Chapter 1480

The emperor Zhao Xu, who was so excited that he lowered his head, even though the people below were only the size of an ant, the emperor Zhao Xu still felt that his old face was hot and a little burning. It should not be a little burning, but a little burning.

Facing the bitter wind from the high place, Emperor Zhao Xu pretended not to notice the strange expression of others. "Well, Wang Qing makes sense, then you can try shooting and let me see how powerful this weapon is."

Wang Yang nodded, and with Ling Zong's help, he tightened the mechanical bulb and placed the incendiary bomb into the bomb discharging groove. Then he ignited the fuse, then pulled the trigger in the direction of the lake. With a bang, the incendiary bomb that ignited the fuse fuse flies towards the distance.

Below, there was a faint shouting, but because it was too far from the ground, the people on the hot air balloon could not hear clearly what they were calling.

All the people came to the edge of the bamboo basket and watched the incendiary bomb fly out dozens of feet before they slowly began to fall. Halfway through the fall, a fire suddenly flashed, and then everyone could see a large ball of fire began to appear in the air and continued to disperse downwards.

After scattering on the water like a cloud of fire, it did not go out, but continued to burn for a while, and the flames and black smoke gradually dissipated.

Seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but take a deep breath. "Okay, good thing, this thing is to use it with your heart against the enemy. I'm afraid the enemy can only be helpless, and I can't help it..."

"Your Majesty, we have undergone many tests. At such an altitude, the only one that can cause damage to the hot air balloon is a long-range weapon like the Baniu Crossbow, or a cannon shot directly into the sky. At such a altitude, this is just the beginning for the hot air balloon."

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Not to mention a thousand feet, after reaching a height of 350 feet, even the Yuanyou Divine Power Cannon will be difficult to cause damage to the hot air balloon, let alone other cold weapons.

On the hot air balloon, incendiary bombs can be poured out to roast those helpless enemies into jerky meat.

"At present, Weichen is designing to see if the hot air balloon can resist the attack of the wind to a certain extent after reaching a certain height, and can freely fly in the sky to attack the enemy. If it can be done, I believe it will definitely bring greater benefits to the military power of the Song Dynasty."

After hearing Wang Yang's words, everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath. This really reached the level described by Wang Yang, and everyone seemed to see that the imperial artillery in the Song Dynasty was firing hard, and countless shells exploded in the dense enemy formations and over the sky.

Before they rushed closer, the cannons equipped with shotguns swept down all the enemy troops like scarecrows.

Further away, countless huge hot air balloons, like divine weapons falling from the sky, flew over the enemy camp. The enemy could only run away powerlessly and desperately. The arrows they intended to resist would eventually fall back to the ground and accidentally hurt their own people.

The elite Song army in the hot air balloon were happily igniting the fuses one by one, and then throwing them out of the bamboo basket. The fire-lit incendiary bombs fell one after another in the air, falling from the sky, forming a fire net that could not be avoided, even if it was encountered, it could still burn wildly, burning the enemy's camp, even fortresses and ground pools into ruins...

The old driver Su Song stroked his long white beard and stared at the calm lake with the gradual flaming shadows and smoke marks, and couldn't help but sigh and sigh.

"Why did I feel that it's only been less than ten years. For more than a thousand years, the battle scenes of facing the battlefield and forming swords and guns seem to have changed suddenly..."

"Mr. Su, as time goes by and as our Song Dynasty's national strength becomes increasingly stronger, the future war model will become more and more beyond our imagination. Perhaps in a few years, even artillery can be made into as thick as a spear, which can kill the enemy like a spear, and can also fire bullets outside the range of the enemy."

"This is definitely OK." As soon as Wang Yang finished speaking, Zhao Ji next to him immediately took over the words and squeaked at Wang Yang.

Wang Yang understood and said three times. The two guys were all seen by the emperor. Now, the emperor's eyes suddenly turned green.

Fortunately, people waited here until the hot air balloon slowly landed on the ground, and the emperor called Wang Yang and Zhao Ji aside.

"...Your Majesty, in fact, we are now carrying out various improvements and new designs of the Yuanyou Shenwei Cannon. Two new types of gunpowder weapons have been derived, one is the extremely light-hearted mortar, and the other is the single-soldier weapon that the minister just mentioned..."

The emperor couldn't help but take a breath. "You really did so many things without hiding them..."

"Officials, I am not hiding you. It's just that these gunpowder weapons are still in the trial production stage and have not yet been put into use. So I want to wait until the casting technology and usage methods are fully mature before I present them to the official." Zhao Ji explained embarrassedly.

"Well, what I said makes sense, but next time, it is best to let me know about this matter as soon as possible. I am very happy to see that my military power and weapons in the Song Dynasty are getting more and more advanced and stronger."

After Wang Yang and Zhao Ji looked at each other, they could only respond with a tribute to the emperor. "I obey the order..."

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The manufacturing of mortars is simpler, but the range and power are really inferior to that of the Yuanyou Shenwei cannon. However, after all, the mortars are very light and are definitely a good tool for changing places to another shot.

As for muskets, after repeated tests, the lathes of Dasong are now able to use hook cutting methods to pull out qualified rifled barrels, but the scrap rate is still very high.

Even if there are only six rifles, even if the craftsmen at every link are diligent and careful, the barrel will not exceed three qualified barrels from the beginning to the grinding, until the rifling is hooked out. The lathe is currently undergoing further processing and modification, and the yield rate can reach 50%.

The reason why the scrap rate is so high is that Wang Yang's standardization requirements are so strict that all craftsmen feel abnormal, that is, the error between each component must not exceed one slight.

In other words, even if one thousand sets of parts are made and the parts are broken up, one thousand muskets can still be completely assembled, which is a success.

Therefore, the shape, size, and cutting thickness of each part will affect the error of the parts.

With the veteran driver Wang Yang, and the new batch of Yuanyou Shenwei cannons have successfully used the flintlock mechanism, the Song Dynasty's musket directly surpassed the heavy and extremely slow firing mode of the mesh gun, which is seriously disturbed by the weather.

A flint-fired bolt was directly used on the musket. In addition, after further purifying the gunpowder, Wang Yang thought of another way to increase efficiency, which is to increase pressure.

The gunpowder is placed on a hydraulic machine, and the gravity is used to obtain a tighter structure. Then it is cut into grains of rice, and then grinds it. The power of the granular gunpowder is several times that of powdered gunpowder in the past.
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