This earth-shattering explosion shocked the entire battlefield.
The entire battlefield was silent for more than ten seconds. Everyone was stunned.
Although the previous shelling, fire, smoke, and loud noise were shocking, the shells fired were only solid lead balls and could not explode.
In this era, although there were already explosive bullets, they were not very powerful. They were just a new type of weapon that was far from practical standards.
In 2007, cast iron mines from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty were unearthed in the Dongsheng area of Inner Mongolia. These mines were detonated using incense coils as time fuses. The internal gunpowder was a granular wet gunpowder.
Also unearthed were heavy artillery shells from the Ming Dynasty, which should have been used in conjunction with general cannons.
Iron cast spheres are divided into two sizes. The larger one has a diameter of 11 cm and weighs 17 kg. The smaller one has a diameter of 85 cm and weighs 08 kg. There is a protruding platform on the surface of the sphere, which is about 06 to 07 cm high and about 3 cm in diameter.
, there is a small circular hole with a diameter of about 04 to 05 centimeters in the middle of the table.
These unearthed physical objects show that there were two calibers of general cannons at that time, and they had begun to use blooming explosive bombs. One was with a caliber of 110 mm, and the other was with a caliber of 85 mm.
From these unearthed objects, we can draw the following conclusions.
This proves that the East and the West developed the blooming ammunition, which is a commonly used type of ammunition in modern times, namely E-type ammunition, according to independent technical routes.
There is one difference between Eastern and Western explosive ammunition: Western explosive ammunition opens a hole in the cast iron projectile body, plugs it with a wooden "information tube", and installs slow-burning gunpowder in the "information tube" to detonate.
The Ming Dynasty's flower bombs have "a protruding platform on the surface of the sphere, about 06 to 07 cm high, about 3 cm in diameter, and a small round hole in the middle of the table with a diameter of about 04 to 05 cm." It is estimated that it is in the small hole.
Plug in the "drug twist" to detonate.
Therefore, "information tube" and "medicine twist" are the ancestors of modern artillery shell fuzes. These unearthed cultural relics also prove that the East and the West independently developed explosive bombs.
The reason why explosive bombs were not mainstream in this era was mainly because the explosive power of black powder was relatively high. If it were replaced by Yang Fan's chemical fertilizer explosive, it would be completely different.
As Zhou Yuji finished firing the gunpowder-propelled grenade, the regiment training soldiers on the arrow tower in front opened fire one after another with grenade launchers on their shoulders.
One arrow tower after another spewed out black smoke. Gunpowder-propelled grenades flew towards more than a dozen assault vehicles.
A team officer looked at the small black dots flying towards him one after another with black smoke. He felt a little confused and didn't know that these were some strange things.
There were indeed many flying firearms in the Ming Dynasty.
What about hundreds of tigers running together with arrows, and what about flying dragons emerging from the water.
But I have never seen such a thing before, and I don’t know what it is.
Before he had time to take a closer look, a grenade had already flown in front of him and accurately hit a heavy charging vehicle that the soldiers were struggling to push.
The grenade had a small three-pronged steel prong on its warhead. It penetrated into the wood with a loud sound.
The warhead penetrated into the giant tree, and the projectile body trembled violently.
The sudden grenade shocked the soldiers pushing carts around them. They didn't know it was a magical thing. But since no one was hit, they felt relieved.
It seems that this thing, like the Hundred Tigers Running Arrow, uses the three-pronged prongs on the front of the warhead to kill the enemy. Since no one was stabbed, everyone felt relieved and continued to push the cart.
Because each of them was given a reward of ten taels of silver before setting off. The superior officials said that as long as they broke through the city wall, each of them would be given another twenty taels.
At this time, morale was high and everyone was brave.
Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you are willing to give money, especially cash, it is best to make one payment at a time. It would be better if you can give a part of the deposit in advance to show your sincerity. Naturally, everyone will be brave.
Otherwise, no matter how deceptive the generals are, the soldiers will not be fooled. We will pay you as much as you pay.
Absolute exchange of equal value, fair trade, and no deception.
At this time, Captain Hu looked at the two-foot-long grenade that was shaking violently, and suddenly felt a feeling of panic. He seemed to hear a sizzling sound, which was a bit like the sound of a snake spitting out its seeds.
A strong sense of crisis came over.
At this moment, there was a bang and a white light flashed.
A ball of smoke and flames rose up.
Three kilograms of explosives, equivalent to the power of 750 grams of TNT, exploded with a bang, and the small steel balls wrapped around the explosive column flew out in all directions like a heavy rain.
The forty or fifty people around the entire ramming car were all blown away. The giant ramming wood was directly blown up and broke into two sections. The chassis of the ramming car was completely blown to pieces.
Ten heavy wooden wheels flew into the sky like millstones, and then hit the crowd. The crowd burst into confusion and screams.
There was no wind on the battlefield today, so the firing trajectories of the gunpowder-propelled grenades were very standard. All six fired in the first round hit.
Because this weapon is long and strip-shaped, it is easily affected by cross winds. It is basically unusable in strong winds above level 5. It cannot hit the target at all.
This weapon is also different from rockets. Rockets have propellant on their bodies and fly forward by spitting fire backwards.
As for this kind of gunpowder-propelled grenade, the flying projectile itself has no fuel to propel it.
In the launch tube, the propellant explodes and is ejected. It is actually the same principle as the artillery shell. Therefore, the essence of this weapon is a front-loaded, smooth-bore, recoilless rifle.
The reason why Yang Fan insists on taking the recoilless gun route is mainly because the propellant is burned in the launch tube, and the shells fly along the inertia. The accuracy is much higher than that of rockets. Rockets carry fuel and erupt while flying.
There are more cases affected.
After the grenades exploded one after another, they directly blew up the six assault vehicles that were densely packed with people.
The rebels pushing carts around, holding shields and long weapons for cover, were all blown to the ground. Taking the center of the explosion as the center, the rebels within a radius of more than ten meters were blown to pieces.
Zhou Yuji looked at the six terrifying craters below and a large circle of rebels who were killed and injured. He didn't say anything for a long time. The power of this thing has increased again. It should be that the explosives filled in the warhead have been upgraded again. The power is higher than
It was much bigger before.
Huang Hao said to the messenger: "Let them change to incendiary bombs and fire two more rounds."
This time Huang Hao came out with a new weapon, and the arsenal specifically asked him to place a recorder next to the launcher to record the battlefield usage so that they could improve it.
Therefore, the high-explosive bombs brought this time, white phosphorus, aluminum powder, magnesium powder, white sugar mixed incendiary bombs, napalm bombs and other types of bombs must be tested.
After all, there are completely different things in the laboratory and on the battlefield. Only on the battlefield, a weapon that the soldiers say is good is a really good weapon. If the soldiers dislike it, throw it away, and are unwilling to use it, it is considered a good weapon.
