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Ling Tianfang hesitated for a moment before saying: "Back to Your Majesty, there are only about two batches of 6,000 people who can really master the method of firecrackers, and now the number of firecrackers is now less than 20,000, because the quality of the barrel and the quality of gunpowder have been in an unstable state, although it has been repeatedly improved, but there are still many problems, so for the time being, only 6,000 people have been trained, and it is still difficult to conclude how they perform in actual combat, and the next three batches of firecrackers have only completed preliminary training, and they cannot be used in actual combat at all." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Nodding slightly, Wu Feng's face showed a thoughtful expression, " Let a few factories that produce firearms firstly have to find ways to improve the quality, on the other hand, they must also ensure a certain amount of supply, and the training here must not be left behind, it must be stepped up, of course, if you want to hurry, you will not reach this truth, I still understand, but as far as I know, some countries in the western continent seem to have begun to trial production and large-scale production and training in this regard, compared to us, they do not seem to be much slower, so I think that our firearms must first go to the battlefield to be tested in actual combat, only after testing in actual combat can we find out the existing problems and get corrected, and at the same time can we find a set of tactical methods suitable for firearm operations。 ”

"Tianfang, this battle should be an excellent opportunity for the firecrackers to get trained, they can also find out the shortcomings of the firecrackers after this bloody battle and what kind of way to make up for or avoid their shortcomings, I know that you value this batch of firecrackers very much, but the more you value it, the more strict it should be, and if you don't have good training, you won't mention it, but if the training is successful, you must let them experience the test of the real war, to experience the atmosphere of the battlefield, only in this way can they gradually come out of other arms and gradually become a new class of troops that has always had their own characteristics。 ”

Seeing Ling Tianfang nodding silently, Wu Feng continued: "Although it seems that the firecrackers can only focus on defense for the time being, I think Tianfang might as well think long-term, can the three-stage circular shooting method be applied to advance battles, and can the firecrackers survive on horseback like archers?" These issues can be taken into account, I always feel that this firearm should have a great impact on the future development direction of the army, since we are ahead of the curve, then we must maintain our lead, absolutely not allow other countries and nations to surpass us in this regard, to ensure our absolute superiority in this regard. ”

"The minister understands, Your Majesty can rest assured, these last three batches of firecrackers will also complete their training soon, and it is indeed necessary for them to go to the battle array to experience the atmosphere of real war. As for the ministers, they will also cooperate with the Ministry of Science and Technology Development, urging them to improve the current defects and deficiencies of the firecracker as soon as possible. Ling Tianfang nodded to show that he understood the meaning of His Majesty's words, His Majesty was already reminding himself not to cherish himself, it is difficult for a firecracker to become a talent just by training, and war is always the best stage to test and sharpen an army.

Seeing that Ling Tianfang seemed to have a good taste, Wu Feng also changed the topic and asked, "Tianfang, how is the improvement and development of the Heavenly Thunder over there?"

"Well, it's going well, but the stability of the thunderbolt is still a problem, but the Ministry of Science and Technology Development is researching a device that uses the power of gunpowder propulsion to launch heavy projectiles, just like a giant firebolt, the progress is very fast, and it is estimated that after the development is successful, it can replace the thunderbolt projected by other powers. Speaking of the production of the thunderbolt, Ling Tianfang was interested again.

"Oh? "The Thunderbolt has always been a field and siege weapon secretly developed by the Empire, and since the development has never been perfect, the military has also been restricting its use to prevent the secret from leaking, and now Ling Tianfang actually said that the newly developed Fire Bolt will replace the Thunderbolt, which made Wu Feng extremely surprised, and immediately attracted Wu Feng's attention.

"Well, the manufacturing principle of the giant firebolt is similar to that of the ordinary firebolt, but the giant firebolt has the advantage of greater power and longer range, and it can also be selected in the projectile fired, and now the science and technology development department has studied the iron cannon shell and shotgun, the iron cannon shell is powerful, the range is also far, and it has irreplaceable absolute power for siege, but it has little effect on the field; , even if the ironclad cavalry charges in the face of this kind of shotgun bombardment, they still suffer heavy casualties, and those who can get lucky enough to rush through this barrage bombardment no longer have impact and combat effectiveness. ”

In addition, the Ministry of Science and Technology Development is also working on a kind of artillery shell that fires hollow iron balls, according to them, gunpowder can be placed in iron balls and mixed with metal fragments, and then the shells fall into the enemy camp to achieve a secondary explosion, metal fragments splashing out of the enemy soldier phalanx has great lethality, even heavy armor is difficult to resist such fragment attacks. It's just that there are still some technical requirements that have not yet been met, and further experiments are still underway, if this kind of artillery test is successful, then this giant firearm can really completely replace the thunder, and the power of all aspects can be greatly improved. It's just that now this giant firearm still needs to be improved due to the proportion of charge allocation, and the quality is not very stable, and it is prone to explosion accidents, and many people have died in the experiment, so they have to be more careful, and the speed has slowed down, but I believe that in the near future, those guys from the Ministry of Science and Technology Development will be able to solve these technical problems, and at that time, Your Majesty, you can see that a new branch of troops is about to appear in the Imperial Army. ”

Ling Tianfang couldn't help but frown when he mentioned the hollow shells being experimented, he had become more and more obsessed with the improvement of new weapons and the resulting changes in the arms and combat effectiveness of the army, although the new weapons still have one or another defects, but these defects are not insurmountable, and one day these defects will be overcome one by one, which means that the army will usher in an epoch-making change.

Seeing Ling Tianfang, whose face was glowing, Wu Feng himself felt the joy from the other party's heart.

Since the establishment of the Ministry of Science and Technology Development, the military has required the Ministry of Science and Technology Development to have the right to guide the work plan, which once caused a contradiction between the Imperial Government Council and the Imperial Privy Council, but Ling Tianfang was surprisingly stubborn in this regard, forcing Xiao Tang and Su Qin to make concessions in this regard, and determined the requirements of the Ministry of Science and Technology Development to give priority to the military in the direction of work, and the military also allocated funds from the army budget to facilitate the Ministry of Science and Technology Development, which can also be seen in the focus of the work of the Ministry of Science and Technology Development in the past one or two years, and almost several important research projects are centered around the needs of the army。

However, it was not long before the Imperial Council realized how negative their concessions in this regard were, and saw that the military's weapons research was shining, while the civilian research was sparsely fruitful, which immediately aroused the vigilance of Xiao Su and the others. Soon Xiao Tang and Su Qin made a clear request to Wufeng, asking to divide the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department into two, one part led by the Imperial Government Council, and the other part handed over to the Imperial Privy Council, clarifying the powers and responsibilities, and carrying out their own work, which also won the approval of the Imperial Privy Council, but on the division of the personnel employed by the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department, especially the researchers of several subordinate research institutes, the two sides did not give in to each other and disputed, whether it was Ling Tianfang and Bo Jinchen or Xiao Tang and Su Qin, they all realized the important surnames of this group of people, and Xiao Tang even privately asked Ling Tianfang to be willing to make concessions and compromises in the annual military allocation budget, which did not make Ling Tianfang feel moved。

In Ling Tianfang's view, it is precisely with the efforts of this group of people that the development of new weapons in the army has made such great progress, if this group of people is lost, then the research of new weapons in the army is completely likely to come to a standstill, or even regress, at that time, Xiao Tang will definitely not sympathize with himself, since he has already taken the initiative, he must not give in, even if he tears his face with the two heads of the Imperial Government Council for this.

Wu Feng naturally didn't know much about the competition between the military and the political axe for talents, but he knew that Ling Tianfang regarded the researchers of these research institutes more important than anything else, not only in terms of all kinds of research funds, but also in terms of secrecy work was unusually strict, even Diao Su and Ling Huyi were full of curiosity and suspicion about these research institutes, and once asked Ling Tianfang to fulfill the powers given by the imperial law to the two major security agencies and accept the inspection of the two major security agencies, but at Ling Tianfang's insistence, only a few high-ranking officials of the two major institutions were able to visit a few research institutesThe secretive military security personnel were adamantly denied further information about the details of the study.

"Tianfang, the development of new weapons is important, but it also takes a time to adapt to the formation of combat effectiveness in the troops, and the empire is still facing many challenges, especially from the sea, I feel that the giant firearm you mentioned seems to have great prospects for the development of the navy, the experiment of these new weapons should not be limited to the army, the navy must also participate, and at the same time, in the development of new weapons, qualified soldiers can be strictly selected for familiarization and training, so that they can enter the role as soon as possible, and at the same time, they can also find problems in training, and provide an experimental basis for the development personnel to find problems and defects and improve the shortcomings。 ”

Wu Feng's words made Ling Tian feel at ease and convinced, when he was still obsessed with how to develop new weapons faster and better, His Majesty the Emperor was already thinking about the application of new weapons in actual combat, the ultimate purpose of new weapons is to equip the army to use in actual combat, and only actual combat is the ultimate goal of playing and testing the role of these weapons.

(To be continued)