Chapter 567 (1/2)
A suburb beyond the west city wall, Neverwinter
A great roar attracted the civilians to ascend the city wall to watch froh The First Army had sealed the entrances to the Misty Forest in case anyone broke into the experih the location was not close to the city wall, one could clearly see as happening with a telescope from there ”It seems we have to look for a re firearht to himself
”Your Majesty, the second volley is ready!” An artillery soldier reported
”Everybody goes into the bunker” Roland waved his hand ”Start the countdown after confirround”
It was the test fire of the 152 ic Stones, Roland included the advance killed and the Northern Region having announced subdoood Now Roland had ti the shells
But he had to ad a howitzer with an i solid shells Anna would make four howitzer shells for test fire every day Yet three consecutive days later, none had successfully exploded What's worse, on the second day, one shell exploded right after it got out of the chaed the new artillery barrel tooFortunately, Roland took precautions by digging several trenches around the experiround, which successfully prevented casualties The eardrums of a few soldiers who stayed close to the artillery were daed by the roar, but Nana healed the really like what you said, exploding the atha could not help but stick her head out to watch ”I've asked Anna It's nothing but a few pieces of sheet ether It's not alive, so how can it knohether it touches is an eneatha must be the most enthusiastic witch toeapon test in the union Upon hearing the test, she put aside her production work in the chemical plant and personally came to observe the research development of the new shell
”It doesn't explode when it touches the enemy, but when it falls into the enemy's position” Roland corrected her ”It's a basic requirement the Howitzer has to meet—if there isn't a safety to make sure of it, the shell could fire accidentally at any tier safety was the y for the new shell, at the same time the focal point of the test
To prevent explosions triggered by collision or accidental drop, Roland reat efforts to set three safety systems
The first one was to separate, store, and transport the fuses and shells, and install them when needed The fuse looked like a cone with a handle and was the size of a fist With the threads on its bottom, it could be conveniently and easily screwed into the notch on top of the shell The shell was filled with double base chenite without a detonator, which essentially ensured the logistics work
The second one was the inertia safety in the fuse
The safety device rese held in place by a stiff spring; when the shell was fired, the tre the resistance of the spring, pulling open the latch, and re the safety
The theory was easy, yet hard to put into practice Roland and the witches spentwas too hard, the lock cylinder could not get enough recoil distance; if it was too soft, it could not guarantee safety Anna had to gradually adjust it based on the test results After eight rounds of test firing, they finally attained the relatively reliable statistics on the co
The last one was the centrifugal primer-detonator
It was also the device with the y in the fuse Simply put, it embedded the detonator in a coin-sized half-circle iron plate Nor, the detonator would stand in the le With such a set-up as this, the firing pin, detonator, and explosive poere not aligned This way, even if the shell fell off fro pin would not touch the detonator, so as to prevent accidental explosions Only when the latch was separated from the lock in the second safety, could the iron plate be mobilized
After being shot, the grenade spun at a drastically high speed because of the rifling in the barrel Under the centrifugal force, the tilting detonator gradually stood upright, just like a spinning top whose center of gravity gradually closed on its axis line This process completed after the bullet had left the muzzle for 200 or 300 meters, so even if the muzzle was stuck or the bullet ran into tree branches, it would not detonate preht position, it aligned with the firing pin and explosive powder Under this circu pin instantly inserted into the detonator, and then the explosive powder pushed the super-hot gunpowder into the warhead, which in turn exploded the surrounding eneal safety lay in the fact that if the shell failed to explode, without the centrifugal force the detonator would be popped back to its original tilting position by the spring, whichwork rasped or accidentally found by the enemy, it could only be used as a noral force fro it apart and replicating it, that would be merely impossible