? Chapter 291 The responsibility of the small cannon is to the people

This shopkeeper Su is very shocking, very eye-catching, this, Yu Feng admitted, however, this is definitely not the reason for him to stay, compared with the news brought by Liu Shengmin, this surprise is really dwarfed.

This time, the sword of honor winner of the craftsman household camp, the new hundred households, used to win the championship, is an improved version of a swarm of bees - holding a swarm of bees, Yu Feng saw this thing at that time, his eyes lit up, and he immediately decided the belonging of the hundred households of the craftsman household camp.

Otherwise, the wisdom of the working people is infinite, and this sentence is really not wrong at all. In fact, this hand-held swarm, as it is called, should be a multi-bullet musket. The whole gun body is made of 'fine' iron, the muzzle caliber is small, and the barrel is short, but it can hold 100 small projectiles of iron sand and iron particles. What's more, with this size, the gun can be carried on the waist. When using, first insert the front end of the iron foot into the ground, and the tail against the small wooden stake, so that the muzzle is flat or in the shape of an upward shape, and after ignition, the "shooting" surface of the hundred bullets is very large, and the lethality is very considerable.

Seeing this kind of musket, Yu Feng's first feeling at that time was, isn't this just a shotgun? Although the 'shooting' range is sacrificed, the coverage of this firepower is enough to make up for this shortcoming, and in the field, it may not have much effect on the cavalry rushing at high speed, but if it is in a city like Pyongyang, such a weapon can be regarded as a weapon of great destruction. If it were a narrow alley, and two or three people with such shotguns would guard the intersection and keep firing uninterruptedly, then how many people would come in vain, and not enough to die.

Craftsmen who can have such ideas and make finished products are of course rewarded without hesitation. Yu Feng is not distressed at all at this point, in fact, there are not many suggestions he can give to the craftsman camp in this regard, if it weren't for this craftsman to make such a thing, he really couldn't think of the shotgun, he always pondered about the musket team that had been redressed for his daily benefit with cannons, these improvements in firearms, he was purely a 'door' layman.

And this shotgun is immediately produced and can be put into use, and the training process of the firearms battalion is still applicable to this firearm, from this point of view, it is more resource-saving than redeveloping a completely new weapon, which is also an important reason for Yu Feng to be happy.

The reason why he left Wu Yanran like this and was in a hurry was because Liu Shengmin told him that the artillery he tried to make in the artisan camp had been successfully made, and asked him to go and watch the test 'shooting' and test the results. Although it is only an extremely simple tiger squat cannon, it is a first-class major event for the Fengzi Battalion to come, which means that the last link that a modern army lacks - heavy firepower strike support has also been filled by the Fengzi Battalion, and with this cannon, the combat power of the Fengzi Battalion is undoubtedly a qualitative leap.

The Tiger Squat Cannon is a light artillery. It is about two feet long, weighs about thirty or forty pounds, and the whole cannon body is made of wrought iron, and there are five or six copper hoops on the cannon body. At the muzzle of the gun, there are iron claws and iron stumbling, which are fixed to the ground with iron nails to reduce recoil. The muzzle can be filled with hundreds of small lead pellets or stone projectiles, and the dispersion area is large, which is especially effective for foot soldiers in dense attacks. Because of its lightness, it can even be equipped with cavalry.

In front of Yu Feng, there were three 'doors' of cannons, the iron claws at the muzzle of the cannon had already been tightly grasped on the ground, and a group of craftsmen had already been waiting near the cannon, waiting for Yu Feng's arrival.

"So small?" Yu Feng was slightly disappointed, in his imagination, even the most backward army artillery was like the French artillery in the Napoleonic era, pulled by horses, one barrel was mounted on two wheels, and the entire tiger squat cannon was like a toy compared to the army field gun in his memory.

"It's big enough!" He Ma leaned over and said to Yu Feng with a smile. He Ma in front of him, and Yu Feng in Tianjin Wei when he saw He Ma, but it is completely different, he was full of oiliness when he was a middleman for Yu Feng, and now he has disappeared, and now there is a faint look on his face that is "lean" and capable, although he is not a craftsman, but in this craftsman camp to do a hundred households, but also for several years, these technical Tao, he really knows a lot.

"My lord, when Grandpa Qi fought the Japanese invaders, he used this tiger squat cannon, and later Grandpa Qi guarded the nine sides, and this tiger squat cannon was also used a lot, at that time, there was no part of this tiger squat cannon lying on the city wall, these cannons were used on horseback, no matter how big it was, this horse would not be able to bear it."

Oh!! Yu Feng is a little interested, dare to love, this cannon is still portable and pocket-sized, so his own requirements are a bit unreliable, but what can such a little cannon do, it is better to 'shoot' a few muskets in unison?

"Here, please, sir!" Liu Shengmin led Yu Feng over, Yu Feng carefully looked at these 'door' cannons, not to mention anything else, just these 'door' cannons, a lot of copper was consumed, it seems that these craftsmen are attentive, but they really didn't plan to save him much money.

"I'm going to try 'shooting'?" Aftertaste.

"No!" Liu Shengmin and He Ma refused in unison. What are you kidding, the adults themselves try to 'shoot', if they blow up the chamber or something, who bears this responsibility, the adult status is noble, just look at it from a distance, this kind of dangerous work, anyone can do it, but it can't be done by adults.

Yu Feng also asked casually, he knew that if he was not sure about the absolute safety, Liu Shengmin would never let himself get close to these cannons, let alone light the fire himself, the son of the daughter would not be able to sit down, he still understood this truth.

"My lord, you can sit over there, and your subordinates will show your lordship!"

As the afterglow walked towards a safe place behind, several gunners got busy, cleaning the chamber with sticks wrapped in strips of cloth, then loading the 'medicine' and filling the projectiles, and a flock of sheep was also driven out and tied to a wooden stake twenty or thirty paces in front of the muzzle.

Seeing the busy cannons, they signaled to this side, and Liu Shengmin asked Yu Feng: "My lord, it's okay!" ”

Yu Feng waved his hand, and saw a gunner standing near the cannon door, lit the fuse, and then quickly ran a few steps back, plugged his ears with his fingers, and squatted down.

"Look, it's not like we set off firecrackers when we were children...... Before Yu Feng finished speaking, he heard a muffled sound, like a thunder on the clouds in the summer sky, and then, there was a shock under his feet, and he was a stumbling when he landed.

"Your Excellency!" Liu Shengmin hurriedly helped Yu Feng.

"No!" Yu Feng waved his hand, and there was a roar in his ears: "This movement is really big, I said it wrong, this is not like the firecrackers we set off when we were children, this is thunder in the sky!" ”

He stood up and looked ahead, and he was greatly satisfied with what he saw. The dozen or so sheep that had just been bolted to the stake did not even scream, and all of them lay on the ground, and the situation was unbearable, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was full of holes, and in a pool of blood, except for a few sheep that were still slightly 'twitching', the stake that connected the sheep did not know where it was bombarded.

"What's in the bore?" Yu Feng smacked his tongue slightly, and in his memory, after being swept 'fired' by a machine gun, this was the scene.

"It's all iron sand, but you can put lead shots, iron pieces, and even porcelain pieces of crushed stone, as long as you can put it in, you can hit it!"

"What about the breech? Can you afford it? "Yu Feng is a little skeptical, the cannon still has to change the barrel, he doesn't believe in the smelting technology of this era, it can be higher than the future generations, if the cannon is broken, isn't the whole 'door' cannon useless, and more seriously, this is a severe test for the gunner who 'operates', no one wants to, fire a cannon and go to the life and death pass to go around!

"My lord, this cannon is cast as a whole, unlike the musket, when casting, the cannon chamber must be added, if there is a problem with the cannon chamber, this 'door' cannon can only be returned to the furnace!"

Once 'sexual'? Yu Feng understood the meaning of this, this cannon is not just a cannon chamber, no matter where it is broken, it will be directly returned to the furnace, but these people are too extravagant, even if he has money, it is not such a way to burn.

Seeing Yu Feng frowning slightly, Liu Shengmin, who knew Yu Feng's thoughts best, stepped forward and said to his master: "My lord, this 'door' cannon, from materials to labor, is only more than a hundred taels of silver, which is much lower than the price that the adult said at the beginning, but those projectile iron sand and the like, the consumption is not a decimal number!" ”

Cheap?! Just be cheap! Yu Feng's smile returned to his face, more than a hundred taels of silver, well, even if it is two hundred taels and casting a hundred 'gates', it is only twenty thousand taels of silver, and this price can be afforded.

"This, you've cast it, this is the first test shot?"

Liu Shengmin's face was a little sneering, how is this possible, if you don't try to 'shoot', who dares to offer treasure in front of adults, when the time comes, something will go wrong, isn't this a good intention to do bad things, and make yourself uncomfortable?

Yu Feng looked at him, saw his expression, and knew that he had the right idea. In this case, then there is no need to try the remaining two 'doors' of guns, and it is sure that the "test 'shooting' is successful!" "of.

"Then have you ever tried how many times can a 'gun' be fired before it is scrapped?" Yu Feng pointed to a soldier with a musket standing near the test 'shooting' site and said: "Like our muskets, how many projectiles can be shot, you can't use it, and you must know this, otherwise, even if you make a good firearm in the future, who will dare to use it?" ”

"My lord, this is different from the musket, our musket is made of steel, there is no problem, but this tiger squat cannon is cast as a whole, there is no comparison!"

"This, this is a problem for you to consider, I just need you to tell me, how many rounds can such a cannon fire, before that, the soldiers I fired the cannon will not be in danger?"

"Twenty... No, fifteen! Liu Shengmin pondered for a moment and took an insurance number: "Before fifteen rounds, there is absolutely no problem!" ”

That's enough, what kind of war, such a small cannon has to be 'fired' until it is scrapped? Yu Feng approved of his words.

"Well, you remember what you said today!" Yu Feng nodded, and walked towards the group of craftsmen who were looking forward to themselves over there: "Everyone can work hard and work hard to make such a sharp weapon, and they should be rewarded!" Those who participate in R&D will be rewarded with half a year's salary each, and the leader will be rewarded for one year! However, just now you Baihu also told me that there is no problem with fifteen rounds of this cannon, then, I hope that in the future, every 'door' made by the artilleryman camp will have the name of the manufacturer on it, and when there is a problem, or it will be scrapped if it does not hit fifteen rounds, I will punish it, and I will investigate the people, let's talk about it, no wonder I am unpredictable when the time comes! ”