Lord of Ming Dynasty
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A fatal shortcoming of a smoothbore gun without rifling is that you can basically pray for God's blessing at a distance of 30 meters. The 50-meter enemy can basically be hit if there are many people, but it is definitely not the target you want to hit.
75 meters, hehe, the people standing in a row don’t know if they can hit it. The chamber of Jinkai 1 is quite fine, but it only slightly improves the accuracy, so that the bullet can follow the momentum of the front, along a certain The trajectory of the bullet flies very far, and then it can go to a new direction by the rotation of the bullet.
This is good, but it is only about ten meters more stable, that is to say, about 40 meters, and the accuracy is not good at 75 meters.
If you can hit 200 meters, you may not be able to hit the enemy. 100 meters depends on the density of the enemy and your technical level. However, facing the Qing army face to face and thousands of people shooting at each other still have a great advantage. There are many people Ah, no matter how the bullet flies, it will not exceed the width of a person, so the hit rate is still guaranteed, but it is definitely not the person you want to hit.
Therefore, Kong Youde also knew that he would definitely not be able to hit it, but even though he knew that the gun had a strong recoil and the power of the gunpowder was stronger than what they used, he still felt that someone bumped his shoulder and took a half step back.
Kong Youde was not disappointed, and continued to reload. This time he came in person, and soon finished reloading, and fired again. The target on the opposite side must not be one. After he made adjustments this time, the bullets finally hit a dozen. of a target.
The "sudden" target jumped suddenly, and then pierced through several targets in a row, and there was a burst of dust behind it.
"Okay, this gun is not bad." Kong Youde fired a few more shots before putting it down, picked up the Qing army shotgun they used and fired a few shots, and then sighed to his confidant general: "It's great, it's better than ours." The gun is more than twice as strong."
If Zhang Qiang heard this, he would definitely say harshly: "Damn, how much money did I spend on this? I also used the system to cheat and kidnap Portuguese craftsmen. It took as long as a year, and there were more than a dozen improved models before it was finally finalized as Gold Kai 1, and it took a year to equip the troops. Is it okay?"
Kong Youde was still praising, "This gun is much more broken than ours, and its weight is also much lighter. It would be even better if the recoil could be smaller. Looking at the barrel, it is much thinner than ours, but To be able to have such power, I really admire the commander-in-chief of the Ming army."
The confidant general said: "Now they are not the Ming army, but the Huaxia army. They don't recognize themselves as the Ming army. They only admit that they are Han people, and they fight the world for the Han people. I heard that they have a lot of conflicts with Longwu. According to the detailed report, the Longwu court is very frustrated with him now, and the relationship between the two parties is very tense. I don't know how the Huaxia army and the Longwu court will get along in the future. In addition, the relationship between the Huaxia army and the Lujian Guoming army is also unknown. Get along, everyone is staring at them?"
Kong Youde stroked his chin, turned his head slightly and said to his confidant, "Hanchen, what do you think Zhang Qiang wants to do? What kind of person is he?"
The confidant general said: "I don't know about this lowly position. If you say he is a traitor, he is also good to Longwu Nanming. If you want to say he is a loyal minister, he kicked Longwu away and made himself king. We all know that he wants to be a prince now, I think he looks like Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period, but now we look like the Qing army is powerful, but in fact, the Qing army is like Cao Jun, Yongli Nanming is like Sun Wu, and Huaxia The army is like Liu Bei of the Shu Kingdom, this is the momentum to divide the world by three."
Kong Youde said again: "What do you think we look like?"
The confidant general said: "We are like the allied forces of various princes under the account of Xiang Yu in the early Han Dynasty."
"Hehe, Hanchen, you're sure you're confused. Actually, I also understand that we are nothing. If that side wins, let's rely on that side and just be idle princes."
The confidant general looked at him, Kong Youde thought for a while, clapped his hands and said: "It doesn't matter, take these guns down, find, find all the craftsmen from all over the place for me, send someone to the moat mirror, find the Portuguese, or Go to Luzon to find Spaniards, or other Westerners, as long as we can build guns and cannons for the Chinese Army, we will not hesitate to spend money, and I will build a strong army like the Chinese Army within a year."
The two of them were discussing as they walked, and they heard, "Report to the lord, someone saw that the Huaxia army was in contact with Feng Shuangli's department, and gave them a lot of weapons. Feng Shuangli sent them out very politely."
The confidants will frown, "Master, we have to report this situation to Lord Hong for him to make a decision. Now that Doduo Baylor is gone, you are the biggest master here, but the only one who can help us is the Holy Spirit." Mr. Hong who belongs to Zhenglong can do it, so you have to join forces with him to keep your foundation, sir."
"Okay, bear with it, you go and send someone to report and ask him to send us some troops. With this number of troops, we can only defend but not attack. Feng Shuangli has at least [-] troops, although there are still Ma Degong restrained him, but we still have other rebel teams to deal with, so we can't be careless, otherwise, we will stay here in Guangxi."
3 Eleven Chapters: The Birth of the Blossom
Kong Youde dropped the Jinkai 1 matchlock gun in his hand, and followed his confidants to another place.
"My lord, this is a cannon captured by the Huaxia Army. The Taixi people invited said that this cannon is a twelve-pound cannon from their place. From the broken muzzle and the iron mouth inside, it can be seen that this cannon is a kind of cannon. New steel, and Tie Pei is Min Tie, and Min Tie was the best iron in the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether it is building guns or making weapons, it is invincible, and the steel mouth is quite good."
Kong Youde touched the cold and smooth cannon, and praised: "Yes, yes, this cannon is good. How many of my children died under these cannons. They hit far and many times, but they didn't explode."
"Can we make it?" The confidant general shook his head and said, "We can't. Teacher Taixi said that if we can't master this method of steelmaking, we can't make this kind of cannon, but if we are afraid of bombing, we can cast in copper instead,"
Kong Youde smiled bitterly, "I also know that cannons made of copper are good, but copper is hard to find, and it costs a lot, and we have to go to various places to search for copper coins and bronze wares, otherwise we can't make do with wrought iron cannons, copper cannons are good , but heavier."
The confidant general thought for a while, "Taixi said that since this is not possible, and that is not acceptable, then we have to imitate the cannons of the Huaxia Army, but the actual performance is much worse, but it is much better than our previous cannons, and this cannon of the Huaxia Army There are many places for reference, such as the gun mount, which can be pulled by a carriage and can be moved away, instead of being pulled by a cart, it is pushed down when it is used, and it is cumbersome to fix."
"Then according to the instruction, make some, even if it costs a lot more, it's better than before, isn't it? Maybe it won't work to fight the Huaxia Army, but to fight against the rebels of the Dashun and Daxi Army in the Yongli court Still good."
"Yes, my lord, I will also arrange this."
Just as Kong Youde was inspecting his camp, thinking about building guns and cannons for the entire army, Zhang Qiang finally arrived at his destination, the artillery factory of the Huaxia Army.
Sebastian also introduced Cannon to Zhang Qiang.
"Governor, our cannons have also improved a lot this time."
Zhang Qiang was dressed in a military uniform, and his personal guards followed him step by step, holding the handle of the knife, covering the idlers and others, leaving Sebastian alone by Zhang Qiang's side.
The cordon was extended to [-] paces away, so that no one can get close to him. This is the sequelae of his assassination in the artillery factory last time. The guards around him know how to protect the safety of important generals, not just how to protect them. The reckless and brave soldiers who rushed to kill.
Four sword and shield fighters are always three steps away from Zhang Qiang, carrying shields and following, and eight people are surrounded by Jinkai 2 matchlock guns with bayonets. This is the core circle, and there is another circle of pikemen on the periphery. Hands, and farther away are scattered larger arquebus players and some scattered archers.
"Tell me what has been changed?" Zhang Qiang asked, patting a cannon beside him.
Sebastian pointed to the 1000-pound cannon that Zhang Qiang patted and said: "In the past, this kind of cannon cost more than 3000 catties, but the Qing army needed more than [-] catties, and the Ming army also needed [-] catties to build a good one." One hundred catties, now our improved cannon is only nine hundred catties. Although it is still too heavy, it is not bad. After all, if you want to hit the projectile far, you need a lot of weight to withstand the rear thrust, otherwise the cannon will go down , even if the projectile is shot out, the cannon body can fly back more than ten meters, not only can’t hurt people, but it will hurt your own people, which is not good.”
"I know this. It is necessary to lay a large wedge to stabilize the cannon." Zhang Qiang said casually.
"It's better for the governor to understand. Once the gun mount of the governor comes out, this kind of trouble is not a big problem. In addition, our steel can withstand a lot of pressure in the barrel, so the rear thrust is reduced a lot, and it is faster. There are quite a few, can quickly attack the enemy with cannons, and can also quickly pull up the gun mounts and move, and follow the army forward."
"Have we reduced the weight of each type of cannon?" Zhang Qiang continued to ask.
"Yes, the weight of each type of cannon has been reduced, the most reduced by 50.00%, and the least reduced by 20.00%, which greatly improves the mobility. Small cannons like the three-pound gun weigh only more than 80 catties. , two strong men can carry it and march quickly."
"Okay, so the three-pound cannon can be deployed down. In the past, even the three-pound cannon could only be equipped at the battalion level. In the future, it will be equipped to the general level. There are more than 100 to 200 people. There are six small cannons, so when the enemy attacks, this small cannon can greet the enemy with shotguns at a distance of more than 70 meters to 150 meters, and can greet the enemy with solid bullets at a distance of 150 meters to 300 meters. The fighting power is even stronger."
"Yes, my lord, let's change the three-pound cannon as your lord said, and press the bracket to adjust the height and steering brackets, so that you don't have to move the cannon every time to hit the enemy in another direction. It is enough to adjust the bracket. The modified cannon is better in mobility. The disadvantage is that the range is a little short, and when it is used to shoot shotguns, it may hurt your own people. A few meters away, it disperses by itself, so this kind of cannon is only suitable for attacking the enemy at the front, and it must be protected by soldiers when it is over."
Zhang Qiang smiled and said nothing more. This is already the prototype of the mortar of later generations. It doesn't matter if it has some shortcomings. Anyway, it can move quickly and take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to give the enemy a shot. When the enemy's strength is small, one shot Sweeping more than a dozen soldiers would be a blow to morale, and the gravel and iron slag flying overhead would kill people.
"Where's our [-]-pound gun?" Zhang Qiang asked again.
"The 1000-pound gun was originally [-] catties, but after the modification, it is only [-] or [-] catties. With the gun mount, it is only [-] catties. After operation, it can go up the city wall and follow the army faster. It can also be passed easily, and only needs the assistance of soldiers. Fewer soldiers are used, and more soldiers can be freed up by the artillery brigade to protect the cannons."
"Okay, I heard that you have also improved the shells?" Zhang Qiang asked.
"Yes, my lord," Sebastian said.
"Well, solid bullets are solid bullets after all. Every time we fire them, they look mighty, but they can't actually hit many people. If the enemy attacks us on the river beach or other ground, even if our solid bullets hit the red barrel, they will not be able to hit us." I can't hurt a few people. The reason why I was able to defeat the Qing army this time was because I mobilized enough cannons, but such a powerful formation made me almost exhaust the cannons in the entire Huaxia Army's territory, and even the cannons guarding the city. They all pulled down to participate in this battle."
Pausing for a while, looking into the distance, Zhang Qiang recalled the scene of that day again. If the solid bullets could have the effect of bursting bullets, then there would not be so many casualties. Push in a straight line to let the solid bullets hit in a line, so that the enemy has the opportunity to rush to the close and fight with the Huaxia Army, and fight hand-to-hand.
Although there are still archers and crossbow soldiers in front of them, these types of troops require effort. Many soldiers have injured their fingers when the bow and arrow are drawn to the end. I have no strength, and I can hardly draw the bow. The enemy rushes to me, so I can only draw out the knife to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.
Zhang Qiang, who has mastered firearms, does not want the enemy to rush forward to fight with his soldiers again. He can destroy the enemy with bullets, so why use flesh and blood to show heroism?
Chapter 342 Accountability
Everyone is preparing and brewing, just like the hazy and powerless feeling when waking up after being drunk, like the calm of the storm.
Zhang Qiang was inspecting his artillery factory, while Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was worried. Facing the noise of dozens of civil and military officials in the lobby, he was at a loss and could not make up his mind.
The people sent to negotiate with Zhang Qiang didn't get any clear answer when they came back, even the blind man had figured it out, they worked so hard to recover Daming, and fought with the Qing army, but the final winner was the Huaxia army. It wasn't the Ming army's orthodoxy, nor was it the humble people who had legally inherited the rule of the Ming Dynasty who jumped out of nowhere.
This made the people who broke their glasses and were dumbfounded. Everyone knows the current situation. King Lu and Longwu Nanming are finished in the southeast.
He Lu Wang, Lu Jianguo is better, at least he was under the protection of the heavy army of the Huaxia Army before, and he was not attacked by the Qing army, so he still retains a place in Hangzhou, to be precise, the city of Hangzhou. The land within a radius of ten miles outside the city is still in the hands of King Lu and Zhang Huangyan's cabinet ministers in Hangzhou Fufu City, but the villages and towns after ten miles out of the city are still towns, and even the officials and government servants in counties farther away. They were all replaced by officials sent by the Huaxia Army.
When going out of the city to do business, everyone has to go to a Huaxia Army visa agency outside to apply for a pass for Lu Wang Mingjun and Huaxia Army. Those who do not have a pass, those from Hangzhou Prefecture cannot go to the territory of the Huaxia Army, and those on the territory of the Huaxia Army People who want to go to Hangzhou to do business can't go there, even the villagers and merchants who enter the city have to go through the process, otherwise those who break in will be killed directly, and those who break in secretly will be detained for three days first, and then there will be a middleman as a bail , The grade is re-filed, the documents have been processed, and the food expenses for these three days have been paid, and the fine can only be relieved.
The two sides have been artificially isolated like two countries with normal exchanges.
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