The craftsman battalion was very busy, the armor and firecrackers originally equipped with 7,000 soldiers were basically complete, and the naval guns cast for the newly launched Galen ship had also been completed, and the craftsmen of the craftsman battalion had just breathed a sigh of relief, and the adults had returned, and the craftsmen heard that the adults had returned, and they had a premonition that some of them were busy, and sure enough, the adults ordered ten days ago to prepare the armor, firearms, gunpowder, goose knives, spears, and new naval gun orders for 3,000 soldiers.

When Zhao Lie came to the craftsman camp, Yuan Yi, Tiago and other craftsmen were already waiting at the camp gate.

"Mr. Tiago, do you have good news for me at the Foundry?" Seeing Tiago's red face, Zhao Lie couldn't help but ask.

"My lord, good news indeed." Tiago looked around at the several cannon casters around him reservedly, and several of them all looked like they were honorable, "My lord, between the improvement of the quality of wrought iron, we have made a forty-eight-pound short-barreled cannon and a long-barreled cannon, but," Thiago paused again at this time, Zhao Lie was as crooked as he was when he joined the advertisement when he watched a TV series in his previous life. "It's just that, my lord, fifty percent of the forty-eight-pounder cannons cast by Tie Fan are cracked due to insufficient chamber pressure." Tiago's voice was a little quieter at this time. It is true that the scrap rate of other guns is only more than 10 percent but at most 20 percent, and the scrap rate of 48-pounder guns is 50 percent. It is equivalent to the price of two cannons for casting one cannon, whether the adults are very dissatisfied, and no one in the craftsmen can be sure.

"Okay, great." Zhao Lie was overjoyed, the expensive point is not a problem, the question is whether there is one, the naval gun reaches forty-eight pounder guns, which is the birth of real heavy artillery, and the concept of heavy artillery in England is calculated as forty-eight pounder guns, sixty-four pounder guns, seventy-six pounder guns, and the highest ninety-eight pounder guns, of course, that is a hundred years later. He can be regarded as touching the threshold of heavy artillery in advance, what is not satisfied, it is really good news.

Possessing such heavy artillery meant that Zhao Lie's fleet could also fight with the 1,000-ton warships of the Netherlands, Spain, and England, and it was also difficult for their thick wooden planks to resist the 48-pounder short-barreled guns, and the long-barreled guns were great killers for guarding ports, castles, bombarding enemy batteries, and city walls, which were really powerful weapons for the country.

Hearing Zhao Lie's praise, several cannon casting masters were overjoyed, after all, such a heavy cannon was in the hands of several of their Chinese and foreign masters, and it was second to none in the Far East.

"Reward several craftsmen with three thousand taels of silver, which will be issued today. In addition, this cannon is named Thiago Cannon. "Of course, Zhao Lie is not stingy with rewards for such military talents. As for naming the cannon, it was customary at the time to give the name to whoever invented it.

When I landed, the atmosphere was even more enthusiastic. Each of the five gunsmiths could get five hundred taels of silver, and the other craftsmen would get five hundred taels, a huge amount of money. And Thiago was even more excited and red, this is the naval cannon named after him, this is the highest honor of a gunsmith, his reputation will still be passed on after a hundred years, in Western Europe this is the greatest glory of the craftsman.

The most envious and jealous thing here is Yuan Yi, Lao Yuan complained in his heart, damn it, this gang of cannons has been issued, how many rewards have they received this year, because Lao Yuan is in charge, so the rewards have to be issued from his hands to five people, and he is even more jealous.

"The artisan camp can have today, and Yuan Tou has a lot of hard work. Three hundred taels of silver. As if knowing Lao Yuan's thoughts, Zhao Lie said with a smile.

"How does this make the villain ashamed." Yuan Yi immediately smiled and couldn't see his eyes. "My lord, the villain also has good news, grenades and gunpowder packs have been made, but," Yuan Yi glanced at Zhao Lie and put away his smiling face. Zhao Lie is even more tired, whoever he learns from will bury his burden. "My lord, it's just that this grenade is a little too heavy."

"Oh, I'll test the cannon now, test the bomb." Everyone surrounded Zhao Lie and came to the test site on the mountain behind the craftsman camp.

When the craftsmen pushed out the forty-eight-pounder short-barreled cannons and long-barreled cannons, Zhao Lie saw that they were thicker than the original thirty-two-pounder cannons. Of course, it's too heavy.

The craftsmen cleaned their chambers quickly, put in the medicine bags and projectiles, compacted them with fire pestles, and opened fire, and with a loud bang, the five-inch gangway hanging on the target less than a mile shattered, revealing the rammed earth inside, and smashed it deeply, with unparalleled power.

Zhao Lie nodded with satisfaction, this power is much stronger than the thirty-two-pound cannon.

The shelling of the 48-pounder long-barreled cannon splashed dust on the brick city wall, and ten cannons went down, eight hits, and the bricks of the city wall shattered, and the projectiles penetrated deep into the rammed earth inner wall.

Zhao Lie applauded first, and immediately applauded, he was really happy today.

However, when the grenade was brought up and used, Zhao Lie was not so happy. This grenade is huge, three catties heavier, the outside uses rectangular cast iron, carved out of fragments by hand, with a wooden grip behind, only to see a tall and powerful craftsman first lit the fuse with fire, then sprinted a few steps, threw it out hard, and then leaned over, the grenade flew out more than ten steps away, exploded after landing two breaths, two wooden people within four and five meters were hit by fragments, however, there are not many fragments of the cast iron shell, but Zhao Lie confessed that there are many small pieces of iron mixed with **, just pierced into the armor, not pierced.

This is really chicken ribs, Zhao Lie estimated that the distance of more than ten steps is too close, the killing power of fragments within five steps is too small, most of the Jiannu are dressed in iron armor, there is no big damage, only the cotton armor of Yu Ding and the coating still has an effect, and it is a big killer for the peasant army that is even lacking in cotton armor, but his primary opponent is Jiannu, as for the peasant army, they can't use grenades, artillery, firearms, and cavalry are enough for them to drink a pot. Of course, when defending the city, it still has its role in street battles in the city.

Zhao Lie did not say anything, and signaled to test the gunpowder bag.

The gunpowder bag weighs ten catties, is tied tightly with hemp rope, and contains iron pieces, and after the test explosion, it is amazingly powerful in the distance of more than ten meters, and it is a sharp weapon for defending the city. Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious, this thing consumes a lot of gunpowder, so you have to prepare in advance.

Zhao Lie didn't say much, and decided to make three hundred grenades and fifty explosive packs first. And a reward of three hundred taels was given.

Finally, there is a demonstration of iron armor, Guo Fu personally placed the fish scale armor, cotton armor, and Shidao's newly made plate armor on the human-shaped wooden target together, three strong archers used a stone bow to open the bow in sixty steps and release the arrows, a stone bowstring The strong elastic force twisted and deformed the iron arrows and hit them out, the iron arrows whistled and crossed the arc to hit the three pairs of armor, and the three archers shot five arrows one after another, and all hit the target in the sonorous sound of the iron tools.

Zhao Lie and others stepped forward to take a closer look, only to see that two of the five arrows on the fish scale armor often worn by the generals of the Ming army slipped off the nail leaf, three arrows were inserted in the nail leaf, the deepest one was inserted no more than half an inch, the other two branches were just barely broken into the armor, and the five arrows on the cotton armor were all inserted into the armor, three of which penetrated into the Yingcun, and the five arrows on the plate armor were only three arrows penetrated, but the penetration was deeper than the fish scale armor, and the three arrows were not half an inch away, and it was deeper than the two arrows on the fish scale armor that barely broke the armor. It seems that the fish scale armor is the best defense against arrows, and the plate armor is slightly worse than it.

Zhao Lie ordered people to put three new fish scale armor, cotton armor, and plate armor on the wooden target, and asked Yu Dabao to hold the iron rod and use eight points of strength to hit three sticks each, only to see that the fish scale armor fell off more than 20 blades, and the cotton armor was cracked and opened, revealing the wooden target inside, and the plate armor was a little deformed, but the protective power was still there, and it was the best armor in this one.

The situation is clear, the protective bow and arrow fish scale armor is slightly better than the plate armor, close combat, the plate armor is slightly stronger than the fish scale armor, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, however, a skilled craftsman can complete a pair of fish scale armor for several months, the cost of most of the fish scale armor is artificial money and food, and the plate armor only takes a few days, and the cost is only one-twentieth of the fish scale armor, so Zhao Lie can use the plate armor to quickly arm the soldiers of the Broken Army on a large scale, if the Fish Scale Armor is armed with all the Broken Army, Zhao Lie may have gone bankrupt long ago.

So the plate armor did not unexpectedly get the respect of everyone, Jiannu is actually the most murderous is its hoplite, its half-ploughing and half-pastoral nature determines that Jiannu's horse combat ability is not as good as the Mongolian tribes that grew up on a horse since childhood, however, the strict military law of Jiannu unification and the strong infantry combat ability based on this is decisive, so when they face the Mongol tribes, it is the power of the Jurchen whole clan to attack the Mongols who are divided and scattered, and when they face the Ming army, they have the upper hand with excellent mobility and iron-blooded close combat, therefore, Plate armor has an advantage over fish scale armor, especially when facing a slave attack.

So far, Zhao Lie has completed the inspection of several armor and firearms, and he is very satisfied, which can be said to be Zhao Lie's most satisfactory. The weapons and armor of the Broken Army have finally been developed, and the Craftsman Battalion can immediately produce them with all their might, and the day when the armor of the Broken Army is complete is not far off.

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