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842. Cannon (Part 2)

Jing Wen stroked this bronze cannon, and only Jing Wen knew in this world that this bronze cannon had another name in later generations, that is, the Napoleon cannon. The Napoleon cannon was a cannon that only existed in the 19th century. It can be said that it stood at the peak of smoothbore cannons and no one can compare to it. Jing Wen directly used the Napoleon cannon method to cast, and also used bronze to make this kind of cannon. Jing Wen believed that it should be of the same performance as that of Napoleon cannon. In later generations, Napoleon cannons were famous for their simple manufacturing and use, great power, and even able to fire different types of ammunition.

This kind of multi-functional artillery is the most suitable cannon for the current cannon. This kind of artillery was at the peak of artillery at the beginning, and it can be said that it was a peak when Jing Wen opened his gold finger and then made it. As for the next step, you can avoid many detours and directly advance to the rifled cannon and steel cannon. Anyway, this kind of cannon is mainly a conceptual problem, that is, just know how to make it, and Jing Wen will naturally not be so stupid that the craftsmen can explore it themselves and then slowly research it. This kind of conceptual thing is enough to break the window paper as long as it breaks the window paper. Although there are a lot of window paper, isn’t Jing Wen, a time traveler, just to break the window paper?

"Sir, let's set off the shells! This thing costs six stones of bronze. If you use these bronzes to cast copper coins, you don't know how many copper coins can be made." The technician sighed.

The bronze cannon made by Jing Wen actually has 400 kilograms of bronze. If you use these bronzes to cast coins, you can make a lot of wealth. However, Jing Wen actually used it to make an incomprehensible cannon. Not everyone can understand what it is. After that, everyone knows the purpose of this cannon. Although making cannons will consume a lot of copper, these are definitely worth the money.

"Nonsense, you will know the power of this cannon! Then you will not say you will lose money, but you will say you will make a lot of money." Jing Wen said.

Jing Wen put more than one pound of gunpowder according to the standard of a six-pound cannon. Then he also put the shells in, so he could start aiming and firing. Jing Wen was not afraid that the bronze cannon would explode, because the actual loading of the bronze cannon was much smaller, and the shells themselves were not very powerful, so he was not afraid that the shells would explode. Therefore, Jing Wen could safely install more gunpowder. As for the bronze cannon, it also has the advantage of a bronze cannon, that is, the bronze has good ductility and the texture is softer than steel, so it would not be easy to explode. You can even double the gunpowder in, which is very good.

"Prepare to ignite the fire!" Jing Wen said.

The gunpowder technician immediately started to ignite the fire. Then he immediately left the place after the ignition was completed.

"Touch!" With a loud explosion, the solid shell was shot out.

Jing Wen looked into the distance with a telescope made of crystal. He saw the shell appearing as a parabola and was fired out. The shell landed a full kilometer away, and a very huge pit was smashed out outside! Although the planets looked very slow, as if they could catch it with one hand. However, Jing Wen knew how powerful the kinetic energy contained in it was, so of course Jing Wen would not underestimate it.

"We succeeded!" Jing Wen shouted.

Jing Wen took everyone to the place where the shell landed, and pointed to the shell and said, "Look, there is a distance of more than a thousand steps here. Think about what weapons can be fired beyond the previous missiles? I'm afraid there is no more. The cost of missile production is very high, which is also the reason why the missile cannot be popularized. Now with this cannon, we can completely popularize cannons. Although there were more bronzes needed to be made at the beginning, it could reduce the cost of use a lot."

Everyone looked at the crater on the ground, which was half a meter in size. If a human was hit by this shell, it would probably be almost dead. If it was a formation of a square array, it would probably be easily penetrated. According to the information that Jing Wen had read in later generations, this solid bullet could penetrate twenty lines. Although it is not clear whether it is true at present, it is enough to scare everyone. Everyone was also frightened. This kind of artillery is really powerful enough. If the charge army faces this kind of artillery, it would probably be very bad. Therefore, once this kind of artillery appears, the past type of phalanx infantry tactics would probably be completely behind.

However, Jing Wen was obviously not very satisfied, because this was made based on the Napoleon cannons in later generations. The Napoleon cannons in later generations had a range of about 15 kilometers, but the maximum range was only one kilometer, which was obviously much worse than the artillery in later generations.

"Sir, let's report to the emperor quickly! Let the emperor come over and see our cannon! At that time, the emperor will definitely be very happy. This is a magical weapon!" said the official from the Military Weapons Supervision.

The official in the military weapon supervisor thought he could be promoted because he had developed this "magic weapon", which was of great help to the war. He was still very unhappy when he was assigned to the place where firearms were studied at the beginning, because there were too few people who could understand the importance of firearms in this era. But now that he saw the power of this cannon, he would not say much. He was still glad that he was "exiled" at that time. If no one was willing to come, it would not be his turn!

Now, this cannon can be called a magic weapon. As long as there are more cannons, it can be used as a weapon to kill the enemy. And just now, the power of the solid shell can be used to attack the enemy's city walls. Although this shell is not as powerful as the explosives of missiles, its cost is very low. As long as you use some pig iron to make an iron ball, it doesn't cost much, it can be used to bombard the enemy's city walls on a large scale. As an institution that invented this kind of artifact, you will definitely be able to get promoted and make a fortune.
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