Chapter 91: Napoleon's Smoothbore (1)

"Yo, that's good! Two thousand taels of silver with white flowers! This front can't do anything else, just a lot of money, enough to make money! ”

Zhou Yan took over and said, "Hey! This Xiang Feng is useless except for the silver he can take! Even his Xiang family's killing alliance is a fart! I've heard about it, and in less than an hour, the ghost soldiers of Juyitang have been wiped out! ”

As Zhou Yan spoke, he held his hand and gestured around his neck, signaling that all of them had been killed, and this funny action and vivid performance caused the four of them to laugh. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wu Shicheng said: "What he wants to do now is not whether his killing alliance can succeed or not, he must do it!" Otherwise, our plans will all be disrupted!"

Tan Zhen smiled and said, "Please rest assured that eldest brother, I have used all the people I can mobilize, and Zhang Shixin is also our person!" Only Su Zedong and the people in his Dongzhen Mansion are our enemies! ”

"But as long as it works, it will be very easy to pinch them to death!"

Wu Shicheng nodded heavily with his dark circles under his eyes, and said, "It's better to be like this, otherwise, our consequences won't be much better than dividing the corpses of five horses!" But as long as it succeeds, glory and wealth will be indispensable! ”

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Brother Wu, don't worry about this!" Just wait for the good news! In fact, Su Zedong is also a rare talent, but this person has a biased brain, can't understand people's words, can't see the situation clearly, and stands on the wrong team!"

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Just when a few people were talking in the brilliantly decorated lobby of the Wu Mansion, Xiang Feng and the others had already started to do things!

"General Lin, I have someone to ask for something today."

Xiang Feng still wore his unruly face, but he still pretended to be reasonable in front of others, which made people who could see his thoughts even more unhappy.

But in the face of interests, many people will choose to open one eye and close one eye; Because they are imagining that when they open their eyes, what gold, silver, jewelry, glory and wealth will be placed in front of them.

They don't have to do anything more, they just have to close their eyes, just close their conscience and close it, and they will be able to sit back and enjoy it.

The person who was called General Lin by Xiang Feng did not speak, but stretched out his hand to take the gold ingot handed over by Xiang Feng, and the beard on his face became thicker because of the smile......

Su Zedong's premonition was not wrong, this was indeed a precursor to a storm, but because it was too quiet, it increased the vigilance of the hunters, making it difficult for those who wanted to fish and meat others to meet their demands.

So much so that they had to negotiate again, hold meetings again, raise prices again until everything could be compromised bilaterally at a certain price.

At the same time, those who represent the side of justice are also taking action......

When the forward intelligence accurately pointed out that there were only three days left before the vanguard of the Mongolian army arrived in Gaoyou City, Liu Zhenming's firearms and artillery production had been completed, and he could just move to the testing ground for trial training!

Without the wheels and all the places on the cart where the barrel needed to be secured, a standard 12-pounder Napoleon gun was recorded to have a barrel 66 inches (1.676 m 14.3 x caliber).

However, Liu Zhenming felt that if it was erected on the fort of the city tower, it needed to be moderately lengthened or shortened to facilitate multi-party operations; Therefore, he changed the barrel length of the Poleon gun to 70 inches and 62 inches while the caliber remained the same.

Napoleon's smoothbore was originally a gun weighing 1,227 pounds (556.57 kg) and its length was 1.4 meters, but after the change, it became 1.35 meters and 1.52 meters, and the weight was so heavy because of the bronze, for convenience, Liu Zhenming decided to change bronze to steel (i.e., wrought iron).

Like a steel knife, reduce its weight to increase its ease of use.

Of course, whether the effect can achieve expectations must be tested through time and practice.

The first bombardment was over, and the dust was scattered, and then look at the theoretical 12-pounder cannon shell, which weighed about 9 pounds, and the original form was a hollow iron ball containing 7 ounces of gunpowder, which exploded to form 5-12 pieces of shrapnel with a range of almost 800 meters.

Su Zedong was very satisfied with this, in addition to the artillery, he was also very satisfied with the skillful operation of the people who used the artillery, so he patted Liu Zhenming on the shoulder and said, "Very good, very good!" This one is very Napoleonic! ”

Liu Zhenming proudly "hummed, hummed" twice, and then said: "That boy didn't have a dream of being a soldier in his childhood? That science student didn't do anything about the military? As a highly talented student from the soul of the afterlife, it is a must. ”

Later, Liu Zhenming recounted that he gathered the members of the ghost soldier team overnight last night, and together with Cheng Zeheng and Zhang Dexing, he arranged for a group of eight people to go to the platform of eight artillery pieces for trial training according to the records of later generations.

Even if the cannon were to be converted from bronze to wrought iron, it would be very heavy, so it would be very difficult to turn this bulky thing back without skill.

However, it took one night to train him to the stage because Liu Zhenming, as an instructor, had to measure the data and debug various parts and components with Su Ersan when he was using the artillery.

It is also thanks to Liu Zhenming that he is not a top student who can only take exams, he still has some hands-on ability, he has always bought different small toys, some are built into all kinds of small soldiers, and some are built into various houses, and he can increase his knowledge while doing it.

When Liu Zhenming grows up, he can go to work in the factory with the help of his father, all kinds of chemicals, materials, etc., although there is no guarantee that all can be used, but at least he can know which ones are right and which ones, how they function, and how to deal with them in the process.

It's just that the development of a university has hit a wall everywhere, and in the case of more than the upper than the bottom, the former science university bully has become romantic, and he likes the routine, but this is also his nature, no wonder others.

Now that the soul has passed to the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it is indeed very difficult to refine materials and processes that surpass this era when the materials are not very mature and the technology is not enough.

However, Su Zedong did not intend to praise Liu Zhenming a few more words, the successful completion of this work was not only his duty but also his pursuit.

After a morning experiment without a gap, each artillery group has been divided into the leader of the artillery, the deputy leader and the members, the more skilled and rich experience of the craftsman is naturally the team leader, and the vision is good, the clear pronunciation is the deputy leader, and the members also have requirements.

Members must be physically strong and flexible.

The personnel and artillery are almost in place, and Liu Zhenming and Su Liangsan have also put a lot of effort into the shells.

For the sake of insurance, Liu Zhenming used two kinds of ammunition in his budget, the first of which was solid ammunition.

Solid bullet calculation is a traditional kinetic energy weapon, which is characterized by a large weight, relying on its own kinetic energy to destroy the target, and the structure of the solid bullet is extremely simple. Because even university professors can't find anything simpler, and its combat effect is still very good.

Within a certain firing range and under certain combat conditions, as long as the gunner does not make mistakes in operation, the solid bullets fired can achieve the ideal combat effect.

The second type of shell prepared is a blaster (or grenade), which can be spherical for smoothbore guns or rectangular for rifled guns.

Liu Zhenming learned from the records in the anthology that the most common explosive shell equipped with Napoleon guns was a spherical cannonball weighing 4.3 kilograms, which was filled with about 900 grams of black explosives.

At that time, the Americans, in order to withstand its high chamber pressure, the walls of this shell were made very thick, and the charge was limited, so its power could not be very satisfying, but it was very useful against larger targets, and it could also be used against the opponent's fortifications.

(Note: At least during the American Civil War, it had such an effect, and if it was used on a high platform, it was indeed ingenious.) )