Steel Dynasty - Chapter 891

[Chapter 889 Wooden Handle Grenade]

“Governor?”

Pang Yukun looked puzzled in the imperial study. This name was a bit novel.

Xiao Ming nodded and said: “In the future, our army will occupy more places. The temporary managers of these places are the governors, and they will exercise management authority on behalf of the court.”

“I see. In this way, the emperor is Are you ready to leave this matter to Ye Qingyun? “

“Ye Qingyun is enough to deal with people like Gao Li. The court only needs to set some rules for him, and he will decide the rest.” There is no need to tie your hands and delay the handling of the crisis.”

Pang Yukun nodded. In fact, it is true. What they need is to set a national strategy, and the specific details must be implemented by specific generals and officials. Otherwise, it will be difficult to do everything personally. They use their talents.

“I’ll give Ye Qingyun a tip right now,” Pang Yukun said.

After saying that, Pang Yukun turned and left.

Watching Pang Yukun’s figure disappear at the end of the trail, Xiao Ming stretched and prepared to go back to rest. Taking the boat and train for the past two days was really tiring.

He never thought that when he walked out of the imperial study, he saw Chen Qi walking towards him.

“Your Majesty, please see what this is?” When he arrived in front of Xiao Ming, Chen Qi took out something like a treasure.

Seeing this thing with an iron head and a wooden handle underneath, Xiao Ming was startled and said, “Is this a grenade?”

“Yes, Your Majesty, this is a grenade with a wooden handle, which solves the problem of pulling the fire tube. After that, the wooden handle grenade was no longer difficult. “Chen Qi looked relaxed.

“Yes, yes, you are all talented now. Even if I am no longer here, you will be able to independently develop weapons.” Xiao Ming was very pleased. The talent training in the past eight years was worth it.

Chen Qi scratched his head and said: “Actually, this relies on the information provided by the emperor. This fire tube is just a lead pipe filled with broken glass. It can generate sparks by friction with just a slight pull. With the fire tube, It can ignite the fuse. We use a fire fuse that can burn for five seconds. After five seconds, the fire fuse will detonate the grenade.”

Xiao Ming took the wooden handle grenade and looked at it repeatedly, and was very satisfied. In fact, the grenade has a long history. , it was China who first invented this.

Hand grenades did not appear in Europe until the 15th century. At that time, they were mainly used for fortress defense and prisons. It was not until the mid-17th century that some European countries began to equip their elite troops with field grenades, and called soldiers who had been specially trained to use this ammunition. For the grenadier.

The British Grenadier March was converted to the Grenadier, but the grenades of this period were large and heavy, similar to the appearance of a shot put.

Therefore, throwing grenades requires amazing arm strength and a brave heart, because grenadiers often have to throw grenades at the front line.

This period lasted until the 19th century, but with the development of guns and the reduction of castle offensive and defensive battles, grenades began to fall into disfavor. However, in World War I, due to the rise of trench warfare, grenades once again showed excellent results. The more typical hand grenades at that time were the German wooden handle grenades.

Now Chen Qi apparently makes grenades similar to this one.

“Chen Qi, this grenade appeared at the right time. Now the war in the south is falling into an endless cycle of trench warfare. This kind of grenade is needed. I will immediately ask the cabinet to allocate a group of people to you to establish a special grenade factory. From now on To start, you have to work day and night to produce grenades to break the trench confrontation in the south.” Xiao Ming said excitedly.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Chen Qi was a little flattered. His research on artillery is now difficult to make. Although he has proposed a number of new artillery pieces, due to industrial limitations, these artillery pieces cannot be manufactured at all.

But this grenade allowed him to regain his glory.

Giving Chen Qi an approving look, Xiao Ming continued: “I know that you are studying the problem of breech-loaded cannons. Don’t be anxious about this. It will come true when it comes.”

Chen Qi looked grateful and said: “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your comfort. Chen Qi will definitely continue to work hard.”

“It’s so good.”

After talking about the production of grenades, Xiao Ming’s hands felt itchy while holding the wooden handle grenade. He said, “This palace is a spacious place. You might as well give it a try. The power of this wooden handle grenade.”

After saying that, the two left the imperial study and stopped in the small square in front.

“Your Majesty, don’t hurt yourself, just let the guards try it.” Knowing the power of the grenade, Qian Dafu was worried about Xiao Ming.

To him, it was a bomb.

Xiao Ming ignored Qian Dafu. The protection measures of this grenade were still very comprehensive. Just a delay of five seconds was enough for him to avoid danger.

“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter.” Xiao Ming said as he unscrewed the safety cover on the grenade and threw away the cover. There was a pull cord underneath.

He was a little nervous when he got here. After all, he had never used this thing before. He did have the idea of setting up grenadiers before, but he also knew that Qingzhou’s technology changed every three years, and better and more suitable ones would soon appear. grenades, so he gave up the grenadier unit because he felt it was unnecessary.

And now the emergence of wooden handle grenades allows every soldier to throw them easily, so that their true power can be exerted.

“Hi!” Xiao Ming tugged on the pull cord, and green smoke immediately came out of the grenade, and he could even hear the sound of the fuse burning.

Seeing this, he suddenly threw the wooden handle grenade.

“Boom!” A burst of smoke and fire appeared thirty meters away, and the shock wave of the grenade explosion flew directly towards the turf on the grass.

Qian Dafu turned pale with fright and almost didn’t sit on the ground, while a large number of guards swarmed in because of the huge movement.

“Hahaha……”

Xiao Ming and Chen Qi laughed heartlessly. There was a small shallow pit where the grenade exploded. This was caused by the power of the grenade explosion.

They were all satisfied with the power of the grenade.

“Very good. In this case, we should produce them as soon as possible. The war in the south now requires grenades to break the deadlock and reduce the casualties of soldiers.” Xiao Ming said thoughtfully.

Chen Qi responded, arched his body and walked out, preparing to focus on this matter during this period.

After seeing Chen Qi off, Xiao Ming showed a smile on his face.

The wooden handle grenade was born, and the thermal power plant project was launched at the same time. After countless dark nights, he would soon be able to see the light of electricity.

Once electricity is available, more technological items will be born. He believes that the technology of Dayu will continue to lead the world because of this.

Even if the six people who escaped taught all their knowledge to the Europeans, they would not be able to catch up with the speed of Great Chongqing, because it was not him working alone, but thousands of students working together.

(End of chapter)