Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 377

[Chapter 377]

“Mortars? It’s a bit like a bucket.”

Inspector of Military Warfare, Wang Ying carefully looked at the short, thick artillery on the blueprint.

“Well, it can also be said, how can I not need my king’s teaching?” Zhao Xu said.

Mortars require little skill.

Having personally developed artillery, for Wang Ying, making mortars is the same as middle school students doing elementary school problems.

“The next official can handle it.” Wang Ying had a confident look on his face.

The height of this mortar is only about 60 centimeters, the muzzle is about 150 millimeters, and the wall is 5 centimeters thick.

There is a hole at the end, which is the ignition hole.

The entire gun body is fixed on an iron plate.

It is estimated that the weight is about one hundred catties, and two soldiers can carry it.

Zhao Xu nodded, turned a page, and pointed to the second page.

“Also, the shells of mortars are different from the solid shells of artillery, they are hollow, and the principle is similar to that of firecrackers.” Zhao Xu said.

Smoothbore guns cannot use hollow point bullets.

The high chamber pressure of a strong explosion will damage the hollow bullet in the barrel.

So it is necessary to configure special bombs.

He didn’t let Wang Ying figure this out by himself, after all, Da Song’s situation was complicated now, so there wasn’t so much time to waste.

Especially when it comes to weapons of war.

Wang Ying stared at the pattern on the drawing. Like solid bullets, mortar shells are also spherical.

However, the inside of the ball is required to be hollow, but a finger-thick opening is left on the ball.

Then he saw that King Yan also drew a cork-like thing.

The complete blooming ammunition is to plug the cork into this hole.

“Your Highness, what is the use of this cork? It seems to be the key to this shell.” Wang Ying asked.

Zhao Xu looked relieved, Wang Ying could still see something.

He said: “This kind of shell is called a cracking bomb. Just like lighting the gunpowder in the barrel, a fuse is needed for this cracking bomb.”

“That’s all, how to ensure that the cracking bomb explodes at the desired position?” Wang Ying asked doubtfully. Then he came to his senses, “Understood, this cork is…”

Zhao Xu laughed, “That’s right.” There is a small hole in the middle of this cork, which can be inserted into the lead wire. Put the cork inward a little, and if it takes a long time to explode, pull the cork out to control the length of the lead wire.

Wang Ying understood, “That’s how it is. ” ”

Zhao Xu continued: “However, how much the cork can be pulled out or inserted, and the distance at which it can explode still needs to be tested, and then the results will be engraved on the cork produced. ”

After a pause, he said: “For example, a 100-meter explosion needs to be stuffed into one centimeter. Write this down, and mark it when making corks in the future to form a standard, so that the artillery battlefield can be directly controlled according to the mark. The distance of the blast. ”

Wang Ying nodded frequently, “I understand.” ”

Zhao Xu exhaled lightly. This is the cork fuze.

Compared with a long fuze directly on the shell, it is much more reliable to rely on the soldiers to judge the distance by feeling and use scissors to cut the fuse.

Simply put, this It is fool-like, and the error is much stronger than that of the soldiers themselves.

This kind of fuze appeared in the late eighteenth century and was used in the original howitzer at that time.

However, because black powder was still used at that time, the power of the flower bullet was not enough, and it was not He didn’t pay attention to it.

After explaining the matter, Zhao Xu returned to the palace.

In just over nine days, Wang Ying made the first mortar, along with several hollow shells and corks.

The mortar was transported to the artillery school, and Zhao Xu ordered Chang Wei to bring the artillery generals to visit.

After all, this is one of the artillery they will use from now on.

“Why is the muzzle of this artillery pointing up to the sky? Is it intended to hit the shell into the sky and then fall to kill people?” An artillery general thought he was very humorous, and laughed.

Turning his head, he saw that everyone else was pursing their lips, and he shut up suddenly.

“Tang Qing, you’re smiling very happily. Come on, you come and load the gun yourself.” Zhao Xu waved to Tang Qing.

This Tang Qing is an artillery school lieutenant, in charge of the artillery under the command of the captain, and in charge of seventy-two artillery pieces.

In the military school, he often saw him, but he was a little bit full of words.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Tang Qing moved to Mortar Pao under the gloating eyes of other generals.

Looking at the shells on the ground, he didn’t know how to use them, so he looked at Zhao Xu.

“Tell me, what is this cannon used for?” Zhao Xu ignored him and asked first.

Tang Qing scratched his head, looked up and down the mortar, and observed the shells, hesitantly said: “It seems to be able to hit the enemy hiding behind the wall.”

“That’s right, now the order of loading the shells is the same as that of the artillery,” Zhao Xu said.

According to Tang Qing’s words, he cleaned the barrel of the gun, filled it with gunpowder, finally loaded it, and then ignited the fuse.

“Boom!”

After a muffled thunderous sound, the shells flew out.

After flying a hundred meters, the shell fell.

But at this time there was another “boom”, and the shell exploded in the air, shining a cloud of flames and smoke.

The generals were calm at first, but they trembled slightly when they saw this scene.

The flames in the air are bigger than firecrackers.

“This is an explosive bomb, and its power is many times that of firecrackers. If you stuff flintlock bullet-like marbles into it, it can kill and injure a small number of enemies.” Zhao Xu explained, “Put lime in it, it’s lime Bombs, if they explode like this, they can at least form a lime dance with a range of ten meters, which will cause trouble for the enemy infantry and cavalry.”

The power of the bomb lies in the performance of the gunpowder.

Even in contemporary times, the research and development of high-energy gunpowder has never stopped, and they are all pursuing the same volume and greater power.

During the period when smoothbore guns and mortars coexisted, smoothbore guns were more powerful than mortars.

The reason is that the explosion power of black powder is not strong, at most it is only a large firecracker.

But what he wants is not how powerful the mortar is.

Rather, it is different from the function of the smoothbore gun.

The difference between fighter jets and helicopters.

“So it can be done like this.” Tang Qing’s eyes lit up immediately.

The firecrackers in the soldiers’ hands are only 30 to 40 meters away. With this thing, lime bombs can be thrown directly on the battlefield.

“Your Highness, what is the maximum range of this mortar?” Chang Wei and the other generals naturally realized the important role of the mortar and asked quickly.

“This has to be tested, but it won’t exceed 500 meters.” Zhao Xu gave Wang Ying a look.

Wang Ying understood, and immediately changed the largest medicine bag, and at the same time pulled out the cork to the longest.

“Boom!” Another test shot.

This time the sound was louder than the first time, and the shell flew out very loudly, drawing a long parabola, and finally landed at a position of more than 400 meters, rolling several meters before exploding.

The craftsman immediately measured the distance and came back and said, “Your Highness, it’s about 462 meters.”

Zhao Xu nodded, this is the maximum distance, after all, he changed to the largest medicine bag.

“Enough.” Chang Wei laughed, “This distance is more than enough to torment the enemy.”

Then he held Wang Ying’s hand, “Master Wang, build a hundred and eighty gates for the army as soon as possible.”

Wang Ying looked disgusted, but still nodded.

(end of this chapter)