Chapter 140 Rockets

Gao Su bowed to Xiao Tianjian and said, "I would like to listen to the general's instructions!" General, please rest assured that you will start casting iron models tomorrow!

However, General, I still want to tell the general that at present, this three-pound gun is still too small and cannot gain a great advantage on the battlefield. After all, this three-pound shell is too light and has limited power. As I can see below, it is better to cast a six-pound cannon!"

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian asked Gao Su, "How much is the six-pound cannon with a gun rack?"

"To the general! If the six-pound gun is equipped with this kind of gun rack, the weight will be calculated by the weight of your Orientals, which should be about 700 to 800 catties!" Gao Su immediately replied.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "Yes! But I also want this kind of three-pound gun! After all, this kind of light cannon is relatively convenient to use in this area. Even against the enemy's heavy artillery, we have a fight! But in the next step, I'm afraid I can't provide you with enough copper. If you cast a six-pound cannon, you must use iron to cast the cannon. Can you do this?

Gao Su nodded and said, "It's totally okay! As I have learned, the local iron-producing place should not be a problem with the supply of refined iron. There is no problem in casting a six-pound cannon with iron. Please rest assured!"

Xiao Tianjian nodded with satisfaction and agreed, and said to Gao Su, "I'm very satisfied with your work. I hope you can continue to work hard! And you are very experienced in using artillery. I hope you can help me cultivate some good gunners!"

Gao Su immediately replied, "Yes, General! I can do this job!"

"Okay! That's it. I'll take this cannon first this time. These two three-pound cannons have been cast. You and your men have to work overtime. It's better to make them within five days and send them to Lianhuazhai. If I go to war this time, I want to take these three cannons together. When Xiao Tianjian went out, he turned his head and ordered Gao Su.

Gao Su quickly bowed down and agreed. As for what Gao Su should do next, Xiao Tianjian didn't care. After all, he just saw the iron method of casting cannons from books. If he really let him do it, it would be difficult for him to complete it. The principle he adhered to was that professionals had to do professional things. This Let Yang Changshou and Gao Su do the job!

After watching the cannon, Xiao Tianjian went to Gao Cheng's gunpowder workshop to have a look. At present, by collecting earth and boiling earth and salt, the gunpowder is basically self-sufficient, so now Xing Tianjun is no longer as short of gunpowder as before the end of last year.

And the gunpowder workshop is also a busy scene. Many female workers are sitting in the workshop and making paper shell bombs, and the paper shell bombs are immediately packaged. Then they are packed and transported to Lianhuazhai and used by the supply army. In addition to the paper shell bombs used by birds, there is even the ammunition used by artillery. The package is also completed here and delivered to the artillery for use.

As soon as Gao Cheng saw Xiao Tianjian's arrival, he quickly came out to salute Xiao Tianjian and the generals. After Xiao Tianjian nodded and walked around the gunpowder workshop, he felt very satisfied with the progress of the work here, and couldn't help praising Gao Cheng again.

Thinking that there was still something waiting for him to deal with, Xiao Tianjian no longer looked at anything here. After a brief inspection, he planned to leave here, but Gao Cheng stopped Xiao Tianjian and said to Xiao Tianjian, "General, please stay!" There is still something I want to report to the general!"

"Oh? What else? Just say it!" Xiao Tianjian thought that Gao Cheng had encountered some trouble, so he immediately stopped and asked him.

"General Qi, the gunpowder workshop has been arranged at present, and paper shell ammunition can also be used in the army. During this period of time, I was thinking that the officers and soldiers are equipped with a lot of flying guns and arrows. Why can't we, Xing Tianjun build some by ourselves?

Now we don't lack gunpowder. The small ones have also seen the flying guns and arrows captured by the general before. It's not difficult! As long as the general agrees, the small one can also do it. As long as the carpentry workshop helps me with the iron supply arrows, we can also make this thing!

General, please take a look. The small ones are also taking advantage of their busy days to make some first when they have nothing to do. These rockets made by the small ones, which are not blown by the general, can fly much farther than those made by officers and military! It's just a little heavier!"

With that, Gao Cheng took out a few ready-made rockets from the room next to him and presented them to Xiao Tianjian and the generals.

Xiao Tianjian looked at his heart and said, 'Good guy, Gao Cheng must be a gunpowder controller, and all the things he made are large!'

Sure enough, after looking at it, everyone was immediately shocked. The gunpowder barrel tied to the arrow rod is at least twice as large as the cartridge of the rocket used by the officers and soldiers they had seen before, as thick as the child's arm, and the tied arrows were also large. No wonder this guy said that he made the rocket. It can fly far. Just by looking at the diameter of the gunpowder barrel, you can know that there is a lot of gunpowder in it. It's strange to fly far!

Xiao Tianjian and his men immediately watched these rockets with great interest. Anyway, he came today. You might as well see the power of this kind of rocket.

So everyone returned to the shooting range together. Gao Cheng set the rockets on the shelf like a treasure, and then ignited the medicine twist on the rocket.

Xiao Tianjian and everyone saw the rocket's cartridge spewing a flame, and then these rockets soared into the air and took off. After drawing an arc in the air, the cartridge burned out and fell down. Everyone immediately clicked their tongues. These rockets actually flew a miles away and landed on the ground. As Gao Cheng blew, the range was very scary.

The generals are naturally very interested in this kind of thing. After all, they did not have this kind of thing before, and occasionally capture some from some enemies, but they will soon be consumed by them. Therefore, the Xingtian Army is not equipped with this kind of rocket at present. When they see that the rocket made by Gao Cheng can fly such a long distance, So everyone was happy and asked Xiao Tianjian to let Gao Cheng make more of this kind of thing and equip it for use in the army.

Although Xiao Tianjian is very satisfied with Gao Cheng's craftsmanship, he is not very interested in this kind of rocket. After all, it consumes a lot of manpower and material resources to make this thing, and a swarm of bee rockets is big and inconvenient to transport. Whether it is three or a hundred rockets, it is very staffed, and he does not I don't value the role of these things on the battlefield, so even if Gao Cheng's rocket has a long range, its accuracy is too low and only kills the enemy with arrows. Whether you can shoot the enemy or not basically depends on luck. Most of the time, ten shots can't hit a single shot. If the enemy is armored, sometimes even if If it is shot, it may not cause too much damage to the enemy. If 8,000 rockets are not released together, it will be difficult to kill the enemy.

Besides, this kind of bee rocket is basically a disposable product, and it will be discarded after use. Therefore, even if the range of the rocket made by Gao Cheng is not close, Xiao Tianjian still does not attach much importance to this thing.

So Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said, "Although the rocket made by Gao Cheng is really not close to flying, it is different from our military's equipment idea. I don't think it should be mass-produced. After all, it consumes a lot of manpower and gunpowder. In my opinion, it's better to use our bird gun!"

The high-cost gift treasure. Unexpectedly, Xiao Tianjian was not interested in this kind of rocket, so he was immediately discouraged, so he had to nod and obey. After telling Xiao Tianjian to retire, he turned around and went back to his gunpowder workshop.

Xiao Tianjian still had such a rocket in his hand. He played with the rocket and looked at the medicine tube tied to it. Suddenly, he had an idea and opened his mouth to Gao Cheng, who was about to leave, shouted, "Gao Cheng, slow down!"

Gao Cheng heard that Xiao Tianjian called him back again, so he quickly ran to Xiao Tianjian in three steps and two steps to bow down and wait for Xiao Tianjian's instructions.

"I heard that there is another kind of thing called God Fire Raven in the army, do you know?" Xiao Tianjian asked Gao Cheng.

After thinking about it for a while, Gao Cheng nodded and nodded and said, "I heard what my father said about this thing. My father was recruited by the government to Xi'an Mansion in his early years and made rockets for the government. After returning home, he mentioned this thing to the little one, and the government also made a kind of flying air striker shocking thunder cannon, which is roughly the same, that is, using Several flowers pushed the crows out. After flying to the top of the enemy's head, the crows will explode to hit the enemy!

However, according to my father, these two things are not very reliable. Sometimes after ignition, they will fly half a circle and then fly back and fall on their own heads. It's not very useful!"

Xiao Tianjian immediately laughed and then asked Gao Cheng, "So how big can you do this kind of fire?" Can you make it bigger than this?"

Gao Cheng scratched his head and said, "The medicine in this medicine tube is different from gunpowder, and the proportion of ingredients is different!" As long as the medicine is good, it doesn't matter how big it is!

I remember that when I was a child, my father had a big fire that was two or three times bigger than this. When he lit it, he flew far away! Later, I couldn't find where to fly!"

Xiao Tianjian immediately laughed and suddenly became energetic. He waved his generals to the village to take a look first. Then he pulled Gao Cheng back to his residence. Tietou found a pen and paper and began to write and draw on the table.

Before long, Xiao Tianjian drew a very simple drawing, on which a rocket from later generations was drawn, and then pointed to this picture and said to Gao Cheng, "Come on! Since you like to make this thing, I'll give you an idea this time to make you happy! Come and see! This is actually a super-large fire. There is a paper thunder in front of you. The fire is connected to this paper thunder. After flying out, you have to find a way to make it explode after landing! Think about it, if you can make this thing, it will be awesome! Haha! Fly into the enemy group and blow it up! Don't you think it's much more powerful than the kind of rocket you made?

In fact, rockets are very simple to put it bluntly. It is a large fire, but the ancients only used the propulsion of gunpowder to make a nest of bee rockets, but they did not combine the explosive warheads, the flying crow and the kind of flying sky thunder cannon mentioned by Gao Cheng. In fact, it is the prototype of a kind of rocket. It's just that the ancients didn't know about aerodynamics. They just deliberately imitated the shape of the bird, using a few fires as thrusters, and at the same time igniting it and pushing it out to hit the enemy.

And the quality of gunpowder in ancient rockets is unstable, coupled with the different burning speed of several rockets, it is really strange if the things made in this way can be accurate. No wonder Gao Cheng said that this thing may turn around and fly back and blow up the user. It's not strange at all.

And Gao Cheng's ancestral art of making fireworks. Making rockets is a matter of hand. As long as it can be made into a large rocket, the front end is combined with an explosive, and after adding a reasonable tail, it can basically ensure the flight direction and a certain accuracy of the rocket. After landing, it can hit the enemy by explosion. In this way, I dare not say to do it. There is no problem for modern rockets in later generations to fly at least two or three miles away. This kind of range is much farther than the artillery built by the current officers and Xing Tianjun. Once used in the war, a sudden attack on the enemy must be quite good.

Think about it, the Palestinian guerrillas in later generations can use fertilizer and sugar to make earth rockets with a range of up to ten kilometers. At present, he wants people, materials and materials. There should be no problem to make this kind of earth rocket.

Gao Cheng held the simple drawing drawn for him by Xiao Tianjian. After looking at it, he scratched his head and said, "Can this thing fly? What are these three things on this thing's buttocks?

Xiao Tianjian patiently explained to him, "The three things in the back are called stable tails. They can be made with iron pieces and installed on the rocket. After ignition and flying, can they hit the enemy's head? It all depends on these three tails!" Without this thing, there is no guarantee that it will fly away!"

Gao Cheng nodded suspiciously, and after thinking about it for a while, he asked Xiao Tianjian, "So what should I use to make this kind of rocket?"

After scratching his head, Xiao Tianjian thought for a while. This is a problem. Later Hamas guerrillas are rockets made of steel pipes. Now there is no such thing as steel pipes! However, this should also be solved. After thinking about it for a while, he said to Gao Cheng, "You start from childhood and try to take your time!" You might as well try using a bamboo tube. If it doesn't work, go to the blacksmith's shop and wrap a thin layer of iron sheet! Don't fly too far, as long as you can fly two or three miles away, and you can still have a certain accuracy!"

Anyway, rocket launchers are surface-killing weapons even in later generations. They can't be too precise, so it doesn't matter if they are rough. Xiao Tianjian then said to Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng saw that Xiao Tianjian was very interested, so he nodded and said, "Little yes, general! I'll give it a try! If you can put Zhi Lei'an in the front, you really can't guarantee that you can blow up the enemy!"

(Celebrate the collection of 8,000, let's start with a chapter of 4,000 words! In addition, I also celebrate the successful launch of Tiangong-1. I think many people are as happy as I am! As for the rockets mentioned in this chapter, it's just a coincidence! Don't argue whether it is feasible, and I will explain it later! Thank you for your support!)