Wang Jijie listened to Zhang Chu's explanation of the musket and felt that there was still some truth, so he calmed down and watched the demonstration below. According to the habits of the Chinese, the performance should be more exciting in the future, and Wang Jijie expects Zhang Chu to come up with more powerful weapons, so that the capture of Yuncheng will be more certain.

However, Zhang Chu disappointed him this time, and the next thing to play was only a small team of people, not even the neat queue of hundreds of people just now, only a few people drove a horse, and a small cannon was pulled behind the horse.

Wang Jijie thought to himself that this thief was still poor, just such a small cannon was pulled out to fill the façade, Daming's firearms have been very popular, and many cities have artillery as a defensive weapon. So artillery is nothing new in Wang Jijie's eyes. He thought to himself, did Zhang Chu think that with such a small cannon, he could conquer the strong walls of Yuncheng? However, out of politeness, Wang Jijie did not say it on the spot, but he was a little more worried about the prospects of this battle.

The soldiers drove the horses to pull the artillery to the predetermined gun position, the horse that pulled the gun was unloaded and pulled to the side, the artillery was quickly erected and fixed there, and the squad leader who led the team came to ask Zhang Chu whether to open the cannon.

Zhang Chu ordered the shelling to begin.

With the order issued, the soldiers moved quickly, and before Wang Jijie could react, the cannon fired, and the shell flew into the air, Wang Jijie stared at the swarthy cannonball and flew towards the target in the distance, and before he could see the effect of the cannonball landing, the second cannon sound came, followed by the third and fourth cannon sounds, although only one cannon was fired there, but with the non-stop loud noise, the cannonballs flew out one after another, more powerful than several cannons.

"What do you think of the effect of this shelling?" Zhang Chu looked at the stumbling stakes that were being beaten in the distance and served as a target, and deliberately asked Wang Jijie.

"This artillery is good, but the range of the Franc machine type is short, and the power is small." Wang Jijie didn't want to be taken as a fool, the problem of rapid fire of artillery had been solved in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the way of reloading and adding a gun adopted by the Francophone machine, through the rapid replacement of the gun can make the gun fire quickly. Therefore, there is nothing new about the artillery shooting performed by Zhang Chu. Wang Jijie deliberately said the shortcomings of the Franco, meaning to say, don't use this trick to deceive me.

"What do you think of the range of this artillery?" At this time, the shelling had stopped, and Zhang Chu was not moved by Wang Jijie's words, and deliberately continued to ask.

"Is this artillery range?" Only then did Wang Jijie remember to calculate the range of this artillery. He looked up at the shooting range, and realized that the location of the target was very far away from the artillery, and only the red-coat cannon had such a range. Could it be that as the people rumored, what kind of evil art does this Zhang Chu know, which can make ordinary artillery hit such a long distance.

"Don't look at my small artillery, it's powerful. Just now you mentioned the Franc machine, and indeed my artillery overcomes the shortcomings of the Franc machine's sub-gun and the mother's loose closure, and can shoot quickly, while ensuring the power and being able to hit a longer distance.

Wang Jijie thought to himself, you just spend more effort and exhaust manpower to produce more high-precision guns, although this artillery is powerful, it cannot produce more, it cannot form an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield, and it cannot change the victory or defeat on the battlefield. So he said: "How many artillery commanders are there with such excellent performance?" "If you have enough financial resources for such artillery, you can produce as many guns as you want, and I have already produced dozens of them." Zhang Chu heard the irony in Wang Jijie's words. So he replied without hurry.

Zhang Chu waved his hand, and dozens of horses ran past the sidelines, each with an artillery cannon behind it. The artillerymen entered the battle position at speed, and under the skillful operation, all the guns pointed to the target in front of them for a while, and the commander standing in front of the formation gave an order, and all the artillery roared together, Wang Jijie paid great attention to the range of the artillery, and found that all the shells flew to the location of the target. Not a single shell fell close.

Wang Jijie couldn't help but sigh that the craftsmen of the Zhongyang Arsenal were amazing, and so many artillery pieces were made tightly, which required a lot of effort.

The rumbling sound of the cannon lasted for a long time, making Wang Jijie, a military layman, feel the power of this artillery. "What's the matter, if thousands of such artillery pieces are built, will there be a city like Yuncheng that can't be defeated?" Zhang Chu had long imagined the spectacular scene of ten thousand cannons firing in unison. "Can you guarantee that the cannons you make are so powerful?" Wang Jijie is still a little worried about the quality of artillery. "Rest assured, my arsenal has achieved standardized production, and every gun is equally sophisticated." Now the level of craftsmen in the Zhongyang Arsenal has thrown off the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty a few streets. "If that's the case, I'm willing to cooperate with you, and I hope you can keep your promise and don't come to the black." Wang Jijie saw Zhang Chu's power and decided to cooperate with Zhang Chu in pursuit of greater interests. "Please believe in my sincerity, I will not do anything without integrity. As long as Boss Wang's money is in place, our army can be armed immediately, and there is no force in Shanxi that can stop us. Zhang Chu is full of confidence in the prospects of the security army. Of course, he did not exaggerate his strength, he had already found ways to improve the artillery, so that the shooting was more accurate and the range was longer.

In fact, the development of artillery in the Ming Dynasty has come to a successful crossroads, and the Fran machine is undoubtedly the most advanced artillery at that time, and its rear loading method represents the development direction of artillery. Zhang Chu carefully observed the structure of the Franc machine, which adopted rear loading and increased the rate of fire by constantly changing the sub-guns. Since the guns are also cast, the gaps between the mother guns and the child guns are of different sizes, and leaks will occur when the gun is fired, which will not only burn the gunner, but also reduce the range and power of the gun.

Zhang Chu's transformation is actually very simple. The basic style of the gun has not been changed significantly, except that the gun is no longer cast with pig iron, but made of brass, and when fired, the gun is not spliced together with the mother, but directly stuffed into the rear of the mother, and then a wedge-shaped piece of iron is used as a bolt to hold the gun from behind, so that due to the malleability of the brass, the gunpowder gas will not leak when firing, and the package of the mother gun will not be exploded. As long as the sub-guns are constantly replaced, they can be fired at any time, and the power is not reduced. Of course, Wang Jijie didn't know this, and only thought that the production accuracy of the security army's artillery had reached a very high level.

The artillery demonstration was over, Zhang Chu turned to Wang Jijie and said with a smile: "I should show you everything, I don't know when Boss Wang's money will be in place?" (To be continued.) )