The Rise of the European Emperor

After testing, the grenade made with smokeless propellant is indeed much better than black powder. At least, it can kill people. Of course, Marin also put some steel balls in the warhead, which greatly improved his ability to hurt people.

Because of the problem that the grenade made by the Eighth Route Army was easy to tie in half, Marin asked the craftsmen to strictly manufacture the iron shell, so as to avoid too much weakness that the gunpowder gas could be concentrated and leaked, which would affect the power.

But after the grenades were made, Marin found another embarrassing problem - the North Sea Kingdom won't be at war in the next few years, so what's the use of these grenades?

Marlin was immediately embarrassed - he finally made a super-era invention, but it turned out to be useless... This... This is very similar to Da Vinci's manuscript, but he dared not publish it to the world...

Depressed, Marin went to the fish pond to fry fish with a few grenades...

"Bang——" A loud noise came, and the fish pond suddenly turned over. The fish in the fish pond were already concentrated, and before Marin threw the grenade, he deliberately fed it with feed, which made the fish extremely concentrated... Then, there were naturally many fish killed by the bomb...

Seeing that so many fish could not be eaten, Marin called Schwartz, Kahn and others to come and fish for the fish carcasses and bring them back to eat.

Schwartz came to the fish pond outside the city and was amazed when he saw the white-bellied fish:

"Master, what kind of grenade did you put together just to fry fish?"

Marlin suddenly blushed...

"Well...that...the power is actually quite large, that is...the few years I haven't fought, it's a waste to put it there, it's better...to use it to fry fish..."

Schwartz also grabbed a grenade and threw it into the water. Then, there was a loud "bang", and the water splashed Lao Gao...

"It's really powerful!" Schwartz exclaimed. Schwartz had also made a black powder version of the grenade with Marin before, but gave up because the power was too small. Even if the city gates were bombed, they were all bombed with gunpowder kegs. Otherwise, the power is not enough.

"What's the use of being big, there's no war..." Marin sighed.

"Who said it's useless? Young master, you can use grenades in the American jungle war!" Schwartz said after thinking for a while.

"Do you need a grenade to fight the Native Americans? It's not necessary..." Marin was a little puzzled.

"It is necessary, I have heard, that the Native Americans, living mainly in humble houses of wood and thatch,

There are also wooden fences around the village. I think, this kind of grenade should be able to blast open the wooden fence gates of those indigenous villages, right? "

Marin thought for a while and said:

"It should be possible... But, we have all used artillery, any small cannon can blow open the gates of the indigenous people, no need to use grenades, right?"

"There are artillery pieces that naturally don't need grenades, but what if those small artillery pieces were replaced by hand grenades?"

"Replace?" Marin was a little puzzled.

"Yes, instead! The terrain of the American jungle is complicated, and it is very difficult for the army to carry even a 3-pounder gun. After all, a 3-pounder gun is also a heavy weapon, and it is troublesome to transport in the jungle, at least the transportation speed is very slow. And to deal with the indigenous villages, Hand grenades are enough. So, my opinion is - let the army against the natives be equipped with hand grenades and not carry artillery. You know, it is very troublesome to carry artillery, and you need to have special artillery..."

"It makes sense..." Marin thought about it too, it was really inconvenient for artillery to march in the jungle. The grenade is different. Any soldier can carry several grenades with a leather bag, which is very convenient. Even if the jungle terrain is complicated, it doesn't matter.

After that, Malin specially asked people to build wooden fences and gates that imitated the indigenous villages, and selected a group of soldiers with high throwing skills to try to blow up the wooden fences and gates with grenades. As a result, the test was successful...

"Go to the army to select dozens of bombardiers with high strength and high throwing skills, and send them to the American battlefield! However, when selecting, use training bombs that imitate grenades to test, and don't reveal secrets..."

"Yes!" Schwartz turned to pick the grenadiers.

Taking advantage of Schwartz's time to select excellent grenadiers, Marin was idle and bored, and copied the "Grenadier March" that later generations followed the British Empire's lobstermen to the world.

To be honest, "March of the Grenadiers" is not a world famous song, nor is it beautiful enough. However, it has a strong sense of rhythm and is very suitable for the pace of the army's advancement. Plus, the instruments it uses are simple - which is also important.

For example, "The Mass" that Marin copied before, although it sounds good, the performance is very complicated and requires a band to play with it. Therefore, such songs are only suitable for demonstrations at some major ceremonies.

The "Grenadier March" is different, you only need two instruments to play this song - the Scottish bagpipe and the ordinary snare drum. The bagpipes played the tune, and the snare drums played the chords, very simple. Also, staffing is low. In this way, manpower is also saved and overstaffing is avoided. After all, the military is for fighting, not for playing. It doesn't make sense if there are too many military musicians.

In this way, even if the bagpipers and drummers are added, including the original trumpeters, there are only three or five military musicians. Such a small scale does not account for any preparation. Moreover, Marin has thought about it - since the Scottish bagpipes are popular in Scotland, then they will directly recruit bagpipers in Scotland in the future...

When Schwartz recruited 50 Grenadiers, Marin decided to officially release the song "Grenadiers March." Right now, though, he has no Scottish bagpipes. So he asked a carpenter to make a wooden flute. As for the drums, that's easier, there are everywhere...

After that, Marin found a drummer who was good at playing drums, cooperated with him, and played the "Grenadier March" together...

Why does he play it himself? Because no one in Beihai can play the flute... Ma Lin has learned to play the flute in his last life. After all, the flute is cheap, and the piano can easily cost tens of thousands of dollars. Where can rural children afford it? Therefore, for children from poor families who want to play musical instruments, flutes and acoustic guitars are more affordable. If you meet any classmates with piano grades... well, it must be a child of a rich family. Because poor families can't afford pianos...

Of course, Marin was referring to the post-80s and post-90s. As for post-zero, it's hard to say. In the 1990s, who owned a piano, a properly wealthy family. But in the 21st century, ordinary people can still afford cheaper domestic pianos...

Marin and the drummer, just behind the line formation of 50 grenadiers, played the "Grenadiers March" passionately while stepping on the steps.

Moreover, in order to restore the classics of the lobster soldiers as much as possible, Malin specially found a tailor and ordered a batch of red costumes of the lobster soldiers, including three-cornered hats. Originally, Marin was planning to wear the bearskin hat of the British Royal Guard. However, bearskin hats are too expensive and hot. It is said that in later generations, royal guards often suffered heatstroke from bearskin hats...

Therefore, no matter from an economic point of view, it is still practical, or a triangle hat is better...

Honestly, Lobster Soldier's costume is really cool. Otherwise, the British would not have retained this dress in the Royal Guard into the 21st century. When 50 grenadiers dressed in lobster trooper costumes were kicking straight forward, there was a strong rhythmic "Grenadier March" accompaniment in the back... At that moment, the onlookers were stunned... Ma... so handsome... that's what they think...

But Marin is actually not satisfied, why? Because it can't blow the sound of the Scottish bagpipe with the wooden flute. The musical effect of the Huaxia flute is better than that of the Scottish bagpipe, and it can play more tactful music. However, "March of the Grenadiers" is a battlefield song, which is rough and powerful, so it does not need to be tactful. Accompanied by the exciting drums, the Scottish bagpipes can express the atmosphere of the battlefield very well. But it doesn't matter, Marin is going to Scotland to recruit bagpipers anyway.

Of course, the audience present did not know. After all, they hadn't heard the Scottish bagpipes version of the Grenadier's March. Therefore, they have only one idea at this time - handsome! so handsome...

Kahn's eyes were hot, so he applied to Marin:

"Master, let's hold a ceremony in the future, and the honor guard will also wear this kind of costume. Let's play this kind of tune! It's really exciting!"

"Yes..." The traverser is also a fan of pretending, and naturally agrees...