João IV asked in surprise: "Shrapnel?" ”

Li Zhi nodded. To make up for the regret of forgetting to unify the battle plan with the Portuguese, he was going to give João IV a little explanation: "The so-called shrapnel is a new type of artillery shell that can explode above the artillery target. After exploding over the target, shrapnel bursts from a shrapnel that can cover a large area. ”

Joao IV was stunned, he didn't expect that there would be such a bomb in the world. You must know that now the Europeans have just stolen the flowering bomb from Li Zhi, and they can barely control the explosion time error of the flowering bomb within three seconds. In other words, the European flowering shells generally explode after landing for two or three seconds, although these two or three seconds will give nearby soldiers enough time to escape, but such flowering shells are still much stronger than solid bullets.

And Li Zhi said that his shells can explode above the target.

Joao IV didn't dare to ask Li Zhi more details, because he knew that Li Zhi was a person who was afraid of trouble, but he knew that Li Zhi's character did not like to exaggerate, since he said that he could explode above the target, it was basically an explosion on the enemy's head. The twenty-four-pounder cannon weighed more than twenty pounds, and there were countless pieces of broken steel and steel slag in it, what kind of concept was it if it exploded on the enemy's head?

Later atomic bombs often exploded in the air, because the explosion on the surface would block the impact of the complex terrain.

A bomb that explodes in the air effectively means that the area that the shock wave can kill is completely destroyed. Because there can be no shelter in the distance from the air to the surface, enemies exposed to the shock wave will suffer the most ruthless damage from shrapnel fragments.

And the European soldiers of this era did not even have a steel helmet.

When Joao IV heard Li Zhi's description, his face twitched a few times and froze. He could already imagine the lethal effect of such shells, and understood that this new type of shells would undoubtedly change the ecological environment of the battlefield.

From solid bullets to flowering bullets, and then from flowering bullets to grenade shotguns, this is a revolutionary change.

Joao IV began to congratulate himself that he had been on Li Zhi's side early on, at least the Portuguese did not need to test this new type of shell.

Li Zhi looked at Joao IV, whose face was ugly, and said with a smile: "We have also studied for a long time before we really mastered the key technology of this shell. We call this new type of artillery that uses shrapnel the Tiger artillery. ”

No longer calming João IV's emotions, Li Zhi said: "But since this kind of cannonball can be used in actual combat...", Li Zhi shook his head.

Zhong Feng said in a casual tone: "Then the war will become a pure massacre. ”

Li Zhi was very satisfied with Zhong Feng's tone and nodded.

João IV's face turned white, and he quickly knelt on one knee on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty's power is really unparalleled. Portugal is willing to always be a subordinate state of the Great Qi and charge into battle. ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and shouted, "Let's start attacking!" ”

Hearing Li Zhi's order, Zhong Feng shouted an order to the banner commanders. Soon, a banner symbolizing the order of the general attack began to flutter above the small castle.

The European war of the Tiger Army began.

In the trench to the east, Liu Jun was lying on the earthen wall, staring intently at a "Tiger" cannon ten meters away.

Completely different from the traditional front-loading gun, the Tiger rear gun is already a typical rear-loading gun. This gun had a very complex gun mount, and the adjustment of the muzzle was completely dependent on the rotation of the spiral lever. In the rear of the gun there were four complex screw rotating rods, which controlled the lateral and longitudinal movement of the muzzle, respectively. There is no doubt that this Tiger gun has an accuracy much higher than that of ordinary front-loading guns.

Liu Jun watched with amazement as the cannon aimed its muzzle at the European coalition trenches six miles away.

The deputy squad leader lay on the earthen wall next to Liu Jun, smiled and said, "Let this cannon send them to heaven!" Now the European barbarians know what the Celestial Empire is. ”

Liu Jun turned his head to look at the deputy squad leader, and asked in surprise: "Deputy squad leader, is this cannon so powerful?" ”

The deputy squad leader said: "I have really seen this Tiger cannon hit the target, if this cannon is not powerful, I will help you find out the blonde girl." ”

Liu Jun was stunned, with some embarrassment on his face. For the past two days, he has been wondering how he can see the girl who gave him the dagger again, after all, Lisbon is so big, even if he knows the name, he can't find a person. However, when he heard the ridicule of the deputy squad leader at this time, he still said: ", if this cannon is not powerful, we will be finished, and you are still in the mood to ridicule me, deputy squad leader." ”

The deputy squad leader smiled: "Don't talk nonsense with you, open your eyes and look at these cannons." ”

On the positions of the European coalition forces, Wilhelm II watched with wide eyes at the Tiger cannons whose muzzles were sticking out of the trench little by little, and his breathing became more and more rapid.

He subconsciously felt that those artillery pieces would destroy the position on this side.

Louis XIV raised his chin and said in an arrogant tone: "The Chinese are ready to attack us with those thousand small cannons?" Did they go crazy after winning one game in India? ”

Queen Christina giggled when she heard Louis XIV's words. The twenty-nine-year-old Queen of Sweden had never married, and the more she looked at it, the more she thought the King of France was an interesting person, and now every word of Louis XIV made her tremble.

Cromwell frowned at the Queen of Sweden and frowned. It was the seventeenth century, and there were endless stories of ambiguity in the courts of these European nobles. But for Cromwell, who came from a civilian background, he felt that it was a bit indecent to have a woman like Christina standing in the general headquarters at a critical juncture before the big war.

He coughed and said, "I think we should let all the soldiers lie down in the trenches." ”

Louis XIV smiled and said contemptuously: "Mr. Consul, you must know that our French trenches have been improved, and the ground at the bottom of the trenches is uneven. Flowering shells exploding in such a trench will block most of the shock wave from the potholed ground, and our soldiers are safe in the trench. ”

"I'm afraid that Li Zhi's five shells won't be able to kill or injure a single of our soldiers."

Cromwell thought for a moment and felt that Louis XIV's words made sense.

Just as the European aristocracy was talking, the Tiger cannons under the city of Lisbon rang out.

One thousand and sixty-three twenty-four-pounder breech-loading guns opened fire almost at the same time, spewing huge tongues of fire into the trenches. The flames lit up the entire Portuguese position in an instant, dwarfing the winter sun.

Wilhelm II subconsciously bit his lower lip and watched countless cannonballs cut through the sky.

Kaiser Wilhelm II had expected the shells to fall into the trenches and explode.

However, he was wrong, and the shell exploded before it could fall into the trench. Within ten meters above the trench, more than a thousand shrapnel shells exploded into a brilliant shock wave like fireworks, and sparks flew everywhere.

All the European aristocrats were stunned, and one by one they all opened their mouths wide.

Shells exploded above the trench?

They have never seen such shells, how on earth was such a terrible fuse accuracy achieved?

However, this is no longer a question of technical difficulty.

Everywhere the more than 1,000 shrapnel went, all of them turned into Shura hell.

The flames were everywhere, and the fragments of the shells and the steel slag inside the shells rained down like drops, on the completely bare trenches, on the completely bare European coalition soldiers.