The reason why Wanyan Zongwang was flustered was very simple, mainly because he had suffered too much.
During the repeated tug-of-war in the past half month, they had already developed a conditioned reflex under the endless tactics of Hu Biao and others.
Every time I encounter a new method that I have never seen before, it turns out to be something fatal afterwards.
So after seeing the flying monkey rising into the sky and then exploding, I instinctively felt uncontrollably panicked.
No matter what Wanyan Zongwang thought, he didn't think that Hu Yitong could still have any trump card now. At that time, his whole body still trembled.
Then, I always felt that something bad was going to happen soon.
But then again, the warehouse manager's panic after seeing such a movement is actually quite normal if he takes it seriously.
Mainly because this was the first time he came into contact with these Congreve rockets; in order not to arouse the Jin people's alert, he had not even tried firing one before.
Therefore, at present, he can only follow the operating instructions handwritten by Lang Qing.
Holding a wooden stick on the ground and writing and drawing, I calculated a rough launch angle.
After adjusting a few rockets himself, he was too busy to do anything, so he could only let other civilians follow the example he made, and began to adjust other rockets.
In such a process, did he miscalculate some data?
When those civilians followed the gourd's instructions and made adjustments, did they adjust the launch angle correctly?
Even the warehouse manager himself can only say that the above is maybe, probably, probably, almost, and it should be correct; in short, it is full of too many uncertainties.
The key issue is that the warehouse manager knows the hit rate of this thing after launch, but it is related to the victory of this battle.
Regarding Hu Biao's requirement that the hit rate must be at least 50%, after a guy launched it, he really didn't have any confidence.
But after the Diamond Sky Monkey exploded, all the civilians under his command came over one after another.
Finally, the warehouse manager gritted his teeth and muttered:
"What the hell! No matter what, the sky is supreme and the earth is the proof. I am willing to pay the price of Hu Biao's 30 years of single life in exchange for this wave of rocket hit rate exceeding 50%."
After sacrificing Hu Biao, the warehouse manager finally yelled:
"Attention all personnel, light the fire and shoot the fuck~"
Under such an order, the peasants who had already held a lit torch immediately stretched the torch in their hands towards the strange iron pipes in front of them and a thick fuse behind their buttocks.
That's right! In the eyes of many civilians, these rockets are really weird.
Specifically, it is an iron tube with a pointed head, three feet long, and a bowl-thick mouth; and behind the iron tube, there is a wooden pole more than ten feet long.
At first glance, it looks like an oversized flying monkey.
The only thing that is different from the Sky Monkey is that there are three triangular iron pieces inlaid on the bottom of the iron pipe and the wooden stick.
Now when it is ready to be launched, it is placed on a wooden stand. The so-called adjustment of the launch angle is to move a wooden pole supporting the iron tube.
If the support point of the wooden pole is further toward the front, making the pointed head shorter, it is said that the shooting range will be closer.
If it is a little further back and the pointed head is raised high, the range will be farther. It is simple and clear, and people can understand it once it is said.
Then for many civilians, a problem arises.
Can something like this, which looks like a joke, work?
If Lang Qing heard such a question, he would definitely jump up; just kidding! This is a new model of rocket that he has improved, and it will definitely work.
Those iron pieces are like the tail fins of a rocket, the key to keeping it stable in the air.
In the iron tube, except for the second half, there is propelling gunpowder with a maximum range of ten miles.
In addition, the warhead in the first half was loaded with 4 kilograms of granular black powder and 2 kilograms of tiny steel balls.
Or maybe it's 2 kilograms of oil that has been slightly withdrawn.
There are two different types of anti-personnel grenades and incendiary bombs.
The only problem is that there is a slight difference between the accuracy and the current overall number, but as long as it hits, there is no doubt about the power...
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In short, regardless of the evaluation of the Langqing version of 'Congreve'.
After being ignited almost simultaneously, a total of 329 rockets hoarded by Hu Biao and others were fired within an interval of three or four seconds.
They spray a long flame and billowing white smoke from behind their buttocks.
It soared into the sky, crossed the sky above Hu Biao and others, and flew towards the Jin people.
Even in the daytime, the scene of hundreds of firelights drawing an arc in the sky is still extremely clear and dazzling.
Like a miracle, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the battlefield.
The difference is that after seeing such a scene, the new army of the Song Dynasty and the Jin people suddenly had completely different moods.
On the side of the new army, their morale has skyrocketed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Even the drums of the military musicians were beating louder.
Hu Biao was standing high on a divine war horse with his hands on his hips, a red cloak fluttering in the wind behind him, and hundreds of firelights flying above his head.
I feel like I am really awesome at this moment.
With unspeakable pride, I immediately wanted to recite a poem. Unfortunately, I didn't have much ink in my stomach, so after thinking for a long time, I couldn't find a poem to suit the occasion.
In the end, all the pride was reduced to one sentence: "Fuck! That's awesome~"
As for the Jin Bing side, after seeing such an incomprehensible scene, it seemed that even their souls began to tremble in great panic.
They just didn't wait for them to do anything, such as kneeling down, hiding, or running away.
These incredibly fast rockets had already landed on their heads one after another.
After all, even if black powder is used as a propellant, the propulsion force and speed produced are far inferior to single-base and double-base propellants in the modern plane.
However, the resulting flight speed can reach one to two hundred meters per second.
This means that in just twenty seconds, part of it has already fallen.
Frankly speaking! Even with the addition of two delta wings for stabilization, the accuracy of an improved version of the Congreve rocket like Langqing is still ridiculous.
There were originally a total of 329 rockets, and the warehouse manager was aiming at Wanyan Zongwang. The Chinese soldier who was waiting at the moment called over.
But in actual results, the locations where these rockets fell were scattered within a huge range of 7 to 12 miles from the launch point.
They landed everywhere, and there was absolutely no chance that two rockets would land within a distance of fifty meters at the same time.
That poor accuracy can be described as a man silently crying and a woman crying.
And because the fuzes were lagging behind, some of the rockets exploded in the air without waiting for them to hit the ground.
Fortunately, such a huge range happened to be within the range of the entire Jin army.
In addition, the Jin people thought that the Song Army's muskets and artillery had failed, and the formation was relatively tight.
It was a hit-and-miss attack, and with a hit rate of almost 65%, it exerted an astonishing killing effect.
Every Congreve rocket explodes after landing or volleying.
If an anti-personnel grenade is encountered, first the people and war horses on the side will be blown up like toys in the blast wave.
At the same time, under the dense splash of steel balls.
After hitting the targets within a radius of more than 20 meters with tiny holes all over their bodies, they fell down like wooden piles.
If you encounter incendiary bombs, the fuzes may even be of substandard quality, causing them to explode in the low altitude.
Suddenly there was a large area of sparks, covering the area below the boss.
Although each of these sparks is small, they can continue to burn even if they fall on iron armor, let alone clothes and skin.
It will only continue to stick to the skin and continue to burn, and the area will become larger and larger faster.
Many golden soldiers instinctively slapped the flames with their palms at the first moment, and then found to their horror that their palms and more parts were burning.
In the end, they turned into a burning man, and they let out unusual screams under the pain that seemed like their bones were being burned.
For a moment, in the huge golden charging formation, there were only the sound of explosions and the screams of various vehicles; many golden soldiers survived such a sudden blow, but they went crazy.
Already.
According to this kind of rocket, a small number can kill seven or eight people, and a large number can kill dozens of people.
In fact, in general, the final number of casualties caused by such a wave of Congreve rockets was about five to six thousand people.
But in such a magical way, the huge movement occurred in an instant, causing a huge panic in the Jin army's formation.
Regardless of the operation of the warehouse management or the sacrifice of Hu Biao, they have made a meritorious service anyway...
The 8,000-word update has been completed and will be gone tonight.
I wish everyone a happy May Day. I also went out for a drink.
