Chapter 515: The heaven and the earth are united in bringing luck
Author: Uncle Long Legs
Chapter 515: The heaven and the earth are united in bringing luck
Time: November 16th, the first year of Maode.
Location: Imperial Academy of the Song Dynasty, the backyard of the temporary production base of the Ministry of Industry.
Hu Biao picked up a new type of grenade, unscrewed the cover at the bottom of the wooden handle, took out the drawstring, and put it directly on the index finger of his left hand.
After seeing Lang Qing nodding to him, saying, "You have to worry about it to calm the fire."
Finally, he used the index finger of his left hand to pull the rope hard, raised his right hand and threw the thing about 212 meters away.
The whole process is not like before, and you still have to hold incense and torches to light the fire.
But that's it, the grenade exploded violently soon after it landed.
The flying splinters of cast iron hit some targets made of scarecrows covered with armor, and the impact was called a "ding-dong-dang-dang~" sound.
Yes, that's right! Today, Lang Qing finally took the time to improve the method of pulling grenades and explosive packs.
Then I notified Hu Biao to come over and try it out to see if it works.
If possible, then we should not only free up production, but also improve all the previous inventory.
In fact, to put it bluntly, this method of hair pulling is quite simple in principle: it is just to put some glass powder in a small steel tube.
Then roll some copper wire into a ball and put it in the glass powder.
One end of the copper wire is connected to the pull rope, and the other end is connected to the fuse and sulfur.
Therefore, as long as you pull it smoothly, the sparks generated by the friction between the copper wire and the glass powder can ignite the fuse and sulfur, ultimately triggering the black powder explosion.
Whether it's a grenade or a more powerful explosive pack, it all uses the same pulling principle.
Seeing that the first grenade was successfully fired, Hu Biao threw out all ten grenades processed by Lang Qing in one breath.
After seeing with my own eyes that every grenade was successfully detonated without exception.
There was a smile on his face and a comment in his mouth:
"Langqing, this self-pulling grenade is indeed much more convenient; the only problem is that it takes too long to detonate after each firing.
I just counted silently, and it took seven seconds for this thing to explode.
After such a long period of time, it was enough for the other party to pick it up and then throw it back to us again.
So you can see if you can adjust it so that it explodes immediately in three seconds at most. In short, no matter whether you can adjust it or not, you can go into full production in two days and make as much as you can.
Because even if the detonation takes a long time, it doesn’t seem to be a big deal. Just hold it in your hand, count three, and then throw it out.”
Faced with Hu Biao's question, Lang Qing answered simply.
"It will detonate in three seconds, right? No problem. I can fix it by working overtime tonight."
At this point, the matter regarding the pulling device has been completely finalized; the principle of pulling the explosive bag is the same, so there is no need to bother to continue testing.
It's just that Hu Biao's trip here was not just for such a trivial matter as the hair pulling device.
Besides, if Lang Qing, after working so hard for so many days, only bothered with such a trivial matter, then his "eighth-level fitter" skill book would be in vain.
In fact, the so-called hair pulling device is just an appetizer, and the real meal comes later.
So in the following time, Lang Qing and Hu Biao finally arrived in front of the real big dish during today's trip to the Ministry of Industry; to be more precise, it was a special big car...
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The reason why such a large car is very special is that the large car in front of us uses epoch-making black technology during the Northern Song Dynasty.
First of all, in terms of wheels, although they still use wooden wheels, there is no such thing as rubber tires.
But just by using ball bearings, it is almost 800 years of technological advancement.
You know, the original historical line requires that ball bearings were invented in the Netherlands in 1881 and were still used in skating.
As for the wheels, the use of ball bearings not only increases the life of the wheels, but also significantly increases the speed and load capacity.
In addition, because the steel production in Kaifeng City has now reached 31 tons per day.
Therefore, in addition to the consumption of weapons and equipment, there is still a surplus of at least 11 or 2 tons per day; in this way, some key parts of the frame are also made of steel-made components.
Even some spring steel is used on the frame.
Therefore, under such a modification, when the same two mules are used to pull the cart at once, the loading capacity of this new type of cart is at least doubled.
If the improved efficiency and traffic capacity are taken into account, the improved carrying capacity is probably more than five times, or even more.
This could play a key role in the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty.
After all, after a rough estimate, this Northern Expedition included the new army under their own command, as well as troops and civilians sent from various places to help.
The total strength will exceed 300,000.
Good guy! The amount of grain and grass chewed by humans and horses in this day will be an astronomical figure.
Although as long as we travel by land and water, we can use some naval and civilian fleets to transport all the required logistical materials with relatively higher efficiency.
But there are still many places where large trucks are still needed to transport a large amount of combat supplies.
Secondly, these large trucks are used to transport supplies, which is just a purpose; in addition to these, they also have some great military functions.
For the new army of the Song Dynasty, the greatest threat was always the Jin cavalry.
Especially in the northern plains, once you encounter an opponent's cavalry surprise attack during the march, it will be the most troublesome problem.
Who asked for their two cavalry divisions? Even though they are now fully recruited.
But many of the knights can barely manage to ride on horseback without being thrown off.
It is simply unrealistic to rely on these mere 20,000 cavalry to fight against the Jin's astonishingly large number of more powerful cavalry.
But with these big cars, everything is different.
In the following time, Lang Qing and three craftsmen got busy.
In a short time, the four of them used some wooden boards wrapped with iron sheets to transform the originally open-topped cart into a sturdy and sturdy van.
On the outermost wooden board, there is still a large hole and many small holes, which look like small Franco machine guns and muskets for firing.
Suddenly, such a picture appeared in Hu Biao's head.
Once during the march, Ye Bushou, who was released to roam around, discovered the movement of the enemy's cavalry incoming, and immediately sent out a signal.
Then the convoys in the marching team immediately formed an oversized circular formation.
Relying on the wooden wall like a city wall, they can not only defend themselves against the Jin people's cavalry and shooting, but also use muskets and artillery to consume a lot of their opponents' strength.
Once the momentum of those Jin cavalry's continuous attacks subsides, the cavalry in the formation will be able to attack them en masse.
The whole process can only be done with stockings, no! It should be described as silky.
In the end, Hu Biao said to Lang Qing with great satisfaction: "Very good, as long as enough large vehicles are produced before February next year, your Ministry of Industry will be the first to contribute to this Northern Expedition.
If you have any difficulties, just ask, I will support you even though I am trying to sell everything."
After hearing this, Lang Qing shouted disdainfully: "No, just keep your pot.
The commercial department of the imperial concubine just mentioned to those franchisees that we need carpenters and wood, and these have been shipped from all over the country in a steady stream recently."
Although Lang Qing scolded him, Hu Biao didn't feel unhappy at all after hearing it.
That was when he finally felt the sense of pleasure that "the world and the earth are united" in the system's always unsatisfactory tasks...
