After a long trip, he couldn't just go to one place and turn back. After inspecting the prototype of the Apocalypse tank, a certain prince also wanted to check the research results of the artillery.
The newly established artillery factory was mainly staffed by the employees of the large gun workshop of the armor factory. It was supervised by Zhang Luan, the eunuch of the factory. A certain prince also found two factory directors and deputy directors for it.
That is Jiao Xu, the writer of "Fire Attack and Key Points", and Zhao Zhong, the editor. These two people can be regarded as very good people in the industry, and they don't have many choices. The enemy is facing a big enemy. They must either serve the country or be loyal to the country... …
In addition, Zhang Guowei, a well-known civil engineering and weapons engineer, and Bo Dacaizi, who loved to delve into all kinds of novel objects, were also ordered by a certain prince to serve as special bricksmen in the factory to guide the manufacture of new artillery.
The two of them had made bronze cannons in Anqing many years ago to repel invading bandits, so they had high attainments and experience in this area. At least the bronze cannons they made had been tested in actual combat.
A certain prince had already given the drawings and parameters of the powerful M1857 12-pound field gun to Bo Dacaizi. After he understood it, he began to guide the skilled craftsmen in the factory to make and improve the corresponding molds so that they could adapt to the new artillery. size.
After successfully developing mortars and rocket launchers, a certain prince was not interested in using the imperial cannon at first, because the rate of fire of the mortars was much higher than that of the braided Hongyi cannon, and the range of the rocket launchers was close to that of the Hongyi cannon. They can make up for each other's shortcomings.
However, considering that front-line combat troops still lack a direct-aimed weapon with excellent performance and high accuracy, which can give them a little more confidence in winning against braids, a certain prince decided to develop a Nahuang, especially a large version. .
After reading the battle report of the Battle of Datong, a certain prince became very interested in the imperial artillery project. In the Battle of Datong, many shield vehicles of the counter-rebellion army were destroyed by direct-aiming artillery at the city head.
This made a certain prince think that when the heavy armored infantry group launched an attack against the main force of Braid, there must be a large number of mortars in front to act as mobile bunkers, and the power of the mortars might be greatly reduced.
At this time, the Imperial Cannon, which can directly penetrate the carriage, can be used to defeat the man and the carriage together. Especially the M1857 12-pound field gun has a maximum range of up to 2,800 meters at the maximum elevation angle.
The Hongyi cannon on the opposite side will not be able to escape death. The pigtails within the range will be bombarded by the imperial cannon like a storm. Especially when the cannon is fired, the killing effect on the infantry is even more amazing.
The rate of fire of the Hongyi Cannon is about six rounds per hour, while the rate of fire of the Imperial Cannon is sixty rounds per hour, which is one shot per minute. Its maximum firing rate is four rounds per minute.
Therefore, in terms of range, rate of fire, weight, and quality, the imperial artillery far exceeds the cast iron artillery around the world in the late Ming Dynasty. The only disadvantage is that it is expensive because its material is copper.
But in order to make enough imperial cannons, even if all the bronzes in the imperial city were melted down, a certain prince had to persist in doing so. This weapon would also be one of the decisive weapons on the battlefield in the future.
Because the iron cannon body is more fragile than the copper cannon body, mainly because the smelting technology at this time is not up to standard, so on the premise that there is no serious shortage of copper materials, copper will be the first choice for imperial cannons.
After the first batch of qualified troops with imperial artillery equipment are created, corresponding combat units can be established. The most basic one is the company level, which has three platoons, each equipped with four M1857 12-pound field guns.
The ten soldiers serving each gun were organized into a squad, including a towed gun cart, two ammunition carts, and two baggage carts. Except that they were not equipped with plate armor, other individual weapons were the same as those of infantry.
Each platoon has four squads with fifty men including the platoon leader and others, and each company has a total of two hundred and fifty men and is equipped with twelve field guns.
After arriving at the predetermined position and being fully prepared, they can pour at least 120 artillery shells on the enemy target within ten minutes.
To compare on paper, the firepower of a field artillery battery is equivalent to the combined projection of the artillery units of the two flags on the opposite side, which is equivalent to one hundred and twenty Hongyi cannons.
A certain prince believed that the total number of various types of Hongyi cannons owned by Huang Taiji would not exceed 300, and it was impossible to bring all these heavy artillery in when entering the customs.
In order to achieve a range of more than one kilometer, the Hongyi cannons of this period usually had to weigh more than two thousand kilograms, which is more than one ton, and many models weighed more than two tons.
It is definitely not an easy task for the gunners to carry such a heavy weapon over the mountains, and Braid can also seize the Hongyi cannons equipped by the Ming army, so there is no need to move all the family assets into the pass.
If he wants to repel the Emperor's Chicken, keep his own chicken coop, and win the defensive battle, a certain prince must have enough winning conditions to go into battle, otherwise he will just deliver express delivery to others.
The winning conditions are three major factors: weapons, military strength, and morale. The latter two can be solved with money, and the weapons have to rely on a group of scientists headed by Bo Jue.
As long as one's own troops have sufficient discipline and fighting spirit, the theory of weapon victory will of course be relegated to second place. However, at present, the discipline and fighting spirit of Zha Ming's army are almost impossible to talk about except for a few direct descendants.
When encountering the main force of Braids on the battlefield, it's good if you don't take the initiative to escape. If you can go head-to-head with Braids, then you can definitely be regarded as an ace unit.
The Ming army is currently unable to form a sufficient strength advantage over pigtails, and most of its soldiers suffer from "braidphobia" that is difficult to cure. It has become a top priority to use high-tech weapons to make up for their combat effectiveness.
A certain prince's idea was to let these henchmen save his own life first, knowing that the other party's weapons could not hurt him, and then his pessimism would be greatly alleviated, and then he would find a way to kill the other braid.
Since you can't even touch me, I don't need to be polite to you. A braid is worth a hundred taels of silver...
The method to kill the pigtails is also very simple. First, the direction in which the pigtails are heading must be reconnoitred, mainly by airships.
Secondly, before the braids can threaten our own side, we must use long-range weapons to knock out their weapons of the same type, and then kill as many of their effective forces as possible. This is done by rocket launchers, mortars, and field artillery.
Finally, you have to use the flintlock guns and grenades equipped by individual soldiers, and you can knock down a large area. If there are still living pigtails rushing over, they will have to fight hand-to-hand with bayonets.
The function of artillery is to kill and delay the enemy, so that if the braid is broken in half before it reaches the front, only 10,000 or 20,000 people can reach our own side in the end.
Against at least 50,000 armored musketeers, the balance of victory would tilt towards a certain prince.
Because Braid only discovered after the war that these Ming troops were very different from the scum they had fought against before.
If you are too far away, you will be beaten.
When I got close, I couldn't hit him, and I still got beaten...
A certain prince just wants to let the pigtails know that even after all your hard work, you can't kill a bastard!
In the absence of heavy weapons, it is not difficult for Braid to injure the armored musketeers, but it is difficult to kill them.
Musketeers have full-body protection, especially the armor on key parts is very thick. It is basically impossible to succeed with individual weapons.
This is the role of the turtle shell. On the other hand, it is different. Braid does not know that the other side has undergone earth-shaking changes, but still uses the original equipment and tactics to attack a certain prince's troops. Then you will see.
In ancient times, an army that could withstand about 10% to 20% casualties could be regarded as an elite division. If three of the troops were defeated, Huang Taiji would be risking his life if he insisted on fighting with him.
Both sides dispatched at least 100,000 troops. If the problem was solved by deciding the outcome in one battle, it would be a battle related to the fate of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The losing side would not be able to recover within ten years.
If Huangtaiji loses, at worst, he will just slap his butt and retreat outside the customs, recuperate, and then continue his old business of looting everywhere. At worst, he will not fight with the Ming army in the future.
Before the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had suffered repeated defeats. In such a strategic game that almost involved all the mobile troops in the north, a certain prince frankly admitted that he could not afford to lose.
Since you can't afford to lose, you must maintain a tie and fight for victory. Rocket launchers, mortars, field artillery, flintlock guns, grenades, tanks, airships, mines, and bayonets can add up to a large amount of the Ming army's combat effectiveness.
If a certain prince dispatches 150,000 troops, and 50,000 of them are armored musketeers who can equal one to three, that would be equivalent to the original 250,000 Ming army.
Only when the army reaches at least 150,000, a certain prince dares to go out of the city to fight. If the troops at his disposal are too few, the emperor can really crush him with his strength and then occupy the magpie's nest.
Except for the direct line aces such as Huang Degong's Yongweiying, a certain prince did not believe in these scoundrels under his command. Even the newly formed East Palace Guards were scum-level existences.
The other side shouted - "The Qing soldiers have arrived!"
I can't wait for my calves to start twitching...
Expecting that shouting a few slogans in public can make the soldiers angry and fighting spirit high, and then kill the braids to the point of losing their armor and running away. A certain prince can tell you directly, this is a daydream!
When Liu Xiu counterattacked Wang Mang, there was a rain of meteorites to help him!
A certain prince can only summon hailstones here, but he seems unable to defeat the enemy...
And it can’t be like in other books, where the enemy is in the trap from beginning to end!
ah?
Fallen into a trap?
ah?
Fell into a trap again?
ah?
Why did you still fall into the trap?
Ah~!
Unexpectedly, I fell into another trap before I died...
Alas!
It’s really a disaster for me!
He was so angry that a mouthful of blood spurted out eight miles away!
Your IQ has been reduced to the level of a pig by the protagonist, how could you not fall into the trap? ? ?
The pig's IQ is 20, and your IQ is at most 18, because the pig wants to compete with you!
What's even more frightening is that the opponent is at his peak right after his debut, and his subordinates never betray him.
Exquisite command on the battlefield and decisive victory thousands of miles away are impeccable.
After decades of hard work, he was crushed by an unknown person who came through time.
This would be worse than just the opening scene, when the number one villain fell off his horse and died...
"Your Highness, the new artillery is ready, and I would like to ask for your permission to test-fire it!"
Zhang Luan, the eunuch of the factory, rushed over to ask for instructions from a certain prince. Although he did not make the cannon himself, he still had a share of credit in it. At least he provided the materials and manpower.
"Then let's get started!"
A certain prince had previously asked Bo Jue about the situation with the Imperial Cannon, but Bo Jue seemed not to be satisfied with the performance of the first batch of samples, so he did not report too much.
In addition to manufacturing bicycles, he also goes to the factory every day to supervise the manufacturing process of bronze cannons. Although he does not squat in the factory all day, he already knows the manufacturing process well.
According to the manufacturing instructions given by a certain prince, he participated in all the main processes, such as copper smelting, mold making, casting, pouring, standardization, chamber inspection, grinding, boring, and fire door drilling.
In order to allow the artillery to reach its theoretical maximum range, he also personally built a very reliable gun mount, which allowed the artillery to adjust the elevation angle from minus five degrees to plus sixty degrees for firing.
When a certain prince saw the new cannon's frame, he understood that although Bo Jue seemed to have put all his efforts into the bicycle, as long as he put in a little energy, he could do well in other errands assigned to him.
This is mainly because Bo Dacaizi has done this thing before, so he doesn't need to use his brain cells at all, and he is almost familiar with it. There is no need to carefully communicate with the blacksmith for some parts that need improvement, and he can directly go to work and strike the iron in person.
After some hard work by an academician of the Academy of Sciences, the new cannon's frame was born. Just by looking at its elevation, a certain prince knew that it had exceeded the function of the original version.
"Boom~!"
A ball of flame suddenly erupted from the muzzle, accompanied by a large amount of black smoke, and then the bronze barrel made a buzzing sound. This was unique to the Imperial Bronze Cannon, but not the iron cannon.
"very nice!"
Yao Ji looked at it with a telescope, and it seemed to be very far away. By visual estimation, it should be at least more than two kilometers. The specific distance will not be known until after measurement.
In order to obtain more fair data, nineteen more shots were fired at the maximum elevation range, for a total of twenty shots, so that more objective results can be obtained.
"Your Highness, this cannon has a maximum range of 1,733 steps and an average range of around 1,700 steps!"
After listening to the report below, Yaoji calculated with his homemade pencil that he could actually hit a distance of nearly 2,600 meters, which was very surprising. Although it did not reach the maximum range of the original cannon, it was very close. It was indeed surprising. own expectations.
The ultimate range of the original Imperial Cannon may be around three thousand meters, and maybe even further.
Although the maximum range of my version is only 86% of the opponent's, it is already very impressive.
After switching to smokeless gunpowder, the power and range may be increased a lot.
The standard projectile used for the Imperial Cannon is 12 pounds, which is equivalent to 5.44 kilograms, 10.88 Jin, which is about nine kilograms.
The cannonball fired this time was a model that weighed seven kilograms, so the imported version was inferior to the original version in terms of range and power.
But for a certain prince, this was enough. A cannonball weighing seven kilograms could still hit a braided carriage into the sky!
Don't be too happy too early. A series of tests must be conducted, such as the sustained rate of fire and the killing effect of artillery shells.
Just having a long range is not enough. It must achieve more than 80% of the combat effectiveness of the original 12-pound imperial cannon in all directions.
The new cannon is slightly lighter in weight than the original, so its mobility is due to the Hongyi cannon with a comparable range, and its theoretical firing rate is far beyond that of its counterparts in this era.
"Hmm~! Not bad! Continue to test other indicators and strictly record relevant data. If it reaches the 80% standard of the original version, I will reward all participants with one month's salary!"
The requirements of a certain prince are not too high. As long as the current performance is maintained and the chain is not dropped in any link, it will be considered complete.
What's more, with the guidance of Bo Dacaizi and Chief Engineer Zhang, and the supervision of Jiao Xu and Zhao Zhong, as well as a full set of technical parameters provided by himself, the top cannon-casting craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were mobilized.
With so many skilled craftsmen gathered, it is not too difficult to make a reasonably qualified Royal Cannon. Moreover, this is still the second batch of samples, and in some aspects it has been slightly improved compared to the first batch.
If there is more preparation time, the specific performance may be improved, but in terms of range, it has already reached mass production standards.
If the braided Hongyi cannon dared to shoot at the royal field cannon equipped by King Zha Ming, he would be seeking death.
Compared with iron cannons, the biggest feature of the bronze Nahuang field cannon is the rate of fire, followed by range and power.
First knock out the braided artillery positions, and then knock off the slowly advancing carriages one by one.
In the end, the braided heavy armored infantry could only run on the battlefield.
Unless Huang Taiji lets thousands of cavalry launch a frontal charge to attract the firepower of the Ming army first.
Otherwise, a certain prince will use various artillery pieces to burn the armored soldiers on the opposite side!
Don’t you claim to be very resistant to beatings?
Let's see if you can withstand a seven-pound cannonball this time!
Let you personally experience the feeling of a tortoise eating a weight...
