After Tang Ruowang came to Pinglibao, everything was very comfortable, except for the Hu steward who was a little wordy, everything else was very good, of course, the best thing was that there was the best wine in the world, and this good wine was free for him, and it was unlimited.

He came from the far west and wandered on the sea for more than a year, and the old sailors knew that if they stayed at sea for a long time, they had to drink, because when the water was long, it would stink, but the longer the wine was, the better it tasted, so he also had the habit of drinking.

When he came to the Central Plains, he has been very unlucky, the purpose of their coming here is to spread Christianity, the priests who came with him preached for a year or two and then lost patience, they wanted to force the people here to convert to Christianity, in his opinion this is very wrong, this is extremely developed, Buddhism is very popular, the quality of the people is also very high, their culture is also very profound, such a place with its own complete civilization, can only slowly edify them, influence them. Because of the difference in philosophy, he was ostracized by his companions, so he wandered around alone until he was picked up by Qin Yiming.

What surprised him was that Qin Yiming actually brought him back in order to let him make cannons, this cannon technology, to say that it was also transmitted to the West from here, when a huge bronze bell in China was transmitted to the West through ships at sea, causing a sensation in the West, and then there were cannons, but now they can't make them themselves, which seems ironic.

John Tang first made a model of the cannon with wax, then wrapped it in mud, then found enough copper, turned the copper into copper water, and then carefully poured it, the model of the copper cannon came out, and then polished it to basically become a simple copper cannon.

Of course, it's easy to say, but there are still a lot of complicated places in the middle, the most important thing is the hardness of this copper cannon, if the hardness is not enough, it will explode, and the gunners will be very dangerous, and the soldiers of Pingli Fort have basically never seen the cannon, no one will operate these copper cannons, he must also teach them how to operate step by step, these operation steps, one step can not be wrong, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable.

"The copper cannons we have here are all Furlong machine copper cannons, which are composed of sub-cannons and mother cannons, which are simple and fast to operate compared to the red-coated cannons, and the rate of fire is much faster, but the power is also much smaller."

The gunners were listening carefully, they were the selected bronze gunners, the new troops.

"The red-coated cannon can hit dozens of miles with one shot, and the power is huge, but this Furlong machine, the lead bullet is small, and the fist is so big, and one cannon can only hit two or three miles."

"What's the use of shells at such a distance, and so small?" The gunners wondered.

"There are two uses of cannons, one is to open the city gates, or to break down the city walls, which is the use of heavy artillery such as red-coat cannons, and the other is to tear the formation of the enemy's phalanx in front of the formation and hit the enemy's morale, which is also the use of the Furlong cannon." John Tang explained.

The gunners nodded.

"Now I'm going to change the usage of this sub-mother cannon, everyone remember the steps, and don't make mistakes." While Tang Ruowang picked up the torch, he commanded the soldiers to operate according to his requirements, and when the sub-cannon was put into the mother cannon, Tang Ruowang believed in the ignition, and everyone also dodged aside.

Bang, with a loud bang, accompanied by a black ** smoke, the lead bullet shot out.

Steward Hu received the news that Qin Yiming was going to inspect their arsenal today, mainly to come and see the copper cannon, when John Tang's copper cannon was successfully manufactured, Steward Hu reported it to Qin Yiming, but Qin Yiming was also entangled in everything, and he only came now.

"Master Tang, today Qin Yanshi and Yang Qianhu are coming to inspect your cannon, why are you still drinking?" Steward Hu looks like he hates iron but not steel, this blue-eyed foreigner is too lazy, but Qin Yanshi still values him so much, a dead foreign devil, he knows how to drink, and he often talks about what there is only one god in the world, and the other gods are pseudo-gods and so on, he is very disgusted, can the Buddha be fake? Are you kidding!

Tang Ruowang said confidently: "Although I came to check, there is no problem with the cannon I made. After he finished the demonstration, he drank next to him and let the soldiers train on their own and shoot live ammunition.

Inside the school grounds.

Qin Yiming came to Pingli Fort early today, just to see the cannon he had been waiting for.

At this time, Tang Ruowang was next to the cannon, how to load and shoot the people next to the commander, seeing that there were six or seven people around him, it seemed that this cannon was not easy to operate, it was to clean the barrel, and it was to fill the sub-cannon, and there were people with torches, some people carried buckets, and some people carried medicine buckets.

Tang Ruowang ran over and said to Qin Yiming: "General, our cannon is ready and ready to fire at any time." ”

"Herald, ignition!" Qin Yiming ordered, he was very much looking forward to the scene where the cannon was fired.

"Okay general!" Tang Ruowang ran over, first saw someone clean the cannon barrel, and then put in the sub-cannon, and then saw a gunner with a torch, igniting the twist on the cannon, the twist burned rapidly, and suddenly banged, a wooden wall a hundred steps away was broken through, at this time everyone was happy, except for Qin Yiming.

This is too daddy, isn't it, this is a cannon?! Punch a hole the size of a fist into a plank? That's all?!

"Awesome! Our cannons are too powerful! Ai Wannian, Da Niu and others all shouted excitedly. The surrounding sergeants applauded like thunder, and there were many discussions, all of them full of proud expressions.

Steward Hu happily ran over at this time and said: "My lord, all of us in the arsenal have worked hard day and night, and finally we have not disappointed my lord, this Furlong cannon has finally been manufactured by us!" ”

Qin Yiming knew that although he was not very satisfied with the fact that this Hu steward came to ask for a reward, he couldn't show it, so as not to dampen everyone's enthusiasm, after all, in this era, cannons are such a thing.

At this time, the artillery on the battlefield, the siege is more useful, the cannon is generally placed in the front row of the army, the kind that runs away after a shot, only when the technology is mature, the cannon is placed in the back row of the team, when the fire is suppressed.

However, the military genius Napoleon often used this kind of cannon in field battles, compared to the musket, the firing distance of the cannon is much farther, Napoleon's longest tactic is to concentrate all the artillery, bombard a point, disrupt the enemy's formation, hit the enemy's morale, and then charge, expand the results, Qin Yiming thought about whether he could learn to learn.

"Well, you have done a good job, each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, this cannon must continue to be improved, and it must be made more, this fist-sized iron egg, it is useless if it is less! At least a salvo of dozens of artillery pieces will be lethal! Qin Yiming said.

When Steward Hu heard that he had won the reward, he immediately became happy, and kept saying, "Lord Xie, we will definitely work hard to make a lot of them, and we will ensure that we will not disappoint the adults." ”

"John Tang, can you replace this cannonball with a hollow one?" Qin Yiming asked, thinking that if this cannon could be shot out with another Heavenly Maiden or something, would the effect be better?

"Let me study it!" John Tang shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, study it well, the wine pipe in the guard is enough, you take your time, don't rush! In the future, the red-coated cannon used for siege will also be imitated. ”

"Yes, my lord, it's a little harder to imitate the red-coated cannon, but I'll try!"

"Good, looking forward to your performance!"

Qin Yiming was about to leave, when Tang Ruowang suddenly shouted, "General, can I give an opinion?" ”

Qin Yiming looked at John Tang and didn't drink too much, so he asked, "Mr. Tang, please speak." ”

"Regarding the phalanx of our soldiers' training, I think there is something that can be improved!" John Tang said seriously.

As soon as he said about the infantry phalanx, Qin Yiming immediately became interested, his eyes were blazing, and he asked, "Oh? What's the problem? ”

"I think it's too sparse, it should be a little more dense." Tang Ruowang's words surprised Qin Yiming, he had already made the soldier door stand dense enough, so it was still sparse? How else can you do it intensively?

Qin Yiming took Tang Ruowang to the house, the two talked about the infantry phalanx, the more they talked, the more they talked, they talked for a day and a night, Tang Ruowang almost introduced all the arms in Europe to Qin Yiming at this time, as well as some effective phalanxes in the past, Qin Yiming still heard some of them, but he only saw the clip on TV, and his understanding was not profound.

What John Tang advocated was the Spanish phalanx, this phalanx was indeed very powerful, the array was almost invincible, but there were also shortcomings, afraid of long-range strikes such as bows and arrows, but John Tang put the musket in the first two rows of the phalanx, and added a bayonet to the head of the musket, that is, the Mitsubishi firecracker, so that the musket could be used as a long-range strike, but also as a spearman.

However, everything still needs to be tested in practice, Qin Yiming came to a simulation drill in the way of Tang Ruowang, and the result was obvious, the Spanish phalanx won completely.

Qin Yiming immediately made a decision and ordered John Tang to prepare to form a Spanish phalanx, although this phalanx also has flaws, the biggest flaw is the problem of movement speed, this kind of phalanx belongs to the type of passive attack, especially for the cavalry that moves extremely fast, it is quite a loss, but he also has his advantages, dense formation, the phalanx will not collapse easily, the Spanish phalanx is known for its discipline.

"If I want to train 10,000 Spanish phalanxes out, how long will it take?"

"At least a year, or even longer, the greatest power of the Spanish phalanx lies in the discipline of the entire team, so that all soldiers are not afraid of death to stick to their posts, so that the maximum strength of the phalanx can be exerted, so it is impossible to train in a short time."

"Okay, one year at a time! There are not many soldiers in the fine, I'll wait! Qin Yiming is very determined, so Tang Ruowang is very relieved and very convinced.

Qin Yiming stayed in Pingli Fort for three days in a row, learning a lot of knowledge about the Western phalanx, but he didn't know that something big had happened at home in Anlu County, and Xu Zhen'er was also very anxious, and sent someone to urge Qin Yiming to return to Anlu.