The tail of the Dawu gun is thicker, there are tail beads, and there are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body, and the gun uses this as the axis to adjust the firing angle and change the firing range according to the amount of gunpowder.

The gun body is equipped with a crosshair, a light door, and the trajectory is calculated according to the parabola, and the accuracy is very high.

This gun is carried by a car and can run at will.

Most of the guns of Dawu are about three meters long, 110 to 130 mm in caliber, and weigh more than two tons.

As for the effective firing range of the artillery, it is about 500 meters, and the maximum range is less than 1.5 kilometers.

This leaves room for improvement.

It is worth mentioning that Dawu's artillery is a kind of receded front-loading smoothbore artillery, and every time it is fired, it will seriously deviate from the original firing position.

According to the normal operating procedure, it is necessary to go through the steps of resetting, reloading, and setting the direction angle and elevation angle again.

The most trained gunners also had a rate of fire of only one shot in two minutes.

It was not possible to increase the rate of fire with front-loading guns.

Because after firing once, it must be poured into the barrel of the gun, extinguish the fire, tie a dry cloth to the rod and reach into the barrel to dry, then fill in gunpowder and combustibles, stuff the shell, and then light it.

These movements were rather slow and cumbersome, not counting the correction of gun emplacements.

This is a common problem with front-loading artillery, and it is good to be able to fire one shot in two minutes.

It's a pity that a running war horse can run a considerable distance in one minute, can it have time to fire a second shot?

Therefore, the front-loading artillery is characterized by a slow rate of fire, but it is powerful, and there is no problem in bombarding the city walls, but it is a joke to deal with cavalry......

Wu Ji, the imperial grandson who was standing beside Qingji, also saw the defects of the artillery, frowned and said: "Imperial grandfather, in the opinion of the grandson, this artillery is good, but it is too bulky. ”

"Artillery is good at siege, but it is poor at field battles, let alone defending cities."

"Not bad."

Qingji bowed slightly: "The rate of artillery loading and firing is not high, and the cannon body is bulky, so it is impossible to quickly transfer the position. ”

"Therefore, in field warfare, most of them can only bombard at a fixed point before the start of the battle, and when the battle situation of the enemy and us is reversed, they are often unable to react in a mobile manner......

"However, artillery is more practical than trebuchets."

"Gong Lose Squad, now the new artillery, what is the maximum firing range?"

Hearing this, Lu Ban, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly came out and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the longest range of the new artillery is about 500 steps. ”

"Okay."

Qingji is still quite satisfied.

One step of Da Wu is equivalent to 1.3 meters, and five hundred steps is 650 meters.

With such a long range, it is enough, and later it will be possible to gradually improve the technology of artillery.

Qingji vaguely remembers that during the peak period of the red-coated cannon in history, the effective firing range reached 1,500 meters, and the maximum firing range reached 2.5 kilometers!

According to Dawu's scientific research achievements and development speed, in less than ten years, the new artillery will be able to reach this level.

"How many artillery pieces does my Da Wu have now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, not to mention the new artillery that is still in the development stage, there are three hundred and two artillery pieces that have been put into use."

"Build another 200 heavy guns for me, according to the standards of new artillery. Make more shells, and the more the better...... From now on, the artillery of my Great Wu will be called the 'Great General Cannon'. ”

"No!"

Lu Ban immediately agreed.

What a "big general cannon"!

With enough materials and funds, Lu Ban would not be able to build so many artillery.

Qingji and the others reviewed the power of the general's cannon, and then followed the training of the firecrackers.

The level of fire guns in Dawu is probably equivalent to that of the Ming Dynasty, which is a kind of black technology.

The range of the firearm can reach 100 meters, the effective range with a basic target is about 50 meters, and the optimal range with armor-piercing ability is about 30 meters.

This also means that the firecracker can't restrain the cavalry on the battlefield.

It takes too long to reload after the firebolt is finished, and it is not as good as a bow and arrow.

However, the deterrent effect on the enemy is enormous.

Qing Ji was very cautious about the training of the musketeers, and adopted the "line formation method", that is, "lining up to shoot......

The effective range is short, and it is difficult to issue a second shot, so increase the fire coverage and directly knock out the enemy's sharp energy.

……

On the Fengtian Palace, Prince Heng was reporting to Qingji on state affairs.

"......'s "Dawu Dictionary" and "Hundred Family Names" have been compiled and printed in large quantities, while the "Literature Dictionary" is still being compiled and has completed 1,122 volumes."

"Good."

Qingji is quite satisfied with such a compilation speed.

After all, it is not trivial to have the sons of the country, the eunuchs, and thousands of officials of the DPRK and China participating in the compilation work.

They forgot to sleep and eat to compile such books for Dawu, and passed them on to future generations, which can be regarded as immeasurable merit.

The "Dictionary of Literature" has been compiled for nearly two years and has not yet been completed, so you can imagine how vast the literature is.

Compared with the historical "Yongle Canon" and "Siku Quanshu", Dawu's "Literature Canon" is more voluminous.

Its contents include classics, histories, sub-collections, involving astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, Taoism, drama, crafts, agriculture, etc., covering the intellectual wealth of various civilizations in the world for thousands of years.

Definitely the largest encyclopedia the world has ever seen.

"Spread my will, order the twenty feudal kingdoms in the west, and all implement the "Yi Fu Order" and "Yi Wen Order"!"

"No!"

Qingji finally did it.

In the past, Great Wu only implemented the "Yi Fu Order" and "Yi Wen Ling" in the twenty feudal kingdoms in the East, as well as the ten feudal kingdoms in the New World, and one Lu State, and achieved good results.

Now, Qingji wants to treat everyone equally, and let all the fifty vassal kingdoms of Great Wu implement such reform measures.

It is conceivable that this will definitely lead to a rebellion by the foreign races of the western vassal kingdoms.

Mass rebellion!

"The second and third sons, I want to drive the personal expedition again and conquer Fanyi in the west."

Qingji still said his plan.

As soon as they heard this, the ministers and officials suddenly changed color, and they knelt down one after another, begging Qingji to dispel this idea.

"No! Your Majesty, for the second expedition to the west, Your Majesty asked the King of Liao and the King of Sai to lead the troops to conquer Fanbang Waiyi, how can they drive the expedition in person? ”

"Exactly!"

"Your Majesty, you are the body of ten thousand gold, the honor of the Ninety-Five, the extreme west is dangerous, wild, and thousands of miles away from my Dawu homeland, the boat and horse are bumpy all the way, and the ministers are afraid to ......"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The ministers were really worried that Qingji would have an accident.

If you are a little careless, once Qingji dies on the road to the west, how can it be good?

It is true that with the current prestige of Prince Heng, it is not a problem to succeed to the throne and stabilize the power, but it is inevitable that the remnants of the local countries will be in turmoil, and the vassal kingdoms will also have a heart of disobedience.

At that time, the Great Wu Empire may fall apart in an instant.

"I have made up my mind, and in three months, I will march west!"

Qingji is still dictatorial.

Who can make him change his mind?