The Eight Banners of the Qing Army have Zhen Manchurian Chongbu who drinks blood in the mountains and fields for fishing and hunting, Han soldiers who are good at using firearms, and Mongolian horse soldiers who grew up on horseback and bent bows to shoot birds.

It can be said that the Eight Banners gathered the advantages of the three clans, and among these advantages, the greatest threat to Gao Yihuan was the cavalry of the Qing army.

In war, whether it is camping, marching, or retreating, it is easy to be attacked by the horse army.

Even if the infantry army is well lined up, it will be disturbed by the horse cavalry shooting, and the concession army will be miserable.

Before the Ming Dynasty, to deal with the Ma army, they mainly relied on long-range weapons such as divine arm bows and crossbow beds that far exceeded the riding bow to suppress the attacks of the Ma army.

My weapons shoot far away, so that the Ma army cannot get close, or before the Ma army can get close, they will be hit by long-range weapons first, so that the Ma army will not dare to attack.

The bronze cannon that Gao Yihuan wants now is probably this function.

If he shoots far enough, it can play a deterrent role on the horse army, our cannon can hit a mile or two, you take a cavalry bow that shoots dozens of paces and rush over, don't panic, the formation is not chaotic? This is obviously difficult to do, and as long as the horse army is chaotic, the impact and harassment ability of the infantry army will naturally be small.

In addition to dealing with the horse army, this kind of artillery also has a great effect on the enemy's infantry formation.

If the two armies are facing each other, the Qing army's infantry army will form a tight infantry formation one or two miles away. Then the artillery can rely on the advantage of range to bombard the enemy's infantry first, so that the Qing army is left with only two choices, either change the defense to attack, or retreat to avoid the shelling, otherwise I will keep bombarding you with artillery.

This is the huge advantage that the technological progress of weapons has brought about.

Of course, in order to have such an advantage, you must first be able to build a cannon, and secondly, you must have money and be able to build a lot of cannons.

Otherwise, building a few cannons is just a toy.

Gao Yihuan said that he wanted to see the effect, and Chen Huiting hurriedly called the craftsmen and asked them to give a demonstration.

At this point, the craftsmen were immediately divided into two groups, several of whom were responsible for loading ammunition, and several of whom were responsible for drawing target positions.

In order to better understand this kind of artillery, Gao Yihuan, Zhao Daxian and others all surrounded them.

Several craftsmen first used shovels to make three gun emplacements, fixed the copper cannons, and then brought two wooden boxes, all of which had the words written by Zhu Qi, which should be numbered for various artillery projectiles and projectiles in the workshop.

One craftsman pried open the wooden box with an iron rod, and someone took out the fired gunpowder, which had been wrapped in cloth beforehand, loaded it into the chamber, punctured the cartridge through the fire door with a spike, and inserted the fuse, while another craftsman had already pushed the bullet into the chamber.

Compared with the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, the difference between this copper cannon and the artillery of the Ming Dynasty is not very big, but the cannon of the Ming Dynasty is relatively thick and short, and he is more slender, and the material is different, the bronze cannon is not only relatively lightweight, but also easy to manufacture.

While the crowd watched the craftsmen load, another team of craftsmen had already carved out a large area of lime on a slope in front of them.

"It's a mile away! Can you hit accurately? Zhao Daxian couldn't help but be a little surprised, and discussed with a few people.

Gao Yihuan turned his head and put on a straight face, "Let's take a serious look first." ”

At this moment, a whistle sounded, and three guns suddenly broke out with three roars, and the cannon bodies retreated sharply in turn, and the two big wheels rolled up the slope from the pit, and when they were about to roll out of the slope, the gun wheels fell back into the gun pit, and the thick white smoke covered the gun positions and craftsmen.

Three shells, about three pounds in size, roared out from the orange-red flames, shooting directly at the target position of about a mile, and instantly burrowed into the earth, and countless dust flew up.

Gao Yihuan looked at it, one of the three shells smashed into the white circle, and two of them floated a little, but the distance was not too far.

"Good, good!" Gao Yihuan exclaimed, and then ordered, "Try the longest range again!" ”

The field artillery is different from the Hongyi cannon, the Hongyi cannon is used to smash the city wall, and a cannonball is often more than ten catties, while the field artillery is used to smash people, just like a ballista, striving for accuracy and range.

Whether it is a person or a horse, a three-pound shell can be smashed to pieces, and inertia can also knock over the people behind, so the shell does not need to be too heavy, and as soon as the shell is heavy, the cannon will also be heavy, and it will be laborious to transport, and it will lose its meaning if it cannot follow the army.

Although only one of the three artillery pieces hit the target, after all, it was nearly 500 meters away, and all of them could hit, which was already very in line with Gao Yihuan's expectations.

Considering that the Qing army had to rush to about thirty paces before it could shoot an arrow, and the artillery could have a chance to hit within a mile, the situation was already quite exciting.

Zhao Daxian and the others also had a wild beat in their hearts when they saw it, and they didn't dare to discuss, but focused on seeing how far the artillery could hit.

This one is the effective range, and the other is the maximum range. The effective range is mainly aimed at a single target, and the maximum range is the farthest it can hit. Although it is not accurate, it can hit the target in the film, and it is also a very important data.

At this point, after firing a shot, the craftsman repositioned the gun and reloaded.

They first cleared their chambers with wet wool brushes, then charged and loaded as before, then raised the muzzle of the gun, aimed it at an open field, and suddenly fired another shot.

Gao Yihuan and the others were obscured by the smoke of gunpowder, waved their hands to disperse, and saw that about three or four miles away from the artillery, a craftsman stood at the bomb drop point and raised a red flag.

"This is at least three miles away, and there should still be a certain amount of accuracy in those two miles or so, and there will definitely be no problem in hitting the enemy's dense military formation!" Gao Yihuan laughed, "This cannon can be made faster!" ”

The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were actually very advanced and thoughtful, but they were miscellaneous but not sophisticated, and they had all kinds of cannons, but they couldn't do it without seeds.

The same artillery can be relatively light in the West, but in order to prevent the explosion of the chamber, the Ming Dynasty can only be cast bulky and become a fortress cannon.

Chen Huiting saw that Gao Yihuan was satisfied, and his heart was immediately happy, according to the regulations, this time there was no reward indispensable.

"Chen Qijian!" Gao Yihuan shouted with a smile, and when Chen Huiting came up to salute, he was satisfied: "On the whole, this cannon is very satisfied, and you and the craftsmen who participated in the casting will be rewarded heavily." However, Ben Shuai still has to make an opinion, whether your gun mount can still be improved, and then install something in the tail that can adjust the angle of fire by pitching. ”

The gun carriage of the Western Burgundian Snake Cannon can be adjusted by means of a pitching device.

This is a very big improvement in artillery, and it is easy for the gunner to adjust the angle, but Gao Yihuan looked at the copper cannon in front of him, and it was a little difficult to aim.

He didn't know how to do it, so he had to give a suggestion.

Chen Huiting nodded, "Don't worry, the boss will summon the craftsmen to improve later." ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, and suddenly asked again: "That's right!" How about the improvement of the flowering bomb? ”

"This~" Chen Huiting lowered his head, and couldn't help but feel a little weak, "Dashuai, this may take a while, and the artillery also needs to be transformed." ”

Gao Yihuan frowned, but he also knew that this matter was not in a hurry, "You have to work this matter and strive to make progress as soon as possible." Gao Yihuan paused, and then continued: "Ben Shuai asked people to go to Macao and hired some Franc machine craftsmen, who will be able to arrive about a year ago." When they come, you ask the craftsmen to see their techniques and techniques to see if they can get something out of it! ”

At this time, as soon as Gao Yihuan finished speaking, a soldier hurriedly came over, walked to Gao Yihuan's side, and said in his ear: "Dashuai, someone is here in Guanzhong." ”

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