Chapter 159: Furlong Cannon

In a short time, a Franc cannon had already been transported to the school grounds. The cannon was dismantled directly from the ship. There were no gun carriages. The four- or five-meter-long gun body is directly mounted on a solid wood shelf. Two horses were drawn into the school yard.

When they arrived at the school grounds, a dozen sergeants immediately worked together to remove the Fran cannon from the carriage.

Without waiting for others to speak, Zhengde walked over. A hand stroked the gun shaft of the Franc machine. The cold steel cannon body, gently touching Zhengde's fingertips, brought him a different sense of strength.

Zhengde carefully looked at the sub-parent structure of the Franc cannon.

In terms of firearms, Zhengde is not an expert, but he is not a novice either.

Firearms were in the Ming army, and a large number of them were equipped. I want to command the Ming army, but I don't know about firearms. It is simply unrealistic and impossible. As a military commander, Zhengde's ability is still above the passing line, so he naturally won't know it.

Don't need Tang Yin to explain. Zhengde himself figured out the structure of this Francophone gun.

For the craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty, the Franc cannon was not difficult at all, and all that was needed was a matter of thinking.

Anyway, to solve the problem of rate of fire in the way of the son-mother system, Zhengde really didn't think about it before.

But I don't want to be so whimsical, and in fact, Zhengde watched it. Immediately ordered, ready to test the gun.

Zhengde sat on the high platform, picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the target hundreds of meters away.

There is not only one target here, but a row of targets according to the distance, which is placed on the edge of the school field.

This is not the West Hill Artillery Range, which specializes in testing artillery. It can only be arranged simply because of ugliness.

A couple of specialized gunners came up and took a closer look at the Fran cannon. Try to fill it up. With a wave of the red flag, a child is put into the mother's system.

"Boom". White smoke rose and a shell was fired. smashed on the school field hundreds of meters away, far from the target.

Zhengde is not strange, if he can shoot accurately, Zhengde is strange. Anyway, the artillery of this era is all within range, and there is no accuracy at all. There is this result, which is also expected by Zhengde.

He frowned and said, "It's a little close." ”

Qiu Ju said: "The slave maid listened to the craftsmen below say that the first shot, I didn't dare to fill it too much, so I was closer. ”

Zhengde doesn't care much about the distance, anyway, the artillery that Zhengde wants to use is the artillery that can be placed in front of the two armies to suppress the reunion of the cavalry, and the speed is much more important than the range.

Zhengde said: "King Yong said that this artillery projectile is raining down. It's fast, let them launch with all their might, and let me see how fast it is. ”

"Yes." Qiu Ju agreed, and immediately went down to prepare.

I saw these craftsmen, with a clanging movement, fixing part of the gun carriage into the earth. Fill all the children in one place. Clean up the parent system again.

Wait until everything is ready.

A craftsman jerked up a child and stuffed it behind the mother. Stuck and fixed. Then the torch lights the arquebus. Instantly retreat.

The arquebus was submerged in the mother's system. There was a roar. A puff of white smoke from the Fran cannon. Popping up everywhere.

Not all of this white smoke came out of the muzzle of the artillery, but more of it was the place where the son and mother were combined. Popped up. These places are not tightly sealed, allowing the hot gas produced by the explosion of gunpowder to escape, and if people are still in place, they will be immediately injured by this hot gas.

A projectile flew out of the artillery, at first it was so fast that it was almost invisible, and then it was so clear in the sky that it was a parabola across the sky. smashed on the solid ground, randomly bounced up and pulled up, if so, three, only to lose momentum and stay in place.

The roar has just fallen. Just one with a pair of thick gloves. Grab the handle of the combination of the child and the mother, pull it violently, separate the child and mother, and take out the child system that has been beaten.

Immediately, another person put the loaded subsystem inside. As with everything that has just been done, fire up the artillery again. Fires a solid cannonball.

A little more than a minute had passed, and the speed could have been even less.

The second subsystem, because the temperature of the parent system is much higher than the problem of the outside world. The speed of changing the subsystem slowed down.

The third subsystem, the fourth subsystem, were thrown in one after another, and the speed was a little slower than when it had just begun. When the subsystem is played, the back is also replaced all the time.

Subsystems are used alternately. But after a while, I shot a dozen times. On average, two or three minutes is a shot. And the reason for stopping is not that you can't continue shooting. It's that the craftsmen didn't dare to keep shooting.

After all, it was the first day they had seen the Furlong cannon. I don't know what the material of this Fran cannon is, if it continues to be fired like this, I can't tell when, it will be blown up. It's about their lives, and they can't afford not to take it seriously.

But just like this, Zhengde was already very excited, and he waved his hand and said, "Reward." ”

Zhengde gave an order, and naturally someone went to arrange a reward.

His heart was still excited.

One shot in two or three minutes, in this era, especially in the Ming Dynasty, is far faster than Zhengde expected, plus these gunners are simply temporary craftsmen. If the gunner of the Franc cannon is released specifically, there may be some room for speed improvement.

Why did the Ming army fight in the field, most of them liked to bring some light small cannons, firstly, because the artillery was bulky and inconvenient to transport, and secondly, the rate of fire of this artillery was too slow, and after one shot, it would take a long time to have the next one. In the field, it doesn't play a role at all.

However, the rate of fire of the Fran cannon gave Zhengde the hope of suppressing the cavalry charge.

Hundreds of Franco's cannons were placed, and in front of the two armies, any cavalry charge could be broken into a mess.

Zhengde immediately called the craftsman who had used the cannon over and asked, "How is this Franc cannon?" ”

Every craftsman who can be called here is a first-class master of artillery. An old craftsman with gray temples said: "This kind of artillery is not tightly sealed, and there is a little air leakage in the back, which is easy to hurt the gunner." The range is also not far. However, the rate of fire is extremely high. "The old craftsman was about to elaborate on the advantages and disadvantages of this Furlong cannon. But Zhengde doesn't care about this at all, what hurts people or not, there are other shortcomings, what Zhengde needs is the speed of artillery.

"Can you make it?" Zhengde interrupted the old craftsman's thoughts.

The old craftsman said without thinking, "Yes." ”

China's casting technology is not backward, only the physical object is there, and it can be cast immediately. Don't talk about the first-class cannon casting craftsmen in the capital. Even the blacksmiths along the coast can draw scoops according to gourds and create them.

Historically, the popularization of the Franco cannon was first popularized by the people, then the official, first the coast, and then the Beijing division.

Zhengde was overjoyed and said: "Okay, this kind of Franc cannon, immediately give me a thousand." Zhengde imagined that he could lead tens of thousands of iron horsemen and thousands of Franco's cannons to help. Break Mongolia and reproduce the majesty of Taizu Chengzu.

He turned around and saw Tang Yin and said, "Tang Qing, Yongguo has a meritorious contribution to the Buddha Lang cannon, and I don't want to accept anything." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tang Yin said that he immediately knew what he wanted. After following Zhu Houhuang for a while, how can he not know what Zhu Houhuang values most, that is, population, he often says that population is the most important wealth. There is a chance to speak at this moment. Immediately decided what to want. Tang Yin said: "Yongguo has recently opened the country, with few people and barren land. In the counties of the Central Plains, there are often displaced people struggling between life and death, or filling in ravines, or falling into grass, which is a great misfortune for the world. Please Your Majesty, with the common people in the world in mind, let the displaced people send Yongguo, these two things. ”

Zhengde's eyes lit up, how could he not see the pros and cons, and said, "I'm right." "Zhengde Chrysostom said that someone will naturally draft an edict in a while.

Although Zhengde can see that as soon as this edict comes out, the development of Yongguo is like a tiger with wings. But at first, he couldn't see any future for Yongguo. Second, I also believe in Zhu Houhuang. So don't care. It's just a desert island, no matter how much it develops, it's just that.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tang Yin saluted solemnly, he knew how much development this edict would bring to Yongguo.