The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 085

Over there, General Yun from the barracks was talking to Zhou Yun and Master Lin.

"Commander Zhou, Master Lin, can the little brother you mentioned really solve the problem of this weapon?" General Yun was a little skeptical. Neither the two masters from the Supervision Bureau could solve the problem. That little brother can really solve the problem. solve?

Zhou Yun nodded, and said calmly, "He can."

Master Lin smiled and said affirmatively: "He came up with the idea of ​​making this batch of weapons. He also participated in the process of making weapons. He participated in any problems during the process, so he should be able to solve them."

Well, both Zhou Yun and Lord Lin have said so, and General Yun can only believe it.

A quarter of an hour later, the man arrived.

General Yun looked at the boy standing at the entrance of the tent. Yes, he was indeed a boy. Although he didn't look short, the immaturity in his face clearly told General Yun that he was still a boy.

A young man, he can solve the problems that the two masters of the Supervision Bureau can't solve?

Wei Shiyi didn't know about General Yun's entanglement, so he entered the tent and nodded to the armored General Yun, "Hi, General Yun, I'm Wei Shiyi."

"Ah." General Yun recovered from his contemplation, nodded to him, looked towards Zhou Yun, and said, "Sit down."

Forget it, and regardless of whether the young man can really solve the problem, he can only trust him at this time.

Hearing this, Wei Shiyi went over and sat down, and then greeted Zhou Yun and Master Lin.Sitting down, Wei Shiyi scratched Zhou Yun's palm calmly, and silently asked him what's wrong.Zhou Yun also turned back, telling him not to be nervous, he will know in a while.

Sure enough, General Yun then told them about the problems they encountered.

It turned out that the batch of weapons brought by Zhou Yun and Master Lin were sent to the battlefield as soon as they arrived, but during the battle, the weapons did not exert their due effect.The weapons that Zhou Yun and the others brought were nothing but bombs, and a few forts that they had painstakingly transported over.

When the weapons arrived, Tubo and Xixia attacked just ahead, so the soldiers attacked with bombs on the city wall.

Bombs have been used in war three years ago, and the soldiers in the army also know the power of those bombs. Those bombs are much larger than the original ones. They used to only explode within a range of one or two meters, but the new ones The ones can be blasted to a range of five or six meters, and if one bomb goes down, all the enemies in that area will be killed.

However, there are also disadvantages, that is, Da Song does not have a good fort at this time.

The discovery of gunpowder was not too late. It can be seen from the beginning of making bombs in the Song Dynasty. Da Song was using the bomb, but the fort that fired the bomb did not keep up.

The fort used at this time is like a shotgun. Two shelves are built, and iron pieces are placed in the middle. The iron pieces are tied with elastic bands. Bombs cannot be launched far away, and the second is dangerous.

This time, Zhou Yun and the others transported the fort and more bombs.

The soldiers couldn't wait to use it to see how powerful the turret was, but when it was used on the battlefield, the bombs fired from the turret were so close that they almost missed their own soldiers, let alone the enemy.

This is a big deal, and the soldiers over there immediately responded to this problem, reporting it layer by layer, and finally arrived at General Yun.

General Yun was recuperating at that time. He was wounded in the last battle. When he heard the news, he immediately called Zhou Yun and Master Lin to ask what the problem was.

The three of them had a discussion this morning, and the two masters from the Construction Supervision Bureau also went to check the problem of the fort, but after looking for a long time, they still didn't know where the problem was. solve.

General Yun didn't know who Wei Shiyi was, but after everyone's explanation, he knew that Wei Shiyi was a doctor.At that time, General Yun almost said it was ridiculous, but after Zhou Yun and Lord Lin explained, he asked someone to bring Wei Shiyi over.

Then, here is the situation.

"Since Brother Wei is here, let's go." After explaining the whole story clearly, General Lin stood up and said to Mr. Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yunlin with one arm hanging. The two masters from the Construction Supervision Bureau were also here.

Several people went out from the tent, General Yun walked in front, Wei Shiyi and others walked behind.

"So that's what happened?" Wei Shiyi frowned slightly.

Zhou Yun hummed, "If the fort matter cannot be resolved, this battle will be difficult to fight."

General Wang Shao decided to attack Hezhou after a period of rest. If Hezhou was captured, the whole of Tubo would be almost defeated.Rest at that time, and then you can march into Xixia.

The Hehuang area and Xixia must be recovered. In order to recover these two areas, the Song Dynasty spent many years of manpower and material resources. The bomb is the secret weapon of the Song Dynasty. If there is a problem with the bomb at this time, it will affect the Song Dynasty. planning, with serious consequences.

Wei Shiyi understood what Zhou Yun meant, and he couldn't help feeling a little heavy in his heart.

However, it is reasonable to say that there should be no problems with the fort. Since three years ago, Wei Shiyi has proposed the concept of the fort to the people in the Supervision Bureau, so that they can try to make a launch pad for launching cannonballs. The methods were too rough, so Wei Shiyi told them the concept of some modern forts.

As a citizen of the new world, Wei Shiyi has no access to the specific production theory of the fort, but he roughly knows the concept of launching the fort. The masters of this era are not stupid, but very smart, otherwise they would not have researched out bomb.

And there are master craftsmen making wall cabinets first, and Wei Shiyi does not question the creativity of the masters in this world.

Therefore, he carefully told the masters of the Construction Supervision Bureau that they could try to make the fort. What is proposed is the principle that the expanding gas produced by the rapid combustion of gunpowder is compressed by the barrel, thereby pushing the shell to shoot out from the muzzle.

There are many kinds of modern turret launch principles, such as percussion launch by percussion machine, air compression launch and so on.

The impact launch of the percussion machine involves more modern technology, while the air compression launch can be produced in ancient times.

After Wei Shiyi put forward this idea, everyone in the Supervision Bureau was excited from the top to the master. They could almost imagine the power brought by the fort from the fort mentioned by Wei Shiyi. The border has long said It is no longer possible to launch bombs. If this fort is successfully built, then the military power of Song Dynasty will definitely rise to a stage.

Then in the next three years, the Construction Supervision Bureau specially divided several groups to study the production of the fort. After three years, the fort was finally researched.The shape of the fort was similar to that of the cannon drawn by Wei Shiyi. It had a barrel, a barrel, and a gun mount, etc. The fort was made.

After it was made, the Bureau of Supervision took the fort and bombs to the field for testing. Not long ago, the Bureau of Supervision reported that the fort was successfully manufactured and could be used in war.

When Zhou Yun told Wei Shiyi about the Battle of Hehuang, that was when the officials asked Zhou Yun to transport the fort to the border.

The officials trusted Zhou Yun very much and asked him to transport it himself.

But what people didn't expect was that the fort was delivered, but the effect was not good, and something went wrong.

The group of people soon reached the city wall. As soon as they went up, they saw three forts on the city wall and the soldiers guarding the forts.

When the soldiers saw General Yun and others coming up, they immediately stepped aside.At the same time, he also told them more specific situations.

"General, that's it. The bomb was launched not far away." A soldier pointed to the bomb crater not far away, "According to the theory proposed by the Bureau of Construction Supervision, the bomb should be launched farther away, but we When fighting, the bombs are furthest there."

Several people looked at the farthest bomb crater, and found that the bomb crater was only a few hundred meters away from the city wall. The city wall was very high, and even if the bomb was thrown, it couldn't just be thrown so close. It was indeed too close.

General Yun nodded, indicating that he understood.Then he looked at Wei Shiyi, who was on the side, and motioned for him to go and have a look.

Wei Shiyi nodded and walked towards the two forts.The two masters from the Construction Supervision Bureau followed Wei Shiyi and went to see it with him.

Wei Shiyi came to the fort, and the two masters frowned and said to him: "We have inspected the fort this morning, and we found nothing wrong with it. But when we used the fort to fire bombs, there was The situation is exactly the same as that of the soldiers, which is completely different from when we were experimenting in Bianliang."

No problem was found, Wei Shiyi still believed in the words of these two masters, the two of them have worked in the Supervision Bureau for many years, and their experience is much more than Wei Shiyi, but Wei Shiyi also went to see the fort, from the inside to the outside After reading it carefully, the most important thing to look at is the barrel of the gun.

The barrel is an important part of firing shells. The bombs are not fired far away, and this is probably where the problem is.

However, after Wei Shiyi finished checking, he found that there was no problem with the barrel. As for the barrel, it was still smooth and would not affect the firing of bombs.

The surroundings were quiet, no one bothered Wei Shiyi to check the fort.

Frowning, Wei Shiyi left this fort, and then went to the next fort. He checked all the forts, and found no problems.

"How is it?" After waiting for so long, General Yun couldn't bear it anymore.

Wei Shiyi shook his head slightly, and was about to reply, but he suddenly thought of something, and said to the soldiers on the side of the fort: "Show me the gunpowder you use."

The soldier didn't know what Wei Shiyi wanted him to do, but when he saw General Yun nodding to him, he turned around and went to the turret to get gunpowder. After a while, the soldier came back.

Wei Shiyi opened the gunpowder bag, twisted the gunpowder, his heart was relieved, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Standing up, the expression on the face of others is much easier.

"General Yun, I have found the reason." Wei Shiyi said.

General Yun was excited, "What's the problem?"

Wei Shiyi pointed to the gunpowder on the ground, and said rather speechlessly: "This... the gunpowder is a bit damp."

Everyone was speechless when they heard this, their expressions froze for a moment, their eyes widened, and they couldn't believe that the reason why the bomb was not launched far was because of a problem with the gunpowder, especially the two masters of the construction supervision bureau, who were immediately stunned.

They heard that the bombs were launched not far away, and their intuition was that there was something wrong with the fort, but they didn't expect it to be like this.Sure enough, Wei Shiyi's attainments in weapons are good, he is not rigid, and his thinking is flexible. He is worthy of being the person who proposed the concept of the fort, and he can also modify the formula of gunpowder.

Wei Shiyi was not in a hurry, and waited for them to recover before continuing to explain.The gun emplacement manufactured by the Construction Supervision Bureau uses the gunpowder in the gun chamber to burn a large amount of gas to push the bomb out. Once the gunpowder is wet, the combustion will be incomplete, and the gas produced will not be enough, and the bomb will be launched. Not far away.

Why did he think that there was a problem with the gunpowder? It was because if the problem was on the fort, then there shouldn't be a problem with all three of them. He still believed in the quality of the Bureau of Manufacturing Supervision.

And those two masters participated in the production of the fort, so they can only find out what problems are in the fort.Since they couldn't find the problem with the fort, it could only mean that there was nothing wrong with the fort, and the problem was something outside.

And the things outside can only be gunpowder specially used to generate gas.

Everyone: "..."

It was General Yun who spoke first and asked a soldier beside him to call the person who guarded the fire and powder. When the man came, he directly asked the man how he guarded the fire and powder, why the fire and powder were flooded, and why did he not report.

Hearing this, the man became nervous and said with a pale face, "General, we stored the gunpowder according to the previous method. We didn't know if it got damp. It should have been damp when it rained two days ago."

"This is dereliction of duty! Go down and get the punishment yourself!" General Yun said with a dark face.

"Yes!" The man went down with a pale face.

Wei Shiyi said: "General, weapons such as gunpowder and bombs need to be stored in a very dry place, and dry and soft things should be placed around them, so they can be stored longer."

General Yun nodded, and the people around him took note of this.

Here, the matter is settled.

Then Wei Shiyi will leave, his job is still a doctor, and he should go to treat the soldiers at this moment.As for General Yun and the others, they wanted to see where the gunpowder bombs were stored, and then look at other weapons.

But before Wei Shiyi left, General Yun stopped him.

"Brother Wei, it's already noon now, why don't you come and see gunpowder and bombs with us, how about going to treat the soldiers after lunch?" Said: "You have solved such a big problem for us, the army has not thanked you yet, and you have not had time to give you a welcome banquet when you came, let's go together this time, is it possible?"

Master Lin and the others naturally wouldn't refuse, so they said, "Then thank you, General Yun."

Wei Shiyi still wanted to go back to save people, but he looked at General Yun, and then smiled at Zhou Yun's seemingly indifferent but expectant face, and said, "Okay, then respect is worse than obedience."