On the morning of the next day when Chen Dexing and Li Cuixian exchanged love tokens, they were on the side of the Grand Canal outside Dongguan City, Yangzhou.

"Qingzhi, why does the husband have no wife...... Oh, why is there no concubine, when I return to Lin'an, with my Huang Million to help, what kind of head Oiran can't get it? ”

Huang Zhishen was wearing a cardigan, a Dongpo scarf, and a Japanese fan in his hand, and followed behind Chen Dexing, panting while snorting and saying words of comfort to his good brother.

Huang Zhishen is a martial arts student in Lin'an, he has practiced martial arts with Chen Huaiqing, he can pull a hard bow with one stone, and he can play a big knife on horseback or something, and his body is also strong. Rao is like this, and he can't afford the high-intensity training of Chen Dexing's artillery army, running all the way from the artillery army camp, he is also tired and sweaty, panting, not to mention the Ren Daoye, who is not very diligent in his limbs, and now he doesn't know where the cat is going to rest. It can be seen from this that Chen Huaiqing's Lin'an martial arts is at what level.

Chen Dexing glanced at his old friend and shook his head slightly.

Huang Zhishen said: "Qingzhi, if you only like Cui Niangzi alone, Zhishen can also help you, go to Mingyu Pavilion tonight, and I will help you prepare a generous gift." ”

Huang Zhishen has the nickname of "Huang Million", his family is rich, and he is one of the top 20 wealthy businessmen in Quanzhou - Quanzhou, Fujian Province in this era is not the situation of the 21st century, but the richest industrial and commercial city and trade center in the world, and there are not many wealthy businessmen with millions of dollars (copper coins)! As for the Huang Million Family, there are more than 200 sea vessels that can carry out overseas trade alone, and they are specialized in Sino-Japanese trade, and they have docks and warehouses in Hakata, Japan.

In his mind, Cui Yue'er is just a fireworks woman, as long as a lot of copper coins are smashed, can she still get her hands on it?

Chen Dexing smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Million, now my mind is not on Cui Yue'er at all, there are still tens of thousands of northern captives outside Yangzhou City...... The war could resume at any time, and it was time for the artillery army to show its skills. I don't have much time left, and it's going to be a bit difficult to train the artillery army. Shooting artillery is more complicated than I thought! ”

It's always like this, it's easier said to think than done! The Femdom Artillery Army is no exception.

Huang Zhishen turned his head to look at the artillery carts dragged by the old cattle and artillery generals, and were tightly wrapped in linen, and stopped crookedly on the edge of the canal, and he also felt a little unreliable, so he lowered his voice and said to Chen Dexing: "That...... If you practice hard during this time, well, ......, it really won't work, and you can train one-half of the artillery team. ”

Chen Dexing took a deep breath and said, "Difficult! This artillery army is newly established, and it can only be explored slowly, and the artillery army cannot fight alone, and needs to cooperate with other armies...... Difficult! ”

This thing is indeed not easy, and the difficulty of the artillery army's achievements is not in building a stone machine, but in training a cannon sergeant who can turn a stone machine into a military weapon. This is not a problem that can be solved by hard practice, it involves a lot of measurements, calculations, and the exploration of numbers and experience, if Chen Dexing can be given two or three years, it can make the artillery army really sharp, but now it may not even be three months.

Huang Zhishen narrowed his eyes, "Everything is difficult at the beginning!" Fortunately, the Beiyu side has not seen the artillery army, and it is still possible to surprise them. This one...... It seems to be a little difficult to aim at the intermittent sight, even I can't play it all at once, and when I get to the battlefield, you can only come, and more than sixty artillery pieces are used intensively. After aiming and solving, the problem is actually that the strength of each stone machine is different...... And then there's the quick scheduling and deployment, that's the key! ”

Although this Huang Million does not plan to be a military attaché, the art of war in his stomach is really talented, and it is not used to write strategies and make great senses. After less than a month in the artillery army, I have already found some doorways.

Chen Dexing looked back and saw that the 32 stone generators of the four artillery teams that had followed him out to "pull and train" today had already lined up on the side of the canal, and the soldiers were unloading the stone generators from the artillery trucks under the command of the generals and team generals. Lu Evil Tiger, who was the commander of the left army of the artillery army, held a half-lit incense stick in his hand, and scolded viciously.

"Fuck, haven't you eaten enough? Why is it so slow? Half of the incense is almost over, and the cannon has not been set up yet...... When I go back, I will all serve the army with sticks! ”

Chen Dexing said in his heart: 'This evil tiger is a wicked man, and with him as a big villain, he can continue to play the role of a soldier like a son.' In the future, when the team grows, we must pay more attention to this point, and every unit must have someone to be a wicked person and someone to be a good person, so as to appease the morale of the army. ’

Thinking of this, he raised his voice and roared: "Brothers, work harder, practice adding vegetables tonight, one person has a big fat meat!" ”

"Thank you for all the rewards! Big guys, work harder! The people below immediately became excited, their morale was much higher, and their movements in their hands were also faster.

On one side is a military stick, and on the other side is a big meat...... The effect is really good. In addition, Chen Dexing also plans to establish a political and war system in the army, proclaiming national righteousness or something, but not now, but after he has the opportunity to take charge on his own - what scriptures this political cadre recites can be related to whom the team is loyal to!

Thirty-two stone generators were quickly erected, all facing the other side of the Grand Canal, and Gao Da had already led a group of soldiers to drive small boats over, and on the empty bank of the river were placed a number of scarecrows of different colors as targets, and the distance between them and these stone machines was 200 paces, 180 steps, and 160 paces respectively...... 60 steps. The torsion stone machine designed by Chen Dexing has a simple structure, and there is no device to adjust the launch angle to obtain the impact point at different distances, and there is only one way to control the firing range, that is, the weight of the bullet - to put it more simply, it is a matter of adding a few iron cannons and stone projectiles.

This is not an easy thing, although under the strict supervision of Chen Dexing, the parts of each stone machine are interchangeable, but the subtle differences are still there, for example, the tendon strings used in different stone machines cannot be exactly the same - these tendon strings are not produced by the artillery army, but the products of Yangzhou Duzuoyuan, which were originally used for bed crossbows. Because of the torque provided by the rib string, the projectile force that each stone generator can provide is also different.

If you want all the stone starters in the artillery army to achieve the same range, you can only use "artillery shells" of different weights. Therefore, in addition to the iron cannons of the same weight (weighed), Chen Dexing also ordered the right army of the artillery army to produce some stone bullets for counterweight. Whether the ground used to place the stone machine has a slope will also affect the use of the stone machine, which requires the artillery sergeant to dig the depth of the hoe pit (where the gun frame is placed) and manually find a horizontal plane. In addition, the wind speed and direction of the day will also affect the accuracy of the stone, which needs to be calculated...... In short, this stone machine is really complicated to operate! There is no group of high-quality artillery players who can't play at all.

This is probably the reason why the torsion stone machine did not go to the battlefield again after gunpowder was introduced to Europe, right?

"200 steps away!"

"Target, straight ahead!"

"Tie rod...... Upper ...... Hair! ”

"Canopy ......"

With the voice of the Land Evil Tiger, the test firing of the artillery army began. However, it was not a salvo of thirty-two catapults, but a separate test firing of one by one. Gao Da, the deputy commander of the left army of the artillery army, and a few soldiers, cats in a dug bunker on the other side of the river, and after a stone machine is finished, they will come out to inspect it, and then record the distance from the target for reference.

Looking at a few "training bombs" drawing a parabola in the air, and then falling far away 200 paces, it didn't seem to deviate too far from the target, Chen Dexing nodded slightly, but his brows were still tightly wrung up. Now it's just training, and I'm afraid I won't even be able to do three things in actual combat...... The operation of this stone machine is still a little complicated, and I am afraid that I will make a mistake in the wartime!