Although the solid bullet hit five hundred steps, the scarecrow was only knocked down.
After careful inspection, there were no obvious injuries even at the point of impact.
In other words, even if it were a real person, it would definitely not be fatal, and it might not even be injured.
This should be considered the longest range.
As for the effective range, preliminary estimates should be around 400 meters.
Of course, this is related to Song Yang's optimal ratio of black powder, and he also doubled the amount of gunpowder.
I went back and checked the barrel. After firing a few shots, the barrel was useless.
It seems that if the gun barrel is to be used continuously, the amount of this medicine should be reduced as appropriate.
Wang Jinshi reloaded the ammunition, Song Yang looked around, Fang Zhe, Ma Cheng and others were gearing up.
"Then you guess Ding Ke..."
How could an adult play such a childish game!
Finally, the victorious Fang Zhe came to fire the third shot...
"boom!"
There was a cannon blast, and debris from the target flew into the air.
When everyone went to check again, the cannonball hit the scarecrow at the edge three hundred steps away.
This scarecrow is obviously useless with debris scattered everywhere.
Then I tried a few more shots.
Sure enough, the effective range is about three hundred to four hundred meters.
"Your Majesty, the effective range of these four hundred steps... meters can definitely crush all the rebels!" Yu Ming geared up excitedly.
Song Yang requested that the measurement of steps should be replaced by meters in the future. After all, it is not convenient to use steps when measuring other things.
For example, the height of a table cannot be measured in steps. Instead of using steps or feet, it is better to unify it into meters as much as possible.
"Uncle Wang! Five hundred tiger squatting cannons! My nephew, I can sweep the world! Ah! Hiss~"
Song Chengwang hugged the tiger crouching cannon and shouted excitedly, but the barrel of the cannon became very hot.
"Your Majesty, can this thing be installed on a ship?" Ma Cheng put forward constructive suggestions.
Everyone immediately looked at him collectively.
"Of course you can. If you put it on a ship, it will become a gunboat. Not only this kind of squatting gun, but also larger guns can be put on the ship in the future. When the fleet stops on the river, it can bombard the two sides of the river for several miles or even further!"
Song Yang looked at Ma Cheng with approval and said, Ma Cheng has a very unique vision and immediately thought of moving the artillery to the ship.
"So if the defenders don't have artillery on the shore, wouldn't our gunboats be able to run wild?" Ma Cheng's eyes widened.
"That's true. Next year, if the tiger crouching cannon is mounted on the warship, we can attack Changsha by water!" Song Yang nodded.
"Haha! Ah Yang! It seems that Uncle Wang's hometown may really be taken back!"
The seventh uncle, Song Tong, also laughed. Before, he thought that if he wanted to take back Jiangzhou, he would have to fight the bandits to death, and he would definitely suffer a lot of losses.
But now it seems...
The thieves are not qualified to fight against the eldest nephew at all. Let alone the bandits, even the two Jiang Nings who bear the title of emperor and have tens of thousands of guards under their command cannot fight against the eldest nephew!
"Uncle Qi, don't worry. Next year we will have all the artillery, and my nephew will help you take back the entire Tanzhou!"
"Haha! Okay, okay! Uncle Qi will be waiting for you!"
They were chatting and laughing happily, but the people on the inspection team had their own thoughts.
Jiangzhou's Crouching Tiger Cannon was so powerful that their original idea of whether they could overpower Jiangzhou through strength in the future was completely shattered.
With a range of three to four hundred meters, if there were five hundred of these, it could sweep away all hostile forces.
At the same time, the princes and envoys from various states also began to rejoice. If Song Yang had not proposed to form an alliance, they would have been self-absorbed in their own development and would not have surrendered to Jiangzhou.
If Jiangzhou starts a unification war, they will all become ashes...
"Our Uncle Wang from Jiangzhou... is a senior wise master worth following!"
"Yeah, yeah. From now on, we must stay close to Uncle Wang of Jiangzhou!"
"Look wherever the sword's edge points!"
Song Yang's eldest nephews quickly changed their mentality and joined him if they couldn't beat him!
We are allies anyway, but we are still nobles no matter what, right?
"That...Brother Wang?" Song Lei walked out of the inspection group.
Among the five princes, only he and Song Yang were of the same generation.
"Brother Wang. I wonder if I can also fire a shot?" Song Lei had just watched it for a long time, and his hands were itching unbearably.
"Okay. This is your first time using a firearm, so just be careful." Song Yang looked at his cousin.
At the age of sixteen, he is 1.75 meters tall and is considered to be physically strong.
This is the tradition of the old Song family...
Song Lei held the torch and lit the fire tremblingly.
"boom!"
Thinking of the sound of cannons, this boy trembled with excitement. We can also do cannons!
After Song Lei, several other princes also wanted to test the cannon, but they could only continue to line up at the back.
The solid cannon is overheated.
Now we're going to start experimenting with blooming bombs.
Flowering bullets are actually shotguns, using small stones or iron slag as projectiles.
It can hold about a hundred projectiles at one time.
The first shot contained exactly one hundred pellets.
They are stuffed into the barrel in bulk.
There is no need to arrange the order of firing shotgun blasts. The order of shotgun shells is the same as the order of solid shells.
The first one is Song Chengwang.
"Zizzizi~"
"Boom~"
As soon as the shot was fired, everyone was stunned.
Not a single target fell...
But we clearly saw the Tiger Crouching Cannon being fired. Could it be that it was shot crookedly?
This kind of deflection occurred with solid bullets before.
Everyone went to see the target and found that it was not wrong.
The hundred-step scarecrow has some stones stuck to it...
The stone did not sink into the scarecrow, it just fell on the scarecrow.
This shows that one hundred steps has exceeded the effective range of the shotgun, and even the farthest range has almost reached the limit.
"Uncle Wang, is there not enough medicine?" Song Chengwang said with a bitter face.
He fired the first shot, and it obviously failed.
"I was negligent. The explosive bullets really can't hit that far." Song Yang shook his head and said.
The initial velocity of blooming bullets is definitely not as good as that of solid bullets, and the ability to hit dozens of meters may be the limit.
So Song Yang asked people to adjust the target directly to between thirty and one hundred meters.
This distance can be easily reached with a bow and arrow.
"Scatter bullets at such a close range should have no effect."
"You have to load the ammunition and light the fire, which is not as fast as the bow and arrow."
"If the ammunition is loaded in advance, firing only one round may have some effect."
The thinking of the members of the investigation team has not changed. Their key is long range...
Song Yang ignored those guys and asked Wang Jinshi to adjust the dosage of the medicine and reload the explosive ammunition.
The second tester Yu Ming is already in place.
"Zizzizi!"
"boom!"
"Puff puff puff~"
As soon as the flower bomb came out, everyone present except Song Yang was stunned.
There are ten scarecrows of thirty to fifty meters in a row, a total of thirty scarecrows.
This time the shot went out, there were six of them, and there were seven more with grass clippings flying on their bodies!
One shot hit at least thirteen targets.
"Let's go! Go quietly!"
Yu Ming was more excited than everyone else because he was the one who fired the shot.
Everyone hurried over to check it out.
The thirty-meter target was beaten into a sieve.
Forty meters of direct penetration, fifty meters of damage are not immune.
Even the sixty-meter-long one has obvious scars.
"My lord! If this thing has five hundred doors, no! Even if it has a hundred doors and fires in volley, it can kill nearly a thousand enemies!" Yu Ming shouted excitedly.
"This is a theoretical number. People are not targets. If you have armor on your body, the damage will not have this effect." Song Yang said calmly.
"Haha! That's not bad. Hundreds of enemies will attack at once, and hundreds of enemies will be wiped out!" Seventh Uncle Song Tong laughed heartily.
"With this thing, what kind of bandits are we afraid of? I can't wait to go to Tanzhou immediately to eliminate the bandits!" Yu Ming also agreed.
The envoys of the inspection team now feel the heat on their faces. Just now they didn't look down on the loose bullets.
The slap in the face is fleeting.
"The military power of Jiangzhou is unstoppable in the world!"
"Go back and tell the prince that you cannot be an enemy of Jiangzhou under any circumstances!"
"Follow! You must follow Uncle Wang of Jiangzhou! Uncle Wang says you will never go west!"
It doesn't matter what everyone in the inspection team thinks about Song Yang, he still has to continue testing the cannon.
After that, several people fired shots one after another, and finally came up with a set of more accurate data.
The effective range of explosive shells should be between fifty and eighty meters.
The optimal range is forty to seventy meters.
This distance is not far, not even comparable to a strong bow or crossbow.
But there is no doubt about the power of explosive bombs. This thing is extremely efficient when used to attack local forces.
At this stage, no enemy can defeat the hundreds of tigers squatting and firing their artillery.
Song Yang wants to build five hundred tiger squat cannons, what kind of deterrence does this have?
Song Chengwang thought that he could take charge of five hundred tiger cannons, and all the Harazis stayed.
Song Yang looked at his eldest nephew's unsatisfactory look and patted him on the back of the head and shouted:
"A few of the five hundred cannons must be left in each county. The four major battalions in Yuezhou must also keep a few. They must also equip the naval warships. You should treat them all as yours!"
"Hehe! It doesn't matter! If there are a hundred doors, my nephew will be happy to death!" Song Chengwang chuckled.
Song Yang curled his lips and ignored him, inviting Wang Jinshi to study the Crouching Tiger Cannon together.
Both units have reached overheating, and some useful data can be obtained by checking the cannon bodies at this time.
Check it and record the results. If there are some areas that need improvement, we will pay attention to them when we enter formal production.
After checking the cannon body, the two squatting tiger cannons have also cooled down.
Song Yang asked him to load the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
Even the one who was to be taken away by Wang Dabiao was also loaded with explosive ammunition.
Three squatting tiger cannons are lined up in a row, and the three igniters, Song Chengwang, Yu Ming, and Ma Cheng, are already in place.
"preparation!"
"ignition!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Three shots were fired in unison, and twenty targets were swept away, while the rest were staggering.
"Invincible! Jiangzhou is invincible! The Crouching Tiger Cannon is invincible!"
Gao Junyan, who was already sitting on the ground far away, said tremblingly.
He has decided to write to his father immediately and ask his father to transfer all Jiang Ning's family property to Jiangzhou.
With the Crouching Tiger Cannon in Jiangzhou, no matter who the enemy is, they are absolutely impregnable!
The members of the inspection team probably thought so too.
Anyway, I can't afford any thoughts of causing trouble.
Of course, there are a few people who have slightly different ideas.
For example, in Jizhou, which has the best economic conditions besides Jiangzhou, Song Chengrong was thinking about whether he could also imitate some Tiger Crouching Cannons.
But he didn't understand that the core of the Crouching Tiger Cannon was still gunpowder.
As long as Song Yang does not publish the gunpowder formula for a day, any imitation will be in vain.