The redressing of the Great Song Forbidden Army was in full swing, and the Ordnance Department adopted the most efficient assembly operation method, which was not the only way to flow operations in later generations, and the ancient Qin people had begun to use this method.

The Qin crossbow that defeated the Huns was made in this way, and the craftsman only needed to be responsible for part of the work, and once there was a mistake in any link, it could be traced, and it was even related to Xiangbang Lu Buwei!

Of course, now the supreme commander of the weapons supervision of the Great Song Dynasty is no longer the prime minister, and the name of the prime minister will naturally not be on the weapon crossbow arrow, but Zeng Gongliang, who is the middle of the army, is indispensable, at least five names must appear on a suit of armor, who provides the materials of the plate armor, who forges, who is responsible for assembling, who is responsible for inspection, and who is responsible for preservation.

Zhao Zhen randomly spot-checked a few pairs of plate armor, the markings on it were readily available, and nodded with satisfaction, only such equipment can be banned from military use, and the sophistication of the armor can ensure the safety of the soldiers to the greatest extent, and can also give full play to their combat effectiveness.

Other weapons are of this specification, without exception, but the cost of these weapons and equipment is much higher than before.

The scale of the Ordnance Department has been so large that it has to move out of the Fengqiu military camp, and it can only build a huge factory along Bianshui again, but this can also house more people, Wuwen Wudu firmly believes that the ordnance must be state-owned, and must not be outsourced to businessmen to do it, Zhao Zhen very much agrees with their views.

Nowadays, the armament of the Great Song Dynasty is the most advanced in the world, and there is even an exclusive firearms manufacturing department in the Ordnance Department in the Fengqiu military camp, which is responsible for the manufacture of gunpowder bullets and flintlock muskets, which is the most secret department of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the ministers of the two provinces in the court do not know the secrets.

The muzzle of the black hole showed its hideousness and horror, and in Peng Qi's frightened expression, Zhao Zhen put his hand in: "There is no air hole, this cannon body has been able to meet the actual combat standard, has it been tested?" ”

Zeng Gongliang shook his head embarrassedly and said: "I haven't tried it yet, the previous lesson was extremely painful, and the ministers have been preparing for a ......long time."

"Let's try it, right? I can't avoid medical treatment because of a failure, and I also want to see how powerful my Great Song Dynasty's divine weapons are. ”

Peng Qi whispered: "The official family should go back to the palace and wait for the report, right?" After all, whether the material of this cannon can withstand gunpowder is still two theories. ”

He remembered the bombing of the cannon before, and the nearest craftsman was almost torn to shreds......

Zhao Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "How can you know the power of the artillery without looking at the actual effect?" Words alone can make it clear? I must see it! Besides, I have full confidence in the craftsmen of the Ordnance Division. ”

Since the official family insisted, the rest of the people were not good at what to say, but Peng Qi's eyes were not good at looking at Zeng Gongliang, in case there was a good one, he would definitely cut this big measure as soon as possible!

The gunpowder was first loaded into the breech, and then the iron solid shell was loaded into the muzzle of the cannon, and after being pressed, Zeng Gongliang personally lit the fuse......

With the appearance of dazzling firelight and then the loud sound that shook the sky, like a dry thunderbolt on the brick wall, the huge cannon body was violently pushed under the action of recoil, but the fixation at the bottom made the cannon body quickly return to its position and produce a huge jump.

Peng Qi's first reaction was to escort, he was armed to the teeth by plate armor, he used his body to block in front of Zhao Zhen, what a good guard! However, he also blocked Zhao Zhen's observation, and Zhao Zhen knew that the artillery had not exploded this time after hearing two loud bangs.

Otherwise, even with Peng Qi's protection, he would be torn to pieces.

A third loud bang appeared, this time it was the sound of the brick wall collapsing, a brick wall designed according to the city wall of the state capital collapsed like this, and the onlookers and Peng Qi couldn't close their mouths in surprise, although they had also estimated the power of the artillery before, but all this in front of them still made them dumbfounded.

Zhao Zhen knew why, a single wall could not be compared with the city wall of the state capital at all, but such a power was enough to deal with the city wall of foreign clans, and in the future, there would be more and more such artillery in the Great Song Dynasty, and it would become more and more sophisticated.

The reason why Zhao Zhen vigorously developed artillery instead of muskets was to use artillery to fire flowering bombs against cavalry, rather than using him to capture cities.

The combination of artillery and crossbow arrows was enough to hold back the enemy's cavalry. The more powerful the artillery, the greater the casualties suffered by the enemy cavalry, as is amply demonstrated in the history of Napoleon's conquests.

In the face of artillery, the vitality of the cavalry is indeed too fragile. Well-trained gunners, when using explosive shells, can easily keep enemy cavalry out of the battle line. If the enemy has a large number of artillery and uses cavalry to charge, this is not a tactic, but suicide!

Coupled with the cover of a large number of divine arm crossbows, even the outflanking detours of the cavalry are ineffective against the military formation of the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention those warriors who are armed with Mo knives like mountains and walls.

No weapon is so powerful that it can not exert its skills alone, and it must cooperate with other arms in order to effectively exert its combat effectiveness.

Peng Qi was still immersed in the huge destructive power of the artillery, looking at the brick wall that had become rubble, and muttered to himself: "If the Western Expedition was a sharp weapon back then, Yanzhou Hongzhou would have been able to go down in one go!" I didn't expect the power of this iron lump to be terrifying......"

Of course, the horror, the war horse became restless after encountering this kind of loud noise that had never appeared before, and the crazy neighing and gouging hooves, a forbidden army did not react, and the war horse came out of the reins, and flew into the distance, directly knocking the blocking forbidden army into the air......

In desperation, the defending defenders shot the hapless horse with a ratchet crossbow, which shows how he threatened the cavalry, and what would become of an untrained horse when it was covered by artillery.

Peng Qi's eyes were more focused on looking at the artillery than at the little daughter-in-law, his eyes flashed with excitement and fascination, and he turned his head to look at Zhao Zhen and said, "Official, can Beiwei equip these big guys?" ”

The answer is no, Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "Do you think that the cavalry who comes and goes like the wind with this bulky guy can still go in and out of the battlefield without man's land?" ”

Peng Qi hummed in frustration, it is true that the power of this artillery is huge, and the weight is also amazing, at least four horses can be pulled to move, and the speed is not very fast.

Zeng Gongliang said on the side: "Your Majesty, the artillery is powerful but not good at moving, why don't you deploy it on the city wall to hit the invading enemy?" ”

Zhao Zhen rubbed the slightly heated cannon body and said: "This is a method, but is there a way to make this family move, such as installing wheels under the cannon body, and directly placing him in the carriage alive, so that the battle can be quickly carried out to cause great damage and shock to the enemy, this is my original intention." ”

Zhao Zhen's proposal made Zeng Gongliang suddenly realize, and Peng Qi waved his fist excitedly: "The official family is wise, if you can load this kind of big guy on the carriage and move forward, you can become a heavy weapon for the Great Song Dynasty to deal with cavalry." ”

Zeng Gongliang does have an outstanding talent in Gewu, Zhao Zhen just pointed a little, he can quickly draw a general appearance on the ground, and began to ponder, you must know that Zhao Zhen has seen the artillery of later generations, but Zeng Gongliang started everything from scratch, no reference, no experience of his predecessor, and could only rely on Zhao Zhen's proposal to grope forward.