Since Li Er saw the true power of artillery, he has been thinking about it, always concerned about the latest situation about artillery, every day after the review of the folds to run to the Ministry of Industry, so that the officials of the Ministry of Industry feel very honored, so they work overtime to make artillery, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu personally supervises the progress of artillery production and the safety of materials, etc., each artillery must be personally supervised when it is made, and each artillery must be personally presided over when it is completed.

Of course, Li Er's majesty is also very concerned about these problems, and is always asking whether the materials are enough, whether the funds are enough, and when will a batch of artillery that can be used on the battlefield be built, and the imperial court is also using these artillery to train gunners, and prepare to organize an artillery team, called the Shenji Battalion, to become an independent combat force Yunyun, the children of the Mo family in the Ministry of Industry feel very honored by this, not only working overtime, but also putting forward a lot of suggestions for improving the range and power of artillery, which was accepted by Li Tai.

As the actual person in charge of the artillery project after Suning left, Li Tai also attaches great importance to this, especially about the issue of flowering shells, after Suning wrote down some of the things he knew on stationery and asked someone to bring them back, he began to study the problem of flowering shells, which exploded when they landed, and caused great damage and deterrence to the surrounding people, which is not easy, how to ensure that the shells do not explode on the way to flight, how to ensure that they do not explode in the barrels, these are all problems.

Don't be afraid when using solid bullets, because as long as the technique is in place, it is not difficult to shoot the iron balls. And the iron pellet itself will not explode, it is a special siege weapon against the hard city wall, if you really want to make artillery a weapon of mass destruction, you have to study the flowering bomb, Li Tai's confidence is bursting, and he vows to finish the research of the flowering bomb before the decisive battle of Goguryeo, so according to Suning, start from the bamboo gunpowder when he first realized.

Sealed, ignited, exploded. Enhance lethality, and so on. All of them need to be studied, first of all, the strengthening of the power of the gunpowder itself, as well as the internal structure of the shell, whether to add some other more powerful weapons of destruction such as iron nails and the like. When the shell explodes, these things move at a very high speed. Then it will definitely inflict severe damage on the surrounding soldiers.

Before gunpowder was not powerful enough to replace this killing. It's better to add some to it, Li Tai himself thinks that if the cannonballs are really limited to the size of the muzzle, the amount of gunpowder will definitely not be much. It is impossible to use several truckloads of gunpowder to ignite together like when Suning blew up the gate of the Goguryeo royal capital, which must be very terrifying, but a single shell is so big, and the amount of gunpowder is very limited.

Under this premise, Li Tai began to look for some other lethal things mixed with gunpowder, and then first put this mixed gunpowder in a round wooden ball, imitating the shape of a real solid bullet to make this wooden ball, in order to realize the power of gunpowder, surrounded by sheep or pigs and the like, cattle are reluctant, horses are even more reluctant, can only use sheep, pigs or dogs and the like, and then light the fuse to observe the explosion.

After a loud bang, those animals basically lay on the ground and did not move, a few were still studying while convulsing, most of their bodies were rotten, and the ones that were closer had become a pile of minced meat, and then those who were farther away, there were not many wounds on their bodies, but they were all bleeding, and they were also paralyzed on the ground and kept twitching, Li Tai checked it and found that the iron nails or small iron bullets that were put in had been shot into the flesh of these animals, causing some damage.

Those who are close are not killed by gunpowder but also scared to death by a huge sound, people or animals who have not heard this kind of loud noise will be scared enough by such a loud noise, some of the weaker ones are directly scared to death, Li Tai himself has also felt it, it was also like this in the palace at the beginning, but as time goes by, everyone is used to it, if you don't come a few times a day, everyone still feels a little unaccustomed, Li Er's majesty was like this at the beginning, judging whether his baby son is still alive by the explosion of gunpowder......

Li Tai submitted a proposal to Li Erma, saying that in view of the limited power of gunpowder, it is difficult to improve in a short period of time, but the sound of gunpowder is really huge, if it is used on the battlefield, it is difficult to ensure that the enemy is scared to death at the same time our horses and soldiers will not be frightened, so when the gunpowder weapon is officially put into the war, we must let the troops and generals participating in the war and even the war horses be familiar with this explosion sound, and when the enemy army is panicked, our army can directly ignore this sound and rush up to kill the enemy.

Needless to say, some of the thinkers around Li Er's majesty have already put it forward, saying that gunpowder is not only powerful, but also very loud, at first glance it is like a thunderstorm, trembling all over, the brain is dizzy, can not hear the voice, a little closer, there is a risk of deafness, and even died on the spot, bleeding from the seven orifices, and the five internal organs are damaged, which is the reason for the excess sound.

The power of gunpowder is recognized by everyone, and the appearance of artillery makes those civil servants feel frightened and inexplicable, the generals are not there, only a group of civilian officials are left, and many of these civil officials have naturally been on the battlefield and even led troops to fight in person, such as the eldest grandson Wuji, when he saw a cannon firing a cannonball and completely destroying an earthen wall, he couldn't help but be shocked, took three steps back, and fell.

They all understand that since then, the army of the Tang Dynasty has the same powerful weapons, this kind of toughness is definitely not the general two strong, that is the strength that can destroy the walls of a small city with one shot, in the past, it took the generals to rack their brains to capture the city, but now it is not necessary, one shot down, anything can be done!

Of course, this powerful weapon is not without shortcomings, for example, once it rains, the gunpowder can no longer be used when it is damp, that is to say, on a rainy day, whether there is a war or not, the gunpowder weapon will become a waste, the cannon will become a heavy iron lump, and the cannonball will be a bulky big iron ball, without the help of gunpowder. Neither the cannon barrel nor the big iron ball has any attack power, and it is not even as good as a war knife.

Then the moisture-proof measures for gunpowder were also put on the agenda, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry began to study the objects that could be specially used for the waterproofing of gunpowder, starting with the oiled paper used to make umbrellas, which was different from the burning tank, which used oil as fuel, and could not be extinguished even if it was water, but unlike gunpowder, once it was damp, it was dried. Nor can it be used as before. It's the equivalent of scrapping.

If the Tang army encountered heavy rain while marching, and the gunpowder was not properly kept, it became damp and could not be used. Then the Tang Army will face a great crisis. Because in addition to artillery. There is no weapon that can replace it, which directly leads Li Tai to try to invent gunpowder without fear of moisture, and Suning can't help but feel that Li Tai is really crazy after learning about it. It really has a bit of the taste of a mad scientist, waterproof gunpowder, that, that's not simply something that can be made, that requires chemical knowledge, so how can Suning, a chemical scum, be embarrassed?

This kind of thing is better to leave it to others, when the time comes, naturally, we, the country that first uses gunpowder to fight, and first use gunpowder weapons to fight, will definitely be able to invent our own powerful thermal weapons, not for a while, but for the future, we are not omnipotent, Suning is capable even if it is not the original product, beyond the scope of ability, even if he knows knowledge, he can't control it, that is beyond the scope of his ability.

But follow this path, with their own promotion and support, China can sooner or later invent its own powerful thermal weapons, with precedents and driving force, nothing is impossible, the Tang Dynasty is not the Manchu Qing, Li Shimin is not Kangxi, the Tang Army is not the Eight Banners, they have enough pioneering spirit and enough ambition, in order to match their ambitions, the glory of thermal weapons will sooner or later befall the Tang Empire.

During the opening period of the Three Kingdoms era of Goguryeo, the Ministry of Industry hastened to produce more than 30 cannons, the black and swarthy gun body, thick body, heavy mass, smooth polishing, at a glance is a big killing weapon, in order to deal with the threat of the strong recoil generated when the artillery fires shells, the Ministry of Industry has also specially designed a response strategy, in order to ensure that this strategy will not cause too much pressure on the breech so that the breech bursts, for the design of the breech, the Ministry of Industry also has a corresponding strategy.

Therefore, the practicality and value of these more than 30 artillery pieces far exceed the Chinese artillery of the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty and even the Qing Dynasty, not only the range is long, but also powerful.

When the artillery had a certain number, Li Erma couldn't wait to organize a selected group of soldiers who would be gunners, because of their special status, these gunners could not be stored as government soldiers, so they had to be like the carnivorous army in the Twelve Guards, becoming a combat standing army, and always had to be stored as gunners, according to the Ministry of Industry officials, it is best to have four or five gunners for a piece of artillery.

Li Erma Xià then ordered that an artillery piece be equipped with five gunners, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry instructed these gunners to use artillery, train them in the shortest possible time, and then try to send them to the battlefield to use it.

One hundred and fifty reserve gunners were selected, five people with one cannon, and thirty cannons appeared in front of them like ancient fierce beasts, which made them feel very novel, and there were instructors who told them that this was artillery, and all they needed to do was use artillery, but how to do it, what the artillery looked like, how to use it, it was all unknown, and they couldn't be surprised to see such a big iron lump at once?

"Oh my God! This is artillery, huh? ”

"How big is it? God, it's not all made of iron, is it? How much iron does that cost! ”

"How much does that have to weigh? Can five people lift? ”

"Stupid! Who said you were going to carry it? Don't see the horses? If you want to lift it, it won't crush you to death! ”

"Come on, come on, how do you use this thing?"

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A group of gunners were there around the artillery and exchanged ears, and the skilled officials of the Ministry of Industry were in charge of a group of gunners, and 30 people were taken to the artillery training base in the suburbs for intensive training, and carts and truckloads of gunpowder and boxes of large iron balls were taken to the artillery training base with them, and the guards who accompanied and monitored were the emperor's pro-army Xuanjia army, indicating that in addition to the emperor's strict concern about this.

On May 29, the tenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, the first artillery team in human history was officially born in the suburbs of Chang'an City of the Tang Empire, since then, history has undergone great changes, it can be said that with a loud sound of artillery, the original historical process was destroyed by life, and with the birth of this artillery team, history was brought into a new track by them, and began to run again. (To be continued......)