"He actually has the ability to break mountains and crack rocks!"
"If this thing explodes next to us..."
"Stop talking! My legs are shaking!"
"No wonder the prince said it was used for mining. This thing is much easier to blast into mountains and crack rocks than to use a fire ax to chisel it!"
Surrounding the stone that was broken into five pieces, the soldiers talked incessantly.
Song Yang carefully examined the gravel again.
The texture of this stone itself is not very hard, so it can be exploded even if explosives are pressed against it.
If it is a hard ore, this effect will definitely not be achieved.
But it's not a big problem, just keep increasing the dosage.
Moreover, to blast ore, you need to drill holes first and then press the explosives. The power of the explosion is greater than that of pressed stones.
"You have also seen the power of this thing."
"Everyone calm down and make the explosives. From now on, this thing will be the foundation for our survival!"
Song Yang looked at the soldiers and said solemnly.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will work hard to produce and live up to Your Majesty's trust."
Wang Dabiao took the lead and assured.
Song Yang nodded and led everyone back to the workshop.
After trying several versions of explosives, the dosage and twisting process were finally determined.
After that, Song Yang asked someone to bring over a clay pot, fill it with gravel, add explosives in the center, and create a thunderbolt.
In order to experiment with the thunder, Song Yang also asked Wang Dabiao and Gongsun Qi to find ten scarecrows and place a target at five steps, ten steps, fifteen steps... every five steps.
When the targets were being set up, Fang Zhe and Song Chengwang came.
The two of them heard a roaring sound coming from the direction of Jinghu Lake, and originally thought it was thunder.
When I met Pei Lin just now and asked, I found out that Song Yang was conducting experiments here.
How could such things happen without Song Chengwang, so this guy came again.
And Fang Zhe, of course, also wanted to see what invention Song Yang had come up with this time.
"Let's take a look when you come. But you have to hide well."
When Song Yang saw them coming, he didn't say much. He just asked them to hide behind the fortifications with other workers.
"Are we hiding so far away?"
Song Chengwang looked at the soldiers in front who were placing the scarecrow, and looked at Song Yang speechlessly.
Song Yang curled his lips and threatened: "This thing is very powerful! Give me the cat in a moment! I won't raise you until you become a fool!"
"Uh! My nephew, you must hide!" Song Chengwang said, shrinking his neck in a hurry.
Fang Zhe didn't say anything. He always believed that Song Yang could create miracles. If they were told to hide, then they should hide.
Soon the scarecrow was finished and everyone retreated behind the bunker fifty steps away.
The bunker was also made of sandbags that Song Yang asked the workers to build.
From now on, this area will be a dedicated testing ground, and it is necessary to work on these things.
This time no one dares to be careless.
Explosives are so powerful, not to mention that this clay pot is more than ten times larger than the dynamite!
This time the gunpowder twist was also made long enough.
It was still Song Yang who lit the fire himself.
"Your Majesty, let me have some!"
"Come to humble duty! Come to humble duty!"
Wang Dabiao and Gongsun Qi both wanted to light a fire for Song Yang.
But Song Yang said that Daqian's first thunderbolt must be lit by himself.
"Zizzizi~"
After rubbing the flint twice, the gunpowder started to burn.
The burning speed is still very fast, but enough length is left.
Song Yang took three steps and two steps and ran back to the bunker easily.
After another three or five breaths.
After the fire was exhausted, Song Chengwang still stretched his neck and stared blindly.
Song Yang held his head and pushed him down.
at the same time.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise, and Daqian's first thunderbolt exploded.
"Puff puff puff~"
The scarecrow was blown away by the gravel and grass clippings.
It took ten breaths for the smoke to dissipate.
"Ahem!"
Facing the pungent smell, Song Yang led people to check the scarecrow's injuries one by one.
"This... even the scarecrow at fifty steps has gravel and dirt on it!"
As soon as he came out of the bunker, Wang Dabiao saw some dirt and gravel falling on the scarecrow closest to the bunker.
"Ahem!"
"Fortunately, Uncle Wang pushed me down just now, otherwise the dirt and rocks would not have fallen on my head!" Song Chengwang said with lingering fear.
Song Yang rolled his eyes at him, walked over to take a look, shook his head and said: "This is flying down, it has no lethality."
Then they checked the scarecrow's injuries one by one.
The further you go, the more gravel there is on the scarecrow, which means the more serious damage they receive.
By the 30th step, the scarecrow was already embedded with gravel.
Walking further, twenty-five steps of rubble sink deeply into the scarecrow.
Twenty steps later, the scarecrow suffered a penetrating wound.
Considering the difference between living creatures and scarecrows, and that humans are protected by clothing, it can be basically judged that the effective killing distance is within twenty steps.
By the fifteenth step, the scarecrow was already riddled with holes. In this case, no one without armor would be able to survive.
The first two scarecrows have fallen down, and the head of the one ten steps away has been blown off.
The five-step one was even more miserable and fell directly next to the ten-step scarecrow.
If you didn't say it was once a scarecrow, everyone would think it was just a pile of rotten meadow.
"Your Majesty! The power of this sky-shattering thunder is indeed astonishing. Only one blast of this level of damage can frighten the enemy!" Wang Dabiao said in shock as he pulled the broken scarecrow.
As a guard who had been stationed at the border, Wang Dabiao was not afraid of death, let alone killing.
But the thunderous thunder that could kill people still made Wang Dabiao feel in awe.
"With this thing, are we no longer afraid of the Yuezhou thieves?" Fang Zhe's eyes widened as he was shocked by the power of the thunder.
Song Yang shook his head slightly and said: "This thing is actually not very practical, it's mainly just a surprise."
"After the medicine is ignited, it takes too long for the enemy to react. They will be hit the first time, but it will be difficult later."
The weakness of Hong Tianlei is here. If the enemy launches a line of fire, there will be enough time whether to retreat or cut off.
Song Yang looked at the crowd, pointed at the tattered scarecrow on the ground and said:
"This is the power of Hongtianlei, you have all seen it."
"This kind of weapon I call a thermal weapon, a weapon driven by gunpowder!"
"The musket being developed that day is also a type of thermal weapon."
"Although it is less powerful than the Thunderbolt, it can be held in the hand and used against the enemy. It is convenient and efficient and will be one of the main weapons on the battlefield in the future."
The musket test that day ended in failure, and the soldiers of the Renaissance Army criticized the practicality of the power of the musket.
Until now, Song Yang has used sky-blasting thunder and detonators to prove the power of thermal weapons.
It also makes everyone firmly optimistic about the future of muskets.
Relatively speaking, the field of application of muskets against enemies is much larger than the fixed use of thunder.
The focus in the future is still on the development of guns and artillery. Hongtianlei is purely a temporary means to deal with the Yuezhou bandits.
After returning from the gunpowder factory, Song Yang gave Wang Dabiao the position of director of the gunpowder factory.
His enthusiasm for gunpowder is still quite high.
Moreover, with Wang Dabiao managing the gunpowder factory, Song Yang felt more at ease.
As for the training and management of the Renaissance Army, it was handed over to Xu Lin.