On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Lin Weiye pulled out two more 12-pounder mountain howitzers to demonstrate the improved grenade to Xia Nan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, the target is no longer a mound of earth, but instead of dozens of scarecrows, which are supported by tough bamboo poles inside, instead of human bones, simulating the killing of the human body by an explosion. The scarecrows are placed in a dense manner, simulating the attack formation of cold weapon troops in this era.

After the artillery was fired, the shells flew into the "crowd", and because they did not grasp the time of the burning of the letter tube, they only exploded after they bounced again on the ground, and missed the best explosion position at the center point of the "crowd". Even so, the rear of the "crowd" centered on the explosion point, several fell, and the shock wave of the explosion was beyond Xia Nan's imagination.

Xia Nan ran over to take a closer look, and found that even if the scarecrow did not fall, it had been cut in half or cut in half, and if it was replaced by a real person, such an injury could be declared dead.

He said to Lin Weiye happily: "I didn't expect that this black powder grenade also has such great power, and it will be a big killer weapon to bomb dense crowds in the future!" ”

Lin Weiye replied while cutting off a small section of the letter tube and loading it into the shell: "It is good to have this power with black powder, but the difficulty lies in controlling the time of the explosion -- if you blow up too early, you will let the enemy watch the fireworks, and if you blow up too late, you will not be able to achieve the maximum killing effect." Unfortunately, it is not possible to make a trigger fuse, so you can only control the explosion time by adjusting the length of the fuse, which depends on experience and luck. In the final analysis, grenades can't replace solid bullets, solid bullets are the simplest and most practical bullets, in the face of dense crowds, you don't need to consider the fuse problem at all, just blast over, like a gourd, and kill dozens of them with one shot. ”

Xia Nan was very content: "This is already very good, solid bullets are still the main ammunition type, but making grenades can also enrich the means of attack!" ”。

Lin Weiye stuffed the cannonball with the truncated fuse into the muzzle, instructed the man to rearrange the new scarecrow, and then fired again. The explosion was perfect, exploding before hitting the ground near the center of the "crowd", and more scarecrows fell.

After inspection, there were eight scarecrows that were directly knocked down by the shock wave, and the number of scarecrows that were knocked down or cut and damaged by fragments reached sixteen, according to the effect of destruction and the location of the wounds, these sixteen "people" could not live, and the killing effect was surprisingly good.

Lin Weiye concluded: "Except for the short range, this is a perfect light field gun, and your decision is right. Our opponents basically have no field artillery, and the range of the twelve-pounder mountain howitzer gun is not a disadvantage, and the combination of mobility and power is perfect, and the future enemy can only be a one-sided slaughter in the face of our artillery and rifles. ”

Xia Nan was full of ambition: "At this moment, I really want to say a word - let the ignorant opponent tremble under our guns!" Wowha! ”

Lin Weiye complained: "It's really uneducated, I thought you would say: The truth is within the range of the cannon." ”

After the artillery tests were completed, the troops were equipped. Summer Nan picked out a few clever ones from the guards to serve as gunners. Since there was no danger of exploding, and with the use of fixed shells, several new gunners quickly mastered the essentials of firing artillery, and all that needed to be practiced was to use the quadrant to calculate the angle and aim. However, the attack was imminent, and there was no time to train these, so Nan could only temporarily cramle and let the gunners shoot a few shots a day to practice accuracy.

After the success of casting the cannon, Lin Weiye began to copy the classic gun carriage of the front-loading gun era.

In fact, the structure of the gun carriage is not complicated, a stepped gun carriage that can be used to adjust the position of the gun up and down, plus two wheels is the main structure of the gun carriage, and then extends a tail with a hook, which can be put down against the ground to offset the recoil of the gun body, and can be dragged away by hanging the front car when lifted, and wrapping iron sheets in contact with the ground to increase friction and durability. The front car is a trailer attached to horses and donkeys and other livestock, and it is also two wheels, which is connected to the gun carriage to form a complete four-wheeled vehicle, which is more stable than a two-wheeled vehicle. The ammunition box is mounted on the front vehicle, which is convenient for the delivery of shells in battle.

It's not difficult to build a gun wagon, but the power of the gun cart stumped Xia Nan and Lin Weiye - there are basically no horses and few donkeys in Qiongzhou, so you can't use ploughing oxen, right? Even if the impact on agricultural production is not considered, the speed of the ox-drawn cart is too slow, which affects the mobility of the troops. In the end, I had to sacrifice the magic weapon of the animal pawn - to put it bluntly, it is to use people to push, but fortunately, the 12-pound mountain pomegranate is very light, and a few people can push it.

Xia Nan swore a curse: "When the whole island is settled, I will definitely get a horse from the inland, what is the matter with people pulling cannons!" ”

Lin Weiye comforted him and said: "There will be bread, there will be milk, everything will be fine, the difficulties are only temporary, in the future, we will not only have horse-drawn artillery, but also cavalry!" Before the advent of machine guns and tanks, the mobility and impact of cavalry could not be replaced by any class. ”

"Yes, and cavalry!" Thinking of the scene of the cavalry charge in the movie, Xia Nan's mood surged.

The artillery has been figured out, and the next step is to kill the slashing mountain. In the summer, the south was in high spirits, pointing to the direction of the east chopping foot: "If people offend me, cut the grass and eradicate the roots!" Destroy all reactionary forces, establish a new order, and kill! ”

The convoy set out for Tinan Pass with a new weapon of mass destruction. Counting this active attack, this is the third time that the escort team has clashed with Chopping Foot Mountain, and it can be regarded as a lever with "Li Zhai Xiao Fengxian".

Niululing slashed his feet, Huang Datong Lord has been very irritable recently, since Chengmai County lost to Xia Nan's escort, he began to wonder if his path was wrong. Mr. Yan didn't give him better advice, just told him to wait, and the turnaround would come.

This wait is more than a month, the courage and confidence of his subordinates are disappearing, and if this continues, let alone attack Chengmai County, it is doubtful whether he can prevent the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers - in the past, Huang Mengjia disdained the officers and soldiers of the guard post in Qiongzhou Mansion, but Xia Nan has subverted his three views, and even has no psychological advantage over the officers and soldiers of the guard post.

The people of Chopping Foot Mountain have finished the New Year in an atmosphere of panic, and they have finished the Lantern Festival of the Han people. When the Han people finish the New Year, it is estimated that there will be action, and when the time comes, there will be a result.

If the soldiers coming to Shangchengmai County or even Fucheng are the guards of the Eight Classics, Huang Mengjia is confident that he will get a result of Zhao'an: he did not take the county seat this time, the face of the Han government is still there, and the officials are unwilling to do much, plus the officers and soldiers may not be able to fight their own villages, Zhao'an is a good ending for both sides.