Jiangnan Ordnance Manufacturing Division, since the first year of Xingqing, since the Great Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Hong implemented the new policy on Jiangnan East Road, it has become the logistics base for the supply of firearms in the Great Song Dynasty.

Even though the Daye Iron Works, which emerged in recent years, replaced the Jiangnan Ordnance Manufacturing Division and became the largest steel production base in the Great Song Dynasty and the production center of steam engines, the position of the Jiangnan Ordnance Manufacturing Division was still not challenged, and it was still the R&D and production center of the Great Song Dynasty firearms.

The steam engine research and development center, firearms research and development center, firearms production base, iron factory, gunpowder factory, etc., all show that this is the top secret military center of the Great Song Dynasty, which is unique.

Under the pergola of several towering trees on the side of the shooting range, drinking a few bowls of hot tea, and a gust of mountain breeze blowing, Zhao Hong felt a burst of coolness.

Compared with the steaming iron smelting workshop and the machine division, the shooting range with tall trees and shady trees is already a paradise.

"Your Majesty, with my current firearms in the Great Song Dynasty, I can already be proud of the world. Isn't it too persistent to work hard and waste money to do this? ”

On the sidelines of the shooting range, the ruling minister Zou Yinglong said suspiciously.

The minting of silver and copper rounds, the issuance of treasury bonds, and the establishment of banks, all for the sake of saving a little silver. Firearms research and development, steam engine research and development, every day is burned silver, why bother?

"Zou Xianggong, this is wrong. In the first battle of Hanzhong, tens of thousands of Tatar iron cavalry attacked together and almost broke the defense line of our army in Yangzhou. If the firearms are sharper, why fear the Tatar iron horsemen? ”

Feeling that the fruits of his and the craftsmen's labor were not valued, Tian Yi replied with a straight face.

"Zou Gong, the research and development of firearms is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Within a few years, firearms will be used and cast by the nations of the world. My Great Song must be at the forefront of the world, so that we can be invincible. The wisdom of man should never be underestimated! ”

Zhao Hong smiled slightly, and relieved Zou Yinglong and Tian Yi at the same time.

On the side of the shooting range, several guns were mounted on a monorail gun mount, the body of the gun was shiny, faintly shining with cold light, the barrel was thick, but the caliber was huge.

"Your Majesty, please look!"

Tian Yi personally went over and opened the bolt doors at the tail of several breech guns one by one. Zhao Hong went over, bent down, and saw the bolt structure of the tail of the gun, the inside of the barrel was shiny, and he could see the front at a glance, Zhao Hong nodded lightly.

He also got the bolt structure of the breech gun on the Internet, but he didn't expect the craftsmen of the Weapons Manufacturing Department to be able to make it. This may be the advantage of the traverser.

"Your Majesty, the use of threaded gun latches has solved the problem of gas leakage from the rear-loading gun. Although the latch of the threaded gun takes longer, it is still much faster than the front-loading gun, which usually fires two shells from the front-loading gun and three or four rounds from the rear-loading gun. And the rear-loading gun has a longer barrel and a longer firing range. It is also imperative that the rear-loading gun replace the front-loading gun. ”

Tian Yi's face was full of red light and introduced him to Zhao Hong.

In the first battle of Hanzhong, if the breech gun could have been used on the battlefield earlier, perhaps many soldiers would have died less.

"This is a short-bore gun? Is this a flowering bomb? ”

Zhao Hong's gaze fell on the large-caliber artillery with a significantly shorter body and the huge cannonball.

"Your Majesty, yes, this is a short-bore artillery, three feet long, a range of two miles, a charge of 5 catties, an artillery gun weighing 500 catties, plus a monorail gun mount, it weighs about 700 catties, it moves and shoots quickly on the battlefield, and it should be a sharp weapon in the field."

After introducing the artillery, Tian Yi pointed to the shells again, talked eloquently, and saliva flew sideways.

"How heavy are the shells, is it easy to load?"

"Your Majesty, the flowering bullet weighs 20 pounds, and the bullet body is filled with more than 1,000 iron pellets of different sizes, and there is no problem with the strong soldiers to reload. When the pack is ignited, the fuse is ignited by the burning flame, and when the flowering shell flies out, the gunpowder inside the shell ignites and explodes, killing the opponent by the steel pieces and iron pellets that explode from the explosion. ”

"Can you make sure the fuse is ignited and explodes?"

Zhao Hong continued to ask. 20 pounds of shells, young and strong men to carry and fill, is really not a problem.

"Back to Your Majesty, the flowering bomb is the same as the earth-shaking thunder, and it still has a 5%-10% mute fire rate. However, even then, the cannonball will kill the opponent like a solid iron ball. ”

"How's the lethality? Have you tried it? ”

20 catties of shells, 5 catties of gunpowder, 1,000 iron pellets, plus the shell fragments produced by the explosion, the lethality is worth looking forward to.

"Your Majesty, if you want to be more powerful, the shells can be made larger, and the caliber of the artillery should also be increased. I'll go down and arrange it. ”

Tian Yi looked at Zhao Hong, who was stroking the cannonball and couldn't put it down, with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, why don't you try a few shots?"

"How many shots?"

Zhao Hong asked rhetorically, the smile on his face was a little weird.

Flowering bombs, another epoch-making weapon, are called wanton bombardment. The advantage of the Song army on the battlefield is only afraid that it will be expanded again.

He smiled slightly: "Master Lin, as for the power, I won't know until I try it." ”

Lin Tianyou perked up and said loudly: "Everyone is ready, start testing the bomb!" ”

Hu Yiping personally went into battle and led a group of craftsmen to start working.

The craftsmen first packed the medicine into the chamber, and then put the shells with wooden pallets into the breech from the front.

Hu Yiping carefully inspected it carefully, and saw that one end of the fuse was facing forward, and the bottom of the wooden tray was close to the medicine bag, so he was relieved.

The shell was loaded, the bolt was closed, the medicine bag was punctured, and Tian Yi took the red-hot iron chisel and put it on the fire door.

Zhao Hong subconsciously opened his mouth and covered his ears.

"Peng!"

White smoke rose, and the shells came out of their disembowels, soaring into the air, whistling and falling among the targets. Everyone was wondering if the shell was a dumb fire, a violent explosion sounded, everyone's ears buzzed, Zhen Dexiu was startled, and fell to the ground.

Zhao Hong and the others all laughed. Zhao Hong stepped forward and personally helped Zhen Dexiu up.

"Your Majesty, this explosion is thundering!"

Zhen Deok Xiu patted the back lightly and laughed embarrassedly.

"True Gong, this is a flowering bomb, it is going to explode, of course it is thundering!"

Zhao Hong strode forward, striding meteors.

"Let's take a look!"

At the site of the explosion, there was a charred pit on the ground, surrounded by dozens of people

I saw that the ground was scorched black, and a small pit had already been raised, and on the targets around dozens of paces, the armor had made countless holes, and many wooden targets had been shattered.

"Oh my God! If hundreds of flowering bombs were to explode together, wouldn't it be thousands of casualties? ”

Xuan Xuan's heart was pounding. Compared with the solid iron ball, the lethality of this flowering bomb is not to mention, the key is that the opponent cannot dodge, the fortifications cannot work, and it can be a sharp weapon for field siege.

"Tian Yi, how much can you make in a month with 20 catties of flowering bombs?"

The ministers were shocked, Zhao Hong nodded with satisfaction and asked.

Flowering shells will be a sharp weapon used in the army for a period of time in the future, and will replace some solid iron ball artillery in the army.

The reason why he didn't ask about the production of breech guns was because the Jiangnan Ordnance Manufacturing Division was skilled in artillery production, and there should be no problem in producing hundreds of breech guns a month.

"Back to Your Majesty, with the craftsmen and hired workers of the Weapons Manufacturing Division, you can make at least 5,000 flowering bullets a month. If you want to prepare for a big battle, it will take at least half a year to prepare. ”

"Half a year's work! Don't rush, take your time. ”

Zhao Hong nodded, and was not in a hurry to urge Tian Yi to step up production.

"Take it!"

Tian Yi shouted into the distance, and several craftsmen hurried over, and the things in their hands made Zhao Hong's eyes light up.

Isn't this a flint flint and a thunderbolt?

"Your Majesty, look! This is the flintlock firearm, custom gunpowder, Your Majesty, please see. ”

After Tian Yi finished introducing, he nodded to the craftsmen under the tree, and then shouted to several other craftsmen with firearms.

"Fang Er, a few of you, let's start."

Zhao Hong also stepped aside and watched carefully.

The craftsman under the tree stared at the pendulum on the table next to him, apparently timekeeping. Since the advent of the pendulum, the way of doing things seems to be much more accurate.

Last time in Lin'an City, Zhen Dexiu had already shown him the flintlock fire gun and the tube-type sky-shaking thunder, and this time he could finally take a look.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Yes, Master Tian! ”

Fang Er and the others saluted Zhao Hong and the others together, then picked up the flintlock torch and walked to the side, Tian Yi shouted "start", Fang Er and the others began to load ammunition, and after some drills, they fought "crackling" at the target.

The sound of fire guns continued, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and Fang Er and the others fired more than a dozen rounds before they stopped.

"Your Majesty, Fang Er, they are all retired soldiers in the army, and they can break through armor in a hundred steps, and they can fight four times a minute. If the soldiers had practiced regularly, they might have been quicker than them. ”

Tian Yi introduced Zhao Hong.

"Tian Yi, good job!"

Zhao Hong gave Tian Yi a thumbs up.

After training, the soldiers can fight about four times a minute, and if they shoot once every five to ten seconds, as in the three bursts of later generations, the bullet flow is denser and faster than that of artillery, and the lethality is greater.

The three major battlefield weapons, the future battlefield of the Drawing Tube Shocking Thunder, the Blossom Bullet, and the Flint Fire Gun, have been controlled by the Song Army.

The craftsmen picked up the earth-shaking thunders, and under the gaze of Zhao Hong and others, they unscrewed the back cover, pulled down the fire rope, and the white smoke of "Woo Ya" rose, and the craftsmen ran forward, and the earth-shaking thunders in their hands were thrown out one after another.

The earth-shattering thunder smoked, rolled in the air in a parabola, and they landed one after another, the explosions rumbling and the muffled thunder continued.

The craftsmen threw three rounds of earth-shattering thunder in succession, and when the explosion stopped, the target was a mess, full of broken shrapnel and broken wood chips.

"The earth-shattering thunder doesn't need to be ignited, it's so fast and ferocious, it's easy to carry, it's really a weapon to kill the enemy!"

Zou Yinglong's face turned pale, and his body trembled slightly.

"In the Hanzhong War, if there is a tube-type earth-shaking thunder, coupled with a flowering bomb, it will not kill and injure so many soldiers!"

Xuan Xuan sighed faintly, feeling it.

"You're right, but you're not entirely right. The armed forces are equipped with these sharp weapons, which can change the situation of war. Even if there are tens of thousands of Tatar iron cavalry, our army is not afraid. But in the final analysis, talent is the foundation, and it is the foundation of the invincibility of my Great Song Dynasty! ”

Zhao Hong said loudly, excited.

Well-trained soldiers, professional soldiers with strict military discipline, a sense of honor and patriotism, and not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice are the side that will always be in the upper hand on the battlefield.

"I'm sorry, but I just changed the name of the chapter."