Clinton's first thought was, the Seris are crazy, how could they use this kind of thing as artillery!?

The second ding, the thought was, could it be that this thing is a new invention of the Serisians?

More than a dozen oxen pulled an eight-wheeled cart from the ship, carrying a large creature that looked like a cannon. But Clinton stood in front of the front of the car and saw very clearly that this was a huge iron pipe, the wall thickness was no more than half a foot, and the inner diameter of the iron pipe was at least a foot and a half!

With such a thin wall thickness, it is simply impossible to use it as an artillery ......

You can see that this thing is 20 feet long, and the tail is thickened, which is the location of the medicine room, and this is indeed a cannon.

More than one, three transports, three of these weird things.

Not only Clinton was puzzled, but also other military Cui, Jia Hao put his shoulder on his shoulder and pointed to a man who got off the boat: "Mi Lutou, no, Mi Ju Dong is here, you go and ask him." ”

Dong Mide, director of the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau, was coming in person, surrounded by the generals, and he laughed and said: "I can't say it yet, when Lao Guan comes, he will reveal the mystery." ”

Guan Fengsheng has to come in person! The six generals all said, for this giant cannon, the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau really risked his life.

The next day, Guan Fengsheng arrived, accompanied by a large number of craftsmen, and the ship was carrying heavy goods:

"If I knew it was here, I wouldn't have had to transport so much!"

Looking at the order handed over by Jia Hao, Guan Fengsheng complained, this is all kinds of materials seized by the army from warehouses outside Manila, wood, saltpeter, sulfur, steel, lead and tin.

Jia Hao said well: "Uncle Guan, hurry up and give everyone a breath, it's almost suffocated"

Guan Fengsheng glared: "We're going to suffocate to death!" For this thing, tens of thousands of people have been busy for several months day and night! ”

Then his face rose with confidence and pride: "But it's worth it, we finally have a magic weapon that is final!" ”

What kind of magic weapon is it, Guan Fengsheng and Mead finally confessed at the senior officer meeting, this matter does not have to be kept secret, and this cannon has not yet been completed, and it must rely on the assistance of the army.

The three treasures pulled from the sea are actually three iron cannon blanks. Pig iron is annealed and then forged, which is completely meticulously crafted regardless of the cost.

Speaking of the word "billet", the artillery leader Zhao Hanqi exclaimed: "Iron core copper cannon!? ”

Guan Fengsheng nodded: "That's right, the iron-core steel cannon, this is the technology that Lou Yunnan gunsmiths brought to the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau:"

Earlier, the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau led the siege heavy artillery project, from the project to the finalization, through several stages of demonstration.

First of all, what kind of cannon to make, many people subconsciously think that it should be a chimney cannon, the process requirements are not high, and the cannon will not be too heavy.

But this route was rejected, the range of the chimney was too close, the opponent would inevitably have artillery, and the survivability was too weak.

There was no need for long guns to shrug themselves, so short guns became the best choice, and this choice was consistent with the experience of the later naval battle of Subic.

Next, we faced another ding, a major problem, and Lou used iron to make six

Foshan Manufacturing Bureau has a lot of experience in making iron cannons, and its technology is unique in the world. However, it is very difficult to build a 30-pound cannon, and the scrap rate is very high due to material and cooling problems. To build a 200-pound iron cannon, it is almost difficult to reach the sky.

Quite a few people propose the use of the old technology, that is, the copper cannon. However, after careful discussion, this route was also denied, because regardless of the brass and green coins, the larger the money cannon, the lower the lifespan, and with the increase in the number of shots, the range and accuracy also decreased significantly. More importantly, if you use money, the cannon is very large, estimated to be more than 100,000 catties2

At this time, some grassroots gunsmiths put forward their opinions, saying that Yunnan would make iron-core copper cannons, which made the manufacturing bureau suddenly enlightened.

At that time, Wu Sangui guarded the mountain customs, and his gunsmiths had such an invention, and then went to Yunnan, and this technology was passed down from generation to generation, and it has not been broken.

Pegasus of Foshan Manufacturing Bureau pulled relevant people from Yunnan, and the Yunnan gunsmiths understand the principle, especially the trick of combining iron and money. The Foshan Manufacturing Bureau is proficient in iron affairs, and makes every effort to study the iron cannon blank, and the 200-kilogram cannon has no insurmountable technical obstacles, and it was born smoothly.

Eight feet long (2.7 meters), ten inches in diameter, pig iron shells weigh 180 pounds, tested in the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau, can be two miles away, the ordinary five or six meters thick city wall smashed with one shot, ten meters thick stone wall I don't know what the situation is, but it is impossible to only hurt the fur.

After the completion of the project, there was another problem, such an iron core money cannon, the whole is also forty or fifty thousand catties, and it is very troublesome to cross the sea on the ship. ,

But this is an iron-core copper cannon, and the problem is well solved. Only less than 20,000 catties of cannon blanks were transported across the sea, and the process of the money body part was relatively simple, and it could be solved without the relevant machinery of the manufacturing bureau. Guan Fengsheng and Mead are deciding to pull the cannon blank under the city of Manila and build a copper cannon body on the spot.

The generals were dazzled by the words, the craftsmen were really a group of wise men who could create any miracle:

Mead said: "It's not that I'm forced not to fight, how can I come up with so many doorways?" ”

Listening to Old Man Mi's obedient complaints, everyone burst into laughter, with this cannon, breaking through that indestructible castle is simply just around the corner.

In the camp, Clinton rubbed this fine iron cannon blank, tears flashed in his eyes, Ceris people, really Ceris people, any miracle can be created. Such a cannon, if it is taken to Europa, what fortress can resist! Six

He suddenly felt great pity for the Spaniards, war is the driving force of technology, you have become a ladder for the Seris to climb the mountain, a year? Half? As long as this cannon can be built and put in place, it will be bombarded for a month at most, and your castle of Santiago will be torn apart.

How great would it be if we Britons could learn these techniques from the Seris? It's a pity that I'm not an engineer and don't understand how the hell they did it?

This thought flashed through Clinton's mind again, and he quickly suppressed the thoughts that belonged to the part of the work and pulled up the thoughts that belonged to the part of the friendly envoy. Secretly he himself must do his best in this battle, showing the military skills of the Britons, in order to make himself a ladder of friendly relations between the two sides. In his opinion, Britain's target was India, and there was no major conflict with the Serisians, and the two sides should join forces more closely to deal with the Spaniards, the French, and especially the Dutch in the middle......

Clinton's emotion and the excitement of the generals are still too early in Guan Fengsheng's view.

"This cannon can hit three or four miles at the farthest, but if you want to hit it accurately, it must be at least within two miles, and now looking at our progress, it seems that we are far from the castle:"

"To build a gun factory on the spot, it takes a lot of effort to build a fort, this thing is not just a gun truck can withstand the strength, in short, it takes a lot of labor, very, very much labor!"

Manila's strategy is now completely centered on this siege artillery, Guan Fengsheng's request is Jia Hao's goal, he gathered the generals, and reorganized the siege plan. Combined with Clinton's progress estimates, a strategy was set to clear the perimeter within two months and provide firing conditions for the siege heavy artillery.

But Guan Fengsheng's other request, he scratched his head a little, labor...... After the 50,000 troops, there were nearly 100,000 people, but the main job was to transfer supplies. There are also 30,000 or 40,000 people here in Luzon, and Guan Fengsheng wants to set up three artillery factories and build forts, including the work related to them, how can it cost tens of thousands of people, and it is impossible to put it out.

"It's not impossible to recruit with money, but now I don't dare to look at the cost of the army, it's twenty or thirty thousand taels a day! When the heavy cannon goes off, a shell is thirty taels of silver! Iron is not expensive, but if you want to grind it, you have to pull it from Guangzhou, don't you need money? ”

Jia Hao has a head and three big, and he has fully realized what is the most important thing to be a handsome, handsome, and leading the army to fight, silver!

"Manizhao is here, Dudu, let's just trade Manila for labor......,......

Yuan Yingmang appeared, and he said this thoughtlessly, but Jia Hao humbly asked for advice.

"Although Mr. Nong Ye Er helped to sever the connection between the Chinese in Manila and the Spaniards with Catholicism, their stay was still a troublesome matter after all. Governors, why not tie the future of Manila to their own efforts!? ”

When Yuan Yinggang said this, Jia Haosi understood.

When You Minggui listened to Jia Hao's overall plan in the handsome tent, he was so excited that he knelt on the ground, and even called the governor to be benevolent.

"It's not benevolence, it's tying everyone's future together, and it's not the final decision. After all, I am only in charge of the military, which belongs to government affairs, and I need His Majesty's permission. However, I believe that Your Majesty will definitely approve of it, because only Your Majesty can have your worthy bow down to Tong Mingren and heart. ”

Jia Hao said lightly, but he also knew that no matter how he shirked it, in Luzon, his name as "Buddha Dudu" would continue to be carried forward. This text is provided by Qihang Dagger Qishen, You Minggui's Ji Ge is very simple, gather the Chinese, form a Minfu battalion, all the Chinese who enter the camp, after the Anglo-Chinese army captures Manila, will receive corresponding rewards. Or a homestead in Manila City, or a field outside the city. In addition, they will be able to share the army's war catches, including gold and silver supplies, and what they have stolen from the Spaniards anyway, they will have a share of it. Jia Hao circled the scope and gave the total amount, and how to divide it was a matter for You Minggui to discuss with the Chinese themselves. In addition to providing simple accommodation for Chinese, Yinghua only gives such a boat prospect, but for You Minggui, such a prospect is already extremely beautiful:

This means that the current Manila Chinese will be able to make a big comeback in the future.

In the middle of the night, in a camp somewhere on the north bank of the Pasig River, the 20,000 or 30,000 Chinese who had switched to Yinghua and entered the Temple of Heaven suddenly burst into thunderous cheers, waking up the Spaniards in the castle of Santiago and even retreating to the periphery of the castle, bringing their families and mouths to continue to fight against Yinghua.

Zhang Wu hated his companions and said, "We have no way out!" ”

As he spoke, a raging fire burned in his heart, and his wife had fled with her son. Who caused his family to be ruined!? Who caused his wife to be separated, he is a thief of Yinghua!

In the castle of Santiago, the governor of the castle, Rebando, approached the Archbishop of Aruso anxiously and asked him to celebrate a mass in order to appease the Spaniards in the castle.

The archbishop asked a series of questions mildly.

"Is there enough food in the castle?"

Of course, based on past historical experience, the castle has two years' worth of food stored at any time, not only food, ammunition and supplies.

"Have the children ever wavered?"

The archbishop asked about the army, and the army did have some wavering, but after retreating to the castle, there were 3,000 troops, tens of thousands of civilians, and in the face of 50,000 or 60,000 Cretaceous people, it was not a crisis. At that time, there were only 400 soldiers and 2,000 civilians in the castle, which could withstand the siege of tens of thousands of Chinese.

"Those heretics, do you have a sharp weapon from the devil to break through the fortress!?"

This question was also a question for the Governor, for the sentries had indeed seen the enemy soldiers drop some cannons from the small port in the distance, but the movement was not a big one, and the hundreds of cannons in the castle were not vegetarian.

So, what do we have to worry about? The Lord has blessed us, and the Lord has been gracious to Spain, and this land is the land that the Lord has promised us, let those heretics perish under the power of our Lord. ”

The archbishop was very calm, and he had been unusually calm since he classified all the Chinese as infidels, and set up a top-secret plan to kill all the Chinese who were still working for him in a critical time.

The Governor nodded respectfully, and said in his heart that it was not worth asking the archbishop to come forward until it was an emergency.

But when the emergency will come, the governor does not know the bottom of his mind. Rear Admiral Pedro, with his slightly intact cruiser, sailed north to the Americas while the Baymouth battery was still under his control. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, another ship was sent to Malacca and crossed the Indian Ocean to return to Spain for help. Another brave captain was also sent to take the direction of Sulu, avoid Fujian and Taiwan, go straight to Chalk, and then return to Mexico.

As long as you persist for a year, there is hope after all.

The Governor warned himself not to be too arrogant, this group of Creature people is very different from the previous ones, and in order to save this year, all means must be used.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to send an envoy to negotiate with the British and Chinese army. Negotiating on a reciprocal basis with the yellow-skinned monkey who trampled on the day like a mustard hurts the self-esteem of the Spaniards, but what can be done, this is also forced.