Zhu Jianfeng's irritability and Zhu Jingyuan's domineering are not at the same level at all.

Zhu Jingyuan relied on the strength and status of the Ming Dynasty to speak the last word.

Zhu Jianfeng directly opened his mouth, closed his mouth and was stupid, and directly insulted the Taixi people from the biological structure, saying that they had swill in their brains.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

These verbal insults are actually many times stronger than the initial "roll".

But the representatives of the Tessi countries did not react particularly violently at the moment.

Because the original "roll" was when he was used to dealing with Zhu Jingyuan's civilization, he instantly felt the insult brought by differences.

After being scolded by Zhu Jianfeng several times, they slowly accepted this fact.

They realized that Zhu Jianfeng scolded like this, and he didn't recruit himself, even if he scolded Zhu Jianfeng, most of the losses in the end were themselves.

Now they are all standing there in a daze, and they don't say anything about sincerity or anything like that.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the situation at the scene, the original cognition and plans of the representatives of the Taixi countries were disrupted, and it was impossible for a new decision to be made on the spot.

So today's meeting is no longer possible.

Uncle Nine's irritability almost set off the atmosphere, and the things he prepared can also be taken out and added to the fire.

So Zhu Jingyuan also stood up and said:

"That's all for today's meeting, there's something else going on on our side.

"We have sent a new naval gun to the mainland for an actual target armor piercing test.

"If you are interested, you can go to the site together.

"The generals of various countries can also give advice."

The Wenhua Palace, which was originally quiet, suddenly resounded with a suppressed discussion.

What do you mean if you are interested?

If you didn't take the initiative to show such a thing as a new weapon test, how could it be possible for us outsiders to see it?

That's what you're threatening us!

Then the representatives of all countries agreed without hesitation.

A close-up look at the latest artillery of the Ming Dynasty is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The meeting ended immediately, and the delegates immediately joined their generals and drove to the test site next to the armored pier.

On the makeshift battery, six meters above the sea, there were two twin turrets with new barrels.

This is obviously a simulation of the height of the main guns of the capital ship above the surface of the water.

In front of the temporary battery, ten kilometers away on the sea, there was an old capital ship with a displacement of 16,000 tons.

The paint on the surface of the capital ship varies, because the external armor has been replaced for testing, and the new armor has not been specially painted.

Several representatives of the Ming court, several generals of the navy and army, several craftsmen in the design and construction of warships, as well as major representatives and generals of various countries.

A group of people first went to the outside of the fort to visit, mainly to show and confirm the condition of the four guns.

Zhu Jingyuan also wanted to go to the scene to have a look, but was forcibly stopped by Guan Tianpei and stayed on the lookout on the dock next to him.

Inside, outside, up and down, and around the watchtower, there are more than 300 specialized guards.

The person in charge of the test site is Wang Lai, director of the Ship Department of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty.

As a native of this world, Wang Lai does not have much good impression of Xiyi in the cultural atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Wang Lai was originally a relatively mild character, and there were also representatives and generals of the Ming Dynasty on the scene, so he would not directly show disdain.

Wang Lai had a businesslike expression, and explained the situation in a smooth and simple tone:

"What we are going to test today is the new 300 mm, 45 times the diameter of the main naval gun that you are seeing now.

"Both caliber and double diameter are the most common.

"Today we have two projects to complete in one test.

"One is armor-piercing at a distance of twelve kilometers, and the other is to confirm the dispersion range of naval guns at a distance of twelve kilometers."

What Wang Lai said is a matter of course, but it is actually a half-truth.

The naval guns mounted on the shore gun turrets to be tested, although they are indeed newly produced, the design of the naval guns themselves is no different from the previous ones.

The actual difference is actually in the shells.

Before Zhu Jingyuan came to attend the meeting, he arranged for the "hardened hood hood armor-piercing projectile" developed by the Ordnance Department, which was successfully tested two months ago.

Then I did a lot of testing, and continued to adjust and optimize several versions to the point where it could barely be mass-produced.

In the end, according to Zhu Jingyuan's original requirements, a batch was specially produced and sent to the Western Cape.

However, Wang Lai deliberately didn't get out of the cannonball matter now.

The shape of the "hardened hood armor-piercing bullet" proposed by Zhu Jingyuan is different from the traditional armor-piercing bullet.

If you show it directly to the people of the navies of other countries, they will definitely be able to quickly notice the difference in the shells.

This morphological difference could then be used as a reference for them to design new shells.

Although Zhu Jingyuan is ready to go to Taixi to apply for a patent, he does not have to apply for a patent for every technology.

Like new armor-piercing shells, new armor formulas, new engines, and aircraft cannon designs, these are impossible to apply for patents abroad.

These are all things that must be kept secret, and they can be kept secret for as long as they can.

Anyway, it is difficult to authorize this kind of thing, and the other party's research and development and production are all in the military, and it is impossible to sell them in the private sector.

Unless Daming directly hits the other party's mainland, it is very easy to make the other party pay the patent fee.

When you really hit the opponent's mainland, you don't need to ask for patent fees, you just need to ask for war reparations.

Therefore, Wang Lai did not bring representatives of various countries into the turret, but just let them observe from the outside and confirm that the caliber and diameter of the gun were correct.

Among all the people at the scene, the most attentive were the admirals of Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal.

This was followed by representatives and generals of Prussia, Austria, and Lucia, three countries that hoped to get the support of the Ming Dynasty and began to exert their strength in the navy.

These personnel, who are familiar enough with the existing naval equipment, nodded as a matter of course when they heard Wang Lai's first words.

This world was the first to industrialize in the Ming Dynasty, and the first to start producing rifled guns, and other countries have followed suit.

The Ming Dynasty used the "Ming Metric System established by Emperor Shizu", and all industrialized countries followed suit.

Including the British themselves, there is no need for the British system in industry, science and technology, and military, only in daily life there is still something to be preserved.

Therefore, the caliber and indicators of weapons and equipment in all countries in the world today are metric.

Common caliber data are 8 mm, 12 mm, 160 mm, 240 mm, 300 mm.

There is no such thing as 7.62 mm (quarter inch), 12.7 mm (half inch), 152 mm (six inches), 305 mm (one foot) and so on.

Now the caliber of the main guns of the capital ships of all countries is 300 mm, but there is a slight difference in the magnification.

The double diameter is the ratio of the length of the barrel to the caliber, and the larger the double diameter, the longer the barrel, the longer the firing range, and the greater the difficulty of manufacturing.

The Ming Dynasty was already able to produce fifty times the diameter of naval guns, but it was not used on traditional capital ships, but only on newly designed warships.

At present, the latest naval guns of other countries are still below forty-five.

So this parameter is perfectly fine.

But when the deputies heard Wang Lai's second sentence, they were obviously stunned.

At present, the typical combat range of the navy is still at a distance of five or six kilometers, and it often runs to less than five kilometers.

Daming now has to test the artillery bombardment at a distance of twelve kilometers, which is directly double the existing typical combat distance!

If this is a private test by researchers, the distance of 12 kilometers is not too special, and 20 kilometers has also been measured.

But that kind of test has no real combat significance, and is usually just to see how far the cannon can hit, not to hit distant targets.

Daming's public display now is obviously a deterrent, and it must be sure of the content of the test.

Therefore, has the theoretical combat distance of the Ming and Ming navies been increased to twice as far as ours?

It's a natural assumption, but it's unbelievable.

If the strike distance in battle is doubled, the advantage will be overwhelming.

Among all the people at the scene, the one who thought the most and was the most meticulous was Nelson of the British Navy.

Nelson's eyes widened when he heard the number of twelve kilometers, and Collingwood, who was beside Nelson, was also visibly stunned.

Then both of them pricked up their ears and listened carefully to what Wang Lai had to say.

Wang Lai turned and pointed ahead:

"Twelve kilometers away on the sea, the old capital ship, which was the target ship, has been replaced with new armor three hundred millimeters thick."

Hearing this, several admirals who were already in shock suddenly showed even more surprised expressions.

Nelson even subconsciously asked directly:

"This master craftsman, do you mean that the new naval cannon of the Ming Dynasty can penetrate three hundred millimeters of armor at a distance of twelve kilometers? What type of armor exactly? ”

Wang Lai had already done several tests, and now he nodded proudly and said:

"Yes, according to simulation calculations, our new naval guns can penetrate armor three hundred millimeters thick at a distance of twelve kilometers.

"We have tested the effect of 10 kilometers before and determined that it can be easily penetrated, but at a distance of 12 kilometers, there is no actual test here.

"The armor we used in the test was produced by the Daming Royal Iron and Steel Factory, and the latest representative layer carburized hardened nickel-chromium alloy armor.

"This is the best warship armor in the world today, and you can go to the site to check it after the test is completed."

Listening to Wang Lai's explanations, all the people who were familiar with the navy at the scene were silent.

The British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese navies all did naval gun firing of more than 10 kilometers.

Even if it is an armor-piercing projectile with a cap, the armor-piercing ability of the latest armor at ten kilometers is two hundred and fifty or sixty millimeters.

At a distance of twelve kilometers, armor-piercing capacity should be reduced to the level of two hundred and thirty or forty millimeters.

At the same time, the thickness of the main armor of the latest capital ships is usually in the range of two hundred and eighty to three hundred millimeters.

The existing naval guns, at a distance of more than ten kilometers, could not penetrate the main armor of the capital ship.

So ten kilometers is considered an absolutely safe distance for the capital ship.

Today's test of Daming not only proves that Daming can fight at a distance of more than 10 kilometers, but also penetrates the armor of the capital ship at 12 kilometers!

If this test can really be successful, it will completely break this so-called safe distance, so that the existing capital ships are no longer safe!

On the battlefield in the future, the opponent's battleship can't enter the combat distance at all, and it has already been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty's battleship!

By this time, not only the admirals, but also the other delegates were panicking.

The expressions of the delegates were very complicated.

Daming showed his muscles this time, but don't succeed......

In this strange atmosphere at the scene, Wang explained the test process and details clearly.

Then let the Huangzhuang driver drive the audience away, go to the watchtower where Zhu Jingyuan is located, and stand at a high place to observe the test process from a distance.

After all relevant personnel are ready, the on-site staff will check again that there are no idle people and ships around the test site.

The relevant news reported to Zhu Jingyuan, Zhu Jingyuan directly issued an order, and Wang Lai waved the command flag.

The generals of the army held binoculars and carefully stared at the test ship on the sea.

Ordinary delegates and royals who did not have binoculars also stared at the shadow of the ship on the sea in the distance.

On the makeshift shore gun battery below, a dazzling fire suddenly burst out from the muzzles of the four guns.

This was followed by four loud bangs in a row.

The explosion of propellants, the sound of a storm at the muzzle of a cannon, and the sound of a 400-kilogram shell breaking through the air at twice the speed of sound mixed into a deafening thunderstorm.

Four shells whizzed out of the chamber and swooped down on the old ship twelve kilometers away from the water.

Twelve kilometers of distance, more than ten seconds.

The hearts of all the viewers tightened.

Everyone held their breath and survived the more than ten seconds.

In the end, four shells fell into the water one after another around the target ship, and four water columns rose into the sky.

The old battleship with a new look shook slightly.

The shell missed, but the audience was not relieved, and no one felt happy, but felt even more depressed.

The situation when the first round of fire from a naval gun misses is completely normal in terms of gunnery.

The starting hit can only be regarded as an accident.

Moreover, in this first shot now, all the shells fell around the target ship.

That is, the same shells fired from the same guns with the same firing parameters, the landing point completely covered the target target ship.

This shows that the shooting parameters are no longer a problem, after all, they have been aimed many times before the test.

It's just that the artillery itself had an error, and the shells did not fall on the target.

This situation is the so-called "straddle fire" in artillery.

As long as the gun is reloaded and continues to shoot at the same parameters, the hit is a matter of pure probability.

In the midst of everyone's waiting and suffering, the four guns were reloaded again, and Wang Lai gave the signal to fire again.

There were four more cannon shots in succession, and another dozen seconds of holding my breath.

As a result, only three water columns rose this time.

"Hit!"

I don't know who shouted, but several people followed suit.

Zhu Jingyuan always held a telescope and kept observing the situation of the target ship.

The shell that hit was like a huge hammer that smashed into the side of the target ship.

In an instant that is imperceptible to the human eye, a huge gap was torn out of the side of the ship's hull.

Bright firelight burst out of the gap, and the distant and dull sound of the explosion came back half a minute later.

The shell exploded in the belly of the target ship.

This shows that the shells not only successfully penetrated the armor, but also effectively penetrated them. If it's just pierced but not blown up, it's an ineffective breakdown.

At a distance of twelve kilometers, three hundred millimeters of armor were really penetrated directly by three hundred millimeters of naval artillery.

Craftsmen from a country like Daming should not be able to falsify in this kind of display test.

At most, the test environment is far more comfortable and stable than the actual battle.

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