These carts are all such big board cars, three meters high, almost this number of widths, close to three zhang in length, and the chassis is even made of a whole huge wooden plank, which is more than a foot thick, and there are eight pairs of iron wheels below, which can be said to be sixteen cars of this era. On top of the cart, the walls are made of large wooden nails on all sides, and if you look at it from above, you can see that there is a long child-shaped space about eight meters long, two meters wide, and two meters deep in the middle.

They are all made of extremely solid wood, even after hastily processing, although it is very rough, but it is definitely large enough, strong enough, and the use effect is excellent.

Typical Russian style.

The behemoth was placed in a long child-shaped space, and countless arm-thick ropes stretched out from the four walls, and the bundles were firmly fixed in that space, which was very stable. It is covered with a thick rain-proof felt cloth, so it is not clear what it looks like.

It's just that this cart weighs thousands of catties, plus the huge cannon placed on it, ten thousand catties in short, so it is enough to use ten horses to pull it.

Kutuzov walked up to a cart and shouted: "Put it down, put it down, show it to His Excellency the Count." ”

According to his instructions, the soldiers climbed up one after another, first the wall behind the cart was down, it turned out that the rear wall was very delicately designed, and after it fell, it just landed on the ground, forming a slope. And Lian Zining also saw it at this time, it turned out that the inside of the big car was not smooth. Rather, it is a slope that slopes backwards.

The Russian soldiers lifted the felt cloth and began to untie the rope, and Lian Zining's heart suddenly tightened.

He couldn't help laughing, why was he so uncomposed?

When the rope had been untied enough, the cannon began to slide slowly downward, and finally slid to the ground along the groove carved at the bottom of the cart.

Felt cloth had already been laid out on the ground. Prevents moisture from penetrating.

Looking at the behemoth in front of him, Lian Zining couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement that was difficult to suppress.

This is a cannon, a cannon without a doubt!

A beautiful cannon body with a thin front and thick back. It was about two feet and three feet long, and the muzzle of the gun was about the thickness of a person's waist, and it reached the back. It is as thick as a square table, and Lian Zining roughly observes that the diameter is at least ten centimeters or more! The huge black cannon body, lying horizontally on the ground, glowed with a cold and heavy metallic light, gave people an extremely strong threat.

Lian Zining couldn't help but dismount and stepped forward, gently stroking the cannon body, and the hand was cold and hard, but it felt very fine and smooth to the touch, and Lian Zining noticed it. Obviously, one is because the wall of the gun is very thick, and the second is that its casting technology is already quite superb.

Lian Zining took a deep breath.

Finally, I saw it!

Such cannons. In the later Ming Dynasty, it was called the red-coated cannon, and in this era, it was an out-and-out and top-notch murder weapon!

The surrounding generals of the Wu Yi Army were also a little dumbfounded, and there were many artillery pieces in the Wu Yi Army. They think they have seen the world, but compared to this cannon, the cannon in Wu Yi's army is really a big deal.

The top-level creations of such human machines, the heavy steel weighing thousands of catties, and the super heavy murder weapons have the power to shock people's hearts, and everyone was shocked!

It's too big, it's too strong!

Never seen before, never seen before.

Then, the rear panel walls of other carts were also removed one by one, and then the Russian escort soldiers put down the giant cannons on them one by one, there are seven of these cannons, all of which are smaller than the first cannon, about two zhang in length, and the body looks to be one size smaller, but the same fierceness, the same deterrent. …,

To put it mildly, the power and ferocity of these eight cannons together is definitely more powerful than the eighty Franco cannons placed together - this is also easy to understand, just as giants will always attract more attention than ordinary people.

Kutuzov walked up and walked in front of these cannons one by one, stroking them one by one, his eyes showed strong reluctance, and he stroked the bodies of these cannons as if he were lingering on the body of a lover.

Lian Zining just smiled slightly beside him, and he didn't stop it. He is the kind of person who is very realistic, and since he has already reaped the benefits on his side, let Kutuzov touch it and see what is going on, let people remember it!

Even adults are very considerate people.

After a long while, Kutuzov sighed, leaned against the largest cannon, and said: "Thirteen years ago, that is, in the ninth year of His Majesty the Tsar's accession to the throne, if it was replaced by the era of your Ming Kingdom, it would be the thirty-ninth year of Zhengde, and in July of that year, Britain built a cannon, which caused a sensation throughout Europe. ”

"This cannon is the most powerful weapon in the history of human civilization since God created things, and it is called 'Queen ElizabethsPocket Pisto', if it is translated into your Ming Kingdom, it is 'Queen Elizabeth's pistol'." He smiled slightly: "Isn't the name weird." However, despite its strange name, it is built in the middle distance, except for the length and diameter of the perverts, of course. This cannon was a gift received by Henry VIII, which, in my opinion, was a gift from the British designers to the whole of Europe. ”

"Queen Elizabeth's pistol, breeched 4 3/4 inches, 23 feet long. This perverted guy can fire a 12-pound shell up to 7 miles away, and this cannon is the longest-range cannon in all of Europe. ”

Lian Zining estimated that 4 and 3/4 inches, if converted into the units of later generations, is 121 mm, this caliber, in the era of later giant ship cannons, is also a very good number, in this era, it is even more unique. However, compared to its waist-thick muzzle wall, this caliber is still a little smaller, apparently due to the fact that the casting technology is far from that of later generations. Therefore, the only way to prevent the explosion is by thickening the pipe wall. As for the length of twenty-three feet, that is, more than seven meters, it is an ordinary number for today's artillery, and for the artillery of the sixteenth century can indeed only be described as a metamorphosis.

As for the range, it is even more perverted - seven miles, that is, eleven .2 kilometers, 11,200 meters. Three thousand six hundred zhang!

You must know that the so-called 'heavy artillery' under Lian Zining's current command has a range of only more than 300 zhang. Compared to the range of Queen Elizabeth's pistol, it is one-tenth of that of others!

It's so perverted.

It's a cross-generational product, like the British built a dreadnought in 1906. After announcing that the British Empire's naval strength was a full era ahead of other countries, it caused panic among all other powers, so they copied and plagiarized and built a large number of dreadnoughts.

There is no doubt that Queen Elizabeth's pistol, a giant cannon, is also an epoch-making product. Its range, its power, and even its size are unprecedented.

It's just that the difference now is that the Ming Dynasty is completely ignorant of the appearance of such a giant cannon. Even because of the short-sightedness of some people, firearms have declined to the extreme in the Ming Dynasty and are almost extinct. If it weren't for the appearance of Wu Yijun and Lian Zining, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

As if knowing what Lian Zining was thinking, Kutuzov continued: "When His Majesty Henry VIII announced the news of this giant cannon to other countries. All of Europe was boiling in a short period of time. The Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire, and even the Kingdom of Sweden and our Russian Empire, which are in Northern and Eastern Europe, have all risen up to follow suit. It's just that our steelmaking technology is far from that of Britain, but we can build it so much. But either the bore is blown up or the life is very short. In particular, we in Russia are far behind others, and in recent years, other countries have already copied them, and we are still groping for a start. ”…,

Kutuzov looked full of emotion, and he pointed to the remaining seven slightly smaller cannons: "After I was injured in the eye, I was recuperated in various European countries, and later I was also sent to study in various military powers around me, and during the time we spent in England, we spent countless money, and finally got through the relationship and bought three cannons from there. ”

He pointed to the largest: "This is one of them, the same size as Queen Elizabeth's pistol, ten of them cast in one batch, and there is no difference." As for the rest, we have copied them, they are smaller, and the other data are also worse, so I won't talk about them one by one. It's not much, and I've given you so much, I really don't know how to explain it when I go back. Your Excellency, this time, you should have seen our sincerity, right? ”

Lian Zining had a big heart and laughed: "I saw it, I saw it, the official said, Kutuzov, you must be a believer." ”

Compared with the data parameters of these giant cannons and the Franc cannon in Lian Zining's hand now, they really win a lot in each of them!

In other words, the two are not a heavyweight at all, as if comparing a pistol with a heavy machine gun, the gap is huge, and there is no comparison at all.

"This is the red-coated cannon!" Lian Zining held the cold cannon body in his hand, only feeling a little embarrassed and emotional in his heart.

In fact, this kind of cannon has a name in China, and after more than 100 years, it is called the red-coated cannon.

The red-coated cannon, many people think that the origin of its name is because in the Ming and Qing dynasties always like to cover the outside of this cannon with a layer of red overcoat, but in fact, this is not the case, the red-coated cannon, it should be called 'Hongyi cannon'.

In fact, at that time, the Ming Dynasty called all the front-loading smoothbore cannons imported from the West as Hongyi cannons, and Ming Dynasty officials often covered these cannons with red cloth, so they were falsely called "red clothes". According to research, only a small amount of Hongyi cannons imported by the Ming Dynasty at that time were imported from the Dutch East India Company, and later became hostile to the Dutch because of the Taiwan issue, most of which were traded with the Portuguese in Macao, and the Ming Dynasty was in huge demand at that time, and the Portuguese also sold British shipborne cannons to China as middlemen.

The self-made large-caliber firecrackers in the early Ming Dynasty were exactly the same as these Hongyi cannons in principle, and they were all front-mounted smoothbore fire door ignition type, but the specific production was very different. In the early Ming Dynasty, most of the firearms were made of copper, and the inner chamber was trumpet-shaped. The barrel is thin, too short for its caliber, and its appearance is basically the same as that of the earliest surviving Yuan Dynasty "bowl mouth gun". Compared with the Hongyi cannon, this kind of gunpowder has a small amount of gunpowder and is not well sealed with gunpowder gas, so it has a short firing range, in addition to being prone to overheating, and the rate of fire is also slow. Although it is not easy to blow up the chamber, it is expensive (copper is the metal used to mint money) and copper is too soft. Each shot causes the chamber to expand, and the accuracy and range of the shot deteriorate very quickly, making it too short a weapon to last. The only advantage is the low weight.

That's all.

The Hongyi cannon has many advantages in design, its barrel is long, the wall is very thick, and it is gradually thickened from the muzzle to the tail of the gun, which conforms to the principle of high pressure from high to bottom when gunpowder is burned; There are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body, and the gun can adjust the firing angle with this axis and change the firing range according to the amount of gunpowder; It is equipped with a crosshair and a light gate, and the trajectory is calculated according to the parabola, which is very accurate. Most of the Hongyi cannons are about 3 meters long and have a caliber of 110-130 mm. The weight is more than 2 tons.

The most prominent advantage of the Hongyi cannon is its range, which is an important part of the performance of heavy artillery, even today. The maximum range of the Ming Dynasty's homemade iron fire gun did not exceed three li, and it was at the risk of exploding; And the general three-thousand-pound Hongyi cannon can easily hit seven or eight miles away. Historical records can reach up to ten miles! Ten miles is equivalent to more than five kilometers in modern times, which is quite far, and this data is quite accurate -- at that time, the countries of Western Europe already had the concept of territorial waters, and the territorial waters at that time were determined by the range of coastal artillery, and the territorial waters at the end of the 16th century were three nautical miles, or about 5.5 kilometers. …,

A long-range Hongyi cannon combined with a flowering shell. It became the strongest weapon against the Later Jin Tieqi at the end of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the tactics were: lure the cavalry of Houjin into the range of the Hongyi cannon at the head of the city, and then use the flowering shells to concentrate the fire, the effect was very significant, and even Nurhachi was killed. For a long time, the Houjin cavalry did not dare to attack strategic places such as Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and Shanhaiguan, which were equipped with Hongyi cannons.

The Hongyi cannon performed well in actual combat, which attracted the attention of the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of imitations were made in addition to imports, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the national strength was not good, and it was impossible to cast and import more expensive Hongyi cannons. However, the Hongyi cannon gradually became the backbone of the heavy firearms in the Ming Dynasty army, and the original heavy large-caliber firearms were eliminated.

It's just that due to the existence of Lian Zining, the red-clothed cannon that would have appeared nearly a hundred years later, that is, when the last year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty and the Liaodong Jurchen were at war, entered the land of the Ming Dynasty a hundred years in advance.

And Lian Zining's vision is definitely not comparable to the traditional officials of the Ming Dynasty.

He understands and attaches great importance to artillery, and has spared no effort in development investment, and can be said to be the first person in the land of China for more than 1,000 years.

What kind of brilliant light will these red-clothed cannons that arrived early shine in Lian Zining's hands?

Lian Zining had already begun to think about how to use these cannons well.

Lian Zining glanced at it again, and suddenly the smile on his face retracted, stared at Kutuzov and said, "Don't you have twenty giant cannons?" Why are there only eight doors here? ”

I was so excited just now that I didn't even notice the problem at this moment, and Lian Zining felt a little angry after being deceived.

"We want to give you ten too." Kutuzov smiled bitterly: "But we fought with the Jurchens before and robbed four gates, and now that's all that's left." ”

"Oh? In other words, in the hands of the Jurchens, there are now four gates, right? After Lian Zining received an affirmative answer, he was thoughtful.

Seeing that he was in a good mood, Kutuzov took the opportunity to say: "Your Excellency, this time I am entrusted by our Governor-General, and I also want to discuss with you about the intention of the next military action against the Jurchens, what do you think?" ”

Lian Zining had already made up his mind to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and not move like a mountain, but he also wanted to hear Kutuzov's opinion.

He stretched out his hand: "Please!" ”

The two were about to go to the big tent of the Chinese army, Shi Dazhu had already begun to command the artillery with shiny eyes, thousands of households, Liu Zhen and others to receive these cannons, at this time, suddenly a group of people hurriedly ran over, but they did not wear the Ming army's big red fat jacket or armor, but a thick leather jacket, and the big hat with thick fur turned up on the head, similar to the hunters in the mountains.

The men hurried over with their hats covered, shouting as they ran, "Sir, slow down, slow down." ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Lian Zining's mouth and waved his hand. The soldiers stopped.

The person who came was Gonzalez, and several of them ran to Lian Zining and knelt down to salute: "I've seen my lord." ”

Lian Zining laughed, walked up and helped Gonzalez up: "Old Gang, take a look, this time, I gave you a big gift!" ”

Gonzalez smiled, "Listen to the adults." Immediately, I felt itchy in my heart. ”

Lian Zining pointed at those giant cannons: "Look at it!" ”

"Yes, sir." Gonzalez had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and he still had a few skilled craftsmen under his command. Almost in a vicious dog-like posture, he pounced on the side of the supreme cannon.

"OMG!" Gonzalez exclaimed in surprise when he saw the huge body of the cannon, and his face showed great obsession. Circling around the cannon, there are words in his mouth. …,

Those craftsmen were not much stronger, and their faces were shocked, excited, and obsessed, as if they had hysteria.

Looking at it like this, it's time to slow down.

Kutuzov was secretly shocked in his heart, and said in his heart, no wonder the artillery of this Wuyi Army is so powerful, it turns out that there are people from the European continent who serve in his army!

Lian Zining was already beckoning to him: "Kutuzov, don't worry about them." Let's go to the tent. ”

The two stayed in Lian Zining's big tent for an hour.

By this time, it was completely dark. In the camp of the Wu Yi Army, countless lights were shining. Butter headlamps and braziers are everywhere, and it is already in the wax moon, one of the coldest times of the year, and at night, the temperature has dropped to more than 20 degrees below zero, and the cold wind is blowing. Blow the flames into the illusion of life and death.

Lian Zining stood on top of the gate and looked at Kutuzov who was surrounded by hundreds of cavalry and left, his eyes were deep.

Today, I talked with Kutuzov for a whole hour, and Lian Zining said very little, and most of the time he was listening--after all, Lian Zining is now unchanged to adapt to all changes, and he has nothing to say. And Kutuzov has obviously been brewing for a long time, and maybe he has discussed it many times with the think tanks in the Russian army, and has already studied a huge and rigorous perfect plan.

This plan was not fully revealed to Lian Zining, but what Lian Zining heard had already made him conclude that if his Wu Yi army and the Russians joined forces, it would not be difficult to defeat Wanyan Yeping's tens of thousands of troops.

Note that it is a defeat, not a total annihilation!

In this way, the last obstacle to the completion of the Jurchen Khan's court was cleared, and this Dajin country was completely destroyed.

However, his thoughts were destined to be in vain, Lian Zining's current state of mind is very different from when he swore to the north, and he has other plans.

Lian Zining's eyes moved away from those Black Mountain knights and cast his eyes on the two large camps in the distance, one was due west to south, and the other was sitting in the northwest. The camp of Wu Yijun is also a high ground, so you can see that the two camps are also starry.

Lian Zining stared at them for a long time, his eyes flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Until in this cold wind, his face was blown painfully, and his body was even colder, as if the chill had penetrated into his bones.

Ye Nai was distressed, and pulled the corner of his clothes, Lian Zining turned around and smiled, and patted her little hand.

Cold.

Only then did he turn around, get off the watchtower, and walk towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

Along the way, you can constantly see the soldiers patrolling the night, although the sky is already extremely cold, but the cavalry patrolling at night is doubled, countless cavalry with small flags as a unit, foot soldiers, I don't know how many, in the big camp, there are three miles away from the outside of the big camp, constantly patrolling, to prevent all accidents from happening. At this time in winter, in order to keep out the cold, there are many more fires at night than before, and at this time, the three forces are intertwined, which is very complicated, and it is necessary to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp. With such a strong wind, such a big fire, and such a dry climate, it would not be a trivial matter if the water really ran away.

Lian Zining turned sideways to Shi Dazhu and said, "After standing for a moment just now, I couldn't stand the cold, and these soldiers were also very hard at night. Now this season, it is getting colder and colder, this is nothing, and the colder is yet to come. This time, there should be a lot of fur and cotton wool in logistics, right? Later, I will tell Wang Dachun and ask him to make a batch of leather clothes and quilts, and send them to the soldiers, and the province will freeze and have an accident. ”

Shi Dazhu hurriedly responded. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )