After Li Junxian sent Dugu Yi and Mulan to raise the baby, he returned to the barracks with peace of mind. After Dugu Yi and Mulan became pregnant, they can be said to have offspring, and they really have concerns in this world. In order to let his children have a better future, Li Junxian must work hard so that he can fight for a good future for his descendants.

Li Junxian first found Tie Gao, an ancient material expert, and he also hung a deputy regiment-level status, but not many people looked down on him. Everyone thinks that Tie Gao was also a blacksmith before, and he should not be given a deputy regimental status, which seems to make everyone lose his value. If it weren't for Li Junxian's toughness, I'm afraid they would really have driven this Tiegao out of the barracks.

"Master Tiegao, how are you doing?" Li Junxian asked.

"General Meng Li, if you don't give up, it's okay!" Tiegao said.

"You don't have to hide it from me, you haven't had a good relationship with them lately, I'm afraid you have some other ideas. I'm here to inform you that I can start crafting weapons. Everyone has to show their own value here, and if you don't have value, then you won't be liked by others. Li Junxian said.

"Making weapons? General Li wants to make a magic horse weapon? Tiegao asked.

Li Junxian gave Tie Gao the drawing of the flying thunder cannon, Tie Gao looked at it and said; "General Li, do you have any requirements for the materials used in this thing?"

"You're going to find a way to use steel that's hard enough, but light enough. You can use some alloys, which are alloys that mix several metals together, and maybe it will work better. Li Junxian said.

Tie Gao looked at it for a moment and said, "General Li, don't be so troublesome, I can just use our ancestors' steel." But these steels are five times more expensive than regular steel, can you accept them? ”

"Yes! Not to mention five times, ten times is fine. Li Junxian said.

Tiegao quickly took out the materials. Then it was hammered and beaten to make it look like a flying thunder cannon, and then it was time to test. Li Junxian still brought a lead fuse hundreds of meters long, and then asked the gunpowder workers to fill the gunpowder, and then aimed the gun at the big rock at the firearms range.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and a puff of smoke and dust rose in the distance.

Li Junxian and the others came to the vicinity of the Flying Thunder Cannon, and then asked Tie Gao to inspect the Flying Thunder Cannon to see how the so-called wear and tear was. In fact, the requirements of the flying thunder cannon are not high, just because the life of his barrel is too short to meet the operational requirements and costs. Since the Iron High has been introduced, the Flying Thunder Cannon can be turned into a practical weapon.

"It worked! We did it! Tiegao shouted excitedly.

Li Junxian looked at the degree of wear and tear of the cannon's breech. Then he said, "Master Tiegao, how many times do you think this artillery of yours can withstand this kind of shelling?" ”

"At least more than two hundred, let's count it as two hundred!" Tiegao said.

Li Junxian also agreed with Tie Gao's statement, after all, this is an ancient artillery, and the barrel life of more than 200 rounds is already very remarkable. Moreover, this flying thunder cannon uses the technology of later generations, if the ancients could not have thought of it at all. According to the evolution of artillery, it will develop into a redcoat cannon, although that cannon has a long range, but it is not as powerful as the Flying Thunder Cannon. There is another benefit to the Flying Thunder Cannon. That is, it is cheap to manufacture, unlike the red-coated cannon, which can easily cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although the firing range is only about half of that of the red-coated cannons of later generations, it is enough for cold weapons. At this time, the bow and crossbow were three or four hundred meters, and the flying thunder cannon with a range of five or six hundred meters did not have to worry about being fired by the enemy's bow and crossbow.

"Master Tiegao. How much does this Flying Thunder Cannon cost? Li Junxian asked.

"If you follow General Li's approach to your assembly line, it will probably be about three times." Tiegao replied.

Li Junxian also probably knows that the three-run money is probably more than 10,000 yuan in later generations, and this price is still acceptable. I'm afraid these flying thunder cannons can hit the effect that thousands of dollars can't achieve. This is the so-called cost performance. In fact, the army pays the most attention to the cost performance, and if the cost of new weapons is too large, it cannot meet the required cost performance. That's for nothing, too.

"Alright, let's make the Tiger Squat Cannon! The Tiger Squat Cannon doesn't need as high-grade steel as the Flying Thunder Cannon, you can make this thicker, but it shouldn't exceed fifty catties. Li Junxian said.

The tiger squat cannon demanded by Li Junxian was actually the tiger squat cannon invented by Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty, which was a kind of light artillery. The tiger squat cannon weighs dozens of catties, and the ammunition fired is also the kind of granular small bullet, which was also called grape bullet in ancient times. Grapeballs are generally used to attack those enemy soldiers who are approaching, and use grapeshothugs one by one to kill and injure the enemy's living forces.

If the Tiger Squat Cannon has a long range, but it can be used to attack fortifications, then the Tiger Squat Cannon can be used to kill. These are two different specialties of artillery, which do not conflict with each other. The enemy charges, and if there are not many enemies, then artillery is not needed. If the enemy is medium, then just use the Tiger Squat Cannon. If there are many enemies, then use the Flying Thunder Cannon first, then the Tiger Squat Cannon, and finally the individual crossbow shot. In this way, a network of firepower was formed, a network of fire that almost any soldier in ancient times could not break through.

In this way, I am afraid that even if a small number of enemies rush in front of the crossbowmen, the commander behind the crossbowmen can send out the guards to kill those who have slipped through the net. This formed a war machine, a war machine that was almost impossible to break through in ancient times. The reason why the queue shooting tactic can be used for countless years shows that it is a very mature tactic that has reached the peak of early firearms.

Later, although the skirmish line tactic was invented, in the final analysis, it was another variant of line shooting, but because the enemy's musket was better, certain changes were made. Therefore, if the enemy wants to break through Li Junxian's crossbow version of the first shot tactic, it must invent a machine gun. However, even the Han civilization where Li Junxian belonged did not invent machine guns, and it was impossible for the enemy to invent machine guns.

"General Li, once it's made, the Tiger Squat Cannon shouldn't be a problem." Tiegao said.

"In that case, that's fine, let's go test the Tiger Squat Cannon." Li Junxian replied.

Soon, the results made Li Junxian very satisfied, and this tiger squat cannon was successful. An artillery piece is only 50 catties, and it can fully equip a large number of troops. Even, capable of becoming a weapon for cavalry. (To be continued......)