What Wang Dou thought of was the Hall rocket of the later generation, an improved version of the Congreve rocket. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the war against Napoleon, Colonel Congreve, an artillery colonel who served in the Woolwich Arsenal, believed that rockets were the best weapon against Napoleon and began to study them.

He was inspired by the Indian rocket, which, in Wang's view, was similar to the later "Sky Piercing Mouse" artillery battle, and his major breakthrough was to use metal instead of bamboo and wood to make rockets.

The main body of the successfully produced Congreve rocket is about one meter long, pointed, slender body, and the rear is equipped with a four- or five-meter-long balance rod, with a range of up to five or six miles, and can carry solid bullets, development bombs, incendiary bombs and other warheads.

Congreve rockets do not need to be fired from artillery, the rate of fire is much faster than artillery, the manufacturing process is not complicated, and it has shown its skills in various wars, because of Congreve's outstanding contributions, the British government awarded him knighthood, and he was also elected to Parliament.

Of course, the Congreve rocket had many problems, mainly because of its poor accuracy, and in the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington commented on the effectiveness of the Congreve rocket: "Compared with Napoleon's artillery fire, our rockets are a greater threat to me. ”

So later the Briton Hall made improvements to the Congreve rocket.

His improvement is also very simple, go to the balance bar that is several meters long, and install three inclined stabilizing spirals at the tail of the rocket, and when the rocket is launched, the rocket will rotate continuously due to the effect of aerodynamics. So as to achieve a stabilizing effect.

Moreover, there are small holes in the tail of the rocket, and the gas emitted by the combustion of gunpowder will also make the rocket spin non-stop, making it fly straight.

This simple improvement made the Hall rocket many times more accurate than the Congreve rocket, and during the Opium War, tens of thousands of Mongol cavalry against the monk Grinqin showed their skills, and they were used until World War II.

In Wang Dou's view, the Hall rocket is actually not very high-tech, and the construction is very simple. to the level of craftsmen in Xuanfu Town. Completely made, it is more of a kind of inspiration here, the piercing of a thin layer of window paper, like gunpowder.

Of course. It's not without technical problems, either. The body of the arrow shall be made of iron. There is a certain difficulty in winding the pipe, and if the thickness of the iron body is different, it is easy to make the center of gravity unstable.

It's no more difficult than firing guns and cannons. It's just that the power of rockets lies in their mass use, and if the cost is too high, there is no point.

Wang Dou took a pencil and wrote and painted on the drawings, he mainly studied history, geography, etc., military history and military industry in later generations, although there were browsers, more hidden in the depths of memory, at this time by Zhou Xianglu touched, he quickly wrote and painted.

The basic structure of the Hall rocket is a bazooka filled with gunpowder, which is similar to the body of later rockets, but the front is gunpowder and a fuse, and there are many small holes on the tip of the outer skin.

In the rear is the propellant as a propellant, and in the very tail is a spin stabilizer, and then a launch frame or canister is provided for use. Because the rocket has no recoil, it can be launched on land or on a warship, regardless of terrain.

Wang Dou is busy working, all the craftsmen are watching with reverence, in the hearts of the craftsmen, the general is a master-level master, although Wang Dou is only a theoretical master, really on the ability to do it, even a waist knife, a bird gun can not be built, which does not prevent him from standing in the hearts of the craftsmen.

After all, in the past, many military designs such as Xuanzhen included Wang Dou's points, and often just a few words made people feel free and took a lot of detours.

In the hearts of everyone, the general knew everything about astronomy and geography, equipment making, and the endless ideas of Wang Dou, at first they were amazed, and now they are accustomed to it.

Of course, Wang Dou had new inspiration, and everyone around him watched silently, only thinking carefully, and the opportunity was rare.

Looking at the draft drawn by Wang Dou, there was immediately a buzz of discussion.

Zhou Xiangzhi, Li Maosen and others are old craftsmen after all, and at a glance they saw the role of the rotating device behind the big rocket, Zhou Xiangzhi helped his glasses and hesitated: "Dare to ask the general, is this thing imitating the role of a bow and arrow?" ”

Of course, Wang Dou's painting level is much higher than that of these craftsmen, and he can draw clearly, understand, and know at a glance. After all, later generations have a kind of logic, including distinctiveness, and this kind of performance is unconscious.

Looking at this clear painting, Zhou Xianglu first asked.

Wang Dou smiled and said, "Yes, these few things can make the rocket spin and fly out, so that the arrow body has always maintained a stable balance, just like the effect of the arrow's feathers." ”

I thought that the ancients were indeed not stupider than the later generations, and I could see the effect of this spin stabilizer at a glance. And as soon as this thing is added, it will be like the bow and arrow effect used by the warriors, and the rear will be feathered, which plays a role in balancing and stabilizing.

Because of this, the archers have the possibility of piercing the Yang in a hundred steps.

After the arrow is shot, it is actually constantly rotating, but it doesn't seem to rotate obviously, but it can turn because of the role of the arrow. Crossbow arrows have no feathers, so the accuracy is much worse than bows and arrows, and I have never heard of crossbow arrows that can penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, of course, crossbow arrows in later generations are not counted.

"I see......"

Lai Yuanlong looked at the pattern and muttered, his mind seemed to be struck by lightning, and a door seemed to open in front of him, and countless thoughts spread out.

He carefully looked at the draft drawn by Wang Dou, and saw that the rocket looked like a spear or arrow, which was originally intended to be easy to rotate...... Revolve? So the arrows are spinning? Why didn't I notice it before? Why didn't you think that arrows could fly smoothly like this?

And also...... General Gao Ming, it is true that the shape of a rocket is suitable for rotation and keeping the arrow body stable.

He shuddered at the thought of the constant rotation of the Divine Fire Crow.

"Spinning, yes, it's wonderful......"

Zhou Xiang's eyes lit up, and in this way, he immediately solved the stability problem of the big rocket that he had a headache, why didn't he think of it before?

The general really woke up the dreamer with a word.

But......

Then a myriad of questions came to his mind, and he pondered. With such an appearance and iron, although the launch of large rockets is much more stable, there are also many difficulties.

For example, there are more boosters, more iron, and more gunpowder required, although the Shenhuo Flying Crow is filled with gunpowder, it flies to the target and explodes and burns, because it is in the shape of bamboo and wood, it is relatively easy. To blow up the iron sheet......

He quickly spotted the holes at the end of the rocket. The mind is turning and understanding the effect of this hole. It's just that even if it doesn't explode, it still looks like it's still a lot of trouble, look at this rocket. In fact, it is not so easy to control.

He wanted to ask questions. He looked at Wang Dou. If an elementary school student is as devout as a college student, there are also Lai Yuanlong and others, who can't wait to ask for advice. Seeing their impatient looks, Wang Dou waved his hand: "Needless to say, you will wait for your own detailed deliberation on specific matters." ”

He said lightly: "Bring pen and ink!" ”

Soon, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were placed in front of Wang Dou, Wang Dou waved his pen and splashed ink, and wrote more than a dozen big characters: "Equipment generation, research generation, pre-research generation!" ”

Looking at the words he wrote, Wang Dou finally said: "The Department of Military Science and Technology is the military industry think tank of Xuanzhen for me, and your task is to continue to develop sharp weapons for our Jingbian Army, so that the soldiers can fight on the battlefield like a tiger with wings." This will ask you not much, that is, the twelve big characters above, it doesn't matter if you can't develop it for a while, you need to do your best. ”

Lai Yuanlong looked at the drawings excitedly, like a child getting his beloved toy, he said solemnly: "The general can rest assured, the department will do their best to live up to the general's expectations, and this rocket drawing, the Military Science Department will also be listed as top secret." ”

Wang Dou nodded: "If the rocket is made, it will be named Zhou's rocket to show meritorious service." ”

After the Jingbian Army's various weapons were made, Wang Douduo named Lai's firecracker, Li's firecracker, and recently Zhong Xiancai's Zhong's riding gun, etc., to encourage their pride and enhance their ability to develop weapons, and the same is true for this rocket.

Looking at everyone's eyes, Zhou Xianglu was taken aback: "This is all the work of the general, how dare the villain be greedy for the general's credit?" ”

Wang Dou laughed and went out, Zhong Tiaoyang and the others hurriedly followed, leaving Wang Dou's words far away: "This credit has no meaning to me, you can continue to produce results, which is the best reward for my Wang Dou!" Repay the hundreds of people in Xuanzhen and the Metropolitan Protectorate! ”

"I hope that in the near future, thousands of Zhou's rockets will take off into the sky and shoot at the enemy camp and enemy formation, so as to clear all obstacles to the enemy for our Jingbian army......

Watching Wang Dou's back go away, his voice disappeared faintly, Zhou Xiang's mood was suddenly agitated, and he couldn't help choking up, the person who is a confidant dies, what can the husband say?

Lai Yuanlong looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Lai has nothing to say, I just hope that you will work hard." ”

He said: "By the way, regarding the safety regulations and regulations, the department will have a meeting first......

At this time, Han Chao and Qi Tianliang sent Wang Dou out and turned around, and their faces sank like water, and they all said in a deep voice: "Have a meeting!" ”

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Recently, Wang Dou has buried his head in the sea of Wenshan cases, the integration of the development of Mo Nan and the Metropolitan Protectorate, many of which need his review and signature, and in terms of special appropriations, he has been holding meetings every three or five times, and he is busy going to the military factory to go around, which is one of his few pleasures.

Moreover, the foundation of Xuanfu Town has arrived, and a lot of scientific and technological research that can be done can also be put on the desk, and it will not be suspected of pulling out seedlings as it was at the beginning, so that Wang Dou will not be hidden, and the scientific and technological development of Xuanfu Town will usher in a blowout period.

The registration of the officials of the Metropolitan Protectorate has also entered the end, the first civil service examination of the Metropolitan Protectorate will be held in Xuanfu Town, what questions should be examined, and finally the report needs to be approved by Wang Dou, he is recently designing a math problem to introduce into the upcoming civil servant assessment.

Perhaps this math problem will cause a great trend in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Back at the General's Mansion, looking at the large number of official documents in front of him that needed to be signed by himself, Wang Dou frowned: "Headache." ”

But there is no way, although the establishment of the shogunate has reduced his work to the greatest extent, but many affairs cannot be avoided, after all, the ministers of the provinces only have a part of the power, and a steady stream of official documents are sent from Ye Xizhi's side.

"It's time to find a chief butler and set up a cabinet."

This thought flashed through Wang Dou's heart, and just as he kept signing the word "agree" and stamping his big seal, there was a gentle cough outside the door, and he heard Zhong Tiaoyang's voice sound: "General, Deputy Protector Li, and Governor Zhu ask to see you." ”

Wang Dou sighed and smiled, it has been cold for a few months, and Old Man Li finally couldn't help it?

He said, "Please invite Deputy Li Dudu and Zhu Gong to the lobby." ”

After thinking about it, he said again: "Please Director Ye, as well as all the members of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, come to the hall together." (To be continued.) )