Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Lin Yi looked at the power of the mortar explosion and had to say something awesome.

He waved to Yang Bing.

"Deacon Yang, I would like to ask, how far can this cannon go? What is its rate of fire?"

"Back to your lord, this cannon is different from other breech-loading cannons. The shell itself only contains a small amount of propellant. If you want to increase the range, you can only add propellant to the tail of the shell."

"So, the range of this kind of gun is relatively short, and it can only hit targets three kilometers away at most."

"If it's far away, there may be too much propellant, causing the chamber to explode."

With that said, Yang Bing embarrassedly picked up a cannonball and showed it to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi looked carefully and saw that there was indeed a ring of propellant at the tail of the mortar.

"Three kilometers? It's a bit short, but as a supplementary firepower for soldiers, it's enough." Lin Yi said with a smile.

"What about the rate of fire?" Lin Yi continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, the rate of fire of this artillery is very fast!"

"Because it uses internal explosion to produce gas and push out the shell, the recoil of this gun is very small. As long as the ground is fixed, this recoil can be completely ignored."

"Coupled with a skilled shooter, we can shoot every five seconds!"

"One shot in five seconds? That's twelve shots in one minute? It's indeed much faster than ordinary artillery."

Lin Yi nodded, then looked at the mortar, and then said to Yang Bing: "Deacon Yang, you have done a good job in this matter. I will report the achievements of your weapons research institute to His Majesty."

"However, you cannot be complacent! You must continue to work hard."

"For example, this cannon, in my opinion, has room for improvement."

As soon as Yang Bing heard Lin Yi say that there was room for improvement in this cannon, he quickly took out a small notebook from his arms.

Yang Bing was very aware of the strength of the prince in front of him. The engineer named Ma Ji listened to Lin Yi's words last time, and now the improved semi-automatic rifle has entered the experimental stage.

If the semi-automatic rifle really proves that it can be used in actual combat, then Ma Ji will have the naming rights and knighthood rewards for the new gun.

It can be said that it is truly a blockbuster.

A knighthood, this is what engineers like them dream of.

That's why Yang Bing takes it so seriously.

Of course, material temptations such as titles alone are not enough to make Yang Bing admire Lin Yi so highly.

The main thing is that every time Lin Yi gives advice, he can bring up ideas and help them improve.

"First of all, you need to change the base of this cannon."

"I just saw it. You dug a hole first, then buried the base in it, and finally filled it with soil and shot."

"But, have you ever thought about it, this kind of weapon can only be located very close to the enemy. This means that while this kind of cannon can hit the enemy, the enemy can also easily hit us."

"So, we should get close to the enemy, then fire quickly, and use the high rate of fire of this gun to defeat the enemy first."

"But if you now use a semi-buried method to place the base, it will be easy to delay the fighter plane, and the enemy may even fire on us first." Lin Yi pointed to the base of the mortar and said.

"But Your Majesty, if you don't bury it, there is no way to ensure the stability of the artillery. This kind of cannon is top-heavy. If you don't bury it, it will easily cause the cannon to fall to the ground. This is very dangerous." Yang Bing frowned. said with an eyebrow.

"I just said not to bury it, I didn't say it was unstable."

"Change your thinking. If you design the base of the gun body as a triangular bracket, one side is a disc support, and the other side is designed as a spike."

"In this case, the soldier can directly slam the spike into the ground after approaching the target."

"Then, the spikes have barbs on the ends, so they can grip the ground, right?"

"Then, the soldiers only need to place the pallet and fix the gun body before shooting. Isn't this faster than digging a hole and then filling it in?"

Lin Yi said with a smile, and when Yang Bing heard Lin Yi's words, his eyes suddenly shone!

"Yes, at least they only thought about how to fix the cannon body, and did not take into account the time issue. And the improvement direction proposed by the prince now can avoid digging holes."

"As long as the structure of the spike is properly designed, this can be easily achieved. By then, the preparation work before firing the artillery will be reduced by more than half, and the soldiers can fire the shells faster."

When Yang Bing heard Lin Yi's words, he immediately thought about it in his heart. He immediately felt that Lin Yi was right.

After figuring this out, Yang Bing bowed respectfully to Lin Yi.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your advice, it really enlightened me!" Yang Bing said with a smile.

"Okay, don't flatter me, I won't do this." Lin Yi also smiled, and then continued: "Not only that, you can also start with materials."

"Didn't you just say that loading too many propellant charges may cause the barrel to explode? Then you should consider improving the material of the lower gun body. In this case, the range of the shells can also be increased."

"What the prince said is that the villain will then go to the engineer in charge of materials to talk about this matter." Yang Bing nodded.

Lin Yi nodded with satisfaction after hearing what he said.

"Okay, does this cannon have a name?" Lin Yi thought for a while and asked.

"Please give me your name, Your Majesty." Yang Bing was very sensible.

Lin Yi laughed again. Who said men in science and engineering have no emotional intelligence? Isn’t this Yang Bing full of emotional intelligence?

I asked him if this cannon had a name, but he didn't answer, but asked him to give it a name.

This means that no matter whether this cannon had a name before or what it was called, at this moment, he no longer has a name.

What he will be called from now on will be entirely up to him.

This is not emotional intelligence, what is it?

However, Lin Yi didn't have any bad taste, so he gave it a thundering sound, a dragon-tiger cannon, or something like that.

Lin Yi is still used to calling it a mortar. As for the model, let Zhao Xu name it.

"Okay, less flattering and more work." Lin Yi glanced at Yang Bing, and then said: "This artillery will be called a mortar from now on."

"By the way, what's in the other two boxes? Let's open them and take a look."

"Yes." Yang Bing saluted, and then asked someone to open the two boxes.

When Lin Yi saw clearly what it was, he could only say something awesome to Yang Bing!

Those two boxes were filled with grenades and landmines.

Although the landmines are still in their most primitive form, the kind used in mine warfare. But it is indeed a trip mine.

That is, there is a thin wire, one end is tied to the mine, and the other end is tied to a fixed object. As long as it touches this line, the mine can be triggered.

This thing is definitely a magical weapon for laying ambushes and blocking intersections.

You must know that there are no metal detectors in this era. If you encounter this thing, you can only rely on your life to go there.

As for grenades, that's even more familiar.

This kind of grenade is a wooden-handled grenade, with a wooden handle on one end and a warhead on the other.

Lin Yi picked up a grenade and weighed it in his hand. He felt that it weighed more than a kilogram and the overall length was about 36 centimeters, making it very suitable for throwing.

Looking at these two things, Lin Yi's eyes were full of weirdness.

"Could it be that this guy Yang Bing also traveled through time?"