Nowadays, the guns cast by the Qing army are all improved to the iron mold method, the iron mold can be used many times, and there is no need to clean the gun chamber, which eliminates the defects of the mud mold cast cannon with multiple honeycombs and easy to explode, shortens the casting cycle, and also reduces the cost-

However, the Qing army did not understand the ratio of body and caliber, and the actual significance of the position of the fire 'gate' in the burning of the gun's 'powder', the vast majority of the fire 'door' was too far in front of the big one, and in addition, affected by the wrong design ideas and materials, the Qing army's cannon body was huge, and it looked extremely powerful, and was named such as the Heavenly Blessing Cheering General, the Shenwei General, the Wucheng Yonggu General and other majestic names, but the muzzle of the cannon was extremely small, and it could only 'fire' lighter shells.

In the same period, Britain and France and other powers have applied the lathe 'bed' to artillery casting, that is, the cannon is first cast into a solid cylindrical metal casting with a lathe 'bed', and then drilled with a large drill 'bed' with an extra-long drill bit, and then put it on the hammer 'bed' to hammer the hole gradually into shape, and finally processed into artillery, its advantage is that the gun body is more uniform and symmetrical than the die casting method, the finish is very high, the size ratio and the design of the fire 'door' are also very reasonable, and the 'shooting' and 'precision' are high.

Suzhou Ordnance Bureau does not have a machine 'bed', so it can not use the Western method to cast the cannon, it uses although ancient, but the most exquisite lost wax method, the iron materials used are smelted by 100 smelting, the maximum process dù of the elimination of miscellaneous system, that is, the first use of wax to make a cannon, no different, the second with mud sealing 'yin' dry, casting with fire to bake the mold holes, leak wax oil, iron poured in, four or five days later, open the mold to take out, the cannon is full of fire 'medicine', with a long heart to lead the fire rope a little, once the cannon is blown into the air, the fall is not bad to not explode as the degree, there is no worry about the future.

The barrel cast by this method is no worse than that made by the lathe. The clearance value can be reduced to one-fortieth of the inner diameter, which allows smaller gunpowder 'to achieve a higher initial velocity). In addition, due to the reduction in the amount of "charge" used, even if the pipe wall is thinner, it will not explode, and the maneuverability of the artillery will also be greatly increased.

Its disadvantage is that the cost is extremely high, which is also no way, pure handwork and quality, can only endure high costs, but Wang Feng has money. The money that was 'got' from Hong Xiuquan was not used except for gold, and one or two taels of silver were not allocated to the Jiangsu Provincial Government, but were all invested in the army, and one-third of them were used for technology research and development. Be innovative and improve.

Willing to 'spend' money, naturally can produce results, Shengbao was really shocked by these two guns, the artillery of the Democratic Alliance is not only powerful, the 'firing' range is unimaginably long, the artillery position is about four miles away from the camp. And the court's so-called 10,000 catties of Hongyi's effective 'shooting' range is only more than three miles.

At that time, the monk Lingqin of the Qin mission once reported to Daoguang that he went to the Haikou Fort, selected a two-zhang long scrap ship for the exercise, and the servants and others were ordered to place it six or seven miles away from the fort in the Haihe River, load firewood and grass, and aim the gun mount at the ship. Gradually added to the test, and its over-fire and guns were agile. Far from the ship, or even over!

A discerning person can tell at a glance that he is bragging about 'force'.

On the contrary, Qian Baochen, the governor of Jiangxi at the time, reported that two layers of leather targets were erected at a distance of Li Xu, and the test was performed for several days, one for each cannon, with 120 taels of gunpowder and 180 taels of lead, and the sound was loud, and his son still traveled more than two miles through the leather targets, which could be destroyed and far-reaching, which was in line with the actual 'firing' range of the Qing army's artillery at that time.

Another thing that shocked Shengbao was the quasi-head, he also saw that the intention of the Democratic Alliance Army was to bombard the village 'gate', and with just two shots, the village 'gate' was broken, which made his scalp numb for a while, and in the face of the legendary Democratic Alliance army, he didn't believe that he could hold the camp alone!

Sheng Bao couldn't help but call: "What about Prince Hui and the monk Wangye?" Why haven't you come back yet? Come to someone, and then urge it, just say that the artillery power of the Democratic Alliance Army is difficult to resist, and quickly adjust the main force to help! ”

"Wow!" An attendant galloped away.

At this time, after receiving the return of the first attendant, Mianyu and Monk Greenqin were arguing.

Mianyu smiled coldly: "Monk Wangye, you are too careful, what about the Democratic Alliance?" According to the king's opinion, he should exhaust the cavalry to destroy his two wings, and then return to the division to annihilate his main force. ”

Monk Lingqin said unhappily: "Lord Hui, it's not that the king is timid, but the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, and the actions of the Democratic Alliance, don't you and me, or even the emperor, know it?" Even Yingyi is very jealous of the Democratic Alliance Army, how can we be careless? ”

The camp is the foundation of our army, and there is no room for mistakes, and now we should take the convergence with the victorious side as the best policy, defeat the main force of the Democratic Alliance Army, and then turn back to support the estuary, the estuary is a small village, and there are thousands of military horses stationed, which is enough to support our army's reinforcements, maybe there is no need to go back, just need to defeat the main force of the Democratic Alliance, and it can have the effect of self-collapse without a fight! ”

Monk Greenqin's argument is well-founded, and Mianyu also agrees in her heart that the important 'sex' of the camp is greater than that of the estuary, but it is impossible to change the face, so he proposed a compromise Jianyi: "Our army has abundant troops and has the ability to deal with them separately, so it is better to send some soldiers to besiege the Beishang Democratic Alliance Army, and cooperate with the defenders inside and outside, and annihilate them in one fell swoop!" ”

Monk Grinqin disagreed: "If we divide our troops, the Democratic Alliance Army will not attack the barracks, but will build a base to defend itself, won't he drag the troops in vain?" Hui Wangye, to deal with the Democratic Alliance, only by concentrating on annihilating its main force is the right way, although the monk is not talented, but he has led the army for more than 20 years, how can he not distinguish which is more important than the other? Please rest assured, the first credit for breaking the Democratic Alliance Army still belongs to Prince Hui. ”

Mianyu showed a hint of anger, which clearly showed that he was laughing at himself for being a prince of peace, and he also changed his way to scold himself for being greedy for merit, to be honest, Mianyu really doesn't think much about merit, as the uncle of Xianfeng Ye, the prince of Guizhi, what else can he do if he has merit? is still just a prince, he can't be an emperor, all he needs is face and a sense of identity!

But Monk Greenqin clearly didn't give face, and was about to have a seizure at the moment, when the second entourage ran over and said a thousand words: "Prince Hui and Monk Wangye, the artillery of the Democratic League is extremely sharp, Lord Sheng, please return quickly."

This entourage truthfully explained the artillery power of the Democratic Alliance Army, and when he heard it, his face changed slightly, and his heart beat a drum, and Monk Greenqin glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Lord Hui, what are you hesitating about?" If there is any failure in the camp, but you and I can afford it? ”

'Well, let's have to sè for a while!' Mianyu realized the problem of Yan zhòng's 'sex', and gritted his teeth: "Return to the army!" ”

"Bang Bang~~" The gong exploded, the armies retreated in turn, the Taiping army at the head of the city saw it clearly, Tang Caifang couldn't help but exclaim: "The Qing Demon actually retreated, it seems that he has to do his best to deal with the Democratic Alliance Army, can Commander Wang hold it?" ”

No one answered Tang Caifang's words, but their faces showed a trace of worry, more than 3,000 of the 10,000 Democratic Alliance troops were divided, and more than 1,000 were divided to serve as flanks, only relying on more than 5,000 people to resist the main force of the Qing army!

"Hey~~" Lin Youniang sighed and looked down at Su Sanniang, Su Sanniang's forehead was covered with a wet cloth, her eyes were closed, accompanied by the whispering and low "shen**", the slender mane of the willow eyebrows was slightly twisted, obviously suffering from the pain.

The sound of the gong of the retreating army rang out for several miles, and Yang Shuijiao hurriedly said: "Wang Feng, I advise you not to rush to attack the Qing army camp, after all, the situation inside is ruthless, and the Qing army is retreating, he will definitely attack first, we just need to take a gun." ”

"Huh?" Wang Feng thought about it, and immediately praised: "Yang Shuijiao, you are very good, just listen to you!" ”

"Humph!" Yang Shuijiao's face was slightly red, she snorted lightly, and couldn't help but 'fiddle' with the corners of her clothes, showing the shame of the 'girl' family.

Wang Feng turned his head and shouted: "Lu Dayou, the brothers hurry up and dig the 'chest' wall, and the gunners take turns to fight and record the numbers!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Dayou ran to the side to give the order, the soldiers immediately got busy, and the gunners fought and stopped from time to time, all as a live-fire drill, specifically dividing the battlefield into coordinates, pre-shooting, and recording parameters as calibration!

In the sporadic sound of artillery, Monk Greenqin and Mianyu climbed the watchtower, and Shengbao were all calm and did not speak, until more than half an hour later, the whole army withdrew to the camp, Monk Greenqin waved his hand violently: "Order, with the Jianrui battalion, the outer firearms battalion, the two wings of the forward battalion, and the Eight Banners Guard Battalion pressed, with Zhelimu, Zhuo Suotu, Zhaowuda 'Meng' Gu Three Kings ready to charge, patrolling the back of the five battalions to prevent the bandits from rushing out, and attacking the flank of the Democratic Alliance with the Shengbao battalion!" ”

At present, in the Qing army, the penetration rate of muskets is nearly 100 percent, of which the foreign firearms battalions carry various types of artillery, the other three battalions are the garrison troops of the capital, and the ancient cavalry of the "Mongolian" army is on standby, and although the army responsible for attacking the flank of the Democratic Alliance Army is a miscellaneous army, the number is about 20,000.

The drums sounded again, the horns sounded again, first of all, the Shengbao camp, that is, the one defended by Wang Feng, suddenly burst out with a shout, and the dense soldiers rushed out, quickly lined up in front of the village, and in less than ten minutes, they rushed up and ran wildly.

The Qing army on the front did not assemble, because the artillery of the Democratic Alliance Army was too powerful, and the assembly was used as a live target for others to bombard, and after the Shengbao battalion poured out, they also rushed in full force, and they had to pass through the open space in front of the battlefield as quickly as possible, and at the same time, a "door" and "door" artillery was pushed out.

Tens of thousands of people attacked together, the scene was extremely spectacular, Yang Shuijiao was a little nervous, and couldn't help grabbing Wang Feng's sleeve.

"Don't be afraid!" Wang Feng patted Yang Shuijiao's back, and then called: "Fight!" Give Lao Tzu the artillery of the Qing army!

The foot soldier can run quickly, but the artillery can't, so he can only move slowly, and a gunner stands on the improvised mound of earth, looks forward, and then determines the target, and one after another the command is issued, and the muzzle of the gun moves accordingly.

Hit, naturally it is to pick up the 'shot' far away, "Bang! With a loud bang, the cannonballs fell near a foot of a 'door' Hongyi cannon, and even men and horses overturned dozens on the spot, and even the wheels of the gun carriage were blown apart! Ha novel - 94696 + dsuaahhh + 27317117 - > R640