The ignited fuse burned quickly, and the people's discussion immediately disappeared.

　　Don't talk about the people in the tribe, even Ferguson has never seen the fuse. This thing will not be invented by an Englishman until more than seventy years later. Now, naturally no one has seen this thing.

　　 This kind of fuse made by soaking gunpowder is not the kind of safety fuse of later generations. This thing burns much faster than the safety fuse.

　　 But the first fuse made by Shi Xiong in the world is more than two meters long, so when the fuse is lit, Shi Xiong has enough time to leave the big pit.

　　 Ishikuma ran back after lighting the fuse, and then squatted down with Ferguson. The scene was quiet, and everyone's eyes were on the fast-burning fuse.

　　 "Boss, what exactly is this thing for?" Ferguson still didn't quite understand the role of this fuse.

　　 Shixiong tilted his head to look at Ferguson with a puzzled look, smiled and shook his head and said, "You will understand what this thing is for in a while."

　　 Lieutenant Ferguson scratched his scalp and turned his attention to the big hole again.

At this time, the fuse was gone, and only a black burning trace was left on the ground. About ten seconds later, everyone felt that their eyes suddenly lit up, and then a huge and dull voice suddenly sounded. After getting up, a large plume of smoke rose from the big pit and rolled upwards to form a flowing "mushroom."

　　Except for Shi Xiong, everyone was taken aback by the loud sound. Although the sound is not as loud as the sound when the cannon is fired, the people of the tribe are prepared when the cannon is fired, but like this, a small clay pot can make such a loud noise.

　　 Shixiong even saw a herd of cattle far away and made a commotion. Obviously, the bull demon who are not afraid of these days are also scared to pee by this huge explosion.

　　 The most important thing is that the small mushroom cloud that is rising and constantly tumbling makes some people involuntarily kneel down and bow to the mushroom cloud.

　　 Ishikuma nodded in satisfaction.

　　 The power of this earthen grenade is not to mention, the sound and light effect alone is enough to give a thumbs up.

　　 You must know that the black powder was prepared according to the most perfect ratio. The raw materials were also purified, so the gunpowder produced was naturally powerful.

　　 Now whether it is the Saint-Etienne rifle used by the French or the brown Beth rifle used by the British, the amount of gunpowder used for firing projectiles is only seven or eight grams. But this small clay pot was filled with two or two black gunpowder.

　　 Although the power of black gunpowder is far from being compared with the ladders of later generations, the power of the explosion of black gunpowder in twos in a closed container is definitely not small.

　　 The 24-hand grenade made by later Germans during World War I was called a famous grenade that once blew up the British and French on the battlefield of World War I.

　　 The power of the 24 grenade is recognized. The 170 grams of high explosive filled in this warhead gives this grenade a huge lethal power. Even the power of many modern grenade in later generations is far worse than that of the 24 grenade.

　　The earthen grenade made by Shixiong is naturally incomparable with the famous 24 grenade.

　　 But this clay pot grenade made by Shixiong is quite powerful. At least in this era without grenades, the explosion of this kind of earthen grenade will definitely shock the people.

　　The second Lieutenant Ferguson beside him was also dull. He must have never expected that this kind of thing made by his own boss would have such a great momentum. This thing exploded and almost caught up with the momentum of the large-caliber naval gun.

　　 An argument louder than the one just now sounded again, and almost all the tribe members squatted on the ground and spoke loudly and made gestures.

　　 Some time ago, when experimenting with the Valere guns on the inland river armed transport ships, the tribesmen saw the French soldiers firing, and later the tribes who learned to control the ships also fired the cannons.

　　 When I first saw that the Lanxi people fired artillery, almost the whole clan was dispatched. At that time, the people of the clan were fired and the guns were undesirable in the town. It should be understood that when the four-pounder Valere gun was loaded with a cardboard tube before firing, the amount of propellant charged at a time was close to one pound, which was three times larger than the charge of this earthen grenade.

　　 However, when the gun is fired, the propellant explodes in the barrel. The thick wall of the barrel restricts the possibility of the propellant spreading to the surroundings, so the sound momentum looks similar to that of the earthen grenade exploding.

　　 Although this earthen grenade has a small charge, it spreads radially in all directions when it explodes, so the momentum is much bigger.

　　 Just when the people's discussion sounded, the sky crackled and fell out a lot of odds and ends, there were broken pottery pieces, and the messy bits and pieces stuffed in the pottery pot of the stone bear.

However, the people of the tribe were close to forty meters away from the explosion point, and this earthen grenade exploded from the big pit, so most of the fragments produced during the explosion were blocked by the wooden boards on the four sides of the big pit, and only some were taken to the sky After the kinetic energy given to them by the gunpowder is consumed, the fragments return to the embrace of the earth under the attraction of universal gravitation.

　　 Anyway, this experiment was very successful, at least Shixiong himself was very satisfied. This kind of earthen grenade that I made for the first time can produce such power is quite good.

　　 Seeing Lord Guardian stand up, the people all followed. The explosion just now really shocked them, but now that it has passed, this group of people who have seen the cannon fire several times does not matter.

　　 Shi Xiong walked to the big pit and looked down, and found that the thick wooden boards relying on the walls of the big pit had all turned black, and the smooth wooden boards had now become pits and bumps.

　　 Obviously, although the fragments produced during the explosion did not cause any damage to the outside of the big pit, it did cause huge damage to the wooden boards in the big pit.

　　 Black gunpowder is not as good as the ladder or black sojin of later generations, but at any rate it is also an out-and-out drug.

It is necessary to know that the detonation velocity of black powder can reach 500 meters per second. Although this velocity is far from being compared with the detonation velocity of the ladder press which is as high as 7000 meters per second, it is already faster than the ejection velocity of most pistols. be quick. In other words, the fragments produced when this earthen grenade exploded had an initial speed faster than pistol bullets.

　　 Such high-speed fragments are naturally not what those wooden boards can resist. Coupled with the explosive heat of 5066 kJ/kg of black powder, it is not surprising that these thick wooden boards resting on the wall of the pit were destroyed like this.

　　 The people don’t understand this, but Lieutenant Ferguson does. When he saw the miserable appearance of these wooden boards, a handsome little face became unnatural.

"Boss, what is the name of this thing you made? How can it resemble the kind of grenade thrown by our country's grenadiers?" Although Ferguson had never seen this kind of earthen grenade, when he saw the power of this thing still When there was the momentum of the explosion, he immediately thought of the kind of grenades thrown by their grenadiers in the British Empire.

　　 Yes, in fact, at this time, grenades filled with black powder have become more popular in European countries.

　　 As early as the 15th century, black powder-filled grenades appeared in Europe, but this type of grenades is mainly used to defend fortresses and prisons.

　　 By the middle of the seventeenth century, hand grenade, the shape and fragments of this hand-thrown grenade began to resemble pomegranates and pomegranates, so it was called hand grenade. During this period, some European countries equipped elite troops with field grenades, and called soldiers specially trained to use such ammunition as grenadiers.

　　 However, in the 19th century, with the development of guns and the decrease in the offensive and defensive battles of the castle, the grenade was once cold treated. But in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, the grenade played a role on the battlefield again.

　　 Especially in the First World War, grenades were widely used due to the rise of trenches. The typical hand grenades at that time included the famous 24 wooden handle grenade made by the Germans and the pineapple-shaped mills-type grenade made by the British.

But at this time, because the grenades thrown by the grenadiers are filled with black powder, the charge is not too large, and the warhead shell is not a precast fragmented shell, so the power of the grenade at this time is not counted. Big, at least it's far less powerful than this earthen clay pot grenade made by Shixiong.

　　 But anyway, the scene when this earthen clay pot grenade exploded was really like a grenade thrown by European grenadiers. That's why Lieutenant Ferguson asked.

Shi Xiong looked at Lieutenant Ferguson, smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, you can also turn this earthen grenade I just made into a grenade. The production principle of this earthen grenade is actually the same as your grenadier station. The kind of grenade thrown is no different. It’s just that my earthen grenade doesn’t have a cast iron shell, and it’s filled with more gunpowder, so it’s more powerful. Why, are you interested in this stuff?"

　　 Lieutenant Ferguson shook his head, "I can't say how interested, I just feel that this thing is very powerful, so I am a little shocked. I still prefer to think about new rifles, that is my life's mission."

　　 Ishikuma nodded slightly.

　　 In fact, if Lieutenant Ferguson showed interest in this kind of earthen grenade, Shi Xiong didn't have to hide it from him.

　　 In Shixiong's plan, this young man with many gentleman advantages is a very important figure. In the future, a single-handed war in the 13 colonies of the New World will inevitably break out. Even if the stone bear deliberately prevents it, it cannot stop it.

And it’s very obvious that at this time, the United Kingdom has just ended its Seven Years War with the French, and its domestic power has become very empty. In addition, European countries such as Spain have been working hard to limit the strength of the United Kingdom, so this time The British are not comfortable.

　　 Even more than ten years later, those who want to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the colonies of the New World with Britain’s national power are still incapable of fighting alone. That's why those British descendants from the colonies of the New World were able to succeed on their own.

If these colonists in the New World colonies mistaken the start of the independent war by half a century, then it goes without saying that the British, who had slowed down at that time and started to become stronger, would never allow their colonies to stand alone. of.

　　 In terms of the British national power in the nineteenth century, it was easy and easy to defeat those who struggled alone. Other than that, all the people who struggled alone were frightened and frightened by sending those sailing battleships to the open seas of those major cities.

　　 However, the British now do not have the ability to cross the ocean to defeat independent colonial colonists, otherwise, with the temperament of the British king, he would never abandon the colony of the New World.

　　 In any case, there will be more than a decade of independent wars that cannot be stopped by the British, and once these colonists succeed on their own, there will be one more rogue country in the world, and it will still be an extremely powerful rogue country.

　　 Numerous Indians living in the New World without any cares will be slaughtered by the citizens of this rogue country.

　　 Therefore, Shi Xiong wanted to make the British stronger during the war alone, so as to allow the two sides to hold on for a longer period of time and to let both sides shed more blood.

　　 Ishikuma believes that before the outbreak of the War of Alone, he could not unify the Indians of the New World of North America, and that the Indians who were unable to form a powerful regime were absolutely unable to resist the butchers of the Americans.

　　 And the British are not good birds. If the British defeated the independent colonists with their own help, then the British would probably not be much stronger than the Americans. For the resources and wealth of the New World, the British Shiyou will also raise butcher knives against the North American Indians.

　　 Therefore, the most important thing is to bleed both sides and greatly weaken the strength of both sides. Only when both of them are weak, can they take the opportunity to rise.

　　 But if you want to weaken the strength of both of them~lightnovelpub.net~ fighting alone is undoubtedly the best battlefield. Only the longer this single-handed war lasts and the more soldiers who die, can the goal of mass bloodletting on both sides be achieved.

　　 The Americans fought a single-handed war for eight years. In order to prevent the colonies from being independent, the British also fought the anti-independence war for eight years.

　　 And what if this war lasts for ten or even fifteen years?

Although the British prevailed in the first few years of the war alone and defeated the colonists, the British were fighting across oceans after all. In addition, the French also joined the Americans in the later period of the war alone, as well as the British team. A small mosquito called the Aedes mosquito broke out with the malaria plague, which made the two-line British finally unable to resist, and eventually lost the war.

　　 The plague broke out because the British were unaccustomed to water and soil. This stone bear could not stop it, but what if the British were given some "high-tech" weapons at a critical moment?

In fact, the British did not hold on anymore. It was just because the outbreak of the plague made the soldiers panic. If at this time, if the British were given some weapons that were decades ahead of this era, it is estimated that there would be no coalition of Americans and French It was so easy to defeat the British.

　　 And if Lieutenant Ferguson does not die prematurely on the battlefield, then he is undoubtedly the best candidate to deliver "high-tech" weapons to the British.

　　 It is for this reason that Shi Xiong did not hide the idea of ​​Lieutenant Ferguson, whether he was making a new type of musket or making such a powerful earthen grenade.

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