Daming Military Empire

Chapter 694 New Gunpowder, High Explosive Shells
In the east of July in July, the sun is shining brightly, the sky is blue, the breeze is blowing, and the waves are rippling. The sea suddenly looks like an endless silver fish scale, which is too beautiful to behold.

At this time, three hundred ironclad warships lined up in a neat formation and slowly sailed out of the Taijiang Inner Sea, then turned their bows and headed south all the way to the Strait of Malacca.

There was no fanfare, and no farewell ceremony was held. Everything was so peaceful, but it showed a kind of mighty domineering imperceptibly.

Zheng Chenggong finally set off with the Imperial Guard Corps of the Ming Dynasty. The decisive battle is coming, and the anti-Habsburg alliance powers are destined to withdraw from the stage of maritime hegemony!

At this time, Zhu Cijiong was holding the telegram sent by Zheng Chenggong in the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace in the capital, reading and reading it, as if appreciating a magnificent poem.

His hands slowly began to tremble, his eyes gradually showed fanaticism, and his heart suddenly rose with great pride.

It's over, it's about to end, and Da Ming will soon become the unashamed maritime overlord who stands in the way.

So many years of dreams, so many years of longing, so many years of anticipation, at this moment, it is finally coming true!

In other words, what exactly did Zheng Chenggong send him that made him so excited?
In fact, it's nothing, just a simple sentence: Your Majesty, this humble minister is leaving.

His tone was so calm, as if he was traveling to Europe.

It is precisely because of his calmness that it proves that he has a well-thought-out plan and that he has full confidence in defeating the anti-Habsburg alliance powers.

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but replied to him: One battle will determine the universe!

The first battle will determine the universe, and the first battle will determine the universe. From then on, the Ming Dynasty will be invincible in the world, regardless of the army or the navy!

Just as he was looking at the telegram and feeling agitated, Bi Maokang came again.

This month hasn't passed yet, could it be that he has already made a bunch of modified sub-tubes, that is, high-explosive shells?

Of course not so fast, he just came to tell Zhu Cijiong that the experiment of transforming the sub-tube had been successful.

He meant to ask Zhu Cijiong to go and have a look. If there is no problem, then mass production will begin.

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Cijiong immediately changed into casual clothes without hesitation, and rushed to the experimental field together with Bi Maokang.

He is still full of expectations for the high-explosive shells, because he has a hunch that even if the naval battle is won, the great powers will not succumb easily.

There is no doubt that a fleet composed of iron-clad warships can definitely defeat the combined fleet of anti-Habsburg powers. However, iron-clad warships are not omnipotent. Inside, the ironclad battleship can't do anything about them.

After all, ironclad warships are only invincible in defense, and their attack power is actually similar to that of wooden battleships. Against enemy warships, they can be invincible with their full armor, but it is not enough to deal with bastions and forts, because no matter how hard a solid shell hits, it will be invincible. It is impossible to smash the bastions and forts into pieces.

It would be different if the guns of the ironclad battleship were replaced with high-explosive shells. As long as there were enough shells, the bastion and fort would still be smashed to pieces!

Ironclad warships are the magic weapon for defeating the enemy, while high-explosive shells are a desperate weapon. It is very likely that this weapon must be revealed before the great powers will finally succumb.

It was precisely because he was worried that the great powers would not give in easily that Zhu Cijiong urged Bi Maokang to make high-explosive shells quickly, because this thing was likely to come in handy.

This time Bi Maokang did not bring Zhu Cijiong into the experimental base, but took him to a bastion near the experimental base.

These bastions no longer belonged to the experimental base of the Ministry of Industry, but to the army training base. Of course, with Bi Maokang's position, if you want to use them, you just need to say hello.

At this time, a group of Imperial Guard soldiers had gathered two miles in front of the bastion, and several experimenters stood there waiting respectfully. A naval gun was placed among them, which was still the one with the base of the turret. A sort of.

After a simple salute, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but stepped forward to take a closer look at the modified barrel next to the naval gun, that is, the high-explosive shell.

This appearance is very different from the shells of later generations, except that the front conical warhead is a bit similar, and the shell casing at the back is not like that of later generations. The sub-tube of the naval gun.

Regardless of the appearance, as long as the effect is the same, Zhu Cijiong looked at it for a while, then took the telescope from Cao Huachun, and then nodded to indicate that the experiment can begin.

Following Bi Maokang's order, the artillerymen of the Imperial Guard skillfully stuffed the modified sub-tube into the mother tube, then closed the gun door, and pulled the flintlock vigorously.

With a "boom", a conical shell flew out of the muzzle and hit the bastion in front directly. The initial velocity of this shell was not very fast, and there was no whistling sound after it was fired, but it hit the bastion After the city wall, the effect is more terrifying.

With a "boom", pieces of the bastion wall were immediately scattered, and Zhu Cijiong quickly raised his binoculars to look at the place where the wall was shot.

Good guy, a big hole about Zhang Xu has been smashed out there. If there are a few more shells like this, the city wall will probably be blasted through!
The artillerymen who participated in the experiment did not stop their actions. After the first shell was fired, they immediately took out the sub-tube that had been fired inside, replaced it with a new sub-tube, and then fired another shot.

A pile of gravel was splashed again on the wall of the bastion, and the gun crater obviously became much deeper.

At this time, due to the short range of the artillery, the landing point was still relatively fixed, and the running bombs kept bombarding the same place. When the eighth round was fired, the city wall finally collapsed, revealing a gap of two feet.

"Okay." Zhu Cijiong couldn't help admiring. Even if the new type of high-explosive shell was settled, he immediately made a decision. According to this, 50 sub-tubes will be produced first, and [-] shells will be produced first. It will be completed within a month.

Immediately afterwards, he took Bi Maokang back to the palace with undiminished interest, and told him about the application of new gunpowder. Later, he even recruited Sun Yuanhua, Minister of the Ministry of War.

These two Taishan Beidou, who can be said to have great military technology in the Ming Dynasty, have incomparably rich experience. As long as they explain the principles of the guns of later generations to them, I believe they will eventually be able to create guns similar to those of later generations.

Of course, the industrial base of Ming Dynasty is not as strong as that of the later generations. It is naturally impossible to fully reach the most advanced level of the later generations, but at least it can reach the average level during World War I.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong didn't have any scruples anymore. He directly drew the guns of later generations one by one, including details such as clips, warheads, and shell casings. Rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., as long as he knew, he drew them all in one go.

He talked while painting, listing almost all the weapons commonly used in later generations, and he talked about it with dancing and hearty.

Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua were stunned, oh my god, if these things were made, would this battle be worth fighting? Facing any enemy, it would be crushing!
Of course, Zhu Cijiong didn't expect them to be able to create many weapons of later generations immediately, he just listed them one by one the development trend of weapons in the future, so that they have a clear direction.

As long as the direction is right, advanced guns can always be manufactured, and by then, Daming will be even more invincible.

(End of this chapter)