738 The Emergence of Firearms
Okay, anyway, that's all for my own speculation, the identity of the specific owner here is still left to the seniors who come behind us to study, and the old-timers have a chance to vent their excitement about discovering here, haha, I have to hurry up and find the exit after visiting here!"
As for why Zhang Yang speculated that this refuge that originally belonged to the jurisdiction of the 'hereditary feudal lord town of Tibet, Xiwu Jingwang Bu Nara', appeared in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the 'Taige style' that appeared here as evidence, that is, this font was also recognized by Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty at that time.
It is speculated that he is too lazy to think about it anymore, it is too brain-consuming and time-consuming.
Focusing on the largest square in front of him, which almost runs through the entire mountain, Zhang Yang began to observe the stone rooms on both sides of the square, which were separated by wooden walls.
First, he walked around the left-hand side, and took a flashlight through the hollow on the door to take a look inside, and found that the house and kitchen that seemed to be living had a lot of rotten daily necessities and bedding, but when he went to the row of stone rooms on the right-hand side to look, he was shocked.
My buddy and I were stunned okay!!
There are ten stone chambers in total, and except for five of them, which are swords, guns, crossbows, and shields, the remaining five are all various 'thermal weapons', or firearms.
"Damn, that's a gun, right?"
"Where is this TND what kind of refuge was left in the Ming Dynasty, it can't be left in the modern period, right?"
"But why do the guns look so weird here, and what are those egg-like things?"
"Damn, could it be that this place was later discovered by the modern army? Xiao Ri...... The Japanese who are doing well?"
"You people should have a good understanding of history, firearms appeared long ago in the Ming Dynasty. ”
To be honest, Zhang Yang himself was also taken aback by the 'thermal weapon' found in the five stone chambers, this thing won't suddenly explode and launch, right?
It's just that although he was a little worried that he would suddenly be attacked by this 'firearm' that had been stored for hundreds of years, Zhang Yang still couldn't help but be curious and flew the drone far away to the doors of those stone rooms, and the whole person became excited.
"Haha, one-eyed guns, thief guns, magic cannons, magic guns, I am now more and more sure that this refuge was established during the Zhu Di period, because all these firearms here are owned by Zhu Di's god machine battalion, but why they appear here is unknown.
As for why there were thermal weapons in the Ming Dynasty just now, I am a little puzzled, don't you know that gunpowder is one of our four major inventions?
In the early years, Zhu Yuanzhang made a fortune in the Yangtze River Basin, and at the beginning of the incident, a person named Jiao Yu presented the developed firearms, so Zhu Yuanzhang's army became the only army in the righteous army that used firearms as standard equipment.
At that time, the water network in the south was developed, and the Mongolian cavalry could not play a good role, so Zhu Yuanzhang's firearms troops were able to play a huge role, and in the battle with Chen Youliang, firearms played a huge role.
In the defense of Hongdu, Zhu Yuanzhang's army went out to fight, Chen Youliang led 600,000 troops to besiege Hongdu City, Zhu army only 40,000 troops relied on firearms, held Chen Youliang's army for 85 days to attack, and Chen Youliang's army suffered heavy losses and retreated, and ended.
The Battle of Poyang Lake, known as the largest water battle in the medieval world, was a decisive battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang after Chen Youliang's siege was frustrated, Zhu Yuanzhang's army was equipped with artillery on the warship, which was the first case in history to bombard the enemy ship with 'naval guns', creating another classic battle in the history of domestic water warfare after the Battle of Chibi.
Moreover, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, firearms were used as standard weapons to equip the army, and Zhu Di also contributed indelible strength.
During the Yongle period, the Shenji Battalion was created, one of the three major Praetorian Guard camps in the Ming Dynasty. The Shenji Battalion is the earliest artillery unit in the world, and the artillery unit as an independent branch of the army began to carry out combat missions from this time.
Moreover, at that time, in order to maintain continuous firepower output, the Shenji Battalion adopted the tactics of rotational firing.
That is to say, this tactic is divided into three rows of people, the first row is divided into odd numbers and even numbers, first by the odd number of soldiers to shoot, then even numbers to shoot, each soldier shoots after the gun to the middle row, and then from the middle row of hands to the loaded gun, the middle row takes the gun and hands it to the back row to load, and then takes the loaded gun to the first row.
The advantage of this is that the firepower can be continuously output, and the firepower is very powerful, and the rotation tactics of this front boring gun can be said to be more than 200 years ahead of the world at that time. ”
Zhang Yang simply became more and more excited the more he talked, and seemed to have forgotten what he had just said that he was going to find an exit.
It's just that he is always vigilant and still didn't come to the front to play with those firearms, whether this thing is dangerous or not, let's not say, but it's a cultural relic, he doesn't dare to come to the front, he can only turn on the lights through the drone from a distance to shoot pictures and explain at the same time.
"We can now fully confirm that this refuge appeared in the Zhu Di period, that is, in the Yongle period, you look at the firearms in it. ”
The picture in the live broadcast room began to zoom in and out continuously, and a red arrow was also made in the picture to point to the firearms that Zhang Yang wanted to introduce in the picture.
"The one-eyed gun is the same type of firearm as the handgun, it is made of wrought iron, the short gun is two or three feet, the long one is four feet, and the tail is inserted into a long wooden handle, which can be placed in a gun frame made of iron rings to shoot. ”
"The thief's gun is made of iron, the gun pipe is three feet long, the handle is two feet long, the range can reach 300 steps, and after the shooting, the gun pipe can also be used as a hammer, which can be described as a dual-purpose. ”
According to the cultural relics preserved to this day, this type of cannon can fire projectiles, with a caliber of 5.5~8.5 cm and a length of 71.5~90 cm.
This kind of magic cannon was first used by the Ming army, which should be in 1406, that is, the battle of the southern expedition to Annam in the fourth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. ”
"Of course, do you see a hole next to it that looks like a firework?
This thing is called the Divine Spear, which is a very influential firearm in the Yongle period, and has also derived a series of products, including the Shenwei Flame Yaksha Gun, the Single Flying God Rocket, the Three Tiger Yue, and the Nine Arrows Drill Heart Poison Fire Thunder Cannon.
The barrel of the sharpshooter is made of iron, the tube is long and the belly is large, not only can shoot projectiles, but also can fire arrows, after filling the barrel with ammunition, and then pad a wooden block, and at the same time put an arrow or projectile in front of the wooden block, when igniting the gunpowder, the arrow or projectile will fly to the target, the range can reach 300 steps. ”
glanced at the frequent barrage in the live broadcast room, and looked at the enthusiastic emotions of the fans, Zhang Yang took a look at the name of the book he had just inquired about these materials, and simply recommended it.
"If you want to know about the situation of firearms in the Ming Dynasty at that time, you can buy a book called "The New Technology War of the Ming Empire", which is a war epic that has achieved the hegemony of the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years. ”