Daming Military Empire

Chapter 472 Super Cannon
After Zhu Cijiong visited Wang Gong's factory, he felt extremely comfortable. He did not participate too much in the research and development of precision machine tools and new rifles. Except for the idea at the beginning, Bi Maokang and others did almost all of the subsequent things. This shows that Daming's research and development system has gradually improved.

Ideas are important for a thing to be developed, but it is more important than ideas to be put into practice. He has seen many things, such as trains, ships, various guns, artillery, even cars, tanks, etc. , He has seen it all, the problem is that he may not be able to make it if he has seen it. If he is asked to do it alone, he may not be able to do it in his life. With a complete R&D system, it will be different. As long as he Put forward the idea, and naturally someone will help him to turn the idea into reality!
Now that there are trains and ships, do you want to build a car or even a tank next?With cars, the army is more mobile, and with tanks, you can rampage on the battlefield!
Just as he was thinking wildly, Bi Maokang suddenly asked an inexplicable question: "Your Majesty, I dare you, I wonder if you are free tomorrow?"

Of course there is space, Zhu Cijiong asked with great interest: "Oh, is there anything else good to show me?"

Bi Maokang nodded and said: "Yes, I still want to invite the emperor to see something good, but it's a bit far away, in Dongdaying."

Dongdaying is not far away, and it only takes an hour to take the train. Zhu Cijiong asked curiously: "Oh, what is it?"

Bi Maokang said excitedly: "It's a cannon, there are eight-inch and ten-inch ones, and there are also twelve-inch super cannons!"

Nima, the [-]-inch cannon is about [-] centimeters. According to the caliber ratio of one to twelve, the barrel is nearly five meters long. It is really a super cannon.

It seems that when I visited the workshop on the first floor today, I saw them carrying a gun barrel as thick as a bucket. Zhu Cijiong thought that they hadn't succeeded yet. Could it be that the Dongdaying already had an assembled [-]-inch cannon!
Zhu Cijiong was pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that you have already made the [-]-inch cannon?"

Bi Maokang nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, the first batch made ten [-]-inch gun barrels, and three of them succeeded. Chu Yang has already led people to assemble and test them at Dongdaying, and the effect is not bad. Why don't the emperor go have a look?"

The super cannon, it is a sharp weapon on the battlefield, of course I have to check it out, Zhu Cijiong agreed without hesitation.

Early the next morning, Bi Maokang arrived at the palace early, Zhu Cijiong was also ready, and the group quickly boarded his special train and rushed to Dongdaying.

The Dongdaying Camp can also be regarded as the scope of guards of the Imperial Guards. Shi Kefa led the Second Army of the Imperial Guards to station in the Dongdaying Camp all year round. Naturally, there is no need to worry too much about safety issues, so Zhu Cijiong only brought a few hundred Jinyiwei masters.

However, this was considered to be leaving the capital, and he did not dare to be sloppy with the guard work. As soon as he got off the train, he saw that there were densely packed guards in front of him, and Sun Yuanhua, Huang Long and Shi Kefa all rushed over to meet him.

Zhu Cijiong shook his head helplessly. It seems that this private visit in a micro-service is out of the question. He can only visit under the heavy protection of the imperial guards.

The first stop is Dongdaying Cannon Factory, where super cannons are assembled.

What Zhu Cijiong didn't expect was that there was only one [-]-inch cannon here, but he was deeply shocked when he saw the towering barrel.

My God, the gun barrel alone is nearly five meters long, the base is even half a person high, and the shells placed next to it are as big as a washbasin in diameter. This guy, once bombarded, is estimated to be a super battleship. All have to fall apart!

It was so powerful that Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but say, "The power of this cannon is terrifying, right?"

Sun Yuanhua on the side said obsessively: "It is indeed terrifying. Within six miles, a two-foot-thick city wall can blast a big hole!"

It's not that the [-]-inch cannon has a range of only six miles, but because the military telescopes at this time can only measure the shooting elements within six miles, and it will be inaccurate no matter how far away.

Even a two-foot-thick city wall can blast a big hole!Doesn't it mean that as long as there are enough [-]-inch artillery, any city wall can be blasted to pieces!

Zhu Cijiong couldn't wait to say: "Then, why don't you show me a shot?"

Sun Yuanhua heard the words and said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, the place here is too small to test artillery."

Zhu Cijiong looked around and patted his forehead. It is true that cannons cannot be fired in this place. The Cannon Foundry was built in Dongdaying. Moreover, the entire factory area is less than six miles long and wide. Wouldn't it be a blast to go out with this cannonball? I went to the East Daying City. Such a terrifying shell would smash through many houses. In that case, the casualties caused are simply unimaginable!
Seeing Zhu Cijiong's embarrassment, Huang Long hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you have installed doors on both your Daming and Weichen's Beiyang, and they can be loaded and launched."

Zhu Cijiong took advantage of the situation and said: "Okay, let's go to my Daming account to have a look."

Soon, the group came to the Daming again. There was indeed a huge [-]-inch cannon mounted on the bow, and there were two smaller ones, probably ten inches, beside it.

Looking at the towering barrel, Zhu Cijiong muttered a little bit, so high, how to load ammunition?
On the other hand, Sun Yuanhua excitedly asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to try now?"

Try it, of course, Zhu Cijiong nodded quickly and said: "Well, let's start."

I saw Sun Yuanhua beckoning to the back, and a group of people inside pushed an iron frame and ran quickly under the cannon. The platform of that frame was just as high as the muzzle of the gun. The barrel of gunpowder was poured into the barrel.

After the gunpowder was poured out, someone took out the round tweezer hanging next to the shelf, and carefully stuffed it into the muzzle, and then the four of them pressed together a few times, and someone below had already stuffed the fuse into the ignition port at the bottom.

Soon the four of them took out the round fader, picked up a long iron rod, and twisted it a few times on the shell next to it. It seemed that the shell was threaded.

After the long iron rod was fixed, the individual worked together to push the shell to the muzzle, then adjusted the position of the iron rod, and then carefully pushed the shell into the muzzle slowly.

After pushing it to a certain position, the four people checked the scale on the iron rod again, and then quickly unscrewed the iron rod.

At this point, the filling process is over, and it takes about half a stick of incense time before and after.

After the four people finished loading, they quickly ran down the iron frame, shouted, and pushed the iron frame away.

The rest stayed at the cannon and began to calibrate the parameters.

Where is this shot?Just as Zhu Cijiong was about to ask, Sun Yuanhua handed over a telescope in time, pointed to the hill on the far shore and said, "Your Majesty, look over there."

Zhu Cijiong raised his binoculars and saw that a section of the city wall had been built on the hill, and there were already several holes half the size of a man in it!

It seems that these people have really tried shooting, and the effect is simply too terrifying. He couldn't help asking curiously: "Is it possible to hit it with one shot at such a distance?"

Sun Yuanhua said proudly: "Don't worry, the emperor, there are many rulers on the city wall, they can hit them."

Zhu Cijiong was not an expert in firing guns, so naturally he didn't know where the so-called scales were. Soon, the gunners completed the calibration, and the commander next to him immediately raised his command flag and looked towards this side.

Sun Yuanhua looked at Zhu Cijiong, saw that the emperor was holding up the binoculars excitedly, waiting to see the result, he immediately ordered loudly: "Let go."

The commander waved the command flag, and someone immediately lit the fuse, and soon, with a "boom", the entire Daming ship shook.

In the telescope, a large piece of gravel suddenly rose from a part of the city wall, and then there was another hole in the city wall. As for the shell, it seemed that it had passed through the city wall and flew behind the city wall.

What a terrifying aim, what a terrifying power!

(End of this chapter)