Leave the Ministry of Works.

Lin Yi came to the research center of the industrial zone.

That's what he called it himself, anyway.

Came to the Artillery and Explosives Research Institute, where the top firearms craftsmen, smelters and gunpowder makers of the Ministry of Industry were dispatched.

In fact, the Northern Song Dynasty already had firearms.

Thunderbolts, thunderbolts, rockets, fireballs, thistles, etc.

The thunderbolt is not a real artillery, but a trebuchet throws out something similar to a bomb, and the earth-shaking thunder is more similar to an iron can explosives bag, which is recorded in the history books as "iron is filled with medicine, and it is lit with fire, and its sound is like thunder, and it is heard hundreds of miles away, and it is surrounded by half an acre, and the fire is lit and the armor and iron are all penetrated."

Lin Yi gathered these people together and asked them to study several things, one is artillery + shells, and the other is grenades + mines.

The artillery ranged from a small cannon similar to a mortar, to a red-coated cannon of more than 1,000 catties, the small ones were placed on the chariots, and the large installation carts were pulled by mules.

It's too advanced and they can't make it now, so Lin Yi took out the improved firearms, drawings and accessories drawings in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and Lin Yi drew them all.

As for the bomb, it was naturally a flowering bomb, and gunpowder Lin Yi made the best black powder ratio and made it into granules.

As for the more advanced yellow powder, in fact, Lin Yi can also get it, but it is not needed yet, and now the black powder is enough.

The raw materials for making black powder in the Great Song Dynasty are abundant, think about how many fireworks are set off every year for the New Year's Festival, and how many times these can blow up the enemy if they are put on the battlefield.

As for grenades and mines.

This Lin Yi is the best at it, a militia manual, can make countless people turn into bomb experts, and use all kinds of things to piece together bombs, not to mention that in the current situation of the national team, it is not difficult to get grenades and mines.

The biggest problem is that the amount of this thing needs to cause damage is relatively large, Lin Yi thinks it doesn't matter, the big deal is to spend money.

Money earned isn't just spent for spending.

In the artillery workshop, craftsmen are building the parts on Lin Yi's drawings one by one, and on the wooden frame next to it, there are many guns of different sizes, the largest of which is mounted on the wheel.

"Finally got it?" Lin Yi asked the supervisor who followed behind.

The director replied with a happy face: "Hui Xianggong, the general cannon was finally finished last night, and the captain's cannon, the general cannon, and the general cannon are all here."

Lin Yi nodded,

"The artillery team had already done it the day before yesterday, and the grenade mine team was even earlier, so I just had time today, so I called everyone to the test site to try the power of these guys." Lin Yidao.

"Yes."

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Suburban test site.

It is surrounded by a saline-alkali land, with a radius of more than ten miles, which is enough for them to toss.

Lin Yi transferred the forbidden army of Lu Junyi and Lin Chong, and scattered ten miles around to guard it, and no one was allowed to approach, on the one hand, to avoid danger, and on the other hand, to be careful of women.

In addition to all the managers of the firearms factory, Lin Yi wanted them to see with their own eyes what was being built and produced.

When producing, Lin Yi requires each part to be engraved with a number, or printed with a number, each number represents a person, as long as you can't reach the number of service life, you will be punished, no matter when, so everyone is very careful when building, for fear of a little mistake or omission.

There were hundreds of people at the scene.

"Xianggong, do you want to start experimenting?" The steward came over and asked.

"Let's get started." Lin Yidao.

As the prime minister, it is impossible for Lin Yi to end up in person.

Who knows if there is any danger.

Naturally, the craftsmen were in charge of the experiments, and he just had to see the results later.

"Captain, start the test!"

Lin Yi named the three current cannons as the Captain's Cannon, the General's Cannon and the General's Cannon, which are used in different scenes.

Someone asked, now it's a big general cannon, how to choose a name in the future, Lin Yi smiled, it can be called Hou Ye Cannon, Wang Ye Cannon, Prince Cannon.

Captain cannon about 150

Pound weight, fixed with a wooden frame, the frame can adjust the elevation angle to control the distance of the shot, a carriage can pull a dozen or so, can also be tied to the horse's back for transportation, is very convenient.

When casting, a better copper-iron alloy was used, the thickness was increased appropriately, and a copper hoop was added in the middle to further protect the gun chamber, and the cannonball released was about the size of a grenade in later generations, and it could fly five or six hundred meters, in addition to the iron sheet of the cannonball, there were 30 steel balls in the cannonball, which could cover the surrounding 30 meters, and the armor-piercing effect was very good.

"Charge."

The lieutenant cannon only needs two soldiers to serve, one of the two soldiers takes out a paper bag and stuffs it into the barrel, and the other pokes it into it with a wooden stick.

"Reload!"

The soldier loads a round flowering bullet.

The steward looked at Lin Yi again.

Lin Yi nodded.

The steward held up the red flag.

"Ignition~!"

The fire fold stabbed on the medicine twist, and sparks suddenly sparked.

Zizizizi.

"Boom~!"

A puff of white smoke erupted from the muzzle of the gun.

The next second,

A second explosion occurred in the distant position, and a louder puff of white smoke rose from it, and some targets could be seen flying, while others were staggering.

It seems to be working well.

The so-called position is a target set in advance, with hundreds of wooden stakes inserted, on which various armors are tied, including the armor of the Great Song Dynasty and the armor of the Xixia people of the Jin Kingdom of Liao, and there are soldier armor and general armor, so that the experimental effect can be fully realized.

A few fast horses galloped over.

After a while, he came back with a dozen targets.

Before Lin Yi could get in front of him, those craftsmen gathered around to check, and then the craftsmen cheered, "It's amazing, such a thick armor can penetrate it."

"A single explosion can hurt so many!"

"Don't surround it, show it to the prime minister." Someone shouted.

The crowd hurriedly separated, and more than a dozen targets were brought to Lin Yi, Lin Yi went over to look carefully, some were blown up, and most of them were pierced through the armor by fragments.

Lin Yi was very satisfied with this effect.

"Try a few more shots, and use a few barrels to fire a salvo together to see the effect." Lin Yidao.

Someone immediately went down and continued the experiment.

"All the same~~!"

"Boom boom~~!"

The explosions continued.

Looking at the hundreds of targets again, the explosion was crumbling, and another team of people passed, this time they did not carry back the targets, but the steward of the military academy came back and reported: "Yu Xiangguo, almost all targets have shrapnel and bullet holes."

Lin Yi was very satisfied.

If you can exchange dozens of shells for hundreds of enemy soldiers, especially cavalry, then the deal is too worthwhile.

"Continue the experiment and change the cannon to see the effect." Lin Yi waved happily.

Launched a larger general cannon, the general cannon weighs 450 pounds, similar in size to the Furlong cannon, also called the short-barreled cannon, which belongs to the rear-loading method, and the later Furlong cannon was replaced by the red-coated cannon because of poor air tightness, but in some aspects, Lin Yi felt that it was still very advantageous, such as being more convenient to load on the ship.

So he also got the Fran cannon out.

Besides,

Even if it is not advanced, it is hundreds of years more advanced than other countries today.

The carts pushed the general's cannon out of the line, and now there are only three of them, and four soldiers are required to cooperate with the launch.

load

launch

"Boom~!"

The sound of the general's cannon is much louder than the captain's cannon, and of course, it is also much more powerful.

The general cannon can hit about 1000 meters, and there are three types of shells, solid shells, flowering shells and incendiary shells.

Solid bullets are used to break down the city.

Flowering shells are used to kill enemies, and in addition to shrapnel shells, there are 60-80 steel balls, which can cover a radius of 60 meters.

Incendiary bombs are used to set fires, and it has a miraculous effect on attacking cities and harassing the enemy to burn grain and grass.

The only missing

The point is that the cannonball is more expensive, and a cannonball has always cost about the price.

The last one to appear is naturally the general's cannon, with a long barrel, thick pipe wall, and large caliber, which is definitely more powerful than Kong Yunlong's Italian cannon.

The general's cannon weighs 1,800 pounds, adopts copper-iron composite metal, is stronger, installs a large cart wheel, and uses two horses to pull and haul, if it is a field mud march, I am afraid it will take four horses.

The Great General's Cannon also has three types of shells, which can reach a range of up to 2500 meters.

"Boom boom~!"

A few shells shot out.

The sound of a huge explosion was like thunder,

earth shaking,

The flames are blazing.

Power is not covered.

The craftsmen and the forbidden army all cheered, such a powerful weapon would definitely increase the combat strength of the army.

Lin Yi is very satisfied with the results of today's experiment.

He has always agreed with the saying, "Truth is only within the range of a cannon, and dignity is only above the edge of the sword."

Only when you are strong will others respect you.

so that they will not bully you at will,

will treat you as a human being.

You have the right to say "no" and "".

......

Following.

At the court meeting,

Lin Yi reported to Song Huizong in person, he had developed several new firearms, which were extremely powerful, and asked His Majesty to take a look at them, if they could prepare to equip the army, so as to increase the combat power of the army.

Song Huizong immediately decreed,

Lead all the officers to the training ground to see the effect of the new firearms.

Experiment of the day.

Shocked all the ministers.

After the exercise, the ministers gathered around several cannons and kept looking at them, asking about the characteristics of these cannons.

afterwards

Lin Yi also had people demonstrate the use of grenades and mines.

Mines are suitable for early ambushes and can severely injure cavalry, which can be miraculous in many places, while grenades are especially suitable for charging and siege cities.

The officials were very happy, and Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Chongshi Dao, Zong Ze and other military elders had already begun to wonder where these weapons of mass destruction would go.

Of course

Someone cares in a different direction.

The Household Department and the Third Division Envoy were more concerned about the price, and the Household Department Shangshu came to Lin Yi's side and arched his hand: "Lin Xiang, how much does these artillery pieces cost, how much does a shell cost, and how much budget does it take to equip the army?"

Lin Yi said with a smile: "The cost of a school cannon, a cannonball is about 500 yuan, a general cannon costs 300 yuan, the cost of three kinds of cannonballs is different, the solid bullet is the cheapest, one consistent, a flowering shell is 5 times, an incendiary bomb is 3 times, the general cannon is the most expensive, a gun costs 1000 times, a solid bullet is 2 times, a flowering bullet is 8 times, and an incendiary bomb is 5 times."

This price was increased by Lin Yi, and it basically doubled or tripled.

The household officials listened to the straight tooth flowers.

It feels so expensive.

I don't think it's a big deal, but if you want to equip the army in large quantities, it will require a lot of money.

"Can this be made by the Ministry of Industry itself?" The household official said.

Lin Yi lowered his face slightly.

"Your Majesty's business, you also want to make up your mind, Cui Shangshu, Your Majesty has reduced the total tax revenue from 20% to half of the year, what else do you want?"

Cui Shangshu hurriedly squeezed out a smile.

"Don't dare, don't you dare, I'm also thinking about the treasury."

Among the world's major high-income industries, the sale of arms and weapons is definitely in the forefront, how could Lin Yi give up this part of his interests.

Again

What is not his is the state, and what is not the state is his.

When the officials returned to Bianjing, Song Huizong called Cai Jing, Lin Yi, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Hubu Shangshu, and the three envoys to discuss the matter of artillery.

One is how much to purchase.

The second is which troops to equip with.

The forbidden army definitely needs to be equipped, and the border army needs it even more.

In the end, Lin Yi proposed,

The forbidden army formed a firearms battalion, equipped with new equipment and new tactics, and cooperated with cavalry, spearmen, archers, artillerymen, etc., to create a new army.

Song Huizong agreed,

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and others did not dare to object.

In the end, this army was handed over to Lin Yi to be fully responsible, after all, he was still the deputy commander of the palace, and the artillery was also invented by him, and no one could say anything about the formation of a new army by him.

As for the soldiers,

It was chosen by Lin Yi at random in the forbidden army.

Now,

The low-level military attachés trained by Lin Yi have a place to use.

Lin Yi's idea is simple,

He didn't need many people, he got 50,000 people from the forbidden army to build a truly combat-effective army equipped with artillery, just these 50,000 people, he didn't hesitate to face the Jin army.

Again

The remaining forbidden army and border army will also be equipped with some firearms at that time, and their combat effectiveness will also be improved.

A large knife with a bunch of kitchen knives.

He believed that he would be able to kill the golden dog when the time came.

As for the purchase of firearms, the result of the discussions was to ask the household department to pay for the purchase of 2,000 lieutenant guns, 500 general guns, and 200 big guns.

Part of it is equipped with the new army, and part is equipped with the border army.

This is just the first batch.

On the border army's side, Lin Yi will send someone to teach how to use it, and even directly send someone to control the artillery, which is equivalent to breaking into the border army system and controlling the most powerful artillery.

As for the shells,

The lieutenant cannon is equipped with three base 180 rounds, and the general gun and the general gun are each equipped with a base number of shells, and the three types of shells are also 180 rounds, which is 1.6 million shells.

Coupled with various supporting facilities, such as vehicles, horses, etc., this is not a small amount of money, and there are also firearms such as grenades and mines that are used together, with a total amount of tens of millions.

However, Lin Yi felt that the money was worth sending.

Everyone knows that with this army built by Lin Yi himself, Lin Xiang's power is even heavier.

Over the next few days,

Lin Yi was busy forming a new army.

Lin Chong, Lu Junyi, Guan Sheng, and Yang Zhi were all awarded official positions, but they were all low-level military attachés, like Captain Rong, Deputy Lieutenant Renyong, Captain Xuanjie, and Captain Zhiguo, the lowest was only nine grades, and the highest was only seven grades, but this already made them excited.

Finally got a background.

Li Gang, the secretary, was also pulled into the army by Lin Yi, and gave him a military position to record and join the army, belonging to the general clerk, in charge of the general record of Cao Wenshu, and the good and evil of the bullets, which is a very training position.

According to the geographical location, the Great Song Forbidden Army can be divided into the Central Forbidden Army, the Hebei Forbidden Army and the Northwest Forbidden Army, and the Central Forbidden Army is mainly stationed around Bianjing.

In recent times,

Tong Guan and Gao Qiu, in accordance with Song Huizong's requirements, sorted out the problem of empty salaries and the actual number of forbidden troops in various places, and found that the problem was far more serious than they imagined.

claims to be 800,000, but in fact it is only half.

The Central Forbidden Army has about half of the people, the Western Army is the best, and it is also the most combat-effective force now, seven or eight out of ten, while the Hebei Border Army is only three or four out of ten.

Hear the debriefing.

Tong Guan and Gao Qiu were both shocked into a cold sweat.

Lin Yi was not so surprised when he heard the report, he had read the history of the Song Dynasty and knew the reasons for the shortage of the Northern Song army.

An important reason is the chaotic management of military registration, which in turn is caused by the separation of the right to transfer troops and the right to command troops.

Another reason is the defeat of the army, since the number of troops is "undocumented", it also provides convenience for the generals to conceal the false occupation, and since the generals can benefit from the shortage, then the army shortage will not be improved.

The defeat of the Song Dynasty army was also reflected in the private soldiers and mean soldiers, the generals led the private soldiers, let them build houses, plant vegetables, weave satin, embroidery, play music... Doing everything has caused the army to become a miasma, negligent in training, and the army is not like the army, which has greatly damaged the army's combat effectiveness.

There are historians

commented, "The Northern Song Dynasty was by no means beaten after being backward, but it was actually because of extreme corruption and the country perished", Lin Yi felt that what he said was extremely true.

What Lin Yi needs to do now is to reverse this phenomenon.

Officialdom is like this,

The same is true for the military.

So he wants to form a new army.

The new army camp outside Bianjing City, which was originally a large camp of the Ma Army, was twenty miles away from Bianjing, and is now owned by the New Army.

Inside the conference room.

There were about 120 generals seated.

Basically, they were all newly recruited by Lin Yi, completely loyal to him, and they all used the "This Worship" skill.

Lin Yi is in class.

From the knowledge in his mind, he pieced together several textbooks, including marching and fighting, logistics and supply, field mine and artillery joint operations, field physician manuals, and so on.

He wants to build a military academy similar to that of later generations.

These 120 people are the first batch of trainees to be trained, they are all carefully selected by him, there is no need to worry about loyalty, their abilities are all in the middle and upper, they will become the seeds of the New Song Army, and they will support the backbone of the New Song Army in the future.

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