After testing, the grenade made with smokeless launching medicine is indeed much better than black gunpowder. At least, it can kill people. Of course, Marin also put some steel balls in the warhead, which greatly improved his ability to injure people.
Because of the problem that the earth grenades made by the Eighth Route Army were easily tied in half, Marin asked the craftsmen to strictly manufacture iron shells to avoid too much weakness that the gunpowder gas was leaked in concentrated manner and affecting its power.
But after the grenades were made, Malin discovered another embarrassing problem - the Beihai Kingdom will not fight in the next few years, so what is the use of these grenades?
Marlin suddenly became extremely embarrassed - he finally made an invention that surpassed the times, but it was useless... This... It is very similar to Leonardo da Vinci's manuscript, but he dared not publish it in the world...
Depressed, Malin went to the fish pond to fry fish with a few grenades...
"Bang--" A loud bang came, and the fish pond suddenly flipped. The fish in the pond were already concentrated, and Malin deliberately fed the feed before throwing the grenade, which made the fish very concentrated... Then, there were naturally many fish that were tragically blown to death...
Seeing that so many fish were too late to finish, Marin invited Schwartz, Kahn and others to catch the fish corpse and take it back for food.
Schwartz came to the fish pond outside the city and saw the fish with white belly, and was amazed:
"Young Master, what kind of grenade do you do to fry fish?"
Marlin's old face suddenly turned red...
"Well... that... is actually quite powerful, just... I haven't fought in wars in the past few years and putting it there to waste it. It's better to... use it to fry fish..."
Schwartz also asked for a grenade and threw it into the water. Then, with a loud "bang", the water splashed Lao Gao...
"It's really powerful!" Schwartz exclaimed. Schwartz had followed Marin to make black powder version grenades before, but he gave up because his power was too small. Even if he exploded the city gate, he would use a powder barrel to blow it up. Otherwise, the power would not be enough.
"What's the use of being big? There's no war to fight..." Marin sighed.
"Who said it's useless? Master, you can use grenades in the American jungle war!" Schwartz said after thinking.
"You need to use grenades to fight Native Americans? There is no need..." Marin was a little confused.
"It is necessary, I heard that the Native Americans mainly live in simple houses made of wood and thatch, and there are also wooden fences on the outside of the village. I think this kind of grenade should be able to blow up the wooden fence gates of those indigenous villages, right?"
Marin thought for a while and said:
"It should be possible...but we all used artillery, and any small cannon could open the native village gate. There was no need to use grenades, right?"
"If you have artillery, you will not use grenades, but what if you use grenades instead of those small artillery?"
"Replace?" Marin was a little confused.
"Yes, instead! The terrain of the American jungle is complex, and even if it is a 3-pound cannon, it is very difficult for the army to carry it. After all, the three-pound cannon is also a heavy weapon. It is troublesome to transport it in the jungle, at least the transportation speed is very slow. For villages of the natives, grenades are enough. So, my opinion is - to equip the indigenous army with grenades, and not carry artillery. You know, carrying artillery is troublesome, and you also need to be equipped with special artillery..."
"It makes sense..." Marin thought, it was indeed inconvenient for artillery to march in the jungle. However, grenades are different. Any soldier can carry several grenades with a leather bag, which is very convenient. Even if the jungle terrain is complex, it will not have any impact.
Afterwards, Malin specially built wooden fences and village gates that imitated the indigenous villages, and selected a group of soldiers with high throwing levels, and asked them to use grenades to try to blow up the wooden fences and village gates. As a result, the experiment was successful...
"You go to the army to select dozens of bomb droppers with strong strength and high throwing levels and send them to the American battlefield! However, when choosing, use training bullet tests that imitate grenades, don't disclose the secrets..."
"Yes!" Schwartz turned around and went to select the grenades.
While Schwartz was choosing excellent grenades, Marin was bored and copied the "Grenadier March" that later generations spread throughout the world with the lobster soldiers of the British Empire.
To be honest, "The Grenadier March" is not a world-famous song, nor is it beautiful enough. However, it has a strong sense of rhythm and is very suitable for the progress of the army. In addition, the instruments it uses are simple - this is also very important.
For example, "The Mass" that Marin copied before was nice, but the performance was very complicated and required a band to play. Therefore, such songs are only suitable for demonstrations at some major ceremonies.
The Grenadier March is different. You only need two instruments to play this song - Scottish bagpipes and ordinary snare drums. The bagpipes play the song, and the snare drums are responsible for the dot, which is very simple. Moreover, there is less staffing. This saves manpower and avoids too many redundant staff. After all, the army is used for war, not for performance. If there are too many military musicians, it would be unreasonable.
In this way, even if the bagpipes and drummers are added, including the original troopers, there are only three or five military players. Such a small scale does not occupy much organization. Moreover, Marin has thought about it - since Scottish bagpipes are popular in Scotland, then, recruit bagpipes directly in Scotland in the future...
When Schwartz recruited 50 grenadiers, Marin decided to officially launch the song "Grenadier March". However, it did not have a Scottish bagpipe in its hands. So he asked the carpenter to make a wooden flute. As for the drum, it was easier, and there were everywhere...
Afterwards, Marin found a drummer who was OK to play the drums, and cooperated with him to play the "Grenadier March" together...
Why did he play himself? Because no one in Beihai can play the flute...Malin learned to play the flute in his previous life. After all, the flute is cheap. If it is a piano that costs tens of thousands, how can rural children afford it? Therefore, if a poor family wants to play musical instruments, it is more affordable for flutes and acoustic guitars. If you meet any classmate at the level of piano... it must be the children of a rich family. Because the poor family can't afford the piano...
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Of course, Marin refers to the post-80s and post-90s. As for the post-00s, it is hard to say. In the 1990s, who had a piano and a wealthy family. But in the 21st century, ordinary people gritted their teeth and could still afford cheap domestic pianos...
Marin and the drummer followed the line formation team of 50 grenadiers, and while stepping on the step, they were playing the "Grenadier March" passionately.
Moreover, in order to restore the classics of lobster soldiers as much as possible, Marin specially found a tailor and customized a batch of lobster soldiers' red costumes, including triangular hats. Originally, Marin planned to use the bearskin hats of the Royal Guard in the later generations. However, the bearskin hats were too expensive and very hot. It is said that later generations often suffered from heatstroke by the bearskin hats...
So, no matter from an economic perspective, it is practical, or a triangle hat is better...
To be honest, the costumes of the lobster soldiers are really handsome. Otherwise, the British would not have kept this costume in the Royal Guard in the 21st century. When 50 grenades were wearing the costumes of the lobster soldiers, they were in a neat stance, and there was a strong rhythmic accompaniment of the Grenadier March... At that moment, the onlookers were stunned... Damn... so handsome... This is what they thought...
But Marin is actually not satisfied. Why? Because it cannot blow the sound-breaking effect of Scottish bagpipes with wooden flutes at all. The musical effect of Chinese flutes is better than that of Scottish bagpipes, and can play more melodious music. However, "Grenadier March" is a battlefield song, which is rough and powerful, so it does not need to be melodious. With the passionate drum sound, Scottish bagpipes can express the atmosphere of the battlefield well. But it doesn't matter, Marin plans to recruit bagpipes in Scotland anyway.
Of course, the audience present didn't know. After all, they had never heard of the Scottish bagpipe version of "Grenadier March". So, they only had one idea at this time - handsome! It's so handsome...
Kahn was jealous, so he applied to Marin and said:
"Young Master, in the future, we will hold ceremonies, and the guard of honor will wear this kind of costume and play this kind of music! It's so exciting!"
Chapter completed!