Chapter 1171 Songyang Arsenal

After the Shenwei General Cannon, barely met the requirements of Su You's naval artillery and fortress artillery, and now in this world, there is no city wall that can withstand a twenty-pound heavy artillery shell fired by General Shenwei.

But here comes the problem again, this thing still can't be loaded on ships, because the power is too great, the wooden hull can't resist recoil, and can only be equipped on the castle head of the Daimyo's mansion.

The greater the input in the ammunition.

The reserves of the Huangsong Bank gradually shifted to gold and silver, and after the copper production capacity of Dali in the South China Sea and Zhejiang exploded, it was able to smelt a sufficient amount of brass.

Most of the brass was used to cast foreign money and bronze objects, and the rest became military supplies for the production of copper-shelled bullets.

Thunderbolt guns and cartridge guns have finally gotten rid of the embarrassing situation of insufficient ammunition, and the proportion of paper shell ammunition production is decreasing day by day.

The even more tragic revolver rifle has not yet been on the battlefield on a large scale, because of the disadvantages of poor sealing, low firing range, low accuracy, etc., after Gao Zunyu's two actual combat exercises, they were directly eliminated.

Uncle Gao Guo is now in a high spirit, in his words, the same ammunition, two kinds of guns, the difference in battle results is three times, what is the use of such a weapon?!

Wang Zhongzheng thought otherwise, this baby is now a resolute supporter of the theory of firepower, and Uncle Gao Guo is a mallet who has never experienced the battle of the South China Sea, and has never seen the power of the thunder that shocks the sky.

He made a suggestion to the Military Aircraft Department, can we let the Royal Institute of Technology do a new project, we can use the principle of the runner to expand the caliber, produce large copper-shelled bullets, and replace the warhead with a blasting function, just like the kind of gun grenade that Mingrun once worked on, can we develop a kind of runner that can quickly fire small earth-shattering thunder?

If that's the case, do we have a powerful support firepower that can be carried by cavalry and act together?

In order not to bother the big bulls of the Institute of Science and Technology, I Wang Dujian also intimately drew an imaginary picture and sent it with the letter, Mingrun, you take a look at it first.

At that time, Su You had already laughed before he received the letter, Wang Zhongzheng, a castration, actually dared to guide the Institute of Science and Technology to develop weapons, why didn't he die beautifully?

But when he opened the drawings, Su You was stupid, this and this...... Grandma Wang's drawings are really similar to the domestic LG4 40mm runner grenade launcher......

But the light seems to be useless, the LG4 is a propellant gas to drive the bomb nest, which is a real semi-automatic weapon, if there is really that technology, Su You dares to let the Institute of Technology design AK47.

Grandma Wang thought too simply, the runner can pull the trigger with the index finger, and at the same time drive the spring to drive the nest, can it still be wrenched if it is replaced by such a big guy?

However, this problem is not unsolvable, add a preload spring, shoot a bullet and press it, the nest drive is completed by the preload spring, and the trigger is only responsible for firing.

The firing distance does not need to be too far, four hundred meters is enough, the accuracy does not need to be too high, and the killing radius of five meters is enough for the enemy's heavy cavalry to drink a pot.

Because the heavy cavalry does not form a dense formation, it cannot form a real threat, but once a dense formation is formed, it is to send food to this weapon.

The killing radius does not need to be too large, five meters, and a fat radius of ten meters are within the killing range, which is enough to make the enemy's heavy cavalry unable to form a formation.

Therefore, Grandma Wang really didn't say nonsense, although the drawings are purely funny, but the creativity of others is quite exciting.

In order to echo the future envisioned situation of the Western Xia War, Su You handed over the trial production order to the Songyang Arsenal after perfecting Wang Zhongzheng's design at the Institute of Technology.

Songyang Arsenal, located in a valley deep in Songshan Mountain, in order to improve transportation efficiency, the Great Song Dynasty did not hesitate to build a railway from Zhengzhou to the depths of the mountain!

The total length of the railway is 25 miles, which is half the length of the Bianchen railway, and these iron materials are exchanged for cold weapons, which is enough to arm 150,000 people!

Zhao Ji directly allocated the full amount from the sealing warehouse, which also shows his confidence in new weapons and his determination to upgrade armaments.

Ride in horse-drawn carriages along the railway to the valley, with garrisons along the way.

First there was the Volunteer Bow and Arrow Society, then the state army, and then the food box army, the forbidden army, and finally the new army with loaded guns.

Ning**'s one is responsible for the innermost line of defense, the line of defense is pulled by barbed wire, behind the barbed wire is a reinforced concrete bunker, behind the bunker is a cement brick wall, sealing a huge valley.

The carriage pulled the rail carriage directly into the factory area, and the sight suddenly became lively.

On the humble station, a new army stood in line to welcome the arrival of the horse-drawn rail car.

Su You came out of the carriage, and the captain immediately ran forward, and then stood upright: "Graduate of the third phase of the Royal Military Crash Course, the third class of the second team of Ning ** quasi-Wei Tian Yu, see Guogong!" ”

With a Kuizhou accent in his words, Su You looked him up and down, pointed at him and said, "From Konoha County!" ”

"Yes! My father is loyal and is an old subordinate of Grandpa Guo! ”

Su You was surprised and delighted: "You are Tian Shouzhong's son?" How old are you? ”

Tian Yu showed a simple smile: "I am the third in the family. ”

Su You smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "I've met acquaintances along the way, hahaha, you are completely different from your father's style!" ”

Tian Yu said: "My father said that the biggest regret in his life is that he didn't study much, he said that Grandpa Guo said that even if it is a martial artist, the martial artist who has read is not the same, so he asked me to graduate from the Royal Military Crash Course all the way before I was allowed to join the army." ”

Su You nodded: "Your father's brain is very bright, he never fights hard, and he is better at pinching soft persimmons than anyone else." ”

Seeing that Tian Yu was a little embarrassed, Su You smiled and said: "This is the foundation of a wise general, looking for the talent of fighters to attack the enemy's weakness." It's a pity that he doesn't read much of the war books and war strategies, and he is always said to be treacherous. ”

"Soldiers, treacherous ways, if you don't fight a war, what kind of war is there? Is your father okay? ”

"Okay, he is now the fifth general of Shaanxi Road, stationed in Wolf Crossing."

Su You was very happy: "After I finish inspecting the arsenal, I will have a good chat with you, let's go, go to each workshop first." ”

The appearance of the Thunderbolt has hardly changed, but because of the improvement in the quality of the steel, the difference in texture can be seen visually in its baked blue reflection.

The new army was still dissatisfied with Su You's design, such as the shield of the Thunderbolt cannon, and was greatly despised by Uncle Gao.

Not to mention, it is not convenient to exercise when blocking, and it also increases the weight for no reason.

Something with an accurate range of two kilometers, even a cavalry shock is useless. According to Uncle Gao, this was still killed by the enemy, what kind of shield do you use, wipe your neck and ask for it.

Su You felt that it made sense, the design of this thing at that time was influenced by the design of later generations, but it seems that people used it to resist the machine gun bullets fired from the opposite side, this Nima ...... It doesn't seem to be necessary.

As a result, the current Thunderbolt has become the format of naval guns and carriages, and the later designs of Su You have been ruthlessly eliminated again, and the Thunderbolt as a whole has returned to the style of bronze artillery before World War I.

Su You has traveled for more than 30 years, and the children are both together, and they have already learned to compromise with this world, as long as it is a reasonable suggestion, Su You will agree to give it a try.

None of this is important, the current Songyang Arsenal, what matters is the production capacity, the production capacity of copper-shelled shells and copper-shelled bullets.

The copper shell bullet process has been explored for 20 years, and the manufacturing process is also very complex with only one bullet case, which needs to go through many processes such as copper melting, multiple stamping and stretching, trimming, extrusion, closing, machining, surface treatment and so on.

The same is true for the warheads and shells of artillery shells.

After that, it is necessary to install a primer, a detonator, and explosives.

The warhead should be filled with explosives, fired, and stamped.

Finally, it is assembled into bullets and shells.

There are 300 workers in the charging workshop, working in two shifts, and now they can't work the night shift, and they can't use fire within 200 meters of the workshop.

In order to overcome countless process challenges, workers and technicians put their best ingenuity to work.

For example, the strength of the loading warhead to ensure that each bullet is the same, the use of the downward pressure type loading structure is definitely not possible, the workers creatively invented the lifting device, after the bullet is pushed to the upper weight, if the set pressure is exceeded, the weight will be pushed up.

This ensures that each bullet is loaded with nominal pressure, that is, the weight of the weight that can move the weight above.

A small warhead loading equipment has been transformed for several generations, and the workers have also equipped it with a connecting rod for the direction of force conversion and a lever to save strength, which not only saves strength, but also satisfies the habit of pressing down on the human arm.

Such initiatives are not in one place or two, and the final design has formed many process documents, process flows, and process standards on the bullet and shell assembly line.