The Rise of the European Emperor

Although Marin's self-promotion is a bit shameless, the single-headed cannonball is really powerful. After testing, the one-headed shell made of cement is fired with a three-pounder gun, and the effective range reaches 500 meters. At a distance of 200 meters, 20 wooden doors can be penetrated.

These wooden doors are made by imitating the endurance of the human body. Breaking through a wooden door is equivalent to breaking through a person. Of course, the resistance to wearing plate armor is much greater. In other words, a single-headed cement shell with a three-pounder caliber can penetrate 20 soldiers without plate armor at a time. Moreover, the trajectory is very straight, a bit like a bamboo stick passing through a barbecue, very standard and straight...

This is very scary. If 100 cannons are lined up, and they all use this kind of perverted shells, they will take away 2,000 people at a time...

And according to the ancient principle that 10% casualties will collapse an army of 20,000 people can be destroyed in one round of shelling!

This is just one round of firing. If you fire a few more rounds, you can directly wipe out the 20,000 troops on the opposite side... Well, at least the enemy troops facing the artillery are completely gone...

Seeing that the cement shells are so powerful, Marin asked people to use sand casting to cast iron shells. Take another test, the effect is even more amazing!

After all, the strength of the cement shell is not high. Every time it penetrates the wooden door, the cement shell itself will have some bumps and wear. The iron ball shells are powerful, and there is no loss when they penetrate the wooden door. Coupled with the greater kinetic energy of the iron bullet, it actually pierced through 40 wooden doors, which is extremely brutal!

"Fuck, this is almost catching up with the little Napoleon cannon!" Marin was taken aback.

The small Napoleon gun is the M1841 6-pound gun. This gun can penetrate half a company, that is, about 50 people. And the 12-pound Napoleon cannon can penetrate the entire company!

But this one-headed shell was fired by a three-pound cannon. The charge is incomparable to that of the six-pound cannon. It is only half of the opponent. It is amazing that it can achieve almost the same effect!

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense! why? The small Napoleon gun uses iron balls, and the penetration power is incomparable with the pointed bullets of the single-headed shells. What's more, the pointed bullet will also rotate, similar to the drill bit effect, and has stronger penetrating power.

Therefore, the one-headed shell fired by the three-pound gun had a penetrating power close to that of the iron ball shell of the 6-pound gun!

"This shit! This shit! This shit..." Marin walked around excitedly. Suddenly, he had a fierce look in his eyes, and looked at the people present...

Kohler's heart tightened suddenly, he knew - Marin wanted to silence...

Of course, Marin's so-called silencing is not killing people, but sending people who know the secret to America and monitoring them at the same time.

Of course, not yet...

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Later, Marin took the whole team to test the bombardment warship with iron shells. As a result, the ordinary 250-level armed merchant ship was directly pierced through the side. Only the serious Hoffmann-class battleships survived the test without being pierced. However, it was also beaten to pieces, as long as the same part was hit twice more, it would definitely be pierced!

"Fuck, this is too sharp... too sharp... Monkey Sailei..." Marin muttered to himself.

The warships of other countries in this era did not have thicker sides or denser keels, and they looked similar to 250-class armed merchant ships. It can be said that this single-headed shell can break the side of any warship of any other country in this era.

Even if the opponent's warship is thicker, Marin can increase the caliber. You know, this is just a three-pounder bombarding a single-headed shell. If it was replaced with a 6-pound gun, even the warships of the Beihai Kingdom that had strengthened their sides would not be able to bear it.

As for the city gate? Marin took the team to the test again. The wooden city gate can't hold the iron single-headed shells at all, even if there are piles of things behind the gate, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to blast a few more rounds. Even, if you use a 12-pound gun, you can make the iron single-headed shell bigger, and the city wall can be blasted away!

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"No, blood pressure is a bit high!" Marin was a little scared. In this era, this is simply a thing of the nuclear weapon level.

So, Marin looked fierce again...

"It must be kept secret! Kohler, look..."

Kohler nodded and said directly:

"I understand that all of them immigrated to the Americas and sent spies to monitor them in 24-hour shifts! If anyone dares to reveal anything casually, they will be sent to God immediately..."

"Well, give them a chance, the wife can accompany them. The children... Let them choose whether to take them or not..." Marin thought for a while.

Afterwards, Kohler waved his hand, and a group of guards came up and strictly isolated all the craftsmen who participated in the testing and shell manufacturing.

The craftsmen's faces were full of fear, and they began to beg for mercy. They are not fools to become senior craftsmen. Faced with such terrifying power, it is normal for Marin to "silence his mouth"...

But Marin is not a murderer after all. Before leaving, Marin still shouted at the craftsmen begging for mercy:

"Shut up! I didn't say I'm going to kill you! But, you're going to live in the North American colonies in the future and you can't come back. Also, keep your mouth shut and don't talk nonsense to others, not even your family members! Once someone talks nonsense, together with The family members were executed together! Even if you fled to another country, even if you escaped into the French royal palace, I can lead people to chase and kill all the insiders!" At the end, Marin's voice did not hide the murderous intention at all.

Not to mention these craftsmen, even the guards who arrested the craftsmen on the side began to be afraid. Many people looked down at the ground, afraid of seeing something they shouldn't see...

Hearing that there was no need to die, the craftsmen present were relieved. When Kohler asked them to choose whether to bring their children, most people chose not to bring them. Because, they also know that they must live under surveillance in this life. Moreover, they will definitely not live in lively places, and generally live in very remote places. If you take the child with you, it will be regarded as ruining the child. Therefore, most of them only choose to take away their wives, leaving behind their children and the elderly. Only one young craftsman chose to take the child with him because the child was just born and there was no elderly at home.

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After sending away more than a dozen craftsmen who participated in the manufacturing and testing, Kohler said worriedly:

"Master, don't we use this kind of cannonball in the future? It's a pity..." Kohler was shocked by the power of the single-headed cannonball. At the same time, like Marin, he was afraid of the secret being leaked out.

The technical content of the single-headed shell is not high, and it is easy to be imitated. If an artillery power like France obtains the technology, it will be fatal. At that time, none of the surrounding countries will be France's opponents. And the North Sea country, which has also mastered the technology of single-headed artillery shells, will definitely become a thorn in the side of France. At that time, the two sides will definitely go shopping, and only one side will survive.

Marin sighed and said:

"Let's do this first, let me think about how to arrange it next..."

Marin also had a headache. The power of the single-headed cannonball was beyond expectations, which made him a little scared. This level has already reached the power of the era before the Civil War in the 19th century, which is more than 400 years ahead. Marin didn't dare to take it out casually, but he was unwilling to put it aside for use...

After thinking for a day and night, Marin still made up his mind:

"Kohler, go and pick 700 of the most loyal kids from the military academy. It's better to be stupid and strict. But, you can't be too stupid, at least you must know how to use artillery... well, these kids, let's call them Guards Artillery , 'Loyal Guard Artillery'..."

Obviously, Marin intends to learn the previous method of dealing with slugs, and use the most loyal and fanatical teenagers to control slugs that require high secrecy.

"Okay, I'll send someone to the military academy to select. First, practice the ability to use the normal artillery, and when you are proficient, you will be transferred to control the new artillery shells!" Kohler understood immediately. After following Marin for so long, I am also familiar with Marin's routines.

An infantry artillery squad is generally 7 people, generally composed of gunner, aiming hand, firing hand, loading hand and ammunition hand. 700 people, exactly control 100 artillery pieces. With 100 artillery pieces using single-headed shells, Marin is confident that he can defeat any army in this era.

The only worry is that if the opponent cannot be eliminated at once, it will be very dangerous if the opponent finds out the secret of the single-headed shell. Therefore, Ma Linming knew that the single-headed shell was very powerful, but he had to hide it first. It can only be used when the strength is strong enough to push the French and German princes at once.

Pushing is not defeating. If you only need to defeat, now you only need to use a single-headed shell to defeat your opponent. However, due to the number of people and reputation, the opponent cannot be completely solved at once, and the opponent still has a chance to come back.

If you want to push it flat, Marin must have at least 200,000 troops, and you need a very sufficient armament to beat the French and German princes all at once.

Therefore, Marin planned to hide the single-headed shell first. After he has solved the Grand Duchy of Moscow and tidied up England, he can free up his hands to deal with France and the hostile princes before he can use it.

Before that, the most important thing for Marin was to form an absolutely reliable artillery unit to ensure that secrets would not be easily revealed.

Therefore, the 700 guard artillery will be Marin's biggest hole card in the future, pushing Europe's biggest backhand.

Marin will not reactivate the single-headed artillery until these reliable guard artillery grow up. At that time, any opponent will be instantly killed in front of the terrifying artillery fire...

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