Chapter 202 Rocket Shooting Elephant (Please subscribe!)

I saw a cylindrical bullet tied to a balance pole more than three meters long near the Guards.

It's just that this cylindrical bullet is much larger, about one meter in length and one meter in width, and the overall shape presents a perfect streamline shape.

There are about 100 such super large cylindrical bullets!

The name of this thing will be famous and fierce in the future, and that is Rocket.

To be precise, this rocket was later called the Hale Rocket!

Manufactured by the Gunpowder Factory of the Ming Dynasty Royal Manufacturing Bureau, designer: Zhu Kezang, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The source of the design drawing is naturally the system, and it took a full five points.

Speaking of rockets, they have been around since the Ming Dynasty, such as the Shenhuo Flying Crow.

According to literature records, the Shenhuo Flying Crow is made entirely of bamboo and looks like a big crow, but it is filled with gunpowder and has a main rocket tied to the bottom. Its range and power are among the best among contemporary firearms.

Later, Ming Dynasty rocket technology was introduced to India and was quickly imitated and improved by the Indians. Britain, France and other countries invaded India and were greeted by the Indian army with rockets, causing heavy losses to the British army.

The little hope that was ignited in Narai Basatong's heart was shattered by the rockets of the Ming army. Seeing the precious war elephant falling head by head under his eyes, his heart was bleeding, and the wounds were more severe than those on the belly of the war elephant.

The arrows are all big.

Just when the Ming Dynasty was preparing to launch the rocket, on the city wall of Ayutthaya City, Narai Basatong looked at the Ming Dynasty army outside the city with a serious face.

What's the consequence of being hit?

The Hale rocket is different. It has three small holes in the tail of the cylindrical cartridge and installs three tilting and stable spiral plates.

So much so that these two weapons never showed their power and were eliminated by history.

The emergence of the Black Tornado 1 rocket has greatly filled the gap in the new Daming firearms, because it does not require heavy artillery launches, the combat will be more flexible and has precise strike capabilities!

Moreover, the Black Tornado rocket's technical content is not high and its construction is very crude, so it can be deployed on a large scale.

Regardless of their power, both the Godfire Crow and the Congreve rocket born in 1808 have a fatal flaw:

At this moment, King Narai Prasathorn of Ayutthaya was a little doubtful whether the elephant soldiers were reliable.

At this time, Ayutthaya's army was on the verge of collapse.

The Ming army was in a tight formation, neatly arranged like squares, with flying dragon flags. The Ming army, wearing uniforms, came towards them with such momentum that people couldn't help but be deeply shocked by it.

But at this time, the elephants were seriously frightened and no longer listened to the elephant soldiers. They seemed to be frightened by the black technology of the Ming Dynasty. They either fled to both sides or turned around and ran back.

The gunpowder gas ejected from the small hole at the tail of the rocket causes the rocket to spin and stabilize during flight. This new design greatly improves the accuracy and hit rate of the rocket.

Some elephants were even more unlucky and were directly hit by black tornado rockets.

Even though they were servants, their appearance was still in good order. They didn't even move in the face of the elephant's charge!

It's just a pity that the invention of the Hale rocket, like the invention of the Minie rifle, seemed a bit late, at the end of the 19th century.

At the beginning, the war elephant could not feel pain, but there was still ignited gunpowder attached to the rocket. The quantity of these gunpowder was not large, but it was all powerful sugar gunpowder!

The rocket exploded on the belly of the war elephant, causing the elephant's skin to burst open and even its thick intestines to flow out.

Continuous explosions came from a distance, fire filled the sky, dust flew, and a burst of gunpowder smoke came with the wind.

Although elephants are huge, they are very timid. They are afraid of fierce beasts and loud noises, especially fire. Once elephants encounter these things, they will definitely be frightened and tremble.

Boom boom boom.

Under the pouring firepower of the enemy's artillery and rockets, another one-sided massacre occurred on the battlefield.

But Hale's rocket was definitely a killer in the seventeenth century!

Because Heer is completely black and will spin after being launched, Zhu Kezang named it Black Tornado Type 1.

Soon, the faith in his heart collapsed.

The fleeing war elephants have become a disaster. They ran rampant and scattered the infantry formation of Ayutthaya's army.

"Shoot the Polu cannon and rockets together to kill them!" Zhu Kezang ordered.

As long as it hits the belly of the war elephant, it can penetrate the rough skin of the war elephant, and the rocket will hang on the belly of the war elephant.

After these two epoch-making weapons were invented, the world's weapons soon changed from front-mounted to rear-mounted, completing updates and iterations.

That is to say, thank God that these two weapons can fly forward when launched. If you are unlucky or the propellant rocket is not installed properly, the Shenhuo Crow and Congreve rockets are likely to fly back several times in the air, accidentally injuring friendly forces.

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After the rocket is shot out, because the speed increases several times, the only part of the Ayutthaya war elephant that is not armored is its belly!

After the British army conquered Mysore, they brought the captured rockets back to the country. During the Napoleonic Wars, artillery colonel William Congreve, who worked in the Royal Laboratory, improved Indian rockets and created the Congreve rocket.

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There were indeed a few elephants at the scene who were unlucky and were hit in the belly by black tornado rockets.

The huge explosion of the black whirlwind rocket disturbed the usually peaceful war elephants. Some elephants wandered around in an attempt to find this invisible "enemy". Because they could not find it, the war elephants became restless and even removed the elephants on their backs.

The soldiers fell to the ground.

Objects running at high speed are sharp. An ordinary playing card, if given enough speed, can penetrate a concrete wall, or even an ordinary piece of white paper, if it flies fast enough, can cut off a person's head.

In desperation, Narai Pasathorn ordered the withdrawal of the elephant soldiers.

The Guards lit the fuses of the rockets, and with a sizzling sound, masses of orange flames rose up. Amidst the swishing sound, rockets flew into the sky one after another with flames.

But there was no other way. Even if his heart was pounding, he could only choose to believe in the elephant soldiers.

Therefore, rockets are the deadly nemesis of elephant soldiers!

No, the Guards brought more than a hundred Hale rockets to test the waters this time!

All I can say is that the elephants in Ayutthaya are so lucky!

Seeing the big rocket flying out with flames and white smoke, everyone couldn't help but look up. Zhu Kezang was even more shocked, as if he had seen the scene of rocket launchers in the army of later generations.

Zhu Kezang saw that the enemy army was in chaos, so he ordered a full-scale pursuit.

Although the Ming Dynasty was pursuing a full-scale pursuit, the Guards still maintained a certain distance from the enemy. If the distance was too close, not only would they not be able to take advantage of the range advantage of the electromagnetic rifle, but they would also be easily defeated in a desperate counterattack.

There is a servant army for hand-to-hand combat, so there is no need for the Guards to charge too hard.

On the battlefield, the Guards drove the servants towards the chaotic Ayutthaya infantry.

Narai Basatong closed his eyes in pain, and the situation was over!
Chapter completed!