This time it was a flat fire, the target was about five hundred meters away, and when he heard the order, the gunner lit the fuse, which sparked in everyone's eyes, and soon, two loud bangs sounded one after another. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Boom, boom!!"

After the loud bang, smoke came out of the muzzles of the two cannons, and under the huge rear action, both cannons retreated, but the hoes were fixed and stabilized the two cannons.

Soon, two shells hit the target, and after the shells hit the target, they exploded violently, and you can see that on the mountain guns in the distance, the circles numbered "1" and "2" are flying dirt and smoke!

"Good!"

"Hit the target!"

Everyone applauded one after another, the shelling was successful, and the target was successfully hit, and the whole scene was almost boiling, and the battalion and regiment commanders who witnessed all this were even more overjoyed and overjoyed.

The flat shot was undoubtedly successful, followed by the curved shot.

One of the disadvantages of black powder is that there is a lot of residue and needs to be cleaned up.

The barrel was quickly cleaned up, and then the charge, the shell, and the fuse were loaded, and then, the handle of the cannon began to be shaken, and the muzzle of the cannon slowly rose at a visible speed.

In this era, there was no rangefinder, you could only look at the visual measurement and then estimate, after everyone estimated the distance, they began to calculate the angle of shelling, of course, these calculations were a bit demanding for everyone, but fortunately, these gunners were trained, and it did not take long to determine the angle of shelling.

"Boom, boom!!"

Soon, the two cannons rang out again, and two clouds of smoke rose from the mountain guns in the distance, which were produced by the explosion of shells.

"Ahh It's a pity! ”

"It's a little bit off!"

"Missed!"

Many people shouted one after another, and some even looked sorry for the magic, but Zhang Feng smiled slightly, knowing that this was completely normal, and there were too many things involved in the warp shooting.

Zhang Feng said lightly: "Try again." ”

According to the results of this shelling, both cannons adjusted the angle of shelling accordingly, after adjustment, the shelling effect was much better, and when the shelling was repeated again, one of the cannons hit the target, and the other was only slightly off.

It's already very good, Zhang Feng nodded with satisfaction.

Subsequently, several rounds of artillery bombardment were carried out, and the results were not bad, and everyone was satisfied, and some battalion and regiment commanders had even started their activities in their hearts, thinking that their battalions and regiments were also equipped with a few such new artillery, but Zhang Feng had already planned for this new artillery.

The artillery regiment directly under the division was preferentially equipped, and then the independent brigade of Zong Dechao was equipped with an artillery battalion with a total of seventy-two guns.

Seventy-two guns were produced first, and after the test of time and actual combat, they were considered to be improved, that is to say, the artillery just now was only the first generation of artillery designed and prepared by Zhang Feng.

Subsequently, it is estimated that there are improved and strengthened versions of the second-generation artillery, or even the third-generation artillery, whether or not they can finally develop and manufacture rear-loading artillery depends on the development of technology and manufacturing technology.

The process and manufacturing technology are not available, which will largely restrict the development of new artillery, steam engines, new muskets, etc., so Zhang Fengcai established the Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau to develop and manufacture these things, and Song Yingxing is now the chief scientist of the Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.

After watching the test firing of the artillery, Song Yingxing's heart was undoubtedly shocked, such a shock, in just a few days, Song Yingxing didn't know how many times.

Seeing the steam engine, Song Yingxing was shocked, seeing the blast furnace and the steel smelted by the Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant, Song Yingxing was shocked in his heart, and when he saw the ironclad ship under construction, Song Yingxing was even more shocked for a long time.

"It seems that it is completely right to stay, this is my world." Song Yingxin thought so in his heart, and at the same time decided that he would dedicate the rest of his life here, and he would work hard to assist Zhang Feng and create more things.

………

General Military Office.

Not long after Zhang Feng returned from the shipyard just now, Guan Peng, the "spirit fox," entered the back hall of the General Military Mansion and reported the situation to Zhang Feng.

At present, Guan Peng's intelligence team has developed into an intelligence brigade, and the personnel have grown from No. 1 or 20 to the current No. 200 or 300 people.

Guan Peng is simply a genius in intelligence, some ideas are unthinkable to ordinary people, and all kinds of information are constantly transmitted.

Now, Guan Peng has set up secret intelligence stations in various provinces of Nanzhili, and if these intelligence stations are completed, then a huge intelligence network will appear in the entire Nanzhili, and there will be no trouble in the entire Nanzhili, and there will definitely be no escape from this huge intelligence network.

Zhang Feng also made a big deal to support the establishment of various intelligence stations, and last month he even gave Guan Peng a full 100,000 taels of silver.

The intelligence station is under construction, and the secret monitoring of the various health stations in Nanzhili has naturally not been relaxed, no, as soon as there is a situation, Guan Peng will personally come to report.

Guan Peng walked into the back hall of the General Soldier's Mansion, which was more secure and hidden than the front hall, and walked into the hall, Guan Peng reported the latest intelligence to Zhang Feng.

As long as Guan Peng is in Songjiang Mansion, Guan Peng will usually come over to report in person every three or five days, and if there is urgent information, he will usually come and report immediately, so Zhang Feng is still very clear about everything under his rule.

Zhang Feng knew that Guan Peng came in person in a hurry this time, there must be important information, if it was general information, Guan Peng didn't need to come over in such a hurry.

Zhang Fengshen asked, "Captain Guan, what new information is there?" ”

Guan Peng said: "Lord Commander, it's not official information, because we haven't figured it out yet, but I have a hunch that the matter is important, whether the information is accurate or not, I still feel the need to report it to you." ”

Zhang Feng became interested, and immediately said, "It's okay to talk about it." ”

Guan Peng said: "Your Excellency the General Soldier, we have noticed that a large amount of grain is being transported to the Wuchang area, and it is estimated that more than 200,000 stone has been transported, and by the way, the grain prices in the areas of Nanzhili have risen slightly. ”

200,000 stones! That's not a small amount.

A month ago, Guan Peng noticed this situation, several grain merchants in Suzhou began to buy grain from the market, and then traded to grain merchants from Wuchang.

Half a month ago, some members of the intelligence team reported that several businessmen in Yingtianfu had successively purchased a large amount of steel from the Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant in batches, with a quantity of more than 500,000 jin (250 tons).

The steel smelted by Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant is of excellent quality and affordable, and many merchants buy steel from Baoshan Iron and Steel to start this business, and these steel products are also made into various daily utensils, or some agricultural tools.

The amount of steel purchased by these merchants in Ying Tianfu was a little large, although it was purchased in batches, but the cumulative amount reached 500,000 catties.

Originally, Guan Peng was only slightly surprised, but this intelligence team member reported that these businessmen who bought steel had shipped all the steel out, and it should have been shipped to Wuhan.

Hoarding grain, buying a large amount of steel, and all of it was shipped to Wuhan, Guan Peng's heart moved, guessing that there seemed to be some connection between them, so he sent someone to investigate.

Guan Peng was taken aback by this investigation, although there was no official and reliable evidence, but all kinds of signs pointed out that these things should finally go to Gucheng and Fang County in Hubei, and finally all should go to Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai!

After listening to the report, Zhang Feng's expression became serious and solemn, if all this is really related to Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru, it indicates some possibility,

Zhang Feng said slowly: "Captain Guan, assign capable intelligence team members and investigate it, but remember, don't startle the snake, everything is done secretly, and report to me as soon as you make a new discovery." ”

Guan Peng also knew that the matter was important, nodded, turned around and walked out of the back hall of the General Soldier's Mansion, and personally went to investigate the matter.

Looking at Guan Peng's departing figure, Zhang Feng thought, I hope none of this is true, all this has nothing to do with Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, otherwise, things will be big.

Guan Peng sent an intelligence team member to secretly investigate all this

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