Just as Huang Taiji and Duoduo were talking, Wu Zhenchaoha was ready. The artillery they were operating was established after the Battle www.biquge.info of Songjin, when the Eighth Banner Army suffered a great loss in pursuit of the model army under the banner of "Dutch". The artillery and usage were all imitations of the soldiers who had returned from the defeat in the battle.

Equipped with heavy horses, the Army of the Model Army could already use 12-pounder guns in field battles. However, because of the huge gap in technology, although the field guns of the current Jianzhi artillery are comparable in weight to the 12-pounder guns of the Model Army, the shells fired are only a little more than 3 pounds. And taking into account the difference in gunpowder performance, their field guns are even less powerful than the 3-pounder guns that have been completely eliminated in the model army.

Soon, Wuzhen Chaoha fired the first round of shelling, and the solid shells fired by the three guns tested this time first bounced on the hard ground of the school ground, and then plunged headlong into a group of scarecrows standing in front of them, crackling and knocking down several scarecrows.

"The Dutch's guns are farther than this, and even the actual shotguns are farther." Dodor shook his head.

After a while, Uzhen Chaoha fired another volley.

"It's much faster than the Hongyi cannon." Huang Taiji nodded and said, "It's not even slower than a musket." ”

"Still not as fast as the Dutch, according to the minions, the Dutch can fire two shots in the time it takes for the musket to be fired. Of course, those minions have suffered defeats, and it is possible to come back and exaggerate. However, the younger brother felt that the Dutchman's cannon should still be faster than this. Dodor said with a frown.

"It's been soon." Hauge on the side said, "At this speed, at this distance, fight in formation, before the enemy comes up, at least four cannons can be fired, if the shot is accurate enough, these four cannons can kill a lot of people, and the formation of an ordinary team may be chaotic." ”

As he spoke, Wu Zhenchaoha fired another volley.

"Your Majesty, this cannon is good." Abatai also praised beside him, "This cannon is so fast and relatively light, following the march of the infantry army. It can be used at any time in field battles, as Hauge said, after three or four rounds of artillery bombardment, the enemy's array will be completely disorganized. If our army takes advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, there is no reason why it cannot win. With this sharp weapon, it will be easier for the emperor to fight with the Ming army in the future. ”

Abatai is the seventh son of Nurhachi, and Huang Taiji should also call him the seventh brother. But because he is a concubine, he has always been looked down upon, although he has fought well and made many achievements, but his strength is limited and his status is not high. When they gathered, Abatai, the son of Nurhachi, was always seated not only behind his other brothers, but even behind his own nephews. As a result, Abatai refused to attend the banquet held by Huang Taiji. As a result, Huang Taiji mobilized the vast number of cadres and masses of the Eight Banners to severely criticize Abatai's wrong behavior, pointing out that Abatai, as a guy with only six Niu Lu and barely a Baylor, was so ignorant of the sky and the height of the earth, which was really a heinous crime. Naturally, Abatai could only bow his head and confess his guilt, and was fined his horses, harnesses and armor.

Later, Huang Taiji found a few more opportunities to rectify him, and the other brothers also looked down on him, so Abatai was quite isolated in the Eight Banners. After so many years, Abatai has become extraordinarily honest. For example, Duoduo would call Huang Taiji "starling", but with Abatai, he would only dare to honestly shout "Emperor".

Then Uzhen Chaoha fired another volley, but after that, after a long time, the cannon did not sound again.

"Why is it so slow? What are those Nikans up to! "Dodor was a little dissatisfied at first.

"Aobai, you go and ask what's going on?" Huang Tai Ji Road.

Ao Bai, who was standing beside him, answered and went to Wuzhen Chaoha.

After a while, Ao Bai came up with a Han official and reported: "Your Majesty, princes, the barrel of the cannon is already too hot, and it needs to be cooled before it can be fired." ”

"Wang Tianxiang, you dog minion! The artillery of the Dutch did not have to stop after seven or eight shots, but your artillery only fired four shots, so you can't fight? You son of a minion, you spent so much money to make something like this! I don't think you want to live anymore! Duoduo scolded.

The Han official knelt down and said: "The prince is angry, the slave has no appearance here, and it is really not good to do the kind of Dutch cannon that the prince said." It's really not that the minion doesn't care. ”

"You dog minion! Dare to ......" Duoduo took a step forward, kicked Wang Tianxiang to the ground with one kick, and then had to follow up with another whip.

"Enough!" Huang Tai Ji Road.

Duoduo glanced at Huang Taiji, took the whip, and stood aside.

"In fact, when you are in battle, it is enough to be able to fire four shots in a row. In such a short period of time, it is already very good that you can make such a cannon. Huang Taiji said slowly, "If it weren't for those Dutch, this cannon would be enough to dominate the world." ”

"What if we meet those Dutch again?" Dodor.

"If it weren't for these cannons, wouldn't our warriors of the Eight Banners be able to fight?" Huang Taiji said coldly, "Besides, everything has a process, how can there be a reason to plant a pine nut today and plan to use it to build a hall early tomorrow morning." Our artillery is not as good as the Dutch now, but if we study it slowly, we may not always be able to compare with it. Besides, I know that the Dutch are from the sea, their own country is far away, and the army they can put in is limited, which is not enough to change the general situation of the world. So our little cannon was not originally used against the Dutch. ”

There are some things that Huang Taiji didn't say, he has always attached great importance to the Eight Banners of the Han Army, but there are actually more considerations. Although he was the emperor of the entire Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners system made it impossible for him to control the Qing Dynasty. Because the Eight Banners are the private property of the owners of each flag. For example, at this time, the white flag belonged to the brothers Dorgon and Azig, while the strongest white flag was Dord's. Huang Taiji does not have direct command over the people and wealth of these subordinates. After hard work, by this time, Huang Taiji's direct forces in his hands would have surpassed the three brothers Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo, but it could not constitute an overwhelming advantage. And the other flag owners also have their own set of rules. Although Huang Taiji is the emperor, what he wants to do is not always in a word.

However, Wuzhen Chaoha, that is, the later Eight Banners of the Han Army, is different, it is a force directly under Huang Taiji, under the direct command and control of Huang Taiji. For Huang Taiji, the stronger this force is, the more he can control the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty. This makes Huang Taiji particularly concerned about strengthening this force.

As far as this artillery unit is concerned, the advantage is even more obvious when the two yellow flags directly under Huang Taiji and the positive blue flag of his son Haug are against the two white flags of the three Azig brothers. The combat effectiveness displayed by this artillery unit can already play a decisive role in the possible infighting of the Eight Banners, let alone be used against the Ming Dynasty army. So although they are not yet at the level of the "Dutch", Huang Taiji is still quite satisfied.

Huang Taiji appeased Wang Tianxiang and the others, and gave them some rewards, encouraging them to continue their efforts. Then he raised his head and looked south, where the fruit was almost ripe in the south of the vast cloud mountain.

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On Jeju Island, a group of North Koreans are training under the leadership of Park Deok-moo. They are not a model army, just a garrison. Considering the vastness of the future theater of operations, it is not enough to rely on model armies to fight. Especially considering that in the future, the model army will quickly occupy many areas, and if the daily garrison tasks in these areas are carried out by the model army, it will be a great waste of the model army's military strength. Therefore, the Zheng family began to train some garrison teams to carry out garrison duties, and most of the members of these garrisons came from the militia and the "reserve Chinese" who belonged to the Zheng family. Now under the leadership of Park Demeng, the training is carried out by some "preparatory Chinese" of the Korean ethnic group.

The training of the garrison is different from that of the model army, and the garrison is basically not used for field warfare, so their training content is more about defending the city.

Today's training is about throwing mines. The Zheng family is not yet able to produce real usable explosives, although under Zheng Sen's direct care, the use of natural saltpeter has successfully produced nitric acid, but the process of making explosives is not very smooth. In the laboratory, * has also been crafted, but this thing has already killed several Taoist priests in the laboratory stage. As for mass production, it is even more far away. As for nitrostarch or something, there hasn't been much progress. Therefore, the grenade used in defensive warfare today, the Palm Grenade No. 1, is still in the form of granules*.

Because the power of * is insufficient, in order to ensure lethality, the palm of the thunder No. 1 is actually quite heavy, weighing two catties, as for its shape, of course, it is modeled after the wooden handle of the turtle. It's just that because it's so heavy, it's hard to throw it far, even for a soldier of very good strength. Therefore, it is more often used as a mine when it is used in field battles, but it is not bad to defend the city, directly from the high city walls, or with the help of some simple equipment to throw it, for the opponent who tries to attack the city can cause enough damage.

Palm Ray 1 has used a simple fire-pulling tube firing technique. (As for the manufacturing method of the fire pipe, considering the harmony and stability of the society, I will not go into detail here.) The firing rate is generally guaranteed to be above 90 percent, which is quite sufficient.

"Ready!" Park Demeng shouted in Chinese.

The "pre-Chinese" hurriedly raised the palm of their hands Lei No. 1 with one hand, pulled the cork stopper behind the wooden handle with the other, and took out the rope from it. Then he leaned back and made a gesture of preparation for the bomb.

"Bomb dropping!" Park Demeng shouted, so everyone first pulled the fire rope violently, and then threw the palm thunder out with all their might, and then a smoking palm thunder fell in front of Park Demeng's heels.