Chapter 900: First application of grenade

Qingzhou.
News from Goryeo continued to be sent to the palace. As the situation stabilized, Xiao Ming became calmer day by day.
"Ye Qingyun still has a lot of courage, such a drastic reform, ordinary officials do not dare, but he dare."
Pang Yukun, the head of the imperial library, laughed loudly, obviously he was very satisfied with Ye Qingyun's deeds in Korea.
"Therefore, there are some advantages to letting soldiers handle emergency situations in extraordinary times. They have guns in their hands and are not afraid of things. Now Korea has become the Goryeo Mansion in a blink of an eye. From then on, there is one less threat in Kanto, and one more can be provided at any time. Supporting mansion." Xiao Ming said.
Pang Yukun nodded slightly, "However, if Goryeo is to be fully honored in the Great Yu country, it is necessary to pay close attention to the education of the public. The lower officials think that the current Goryeos cannot completely abandon their current status. Complete changes can only occur in the next generation. ."
"That’s right, assimilation is not a matter of overnight, at least it will take decades, but don’t worry about this, the people of Korea are not stupid, as long as they eat and drink, the people of Korea will not be stupid enough to rebel. Therefore, the policy of cruel exploitation should not be adopted blindly to Korea, and at the same time, they should be left with the leeway to live and not let them starve."
Now a fact lies in front of us. In fact, the American War of Independence was precisely because the British adopted a policy of exploitation against the colonial people that was different from that of the British mainland.
Therefore, in Xiao Ming's view, operating a colony and feeding cows are the same. If you want to get more milk, you have to let the cow eat and drink enough so that you can have a greater output.
Otherwise, if you want the horse to run, and you don't want the horse to eat grass, things will happen sooner or later.
Moreover, he wants to assimilate to Goryeo, rather than just grab it and leave, which is even more important.
"What the emperor said is that the cabinet has the same idea after discussion." Pang Yukun said.
"That's great." Xiao Ming smiled.
After a pause, he skipped Goryeo and didn’t mention it. Instead, he said:
This matter of the thermal power plant should be listed by your cabinet as a key task to supervise, whether it is people or money. Also, this research is related to electricity. Product research laboratories should focus on support, and strive to produce a part of the products, such as incandescent lamps, when electric power realizes a small part of its operation in Qingzhou."
"Yes, the emperor." Pang Yukun replied.
Having said this, Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to leave, and he sat down and began to compile a more advanced material book. The scientific and technological content of this book will cover the period from the end of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century.
The key product is the machinery related to electricity, especially the lathe part, because once there is electricity, the stability of the lathe will be greatly improved, which is of great benefit to the overall improvement of the industry.
While he was busy presenting piece by piece of technology, the first batch of grenades arrived at the Lin'an battlefield, which was in stalemate. After more than a month of full production, 9,000 grenades were manufactured.
"Grenade, how do you use this thing?"
This month, Lu Fei got angry because of the war on the front line. As soon as the grenade arrived, he ran faster than the rabbit, and he wanted to see a new type of weapon for the first time.
Niu Ben knocked out Niu Ben's grenade hand, "This is no joke, Luo Quan and I don't want to be blown up by you."
Lu Fei was itchy, he asked anxiously: "Old General, how does this work?"
Niu Ben is actually on the upswing. They arrived under Lin'an a month ago and found that the entire Lin'an was surrounded by intertwined trenches.
The soldiers in the trenches showed only half of their heads. Once their soldiers launched a charge, they would shoot at close range, causing them a lot of casualties.
So as soon as this grenade, which is said to be a weapon of trench warfare, arrived, he was instantly refreshed.
"I will show it to you, and you will teach it to the soldiers after you return." Before Lu Fei came, he had studied with the technicians in the military workshop, and now he is showing off.
At this moment Luo Xin also hurried over. Like Lu Fei, he was now a bit exhausted by the trench battle.
During the Northern Expedition, they could still use plate armor to hedge, but now they can't. The opponent's firearm can easily penetrate the plate armor, which causes them to consume each other only in the trenches.
Niu Ben picked up a grenade in front of everyone, skillfully unscrewed the safety cover, pulled the rope, and threw it out.
"Boom!" With an explosion, the dust rose forty meters away.
Lu Fei and Luo Xin's eyes straightened. In his opinion, this grenade is very simple and powerful. If it is thrown into the trench, it can kill a large number of enemies.
"Awesome, really amazing." Lu Fei and Luo Xin clapped their hands.
Niu Ben turned around. He looked at Lu Fei and Luo Xin and said, "Remember, this thing has a delay of only five seconds. If you don't throw it after five seconds, you will blow yourself up."
"Yes, General." Lu Fei and Luo Xin said in the same way.
Niu Ben nodded, and then let the two of them try to use the grenades. After the two mastered them, he allocated 4,000 grenades to Lu Fei and Luo Xin to allow them to capture each other's trench.
"Save some use." Niu Ben said distressedly when the two left. Now he has only a thousand pieces left. It is estimated that other army commanders will come to him to complain soon.
Returning to their respective positions, Lu Fei and Luo Xin immediately organized training for soldiers. Throwing grenades was also a technical job. One had to throw it far and the other had to be accurate.
Therefore, we must choose some strong arms and easy-to-use eyes.
Now that they have obtained the information, the Sima clan and the wealthy clans who cling to them have formally attached to the Merchant Council, and now they don't need any more scruples.
Because the imperial court has designated the merchant council as the gangsters in collusion with the West, their actions to regain the state of Chu will be just.
After several days of training, a four-hundred-man grenadier was born. Each of these soldiers was assigned ten grenades. They will be responsible for bombing the enemy's trenches~EbookFREE.me~Mother, today. Let them, the rebels, know how great Lu Fei is. "Lu Fei scolded while observing the opponent's trench while holding the telescope.
Although the casualties of the enemy during the confrontation were much greater than theirs, the existence of the trench seemed to give them a glimmer of hope.
In the criss-cross trenches not far away, more than a dozen Marriot troops are still holding on, and Lu Fei is tired of such a stalemate.
"Grenadier prepares." Lu Fei shouted.
The distance between the trenches between the two sides was originally only 50 meters, but in order to make it easier to throw the grenades, they took the opportunity to dig a dozen more front trenches last night, shortening their previous distance to about 30 meters.
Now the grenadiers all enter these forward trenches.
"throw!"
Following Lu Fei's order, four hundred grenadiers picked up grenades and threw them into the opponent's trench. Suddenly, a continuous explosion sounded, and the opposite trench was covered by flames and smoke.