Chapter 68 Gunpowder Weapons
/*The one who made gunpowder in the previous chapter was blocked*/
The next afternoon, Frederick invited Omet, Diesel and Julius to People came to the manor to discuss how to use black powder.
Julius's eyes were bloodshot, and he obviously didn't sleep well last night. His eyes glowed a little when he saw the charcoal under the flame in the fireplace, even the charcoal in the small stove for hot tea.
Frederick also had a little bloodshot eyes. Seeing him like this, he immediately handed over a note. With the note, he could ask Manuel for funds to prevent him from entering brave mode and collecting charcoal around his home.
After the annual review of various industries, the dividends belonging to him were transported to the small treasury, and most of them went to Weissenburg University before they were warmed up.
"The principal is so generous..."
Julius had all the good things to say after seeing the amount on the list.
Then Frederick handed him two parchment albums. One look at the lines on them showed that they were newly bound.
The first booklet contains the raw material production method of a certain angina pectoris drug that was written overnight last night. It is the same method in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region.
As an alchemist, Julius was no stranger to the materials mentioned. They had all been made in the laboratory, and the output was very low. Except for soap and glycerin, they had never been produced on such a large scale.
The second booklet is about how to make fireworks bombs. It also mentions that different metals will make the flames show different colors. If there is no paper shell, slime glue can be used instead, and it is also waterproof.
Frederick said to Julius: "See if these methods are feasible. If possible, start these industries next spring, but pay attention to safety."
Julius hastily turned over After looking at the booklet, he asked seriously: "Principal, what method does the 'Webster's degree' in it use to divide the temperature?"
Frederick blinked, pointed at Ogilvy and replied. : "Ask him when you have time. His students are making new thermometers."
Julius put the two booklets into his arms and asked again: "Principal, can I find some of my students to help?"
Frederick nodded and said: "Of course."< br>
Julius looked relieved.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the same is true in Weissenburg University. The relationship between teachers and students forms different groups, and there are small groups within large groups.
Frederick didn't care about this, as long as they recognized themselves as the principal.
Next, back to business, he put a piece of parchment on the table and said: "This is a weapon I came up with made of black powder."
Diesel said as soon as he saw it. : "This is very similar to a gun, except that the tube is thicker and much shorter. It fires large projectiles filled with gunpowder."
Frederick nodded.
After thinking about it last night, he decided to give up guns that use black powder as propellant. It is very simple. The rate of fire is a flaw.
The rate of fire of a muzzleloader gun of one or two rounds per minute is unbearable. The enemies on the battlefield these days have magic shields. Such firepower density cannot be achieved with the accuracy bonus that is comparable to Brownian motion. In a short period of time, the enemy's magic shield will be overloaded and disabled, and the next moment he will be hit in the face.
The breech-loading gun looks good, but the bullet casing is not acceptable at this stage, and the processing cost is too high.
Taking it all together, in terms of guns, we still have to take the path of magic air guns.
So Frederick decided to use black powder as a cheap explosive. This time he took out a 50mm caliber grenade launcher. The structure is the same as a muzzleloader. The grenade is made of hard history. The shell is made of lime glue, with black powder in the middle and a ring of bearing steel balls around it to kill the enemy.
Julius studied the grenade and said after a moment: "I'm afraid the gunpowder is not powerful enough just because it is lit like this."
Frederick replied: "The power of gunpowder is actually not that great. The distance is far. Some don’t have much of a shock wave, allowing them to push the steel balls to cause more damage.”
"Its role on the battlefield is to attack dense enemies, destroy enemy formations, and disrupt the enemy's attack."
Omet knows the battle well and nodded in agreement: "The distance for a cavalry charge is within five Ten to a hundred meters, if it can hit such a long distance, even if it only causes damage to the horses, it can prevent a decisive charge."
Diesel put down the teacup in his hand and smiled at him. Said: "This way your puppet horse can be sold."
"I think more types of projectiles can be prepared, such as arson, ice, mire, etc."
After hearing this, Ogilvy said in surprise: "Good guy, you want a small magic crystal cannon for each of you!"
"You might as well make the jet tank bigger so that the projectiles can hit a distance of two kilometers, and the magic crystal cannon will be beaten obediently."
Diesel said with a smile: "Do you think I didn't think of it? I'm working on the design, but you also need to work harder on your materials. ""I designed a 75mm jet cannon. In order to withstand the air pressure, the tube needs to be very thick, which together with the frame is almost one ton. "
Ogilvy said with some embarrassment: "If the cost of using elemental steel is still too high, if you want to produce better ordinary steel, you may have to find that person. "
Diesel nodded: "That's right."
Just when Frederick was about to ask which great god they were talking about, Julius also echoed: "Indeed, he has been studying ordinary steel. I wonder if they are still alive."
"Excuse me..." Philip Terry asked, "Who are you talking about?"
Julius replied: "One of our acquaintances, known as the 'Alchemist of Stainless Steel' Monnartz, worked with 'Urine' two years ago. The Alchemist Fritz went to travel in the East."
Frederick blinked, what a nickname.
Seeing that the topic turned to other directions, he took out another piece of parchment and brought it back.
"What is this?" Julius asked, "the roof of the church?"
Frederick curled his lips and said: "A rocket powered by gunpowder, used for siege."
The only military black powder rockets he knows about are the Congreve rocket like the large Sky Monkey and the subsequently improved Hal rocket. The accuracy of the former still depends on faith, while the latter uses the blades at the tail to rotate the missile body, so it is better. For some, you can pray a few less words.
But he wanted to see if the Jinyi 40-2 dual-chamber rocket used by the Meteorological Bureau could be enlarged and used on the battlefield. This weather rocket looks a bit like a V2 rocket, with a height of 82.5cm and a diameter of 5cm, the vertical flight height exceeds 3cm, and the payload is 100 grams.
Frederick thought that after enlarging it, it would not lose as long as the range exceeds 1 kilometer. The HAL rocket has reached such a level.
The three scholars studied it for a long time. They seemed to understand it, but they didn't seem to understand it.
Frederick had no choice but to wait until he was free before studying with them.
Then he took out the last weapon: the heartless cannon.
"This is good." Julius nodded and said, "The trebuchet can also be used."
Frederick said: "This has a very short range, only 200 meters, and there is no accuracy. Generally used for defense. ”
Omet nodded and said: "That's right. It can be used to destroy siege equipment and can also be used when encircling a camp."
"The only problem is that it is difficult to make such a large thin iron sheet."
Frederick was stunned and slapped himself on the forehead. In his previous life, when he was very poor, he found someone to smuggle thousands of tons of iron sheets.
"Forget it for now," he said. "Let's study the rolling mill next year. I remember there is a hand-operated lead sheet rolling machine. Use that to modify it."
Ogilvy nodded.
After talking about the three weapons, everyone chatted for a while, had dinner together and then dispersed.
The Winter Spirit Festival will be here soon, and we will discuss anything after the New Year.
Shortly after dinner, the butler Afu reported to Frederick the preparations for the Winter Spirit Festival gifts.
After hearing this, Frederick expressed satisfaction, and then asked: "Afu, what is your son doing now?"
Afu replied calmly: "Bruce is now single day I ran to Bryant and went to Benz’s carriage workshop, there was no certainty.”
Frederick nodded slightly and said: "I am going to build a workshop specializing in the production of weapons. I need a trustworthy person to manage it. Ask him if he is interested."
Afu immediately bowed and replied: " Thank you for your trust, he will definitely be interested."
Frederick said: "Okay, let him come to me after the New Year."
(End of this chapter)< br>