It was still a ball of fire just now, so how come the change of the formula ratio caused such a big noise? Could it be that this is really a weapon that can defeat insects?!
The formula of gunpowder has been determined, and the next thing to do is to develop a finished product!
How to maximize the power of gunpowder? It is nothing more than making muskets or explosive weapons.
The principle of a musket is very simple. Gunpowder is filled into a closed iron tube, bullets are placed in the tube, and then the bullets are shot out to kill the enemy by the power of the gunpowder explosion.
Explosive weapons wrap gunpowder, light the fuse and throw it out, directly relying on the power of the explosion to kill the enemy, which is commonly known as explosive bag.
To make a musket, you first need a barrel, which cannot be made in a short time, so the only option is an explosive pack!
The key is what to wrap the gunpowder with!
Firecrackers that are common in daily life are all wrapped in paper. However, in order to increase the lethality on the battlefield, they need something harder and with more powerful fragments after explosion!
Le Xinyi had an idea and thought of something, which was found in every barracks. It was hard enough, easy to explode, and the size was just right...
That's the helmet!
When they first arrived at the barracks, they discovered that the army here differed according to their levels. Generals generally wore iron armor, while soldiers generally wore hard leather armor. But regardless of whether they were soldiers or generals, their helmets were made of iron! The only difference was the armor used.
It just depends on the number of pieces and whether the workmanship is exquisite.
That's right, the forging technology in this world is obviously still very primitive. There is no plate armor. Feng Xi's exquisite visor helmet is only for officers. The helmets used by soldiers are made of small pieces of iron connected together. At most, they are only available in
There is a whole piece of iron plate on the Tianling cover.
And such a helmet? After a little processing, a large amount of black powder is packed inside and it explodes, which is tantamount to a large fragmentation grenade!
Just do it when you think of it? They directly used their own helmets to conduct experiments. The helmet's armor plate is basically lined with leather? Use straw paper to tightly hold the gunpowder and stuff it in, and sew the lining together? Then use paper rolls
Powdered saltpeter is made into a fuse and clamped inside, and it becomes a bomb.
If the connection of the armor pieces is too stiff? Just break one or two connecting ropes? If the leather cannot be held, just take apart the leather armor and piece it together, inside and out. In short, it took more than an hour of work? They finally succeeded in sewing it.
Four bombs? .
This time, they chose the largest training ground. Liu Xingwei and Ye Peng also put up their shields for protection.
The task of lighting the bomb was handed over to Zhang Lang. He held the helmet bomb in one hand and a torch in the other. He looked back at Feng Xi and the reincarnations hiding behind the shield. He nodded, lit it and threw it out.
It was already late at night. The soldiers who had fought desperately for a day were exhausted and fell asleep early. Even the marshals, generals and military advisors in the castle fell into a deep sleep. Only in their sleep could they forget the desperate situation now.
Forget those ferocious bugs and tragically dead soldiers...
But at this moment, a loud and earth-shaking sound came, causing them to jump up from their warm beds!
"Boom!!!"
After the loud noise, the entire fortress was quiet for a few seconds, and then there were the sounds of curses and the sounds of people getting dressed and armored in a panic.
"What happened?!"
Marshal Meng ran out of the bedroom wearing a coat. There were no soldiers standing guard at the door. They were all lying on the window looking out.
"What are you looking at? What's going on?"
Hearing the marshal's voice, the soldiers hurriedly turned around and knelt on the ground: "Report to the marshal, there was a sudden fire in the big campus just now, a loud noise was heard, and the whole fortress was alarmed!"
"Fire? Loud noise?" The marshal took a breath of air: "Such a vision, is it a bad omen that the fortress is about to be destroyed? Quickly, put on my armor, I'm going to have a look!"
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At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the main campus of Sunset Fortress was crowded with people. The soldiers inside sighed in admiration, while the soldiers outside kept looking around.
Soon, the top military officials headed by the marshal arrived, and the soldiers automatically moved out of the way. The marshal walked into the school grounds and saw that the compacted ground was scorched black, and the shelves with weapons nearby were crooked and scattered on the ground.
It looked like a mess.
"What on earth is going on?" the marshal asked with a frown.
Feng Xi rushed to Marshal Meng with excitement on her face: "Marshal, it's General Yuan's old department testing new weapons at the school! That weapon is so powerful that it can really kill the Zerg!"
"New weapons?"
The marshal's eyes lit up when he heard that. He had heard that they were going to do a test before. He didn't have high expectations. He just had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse. Now when he thinks about the loud noise and fire, if it is really a controllable weapon,
Wouldn't that be a good thing? Thinking of this, the unhappiness of being woken up in the middle of the night was swept away:
"Quick, let them come to see me!"
"See the Marshal" The reincarnators came forward, carrying a few unused helmet bombs in their hands.
The marshal nodded: "I heard that the loud noise was caused by you? Is that what you were holding in your hands?"
"Not bad!" Representative Yu Le Xinyi stepped forward to report. The little girl has a sweet voice, is approachable, and is bold and smart. She has the highest success rate in convincing the marshal.
"This is a formula that General Yuan accidentally discovered when he was fighting against insects!"
Le Xinyi grabbed a handful of black powder and handed it to the marshal:
"As long as it encounters an open flame, it will explode and it is extremely powerful. We call it gunpowder. General Yuan originally planned to produce it in large quantities to fight the insects, but he didn't want it to happen before... We have witnessed the ferocity of the insect swarms in the past two days, and thought of this
I thought that if I could use it to make weapons, I would be able to repel the insect monsters!"
"gunpowder?"
The marshal had never heard of this name before. He reached out and pinched a little bit, then put it in front of his nose and sniffed:
"Smells of saltpeter and sulfur?"
"Marshal is wise!" Le Xinyi raised her hand and said, "Gunpowder is made from sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal powder mixed in a certain proportion."
"Our fortress has plenty of sulfur and saltpeter!" The marshal frowned: "It has been used as a fire attack for many years, just adding some charcoal and mixing it together. Is it really as powerful as you say?"
"Whether it's powerful or not, you'll know once you try it!" Le Xinyi picked up a helmet bomb: "I hope the marshal will order the soldiers to withdraw from the school grounds and put up their shields to avoid accidental injuries!"
The marshal immediately gave the order, and soon the soldiers set up a shield wall around the school grounds, and the reincarnators began to experiment.
The job of dropping the bomb was still left to Zhang Lang. Watching the fuse slowly burning, the hearts of the onlookers were in their throats. The marshal even stuck his head out from behind the shield to see what happened!
"Down!" Feng Xi grabbed the marshal and dragged him back behind the shield.
At the same time, there was a loud noise in the center of the school ground, and billows of smoke and dust mixed with firelight rose up. The soldiers surrounding the school ground suddenly felt a strong force coming from their shields, and the weaker ones were almost knocked to the ground!
When the smoke and dust dissipated, the soldiers dared to poke their heads out. When they saw a scorched black spot in the middle of the school ground, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva. So it turned out that the phenomenon that looked like a natural disaster was really caused by man?
"Hahaha, beautiful!"
The marshal laughed happily:
"With such a divine creature, why should insects be afraid?"
As he spoke, he glanced around: "Did anyone get hurt just now?"
Soon several soldiers stood up. They were all hit by shrapnel, that is, the armor on their helmets, but fortunately their vital parts were not injured and their lives were not affected.
"How did you get injured?" Seeing someone injured, the marshal was even happier, "Which shield are you hiding behind? Bring the shields over and let me see!"
The shield was placed in front of the marshal. Many of the shields had armor plates inserted into them. Some of the thinner ones were even penetrated, leaving only bullet holes. Presumably they were the shrapnel that injured those soldiers!
"The martial arts field is several feet in radius. The armor pieces thrown out by this thing's explosion can actually penetrate a strong shield. It's amazing, amazing!"
The marshal was greatly impressed when he saw it: "Give those injured soldiers an extra month's pay so that they can recover well. Order the craftsmen to work in the camp, and use this... gunpowder formula to make weapons overnight... No, it's not just the craftsmen working in the camp.
, the soldiers who are smart and crafty will also help, we must make five thousand before sunrise tomorrow..."
Having said this, he hesitated for a moment and asked Le Xinyi on the side: "What is that thing called?"
"We call him Bomb!"
"Bomb, haha, what a name!" Marshal Dayue: "We worked all night to make the bomb!"
"Marshal!" Le Xinyi said again, "In fact, the bomb we made is quite powerful, but it is too bulky and wastes gunpowder. In fact, as long as the gunpowder is sealed and the fuse is left, even if the dose is smaller, it will be very powerful.
You can tie it to an arrow shaft and shoot with a bow and arrow! It’s more flexible!”
"Okay, okay!" The marshal laughed heartily and patted Le Xinyi on the shoulder: "Contribute the gunpowder formula. You have done a great job and you don't have to go to the battlefield. From now on, stay in the castle and supervise the craftsmanship battalion to develop bombs.
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Hearing this sentence, the newcomers all looked happy. Being able to find a safe shelter in the mission world is simply a dream for newcomers to reincarnation!
However, several senior people looked at each other and seemed reluctant to stay in the castle and work as craftsmen.