Chen Hua had never seen such a large wooden boat, 10 zhang long, more than 3 zhang wide, and the blacktail boat with a thickness of 7 inches was no longer a simple "concept" in his heart, but turned into a real and verifiable object! Even if the latter hasn't been in the water yet.

"Big brother, look at it this way. The keel of this large plywood ship has been laid......"

Zheng Zhiguan, the consul general of the shipbuilding department, said.

The timber used to make the plywood ships is all the finest iron pear and teak from the shipyard's stockpile.

Chen Hua was confused, although he could compare Zheng Zhilong's memory, he really didn't feel about shipbuilding. However, he could also see that there was more of a merchant ship called the Old Lock Ship, also known as the 'duck butt'. The old lock boats, with their traditional Chinese hardsail outfits and streamlined hulls, are faster than traditional Chinese boats, require fewer manpower than Western-style boats, and are easier to build and maintain. Zheng Zhilong has a lot of such "Chinese and Western" people.

As a Haikou, the Zheng Group is very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of various types of hulls in the East and the West.

China's unique hard sails make it very easy to operate, so the number of sailors required is much smaller than that of Western ships equipped with soft sails, and it is more flexible in difficult sea conditions, and the use of compartment design is far better than that of Western ships. Because there are fewer ribs, it can be built very quickly and at a very low manufacturing cost. But correspondingly, it also paid the price of speed, gun position and defensive weakening, and it is safe to say that it is not suitable for use as a warship in the artillery era.

The representative of Western ships, large plywood ships, certainly have many defects, such as high cost, many sailors, poor sinking resistance, etc., and are almost one and the same as Chinese sailing ships. However, there is no doubt that the hull structure of Western-style ships is strong, and it is possible to equip a larger number of guns on board without worrying about the recoil of the guns that are fired intensively.

It's just that although Zheng Zhilong has the money in his hands, and has enough materials and shipwrights and sailors to build and operate large Western-style ships, he had to consider the feelings of the Dutch earlier.

In addition, in China's territory, the Zheng Group has become the absolute hegemon on the sea, and there is no second one that can challenge them, and without the stimulation of external forces, the 'vigilance' will naturally be slack.

Although it is not to put Manan Mountain and put the knives and guns into storage, the manufacturing speed of the large splint ship is undoubtedly slowed down.

Now, Chen Hua wants to restore the Ishii shipyard to a "normal state". Therefore, the construction of this large plywood ship in front of us, which was not on the plan, began.

It's a pity that due to the limitations of the times and the lack of talents, Chen Hua really can't come up with a super warship that can take into account the advantages of Eastern and Western shipbuilding technology. Now we can only focus on the construction of Galen ships, and in the future, we will continue to develop into Western-style sail warships.

After Haosheng instructed Zheng Zhiguan, Chen Hua strode to the shooting range next door.

In the 21st century, he hadn't seen a real gun a few times. Even if the latter is only a front-loading smoothbore! But they can all be fired, right?

"Papapa......" A series of gunshots rang out at the Anping City shooting range.

The range is adjacent to the sea, and on the left hand side is a shipyard that occupies a large area, which is one of the most technologically advanced shipyards in China. Even the Galen ships of Europe can be built.

Zheng Zhilong's housekeeping baby - Ishii Shipyard! Or rather, the Anping Shipyard is the same.

As Zheng Zhilong's old nest, under the latter's many years of operation, not only has there been a lot of shipping and trade here, but many good things have also been migrated by Zheng Zhilong one by one. For example, shipyards, gun factories and gunpowder factories.

This is the Zheng Group's war horses and swords, guns, bows and crossbows, so naturally you have to keep them at hand to rest assured.

The gunfire came from the turtledove's foot gun, which is completely different from the large-caliber heavy musket of the bird gun and the Lumi gun, the gun is 5.5 feet long (about 31-32cm per foot), the inner diameter is 0.6 inches (about 19mm), the medicine is 1.3 taels, the lead weighs 1.5 to 1.6 taels (about 56 grams), and the large turtledove bullet weighs 1.8 taels (68 grams) more, and the lethality is absolutely terrifying. Even if a cow is shot, it will be killed, not to mention the Eight Banners Tartar, no matter how thick the armor is, it will not be able to do it, and the power is far greater than that of ordinary birds!

But the rate of fire is also very impressive.

Even with the introduction of paper-shell bullets, two rounds a minute seemed to have reached the limit of these defenders of Anping City. And this is still on the shooting range, on the battlefield, or on a warship that is bumping up and down, it is impossible to maintain such speed.

And the defenders of Anping City are definitely the "elite" of the Zheng Group!

Of course, Zheng Zhilong's subordinates still have more capable fighters. For example, those black soldiers, they are the most professional musketeers, but they are much stronger than those now, and in the environment of the shooting range, three shots a minute is not a problem. But this is another bird?

Chen Hua is now commanding more than 100,000 waterway men and horses, instead of just 300 black soldiers.

So, if you don't look at it, you don't know, but when you look at it, it's expected.

Although Zheng Zhilong really learned a lot of good things from Hongmao, such as granule powder and custom-packed paper bullets, and even a flintlock pistol. even equipped a large number of turtledoves for the Anping defenders, but the combat effectiveness of the Zheng army is too touching.

These people are not strong soldiers in the army with strict military discipline, and they have been affected by the style of the entire Zheng Group's 'Wen Tian Wu Xi' in the past few years, even if they are under Zheng Zhilong's nose, they are the team that Zheng Zhilong uses to save face, it is also tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and it is just a good look.

In a word, mud can't be on the wall!

Now Chen Hua has to focus on exploring the potential of 'self' and truly implement the advantages of technology.

"The arquebus was changed to flintlock, and the rate of fire was really even better. I just don't know how much time you'll have to wait to transform all the turtledoves in Hyogo? Chen Hua said to an old man beside him.

The latter was one of the craftsmen he recruited, and at the moment when the iron mold casting cannon team was still studying, Chen Hua had already begun to rectify the musket. He wouldn't wait for the big Han from the north to arrive before he set out to do this!

Moreover, this thing can move faster than the soldier's workshop, and the big windmill can't be built to stand up in three or five days.

However, although it is difficult to build a new turtledove foot gun within three or five days, it can be renovated, or a batch, but it can be completed within three or five days.

The flintlock machine is not a high-tech object, and there is no ready-made flintlock pistol in Anping City.

Half of the muskets fired on the shooting range in front of you are modified flintlock pistols!

"Back to the marshal, there are no less than 2,000 turtledoves in the arsenal of Anping City, and if you want to change them all, it will take half a year to say the least."

It's not the ten guns and ten flintlocks in the range, and it's enough to gather a group of masters and get some good iron everywhere, because the springs are there. But if you upgrade more than 2,000 turtledove legs, the craftsmen used will be larger. Differences in craftsmanship are key. Then spring steel is also a problem. It must be made of 100 refined steel before it is applicable.

"And the damage inside, I'm afraid it's not a decimal."

Even the craftsmen of the current era cannot achieve a 100% yield rate even if they are superb. What's more, it's possible to be super ghostly?

A very 'modern' thought popped up in Chen Hua's mind, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "No matter how small it is, you need to be willing to give it up." ”

This is when the gunfire stops, and the difference in the rate of fire between the two sides is clear at a glance. The head craftsman is a person who served Zheng Zhilong more than ten years ago, and he has heard about the war without personally experiencing it. I also agree with Chen Hua's statement.

At this time, Chen Hua was a little dazed. He looked at the flintlock pistol in front of him, and something seemed to have born in his head, he clearly felt this flash of inspiration, and he could be sure that it had a certain connection with the flintlock pistol, but he couldn't remember the specific meaning.

"What the hell, what the hell?"

Chen Hua couldn't wait to scratch his ears and cheeks, in the eyes of outsiders, his brows were tightly locked, and his face was contemplative.

Ono Kenji blinked his eyes, looking at Chen Hua who was in deep thought, he just wanted to scratch his head, and he didn't know what happened to the lord these days, he was always in a sudden daze.

And Chen Hua wanted to hit his head at this time. This feeling of forgetting things is very uncomfortable, especially since he clearly feels that what he has forgotten is very important to him now. This tastes unpleasant!

"The Lord ......, the seaside fort ......"

Kenji Ono reminded. Today, Chen Hua not only wants to see the gun, but also the cannon. Look at the performance of the gunners after the ammunition is loaded!

Ono Kenji's reminder made the anxious Chen Hua suddenly open his mouth, yes, turret = artillery - artillery + flintlock gun = flintlock cannon!

Flintlock cannon, flintlock cannon, he finally remembered what his inspiration was.

The flintlock cannon is a front-loading smoothbore flintlock gun!

It's like the naval cannon in the movie "Angry Sea", which is fired with a cannon rope and flintlock machine. Instead of igniting and launching with the arquebus in "The Patriot".

It's really thanks to Kenji Ono's reminder, and it's also thanks to what Chen Hua wants to inspect today, in addition to muskets and artillery.

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Hua recalled some of the plots he had seen in the past through novels. It is said that this flintlock cannon was not suitable for the army, and the lobster soldiers never used it.

Because it has a high ignition accident rate!

On land, the actual combat capability will not necessarily be improved.

In order to save time in battle, the small space near each gun emplacement will be filled with gunpowder, and if you use an open flame, it is easy to ignite the gunpowder, and the safety is obviously not high. So the Navy is well suited to the use of flintlock artillery.

Moreover, at sea, because it is difficult for the gunner to grasp the timing after aiming, the use of arquebus fire points takes time from the ignition of the primer to the speed of launch, which is very fatal to a warship that is rickety at sea. Because it is possible that you are aiming at the opponent, but due to the delay in firing and the shaking of the ship, you will already miss the target by the time the shell is fired, and the flintlock machine will basically not.

Chen Hua was so happy in his heart. It seems that on the basis of the fixed artillery shells, he has found a good way to improve the combat effectiveness of the naval army......