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Chapter 121 Internal strife (additional update)
The gunner first loaded the propellant, then one person held the cannonball in both hands, and the other used a fire extinguisher to light the fuse on the cannonball. Watching the fuse being ignited, the flame gradually burned into the inside of the cannonball, and the cannonball was loaded into the barrel.

This kind of fuse will continue to burn in a plate-mounted delay fuse inside the shell, and the burning time will take up to ten breaths, which is enough for the gunner to fire it.

The firing fuse on the breech of the gun was ignited, and the gunners all ran back, and then lay on the ground covering their ears.

Two breaths have passed.

boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!
The five Tiger Crouching Cannons were fired one after another, successfully shooting the shells onto the opposite fort wall and into the fort wall.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
Four roars sounded, and four explosive rounds exploded one after another.

"The success rate is still too low." Chen Xun shook his head. This success rate simply cannot be used as a mature weapon.

Because unexploded explosive bombs will cause huge trouble for the Chen family's army after they invade the city and clean up the battlefield.

"I think it's good. Four rounds were fired. Look at the power. A small gap was blown out of the fortress wall. The people above must have suffered heavy casualties." Chen Yu commented from the side.

The gunners got up again and ran to the Tiger Crouching Cannon to clear the chamber and charge.

"This speed..." Chen Xun shook his head again. If it wasn't for the power and potential of the explosive bullet, this speed of fire would definitely be eliminated immediately.

The five-method explosive ammunition was loaded into the barrel of the gun again, the fuse at the tail of the gun was lit, and the gunners ran back and climbed down.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
This time something went wrong and one of the cannons failed to fire.

"Withdraw!!" The head of the artillery division shouted loudly.

The gunners who climbed down immediately began to crawl back, intending to stay away from the Tiger Crouching Cannon that failed to fire.

After five or six breaths, the gunners ran more than 100 steps.

boom!
There was a violent roar, and a Tiger Crouching Cannon in the middle exploded. The delayed fuse that was ignited in advance detonated the shell in the barrel, and coupled with the explosion of the propellant, it was extremely powerful.

A small mushroom cloud rose up.

Chen Xun was stunned.

Is this a suicide weapon?

"Lu Hui!!" Chen Xun yelled.

"Here! Here!" Lu Hui ran over quickly, and the battle for the fortress naturally stopped.

"How dare you bring this kind of weapon onto the battlefield?" Chen Xun was completely angered.

It's not a matter of embarrassment in front of the enemy. If such a suicide bombing is so powerful, if it explodes in the army, the result is really unimaginable.

"Captain, calm down, we are testing new weapons on the battlefield, and all aspects have been taken into consideration." Lu Hui quickly explained: "For example, every time a gunner is fired, the gunner has to retreat to avoid it; only one shell is sent forward at a time; before charging, time, stop shooting, etc."

"The situation you mentioned will not happen."

"Bring over that explosive bomb." Now that the military government is growing bigger and bigger, Chen Xun can no longer take into account everything. For the research of some projects, he cannot grasp the latest progress, such as this explosive bomb.

Because it is impossible for Chen Xun to stipulate that all research and development must be approved by him before entering the next stage. In that case, even if he is really a god, he will be unable to do anything at all.

Therefore, power can only be delegated.

Unexpectedly, how long has it been?Such a big basket came out.

Soon, a bomb was sent over.

Chen Xun picked it up and inspected it, and immediately found that the shell had two fuses.

"What's going on?" Chen Xun asked, pointing to the two fuses.

"This needs to be ignited before entering the chamber. It will burn for at least ten breaths. This one is ignited using propellant and will burn for one breath." Lu Hui introduced.

Chen Xun only knew that the newly developed shells would be tested on the battlefield today. He did not know how the gunsmiths solved the problem of the delayed fuze of the shells.

"Ten breaths of time!? Have you ever considered how many changes will occur during these ten breaths of time?" Chen Xun asked.

"I have considered it, but using only one type of fuse, the success rate of explosive bomb explosion is too low, especially if it is ignited by propellant, the success rate is only [-] to [-]%." Lu Hui replied.Chen Xun put down the cannonball and rubbed his eyebrows with one hand, feeling a severe headache:

"Since the development has not been successful and there are still so many problems, don't go to the battlefield."

"But, if you don't go to the battlefield, how can you find out what's wrong with it?" Lu Hui was also very depressed. He thought he had considered it thoroughly enough.

Chen Xun actually understood.

Every technological breakthrough, especially military weapons, will inevitably cause varying numbers of casualties. This is especially true in the development of explosives and artillery shells.

Lu Hui and the gunsmiths must also understand this truth, so they already have the expectation in their hearts that the research and development personnel will be injured or even die.

"After I returned, I set aside a large area for the artillery workshop so that they could simulate various forms of warfare. In the future, gunpowder weapons can only be tested on the battlefield after the tests are mature." Chen Xun found that this was actually his own problem. , as a latecomer, I should have considered these issues: "There are not enough testers, so we can borrow people from Chen Jiajun. After all, problems like today can't happen again."

"Yes!" Lu Hui also knew that today was really embarrassing, and if he continued to defend himself, he would be humiliating himself.

"Hurry up and get them to step back and move up to the solid direct-fire cannons." Chen Xun ordered quickly when he saw that the gunners still went up to sort out the remaining four squatting tiger cannons after exploding the chambers.

How bold.

"Okay!" Lu Hui quickly ran to the front to give the order.

Soon, the four still intact Tiger Crouching Cannons and the wreckage of the one with the exploded chamber were removed.

Ten direct-firing artillery pieces were pushed to the front of the formation. The direct-firing artillery pieces were much larger than the tiger crouching cannons and required more manpower to operate them. They immediately suppressed the defenders on the walls of the Foshan Fort.

boom!
A test cannon fired, hitting the fort gate right in the middle, shaking the small gate tower on the fort gate.

During the first firing, the subsequent test shooting was saved, and the other nine artillery pieces began to adjust the shooting parameters according to the shooting parameters of the trial artillery.

Amidst the orders, all ten artillery pieces were quickly adjusted.

"Stop shooting!" Chen Xun yelled.

"Stop shooting!" The order was quickly passed to the front, and the gunners all obeyed the order and stopped.

Lu Hui ran back again and asked, "Captain, what happened?"

"Look!" Chen Xun pointed to the small city gate on the fort gate.

The surrounding officers and soldiers also looked over.

I saw that the defenders on the city gate tower seemed to have a dispute and became chaotic. From time to time, you could see people being hit by swords and blood spattering. Some people were chopped off and fell from the gate tower, smashing on the ground at the base of the fort wall. , rolled into the moat.

The blood quickly dyed a piece of river water red, making it very eye-catching.

"Are you in trouble?" Lu Hui said.

"Maybe, let's wait and see." If the enemy can open the city gate and surrender, there is no need to spend gunpowder and shells to attack the city.

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