The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"There must be tens of thousands of catties, so don't even think about it."

"How does this cannon work?"

"What is this hole? Is it the one that shoots arrows?"

While Ying Chang was feeling the cannon, all the ministers were pointing at the Ugly Bull Cannon. Except for Yang Ze who knew a little about cannon, the other ministers didn't understand what a cannon was or how it was used. .

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Chapter 769 Dud!

After touching the cannon body for a while, Yingchang began to circle around the cannon, carefully observing the whole body structure of the cannon. After observing, Yingchang came to a conclusion that the appearance structure of the Ugly Bull Cannon was not much different from the howitzer of the previous life, and The caliber of the ugly cow artillery reaches 260 mm!

This caliber coupled with a huge gun barrel is definitely a super heavy howitzer!

"Fang Aiqing, what do you use to fire this cannon?" Ying Chang turned on the blind and ignorant mode, knowing that the cannon is for shooting shells, but pretending not to know anything, this is to avoid suspicion from others.

"Zheng Yue!" Fang Zi shouted lightly!

Seeing this, Zheng Yue immediately understood Fang Zi's meaning, and then ran to the side with two armourers, and together they moved a large wooden box. The true face inside.

All the ministers crowded around curiously, and saw a black oval iron egg inside the wooden box. Seeing the cannonball in the wooden box, Ying Chang was shocked again, my dear, this is actually a metal-shelled cannonball!

Ying Chang thought that the current technology could only produce relatively primitive shells, but he did not expect to produce oval shells with metal shells, which is too awesome!

"Your Majesty, this is a cannonball. As long as you put the cannonball into the barrel, you can shoot the cannonball out, and it will explode when it hits the target. The explosion power is infinite!" Fang Zi, who was standing aside, explained.

Monk Erzhang couldn't understand what the ministers heard, and couldn't understand the meaning at all. For example, how did the cannonball shoot out? There was a bowstring in the cannonball?And how can the shell explode?Why did it explode?

"How did the cannonballs shoot out? And how did the cannonballs explode?" Ying Chang became a curious baby, and asked two questions in one breath. These two questions were also what the ministers wanted to ask.

Fang Zi scratched his head in embarrassment. If he talked about professional knowledge, His Majesty and the adults would probably become more and more confused as they listened. By then, he would not be able to finish talking for three days and three nights. In order to achieve the goal of being easy to understand, Fang Zi directly explained The principle of fireworks.

"Your Majesty, do you know about fireworks? Cannonball firing and explosion are the same as fireworks soaring into the sky and explosion, but the former is born for war, while the latter is born for excitement!"

"Oh I got it!"

"So this is ah!"

Fang Zi used fireworks as a metaphor for artillery, and the ministers finally understood a little bit, and they had some understanding of this artillery.

"Fang Aiqing, try firing a cannon, I want to see it!" Ying Chang said.

"Observe the order!" Fang Zi replied with a solemn expression, and then said to the surrounding ministers: "My lords and Your Majesty, step back twenty steps for the time being!"

After the words fell, Ying Chang took the lead and retreated [-] steps, and the rest of the ministers also retreated one after another. After the people around the artillery were cleared, Fang Zi waved to the rest of the armorers. Soon, the armorers reloaded their bombs , check the check.

In order to achieve the astonishing effect of one shot, Fang Zi directly prepared to shoot with four fingers!

And Ying Chang was shocked when he saw the armorer reloading the ammunition. Let me go, this is actually a rear-entry reload, and the artillery is fired with a thick rope. Doesn’t this mean that the firing pin device has been invented?

When did my Great Qin become so advanced?

Ying Chang suddenly felt a little dreamy, too sudden, too inexplicable, as if waking up, this era has entered the era of hot weapons.

Ying often has this feeling. To put it bluntly, he just doesn't understand his own industrial technology. If he spends a day understanding Daqin's current industrial technology, he may not have this feeling. All this seems to be sudden, but in fact it will happen naturally.

"Fang Ling! The shells are loaded!"

"Fang Ling! The gun barrel has been extended to four fingers!"

After receiving the report from the armourers, Fang Zi's expression became serious, and everyone on the field also took it seriously. Their eyes never moved an inch from the Ugly Bull Cannon, and they all wanted to see how powerful the Ugly Cow Cannon was. .

Fang Zi waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Fire!"

After the words fell, the ordnance master who acted as the gunner pulled the thick rope vigorously!

"Boom!"

With a sound of shock, the cannon's tiger's body shook, and a layer of dust was formed around it. At the same time, a flame was ejected from the muzzle, and a [-]-jin shell burst out from the muzzle and shot into the night sky. Quick, except for Ying Chang and Bai Qi who can see the trajectory of the shells, no one else can see where the shells are.

When the cannonball blasted in the night sky for a while, it lost momentum and fell down from the night sky, finally falling [-] steps away.

When Ying Chang saw the cannonball hit the ground, he thought there would be an earth-shattering explosion, but in the end... the cannonball just stuck into the soil, exposing the tail of the cannon.

Didn't explode!

"Where are the shells?"

"What about the shells?"

"Didn't it say it would explode? Why hasn't it exploded yet?"

"Why are you panicking, it will explode after a while!"

The cannonball did not explode, causing all the ministers to discuss, with a little doubt on their faces.

What about the explosion?Why didn't it explode!The ministers secretly thought.

Not only these ministers were thinking about this problem, but Fang Zi and the other [-] weapon masters were also stunned. Yes, why didn't it explode? This kind of situation has never been encountered in previous experiments. How could there be no explosion?

Minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Ze's face was slightly pale, and subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead with the lapel of his clothes.

The failure of the shell to explode meant that there was something wrong with the artillery, and the weapon with the problem was yelling to surprise His Majesty. Not only Fang Zi and others were in trouble, but he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was also to blame.

Strictly speaking, this is already a deception!

Ying Chang frowned, and asked in a low tone, "What's going on?"

In fact, he has already guessed that the reason why the cannonball did not explode was nothing more than a dud. Fangzi was lucky enough to use a dud at a critical moment. A dud is unavoidable, even in previous lives. In developed countries, the shells manufactured also have duds. This is a matter of probability. In a hundred shells, there is always one shell that is a dud.

But even though he knew there was no reason for the explosion, he couldn't say it, not only couldn't say it, but he had to pretend to be angry.

Fang Zi's face was pale, and the self-confidence on his face completely disappeared, turning into a look of panic. He hurriedly lowered his head and walked three steps in front of Ying Chang, bent his knees in fear, pressed his forehead to the ground and said, "Chen Wan Death, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"I'm waiting for death!"

The rest of the armourers also knelt down on the ground in fear and apprehension, there was no joy in their hearts, only endless fear!

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Chapter 770 The audience was shocked!

When His Majesty learned of the launch of the cannon, the New Year's event ended as soon as it was over. He brought the ministers of the court to the weapon testing ground overnight, and he showed this to His Majesty. This undoubtedly greatly lowered His Majesty's mood and made His Majesty feel disappointed in the Ordnance Department!

In the middle of the night, His Majesty was free to rejoice. If it were some hot-tempered emperors, they would have been cut down.

"I didn't ask you whether you should die, what I asked was what happened and why did this happen!" Ying Chang said with a look of hatred!

"This kind of situation has never happened before, so I don't know what happened!" Fang Zi replied quickly.

"Bastard!" Pei Ji scolded, with a livid face, "You dare to let your Majesty come down to visit without even finding out the problem. If there is any accident, can you afford it!"

Fang Zi trembled all over, kowtowed again and shouted: "I will die!"

At this time, Yang Ze, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also knelt down and pleaded guilty to Yingchang: "Your Majesty, I am also responsible for this matter. Please forgive me!"

"King Wu, your martial arts are very strong, do you know how many steps the cannonball has taken?" Zhang Feizi asked Xiang Baiqi suddenly.

Bai Qi frowned slightly, he didn't understand why Zhang Feizi asked himself this, but if he didn't understand, Bai Qi replied coldly: "About [-] steps!"

"My God! One thousand nine hundred steps!"

"I remember that the weapon with the longest range in my Daqin is the kerosene truck, which can throw [-] steps. This artillery far surpasses the kerosene truck!"

"If our Daqin army is equipped with artillery in large quantities, it will be able to suppress the enemy with a range!"

"So, this artillery is not a failure, at least it is usable!"

When the ministers heard that the range was as high as [-] steps, they couldn't help exclaiming. At the same time as they exclaimed, they also changed their views on the artillery. They thought it was a failure at first, but now it seems that the artillery is not Not a failure, at least it has a range of [-] paces, which is a huge plus.

Zhang Feizi bowed to Ying Chang and saluted: "Your Majesty, I believe that although the shells failed to explode, their range far surpassed the longest range of our Daqin weapons and fuel vehicles. This is enough to show that the artillery can be used. Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to be lenient and not to blame Yang Shangshu, Fang Ling and other melee masters!"

Ying Chang took a deep breath and said in a neutral tone: "Okay, for the sake of what Zhang Xiang said makes sense, I will forgive you once and give you another chance to fire the shells again!"

After the words fell, Yang Ze, Fang Zi, and the twenty weapon masters were relieved!

"My minister, Yang Zefang, thank Your Majesty Long En!"

"We thank Your Majesty Long En!"

Yang Ze Fangzi and twenty weapon masters kowtowed and saluted one after another, then slowly got up from the ground.

Fang Zi turned around and walked back to the Ugly Cow Cannon, and shouted in a solemn voice, "Check the whole situation of the Ugly Cow Cannon again!"

"As ordered!"

The armorers did not dare to be negligent, and began to carefully inspect the Ugly Cow Cannon. After some inspections, the Ugly Cow Cannon was intact and there was no problem at all. If there is no problem with the cannon itself, it means that it is the shell problem!

As soon as Zheng Yue found out that it was a shell problem, Zheng Yue's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but tremble slightly. You must know that the shells were all developed by him. Now that the shells have problems, he is the first to be unlucky!

Seeing Zheng Yue's strange behavior, Fang Zi immediately walked in front of the latter, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said in a comforting tone: "Don't be afraid, this is just an accident, do it again, I believe you! "

"Yeah!" Zheng Yue nodded heavily, and then, as before, he took two armourers to carry a large wooden box over, pried off the wooden cover, took out the shells in the box, and stuffed them into the cannon.

everything's ready!

Everyone began to get nervous, and the most nervous person was Zheng Yue, who swallowed saliva from time to time, and his expression showed obvious panic.

"Fire!" Fang Zi roared!

The weapon master who was pulling the thick rope suddenly pulled the thick rope hard!

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the Ugly Bull Artillery was shaken, and a thick layer of dust was raised again. At the same time, a flame of anger was emitted from the muzzle again, and the shells also burst out from the muzzle, shooting towards the night sky.

One breath... two breaths...

In two breaths, the shells fired in the night sky lost power and fell towards the ground. When the shells touched the ground...

"boom"

A bang!The ground in a radius of ten miles was trembling!

In the open space about [-] steps away, a mass of scarlet flames rose into the sky accompanied by thick smoke and dust, and at the same time, a fiery heat wave erupted, and the powerful heat wave blew up a thick cloud of dust, blowing out the All oil lamps on the proving ground.

Since Ying Chang and the others were [-] steps away from the center of the explosion, apart from feeling the trembling of the ground under their feet, they did not feel the scorching heat wave, nor were they affected by the smoke and dust caused by the explosion, but although they did not feel the explosion The heat wave and smoke caused by it, but everyone clearly felt the power of the explosion, and also smelled a faint smell of gunpowder smoke.

The audience was silent, only the shocked ministers swallowed their saliva, and Bai Qi, who was not afraid of anything, couldn't help being moved at this moment, feeling a crisis of death, and being able to feel the crisis of death showed that he could not force himself Anti shells!

The same is true of Ying Chang. At the moment when the cannonball exploded, his hairs stood on end, and his whole body subconsciously tensed up. This also shows that the invincible internal force shield is not invincible. Under the cannonball, everyone will be turned into ashes!

Compared to the astonishment of the ministers, Fang Zi and the other twenty weapon masters heaved a sigh of relief, and couldn't help showing a knowing smile on their faces, especially Zheng Yue, as if he had walked through the gate of hell, his whole body was eroded in cold sweat.

Ying Chang leaped onto the back of the white, sweaty and bloody BMW, clamping the horse's belly with his legs, and the BMW under his crotch was in pain, so he immediately ran forward with his horse's hooves, and Bai Qi, Pei Ji, and other ministers also jumped on the horse's belly. War horse, follow Ying Chang to run.

"Follow up!"

Fang Zi immediately led the armorers on foot!

After a short period of galloping, Ying Chang rode his horse to the center of the explosion, and then jumped off the horse to observe the situation in the center of the explosion. After some observation, Ying Chang found that within [-] steps of the center of the explosion, there was nothing but scorched earth , The center of the explosion even blasted out a large crater with a radius of ten steps.

"My God!"

"Hey! It's so scary!"

"This... Is this all from the shells just now?"

"The soil is still hot, which means that the shells just dried up!"

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Chapter 771 Fang Zi Fenghou!

"And such a big hole was blown up, my God, if this is used on the battlefield, wouldn't it kill a dozen people with one shot? If the enemy army is denser, it is not impossible to kill a hundred people with one shot!"

"May I ask who else in the world can stop my Great Qin Cavalry, under the artillery, everyone is an ant!"

"Long live the Great Qin! The ugly cow is mighty!"

Seeing the terrifying power of the artillery, all the ministers took a deep breath, and their excited faces turned red, as if seeing the scene of the Great Qin Iron Cavalry sweeping across the Kyushu.

"Your Majesty, my Great Qin has this sharp weapon, and there is no strong city in the world to stop my Great Qin's iron cavalry. If it takes a hundred years for my Great Qin to rule the world, then the appearance of this weapon will allow my Great Qin to complete the world within 30 years!" Zhang Feizi was so excited that the saliva flew straight.

The appearance of the cannon, apart from Ying Chang who was the most excited, Zhang Feizi was the most excited. His highest long-cherished wish is to unify the world. What he looks forward to the most is to see the Great Qin unify Kyushu with his own eyes. If he can see the Great Qin unify, he will die without regret!

"No!" Ying Chang yelled forcefully, and said confidently: "It doesn't take 30 years, 20 years, within 20 years, Great Qin will be unified!"

Ying Chang is very clear that the advent of artillery will change the state of war in the world. In the past, wars were won by manpower, but now, manpower is no longer so important. What is important is artillery. As long as there are enough artillery, the army can march faster. Fast enough to destroy a dynasty within half a year!

Any army, even if it is an elite who has experienced many battles, will be destroyed immediately after being covered by firepower!