Zhou Li of Hongxiang Commercial Bank said that this nine-pound new field gun is a new product newly developed by the Nanzhou Machinery Bureau, and it has just been put into production this year, and the output is not high.

But Hongxiang Commercial Bank was able to get it and sell it to Lin Ziran, of course, the price was extremely expensive, and it cost more than 1,000 Hengyuan for each one, you must know that the ordinary nine-pound bronze smoothbore cannon, this cannon barrel is only a few hundred yuan, and it will not exceed six hundred yuan at the main gate.

However, Lin Ziran's purchase of this new nine-pound field gun is still a bronze smoothbore gun, but the price is more than 1,000.

But expensive comes with expensive benefits.

This nine-kilogram new field gun is the same as the five-kilogram new field gun he purchased before, because of the improvement of processing accuracy, the bearing capacity of the barrel is also stronger, so the firing range is longer and the accuracy is higher.

Zhou Li said that this new type of field artillery can effectively hit a target the size of a house at a distance of 1,500 meters, although the kinetic energy of solid shells is already very weak and the lethality is insufficient at this range.

However, if the lethality of the solid bullet is insufficient, it will be replaced by a grenade, even if the grenade's ability to withstand bore pressure is poor, but it can also use a reduced charge, not too much, as long as it can obtain an effective range of 1,23 meters, it is already very sufficient.

This is also the reason why the price of nine-pound howitzer shells and shotguns purchased with artillery is so expensive, because these shells are specially developed by the Nanzhou Machinery Bureau for these emerging field guns, and the shells themselves can withstand greater bore pressure and use more reliable metal disc fuses.

Speaking of this batch of ordnance, Lin Ziran and Zhou Li also talked a lot, and they looked like the guests of honor were talking happily, but if Zhou Li knew that Lin Ziran had already asked Qingshan Commercial Bank to start purchasing special machinery and equipment for the equipment upgrading and expansion of Qingshan Machinery Factory, and preparing to produce ammunition on his own, I don't know how he would feel.

Lin Ziran has been supporting Boss Wang's iron workshop to expand production for most of the past six months, but Boss Wang's iron workshop is too poor, and later Lin Ziran simply bought Boss Wang's entire iron workshop, and then put it under Tsingshan Petroleum Company, and renamed it Tsingshan Machinery Factory, and moved to the oilfield area at the same time.

And Boss Wang, although he has no shares, he still continues to be the director of this machinery factory.

Today's machinery factory has the strength to modify Fuyuan muskets into rifled muskets in batches, and also has the ability to mass-produce Mini lead bullets, and also has the ability to produce gunpowder on a small scale, but the production scale of gunpowder is still too small, and it also does not have the ability to produce fire caps.

In other aspects, it has the ability to produce solid shells, but the grenade is still a little worse, and the ability of the grenade to withstand the chamber pressure is too poor to be used at all.

Lin Ziran has great hopes for this machine factory, hoping that one day it will be able to mass-produce Mini rifles, fire caps, and have the ability to produce grenades and even artillery at the same time.

But it's hard to do that.

It takes a lot of money and a lot of highly skilled people to do it.

If it is only calculated in terms of money, there is no hundreds of thousands of dollars thrown into it, and it is impossible to expect to be able to build an arsenal with the ability to produce Mini rifles, advanced smoothbore guns, advanced grenades, etc., and this capacity is not much.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Lin Ziran didn't expect much, he only hoped that Qingshan Machinery Factory would be able to produce gunpowder and grenades.

It is easy to purchase guns and it will not cost much, but the procurement of ammunition, especially shells, is more troublesome and too expensive.

After staying at the dock for a while, Zhou Li said goodbye and left, and people were also busy with a lot of things.

As for Lin Ziran, he went back to the outside of Sanyang Town to watch the battle between the Sixth Brigade and the Provisional Brigade.

It was now evening, and the fierce fighting between them, which had lasted for more than two hours, had stopped.

"How's they doing?" Lin Ziran asked while picking up the binoculars.

Wu Guanlin said: "The Sixth Brigade launched two attacks, but they were both stopped by the temporary brigade, their artillery support is not enough, and it is difficult to rush forward with infantry alone!" ”

Lin Ziran said: "Aren't they quite a lot of artillery, I remember that they should have an artillery battalion with eighteen artillery guns, which is not enough?" ”

Wu Guanlin said: "It is estimated that their ammunition is insufficient, and they didn't send people to purchase shells!" ”

Xu Zhongshu also said: "Not only the Sixth Brigade, but also the artillery strength of the temporary brigade is also very small, and it is estimated that there are not many shells left, but they are defensive operations, and the consumption of shells is relatively small, and it is estimated that there are still uoh yes!" ”

Lin Ziran said: "The artillery of this sixth brigade is in a weak position, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight!" ”

Wu Guanlin said: "No, when the Sixth Brigade launched its second attack today, it was successfully repelled by the temporary brigade due to the lack of artillery support, and at least 200 people were killed or wounded!" ”

Lin Ziran was already scanning the entire battlefield with a telescope at this time, and about a thousand meters in front was the place where the battle between the Sixth Brigade and the Provisional Brigade was most intense.

This battle was fought a little tragically!

But the tragedy of others had nothing to do with him, so he just took a slight look and turned around and left.

That night, Sanyang Town did not calm down, about eight o'clock in the evening when suddenly gunfire was loud, but unfortunately more than a thousand meters away, Lin Ziran could only see a ball of firelight, heard bursts of artillery and gunfire, but the specific situation on the opposite side is unknown.

However, it didn't take long for him to hear an urgent report from his subordinates, saying that a large number of people had passed about a kilometer to the northeast.

Hearing this news, Lin Ziran didn't have to guess to know that this must be the Sixth Brigade running away.

He immediately ordered: "Command the troops, strictly hold the position, and do not attack without authorization!" ”

The Sixth Brigade is going to run, and the follow-up temporary brigade is estimated to be pursuing, but all this has nothing to do with him Lin Ziran, all he has to do is to sit and watch them get out, and then accept Sanyang Town.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the subordinates to send accurate information: "It was the Sixth Brigade that passed in front of our position, and they also sent people over to explain the situation, hoping that we would not stop it!" ”

"Let them go as long as they don't break into our defenses!"

The Sixth Brigade was going to run away, and it was his business, and he didn't even have the idea of informing Jian Liangzhi.

However, Jian Liangzhi was obviously also a smart person, and he soon discovered that the attack of the Sixth Brigade in the first half of the night was just a false shot, and in fact it had already run away overnight.

In the early morning of the same day, Jian Liangzhi had already sent troops to pursue lightly.

At this time, Wu Guanlin made an urgent report, saying that Jian Liangzhi's temporary brigade had also passed quickly from his own position, and he also sent people to explain the situation, saying that they had only passed before the battle, and hoped that the supplementary brigade would give some convenience.

"Ignore them and let them go!"

It was not a quiet night for the Sixth Brigade, the Provisional Brigade and the Supplementary Brigade.

The Sixth Brigade has to run, and the Provisional Brigade has to chase.

And the supplementary brigade is ready to accept Sanyo Town!