Section 302 "Mythbuster" Asian Special 9
The verification of this rumor took about half a day for the program team, and in the remaining half a day, everyone did not immediately go to the experiment to experiment with the next rumor, but returned to the 5 workshop and started to prepare.
The so-called preparatory work is actually to build an ancient North Korean fire box car according to the information brought by Li Jingyuan, and also to prepare some rockets for launching.
This may sound like a complicated job, but it's not that hard to do. After all, the fire box car is a weapon of war in ancient times, something made of pure wood, and it can't be complicated by modern metal weapons, not to mention that Adam and Jamie are even made of water-cooled rotary tube machine guns during the American Civil War, and it is simply not difficult for them to make a wooden car.
After spending about two hours, under the skillful hands of Adam, this fire box car was built, and after the real thing was placed in front of them, everyone took the photos that Li Jingyuan got to make a comparison. Except for some differences in decoration, the car made by Adam is completely unchanged from the one in the Korean Museum, and the data in terms of size and other aspects are very consistent with the historical records.
After completing the main body, it is time to make the ammunition. This work is a little more cumbersome than just making a fire box. Don't look at the rocket, it's not big, but the technical content is much higher. Because the manufacture of this small rocket involves not only physical problems, but also chemical knowledge.
First of all, everyone knows that the current gunpowder will definitely be able to launch rockets, but such high-efficiency booster fuel was not available in ancient times, and in order to restore the real situation in ancient times, 5 people had to start developing the kind of gunpowder at that time.
Secondly, it is necessary to decide the specifications of the rocket. As long as anyone who knows a little bit about weapons knows that the arrows fired by bows and crossbows are completely different, will the arrows fired by the fire box car also be different from the ordinary arrows in our impression? This is also an issue that needs to be taken seriously.
After some discussion, everyone still chose the most common arrow in ancient times as the first choice. In modern warfare, in order to obtain easier supplies, some pistols and submachine guns use the same type of bullet. The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated, so everyone made the same assumption and came up with such a decision.
The car, arrows, and gunpowder have all been prepared, and the next step is the next step, which is to bundle the gunpowder and arrows together to make a rocket. This work can't be done casually, after all, those are real gunpowder, even if the power is not comparable to 4, but if it is real, it is no problem to kill and injure a few people. So in the process of making the rocket, everyone is very careful. According to the calculated weight, after each arrow was tied with a precise amount of gunpowder, this set of equipment was completely completed.
The weapon is finished, and it won't work without a target, otherwise how can you calculate the power of this thing. At this time, Adam and Li Jingyuan came up with a little caution, they caught Jamie, and then recorded his body data, according to his height and fat and thin to make many foam targets, the funny thing is that in order to make these targets closer to Jamie's image, Adam even pasted a portrait of Jamie himself on each target face.
"Wow, so many Jamie, you're going to let me kill a few!!" Seeing the pile of cut foam boards, Adam laughed happily.
"Have I offended you?" Jamie, who was standing on the side, looked at Adam's crazy and funny appearance, and was a little depressed.
"Nope." Adam replied crisply.
"Then why are you using my image as a target?"
"Who made you the boss? You know, those of us who work under us generally have this kind of mentality, and seeing the company suffer is our greatest pleasure. Adam's bold declaration was fully supported by Tory and Grant, who were watching the excitement, which left Jamie speechless.
Although everyone is targeting Jamie, in fact, this is just a joke, in Studio 5, everyone is still very harmonious, and there is no too serious company hierarchy, the reason why everyone makes such a joke about Jamie is not that they really don't like him, but because he is usually too taciturn and looks a little serious. Since you want to make a joke, you still have to make fun of people who don't usually joke, but it is the most rewarding thing if you can't get angry. ,
"Okay, okay, it's all up to you." In desperation, Jamie can only accept this fact, who let Adam have done all the targets well, if he scraps it and does it again, but it needs to spend another money, in order to avoid this unnecessary expenditure, Jamie, as the boss, can only settle.
After preparing everything, it was already late, and it was too late to go to the field to do the launch experiment, so everyone just washed and slept, rested for a good night, and waited for the next morning to do this experiment.
The night passed quickly, and early the next morning, Adam gathered everyone together, who made him the favorite of such experimental projects, he was already a little eager to see what the fire van would be like when it was launched.
The group soon came to the explosion test site they frequented again, which was empty and devoid of idlers, and was the most suitable for such experiments.
Upon arriving, Jamie and Adam unloaded the van from the truck, while the remaining three young men were sent to lay the 'Jamie'.
There are as many as 100 targets that have been made, and when these targets are placed, Li Jingyuan and the three of them are also deliberately placed according to the formation of the soldiers charging on the ancient battlefield, just to get closer to the scene at that time and see how powerful the fire box car can show in actual combat.
"Are you ready?" After Li Jingyuan and the three returned from completing the mission, Adam took out some scattered rockets and prepared to test the trajectory.
If the fire box car is to be launched, it will consume 200 rockets at one time, and the number of rockets produced is not too much, and it cannot withstand unnecessary waste, so it is necessary to go through a test launch in advance. If you don't do this, no one knows if the arrows fired by the fire van will be able to fall within the range of the target, and it would be too ugly to miss some of them, but it would be too ugly to miss all of them.
At the same elevation angle, Adam placed a rocket on a simple shelf, lit the fuse, and launched the rocket.
"Yes, the distance is just right, the angle is okay, and the wind speed is not large, so let's start now." Seeing that the test-fired rocket fell within the range of the target, Adam was very satisfied, and made a proposal to Jamie to launch.
"K, let's get started."
The ignition work was still snatched away by Adam, and Li Jingyuan originally wanted to be the ignition man, but he really couldn't twist Adam, who loved to play fireworks since he was a child, so he had to stand aside helplessly.
"Hehe, Adam's 'Katyusha' is about to start to exert its power, and all the idlers should avoid it quickly." After laughing and shouting a few times, Adam reached for the igniter in his hand and twisted the lead.
The "sizzle" lead is not antique, and no one wants to fail the experiment because of this small problem, so the modern safety and quality lead is used.
Watching the sparks slowly move towards the fire van, Li Jingyuan's hearts were already raised, and everyone was waiting for the next performance of the fire van.
When the fuse ignited the first rocket, everyone's eyes widened. The visual effect of this thing is really spectacular, after the first rocket was launched, the rest of the rockets were also launched one after another, almost at a speed of ten arrows per second, in less than half a minute, all the arrows of the fire box car were ignited and launched.
In such a short period of time, so many rockets were launched, and because it was antique gunpowder with imperfect combustion efficiency, a huge burst of smoke was generated at the scene, with a choking smell of gunpowder, making everyone feel as if they were really on the battlefield filled with gunpowder.
"This stuff is really exciting." Jamie's words were still so calm, but from the look in his eyes, it could be seen that he was also a little shocked.
"Hurry up and see the results." Like a playful child, Adam was the most anxious person, and as soon as he said this, he ran towards the target to see how many 'Jamie' had been killed.
"Oh, my poor Jamie, have you been shot in the head? And this Jamie, you're so unlucky that you've been shot three times. As the others approached the target, they heard Adam gloating.
"Jamie, did you really decide not to punish him?" Carrie heard Adam's words and smiled and asked Jamie beside her.
"I don't know a child." Adam's behavior is no different in Jamie's eyes than a mischievous child.
"Obviously, the power of this thing is indeed very large, if several or even dozens of units are launched together, it will definitely be a disaster for the attacking army." After walking around a little, looking at the situation of these targets, and then studying the range of the arrows, Jamie said this conclusion to the camera, as for Adam, he was having fun there, and the 'dead Jamie' all over the ground made him insane, where could he still bother to come to the camera to make a show summary.