Daqin: Signing in at the beginning is ten times the combat power of Lu Bu

Chapter 493 The Shocking Iron Pimple

"If I remember correctly, when I watched the catapult test last time, the test site was quite crude."

"It's only been a long time, and the construction here is so good that it almost catches up with a small city."

Yingzheng looked around at the densely packed buildings covering a radius of more than ten miles, feeling overwhelmed.

"The main thing is to keep secrets. The Academy of Engineering is not like the Academy of Sciences. It is mainly engaged in practical applications. During specific experiments, there are relatively large movements, which can easily attract the attention of interested people."

"And with more and more projects, the original site is not enough."

"Therefore, after many technical patents have gained huge profits, the main R&D center of the Academy of Engineering has moved here."

Ying Yu explained with a smile.

"Indeed, this place is tens of miles away from Xianyang City, and in addition to the surrounding valleys, even if it is thunder and earth fire, it will not easily attract the attention of the outside world."

Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction and said, "It's all here, it's time for you to solve the mystery!"

"Father's guess is right. What is going to be displayed this time is indeed a test of a new type of firearm."

"Gongshujie, go get some protective equipment."

Ying Yu smiled and gave instructions to Gong Shujie beside him.

"What does that mean?"

Looking at the thick earplugs in his hand, Ying Zheng couldn't help asking in doubt.

"The firearms test is a bit loud. In order to protect your ears, it's better to wear earplugs during the test later."

Ying Yu opened his mouth and said.

Although the group of people were puzzled, they could only follow suit when they saw that Ying Zheng and Ying Yu had brought them with them.

But my heart is a little bit disapproving.

Especially Zhang Han and other generals, all of them are self-confident, and now they have to wear protective equipment when watching weapons tests, and they always feel a little uncomfortable.

Therefore, although they didn't dare to question Ying Yu, they were still perfunctory. A few old people with sores secretly pulled the earplugs aside.

Ying Yu, who saw everything in his eyes, had a smirk on his lips.

Let you pretend, you will definitely feel better later.

Under the leadership of Ying Yu, a group of people came to the firearms testing ground very quickly, and then saw weird round and black things the size of a palm.

"His Royal Highness, the new firearms you are talking about are the iron bumps in front of you, right?

"It's just so small, can it really have as much power as you said?"

Wang Jian hesitated for a moment.

The rest of the generals also nodded.

It's not that they don't believe in Ying Yu, it's that this thing is far from what they expected.

It doesn't matter if it looks ugly, weapons don't pay much attention to this.

But this body shape really makes people unable to see the appearance of great power.

"Whether it's powerful or not, you'll know if you try it!"

Ying Yu smiled and waved his hands.

In the beginning, Ying Yu actually planned to develop artillery directly in Daqin. After all, this is the god of war, and it will still be the main force on the battlefield until later generations.

But now it is Daqin after all, and artillery only appeared after 2000.

The knowledge reserve in this area is almost zero. Although there are ideas provided by Ying Yu, the engineering institute has tried countless times and failed countless times just for the proper gun steel and casting methods.

However, these attempts are not all in vain. The iron bumps in front of us, which can be called the Daqin version of the grenade, are one of the achievements of the Engineering Institute during the experiment.

Although these iron bumps are not amazing in appearance and their power is not the same as that of real grenades, they are definitely not a small breakthrough for Daqin.

And this is also the first firearm that Ying Yu will show Ying Zheng and others today.

"His Royal Highness, you are ready, and you can start the test at any time!"

Gongshujie checked all the finished products carefully again, and put on a full set of protective equipment such as thick armor and helmet before reporting.

This is the lesson that the Academy of Engineering has learned from countless experiments, and there must be no negligence when it comes to firearms.

"Fine, let's get started!"

"Father, we can enter the bunker to watch the experiment!"

Ying Yu dragged Ying Zheng to a nearby fortress built with reinforced concrete, which was nearly a hundred steps away.

This rigorous posture made Wang Jian and others, who were originally disapproving, couldn't help but pay attention to it.

After hesitating for a moment, many people also entered the bunker, and quietly put on the earplugs that were issued just now.

There are only a few generals left, who are still pretending to be heroes.

In the testing ground, Gongshujie and others brought hundreds of dummies carved with wood and wearing different armors, and placed them in different positions.

"These dummies simulate the enemy forces on the battlefield, which can better demonstrate the power of firearms!"

Ying Yu smiled and explained to Ying Zheng.

"It's definitely more real that way."

"However, I see that many of the dummies are wearing several layers of leather armor or even fish scale armor. Can this test the effect?"

Ying Zheng was puzzled.

In the entire world today, only Daqin has advanced steelmaking technology. Even in countries such as Rome and Carthage, iron weapons are rare and very precious.

Their most elite legion is also mainly made of leather armor, and only a small number of noble generals can wear fish scale armor made of steel.

Although the protective ability of a single layer of leather armor is mediocre, if there are several layers in a row, the protective effect against chopping is still very good. If the distance is farther, the crossbow arrows will easily get stuck in the middle of the leather armor.

Not to mention the fish scale armor made of wrought iron, it is not a magical weapon, and it will be impossible to break through its defense for a while.

Zhang Han and the others even shook their heads again and again.

Those who were familiar with military matters naturally knew very well that these dummy were wearing old armor just replaced by the elite of the Great Qin Dynasty, and their defense ability was much stronger than the armor equipped by Rome and Carthage.

From their point of view, even if the palm-sized iron lump hit it directly, it wouldn't do much harm if it didn't hit the forehead and other vital organs.

Even if firearms are stronger than ordinary weapons, they won't be much stronger.

Unless the firearm has a strong ability to ignite fire, just like kerosene, it can directly ignite people.

But this iron lump obviously does not have this function, and iron is not flammable!

Under the suspicious eyes of everyone, Gong Shujie had already led the people, and carefully placed the iron bumps one by one, then took out one, pulled out a long lead wire, ignited it, and then threw it into the dummy forcefully.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

More than ten consecutive loud noises, comparable to thunder, roared.

The testing ground with a radius of tens of feet, where many dummies are placed, is completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke.

When the gunpowder smoke cleared, all the pupils shrank involuntarily, and everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"This... this is too scary, right?"