More than a month later, in a clearing deep in the Purple Mountain, five twelve-barreled 107-millimeter rocket launchers were lined up, and a seven-barreled Gatling was also hung with a full magazine and stood aside.

Gao Yiming took Qin Liangyu, Shi Kefa, Hou Sui, Wang Chengen and Han Zan and Zhou Jing to the side, ready to wait for the test launch of the new weapon.

"Emperor, the sergeant is ready, please show me!"

"Have you tried both weapons before?"

"Back to the emperor, they have all been experimented, and the performance is stable."

"Let's get started."

Wang Chengen responded: "Please cover your ears with the emperor and adults, the explosion is a bit loud." ”

Hearing him say this, Gao Yiming immediately covered his ears, and the others saw that the emperor had done it, and they all did the same.

Wang Chengen raised the order flag in his hand and asked the soldiers in the distance to prepare.

Then, as Wang Chengen's order flag was waved, five twelve-barreled 107-mm rocket launchers immediately roared in unison, followed by a sonic explosion, although the shells exploded two kilometers away, but everyone still felt that the ground under their feet was shaking strongly.

After waiting for half an hour, the smoke cleared, and the small hill that had stood in front of me had been cut to the ground.

Gao Yiming nodded with satisfaction, Shi Kefa said: "This weapon has just been seen, it can be launched in a centralized manner, or it can be launched alone, the design is too wonderful, so it can be convenient for the large corps to carry in combat, the most important thing is that the range is long, the lethality is considerable, whether it is from the shooting distance or the power, it is far more than the old artillery, although the cost is much more expensive than the old artillery, but I think it is worth the money." I think we need a lot of these weapons. ”

Hou Sui on the other side disagreed: "Although what Master Shi said is true, but the cost of one of these things is the price of three red-clothed cannons, the cost is not objective, this is not counted, the key is that the cost of shells for this thing is too high, just five artillery salvos just now, that is, more than 1,000 taels of silver are gone." ”

Gao Yiming didn't say anything, but turned his head and asked Qin Liangyu: "What does the old general think?" ”

"This thing is the most powerful firearm that Lao Chen has seen at present, the shooting distance has reached an astonishing two thousand steps, this is not the old artillery with a firing distance of only three or four hundred steps can be compared, the key is that it is easy to carry, a cannon, as long as 20 people and a few horses can carry a long march, and it is easier to carry than the old artillery, with this thing, it can temporarily make up for the shortcomings of our Ming army, even if it is the elite of the Qing army outside Shangguan, it can also have the power to fight."

"Haha! What the old general said was very true, but there was another thing to deal with the Qing army, which was very effective against a large army or a large number of cavalry. Saying that, Gao Yiming ordered Wang Chengen to let people test fire the Gatling machine gun.

More than 100 pigs had already been prepared by sergeants at the test firing site, and a Gatling gun position was set up about 500 meters in front of the pig formation. Originally, no one dared to do this with pigs in the Ming Dynasty, but the emperor personally ordered it, so he could only prepare it head-on.

Seeing so many pigs at the beginning startled Qin Liangyu and the others, and they were thinking in their hearts which two hundred and five were so prepared, daring to do this in front of the emperor, wanting to find death.

Later, when I saw that Gao Yiming didn't have any overreaction, I was relieved.

With Wang Chengen's order, the pigs immediately rushed out of the encirclement, and the sergeant who had been waiting for a long time immediately pulled the trigger, and a series of gunshots rang out, and a hundred pigs were all wiped out in four or five minutes, although there were still alive, but they all fell to the ground and couldn't twitch.

Such a bloody scene, in the eyes of those of them who have experienced a hundred battles, there is nothing uncomfortable, Gao Yiming also took the lead in walking into the battlefield to check the bullet holes on the pig's body.

Qin Liangyu said: "Although this weapon has a wide range of firepower, it is a group annihilation weapon, and its lethality is not as good as that of a bow and crossbow, but the rate of fire is not comparable to that of a bow and crossbow, and it is definitely a weapon for a hundred battles against cavalry." ”

Gao Yiming praised: "The old general is worthy of being an expert, I can see the advantages and disadvantages of this weapon at a glance, I admire it very much, yes, this weapon has a strong ability to maim the enemy, but the lethality is indeed a shortcoming." ”

"I don't think so." Shi Kefa said: "If you can cripple the enemy and lose your combat power, that is lethality for our army, I really can't imagine how many 100,000 horses can be left if you get a hundred of these things and spread them out in a row, and a salvo." ”

"Just thinking about it makes people's blood boil." Yan Yingyuan on the side also echoed.

"General Yan, don't be busy getting excited, Your Majesty, the cost of this thing is also four hundred taels of silver, plus bullets, it will cost about five hundred taels, this is too uneconomical, far less cheap than the cost of the three-eyed bird, if you make the three-eyed bird, at the same price, you can almost equip more than a hundred times the army, and the technology of the three-eyed bird is still mature."

"You're not technologically mature, you're already lagging behind." Shi Kefa choked him back.

Gao Yiming said with a smile: "You two don't quarrel, let you come to have an intuitive understanding of this weapon, now we are not short of money, but we also have to spend it on the blade, from now on, only these two kinds of firearms will be made, and the others will be stopped." ”

The emperor spoke, and several people responded in unison.

Gao Yiming said again: "Although the new weapons are not large-scale now, I think it is enough to deal with Zhang Xianzhong, Master Shi." ”

"The minister is here!"

"You immediately order someone to send these five 107mm rocket launchers to two in Chang'an and three to Wu Sangui, and hand them over to Gao Jie and Wu Sangui, remember that they must find reliable people to operate this weapon, and if they encounter danger, they will destroy it immediately and cannot leave it to the enemy."

"Yes!"

"Han Zan Zhou!"

"The minions are here!"

"Immediately send a decree to order Gao Jie, He Tengjiao, Jin Menghuan and General Ma Xianglin, the son of the old general of Qin, to immediately prepare for a war against Zhang Xianzhong, and be sure to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong before winter.

"Slaves obey!"

The military strategy was certain, and Hou Sui immediately transferred grain and grass for the army in accordance with Gao Yiming's arrangement.

Gao Jie, He Tengjiao, Jin Menghuan, and Ma Xianglin, who were stationed in Chang'an, Wuchang and other places, immediately raised troops after receiving the order, because they are now in wartime, and there are grain and grass stores in various places, so they can send troops first, and the grain and grass supplied by the imperial court will be directly transported to Sichuan, where the four armies meet.

The first to receive the police is stationed in Hanzhong Li Dingguo, because Hanzhong is very close to Chang'an, the Ming Dynasty is not declared war on Daxi, and so Zhang Huangyan led a large group of men and horses to besiege the city, Li Dingguo hurriedly sent people to Chengdu to report the emergency, before Li Dingguo came to Hanzhong with 30,000 horses plus the previous garrison, a total of 50,000 people, 50,000 horses are also good and bad, how can we make the current momentum like the opponent of the Hongming army, and the difference between the strength of the enemy and us is too great, only Zhang Huangyan's vanguard army has reached 100,000.

On the one hand, Li Dingguo sent people to report to Zhang Xianzhong, and on the other hand, he actively prepared for war, preparing to live and die with the city, so as to repay Zhang Xianzhong's kindness.