"Boom!"
Just as everyone was waiting for the grenade to explode, it exploded.
A loud explosion resounded through the clouds, and the steel ball inside exploded instantly.
The surrounding soldiers could clearly see that the sandbags piled up around them were instantly pierced, and sand kept flowing out.
After the explosion, a huge crater was left in the ground.
The soldiers immediately sucked in a breath of cold air.
If this grenade was used on the battlefield, it would definitely be a killing machine!
With such a huge crater, if there were people around, wouldn't they have been blown away?
Moreover, the marbles that were shot out could even hit a heavy sandbag.
If it were a human, even if they were wearing armor, they wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Ma Jun was also shocked by the power of the grenade.
In fact, when he first started making it, Ma Jun was already mentally prepared.
However, when he saw the power of the grenade with his own eyes, he still felt that it was incredible.
This thing was simply too powerful!
However, Bai Feng frowned and sighed softly.
"Sir, is this still not powerful enough?"
Ma Jun was puzzled.
"If this thing exploded on the battlefield, it would take away countless enemy soldiers!"
"If there were more than one, I'm afraid that the enemy would have been blown to pieces before they could even arrive."
Bai Feng shook his head helplessly and said, "The power is not bad.
"The power is not bad. It has already reached my expectations."
"But why is the delay of this grenade so long?"
"What do you think you would do if the enemy suddenly threw such a strange thing in the middle of a battle?"
"Don't tell me that you would stop fighting and gather together to see what it is?"
Hearing this, Ma Jun's face immediately turned red.
That was definitely impossible!
If the enemy threw something in the middle of a battle, his first reaction would definitely be to continue fighting.
Even if this thing was thrown far away, it wouldn't kill anyone.
At most, he would treat it as a joke.
However, even if he went over to take a look out of curiosity, the explosion would still take away a group of people.
However, if this method could be used once, what about twice?
The enemy would definitely avoid it after seeing it.
By the time this thing exploded, it would be too late.
"A normal grenade needs at least ten seconds to explode, excluding the time it takes to throw it in the air."
"Otherwise, how could it be enough?"
"This part needs to be improved. Otherwise, this grenade will be useless."
Lin Chuan smiled bitterly.
Ma Jun immediately nodded.
"Rest assured, my lord, I will definitely improve it!"
Ma Jun was originally very confident in the grenade he had created. He didn't expect that there would be such a huge flaw.
It seemed that a thorough examination was needed.
Bai Feng smiled.
"Sir, you don't have to feel so pressured."
"How can it be so perfect when it's the first time?"
"It's already very good that it's not a dud. The fact that its power is guaranteed means that it's heading in the right direction."
"As for the ignition time, you can check the internal structure to see if there's any reason why the fuse failed to come into contact with the gunpowder."
"If the gunpowder burns slowly, then the grenade will explode slowly."
"Thirty seconds of explosion, which means that there is insufficient oxygen to cause combustion."
Listening to Bai Feng's words, Ma Jun suddenly felt confused.
"What is oxygen?"
"Don't tell me you need this thing called oxygen to burn?"
"But the blueprint didn't say anything about oxygen. Where can I get it?"
Bai Feng smiled.
"What we breathe is called air. It contains oxygen."
"You can understand oxygen as a gas that is very easy to burn."
"If it's in an enclosed space, there will be no air and no oxygen. That's why the explosion will be so slow."
"You just need to expand this compact shape and ensure that there will be oxygen inside the explosion."
This time, Ma Jun finally understood.
Wasn't it fine as long as there was some air in the space?
Bai Feng took a long time to explain the meaning of the word 'air'.
But fortunately, it finally made sense.
After Ma Jun understood, he hurriedly returned to the military factory, gathered the craftsmen who were researching grenades, and told them the news.
Only then did Ma Jun realize that he was a little too impatient.
He couldn't be too impatient when creating something like this.
Haste makes waste. It would be bad if he was too impatient.
Of course, Ma Jun didn't just focus on making grenades during this period.
With so many craftsmen, he naturally had to assign a group of them to make firearms.
Both of these were indispensable. Both were needed on the battlefield.
Grenades were responsible for eliminating most of the enemies.
But they definitely couldn't clean up all of them.
At this time, they had to use firearms.
According to Bai Feng.
Firearms could easily deal with the stray soldiers. As long as they were accurate enough, they were more accurate and more powerful than crossbows.
Moreover, as long as one was an excellent archer, not to mention people like Huang Zhong and Qin Liangyu, even an ordinary archer commander would be able to use the musket to perfection as long as one knew how to use it.
After all, the requirements to aim for firearms were much lower than crossbows.
However, firearms were more precise and harder to make than grenades.
When the firearms were made, Cao Cao sent news that more than half of Sichuan had been destroyed.
The Sichuan army was trapped outside the city for half a month. They couldn't break through the defense line no matter what.
Soon, it was time to test out the firearms.
The most important thing to test the firearms was to see if they would jam.
If they did, the entire firearm would be unusable and would have to be repaired.
When Bai Feng tried it out, there was no problem with the cartridge jamming. This meant that the quality of the gun was quite good.
However, when he tested ten bullets, the barrel exploded.
Fortunately, Bai Feng reacted quickly enough. He immediately threw the firearm away the moment the barrel exploded. That was how he survived.
A barrel explosion was the same as a cartridge jam. Both were fatal flaws.
Therefore, Bai Feng gave Ma Jun a direction to improve on and continued to develop the firearms.
Other than that, there were no other flaws.
However, it was also when the firearms were being improved that the improved version of the grenade was produced.
The detonation time was correct!
The power was correct!
After testing, about four or five grenades were used. All of them met Bai Feng's standards!
The grenade that belonged to Dawei was finally produced!
Ma Jun was instantly excited. He quickly asked if there was anything else that needed to be improved.
However, Bai Feng shook his head.
This type of grenade was enough.
Dawei couldn't produce other variants of the grenade at the moment.
The problem that they were more worried about was no longer the problem of technology.
The forging steel was mature. The manufacturing was mature.
They didn't lack gunpowder.
What they lacked now was iron materials.
Iron materials were the source of everything. Without iron materials, everything was in vain.
After all, iron materials weren't just for grenades and firearms.
Armor, weapons, and warhorse armor all required a large amount of iron materials.
At this time, they needed to start mining for iron ore.
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