1855 United States Tycoon

Max and his gunners took a rest for a while, because the statistics on the opposite side take some time, so they can find a place to sit down, drink some black tea or something, and then spread out a newspaper and read it for a long time. .

After a long time, the record there is finally over. However, Max and his gunners can continue to drink tea and chat, because the shooting range has to be re-arranged over there, which will take a while.

The weapon engineer Keynes closed his notebook, and judging from the results of the shelling, the power of this shell was quite satisfactory and quite satisfying. A pit larger than 12 inches (about 30 cm) deep was exploded on the ground, and the general roofed fortifications used to defend against grenade bombs would definitely not withstand such a blow. Several wooden stakes near the impact point that were used to simulate the height of an adult exposed target were blown off. The traces of shrapnel can be found on the wooden stakes as far as 30 meters away, and on the wooden stakes within 15 meters. There are almost all traces of shrapnel. If this shell exploded in a crowd, only one shell could knock over a dozen people. Even if the enemy forces spread out in skirmish formations, such killing and wounding one person can cost them a great deal. If you consider its terrible shooting speed, the damage that this artillery can bring is simply frantic.

However, Keynes knew that this artillery was not the most dangerous weapon. It's not even ranked among dangerous weapons. Not long ago, the navy guys were bidding for the artillery of their new armored ship, and the company also took out a 39-caliber 8-inch gun to participate in the bidding. Compared with the artillery of competitors, the company offers the highest price, which is very bad, because United States has always been unwilling to spend too much money on the army. However, through lobbying, the company convinced the Navy that one of their artillery can be used for several purposes, and on the other hand, it is also working hard to convince Congress that due to the company’s superior performance in this type of artillery, the Navy only needs more Fewer ships can protect the security of the United States-cutting down one cannon will save money, but wouldn't it be more economical to cut down more warships with one cannon?

Of course, blowing on the mouth is definitely not enough. Therefore, we must also come up with a sample cannon to show the navy people.

The company used different processes to manufacture two sample guns for this purpose.

This type of gun uses a double-layer barrel technology. The barrel consists of two layers of barrels. At room temperature, the inner diameter of the outer barrel is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the inner city barrel. By heating, using the principle of thermal expansion and contraction, the inner diameter of the outer barrel can be made to exceed the outer diameter of the inner barrel, so that after the outer barrel is naturally cooled, it will be firmly sleeved on the outer barrel. NS. In this way, the outer barrel will always apply an inward squeezing force to the inner barrel, so that the artillery can withstand higher chamber pressure with a thinner tube wall.

Of course, there is a price to pay for doing so, that is, to drill two barrels to build a gun, which naturally increases the cost of producing this type of gun. But this sacrifice is also rewarding, that is, although it uses a longer barrel than other manufacturers can provide, the barrel weight of this gun is not as heavy as that of its competitors.

Weight is actually not the most important thing, the most important thing is power and rate of fire. Because the barrel is longer and can withstand higher chamber pressure, when firing semi-armor-piercing projectiles (armor-piercing projectiles filled with explosives), the projectile’s initial velocity is as high as 750 meters per second, which can easily penetrate at a distance of 30,000 feet. The armor of any British iron-clad ship, and the power of its high-explosive bombs is frantic. The shrapnel produced when the shell explodes is still very lethal even if it is 50 meters away. Within 35 meters, the shock wave of the explosion of Chancheng is just Enough to ruin the exposed enemy.

"With this, any open-air cannon is not our opponent!" After witnessing the performance of this cannon again, the representative of the United States Navy said so.

In addition to power, this gun also has an overwhelming advantage over his opponents in terms of rate of fire and accuracy. With some machinery, this gun can fire two to three times per minute, while its competitors need two to three minutes to fire once. In terms of accuracy, this gun has a long barrel, high initial velocity, and a natural advantage in accuracy. The person in charge of the development of this cannon, Dr. Bull, proudly declared that our cannon is superior to their ten cannons. And this statement has also been recognized by representatives of the Navy.

Now the navy has fallen madly in love with this 8-inch gun. They declared to Congress that only with this can they effectively defend the country against the threat of the British.

For many years, the United States Navy has always regarded the Royal Navy on the other side of the ocean as its biggest threat. In the Second American-British War, the Royal Navy rammed the United States coastline, but the United States Navy could only hide and fight guerrillas. During the Civil War, when the United States Navy was performing blockade missions, it was provoked by the nosy Royal Navy ships more than once. Sometimes, even if it's just a small sailing cruiser, these British guys dare to show their teeth and claws in front of the United States fleet.

"If our warship is equipped with such advanced artillery, then when we face the British navy, one ship can hit several of them." The navy man said to such members in Parliament.

In fact, Congress is not opposed to ordering more such artillery, but Congress will always be the enemy of the Navy. They immediately proposed that since you can fight ten, can you reduce the number of troops? Oh, by the way, if we replace all the artillery in the coastal fort with this, can we build fewer ships?

At this time, the shooting range has been cleaned up, and now someone has brought cages to the shooting range one by one, and those cages are filled with animals such as turkeys and piglets. They will be the victims of the next experiment.

At this time, at the artillery position, Max had already received the order to prepare to shoot, and the soldiers in Blackwater put on a special so-called anti-virus suit. This one-piece garment is made of vulcanized rubber, which is quite thick and airtight. The soldiers also wore gas masks on their heads. Then someone carefully took out a cannonball. This is a porcelain shell with black and yellow colors on its body, just like the provisions on a bumblebee. On the first side of the cannonball, there is also a big skull symbol-this is a gas bomb!

The loader carefully filled the cannonball into the barrel and carefully closed the bolt. Then signal to others that it is ready.

The gunner calibrated again, and after getting approval, he fired the gun.

Keynes had put on a full set of anti-virus clothing long ago. The anti-virus clothing was airtight, and he was in the desert. Almost immediately after wearing this, a lot of sweat came out on his forehead. He held the binoculars and silently looked at the shooting range in the distance.

The explosion of this cannonball was not violent, and a little dynamite was only useful for throwing away the liquid in the cannonball. So just looking at the explosion is like a bigger firecracker.

But Keynes knew that the power of this thing was not here. He continued to observe the conditions of the animals in the cage through the telescope. One minute later, the animals in the cages near the explosion area began to have uncontrollable convulsions and began to vomit. At the same time, a lot of tears began to flow from the eyes of these animals. It's as if they are suffering for own. After another minute, the animals farther away began to show the previous symptoms, and the animals in the central area had collapsed and died in their cages.

A few minutes later, hundreds of animals scattered on this shooting range, which was several football fields, had all died. When they died, they all shrank into a ball.

"The power of this thing is amazing! The entire shooting range is so big that even an eight-inch cannon shell can't kill a living target in such a large range. The gas bomb is really terrible!" thought Keynes. Then, I couldn't help but remember what I thought the chemist had introduced to him not long ago.

"This is a kind of nerve gas, it can make people's muscles contract continuously without being unable to expand, whether it is active muscles or passive muscles (such as myocardium), so the poisoned person will twitch the whole body. After a few minutes, it will be because of Respiration and heartbeat stop (heartbeat and breathing cannot be continued due to the inability of the myocardium and diaphragm muscles) and Death. It only takes a few minutes to inhale 55-100 mg of poisonous gas, or contact the skin with 17 grams of poisonous gas. Can cause death."

"It's really terrible. If this is used a lot in the future, how many people should die. As long as there are so few cannons equipped with such shells, no matter how many people, they are not enough to die. God bless , The first to have this technology is our United States."

"Scrooge, you transferred the technology of the weapons that you originally gave to the Prussians to the French, and you sold them the radio. This will not affect the outcome of the war you expected with them and France, will it?" Thea asked.

"No." Scrooge smiled, "I naturally have a way to make Prussia win the war." Scrooge said.

"Well, first make a fortune from the French, and then let the Prussians use tube retreats and high-explosive bombs to blast France. When the final world war comes, they will buy and sell on both sides, and finally when they enter the war, they will use sarin. Whatever, solve Germany in one book. At that time, Germany died, France and Britain were crippled, and their colonial market had to be opened to us.” Scrooge thought.

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