darknovel 0470: Another Hole Card.
0470: Another Hole Card.
In the afternoon, the autumn wind blows slowly.
In the backyard of Hailan City Castle, Qiao Ji arrived late with Lei Nai and others.
The dwarves had been waiting in the backyard of the castle for more than an hour, and when they saw Qiao Ji, they immediately saluted.
"Get up, you two came too early." Huan Ji waved his hands a little dumbfounded.
It wasn't that he was late, their ship had just landed, and the dwarf couple had received the news in advance and waited in the castle.
Originally, Qiao Ji wanted to take a break, but the dwarves couldn't wait, so they went directly to the backyard of the castle.
"After studying for more than a month, it finally succeeded. I want Lord Marquis to see it soon." Jerry said excitedly.
He was still holding the result of last night's successful production, which was an explosive crossbow gun.
That's right, it is an explosive crossbow gun. After being ignited, it will be fired with a bed crossbow. After the fuse is burned, the crossbow gun will explode.
This is the idea Qiao Ji came up with a few months ago, which is an improved version of the bed crossbow bolt.
The appearance of the explosive crossbow gun is much thicker than ordinary crossbow bolts, about the thickness of a baby's arm.
"Have you tried the power?" Qiao Ji asked with raised eyebrows.
He took the explosive crossbow gun handed over by the other party and observed it, and found that the heavy crystal was much lighter. The raw material of the 18 explosive crossbow gun body is a special kind of bamboo called Bainanzhu, which has thicker bamboo walls.
Local fishermen use this bamboo as poles for rowing boats or building houses.
The dwarf couple studied for a long time, and finally chose Bai Nanzhu as the gun body of the explosive crossbow gun.
Jerry made a hole at the third joint of the crossbow arrowhead, filled it with gunpowder, and finally set a lead wire out.
"I've tried it, and it's amazingly powerful." Jerry said quickly, his tired eyes full of excitement.
When he and his wife Stanislav made a lot of detours when making the explosive crossbow, they used various kinds of wood as the gun body.
Without exception, those woods are not very suitable for making explosive crossbows, either too heavy, too fragile, etc.
This is also the reason why the dwarves chose white bamboo. Hollow bamboo is not as light as solid wood.
Nanzhu, which has a hard bamboo wall, is tougher and tougher than many fragile woods, and can also store a lot of gunpowder.
Wood without toughness is relatively fragile, and it will not be able to withstand the huge force generated by the arrow nailing the target, causing the entire gun body to crack.
"Shi Duo, arrange a bed crossbow and some thick wooden men." Qiao Ji ordered immediately, wanting to see the power of the explosive crossbow for himself.
"Yes." Shi Duo responded immediately, and turned around to make arrangements in person.
"Tat Tat Tat..."
Ten minutes later, Shi Duo and several knights carried the bed crossbow, and several wooden men returned to the backyard of the castle.
"Try to see the power." Qiao Ji handed over the explosive crossbow.
Shi Duo took the crossbow gun and installed it on the bed crossbow, then took out the fire pocket and lit the fuse of the explosive crossbow gun.
"Zizizi..."
"call out!"
As the fuse was ignited, a knight fired the crossbow, aiming at the wooden man placed a hundred meters away.
"True."
"boom!"
As the explosive crossbow gun was nailed to the wooden man, the fuse burned slowly to the end, and it exploded in the blink of an eye.
As the faint smoke faded, the wooden man standing within a range of about ten meters had been blown into pieces and sent flying.
"It's so powerful." Lei Nai's black eyes widened instantly.
She has been standing on tiptoe, looking at the scattered wooden figures not far away, the shock in her black eyes is beyond words.
If it were an ordinary crossbow, it could only nail the wooden man in half. This is the first time I have seen it blown into pieces like now.
Lian Xin subconsciously covered her pink lips with her hands and exclaimed, "If such weapons are used in naval battles, our winning rate will be greatly improved."
"Crack, clap..."
"Not bad." Qiao Ji clapped her hands very satisfied.
The power of the explosive crossbow has reached his preset, and the intensity of the explosion is still acceptable.
Although it is not as powerful as the explosive package, the crossbow gun can be fired at a farther position and can be fired continuously.
In the ever-changing battlefield, the best weapon is the one that can be used flexibly.
"Shhhhhhh..."
"Bang bang bang...
Under Qiao Ji's order, Shi Duo had someone hold an explosive crossbow gun and throw it out, just like throwing a javelin.
After all, sometimes once there are more enemies, manual throwing is also possible. This is the convenience of the explosive crossbow gun.
It's just that the projected distance can't be too far, but if the bed crossbow is projected at an angle, the distance will be farther.
In short, the explosive crossbow gun is used according to the situation of the battlefield.
"How long does it take to make such an explosive crossbow?" Qiao Ji asked, turning to look at the dwarf couple.
The dwarf couple at the moment saw the scene in front of them, and they still had a sense of accomplishment. It took a long time for the couple to study before they succeeded.
"If you are proficient and have enough raw materials, it's not a problem to produce three or four hundred pieces a day." Stanley came back to his senses and said.
The reason why they spent so long researching before is mainly the problem of raw materials.
If materials are too good, the cost of that explosive crossbow will be too expensive, and if materials are not good, gunpowder will be wasted.
Bai Nanzhu is everywhere in the back mountain of Hailan City, and they can get a day's sleep at any time.
"You organize the production steps of the explosive crossbow gun 573 into a blueprint and give it to me." Qiao Ji ordered.
He intends to have people mass-produce it, and then store it on the fleet, which is equivalent to a very powerful hole card.
"Yes." Stanley nodded.
Jerry nodded in the same way, looking at Qiao Ji with a hesitant expression, his hands clutching the hem of his trousers unnaturally.
After hesitating again and again, he plucked up the courage to ask, "Master Marquis, when will my daughter come to Beigang?"
The dwarf couple hadn't seen their daughter for more than half a year, and they were worried about her.
Jerry wondered if he was not too busy during this time, so he could see his daughter.
"She's already on her way, and she'll be there in a few days." Qiao Ji said with a chuckle.
After the situation in the imperial capital became more and more serious, he didn't tell the dwarves directly, mainly because he was afraid that they would worry about his daughter.
After much deliberation, Qiao Ji still felt that something was wrong, so she asked Ai Yu to arrange a fleet to bring the little girl over.
Anyway, the hydraulic stamping lathes in the imperial capital had stabilized, so there was no need for Ruoqing to keep watching.
"That's very kind, thank you Lord Marquis." Jerry was so excited that he bowed his head repeatedly to thank him.
Stanley also showed joy, excitedly took her husband's hand, and murmured, "I can finally see Ruoqing."
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