'Coax! A loud thunderous sound rang out, and the gates of Victorian City were blown open. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Li Deyu and several prime ministers put down their hands to cover their ears, and Li Deyu exclaimed, "Although it is the second time I have watched it, it is still so shocking." ’

Is this a thunderbolt? It's so powerful. Wei Fu's face was happy, "My Datang has such a divine weapon, and I will definitely be invincible and invincible in the future." ’

'Divine weapons are not to be feared, I still need to convince people with benevolence and righteousness, and be cautious and virtuous. Wei Mo objected, "In any case, with such a sharp weapon, I have no worries." Wei Cong, who has always been honest, also expressed his opinion.

This is not Victoria, but in Chang'an, outside Chang'an. There's a simulated Victorian city. Relying on the spies who were attached to the staff department, they got a thorough understanding of Victoria. The thickness and material of the gates and walls were all explored. Then Li Chen asked the Ministry of Industry to build an imitation Victorian city outside Chang'an City.

Of course, not the whole of Victoria copied it, only mobilized manpower, and built the wall and gate that would be touched during the siege.

Today, Li Chen brought a group of ministers here to increase their knowledge, simulate how the left army of Shence broke through the city, and let them see. They had only heard of the name of the thunder before, except for the sake of strengthening Li Deyu's confidence and letting him see it, everyone else had never seen this weapon with the greatest power and the highest secrecy in the Tang Dynasty.

'Does this weapon have to be attached to the city gate?' Zheng Lang pointed out a point. Although he is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the Ordnance Supervisor is theoretically under the name of the Ministry of Industry, but since Li Chen moved the Ordnance Supervisor to the deep mountains, he has completely separated from the management of the Ministry of Industry, and this weapon is the first time he has seen it.

'Give you the rulers, explain and explain. Li Chen is the Italian weapons supervisor to explain. The Ordnance Inspector came out to explain the weapon to several prime ministers.

This thing is called siege bombing. Kit. Simply is a bowl-shaped object filled with fried. Medicine. There was a bracket attached to the iron bowl so that the explosives box could stand in front of the city gate. When you want to use it, put a wooden board in front of the city gate close to it, and you can blow it open.

It was in the 16th century that the Ottoman Empire used siege weapons. Under the instruction of Li Chen, the ordnance supervisor made it for the purpose of this battle of Victoria. ’

Although Weichen is not familiar with military affairs, I am afraid that such a thing is not practical. Zheng Lang said.

It's true that this kind of thing has limited utility. If you don't get close to the city gates, you won't be useful. So this time Xiaohu only treats this thing as a plan, and there are other things that have to be fried. How the medicine is used. I didn't expect it to be a one-time achievement.

'I'm the Weapons Warden, but it's not just that. Hearing Zheng Lang's words, the ordnance supervisor straightened his waist, even if he was facing one of the prime ministers, the former boss, he was not afraid.

'Show a few of the deacons. Li Chen signaled, and the ordnance supervisor immediately commanded the people to put it up, "First of all, throw the thunder out with a catapult." With a wave of his hand, one of the catapults thundered on the catapult, and then exploded in the distance.

Li Chen took several prime ministers to watch the results. I saw the places that had been bombed, the dummies that had been erected, the dummies with the armor pierced, each of them was extremely miserable, the armor was penetrated, and small traces could be seen on it, if it was a real person, it would have been ruined a long time ago.

We also filled it with pieces of broken iron. Armor can also be seriously injured, and casualties are greater without armor. The Ordnance Warden said proudly. This is Li Chen's original thunderous improvement. At first, Li Chen was afraid that the power would not be enough, so he tried to fill it with black powder as much as possible.

But after testing, a little stuffing is actually more effective and more lethal. This can be regarded as an improvement of the ordnance superintendent. This is Xiaohu's second plan, if they can't break through the Victorian city gate with explosives boxes, they will rely on this large number of Tubo people to intimidate them.

'Good. Several prime ministers looked happy, this kind of weapon is really sharp. Although they are not completely military, they also know that the military pair needs a formation very much, but this kind of weapon is specially designed to break the formation. The denser the denser, the greater the casualties.

I'm afraid this thing won't have any effect on the city wall. Wei Fu, the squire of the military department, said, "Yes, this thing is for people." ''That accuracy?'' Speaking of this question, the ordnance supervisor was embarrassed, "The accuracy of trebuchets is not high." Also take into account the climate.... ’

In short, if you want to break the city, you still have to get close to the city walls. Wei Fu asked the key point directly, "We have another development for the city." The ordnance supervisor stiffened his neck, and waited with a group of people to another place.

And he saw a wooden shelf, on which was a thick cylinder, and it was tightly fastened with iron. Several soldiers, under the command of the Ordnance Warden, got busy. First, he took a mop and dipped it in water, stretched it into the cylinder, cleaned it for a long time, then stuffed a cloth bag into it, and then stuffed an iron ball into it.

'Ladies and gentlemen, please take note. The armory supervisor said vividly, "Please pay attention to the city wall ahead, this city wall is built with the specifications of Chang'an." ', and then ignite. A group of prime ministers were so skillful that they covered their ears and didn't need to be reminded by Li Chen. After watching it a few times, they also understood that this thing, no matter what the power and method are, the only thing in common is that it is very loud.

I saw that after the ordnance supervisor ignited, a thin wire burned for a while, and the cylinder made a shocking sound, and even the people of Chang'an, who were more than ten miles away, had someone in the hall, and someone looked up at the sky, and it sounded on a sunny day. Is it going to rain?

Several prime ministers looked ahead in amazement, and even forgot to put their hands down, and saw that the wall that was modeled on Chang'an City, an iron ball, smashed into it so hard that they could even feel that the city wall was groaning. Recite.

There is no city in the world that cannot be broken with this power. Li Deyu said slowly, winning the unanimous approval of all the prime ministers. What kind of power is this, although the city wall has not collapsed, but it is only a matter of a few more shots.

Especially, at such a distance, this is far beyond the range of a crossbow or even a catapult. In other words, without such a cannon, or a weapon with the same range, it can only be slaughtered by others at that time.

"Okay, this is the real weapon of the gods, with such weapons, our Tang army will be invincible from now on." Wei Fu said happily, suddenly, he wanted to say something, and he only lived again.

'Why does Wei Xiang have something to say?' Li Chen noticed that he was the most calm person in the scene, and he had secretly gone to see it after the cannon research was completed earlier. He had known the power of the cannon for a long time, so he was not as shocked as these prime ministers. In his opinion, the power of this cannon is not enough now, and it needs to be strengthened.

This is not the reason why he did not push the cannon into battle. The main thing is that this thing is too troublesome. Not to mention, this thing is just rough and has siege power. With this weight and size, I don't know how much manpower and material resources it will cost to transport it to Victoria.

He had to wait for a lighter artillery to be developed before he could go into battle. He didn't think it was impossible. The earliest artillery was cast in bronze, which took a long time. It was not until the eighteenth century, when the technology of cast iron advanced, that the use of iron casting was gradually changed.

And because of Li Chen's interference, now Datang has a large amount of high-quality and high-quality steel in advance, and it will soon enter the era of iron cannons.

Even, not only iron cannons, but also Li Chen, who understands a little bit of miscellaneous knowledge, also proposed a lot of technologies, waiting for the Royal Research Institute to study, such as the cannon casting technology of largemouth cannons. The invention of this technology allowed the Americans to possess the world's most advanced iron cast large-caliber cannon technology in the 19th century.

Actually, to put it bluntly, it's not difficult at all. It is to use an iron mold. In the past, the cannon was very troublesome, and it was necessary to sit on the mud mold first. Wait for the clay mold to dry naturally, and then cast. This technique is very troublesome, and it is not an experienced craftsman who can't figure it out.

To wait for the mud mold to dry, you have to be very experienced. If it doesn't dry well, there will be cavitation, and when the time comes, the cannon will be cast, and it will explode. And a clay mold can only make one cannon.

After the successful research of the cannon, Li Chen asked them to try to use iron to cast molds, and also taught them to use steel, annealing, quenching and tempering to obtain different characteristics, and cast them at one time. This is more advanced than the copper core iron tire, such a casting technology.

Iron casting mold, one mold can be reused, not like the clay mold, it takes many days to dry, and there is no need to worry about cavitation causing explosion.

Copper-core iron tires with copper on the inside and iron on the outside. Copper is malleable and can absorb gunpowder for explosive power, and the outer iron can make the cannon stronger. This is a very advanced casting technology, and Li Chen has gone one step further on top of this.

In addition, there are many small technologies that need to be invested, such as bubble ears. This gun has no ears, it can only be fixed on the gun carriage and fixed to hit the same place. Another example is the gun carriage, which can be easily moved by installing wheels on the cannon.

As for the question of whether or not it can be realized, it is very likely that the Ordnance Supervision Department will have obtained the results of several studies. Using several characteristics of iron to achieve inner softness and outer hardness, craftsmen have long known that this is how the Mo knife is cast.

Iron mold technology, it is not difficult. In fact, in the history without Li Chen, the Chinese mastered this technology as early as the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, decades earlier than the Americans. However, these were eventually lost as the Manchus were closed and did not pay attention to firearms.

The minister wanted to say that such a sharp weapon of the military state must be kept strictly secret and must not be passed on to the outside world. But then it occurred to me that the saint had already done this in advance. Wei Fu was a little embarrassed, his first reaction just now was that such sharp weapons must be kept secret, but just as he wanted to say it, he thought that Li Chen had already asked the ordnance supervisor to move into the deep mountains, close the entrance, and no one else could enter. So, in simple terms, it's nonsense.

'Wei Xianggong is loyal to the country, don't mind. Li Chen explained for Wei Fu, and asked the ordnance supervisor to introduce other products.

Other products, in fact, are cannons. The cannon just now was a trial type, and now this is the first model officially finalized, the mortar gun. It looks like a very thick cylinder used to pile rice mortars, and the cannon body is very short. This kind of siege artillery is considered a siege gun.

'Siege artillery? Li Deyu noticed one thing, "Meaning, there are other kinds of cannons?" 'Yes, Lee Sang. ', explained the Ordnance Supervisor. According to the type of artillery, there are siege guns and field guns. To put it simply, it is used to fight people and siege cities.

The requirements of the field artillery are that the firing range should have a certain distance, and it should be convenient and carriable, so that it can be moved. There should be a gun carriage and wheels so that it is easy to move. ’

This is the result of our recent improvements, which are called short guns, also known as single guns. There are no field guns, some of them have been improved, for example, a mortar-like thing, a short barrel, placed on the ground, a medicine bag thrown in, and then the shell is lit, wrapped in leather, and put in.

This can be tens of feet away, and it is no longer possible to lose crossbow arrows. The Ordnance Superintendent explained, "We are making corrections for safety reasons and for the convenience of soldiers." The ordnance supervisor had some unfinished words, but no one except Li Chen realized it.

'This is, the projectile. The ordnance supervisor took out another slingshot-like thing, "This thing can't shoot far, we want to use it, is it better to zoom in." ’

This thing was inspired by the slingshot that children played with. Instead of using explosives to throw like a short cannon, use a large improved slingshot directly to throw the thunder far away, but... This also requires technology, otherwise it is difficult to be accurate, and it is powerful, 'This thing can be used to hit people, but it is closer, and there is still some lethality, mainly used to shock the enemy's courage at close range. ’

Li Chen looked very interested, this thing was made by the Weapons Supervisor and the Royal Research Lock, and he didn't know it. However, it is not useless, although the distance is about the same as a bow and arrow, but it can have a surprise effect by throwing down the enemy's formation. Suddenly, there was a loud noise and impact around it, and the blow to the infantry was not insignificant. In addition, the Ordnance Warden gave him something unexpected.

'What is this?' ', the ordnance supervisor rarely took out something that surprised Li Chen, holding an artillery? Just build a demonstration soldier, take a huge one, ninety centimeters long, about forty centimeters in caliber, and weigh ten kilograms, a large musket, or a small gun.

This thing, carried under the armpit, cannot be shot against the shoulder like a musket. It's huge. However, the huge price is that the range is also long and powerful.

'Saints, Prime Ministers, this is a hand-held cannon that we have developed. It can be held by hand. Li Chen and a few prime ministers walked to the dummy a hundred zhang away, and saw that the dummy was completely pierced, and even the mountain armor and Mingguang armor couldn't stop it. Although this distance is not as good as that of a cannon, it is far more than strong.

'Armed artillery!? Li Chen didn't know whether to be excited or angry, and asked them to study the musket, and as a result, they came up with such a thing. Now he was torn. This thing is very powerful, should it be mass-produced?

At the same time, he had another question to be entangled, what should he do with those Tubo people? According to Xiaohu's report, these Tubo people are quite resigned to their fate, driving them to work, working hard, and not making trouble, that Jiebao is very cooperative, and now is, how to deal with them?

Tell me what to do. What should be done with these Tibetans? After receiving the recital, on the way here, Li Chen asked several prime ministers for advice. (To be continued.) )