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Chapter 100 Experiment with the Arsenal

After the black shadow on the water surface disappeared, the water in the pool was still as calm as ever. The emperor put his hands behind his back, looking at the water surface, as if he was thinking about something.

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The military camp has become very orderly now, and Sun Wukong will not stay in the camp all the time. The training of new recruits will be done by the old soldiers. When he is not in the camp, Sun Wukong's acting leader Liu Chao will temporarily manage everything.

When Sun Wukong was not in the military camp, he was basically in the government office. Now, a few months have passed, and some scoundrels have started to cause trouble again. The government office receives reports from the people from time to time.

Sun Wukong practiced every day. Although the Great Heavenly Immortal Technique he practiced was an immortal technique, its power and effect were many times stronger than any other technique in this world. However, it was very difficult to practice the Great Heavenly Immortal Technique. This world could not be compared to the human world where Huangdi lived. At that time, the spiritual energy was abundant and practicing the Great Heavenly Immortal Technique could achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Although the spiritual energy of this world is much richer than that of the real world, it is still too thin for immortal techniques such as the Great Heavenly Immortal Technique.

Huangdi is not the same as him. Sun Wukong's current body is just a mortal body, and his realm has not yet been established. It seems that Huangdi's power cannot be used yet or has not yet awakened.

Although Sun Wukong's realm is rising slowly, he knows that once his cultivation breaks through to the innate master level, his body will be able to build a foundation. At that time, the innate qi will temper his body and the speed of cultivation will definitely increase.

"Hurry, bring the stuff in."

At the gate of the military camp, several ox carts were parked here, pulling a lot of bamboos of many kinds. There were bamboos the size of bottle caps, bamboos the size of wrists, and another kind of particularly thick bamboo, which was a little thicker than bamboos and had very small gaps in the middle.

This is what Sun Wukong specially found from nearby. Now the gunpowder has reached the optimal ratio, and at this ratio the power of the gunpowder is the greatest.

So Sun Wukong prepared to start making the fire lance, and then he would slowly experiment to find out which type of bamboo is most suitable for the fire lance.

"Squad leader, what are you going to do with all these bamboos?"

A new recruit who was pulled over to help asked his squad leader.

"Don't ask if you shouldn't"

His squad leader was the previous squad leader, who had already learned the military rules and was told not to ask questions that he shouldn't.

The old squad leader and his new recruits transported all the bamboos to the outside of the experimental site and placed them there. Only those from the research department, the regiment commander, the old squad leader, the platoon leader and the company commander were allowed to enter, but no one else was allowed to enter.

Then the people from the research department personally brought the bamboos to the experimental site.

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“Have you finished with the bamboo?”

When Sun Wukong received the news that the bamboo had been delivered, he immediately rushed to the research department from the county town.

"Report to the captain, the bamboo has been cut into the corresponding specifications according to your instructions."

Sun Wukong asked them to select the bamboos, discard those that did not meet the specifications, and saw the bamboos that met the specifications into several lengths, cut through one end, leave a section at the other end, and then use them to fill objects.

If this was not done, Sun Wukong was afraid that the bamboo joints would be directly broken by the gunpowder during the experiment.

There are multiple bamboos of each type of bamboo. This is to eliminate the influence of length on the musket. There are also bamboos of the same length but different lengths, which are compared one by one. This is the controlled variable method.

There is a small hole at the end of the bamboo tube, which is specifically used to place the lead wire.

"How's the bullet?"

“It’s already done”

The fire lance is a tubular weapon invented in the Song Dynasty. A bamboo tube is used as the gun barrel. Gunpowder and bullets are filled into it. The fuse is ignited, and the bullet is burned and ejected. The gunpowder directly pushes the bullet out of the bamboo tube. The fire lance is the world's first rifle that fires bullets and the ancestor of all modern tubular jet weapons.

The principle of the fire lance is very simple, which is to use the force generated by the burning gunpowder to eject bullets. This principle is easy to master, so Sun Wukong chose to make the fire lance.

Their bullets were made of stones wrapped in paper and fixed with something to form a cylinder similar to a gun barrel. The bullet was smaller than the barrel and contained gunpowder.

They first measured fire lances made of bamboo of the same length and controlled the amount of gunpowder. As a result, the thinnest bamboo, which was as thick as a bottle cap, exploded directly. Sun Wukong asked people to reduce the amount of gunpowder, and the bamboo tube did not explode. However, the bullet did not hit the wooden board they placed at the designated place.

Then we compared the spotted bamboo with the thick-skinned flat bamboo, a specialty of Yangping. Both types of bamboo were filled with the same gunpowder, and the amount of gunpowder was very large. The spotted bamboo could not withstand the explosion of such a large amount of gunpowder and exploded directly.

The result is now obvious. Only Ping Zhu passed their test.

"Captain, only Pingzhu has survived the test. What should we do next?"

"Now we are comparing the lengths to see if the bullet with the upper length can shoot farther."

Sun Wukong adjusted the target to two hundred meters. The range of the musket invented in the Song Dynasty was as high as two hundred and thirty meters. If the musket could hit the target two hundred meters away, the musket would basically be successful.

After countless experiments, Sun Wukong and his team finally found the most suitable length, which was about 70 to 80 centimeters. At this length, the bullet directly hit the target at a distance of 200 meters.

Sun Wukong looked at the bullet marks on the target and moved the target to 250 meters away. The bullet successfully hit the target at this distance. Sun Wukong also tried adding or reducing the amount of gunpowder, and the results were similar. Looking at the situation of the bullet hitting the target, the power was similar because it had exceeded the range and the speed was reduced by friction.

It would probably be much better if the bamboo was replaced with copper or iron pipes.

Sun Wukong and his team also measured which amount of gunpowder would allow the musket to last longer. If used for a long time, the inner wall of the musket would be damaged. After all, an explosion of the barrel is very dangerous.

According to Sun Wukong and his team's conclusion, the bamboo arquebus can be fired at most five times (just saying). Then add a wooden handle to the arquebus, and it's done, one handle and one hand rest.

Now Sun Wukong is preparing to form a musket team. This type of musket is powerful and has a much longer range than a bow and arrow, but it is prone to explosion and is difficult to refill.

Sun Wukong has a way to solve the problem of slow refilling. Divide the musketeers into three or four teams and have them take turns shooting. When they take turns, the people behind can refill and then retreat one by one.

If this is the case, then we need to estimate the distance between the enemy and us. The general range of a bow and arrow is no more than 80 meters, but the effective range of his musket is nearly 200 meters.

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