Li Zhi nodded. In order to make up for his apology for forgetting to unify the battle plan with the Portuguese side, he was going to give Joao IV a little explanation: "The so-called shrapnel is a new type of artillery shell that can explode above the artillery target. After exploding above the target,
, the shrapnel ejected from the shrapnel can cover a large area."
King Joao IV was stunned. He didn't expect there to be such a bomb in the world. You must know that the Europeans have just secretly learned the explosive bomb from Li Zhi, and can barely control the explosion time error of the explosive bomb within three seconds. That is
It is said that European blooming bombs usually explode after two or three seconds after landing. Although these two or three seconds will give nearby soldiers enough time to escape, such blooming bombs are still much stronger than solid bullets.
And Li Zhi said that his cannonballs can explode above the target.
João IV did not dare to ask Li Zhi for more details, because he knew that Li Zhi was a person who was afraid of trouble, but he knew that Li Zhi's character did not like exaggeration. Since he said that he could explode above the target, he basically meant it would explode on the enemy's head.
It exploded. The twenty-four-pounder weighed more than twenty kilograms, and contained countless broken steel fragments and slag. What would it mean if it exploded on the enemy's head?
Later atomic bombs were often exploded in the air, because the impact force would be blocked by complex terrain when exploded on the ground.
A bomb exploding in the air actually means that everything in the area that the shock wave can damage is completely destroyed. Because there cannot be any cover in the distance from the air to the surface, enemies exposed to the shock wave will be most ruthlessly hit by shrapnel.
of killing.
The European soldiers of this era didn't even have a helmet.
When King Joao IV heard Li Zhi's description, his face twitched a few times and he was stunned. He could already imagine the killing effect of this kind of artillery shell, and understood that this new type of artillery shell would undoubtedly change the ecological environment of the battlefield.
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From solid bullets to blooming bullets, and then from blooming bullets to shrapnel bullets, this is a revolutionary change.
King Joao IV began to be glad that he had sided with Li Zhi early on. At least the Portuguese did not need to be test subjects for this new type of artillery shells.
Li Zhi looked at the ugly-faced Joao IV and said with a smile: "We have studied for a long time before we truly mastered the key technology of this kind of artillery shell. We call this new artillery that uses shrapnel shells the Tiger artillery.
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No longer trying to appease João IV, Li Zhi said: "But since this kind of artillery shell can be put into actual combat..." Li Zhi shook his head.
Zhong Feng said: "Then the war will become a pure massacre."
Li Zhi was very satisfied with Zhong Feng's follow-up and nodded.
John IV's face turned pale, and he quickly knelt on one knee and said loudly: "Your Majesty's power is truly unparalleled. Portugal is willing to serve as a vassal state of Da Qi forever and charge into battle."
Li Zhi waved his hand and shouted: "Start the attack!"
After hearing Li Zhi's order, Zhong Feng loudly ordered the flag soldiers. Soon, the flag symbolizing the general attack order began to flutter above the small castle.
The European war of the Huben Army has begun.
In the trench to the east, Liu Jun lay on the earth wall and stared at a "Tiger" cannon ten meters away.
Completely different from the traditional front-loading cannon, the Tiger rear cannon is already a typical breech-loading cannon. This type of artillery has a very complex gun mount, and the adjustment of the muzzle completely relies on the rotation of the spiral rotating rod. There are four complex cannons on the rear of the gun.
The screw rotating rod controls the horizontal and vertical movement of the muzzle respectively. There is no doubt that this Tiger artillery has much higher accuracy than ordinary front-loading guns.
Liu Jun watched helplessly as the artillery aimed its muzzle at the European Allied Forces trench six miles away.
The deputy squad leader lay on the earthen wall next to Liu Jun, smiled and said: "Let this cannon send them to heaven! Now the European barbarians know what it means to be in heaven."
Liu Jun turned to look at the deputy squad leader and asked in surprise: "Deputy squad leader, is this cannon so powerful?"
The deputy squad leader said: "I have really seen this Tiger cannon shooting at the target. If this cannon is not powerful, I will help you find that blond girl."
Liu Jun was stunned, with a bit of embarrassment on his face. In the past two days, he had been thinking about how he could see the girl who gave him the dagger again. After all, Lisbon was so big that even if he knew the name, he couldn't find anyone. But at this time, he heard
The deputy squad leader was still teasing: "Damn it, if this cannon wasn't powerful, we would be doomed. Deputy squad leader, you are still in the mood to tease me."
The deputy squad leader smiled and said: "I'm not going to bullshit you anymore. Just open your eyes and look at these cannons."
On the position of the European Allied Forces, William II opened his eyes wide and looked at the Tiger cannons whose muzzles were sticking out of the trench little by little, and his breathing became more and more rapid.
He subconsciously felt that those artillery pieces would destroy the position here.
Louis XIV raised his chin and said in an arrogant tone: "The Chinese are just going to attack us with those thousand small cannons? Did they go crazy after winning a game in India?"
Queen Christina chuckled when she heard Louis XIV's words. The twenty-nine-year-old Queen of Sweden had never been married. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that the French King was an interesting person. Now every word of Louis XIV can make people laugh.
Her flowers were trembling wildly.
Cromwell frowned at the Queen of Sweden and frowned. It was now the seventeenth century, and there were countless ambiguous stories in the courts of these European nobles. But for Cromwell, who was born as a commoner, he felt
At the critical moment before the war, it was a bit out of place to have a woman like Christina standing in the headquarters.
He coughed and said, "I think we should have all the soldiers lie down in the trenches."
Louis XIV smiled and said contemptuously: "Mr. British Governor, you must know that our French trenches have been improved, and the ground at the bottom of the trenches is uneven. If the explosive bomb explodes in such a trench, it will be pitted.
The ground blocks most of the shock waves, so our soldiers are very safe in the trenches."
"I'm afraid that even Li Zhi's five shells can't kill any of our soldiers."
Cromwell thought for a while and felt that Louis XIV's words made sense.
While the European nobles were discussing, the Tiger artillery under the city of Lisbon fired.
One thousand and sixty-three twenty-four-pound breech-loading guns opened fire almost at the same time, spurting out huge tongues of flames in the trenches. Those flames instantly illuminated the entire Portuguese square position, making the winter sunshine somewhat dull.
It pales in comparison.
William II subconsciously bit his lower lip and watched countless cannonballs pierce the sky.
Wilhelm II thought that the shells would fall into the trenches and explode.
However, he was wrong. The shell exploded before it fell into the trench. Within ten meters above the trench, more than a thousand shrapnel shells exploded with a brilliant shock wave like fireworks, and sparks flew everywhere.
All the European nobles were stunned, and all of them opened their mouths.
Shells exploded over the trench?
They have never seen such a shell. How is such a terrible fuze accuracy achieved?
However, it is no longer a question of technical difficulty at this time.
Wherever more than a thousand shrapnel rounds hit, everything turned into a hell of Shura.
Flames shot out, and the fragments of the shells and the steel slag inside the shells rained down like raindrops, onto the completely exposed trenches and the completely exposed European Allied soldiers.
