In a war, in addition to having enough soldiers and food, the most important thing is that the equipment is well-equipped.

Two months ago, when Gao Yihuan was going to go to Shandong, he inspected an arms workshop, but the situation did not satisfy Gao Yihuan.

On 28 July, Gao Yihuan received a report from Wang Laohan that the newly cast cannon in the firearms workshop had been demolded, and asked him to come over to inspect the artillery.

During the last inspection, Chen Huiting told Gao Yihuan that artillery could be built in June, but in fact, the first batch of artillery made by the firearms workshop was not ideal, and one of the three guns was blown up, and the probability of exploding the chamber was very high.

These craftsmen turned out to cast cannons for Sun Chuanting, and there should not have been such an accident, but after all, not all the craftsmen in Guanzhong came, and some came from different workshops, and Gao Yihuan did not dig up all of Sun Chuanting's craftsmen.

This time it was the second batch of artillery, Gao Yihuan estimated that Chen Huiting was sure that he dared to ask him to test the artillery, otherwise it would blow up again in front of him, and Gao Yihuan would have to beat them again.

Gao Yihuan heard that the cannon had been built, and he was still very happy in his heart, after all, he was going to attack Xiangyang this time, and he couldn't do it without a cannon.

Zuo Liangyu's house is not simple, Gao Yihuan doesn't get a few cannons to scare that guy, he may not give up Xiangyang.

Early in the morning, after Gao Yihuan cleaned up, he didn't eat breakfast, and came to the weapons workshop.

This made Wang Laohan, Chen Huiting, and the craftsmen in the workshop highly nervous.

After Gao Yihuan came back, he inquired about the workshop and learned that one of the three artillery pieces had blown up, and without saying a word, he beat the craftsman who cast the cannon with thirty military sticks, and the person directly in charge was also fined silver and demoted.

Gao Yihuan's knowledge of casting is limited, and he can't come up with any good ways to solve the problems encountered in casting, after all, he is not a major.

The biggest problem with firearms in the Ming Dynasty was the explosion of the chamber.

Gao Yihuan's method of overcoming this problem is very simple and crude.

It is a hand of silver, and a military stick in the other.

In short, it is to make a batch of guns, and if the quality is excellent, then reward.

If the quality is not up to par, and the probability of exploding is less than 30%, you will eat military sticks, and if you are more than 30%, you will directly cut off your head.

Of course, there are rules in this, and in some cases, they are not included.

For example, when developing a new device, it doesn't matter how much it is fried, or even all of it.

The rules set by Gao Yihuan are only useful for mature weapons that have passed the test, and they are not completely rough and one-size-fits-all.

A few people in the workshop, seeing that General Gao had not eaten breakfast, ran over early in the morning, and knew that he attached great importance to artillery.

The group nervously accompanied Gao Yihuan, Chen Huiting pointed to the front and introduced, "General, just in front." The lowly and craftsman learned from the experience of the last time, redrew the drawings and molds, and built six doors this time. ”

Gao Yihuan followed them to a clearing outside the cannon foundry, where several craftsmen in the distance, plus a team of soldiers, were waiting.

Six long, thick, swarthy giants lined up in front of the soldiers, but the distance was too far for Gao Yihuan to see really.

When he passed, he saw six heavy guns, set up on a four-wheeled gun carriage, lined up.

Fortunately, thanks to the craftsmen from Guanzhong and the experience of casting cannons, Gao Yihuan was able to build more than 1,000 catties of Hongyi cannons at the beginning, without having to slowly grope from small cannons, saving valuable time.

Gao Yihuan walked up and touched these giants, and found that the regulations of the six cannons were exactly the same, they were all one zhang long, about three meters, and the caliber was more than 100 millimeters.

Gao Yihuan looked at it carefully, was quite satisfied, and then slapped the cannon body and said to a few soldiers: "Come, you guys have a shot, let Ben General see how powerful it is." ”

As soon as the military order, more than a dozen non-commissioned officers rushed forward and worked in groups of three to reload ammunition.

In fact, the rationing of artillery propellant has long been available in the Ming Dynasty, and Qi Jiguang has already mentioned it.

In addition, when the Ming Dynasty hired the Portuguese, they also learned a lot of things.

Gao Yihuan couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that each of the six soldiers took out an identical medicine bag, put it into the muzzles of the six cannons, and then pushed it into the barrel of the cannon.

Gao Yihuan's several cannons were all loaded when the cannon was fired, and he thought that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was so played, thinking that he could put forward a very constructive idea, and the craftsmen who didn't want to come to Guanzhong actually knew the quantitative loading.

At this time, several soldiers took out the same projectile and pushed it into the barrel, and then pierced the medicine bag that had been pushed in advance with their spikes, and then inserted the lead, and everything was ready.

The head of the sentry asked Gao Yihuan for instructions, and Gao Yihuan waved his hand, "Whether it's good or bad, you have to shoot it, let it go!" ”

After speaking, Gao Yihuan led everyone back fifty steps, and after the general commander of the post commanded, he picked up a small flag and waved it down, shouting in his mouth, "Release!" ”

The six guns were ignited in turn, and the fuses immediately "swished" with flames, rising up gunsmoke, and sparks "swished" into the fire door.

Several craftsmen covered their ears one after another, Gao Yihuan didn't care, only to see the cannon retreat suddenly, and then "boom" made a loud noise.

Gao Yihuan only felt that his eardrums were painful, and the ground trembled, so he saw six clouds of white smoke rising in front of him in turn, and as soon as the gun carriages retreated, the iron bullets roared out of the muzzles and smashed into a brick wall in the distance.

Immediately, the walls were dusty, dented by iron bullets, and the masonry was shattered, and countless rubbles were splashed as if it were raining.

In just an instant, six iron bullets smashed into the test wall two miles away, like a heavy hammer, smashing out six dents.

Gao Yihuan looked at the scene in front of him, his heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't help but cheer, "Okay!" ”

It's really an artifact of demolition, with this kind of cannon, what city wall can't collapse?

Chen Huiting and Wang Laohan on the side couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Gao Yihuan's reaction.

Gao Yihuan turned his head over, "Chen Qijian, you did a good job this time." What about the craftsmen who cast the cannons? Ben was going to be rewarded for his merit. ”

Chen Huiting hurriedly turned around and called a few craftsmen who were limping on foot.

When Gao Yihuan saw it, he remembered the order he had given himself.

He felt that these people had built Hongyi cannons from Sun Chuanting, and the Ming Dynasty had been imitating Hongyi cannons for many years, so he thought that the technology was relatively mature.

These people can make Sun Chuanting good, but they don't make him good, so in a fit of anger, they let people beat them with military sticks.

These craftsmen are actually very wronged, when Sun Chuanting made the cannon over there, the craftsmen had already run in, and they just came here, which is equivalent to starting all over again, it is already very good if they didn't blow it all up, but I didn't think that in the end, they actually ate the military stick.

This made the craftsmen think that Gao Yihuan was more strict than Sun Chuanting, and they stepped forward a little nervously.

Gao Yihuan saw it, and he wouldn't apologize for beating them last time because they made it this time.

He said with a straight face: "The rewards and punishments are clear, you have set up a job this time, and each person will be rewarded with thirty taels of silver, and the treatment will be increased by one level, and one or two more wages will be paid every month."

Sun Chuanting had no money in his hand, only punished and not rewarded, everyone listened to Gao Yihuan's words, and immediately became overjoyed.

"I've waited to thank the general, thank you to the general~"

Gao Yihuan nodded with satisfaction, and said to Chen Huiting: "Chen Qijian, you have done a good job in the artillery matter, I am giving you a task, you help Ben Jiang do it, Ben will have a heavy reward."

Chen Huiting still has a lot of things to do, and he can only reluctantly embarrass him when he hears the words, "Please give the general's orders!" ”

Gao Yihuan smiled, "Have you heard of such a person as Bi Maokang, and his book "Illustrated Weapons of Weapons"? ”

(Thanks to the thief Aqi's 1100, Yunyuetian's 500, thank you for your support, I hope to support the genuine version, give the author motivation)

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