Goryeo, Tamra, Gongfang District.
"Are you ready? Let's fire when you're ready!"
After briefly taking a look at the wooden target fifty steps away, Bao Dazhong's two apprentices put their torches at the fire door of the Crouching Tiger Cannon! So soon, this well-made thirty-six-pound cannon pushed back hard with huge recoil! In an instant, thick smoke and dozens of hot shells spewed out from the small muzzle! Fortunately, this time it may have been a rough aim, so some of the flying shells finally scratched the wooden target! It was these lucky shells that allowed Conlin to fully appreciate the power of his home-made artillery. The three-inch-thick wooden target was successfully penetrated by these round little cuties, and there were even a few holes in it. The loose ball that still had some remaining energy flew forward for about ten more steps before it finally exhausted its kinetic energy and fell down! This performance made Kang, whose eyes were much better than before, couldn't help but swallow hard, and his cock was bulging obediently, what a powerful penetrating power! They can still penetrate a three-inch thick wooden board after dozens of steps. If a fully armed armored soldier came here, wouldn't they also be beaten into a sieve by them? It seems that this small pig iron cannon can be equipped in your own troops. It is best to spread it to sentry-level units and exist as an infantry fire suppression weapon!
"Pull up the large Folang machine and put a few more targets around the 100-step and 200-step targets!"
Seeing the satisfied look on his leader's face, Bao Dazhong decided to strike while the iron was hot and compete for performance in front of the former! So, he immediately ordered his two apprentices to push over the large Franco machine gun equipped with the gun carriage, and then there was another intensive loading and debugging. It was not until more than ten breaths later that the loading work was finally completed! Next, as Bao Dazhong roared, his second apprentice immediately inserted the red-hot iron drill into the fire door reserved by Zigun! The next moment, accompanied by a dull roar, a lead-iron cannon ball weighing more than a kilogram, driven by high-quality black powder, broke free from the shackles of the mother's slender barrel and appeared two hundred steps away! Unsurprisingly, the shooting missed the target again. After all, Bao Dazhong's apprentice was not a professional gunner, and the Folang machine he operated had not been debugged in any way, so the shells fired casually were just high. A hundred steps over, a target of two hundred steps, and I was lonely!
"Keep loading, keep shooting!"
To be honest, the original breech-loaded artillery brought to the East by the Spanish and Portuguese colonists may have some shortcomings, but it has only one good thing, and that is that it fires continuously. The rate of fire of one cannon is comparable to that of several muzzleloader cannons! Therefore, in order to measure the rate of fire and range of the self-made artillery as much as possible, Bao Dazhong continued to instruct his apprentices to load the artillery, adjust the firing angle, and fire the artillery. With their continuous efforts, the large Franco machine gun finally The sixth shot hit the wooden target 200 paces away! That extremely lucky lead-iron cannonball not only instantly broke the three-inch-thick wooden board into two pieces, but also continued its momentum until it hit the big mound behind the target and finally stopped! Next, an apprentice ignored the fact that the musket was hot to his hands, pulled out the breech block and immediately took it out, then replaced it with a new one, and then inserted the breech block back into place. Another apprentice who had been waiting for a long time saw his companion finishing loading. Not daring to delay, he adjusted the angle of the cannon slightly and immediately punched the red-hot iron drill at the fire door!
The first shot took twelve breaths; the second shot took ten breaths; the third to sixth shots all took about eight breaths; and the last few shots even achieved good results of five to six breaths. Let’s look at another hundred Basically, half of the targets were hit by one-pound cannonballs that flew out quickly, and were even broken into pieces! It can be seen that as long as the materials used are exquisite, the manufacturing is careful, and the operating soldiers are well-trained, the Franco machine gun can still exert great combat effectiveness in army operations! As for the naval battle, uh, we should urge Bao Dazhong to quickly research the iron and steel forging process and trial-produce the front-loading smoothbore cannon. To be honest, the Franco machine is really not suitable for battle line naval battles. Rather than force them on The power that warships can exert may not be as powerful as the short-barreled pig iron artillery, general cannon, and Ye Gong's magic gun imitated by the Ming Dynasty!
At least the latter can fire five to seven kilograms of solid artillery shells in close naval battles, severely damaging enemy ships with weak protection capabilities, and it is also very light. After being equipped with a special gun carriage, it can be easily used on a narrow deck. It is maneuverable, but the Folan machine is different. Since the muzzle-loading gun bears the bore pressure on the entire gun body, as long as the gun body is thickened, it can
In order to increase the charge and try to reduce the clearance, the range can be increased without changing the performance of the propellant; however, the chamber pressure of the Franco cannon is completely borne by the gun, so if you want to increase the range , to increase the power, the thickness and length of the sub-gun must be increased, and this will inevitably increase the weight of the sub-gun, resulting in the loss of the firing rate advantage that the Franco machine is proud of! Instead of this, why not just develop heavy muzzleloader guns...
Witnessing the excellent performance of self-made artillery, Kang Lin, the leader of Chiyang who had barely escaped from his status as a military blind man, quickly understood the role of these artillery in his army, and at the same time he became more determined to build cannons and heavy artillery. He was determined to save six pounds, nine pounds, and twelve pounds of artillery even if he sold iron without eating or drinking. Otherwise, those light artillery and primitive breech-loading artillery simply cannot meet your needs! Not to mention the distant ones, the number of artillery pieces required on the Galen ship "Farmer Merchant" and the old lock ship "Little Deer" alone is not a small number. In addition, the newly formed army also needs heavy artillery that can attack fortresses. Therefore, Kang Lin decided to put more burdens on Blacksmith Bao's shoulders, so that he could serve him better and more faithfully.
"Master Bao, you have done a good job, I am very satisfied! Therefore, in order to commend you for your efforts, I will give you fifty taels of platinum, ten stones of polished rice, and ten pieces of silk! From now on, as long as you can help us If you develop a more powerful Hongyi cannon, I will not hesitate to give you more and thicker rewards! By then, even if you want to be appointed as a deputy director in the workshop, it is not non-negotiable! In short, I hope you will put all your energy into it Go to the artillery trial production work! If you want people, I will give you people, and if you want raw materials, I will satisfy you as much as possible! How about it, Master Bao, are you confident that you can overcome the difficulties before this year’s Lunar New Year? Has the red artillery been trial-produced?"
"Guarding the Lord, the villain is in fear. It is the duty of the villain to make firecrackers and trial-produce artillery. How dare he be rewarded by the adults again? Therefore, I ask the Lord to take back his life! As for the imitation of the Hongyi artillery, the villain I will do my best to build usable artillery as soon as possible for the army to use!"
Kang Lin was polite, since Bao Dazhong was a good man, so he would not appreciate the compliments. However, considering that this reward was a bit hot, he might be gossiped about if he took it, so he bowed his hand and bowed deeply, using retreat as a move to advance! Not only did this guy refuse Kang Lin's generous reward, but he also said some high-sounding words that made the latter nod his head. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel better about this guy in his heart! In fact, it's not that Bao Dazhong doesn't love money, nor is he a fake Taoist, but he is nearly middle-aged and cherishes feathers a little, and he doesn't want to look too ugly and incur criticism from others! After all, he is a craftsman with a bottom line. Even if he wants the shining silver ingots, snow-white rice, and colorful silk, he will get it by solving difficult problems and trial-producing heavy cannons! Rather than relying on words and flattery to achieve it! Bao Dazhong is not interested in rewards that are too easy to obtain. He wants to imitate the Hongyi cannon that Chiyang urgently needs, and then openly and honestly collect those coveted rewards! For this reason, this guy has secretly made up his mind to speed up the testing and strive to create a qualified Hongyi artillery as soon as possible.
"You're welcome, Master Bao, you deserve this! We at Chiyang have clear distinctions between rewards and punishments. If you have merit, you will definitely be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will definitely be punished. This time you made the Tiger Crouching Cannon, Fo Langji, and you deserve it. If you feel guilty about this reward, then study and experiment carefully and strive to build a qualified Hongyi artillery as soon as possible. By then, I will definitely not be stingy with the reward, gold, silver, rice, silk, cloth, utensils, as long as I have it , you can do whatever you want..."
Longtouyan, Chiyang Primary Shipbuilding Works.
After visiting the blacksmith shop hosted by Bao Dazhong, Kang Lin rushed to the primary shipbuilding factory near Longtouyan while it was still early in the morning. This is a systematic building built by craftsmen based on the architectural drawings drawn by Boss Kanglinkang when he opened the treasure chest. Currently, it can produce small-tonnage ships such as net shuttle ships, eagle ships, Cangshan ships, and bird ships. During Kanglin's trip, in addition to inspecting the first Cangshan ship that had been outfitted and ready for launching, Kang Lin also wanted to see what other needs the junior engineers and craftsmen of the shipyard had. After all, he is a man with a golden finger. As long as these guys don't make any excessive demands, he should be able to basically satisfy them through the system!
"Lord Guard, there is now plenty of shade-dried wood for shipbuilding. There are about five hundred logs of camphor, fir, pine, etc., and even various hardwoods, including sandalwood and lychee.
, there is also a small amount of iron wood in stock; in addition, there are many iron components, tung oil, jute, white linen, brown hair, oyster shells, asphalt, thick and thin moso bamboo, etc. in the warehouse; finally, there are iron anchors, hard sails, ropes for ships, Wooden barrels and other things were also found in Tamna’s original ship repair workshop! Only lifting and transporting equipment are lacking, so relying solely on manual transport is not very fast..."
"Lifting machinery, uh, let me think about it, by the way, didn't I open the treasure chest and find a simple crane earlier? Since you lack lifting machinery, then use it here. There are also transportation equipment, I have it. There are also some wheelbarrows and two-wheeled vehicles, let me allocate them to you!" Kanglin listened to the request of the naval architect of the primary shipbuilding institute, and after just a little thought, he solved the problem that had troubled the former for a long time. , isn’t it because of the lack of lifting and transportation equipment? We have them here. The simple cranes and wheelbarrows that we used to open treasure chests, and the two-wheeled vehicles can just meet their needs!
