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Chapter 379 Flower Bullet
Lu Chengqi glanced at Su Song and Tang Xun, who were full of unwillingness, and said with a smile: "As for the front-mounted artillery, I still have an idea. It's just that it is difficult to realize with the current technology."

Sure enough, this sentence caught the attention of Su Song and Tang Xun, and they asked in unison: "Does Your Majesty still want to build this front-mounted gun?"

Lu Chengqi nodded and said, "If you can build mortars, you can also build front-mounted guns." Lu Chengqi, who has watched "Bright Sword", remembers the Japanese army's mortars most deeply.If this kind of medium-range curved small artillery is properly manufactured, the maximum range is generally more than eight miles, and precise strikes can be achieved within a kilometer. It is the best support and an effective suppression weapon for infantry combat.The mortar has a large shooting angle, curved trajectory, low initial velocity, short minimum range, and good killing effect on unprotected targets. It is suitable for shooting targets behind shelters and on reverse slopes.Most importantly, it is small in size, light in weight and simple in structure.Easy to operate, extremely fast rate of fire.When shooting, the recoil energy of the barrel is absorbed by the ground through the seat plate.When marching, the body tube and seat plate can be disassembled, so it is easy to carry.

It's a pity that such a sharp weapon can't be produced at all with the current technology.Mortars can be built, but the difficulty of shells is too high.Now there is not even mercury fulminate, so what to use as fire and cap?There is no fire and cap, and there is no need to think about percussive shells and bullets.There are no mercury-containing triggers, let alone mercury-free triggers and rust-free triggers.Regardless of the small fire and hat, it is the embodiment of the industrialization of the entire country.

In a word, chairs, tables, and teapots can be made now, but there is no system at all for the storage and storage of chemicals.If we start to establish a chemical system now, according to the normal process, it will take at least three to forty years to produce fixed metal bullets and shells.A small bullet must contain not only the firing powder, but also nitrocellulose.According to the industrial conditions of this era, it is really powerless.

When Lu Chengqi talked about the firing concept of the mortar, as well as the concept of gunpowder and nitrocellulose, Su Song and Tang Xun stopped talking.They have also been exposed to low-level chemistry, which Lu Chengqi calls natural science, actually includes physics.

Inside the door to see the door, the layman to watch the fun.Both Su Song and Tang Xun knew how far away the mortar was with the current technology.Even if you spend your whole life studying it, whether you can see the birth of the mortar is still unknown.

Seeing that they were all in silence, Lu Chengqi was open-minded.It was beyond his expectation that a Hongxiang rifle similar to the Minigun could be produced.Coupled with Shen Kuo's concept similar to the Flang cannon, Lu Chengqi was completely satisfied.In time, there will be an army equipped with Hongxiang rifles and cannons, coupled with cavalry on both wings to protect the riflemen who lack close combat capabilities.If there is such an army, is there any country in the world that is the opponent of Dashun?If there really is such a day, dominating the world will not be a problem.It's just that Lu Chengqi knows that with the administrative efficiency of this era, it is almost close to the limit to be able to control a country as big as Dashun.Dominating the world is nothing more than boring masturbation. No matter how large the country is, without effective management, it is nothing more than repeating the mistakes of the Yuan Dynasty.

Tang Xun was a little discouraged. He was the oldest among them. Even if the mortar was actually built, it would be difficult for him to see it.When he expressed his doubts, Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "Don't be discouraged, Tang Qing, don't you still have students? That's why I set up the Royal University! Talent is the key to a country's progress. If even I don’t pay attention to talents, then we Han people will not think about making progress. Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. The same is true for science and technology. Those who stop and give up progress, one ebbs and another, and when that day comes, we Han people will become vassals of foreign races. Wuhuluhua, I still remember it in my eyes, and the beacon fire Yangzhou Road! Tang Qing doesn’t need to be like this, your student It is also an extension of you. If you can't do it, leave it to them. Of course, the premise is that you will unreservedly teach these students what you have learned in your life..."

At this point, these three people finally understood Lu Chengqi's good intentions, and sighed again and again: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and I will bow to you!"

Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "Although mortars can't be made, there is a kind of shell that you can make."

Su Song asked: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what kind of shell is it?"

Lu Chengqi didn't say it clearly, but asked rhetorically: "Then I want to test Su Qing, what is the most harmful thing this solid shell can do?"

This question immediately overwhelmed all three of them.Intuition told them that Lu Chengqi’s question did not look like a joke. After thinking for a while, Su Song said cautiously: “I am stupid, and I thought solid shells would do the most damage to the city wall.”

Lu Chengqi nodded and said: "Yes, solid shells do a lot of damage to the city wall. No matter how thick the city wall is, the bombardment of hundreds of cannons can always make a gap. If it is directly bombarded at the city gate, it is even more difficult to create a gap. It's not a problem. But the question is, how many cities can the Liao Kingdom have? But such shells are good for new warships. One shot blasted the enemy ship into a gap, and after a few shots, the enemy ship sank. In this way, boarding battles are avoided."

Shen Kuo saw that Lu Chengqi had analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of solid shells, but he still didn't get to the point, so he couldn't help asking: "Then what shells do His Majesty think is the best?"

"Of course it's a flower bomb!" Lu Chengqi said without hesitation.

"Flower bomb?" The three of them said in unison, puzzled.

Lu Chengqi explained: "This flowering shell is a hollow shell, that is, more than half of the black powder is filled in the shell. Don't fill it full, and you can also put iron pieces, nails, etc. in it. The shell of the shell should be thinner. A fuse, so that the shell can ignite and explode after being fired. In this way, the lethality to the enemy soldiers will be much greater."

Tang Xun pondered for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, can such shells really be fired?"

Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "I'm just offering an idea, as for whether it will work or not, I still have to experiment with you!"

Su Song said confidently: "There is no big problem in making such a shell. However, how much gunpowder to install and how to install the fuse need to be tested many times."

Shen Kuo was not very familiar with smelting iron, so he did not express his opinion aloud.Tang Xun nodded after hearing Su Song's words, and said, "If it's a hollow shell, just make an iron mold. It's not too much trouble. But how to put the gunpowder, and the iron pieces and nails that His Majesty said, you need to make an iron mold." It takes constant experimentation to find the best solution."

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "My idea is to use two types of shells according to the occasion. When dealing with enemy ships and cities, use solid shells, and when dealing with enemy cavalry in field battles, use cracked shells."

(End of this chapter)