When Di Qing and the others came back and informed Han Qi of the test results of the fortress, Han Qi didn't care in the slightest, but turned his gaze in another direction, following Han Qi's gaze, Di Qing was a little surprised, and asked, "Is this a new weapon?" ”

It should be a new weapon, yes, Han Qi remembered that the picture drawn by Jia Wu was roughly so big, although it was covered and couldn't be seen clearly, but it was such a big lump, it should be.

Jiawu's understanding of artillery was not complete, and everyone who was suppressed by artillery only felt that the sky was falling apart when the artillery was attacking, but he did not observe it at close range, and he did not even understand what kind of use the artillery was used to work.

Zhao Xin next to him, seeing that Han Qi was interested, took the initiative to invite Han Qi, stepped forward to take a look, this proposal was in Han Qi's arms, he also thought that Zhao Xin took the initiative to cover it up in order to avoid leakage, such a big killer, what if it was learned by the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty was stronger than the Dinghai Navy.

The purpose of Zhao Xin's shielding is to make the impact stronger at one time, so that there is nothing to hide, in the era of thermal weapons, the form is no longer very important, the form of many weapons is universal, as long as you have the ability, you can also imitate.

However, in most cases, imitation is not very reliable, after all, in the era of thermal weapons, processing capacity and materials are the key, especially in the later period, the era of high-precision, even if you tell the key, for example, the root of the mushroom bomb comes from Einstein's formula, this formula is known to too many people in the whole world, but the mushroom bomb can be made, there are only a few countries, the reason is very simple, the key steps, as well as the ability to purify, do not reach the weapon level, even if there is no principle, there is no way to implement.

The same is true for artillery, this artillery is not a further artillery that has gradually developed from ordinary artillery in history, the original artillery is just a metal cylinder, plus gunpowder and cannonballs, this technical difficulty is so low that even if it is the Northern Song Dynasty, it can be made.

However, the artillery of the Dinghai Navy, starting from copper, to the current steel, because of the improvement of the quality of steel, has already had some prototypes of later artillery, thinner breeches, and similar to the muzzle of silencing, which is simply the arrangement that only existed after the 50s of the 20th century.

Before the 50s of the 20th century, the pursuit of power, not concealment, was the pursuit of concealment, and before there were no weapons such as missiles, the pursuit of concealment was useless.

However, for Dingjun, whose technology has overflowed, especially steel and processing technology, this is just a casual completion.

You know, with such a good man as Niu Dali, no matter what other technology looks like, the quality and processing capacity of pure steel have reached the level after the 90s of the 20th century.

Under the leadership of Zhao Xin, Han Qi took several professional craftsmen in weapons, as well as a few generals, and stepped forward to observe, and when they approached, Zhao Xin had already ordered the artillery to open the shield.

In front of Han Qi, a very strange weapon appeared, a huge, swarthy tube, this was his first impression, in the most open place, it seemed that there was also a hollow (silencer extinguisher), a slightly thick, body composed of several tubes, and a huge metal wheel.

Since the popularization of trains, wheels have gradually entered various fields in the Northern Song Dynasty, and wheels are more efficient than other things, which has also become a well-known fact, but such a huge wheel, or made of fine iron, is still unexpected.

In fact, this is not fine iron, but a layer of high-strength fine iron is wrapped on the outside to ensure that the gun is not worn out during continuous marching.

Of course, the all-steel wheel is better, but it is too heavy, and the best is actually rubber, but unfortunately in the whole of Asia, it has not been found for the time being, and the synthesis is far away.

In Zhao Xin's opinion, the mighty and domineering, very powerful artillery, but in Han Qi's eyes, it is very strange, Han Qi even thought that the artillery was a larger musket, although it is true, but Jia Wu has no way to see it up close, of course, it is impossible to draw it very accurately, just a general, distant image.

"This is a new weapon?" Han Qi asked.

"That's right, this is our new weapon to break the Liao State, if at that time, when facing the Liao State, there was no such weapon, we would not be able to break the defense of the Liao State, let alone such a fast speed!" Zhao Xin nodded and said,

"Then I'm going to take a good look!" Han Qi said with some interest.

That's what he said, but since this weapon was taken out, Han Qi didn't relax in the slightest, his eyes were staring at this weapon, such a weapon should be a killer weapon.

Although Han Qi wanted to watch it from a close distance, Zhao Xin didn't dare to do it, the firing of the artillery was still a little dangerous, in case, if one was not careful, a certain shell exploded, and the power of the explosion was not something he could resist.

Zhao Xin's physical fitness, in terms of basic core strength, has surpassed Sun Ji, and in a few years, with continuous growth, he will definitely surpass Sun Ji, but he is also flesh and blood, and he can't fight against hot weapons.

Han Qi was a little reluctant, but Zhao Xin was not afraid of leaking, but told him that there was relatively some danger in it, and once there was any misoperation, it would explode like explosives like a blown up city wall.

This scared Han Qi that the gentleman did not stand under the dangerous wall, as the first assistant, he had just become the first assistant, and he was full of ambition to work for a few more years, but he didn't want to die here.

It's no problem to be far away, besides, isn't there a telescope, with a telescope, even if it's a distance, you can see it clearly.

Zhao Xin prepared to observe the location, and there was not much distance, in fact, the observation position of the artillery did not need to be far, just to prevent the explosion, there was a relatively complete fortification, in a little way to get out of the way, it was OK, one or two hundred meters away, even if you did not wear binoculars, you can clearly see the operation of the artillery.

Such a move made Han Qi's previous worries relax a lot, and he thought that Zhao Xin was trying to cover it up, obviously, he thought about it too much.

To tell the truth, after Han Qi knew that the Dinghai Navy was the culprit of the attack on the Liao State, he was very vigilant, from the Dinghai Navy, the powerful maritime strength, and almost the entire coastline of the Northern Song Dynasty were within the scope of the threat.

Really when the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ding Navy had a conflict, the Ding Navy could land from the coastline casually, and when the time came, how to defend it, it was really impossible to prevent it, what he could think of was to spend a huge amount of money to build a series of fortresses on the coastline, according to the words 20 miles apart, it might take 500 to 600 of them, with the current cost of the fortresses, this is not high, the direct investment is less than one million, even if it is the follow-up maintenance cost, it will not be very high, this is already what Han Qi can think of, The only and best way to do it!

However, if the Dinghai Navy has the ability to attack, far higher than the protection of the fortress, or even can easily destroy the fortress, what kind of concept will it be, the entire defense line of the Northern Song Dynasty is full of loopholes, all of them are sieves.

As a result, Han Qi shuddered, the Liao State supported for 20 days, although the Northern Song Dynasty is now much stronger than the Liao State, but how long can it resist.

Han Qi didn't know that at this moment, he had no way to think about it, he could only passively look at how much the navy had hidden and what it would show.

Attacking the fortress is the last item of the whole exercise, and it is also the finale, a total of 20 artillery, all of which are the largest caliber artillery, more than 100 mm caliber artillery, in the primitive artillery era, it can never be called very strong, but after the completion of the metal fixed load, the artillery is first golden, these are the latest artillery, and they did not even catch up with the siege battle, which was brought by Zhao Xin when he arrived in Liao, because the caliber is too large, and the total weight is relatively high, they are not as fast as Zhao Xin. Even if you hurry, it is impossible to arrive in Zhongjing in a short time, and in the end it was sent directly here.

After the popularization of thermal weapons in the Dinghai Navy, it will not be a problem to take Liao, and as for the demonstration to the Northern Song Dynasty after taking Liao, it is also the established purpose, and it is logical that this artillery will be transported over.

From the beginning of passing the cement, fortress and so on to the Northern Song Dynasty, you will know that in the face of all this, it can be said that the fortress is the foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty, and only when this is defeated, the Northern Song Dynasty will look at the strength of the navy positively.

Because he still has the relationship with Renzong in his heart, Zhao Xin didn't want it, he tore his face directly with the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was not even willing to kill the Northern Song Dynasty, but the Northern Song Dynasty had to follow his intentions, and even said

According to his naturalization to develop, this is the most suitable path for the development of the Northern Song Dynasty, this is the best way to break the fortress, use this to deter the Northern Song Dynasty, so that the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ding Navy maintain a state of peace, it has always been Zhao Xin's efforts.

The state of peace, perhaps in the eyes of the Northern Song Dynasty, is no problem, Zhao Xin, who came from later generations, has n many ways, using peaceful methods, using bloodless knives, weakening the Northern Song Dynasty little by little, and when the Northern Song Dynasty really realizes it, it is too late.

The time for artillery preparation was not very long, and adjustments were made before, and when Zhao Xin gave the order to start preparing for the exercise, the gun positions in front of the gunners, a large number of gunners, began to make final preparations.

The new artillery, because it is equipped with metal shells, does not have to clean the chamber, but a series of new actions, or must be completed with quality and quantity, after everything is done, with the flag of the starter, 20 guns began to roar.

The caliber of this heavy artillery is more than 120 mm, and the weight is about 10 pounds, but such shells, which are aimed at infantry, are mainly lethal shells, and the real siege is not only streamlined, but similar to armor-piercing shells, and in the place of the shell, it has also been processed, for example, with a harder substance, which has been tested, and under the same force, it can obtain stronger destructive power.

This is a scientific research method, and it is a result of countless experiments, which have been compared again and again, reducing the occurrence of some accidents.

The terrible cannonball, driven by the power of powerful gunpowder, was directly loaded with the fortress, even if it was more than two miles apart, but Han Qi could still feel that the huge impact force, like a big hammer, smashed the rock, and even Han Qi was in the telescope, faintly feeling a shock on his body.

What made him a little strange was that on the fortress more than 2 miles away, the sound of those shells attacking was far louder than the sound of the cannons on this side.

Han Qi knew that at this time, it was not the time to ask this question, and what was even more strange to him was what kind of method this weapon would use to attack the fortress.

Picked up the telescope, in the telescope, quickly found the location of the artillery attack, the original strong, smooth, it seems that it is difficult to leave a trace on the outside of the fortress, there is a terrible hole, although it has not been pierced, but the shell obviously entered the interior because of the impact force, but the surrounding cracks are amazing.

When the cannonball hits it, the vibrational force also disperses the surrounding frame, which is the main power of the cannonball

Like Han Qi, he was also surprised, but after personally inspecting everything in the fortress, Di Qing's surprise in his heart was a little greater, because, he had just checked it with those craftsmen and found that this fortress was far stronger than ordinary fortresses, and a simple outer wall was at least 2 meters thick.

The reinforced concrete structure, he has seen it himself, is not worse than ordinary rocks, or even higher, 2 meters square rock, even if it is a strong man, holding a sledgehammer to smash, it takes a considerable amount of time, sometimes, the physical strength of the strong man is exhausted, but the rock has not been completely destroyed.

This is in fact, it is also the principle of artillery siege, even if the fortress is strong, it is just a dead thing, even if it is as hard as bluestone, it can be destroyed under the hammer, little by little, and at present, artillery has replaced this role, and the replacement is relatively thorough.

The overall power of the cannonball fired by the artillery is far more powerful than that of a Hercules, and, as long as the artillery is okay, the duration is also higher than that of the Hercules, a cannonball can be driven into the wall, it cannot be said that a cannon destroys, but destroys the structure, as long as this continues, the destruction is a high probability event.

Zhao Xin looked calm, and Han Qi was the same, he couldn't see any expression on the surface, but in fact, after this result came out, Han Qi had already determined the power of the fortress, but he wanted to see how long it would take to destroy this fortress, which was related to the next arrangement of the Northern Song Dynasty.

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