Kong Youde dropped the Jingai-1 arquebus in his hand, and followed his henchmen to another place.

"My lord, this is the cannon of the captured Huaxia Army, the Taixi people invited to teach that this cannon is their twelve-pounder cannon, from the cracked muzzle to see the iron mouth inside, it can be seen that this cannon is a new steel, and Tie Pei is Min Tie, Min Tie is the best iron in the Ming Dynasty, whether it is to build artillery or build weapons are invincible, the steel mouth is quite good."

Kong Youde touched the cold and smooth cannon and praised: "Okay, good, this cannon is good, how many of my sons died under these cannons, they hit far, hit a lot, and they didn't blow up." ”

"Can we make it?" The henchman shook his head and said: "You can't make it, Taixi teaches that if you can't master this steelmaking method, we can't make this kind of cannon, but if you are afraid of exploding, you can use copper casting instead,"

Kong Youde smiled bitterly, "I also know that copper cannons are good, but copper is not easy to find, it costs a lot, and we have to go to various places to search for copper coins and bronze utensils, otherwise we can't make do with wrought iron, copper cannons are good, but they are even heavier." ”

The confidant general thought for a while, "Taixi taught that since this can't work, that won't work, then I have to copy the cannon of the Huaxia Army, but the actual performance is much worse, but it is much better than our previous cannon, and this cannon of the Huaxia Army has a lot of places to refer to, such as this gun mount, the carriage can be pulled and walked, and there is no need to pull the cart, and it is pushed down when it is used, which is cumbersome to fix." ”

"Then according to the teachings, go and build some of them, even if it costs a lot more, it's better than before, isn't it? It may not be possible to fight the Huaxia Army, but it is still good to fight the rebels of the Dashun and Daxi Army of the Yongli Imperial Court. ”

"Yes, my lord, I will arrange this too."

Just when Kong Youde was inspecting his camp, thinking about the whole army and making guns and cannons, Zhang Qiang finally arrived at his destination, the artillery factory of the Huaxia Army.

Sebastian also introduced the cannon to Zhang Qiang.

"Grand Duke, our cannon has also been greatly improved this time."

Zhang Qiang was dressed in a military uniform, and the guards around him pressed the handle of the knife, following him step by step, covering the idle people, etc., leaving Sebastian alone by Zhang Qiang's side.

The cordon was expanded to thirty paces away, and no one else could get close at all, which was the sequelae of the assassination of him last time he went to the artillery factory, and the guards around him knew how to protect the safety of important generals, not just reckless and brave generals who knew how to rush and kill.

Four sword and shield men were always at a distance of three steps from Zhang Qiang, carrying shields to follow, and eight Jingai-2 arquebuses with bayonets in their hands were around, this was the inner circle, and the periphery was a circle of pikemen, and there was a circle of sword and shield men on the left and right of the pikemen, and further away were the larger arquebusiers scattered and some scattered archers.

"Tell me what's changed?" Zhang Qiang patted a cannon beside him and asked.

Sebastian pointed to the twelve-pound cannon that Zhang Qiang patted with his hand and said: "In the past, this kind of cannon cost more than 1,000 catties, where did the Qing army need more than 3,000 catties, and the good ones made by the Ming army also needed 2,500 catties, and now our improved cannon is only 900 catties, although it is still too heavy, but it is also good, after all, if you want to hit the projectile far, you need a lot of weight to withstand the rear thrust, otherwise a cannon will go down, the projectile will be shot, and the cannon body can also fly back more than ten meters away, not only can not hurt people, It's not good to hurt yourself. ”

"I know that a big wedge needs to be laid to stabilize the cannon." Zhang Qiang said casually.

"Or the Metropolitan Governor understands, as soon as the Metropolitan Governor's gun carriage comes out, this kind of trouble is not too much of a problem, plus our steel can withstand a lot of cannon pressure, so the rear thrust is reduced a lot, and it is much faster, and the cannon can quickly attack the enemy, and it can also quickly pull up the gun carriage and transfer, and follow the army forward."

"Have we lost the weight of each type of cannon?" Zhang Qiang continued to ask.

"Yes, the weight of each cannon has been reduced, the most has been reduced by fifty percent, the least has been reduced by twenty percent, which has greatly improved the mobility, and a small cannon like a three-pounder cannon weighs only more than eighty pounds, and two strong men can march quickly when they carry it."

"Okay, so that the three-pounder cannon can be equipped downward, in the past, even the three-pounder cannon could only be equipped in battalion-level units, in the future, it will be equipped to the general level, there are six such small cannons among more than 100 to 200 people, then in the event of an enemy attack, this kind of small cannon can greet the enemy with scattered bullets at a distance of more than 70 meters to 150 meters, and can greet the enemy with solid bullets at a distance of 150 meters to 300 meters, so that the combat effectiveness of our troops will be even stronger."

"Yes, my lord, let's change the three-pounder cannon as the adult said, press the bracket, you can adjust the high ground and steering bracket, so that you don't have to move the cannon every time to hit the enemy in the other direction, you only need to adjust the bracket, so the changed cannon is better than the strong mobility, the disadvantage is that the range is slightly closer, and when used to shoot shots, it is possible to hurt your own people, and the shotgun bag may disperse on its own more than ten meters away, so this kind of cannon is only suitable for hitting the enemy at the front line, It's over, and it's up to the soldiers to protect it. ”

Zhang Qiang smiled and didn't say anything, this is already the prototype of the mortar in later generations, it doesn't matter if it has some shortcomings, anyway, it can move quickly, and it can take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to give the enemy a ****, when the enemy's strength is small, he swept more than a dozen soldiers at once, it will be very demoralizing, and the gravel and iron slag that fly above his head will kill people.

"Where's our eighteen-pounder cannon?" Zhang Qiang asked again.

"The eighteen-pounder cannon was originally 1,900 catties, but after the change, it was only 1,200 catties, plus the gun carriage, it was only 2,000 catties, and if it was operated, it could go up the city wall, and it could follow the army to march faster, and some roads could be easily passed, and only the soldiers needed to assist. Fewer soldiers are used, allowing the artillery brigade to free up more troops to protect the artillery. ”

"Okay, I heard that you also improved the shells?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"Yes, sir," Sebastian said.

"Well, the solid bullet is a solid bullet after all, every time it is shot, it looks mighty, but in fact it can't hit a few people, if the enemy attacks us on the river beach and other grounds, even if our solid bullet hits the barrel red, it can't hurt a few people, the reason why I was able to defeat the Qing army this time is because I mobilized enough artillery, but such a powerful formation made me almost exhaust the artillery in the entire Huaxia Army's territory, and even pulled down the artillery defending the city to participate in this battle."

After a pause, looking into the distance, Zhang Qiang recalled the scene of the day again, if the solid bullet can have the effect of flowering the bullet, then there will not be so many casualties, and the enemy has also learned to disperse the formation behind, not to stand in a straight line and push the solid bullet to hit the line to pass, so that the enemy has the opportunity to rush to the close and fight with the Huaxia army, hand-to-hand combat.

Although there were still archers and crossbowmen in front of them, it took a lot of effort for these troops, and when the bows and arrows were pulled to the end, many soldiers injured their fingers, and it was laborious to pull the bowstrings, and it was also laborious to get the crossbow up, and finally there was no strength, and it was almost impossible to pull the bow, and the enemy rushed to the front, and could only draw out the knife to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.

Zhang Qiang, who has mastered firearms, doesn't want the enemy to rush to the opportunity to come and fight with his soldiers again, and can destroy the enemy with bullets, why use flesh and blood to show heroism?

(End of chapter)