Goryeo, Jeolla Province, Jeju Strait.
Wangshou's cheerful congratulations sounded in his ears, and the Hunan Army and Huai Army officers and soldiers on the two old lock ships couldn't help but feel refreshed! It can be said that, except for the lack of ammunition equipment, the performance of the half-snake gun and the small snake gun has met all their requirements for artillery! Although this thing is from two hundred years ago, it is more advanced and powerful than the Mountain Splitting Cannon! After all, the latter has no sighting tools such as front sights and rear sights. At the same time, the caliber is too small, so small that most of the shells fired are shotgun shells. It is not a big problem in land battles, but in naval battles On, the power is really not enough!
You know, on the giant plywood ships that the Western barbarians rode, the half-snake muskets and small snake muskets could only be regarded as light cannons, usually 18 pounds, 24 pounds, 32 pounds, or even 64 pounds. The smoothbore cannon plays the leading role. Compared with them, the mountain-splitting cannon is really just a small fish! After all, the above-mentioned artillery can pose a great threat to enemy ships from a long distance, and the mountain-splitting cannon, haha, it is very likely that it will not break through the defense of other ships even if it fires for a long time. At most, it can only hear A ring is great!
Therefore, it is even more necessary to get more powerful and powerful large-diameter artillery to equip your navy troops! After all, the ocean in the future will still be dominated by cannons and giant ships! Didn’t you see that the 12-pounder and 18-pounder front-loading smoothbore guns, which were so powerful on the battlefields of East Asia, have arrived in Europe where the former is respected? Not only can they not serve as the main artillery of warships, but on the contrary, they may even lose their status as auxiliary artillery. Save!
Let's not talk about other countries. Let's take the British Royal Navy, which has a ceiling in combat power, as an example. In the late eighteenth century, they had already replaced a large number of 24-pounders with short barrels, fast firing rates, and powerful weapons. , thirty-two-pound, and even sixty-four-pound carronade guns. While taking into account the weight of the artillery, they also developed advanced bore drilling technology, which made the connection between the barrel and the projectile more precise, resulting in a lack of power of the artillery. Decrease but increase! Read the book
The United Kingdom has not made much of a fuss about small and light artillery at all. On the contrary, it has delivered satisfactory results in large-caliber artillery. Chiyang wants to learn this from Britain, a powerful naval power, and try to use it. The large ships and cannons of the Ming Dynasty overwhelmed the Ming Dynasty, and the Goryeo naval army dominated the Beishuiyang area.
As soon as he thought of this, Kang Lin immediately ordered the imperial system to open the treasure box interface and experience value lottery interface. This guy wanted to take advantage of the sailing time to open a wave of system treasure chests and draw a wave of experience value lottery to see if he could. Obtain some useful weapons, troops and technologies to shorten the huge gap between yourself and the Western naval powers!
"Hey, since the host's power has been successfully upgraded to the fortress era, the system has specially unlocked the blind box lottery for the host. Does the host have to spend resources and merit points to open the blind box lottery?"
"What, blind box lottery, by the way, is there such a thing in the Age of Empires? Isn't the blind box something that only became popular in the 21st century? Why is it here now? System, are you kidding me?"
To Boss Kanglinkang's surprise, after hearing his order, the system did not immediately open the treasure box and experience point lottery. Instead, it actually proposed a brand new lottery option, the blind box lottery! And this, not surprisingly, aroused his doubts, because there is no such thing in the Age of Empire!
Blind box, as the name suggests, refers to a toy box in which consumers cannot know the specific product style in advance. Therefore, the things inside it are very random. And the blind box that the system opened for Kang Lin this time certainly cannot be a child's toy. Not only is it not a children's toy, on the contrary, there is a high chance that it can Develop weapons, arms, and technologies that are urgently needed for the development of Kanglin and even the entire Chiyang! For example, the production drawings of the large-caliber naval guns that are urgently needed on the Chiyang ship, or simply the finished large-caliber artillery!
Therefore, after repeated thinking, Kanglin nodded and agreed to the system's request, and asked the latter to immediately open the blind box lottery for him! He wanted to see what kind of good items this thing could produce. If he got lucky and found something he desperately needed, he would make a lot of money this time!
Not to mention artillery production drawings, the ability to produce several 12-pound, 18-pound front-loading smoothbore cannons, and 24-pound carronade guns would be a huge blow to the strength of our own navy.
Replenish! After all, the nine-pounder and twelve-pounder forward-loading smoothbore cannons that play the leading role on old lock ships and military rice boats are still the main ones. If he can be lucky enough to fire out a few large-caliber naval guns, this guy estimates that he will immediately order his sailors to fire them all. Load it onto the ship to increase the firepower density of your own ships! When he thought about the opportunity to add a few more powerful heavy artillery pieces to his own ship, a smile appeared on Boss Kanglinkang's face unknowingly!
"Hey, I'm not kidding, the system has unlocked the blind box lottery for the host! Now you only need to spend a small amount of resources and merit points to get a free lottery opportunity. Will the host continue the lottery?"
"Of course, system, please help me start the blind box lottery immediately! I want to see what incredible goodies I can draw. If I am lucky enough today, I will conduct a few more blind box draws... …”
Two hundred units of grain, two hundred units of wood, two hundred units of silver, one hundred units of iron, and six hundred merit points! After receiving Kang Lin's order, the system immediately deducted a lot of resources and merit points from this guy. Then, with a burst of white light flashing, four dark iron boxes appeared in front of Kang Lin without any warning! Then, before the man could see the complicated patterns and words on the iron box, the system continued to ask in a cold electronic voice,
"Hey, the blind box has been realized. May I ask the host which one to choose? As a friendly reminder, if you choose the wrong one, there will be no chance to regret it! Now ask the host to make a choice for ten seconds. If you don't make a choice after ten seconds, The blind box will disappear immediately..."
Hey, you still have to choose one of them. Doesn’t the system know that you have difficulty choosing? Forget it, forget it, time is limited, I'd better choose one at random, otherwise when the time is up, all four iron boxes will disappear, and my resources and merit points will probably be wasted! Upon thinking of this, Kang Lin immediately pointed to one of the four iron boxes and said to the system,
"A, B, C and D, A is the leader! System, I will choose the iron box number A, please help me open it!"
If you sow melons, you will get melons, if you sow beans, you will get beans; A, B, C, D, D, B, B, A; one, two, three, four, four, three, two, one... Kanglin recited the selection formula several times in his mind before making up his mind to choose the A-size iron box! The next moment, as the surrounding white light slowly dissipated, the other three iron boxes disappeared without a trace in an instant. Only the Jiazi iron box fell quietly at Kang Lin's feet! Then, before he could find the key to open the heavy iron box, the latter opened it by himself with a "pop"!
"Hey, the item in the blind box is a carronnon model!"
What, I spent 200 units of grain, 200 units of wood, 200 units of silver, 100 units of iron, and 600 merit points to get this thing? Although the workmanship seems to be quite sophisticated, and it can be fired successfully even if it is stuffed with gunpowder, a model is a model, so what is the use of having such a thing? What I want is a real cannon, a real Caron gun! However, just when this guy was dejected and ready to admit that he was unlucky, the cold electronic sound of the system appeared like a god and saved him!
"Hey, since this is the first time for a blind box lottery, the system has decided to compensate the host once and convert the Caron gun model into a real object! Option one, the host pays 200 units of food, 200 units of wood, and 200 units of wood. With one hundred units of silver, one hundred units of iron, and six hundred merit points, you can get the assistance of four thirty-two-pound carronade cannons from the system; option two, the host pays four hundred units of food, four hundred units of wood, and four With 100 units of silver, 200 units of iron, 100 units of copper, and 1,200 merit points, you can obtain four 24-pound carronade cannons and six 18-pound carronel cannons from the system. Assistance! The time is ten seconds. When the time is up, the compensation will disappear. Please make a choice immediately! Reminder, once you make a choice, you cannot go back on it. I hope the host can think about it and be careful..."
Well, there is such a good thing, as long as you spend resources and merit points, you can easily get the special assistance of 18-pound, 24-pound, or even 32-pound carronade cannons! So what are you waiting for? Hurry up and swipe your face to deduct fees. Uh-huh, no, it’s deducting resources and merit points to show off these treasures!
Isn't it just a few extraneous things? I have what I have in my treasury, so I just use it. As long as it can give me artillery, let alone hundreds of units of grain, wood, silver, iron, copper and thousands of points of merit are worth it. , it is on this basis that further
After turning it over twice, Boss Kanglinkang didn’t even frown!
However, this guy is really confused as to which option to choose as compensation! Choose four 32-pound carronade cannons. They are powerful enough, but the number is a bit small. There are only four, which is barely enough to arm your own ship, the old lock ship "Songaksan"; if you choose four 20-pounders, Four-pound carronade cannons, and six 18-pound carronson cannons, the number is enough, but the power is a bit lacking!
Thirty-two-pound Caron gun, just hearing the name can make people sigh! Compared with it, the 24-pound and 18-pound carronade guns are somewhat inadequate! After all, the former fired a thirty-two-pound shell, while the latter only weighed eighteen or twenty-four pounds. To be honest, there was no comparison at all between the two!
