

"Brother, this is hollow, the iron sheet is thin, you can't fire it with a cannon barrel, just ignite it and throw it out, or use a thunderbolt to fire."

Ling Zhen pointed to the lead on the earth-shattering thunderbolt, as well as the thunderbolt cannon (small trebuchet) next to it.

"Let's try it!"

Lu Zhishen took it and took a sky-shaking thunder, weighed it, and felt that the weight was okay, and it didn't weigh much.

"Is this thing waterproof?"

Sun Lei looked at Ling Zhen and asked.

"Brother, rest assured, the lead is waterproof, and the mouth is also sealed with paraffin."

Ling Zhen nodded.

"Then throw it in the water and try it!"

Sun Lei pointed to the empty water, where is the best place to experiment.

With the ignition of the lead, Lu Zhishen stepped forward in two steps and threw it hard, and the earth-shaking thunder drew an arc in the air and fell straight nearly two hundred steps away, and the earth-shaking thunder fell into the water with a "poof".

Everyone held their breath and looked at the place where the earth-shattering thunder fell into the water, most of the people on the mountain were very unfamiliar with firearms, only fireworks and rumors.

"Boom!"

A dull loud noise came from under the water, and a huge white water curtain rose up, splashing in all directions, the water curtain was several zhang high, and the range reached five or six zhang, and the calm water set off waves.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they looked at the power of gunpowder, they had never seen something so powerful, if it was used on the battlefield, it would be invisible, and one shot would not die?

"Brother, it worked! It worked! ”

Ling jumped up excitedly, this was the power of firearms that he had pursued all his life.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Sun Lei clapped his hands and smiled, this power is much more powerful than the power he casually drummed up that day, it seems that this professional thing still needs to be done by professionals.

"I don't want gunpowder to have such a power!"

Xiao Jiasui and the others sighed in astonishment, they had never been in contact with the army, and they didn't know much about firearms, which were secret weapons in the army, at most they had learned about them from books, and the firearms described in the books were not as powerful.

"Now this firearm is not complete, and it is greatly limited to really rush and kill, but it is very suitable for defense and attack."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Brother doesn't know, we are only powerful, this earth-shattering thunder can be improved, and it can become a "poison smoke ball", "dung tank cannon", "tribulus pear fireball", "fireball". ”

"There is only gunpowder in this earth-shattering thunder, and highly poisonous medicine is added to it, after the explosion, the poisonous smoke rolls out, and he dies of poisoning with bleeding from the mouth and nose, which is called: poison smoke ball."

"Add all kinds of feces to it, and after the explosion, it can be splashed within dozens of feet, and it will be stained in the armor, and the wounds will become sores and fester, which is the dung tank cannon."

"Add all kinds of broken nails, iron thistles, and steel balls to it, and after the explosion, people and animals within ten zhang of the surrounding area are penetrated by debris, and there is no possibility of survival, that is, tribulus pear fireballs."

"Add flint crushed and fire oil to it, and after the explosion, the fire in the vicinity will not stop, and the water will not extinguish it! That's the fireball. ”

Ling Zhen excitedly introduced the various "wonderful uses" of the earth-shaking thunder, and Sun Lei was dumbfounded when he heard it, scolding himself for being too merciful, there were too many vicious moves on this battlefield, and a group of people who didn't understand the gunpowder formula came up with any evil and vicious ideas, which was simply a double blow of physics and magic.

"How about using it in a cannon?"

Sun Lei could only ask helplessly, it would be better if this thing could happen with a cannon barrel.

Although the gunpowder in the Northern Song Dynasty is not very powerful, it has played a lot of tricks, and many of them are very advanced, which is considered to be at the forefront of the times, and it is still not outdated for thousands of years.

The "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" clearly records gunpowder weapons such as fireballs, fireballs, tribulus fireballs, thunderbolt fireballs, smoke balls, poison smoke balls, and iron-beaked fire harriers.

There are also as many as 14 types of "cannons" that specialize in firing incendiary firearms, including "whirlwind cannons," "tiger squat cannons," "cannons on the belly," "recumbent cannons," "car cannons," "whirlwind five cannons," and "combined cannons."

"Brother, the younger brother has asked the Tanglong brothers to build a tiger squat cannon!"

Ling Zhen pointed to the object covered by the black cloth next to him and said, Tang Long smiled and lifted the black cloth, only to see a fat cannon squatting on the ground, it really looked like a Menghu squatting.

"How far can this thing hit?"

Sun Lei touched the slightly short and bulky cannon and asked.

"Brother, because the gunpowder has become more powerful, it is not a problem for the projectile to hit the other side!"

Ling Zhen pointed to the north bank of Liangshanbo, and it was not a problem for his artillery to hit the entire Shuibo.

"Isn't that ten miles?"

Sun Lei looked a little, the Tate'er Depression is not small, and the north shore is the closest to Liangshan, which is more than ten miles.

"Brother, the caliber of this cannon is not big enough, the younger brother of the Wind and Fire Giant Cannon in the armor has fought for fourteen or fifteen miles before!"

Ling Zhen said proudly, Fourteen or Five-Year Miles is the artillery range record in the Great Song Army, and only he can do it.

"Let's shoot!"

Sun Lei nodded, no matter how Ling Zhen fought, as long as the distance was far away, it would be good.

"Order!"

Ling Zhen excitedly apologized and began to load gunpowder, and everyone looked curiously at how they could hit a projectile so far.

Ling Zhen first filled packets of gunpowder powder, compacted it with a cork, and then put the round shell into the barrel to compact, the projectile was actually able to enter the barrel, and he didn't dare to say that it was tight, but it was not far behind.

"It's not easy to build this barrel, isn't it?"

Sun Lei looked at Tang Long with a smile and asked.

"Let an elder brother say that he is ready, Brother Ling Zhen's requirements are not ordinarily strict, he has requirements for how heavy the cannon is, how thick it is, and how thick the barrel is, and he personally participated in the construction, the younger brother and him and the four blacksmiths only shot such a cannon in five days."

Tang Long said with a wry smile, it's not that he hasn't fought this thing before, and he has also built cannon barrels in the Western Army, but he has never had such strict requirements as Ling Zhen.

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