Chapter 103 Pea Cannon 3.0

After working hard all day, Chi Nan finally prepared the goods this time. Although the roads on the Huangshaling side are as uneven as the Hongshaling side, the roads there have been revised in order to transport iron ore.

Although the road is not very wide, it is still possible for caravans to walk. Chi Nan produced some wood and made some wooden carriages. At the same time, he captured some horses from the surrounding areas to pull the carriages.

Speaking of which, because of the rampant orcs in Remas, many horses ran out of the wild and turned into wild horses. Now that the wild orcs have driven them all the way to this place, many horses can still be found in the wild. It's a pity that the horses are mixed, and they are frightened, so it is difficult to form a strong cavalry unit.

After sending Lao Mka away, Chi Nan dispersed the soldiers around and continued his research. The reason why he separated from the team was because Chi Nan wanted to seize the time to conduct research.

Because he found that the Pea Cannon still had big flaws. "The hard-shell pea cannon is too light in weight and too elastic. When it hits a wild orc, some of it will be bounced away due to the angle, and it will not be able to exert its maximum power."

"In addition, the shape of the pea cannon is still not very suitable. There is only one hand rod, which causes the recoil to easily cause movement deformation when firing. I don't know how to solve the shape problem, but this cannonball."

Chi Nan had been thinking about it for several days. One day, he suddenly had an idea and thought of a solution.

"By the way, since hard-shelled cannonballs don't work, then replace them with soft-shelled cannonballs. When they hit the target, they will deform. The disguised form is equivalent to sticking to the target, so that all the kinetic energy can be fully exerted. But if it is too soft, it will If the penetration is reduced, the softness and hardness must be suitable.”

Chi Nan looked at the bark of the tree and had a new idea. The bark is very hard, but it cannot be said that it is not soft. In this case, wouldn't it be better to turn the hard shell on the surface of the pea into this layer of fiber wrapping?

Thinking of this, Chi Nan began to experiment. A peashooter soon grew up. The hard shell on the bullet has also turned into a soft shell like yours wrapped in layers of fibers. It's said to be a soft shell, but it's actually very hard.

Then, Chi Nan pulled the rope and shot out the bullet. The bean hit a big tree hard. At this angle, a hard-shell bullet would definitely bounce away, and the bark would only be slightly broken.

But after the soft-shell bullet hit, its shape changed a little instantly. Because the deformation absorbs the lateral elastic force, the bullet does not bounce away quickly. In such a short time, the speed of the bullet was too fast, and it flew out directly against the tree trunk. The bark of the tree exploded, and even the wood inside was ripped open at the same time.

If such an attack falls on the wild orcs, it will definitely cause them to lose a large part of their combat effectiveness.

"Very good, let's attack from the front." Chi Nan fired again, this time aiming at a stone.

The frontal bullet hit the stone with a "snap" sound, and the bullet caused a lot of damage on the impact. But because of the fiber layer, although it was damaged, it was not completely broken. In the middle of the stone, there is a small hole.

"It's very good. Although it's not a very hard stone, it's pretty good to be able to hit it like this. The penetrating power is a little worse than that of hard-shell bullets, but because it won't fragment, the lethality won't be too weak against wild orcs. . If you want to continue to increase the power, you may want to increase the weight of the bullet.”

Chi Nan continued to experiment while talking to himself. The soldiers not far away had their eyes widened.

"Oh my god, are you making a new generation of pea cannons? This pea cannon seems to be much more powerful than our pea cannons." A soldier whispered.

"Nonsense, if the power is even worse, the lord will have to study what else to do."

"That's great. There are better weapons to use. I really want to go to the battlefield and fight the wild orcs."

Chi Nan didn't listen to what they were talking about nearby, but focused all his attention on transforming the pea cannon. The best way to increase the weight of a bean is to reduce the size of the bean itself and increase the amount and density of the surrounding fiber. After mastering it to a certain extent, Chi Nan began to experiment.

"Use different weights of seeds and experiment with them."

Soon, Chi Nan prepared different types of beans and replaced the elixirs by filling them. The person who can put beans directly into the pea popper like this is probably the only one who can do it.

Shoot out the beans one by one and choose different targets. After testing, Chi Nan discovered that if the beans were too light, the bullet would float after being fired, which would affect the accuracy.

However, if the beans are too heavy, the pea cannon's gas compression amount is not enough, which will affect the range and even the attack power.

When the beans are relatively heavy, the accuracy of the bullet will be greatly improved. This also makes it easier for soldiers to aim at their targets. After a whole day of testing, Chi Nan finally found a suitable weight.

"Twice as heavy as the original hard-cased bullets, it will not affect the range too much, the accuracy will be greatly improved, and it is more powerful. The penetration power of such fiber bullets is not much worse than that of hard-cased bullets, and it will not be bounced It won’t break when opened. That’s great, then Pea Cannon 3.0 will be officially launched.”

After Chi Nan's experiment, he felt that the pea cannon was much better than before. So Chi Nan immediately planted some, first updated the pea cannons of the soldiers around him, and then asked a soldier to notify the army fighting in front to come back.

"Actual combat is the only standard for testing weapons. Let those damn wild orcs test the power of my new weapon." Chi Nan began to plant this new pea cannon comprehensively.

The soldiers who got the new weapon were happier than anything else, and ran excitedly towards the place where the army was. Every two days, the army would send intelligence to Chi Nan, so Chi Nan knew where they were.

In a short period of time, countless wild orcs were wiped out. His territory has expanded at least five times in terms of area. There is no way, it is also because Hongshaling is too small. It seems that the surrounding area is large, but only Hongshaling is his territory. Those around are wastelands that do not belong to the empire, and no one will develop and utilize them.

However, even if the surrounding wastelands are counted, the area of ​​his territory is equivalent to more than doubling.