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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 928
The arrow cabinet produced by the secret base is powerful and has many shortcomings, but in general, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Although it is inconvenient to pull a heavy arrow cabinet during marching operations, and the supply of arrows is also under great pressure.
However, in frontal combat, once a sufficient number of arrow cabinets are deployed, they can cause a devastating blow to the enemy.
Moreover, the arrow cabinet can be used as a defense, and it is arranged on various cities on the front line to resist the enemy's attack.
"You have done a good job, keep up the good work."
This secret base was relocated from the outskirts of Yunxi Prefecture. They have made great progress from making crossbow arrows to arrow cabinets. Chen Ziang also praised them.
Compared with the arrow cabinet they fiddled with, Chen Ziang was more interested in another weapon.
Because before the secret base moved, Chen Ziang had already assigned the task, and there was good news recently.
The main reason why Chen Ziang came here was to see the latest weapons that could change the shape of war.
"Where is the thunder?"
After visiting the arrow cabinet, Chen Ziang turned his attention to Ma Jin, the person in charge.
"Marshal, that thing is very dangerous, we store it on the ground."
Ma Jin seemed to be a little afraid of Tianlei, so when he talked about Tianlei, his expression was a little unnatural.
"Go, take me to have a look." Chen Ziang ordered.
"No."
Li Qiye also became interested when he heard that there was a new weapon, and it was a sky thunder that he had never heard of.
Everyone returned to the ground along the stairs, walked along the forest path for a while, and came to several heavily guarded wooden houses.
"Marshal, Tianlei is stored here." Ma Jin pointed at the wooden house.
Chen Ziang heard that what he was thinking about was inside, and wanted to go in to have a look, but was stopped by Ma Jin.
"Marshal, that thing is dangerous. You are a man of gold, so you can't get close to it."
Seeing how mysterious Ma Jin said, Li Qiye was even more curious.
"Okay, then take one out and detonate it, and I'll see the effect."
Chen Ziang also knew that their craftsmanship was not proficient at present, and Ma Jin was doing it for his own good, so he had no choice but to stop going forward.
Ma Jin ordered a soldier to carefully take out a clay pot from the house, and showed it to Chen Ziang from a long distance away.
"Marshal, the thunder was so powerful that day, it's better for you to hide in the earth pit for safety."
Seeing Li Qiye and the others stretching their necks, Ma Jin also guided them into several nearby tunnels to avoid.
"What is so mysterious?" Li Qiye was puzzled.
"Ma Jin is right, that thing is indeed dangerous, we'd better avoid it."
While Chen Ziang was speaking, he took the initiative to walk into the tunnel to protect himself.
When Chen Ziang and the others walked into the tunnel, Ma Jin ordered a soldier to light the fuse on the clay pot, and then threw it out.
"Boom!"
The earthenware pot exploded when it hit the ground, and a large puff of white smoke rose immediately. Countless debris of sand and sand splashed in all directions. The deafening sound frightened Li Qiye, and his body went limp, and he sat down in the tunnel.
Li Qiye, the head of the Guard Banner, and Du Jian, the chief of military intelligence, were also frightened, and their complexions turned pale.
Ma Jin, the person in charge, has gone through many experiments, and the initial explosion caused the workshop to be overturned, killing more than ten craftsmen.
So now he is used to explosions, but he seems calm.
But when he saw Chen Ziang, he found that Chen Ziang was even calmer than him.
Chen Ziang's calmness was in stark contrast to Li Qiye's and others' faces turning pale with fright, which made Ma Jin admire Chen Ziang even more.
Chen Ziang brushed off the splashed dirt on his body, and crawled out of the tunnel first.
With the support of Du Jian and Li Changqing, Li Qiye also stood up in shock, and followed him out.
They walked to the place where the explosion had just happened, and saw that a large crater had been blasted on the spot, and white smoke was still rising.
"Marshal, what is this thing, it's so powerful."
Li Qiye was terrified when he saw that there were only fragments of clay pots around the big pit that was blown out.
"This is Tianlei, our new weapon."
Chen Ziang was satisfied with the effect of the explosion, at least it showed that it was lethal.
"Ma Jin, you can make some caltrops and iron beads and add them to the clay pot. In that case, not only can you hear the sound, but you can actually kill people." Chen Ziang suggested.
Gunpowder has always been something that Chen Ziang dreamed of. Now that gunpowder has been produced and can be used in actual combat immediately, Chen Ziang is also in a good mood.
As long as some lethal things are added into it, when the sky thunder explodes, it can rely on those things to kill people.
?If Tianlei is really used in war, it will definitely surprise all parties, and it may have unexpected effects.
"How many thunders can we make now?" Chen Ziang asked Ma Jin.
"Marshal, now we have only produced ten thunders."
"In order to make these thunders, we have killed more than a dozen people. Now the craftsmen are not willing to make this thing, it is too dangerous." Ma Jin explained.
"It is necessary to strengthen the safety protection. When making it, it must not be contaminated with sparks. For the craftsmen who participate in the production, the salary will be increased by three times. I think there must be a brave man under the reward."
"Marshal, besides the craftsmen's fear of thunder, there is another problem, that is, the production of gunpowder is too small."
"We have only produced five catties of gunpowder so far."
"Lack of people or lack of money?"
"None of this. We are short of nitrate. We can only go to the corner, collect the nitrate little by little near the septic tank, and then boil it. The quantity is too small."
"This is indeed a problem. You also need to send more people to find nitrate mines. As long as you find nitrate mines, you can solve the problem of raw materials."
Now the main limitation for Chen Ziang and his team to produce gunpowder is the lack of nitrate, one of the raw materials.
However, Chen Ziang was not discouraged either. He knew that the Far Eastern Dynasty was so big that there must be nitrate mines, but they hadn't discovered it yet.
Before the discovery of nitrate ore, they could only boil nitrate according to the local method.
Although the quantity is a little smaller, it is still possible to make some gunpowder, and it is also possible to use it at a critical time.
It was also the first time for Li Qiye and the others to see Tianlei, and they were even more confused about the nitrate that Chen Ziang said.
It's just that they have also seen the powerful power of this thing, and knowing that it was made according to the method Chen Ziang said, they looked at Chen Ziang with even more admiration.
As the commander-in-chief of the Qinghe Army, Chen Ziang was not only capable of both civil and military skills, but also knew these strange things, which undoubtedly shrouded him in a veil of mystery.
Even those who have been with Chen Ziang like Li Qiye, chief of military affairs, don't know Chen Ziang very well.
The longer he has been in contact with Chen Ziang, the more Li Qiye can't see through Chen Ziang, the handsome man, and the more he respects Chen Ziang. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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