Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology

The alliance army meeting was initiated by Vijay and was held in a secret location in the state of Sindh. In order for the meeting to be held without any troubles, several smoke bombs had to be thrown out to confuse the Ottoman spies lurking in the alliance territory in the Middle East. Even a few body doubles were used for the first time to increase the chances of fooling the enemies.

All the important generals, intelligence officers, and leaders left Sindh, but Vijay stayed back and continued to observe the process of data extraction, cleaning, and processing by the research and analysis wing of the alliance army. Every day, he gets several bundled documents of reports, which he would then carefully go through and approve. A routine had been formed for Vijay for over a week, but it was abruptly stopped when Kattappa came to him bearing an important SSS-rated classified letter.

Looking at the bright red seal of SSS in his hands, Vijay's expression immediately turned serious. He quickly vacated the building where all the analysts and data handlers were working and went to a private residence isolated from the rest of the building.

Opening the letter, Vijay was surprised to find out that it was from the Takshashila Institute of Human Exploration. 'Could it be!' Vijay's eyes immediately lit up. As far as he knew, there were only a few projects in the Takshashila Institute of Human Exploration that would warrant sending him a letter with SSS classification. One was about the missile that was being researched by Bala Gangadhar, and another was the research of a submarine.

"The submarine research only started a few years ago, so it is very unlikely that there is any success in this project. In that case, it is definitely... the missile," his heartbeat suddenly began to get faster like a runaway horse. The missile is a weapon that could be considered a tool of a bloodbath with dimensionality reduction potential.

It is enough to completely change the dimension in which the war is fought. Once conventional missiles are invented, the enemy will have no way to fight back, no matter how many cannons, soldiers, fortresses, or defensive points they have. If one missile couldn't do the work, then ten; if ten couldn't do the work, then a hundred. Unless the enemy has anti-missile capability that is not perfected even in his last life, defending against missiles launched from kilometres away is practically impossible.

Vijay was worried about what to do if the British, French, Dutch, and Holy Roman Empire meddled in the Bharatiya Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire. Before, Vijay was somewhat certain of the Bharatiya Empire's victory even with the West European countries adding to the enemy, because quite a few S-tier projects in weaponry modernisation had been researched out, and a few of them had also begun to be mass-produced.

For example, the Dhanush 61 rifle, modelled after the Springfield Model 1861, had been researched and issued to some special forces units. The Vajra pistol, modelled after the Colt Model 1851, had been researched and produced, with it being issued to high-ranking officers in the army as well as the navy. The Teeragni Carbine had been researched and was about to be put into industrial production. The Simha Astra breech-loading rifle, modelled after the Henry-Martini rifle, had been researched and manufactured; it had been assigned to certain units in the Rangers, Marines, and Commandos. The Shikari long-range rifle had already been iterated to the 3rd generation, and its range had been increased by a whole 60% from its base model. Even the artillery like Gaja Natha, Tha Indra Krodha, Vadra Kundala, and Jal Rakshak had been researched, with quite a few of them being secretly equipped by special units of the army.

Vijay was confident that by the time the full-scale war broke out, the weapons that had been researched but had yet to be industrially produced would start their production. But now that the Bharatiya Empire most likely has a working missile technology, Vijay's confidence in handling the annoying West Europeans increased by a few points.

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Thankfully, Takshashila Institute of Human Exploration was only a few hundred kilometers from the place where Vijay was located, so with a few days of continuous travel, Vijay reached the large research facility, which had received a large makeover from a few years ago.

As soon as Vijay entered the facility, all the heads of various departments within the institute, like the Institute of Archaeology,the Institute of Manachitra Vignana, the Samudra Submarine Research Institute, Gagana Aerospace, and the Bharatiya Space Research Organisation, came to greet him at the door.

Vijay handled them very casually, as he was very eager to check out the missile. He immediately singled out Bala Gangadhar, who was the leader of the missile project, from the people who came to greet him and asked him to show him the prototype.

Moments later, Vijay, Bala Gangadhar, along with other core scientists like Jagadish Chandra Bose, Chandra Shekhar Venkata Raman, Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Meghnad Saha, and Homi Jehangir Bhabha, entered an open field that had been blocked off by the military. In the centre of the field, Vijay recognised the missile on top of what he could conclude was a launch platform.

Bala Gangadhar and the fellow scientists came forward excitedly to show off what they had researched for the last eight years after spending countless sleepless nights, millions of Varaha, and thousands of manhours.

"Your Majesty, this is a missile which we have named Bhagath B-1, derived from the word commitment." The excitement in the voice of Bala Gangadhar was palpable as he continued to explain. "This is a missile that works on a hybrid fuel model. Its length is 2.5 meters or eight feet two inches. Its diameter is 0.40 meters or 16 inches. It has a fin span of 0.87 meters, tip to tip. It has a launch weight of 230 kilograms. It has a dry weight of 58.6 kilograms without any propellant. The mass of the propellant is 171.4 kilograms. The mass of oxidiser, in our case KNO3 plus organic binders, is 142.8 kilograms. It uses pure double refined kerosene as a fuel, 28.6 kilograms, and it has a fuel to oxidation ratio of 5:1. Finally, it uses a finely refined Gunpowder explosive as a warhead, weighing 21 kilograms."

Vijay kept circling the missile as he continuously nodded his head in understanding. Even unconsciously, he started throwing out some of the more advanced questions about the missile.

"What about its stabilisation system?"

Bala Gangadhar was taken aback by the question, but he responded without missing a beat, "It has four fixed trapezoidal fins with a 5-degree dihedral. It also has a slow spin via rifled launch cradle."

"Its centre of gravity?"

"It is around 0.9 meters from the nose tip, Your Majesty," Jagadish Chandra Bose came forward and responded.

"The propulsion dynamics, what of it?"

Homi Jehangir Baba, who was a professional in this aspect, replied with rigour, "It has a thrust of 1800 Khanda (Newton), and it can feel a chamber pressure of one bar."

"Hmm, what about its elevation and traverse angle?"

"It is zero to 60 degrees, Your Majesty, while the traverse angle is plus or minus 20 degrees," Meghnad Saha responded.

Vijay asked some more questions about thrust and specific impulse, ideal velocity using the newly theorised rocket equation by Bala Gangadhar and Jagadish Chandra Bose, as well as the data for trajectory range with the previous test's launch phase data.

Finally, Vijay ordered to take a look inside the missile.

Thankfully, the missile wasn't too difficult to disassemble. Within a few minutes, all the parts were disassembled by the group of scientists. At first glance, the design of the missile was extremely simple—simple to the point of thinking ' is this it ', because the whole missile consisted of only four core functional units. The first, located at the tip of the missile, was the warhead. This is where the gunpowder is packed, and this is the mother lode of the missile. Right below the warhead is the kerosene tank, which stores 28.6 litres of kerosene that has been purified once again by the institute. It also contains a potassium nitrate (KNO3) tank, which is the solid oxidiser used in the missile. Vijay felt like, ideally, liquid oxygen would be perfect since the volume of the rocket could be reduced while increasing power. But he also knew that liquid oxygen could not be manufactured yet, so he let go of his unrealistic dreams and continued to inspect. The final part of the missile was quite simply the combustion chamber, where the burn happens and the hot exhaust gases are let go at the bottom.

Vijay was very satisfied with everything he saw. He quickly ordered for the missile to be reassembled and for it to be tested. The assembly work took a little longer since it also needed to undergo a two-factor diagnostic check, but Vijay was not impatient in this matter. He waited for a whole two hours before the missile was ready to be launched.

"8...7...6...5..."

Vijay looked at the missile through a telescope from 100 meters away within a trench. The scientists, similar to him, were eagerly waiting for the countdown to reach zero, with their hands trembling.

"3...2...1...Lift off!"

The instant that the trembling voice of Bala Gangadhar yelled "Lift off," the very volatile potassium nitrate ignited with the small amount of primer that was used to set off the initial reaction. Mechanical levers turned, and kerosene began to be injected into the combustion chamber.

"Bzzzzz!!!"

The smoke, which had been coming out of the nozzle a few milliseconds ago from the initial combustion of potassium nitrate, turned into raging flames like an angry metal dragon letting out destructive dragon breath, causing a few crackles in the air. The air nearby began to distort, and the temperature began to rise rapidly. Heat haze began to gather, and the image of the missile began to shimmer, as if the launch was happening in a desert.

Like a divine behemoth opening its eyes and standing up with its gigantic frame, the missile slowly rose into the air, letting out an air of destruction and violence, sending chills coursing through the scientists' spines, causing their hairs to stand on end and their adrenaline to reach its peak. Vijay smiled unconsciously with his mouth wide open as the image of the missile getting faster and faster, leaving out a trail of white condensation like a rope to the sky, reflected in his eyes.

"Elevation 10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters, 50 meters, 90 meters..."

Bala Gangadhar began to report excitedly until he could no longer measure the height.

The missile soon began to tilt horizontally and, in a few seconds, disappeared from the field of view. In the air, with a loud sound of exhaust like a Rolls-Royce ramjet, the missile began to increase its speed: 100 kilometers per hour, 150 kilometers per hour, 200 kilometers per hour, 290 kilometers per hour, 320 kilometers per hour, 400 kilometers per hour, until finally, it reached its maximum speed of 600 kilometers per hour.

The missile cut through the air like a hot knife slicing through butter. The four trapezoidal fins with a 5-degree dihedral, hemp code-wrapped fin roots, riveted joints, convergent bronze nozzle, and the optimum burn profile all kept the missile very stable as it coursed through the air.

After being in flight for nearly half a minute, the fuel began to run out. The nose began to incline, but as the weight of the missile had drastically reduced and it no longer had to carry its own weight, the remaining fuel, pushed by inertia, combusted faster, and its speed began to rise wildly.

"800 kilometres per hour... 900 kilometres per hour... 1130 km/h."

Amazingly, the missile actually broke through the sound barrier. *Bang!* becoming the first man-made object to conquer sonic speeds, but the next moment, the sharp sound of the sound barrier breaking was completely drowned out by the sound of the explosion and destruction, like the bell of Purgatory that came to destroy the world and everything in its path.

"BOOOOOM!!!!"

The ground collapsed like a 1000-ton wrecking ball dropped from 100 meters, sending shockwaves of destruction rippling outward, causing the earth to crack several meters away. The dense gunpowder set off, making a fireball the size of a two-story building appear on the ground, looking like a scene from a Michael Bay movie. What was left behind was a firing pit of Purgatory, several feet wide. The surrounding vegetation immediately caught fire and continued to burn for several minutes, constantly destroying the vitality. In the flaming pit that looked like a hole to hell, no life could be seen; everything had been incinerated as if it had just made contact with the sun. Even a hint of crystallisation due to the extreme heat, as well as molten metal and soil mixed together, was found.

Twenty minutes later, Vijay finally arrived at the point of impact, nearly 6.79 kilometres from the point of launch.

Even before he got down from the carriage, Vijay could see the fiery pit of hell the missile had created. He was overjoyed that the missile was truly successful. Although the missile was off target by a few meters, he did not mind either, since, without aim assistance from electronic devices, the aim of the missile had to be completely dependent on the weather conditions. He did a brief calculation in his mind: if the wind was less than 15 kilometres per hour, the aim of the missile could be maintained with a deviation of one or two meters. This was plenty for taking out enemy fortifications as well as fixed defences.

"The production of Bhagat B-1 missile can now be started," Vijay ordered, filled with ambition as he eyed the embers in the explosion pit.

P.S. The Image of the Missile Is in the comments