After Zhu Cijiong visited Wang Gong's factory, he was in a very comfortable mood, and he did not participate too much in the research and development of precision machine tools and new rifles, except for the ideas put forward at the beginning, almost all the things behind were completed by Bi Maokang and others, which shows that the research and development system of Daming has been gradually improved.

He has seen a lot of things, trains, ships, all kinds of guns, all kinds of artillery, even cars, tanks, etc., he has seen them, the problem is that he may not have seen it, if he is allowed to do it alone, it is estimated that he will not be able to do the same in his life, it is different with a perfect research and development system, as long as he puts forward the idea, someone will naturally help him to turn the idea into reality!

Now that there are trains and ships, why not make a car or even a tank? With cars, the army is more mobile, and with tanks it is possible to rampage on the battlefield!

Just as he was thinking wildly, Bi Maokang suddenly asked an inexplicable question: "Your Majesty, Weichen is brave, I wonder if you are free tomorrow?" “

Of course, there is emptiness, Zhu Cijiong asked with interest: "Oh, is there anything else good to show me?" “

Bi Maokang nodded and said: "Yes, Weichen still wants to ask the emperor to see something good, but it's a little far, in Dongdaying." “

Dongdaying, not far away, taking the train is only a matter of time, Zhu Cijiong said curiously: "Oh, what is it?" “

Bi Maokang said excitedly: "It's a cannon, there are eight inches and ten inches, and there are twelve inch super cannons!" “

Nima, a twelve-inch cannon, that's almost forty centimeters, according to the caliber ratio of one to twelve, isn't the barrel nearly five meters long, it's really a super cannon.

It seems that when I visited the workshop on the first floor today, I saw them in the car with a barrel-thick barrel, Zhu Cijiong thought that they had not succeeded yet, could it be that the Dongdaying already had an assembled twelve-inch cannon!

Zhu Cijiong was pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that you have already made a twelve-inch cannon?" “

Bi Maokang nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, the first batch of ten twelve-inch barrels was made, and three were successful, Chuyang has already led people to assemble and test them in Dongdaying, and the effect is not bad, does the emperor want to take a look?" “

Super cannon, that's a battlefield weapon, of course you have to take a look, Zhu Cijiong agreed without hesitation.

Early the next morning, Bi Maokang came to the palace early, Zhu Cijiong was also ready, and the group quickly boarded his special train and rushed to Dongdaying.

The East Camp is also considered to be the guard range of the Praetorian Guard, Shi Kefa has been stationed in the East Camp with the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard all the year round, so there is naturally no need to worry too much about security, so Zhu Cijiong only brought a few hundred brocade guards.

However, this can be regarded as leaving the capital, the guard work does not dare to be sloppy, as soon as he got off the train, he saw that the Praetorian Guards were densely packed in front of him, and Sun Yuanhua, Huang Long and Shi Kefa all rushed over to meet him.

Zhu Cijiong shook his head helplessly, it seems that he doesn't want to do this private visit, he can only visit under the heavy protection of the Praetorian Guard.

The first stop is the Dongdaying Cannon Foundry, where the Super Cannon was assembled.

What Zhu Cijiong didn't expect was that there was only a twelve-inch cannon here, but as soon as he saw the towering barrel, he was deeply shocked.

Oh my God, the barrel alone is nearly five meters long, the base is even half a person high, and the shells placed next to it are the diameter of a basin.

It's so powerful, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but say, "The power of this cannon is terrifying, right?" “

Sun Yuanhua on the side said obsessively: "It's really terrifying, within six miles, the two-foot-thick city wall can be blasted out of a big hole!" “

It's not that the range of the twelve-inch cannon is only six miles, but because the military telescope at this time can only measure the shooting elements within six miles, and no matter how far it goes, it can't be measured.

Even a two-foot-thick wall can blast a big hole! Doesn't it mean that as long as there are enough twelve-inch guns, any city wall can be bombarded!

Zhu Cijiong couldn't wait to say, "Then, why don't you let me see it?" “

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the place here is too small to test the gun." “

Zhu Cijiong looked around, slapped his forehead, this place really can't be fired, the cannon foundry is built in Dongdaying, and the length and width of the entire factory area are not six miles, this cannon bombarded out, wouldn't it bombard into the city of Dongdaying, such a terrifying shell, I don't know how many houses will be smashed through, in that case, the casualties caused are unimaginable!

Seeing Zhu Cijiong's embarrassed appearance, Huang Long hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "Your Majesty, your Daming and Weichen's Beiyang have been installed with a gate, and they can be loaded and launched." “

Zhu Cijiong took the opportunity to say: "Okay, let's go to my Daming to have a look." “

Soon, the group came to the Daming again, and there was indeed a huge twelve-inch gun in the bow, and there were two slightly smaller ones next to it, estimated to be ten inches.

Looking at the towering barrel, Zhu Cijiong muttered a little, how can you load ammunition when it is so high?

Sun Yuanhua asked excitedly on the side: "Your Majesty, do you want to try it now?" “

Try, of course try, Zhu Cijiong nodded hurriedly and said, "Well, let's start." “

I saw Sun Yuanhua wave to the back, and a team of people inside pushed an iron frame and ran quickly to the bottom of the artillery, the platform of the rack was just about as high as the muzzle, and soon four more people quickly climbed onto the platform, lifted a barrel of gunpowder and poured it into the barrel.

When the gunpowder was poured, someone took out the round fader hanging next to the shelf and carefully stuffed it into the muzzle, and then the four of them pressed it together a few times, and someone below had already stuffed the lead into the ignition at the bottom.

Soon the four of them took out the round clippers, picked up a long iron rod, and twisted it around the shell next to it a few times, and it seemed that the shell had a threaded opening.

After the long iron rod was fixed, the individual worked together to push the cannonball to the muzzle, then adjusted the position of the iron rod, and then carefully pushed the cannonball into the muzzle.

After pushing to a certain position, the four of them checked the scale on the iron rod again, and then quickly twisted the iron rod out.

At this point, the loading process is over, and it takes about half a column of incense before and after.

After the four of them finished loading, they quickly ran down the iron frame, shouted and pushed the iron frame away.

The rest stayed with the cannon and began to calibrate the parameters.

Where is this going to shoot? Zhu Cijiong was about to ask, but Sun Yuanhua handed over a telescope in time, and pointed to the hill on the shore in the distance and said, "Your Majesty, look there." “

Zhu Cijiong raised his binoculars and saw that a section of the city wall had been built on the hill, and there were already several half-sized holes on it!

It seems that these people have really tried to shoot, this effect is simply terrifying, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "So far, can you hit with one shot?" “

Sun Yuanhua said proudly: "The emperor can rest assured, there are many rulers on the city wall, and they can hit them." “

Zhu Cijiong is not an expert in firing artillery, so he naturally doesn't know where the so-called ruler is, and soon, those gunners completed the calibration, and the commander next to him immediately raised the command flag and looked this way.

Sun Yuanhua looked at Zhu Cijiong, and saw that the emperor was holding a telescope with great interest, waiting to see the results, so he immediately ordered aloud: "Release." “

The commander waved the command flag, and immediately someone lit the lead, and soon, with a "boom", the entire Daming shook a little.

In the telescope, there was a sudden rise of a large piece of rubble in that section of the wall, and then there was another hole in the wall, and as for the cannonballs, it seemed that they had passed through the wall and flew behind the wall.

What a terrifying head, what a terrifying power!