Furlong cannon? Emperor Chongzhen recalled his confidence in the Franco cannon, which was invented in Europe and introduced by the Portuguese Republic in the first year of Jiajing, and became the mid-Ming Dynasty artillery as "Francophone" according to the name of the country. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the third year of Jiajing, the Ming court successfully imitated the first batch of 32 Franc machines, each weighing about 300 catties, and the mother gun was 2.85 feet long, equipped with four sub-guns. Later, the Ming court successively imitated various types of Franc aircraft of different sizes and models to equip the northern and coastal armies.

For these are not of interest to Emperor Chongzhen, what is of interest to Emperor Chongzhen is the cannon itself, which is a kind of rear-loading cannon.

Emperor Chongzhen, who came from later generations, knew very well that the rear-loading cannon was the trend of the future, and there was basically no front-loading cannon except for the mortar.

As for rifled guns and smoothbore guns, Emperor Chongzhen didn't have to think about it, he definitely chose smoothbore guns, cannons are not muskets, they need to shoot accurately, and they need to depict rifling. The artillery was originally covered by fire, a cluster attack. What's more, later generations also proved that rifled guns were only used in World War II, and then they were eliminated.

Because of the more accurate missiles, you may also need a small number of rifled guns for accurate shooting, such as long-range knockout of the opponent's headquarters.

If you want to make rifled guns, the Furlong cannon is naturally the most suitable, and the characteristics of the breech-loading gun make it avoid the influence of rifling on the loading gun.

However, there is one thing to pay attention to, that is, he needs to change the shape of his son, which also has to be talked to Xu Guangqi, as for whether it will work, let him make two doors to try, if the effect is good, you can build some.

"Tell us about this cannon!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded, this kind of cannon will definitely be the main cannon used in the future, and it will depend on him to form the artillery regiment.

Xu Guangqi nodded, and said with a smile: "There are many types and types of Fulong cannon casting, there are about six styles, and the minister thinks it is a bit much, and he is ready to cut it into three, which is almost enough, and the power will not be small." ”

"The first one is this, a three-hundred-pound medium long cannon, with a range of about two miles." Xu Guangqi patted the cannon beside him and explained: "This kind of artillery is lightweight, easy to handle, and easy to use, and can be used in various military formations. ”

"The second is the eight-hundred-pound Furlong machine gun, the firing range of this cannon is about five miles, and it is a bit laborious to carry, but it is powerful, and it has a very good effect on breaking through the military formation."

"As for the third type of artillery, it is a heavy artillery, 1,500 catties, and the firing range can reach eight miles, although it is worse than the Hongyi cannon, but it is also lighter!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, with these three kinds of cannons, there is no need to use the Hongyi cannon!

Small Furlong cannons can be equipped with troops, organize artillery battalions for them, medium-sized Furlong cannons can be distributed as a unit of guards, forming an artillery regiment, as for heavy artillery, forming a heavy artillery regiment can also be, but the main role is city defense, unless it is a key battle, it is better not to push it out.

"Yes, let's choose these three kinds of guns, let's talk carefully and look at the next firearm!" Emperor Chongzhen smiled, and his eyes set on the next firearm.

It's a small wooden cart, and of course there's a big cart next to it, which looks like a horse-drawn cart. The things on the car aroused the interest of Emperor Chongzhen, this is simply the rocket artillery of later generations!

Four rows, six holes, four in each row, neatly arranged, look very powerful.

Looking at it, Emperor Chongzhen's face was a little weird, this thing was taken down from the car and headed towards the sky, this is the salute set off in later generations! It's just that it's on the car at this time, and the muzzle of the gun is ahead. Glancing at the lead on the side, Emperor Chongzhen was even more certain.

"This is the god machine cannon transformed by Bi Maokang according to the Five Thunder God Machine, and it is extremely powerful!" Xu Guangqi introduced to Emperor Chongzhen, and suddenly heard someone coughing behind him, Xu Guangqi hurriedly said: "Of course, Mr. Tang also helped a lot. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and glanced back at the so-called Mr. Tang, which turned out to be the foreigner he had just seen.

Although he was very interested in this foreigner, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that this was not the time to ask, so he just nodded at him.

"Five Thor Machines?" Emperor Chongzhen has seen this kind of thing, he is a kind of cannon similar to a three-eyed fire gun, five tubes, connected by a fire rope, each tube is loaded with ****** and cannonballs, and then ignite the fire rope and fire in turn.

It's basically like the salute of later generations, lighting the fire rope and firing a dozen of them in turn.

"As long as you light the fuse here, you can fire sixteen times in a row!" Xu Guangqi explained with a smile: "And it is very light, it can be pushed by a carriage, and the small one can be pushed by a cart, which is better than artillery, but his range is relatively short, only about one mile." ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't underestimate it because of its short range, this guy definitely has the potential to be tapped, this is rocket artillery! And it is a burst of rocket artillery, with the deepening of the research, the power must be more and more great, think about the scene of rocket artillery flying on the position, Emperor Chongzhen began to pity the enemy.

"Good, good!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and a hundred of these things were spread out horizontally, and a wave of them was launched, which could definitely block a large area.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already begun to imagine that the batch of firepower was equipped, even if the large Furlong cannon could not be pulled, only the medium and small Furlong cannons. The enemy rushed up, first the large Furlong cannon fired, and then the small Furlong cannon, and with the addition of this five Thor cannons, the terrible fire covered.

"Five Thor cannons?" Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and said directly: "The name of this thing is too long, change the name, change it to rocket artillery!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although Xu Guangqi didn't know why Emperor Chongzhen changed his name, he would not argue with Emperor Chongzhen because of this little thing.

Walking forward again, what I saw was a circular body, a circular cylinder with eight faces, which looked very weird. Looking down from above, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but have a cold war, and it was densely packed with arrows.

"Xu Aiqing, what is this?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Xu Guangqi and asked.

"Back to the emperor, this is a hundred tigers running together!" Xu Guangqi opened his mouth to explain: "Half of the inside is feather arrows, and the back is ****** with gunpowder, and after ignition, you can shoot a hundred feather arrows at a time, which is very useful for defending the city and fighting." ”

"Compared to archers, although the accuracy is a little worse, the range and number are incomparable!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, but there was no comparison, it was a hundred at once, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but think of the dense feather arrows in the movie "Hero", if there were too many of these things, no cavalry would be able to rush up, right?