Despite being mentally prepared, the test explosion still surprised everyone.

The scarecrow used as a target flew directly into the sky, and was torn into pieces by the flying shrapnel. The wooden pole with thick arms was directly cut into several sections.

Ao Canghai opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff six eggs into it, and Man Gui also looked shocked. Hand grenades made of ceramics were already very powerful, but grenades made of iron were even more powerful.

Although their brains are not very good, they still know which is harder, ceramic or cast iron. Because the explosive power of gunpowder is insufficient, they can only use ceramic as the shell. If cast iron is used, it will not explode at all.

But the explosive power of this kind of nitrocellulose is really amazing. The cast iron shell will produce more explosive fragments, and the lethality will be increased by more than one level.

Forty or fifty meters away, Li Xiao could clearly feel the shock wave generated by the explosion. The feeling of stopping one's breathing and even heartbeat was all too familiar.

"Brother Xiao! You can tinker with the power of this thing! This is just a hand grenade, if it is a 30-pound cannonball, I am so good, I am scared just thinking about it!" Ao Canghai said with great excitement.

As long as there is such a weapon of mass destruction, the enemy's cavalry's charge capability will be greatly reduced. This is only a hand grenade weighing three kilograms. If it is replaced by a cannonball weighing thirty kilograms, the effect will be!

Can't imagine!

"Now that the power of the explosion has increased, we will no longer produce heavy artillery shells weighing thirty kilograms. That thing is too heavy, and the trebuchet can only throw it more than a hundred steps.

Now that the power has increased so much, I think we can make ammunition weighing ten kilograms and fifteen kilograms. After all, the weight has been reduced, and the throw distance will be much longer.

In the past, our trebuchets did not even dare to get close to the city wall. Because the bows and arrows on the city wall could shoot more than a hundred steps away. Now we have ten kilograms and fifteen kilograms of ammunition, so our trebuchets can

Attack the city wall at a place where bows and arrows cannot reach it.

Besides, even under field conditions, if the trebuchet can be thrown farther, it will probably fire one or two more rounds. With such powerful ammunition, firing one or two more rounds will do a lot of damage to the enemy."

"If the ammunition is reduced to about fifteen kilograms, the power should not be less. Moreover, the trebuchet can easily throw fifteen kilograms of ammunition two hundred steps. In this way, when the enemy's cavalry rushes within the musket shooting range,

It can fire at least three to four rounds. Even if the Tatars come with a thousand cavalry, I can easily handle them." Ao Canghai grinned.

Man Gui was a little depressed. What he liked most was the cavalry. Now that he saw that the cavalry could be restrained like this, he felt very uncomfortable.

Li Xiao smiled and said nothing. Clay ammunition of the same weight is much larger than iron ammunition. The wind resistance is naturally different, so iron ammunition can be thrown farther, at least three hundred steps, no problem.

"In the past, you asked Lao Wu to buy those strange-looking stones, and everyone still chewed their tongues. Now let's see who dares to chew their tongues. Grandma! I put it in the gun and try it to see if I can launch the projectiles farther.

." Ao Canghai's eyes were full of excitement. He really wanted to know how such powerful gunpowder would be used in firearms.

"It's better to find a gun and fix it on an iron stand for testing." Li Xiao warned for the sake of safety.

Unexpectedly, just such a word saved Ao Canghai's life.

The steel used to make the matchlock gun is strip steel crudely made by Li Xiao, which is a low-end product in steel. This is also something that can't be helped. These days, firstly, there is no equipment and secondly, there is no such technology. After tinkering with strip steel, it has been

This is Li Xiao's limit.

A matchlock gun made of such steel can be loaded with black powder. It can be loaded with high-end goods such as nitrocellulose, which is obviously not suitable. Ao Canghai was inexperienced, so he loaded nitrocellulose according to the standards of gunpowder.

The only consequence can be an explosion!

There was a sound of "Boom!". I don't know whether the projectile flew out. But the barrel flew out! The whole gun was scattered in a radius of 20 meters. The experiment of the matchlock gun became a large-scale rollover scene.

"Good boy! I'm glad I listened to you, otherwise whoever got in trouble would die." Ao Canghai, a guy with such a big nerve, his face was as white as a piece of paper.

"You see! Although this thing is powerful, it is also very dangerous. This is why I built the factory so far away from where people live. Now I am setting a rule here. In the future, whoever does not follow the rules I set

Follow the rules and regulations. If you find out, you can hit twenty boards at a time. If you find out again, pack up and get out. Go to Lushun and plant crops!"

Seeing that everyone was shocked and dumbfounded by what just happened, Li Xiao took the opportunity to set some rules. Nitrocellulose is no joke. Once it explodes, the consequences will be disastrous. The island is so big, there is no telling whether it will affect the residents.

district.

"promise!"

Ao Canghai and Man Gui were the first to take the lead, and the rest followed suit and made their pledges.

Inatomi Yu was wearing a kimono, with wooden clogs on his feet, collecting parts one by one. It could be seen that the old Japanese was very sad. Because the matchlock gun he built was the best in Japan. Now in the face of this new type of ammunition,

It couldn't stand the explosion. For a legendary gunsmith like him, this was definitely a slap in the face.

Li Xiao looked at the old Japs with sympathy. Putting aside national sentiments, the Japs were very respectable in terms of their professionalism. On weekdays, Yu Nao Inatomi inspected the gun barrels made by Zhao Tiezhu very strictly. Ten guns

It's pretty good if one of the pipes can pass the old devil's inspection.

Although Zhao Tiezhu often cursed and complained, Li Xiao firmly supported Inatomi Yunao. The quality of firearms is directly related to the lives of soldiers and must not be careless.

The old fisherman picked up a piece of broken parts and looked around. "It's an iron problem!"

"Of course it's a problem of iron, but is it also a problem of stone?" Zhao Tiezhu said somewhat unconvinced.

Li Xiao looked at the two guys without saying a word with his hands behind his back. Only his peers showed naked hatred. This sentence is not only applicable to the cross talk world, but also applies to any profession.

"If you can forge this kind of iron, your skills are considered good. But I can forge better ones! Do you want to try it?" Mr. Yu looked at Zhao Tiezhu with the air of a master.

Li Xiao's eyes lit up. He knew that Yulao was actually a blacksmith. This old guy had just arrived on the island and it was time to establish his authority. He said he could forge better steel, which was probably not just talk.
Chapter completed!