There are three types of artillery made by Moxing, one is a redcoat cannon with wheels, one is a mortar, and the other is not a cannon, only the size of a rifle, which looks more like a rifle.

The redcoat cannon is very similar to Lu Chen's 122mm howitzer, although it is not as big as the howitzer and the structure is not complicated, but it can be seen from the cylindrical shell that this redcoat cannon is not the kind of redcoat cannon on his drawings.

Lu Chen stroked the muzzle of the cannon and looked at it carefully, this cannon is three meters long, and it should be firing a shell of about 75mm.

Then he lifted the wheel of the cannon, and with one hand lifted the wheel of the cannon, and he estimated the weight, and the weight was about three or four hundred kilograms.

The outer wall of this heavy cannon is relatively rough, and the barrel is relatively thick, and at first glance, it is because the material is not strong enough, so the barrel is deliberately thickened.

In the northern country, which does not have any industrial base, it is not easy to make such a cannon, and Lu Chen does not dislike the ugly appearance of this cannon at all.

He squatted down and looked at the upper shell again, and found that the firing principle of this gun was actually similar to that of his 122mm howitzer, which was to ignite the fuel in the shell and launch the shell by triggering the bottom fire of the shell.

This......

Isn't it a little too advanced?

He just wanted to make a redcoat cannon.

The traditional redcoat cannon is to use fire to ignite the arquebus, and then fire the cannonballs.

The heavy artillery they made can basically be said to be a duplicate howitzer.

It can be seen that Moxing and these craftsmen have basically figured out the firing principle of the howitzer.

Lu Chen couldn't help but think in his heart, who said that the ancient people were stupid, give them a howitzer, they can make a miniature version, which is smarter than some modern people.

If he had been given the same number of people, he would not have been able to make a cannon like that.

Of course, the key is to be able to launch.

Lu Chen then picked up a shell from the side, and it turned out that this shell also looked very much like a smaller version of the shell of a 122mm howitzer.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Chen loaded the cannonball, and then personally operated the cannon in front of him to fire into the distance.

With a loud "boom", the shells were launched, and the shells that flew out soon made a "boom" explosion in the distance.

Because of the gunpowder, the power of the explosion is far less than that of the 122mm howitzer, but this heavy cannon is basically enough in this martial arts world.

As long as the other party does not have a great grandmaster warrior to make a move, with this kind of heavy artillery, the soldiers of the northern country can basically crush the armies of all dynasties, even if it is a grandmaster, it is useless.

After trying the first improved version of the red-coated cannon, Lu Chen took a look at the second mortar.

The basic principle of a mortar is the same as that of a heavy gun, which uses gravity to drop the shell and then allows the primer to hit the firing pin inside the barrel.

At this time, Lu Chen was very excited, but he didn't expect to just take a howitzer for Mo Xing to disassemble, Mo Xing and they not only made an improved version of the red-coated cannon, but also invented a mortar that is easy to carry.

Mortars are such things, Lu Chen has never taught Mo Xing how to make them.

Lu Chen didn't test the mortar, he just glanced at the mortar shell, and then his eyes fell on the so-called "small cannon" made by Mo Xing.

Moxing's so-called small cannon is a rifle in Lu Chen's opinion, but it fires steel balls, and there is a separate primer, and it can only be a bullet, a bullet plug.

However, this is only the first version of the musket, and it is normal that it is not easy to use, and the world does not yet have a complete industrial base, so it is already very good to be able to make this simple musket.

Although the musket is not very easy to use at present, compared with those muskets that have to be stuffed with gunpowder manually, the musket made by Moxing is obviously a lot better, and the firing gunpowder of the musket they make is packed in a container, and there is no need to manually fill the gunpowder, so it is very convenient to carry, and the most important thing is that the gunpowder is not easy to get wet.

Lu Chen picked up the "small cannon", loaded the bullet and primer, and then tested the musket himself.

Lu Chen picked up the "small cannon", loaded the bullet and primer, and then tested the musket himself.

Bang!

As the gunshots rang out, the steel balls were pushed out by the detonated gunpowder, and the next moment, the steel balls directly hit the trunk of a tree dozens of meters away.

The power is not bad.

If it can be improved and improved, the steel ball can be changed to a cone bullet, and the power can be further improved.

After testing the muskets, Lu Chen turned his head, pointed to the improved red-clothed cannon and mortar, and said to Mo Xing: "Next, these two cannons will be manufactured on a large scale, at least three hundred of each." ”

Mo Xing said: "Lord Wang, do you want to make that small cannon?" ”

Mo Xing's small cannon naturally refers to the musket, the musket is Mo Xing's trick, he is also made by the howitzer firing principle, he thinks that the cannonball is too heavy, far less convenient to carry than the small cannon, and if the small cannon is used on the battlefield, their soldiers will not need to carry so many arrows in the future.

Hearing Mo Xing's question, Lu Chen pondered for a moment, although this is still the first version of the musket, and it is not easy to use, but in the future, their muskets will definitely become more and more advanced, and the soldiers must be used to the muskets in advance.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen said: "Let's make a thousand small cannons first, by the way, this small cannon will be renamed in the future, don't call it a small cannon, it's called a musket." ”

Hearing that Lu Chen said that he wanted to make a small cannon, and changed the name of the small cannon, Mo Xing was very happy in his heart, and he immediately said: "Okay, Lord Wang!" ”

At this time, Lu Chen looked at the musket and asked, "By the way, who designed this musket?" ”

Mo Xing said: "Back to the prince, it was set up by the grass people. ”

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he said with a smile: "Then in the future, the name of this musket will be called Moxing Musket according to your order." ”

Mo Xing said excitedly: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" ”

Being able to name a weapon after himself, Mo Xing suddenly felt that he was valued by Lu Chen, and it was so much of an honor to be valued by the Son of Destiny.

Lu Chen continued: "Although the first version of the musket has been able to be used, it is still not convenient enough, I hope you can improve it again and make a better Moxing musket." ”

Mo Xing said excitedly: "Yes, Lord Wang, the grass people will definitely not live up to the expectations of the Lord Wang!" ”

Lu Chen glanced at the improved red-clothed cannon and mortar again, and then said: "In the future, this heavy artillery will be called the Vulcan cannon, and the second mortar will be called the wind and thunder cannon." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Chen turned around and said, "Let's test it here today, and then you should hurry up and make it, this king will install these weapons in the army within a year." ”

"Commander Qin, you take this king to see the place where the cannon is cast."

"Yes, Lord Wang, please come with me." Qin Yushan then led the way and took Lu Chen to inspect the entire military factory.

By the time Lu Chen returned to the palace after inspecting the military factory, it was already dark.

Lu Chen is very happy today, the firearms have been formed, and the next thing is to wait for these weapons to be manufactured on a large scale.

With the armament of these firearms, coupled with the reform of the army, the soldiers of the northern kingdom will inevitably have very strong combat effectiveness in the future, and at that time, there may not be that dynasty in this world that can defeat the northern kingdom.

Thinking of these, Lu Chen was full of spirit and full of expectations for the future.

In the next few months, the construction of the new city began, and Lu Chen was very busy every day, either dealing with government affairs in the study, or supervising the construction of the new city, and occasionally going to the military factory to see the manufacturing process of firearms.

Lu Chen's three wives and concubines' bellies are also getting bigger and bigger day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it is the day when Mu Zixuan is about to give birth.

(End of chapter)