Captain Jack of Azeroth

Chapter 201 Upgrading Gunpowder
Soridormi watched Nozdormu disappear and had no choice but to return to the Caverns of Time.

He looked at Jack with a complicated expression, not knowing why Nozdormu said that Jack was the key to unlocking the end of the world. However, this did not prevent Him from carrying out Nozdormu's words.

"Jack, I'll shoot Chromie to help you."

Iser and the ogres showed delighted expressions. They didn't expect that such a difficult task could be accomplished so easily by Jack.

Jack was also very happy, "Thank you for your generosity."

Chromie is a strong bronze dragon. With him around, the threat of the Eye of Aman'thul should be reduced to the minimum.

Soridormi had everyone escorted out and told Jack that Chromie would arrive in Suramar soon.

Back on the Black Pearl, Jack immediately returned.

On the way, he began to develop a new formula for gunpowder.

He soaked high-grade gunpowder and made it into gunpowder blocks. After testing, he found that such high-grade gunpowder was more powerful.

Jack named it solid dynamite, which is considered the third and a half generation of gunpowder technology. The reason why it is not the fourth generation is that Jack believes that it is not complete gunpowder, but only dynamite.

As the name implies, dynamite is gunpowder specifically used for explosions. It has a single function, especially solid dynamite, which can only be used for blasting and cannot be used to fill shells and bullets.

Jack crushed the solid dynamite into powder, then filled it into the iron pipe and detonated it. The power was slightly smaller than that of solid dynamite, although it was much stronger than high-strength gunpowder, but it also showed that this attempt failed.

Jack took out the formula of gunpowder that had been eliminated before and made solid dynamite for testing. As expected, he found a formula that was better than high-strength gunpowder, so Jack updated the formula of solid dynamite and made a batch specifically for blasting.

The solid dynamite made from these formulas was then ground into powder and tested again. It turned out that another gunpowder formula was more powerful than the solid dynamite.

Jack thought that there must be some variables affecting the power of the explosion. He increased and decreased the amount of each substance in the formula and indeed found the pattern.

After more than ten days, Jack finally determined the formula of the fourth generation of gunpowder and named it granular gunpowder.

After filling the cannonballs with granular gunpowder, the Black Pearl stopped near a small island. Jack asked Mars to build a shooting range on the island and use ordinary cannonballs with high gunpowder and ordinary cannonballs with granular gunpowder to attack.

The test results are very encouraging. The power of ordinary shells made of granular gunpowder has been increased by three times. If the magic damage is not counted, it can be compared with magic shells.

But the real power of magic shells is that they can cause a lot of magic damage. In Azeroth, there are too many ways to defend against physical damage. Therefore, it is necessary to study the formula of magic gunpowder that can match granular gunpowder, which is called magic granular gunpowder.

The Black Pearl continued its journey and Jack continued his research.

The formula of magic gunpowder is relatively easier to study, because he had studied the ratio formula before. He just needs to make all these ratio formulas and test them, select the best solution, and then conduct fine-tuning. After three rounds of testing, he can get the best formula.

After all, there are only a few materials to fill magic gunpowder. If you want to continue to increase the power, you can only fill it with rare magic materials. Unless you encounter a powerful enemy that you can't deal with, otherwise using rare materials will not be worth the loss.

During the second round of testing, Nadro came to report the good news.

"Jack, I have developed a new propellant." Propellant is the gunpowder that provides the original power for the shells. The previous propellant was the single-base gunpowder developed by Jack. When the single-base gunpowder burns, it can release a large amount of high-pressure gas and will not produce smoke.

The reason why the cannon can fire continuously is because there is no smoke blocking the view. But the goblin cannon cannot do that. After firing three times in a row, you have to wait for the smoke to dissipate.

This is why Steamwheedle Port was willing to offend Jack and seize the Black Pearl. Although the cannon is worth studying, the gunpowder formula in the shell is the good stuff that the goblins are jealous of.

But the goblins didn't expect that Jack would flood Steamwheedle Port and deal such a severe blow to it.

I wonder if the shells were submerged by water when the waves came. If they were not preserved, the goblins would have lost more than they gained.

Nadro showed Jack his results. He added explosive solvents to the single-base gunpowder and upgraded it to double-base gunpowder.

"The propulsion power of double-base gunpowder has been greatly improved. I just tested it with a bullet and it has increased by at least 50%."

Jack became interested and immediately took out a few ordinary shells with high-grade gunpowder, replaced them with double-base gunpowder, and immediately went to the deck.

After the research results of granular gunpowder formula were obtained, high-intensity gunpowder shells became training shells and experimental shells. If the goblins knew about this, they would definitely cry. We are still using second-generation gunpowder shells, and you are training with third-generation gunpowder shells? ? ?
Jack personally operated the gunpowder, filled it with experimental bullets, and directly fired ten of them.

The decibel value generated during firing was a bit higher, which means that the energy generated by the double-base gunpowder was much greater. Judging from the arc of the shell, the range was significantly improved.

Rude, who was in charge of observing the distance, immediately shouted: "The visual estimate is about 1500 yards, and the error will not exceed 50 meters."

This distance is consistent with the result given by Nadro. There were no accidents in the ten shells, and it is basically certain that the double-base gunpowder has been successfully developed.

Nadro jumped up with joy. Since following Jack, this was his most glorious moment in engineering.

As expected, goblins should study gunpowder, explosion is an art!

"Continue testing to see if the double-base gunpowder has any harm to the cannon."

Nadro was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten this? If double-base gunpowder is highly corrosive to the barrel, the life of the cannon will be shortened, and the double-base gunpowder will definitely be shelved.

"Leave it to me! I will definitely experiment carefully."

Jack nodded, Nadro's habit was already covered, but he didn't consider things comprehensively enough. But Jack had already stipulated the testing process, and Nadro could do it well.

He continued to test the formula of magic gunpowder and soon completed the second round of testing. The third round of testing was to continue fine-tuning to see if there were any omissions. This test would continue until the fifth generation of gunpowder was developed.

Jack wanted to test it in the Broken Isles first and then start mass production, after all, a big war was about to break out there.

Nadro came over with the test results. "Double-base gunpowder is indeed corrosive to the gun barrel, at least twice as corrosive as single-base gunpowder. I fired 300 shells and the cannon was severely corroded and could not be used."

Jack raised his eyebrows. Just twice?

(End of this chapter)