478 War Preparation 4
The explosive bomb body workshop has now begun to produce shells under the professor Li You. The explosive body has a pound of three or two, surrounded by iron beads with a diameter of about five millimeters. The fuze is five centimeters in length and is connected by three explosive wires. Go to the bottom of a bulge formed by punching. In this bulge, three small holes are drilled to ignite the drug line inside. Finally, the copper cartridge case is installed. As long as the gun pops out of the chamber, there will always be one. The root medicine thread was ignited.
The shells are the same, but the fuze is made in two models. The longest explosion time is about four seconds, and the shortest theoretical explosion time is about two seconds. It is indeed afraid to explode prematurely. This power is not small, although Not necessarily how many lives will be killed on the spot, but the wounds caused by iron beads will kill most of the wounded soldiers in today's era without any antibiotics, and the time will not be long. Those who can survive injuries are really rare. To survive, it is not only whether the doctor can remove the iron beads from the body, but also whether they have good luck to survive the illness caused by the infection.
Due to the limitation of pyrolusite, only 30 artillery pieces could be produced. Of course, even when the war broke out, this could not be done. There were a lot of procedures and accuracy was required, so the speed was naturally not fast. As for the firearms, the estimated output is only one thousand, and this little thing will use up all the ore brought over.
In this regard, Li You didn’t think there was anything. He just felt that the gunpowder was not enough, and the money was a little bit more expensive, especially for artillery shells. A stamped shell plus the copper material at the bottom of the explosive was more than a catty. The cost of a kind of raw materials, a shell is almost always the money, this is only the cost, and does not count the cost of mechanical loss and labor.
If the musket is really a costly arm after the equipment is produced, every person fires a shot, 30 catties of copper and 40 catties of gunpowder will be gone. The sulfur and saltpetre that Li You brought can make 10,000 catties of gunpowder, which is almost enough, because in less than a month, there will not be many muskets that can be made, and at most more than 300 guns can be made. In other words, when the war started, there were about three hundred muskets and ten artillery pieces available. With this amount of firearms, Li You always felt a little inadequate, and he had to think of other methods.
Now that Zhang Da has been back for several days, Li You asked him not only to transport more coal, but also to find some copper back. It was even more so that he sent people to various countries in the Western Regions to find saltpeter and sulfur mines, and he had to prepare for the future.
During this period of time, there is good news. Among the two groups of Sogdians, more than 8,000 people have joined the army voluntarily. This is actually because the treatment is very good. As long as they join the army, every month There will be food, and this food is for the family. There is no need to provide food for the military service. Some of their newly relocated people have more family members, so they joined the army, and at least their family members have a certain degree of protection. But they could not participate in the war without long-term training, and now they are only used as prisoners of slaves and prisoners of war. Among the Persians who were forcibly moved here, Asher and other Persian mercenaries also recruited more than 1,000 people. They are all oppressed farmers. Let them resist and be armed. Naturally, someone is willing. . New 81 Chinese network update the fastest computer terminal: https://
Huoxunguo, because of the skyrocketing population, food shortage, and all kinds of materials, can barely make ends meet. Even so, the people living here don’t think there is anything about it, and they all hope that they can live better in the future. There is no oppressive life. Since no taxes are collected here, the enthusiasm of the people is naturally very high.
There is a lot of land here, and planned cultivation is underway. How to cultivate is also being taught by dedicated personnel, so that a higher yield can be guaranteed. Now, there is a busy scene everywhere, and the people who are assigned to the land are now living. Work harder.
Merchants often have the most sensitive sense of smell. Knowing that Huoxun has brought a large number of people back, they must be short of everything, so naturally they followed here. There are quite a few caravans selling food and various materials to Huoxun now. They know that Huoxun is scarcely short of materials, and they definitely want to come over and make more money.
Regardless of the fact that only about one-third of the area has been built in Hanhai City, this does not affect the enthusiasm of the merchants. After all, this royal city can be regarded as the largest in the river area, no less than Constantine. For the size of Fort and Jubel City, now that the battle with Da Shi is over, they naturally don't worry about any war. If they know that Da Shi is about to fight again, I am afraid they will immediately run out of sight.
Commodity transactions are mainly carried out with the government. Others in the country are indeed too poor, and the merchants’ commodities are not needed for the time being. Huoxun Kingdom now has a large amount of looted materials, which can be traded with merchants, and mercenaries are also leading this matter. As for the country-level products, there are none now. If you want to get better, I am afraid that it will not be possible within three years.
Heizi can do not much here. Although he is also actively preparing for war and making comprehensive preparations, he is only trying to build as many weapons and arrows as possible, and then let the newly joined slave soldiers strengthen the training. That's it. . For other things, he really couldn't think of any good way out. He knew that Li You was building a new type of weapon, but he didn't see it with his own eyes. He didn't know what kind of power it had, let alone whether it could play a big role.
In the handsome mansion of the camp, Tanzberg came over today. As soon as he sat down, he asked, "Big Chief, is it going to go to war again?"
All the generals under Tanzberg received notice from Kuroko, asking them to step up their training, and each sent a lot of armor. Not only that, but the country is still hoarding a lot of food. This is obviously preparing for the war. But no news from the border was received, so he had to come over and ask about the situation.
Heizi said helplessly: "Yeah, there is going to be war again soon. It is estimated that it will not be many days. The young master told me not to tell you for the time being. It was because I had just moved people over. I was afraid that the people would be unstable. When the Ming Dynasty Food Army entered the Huoxun country, it came to pass the message again. Now that the general asks me, I have to tell the truth. This time I am afraid that the Food Army will exceed 100,000."
Tanzberg was also shocked. He never thought that one day Huoxun would face an attack by more than one hundred thousand troops. Now Huoxun, even if he counts Heizi and the others, there are only 20,000 soldiers to fight. Yu, there is no way to fight the big cannibal again, he suddenly thought of Li You.
"Big Chief, Major Protector has been staying outside the city for this period of time. I heard that he is building weapons. I don't know if this will help the war?"
"General Tanzburg, I really don't know this, but I still believe that the young master can lead us to win this battle. I have already made people step up the construction of the outer bastion, but they are divided into three teams. , Built day and night, and it won’t take long to complete. With these bastions, we can still fight the big cannibals.” (End of this chapter)