Chapter 335: Firearms Manufacturing Skills, Breakthrough (restore update, please vote for me)
Lu Gang did not know that the technology he invented would greatly change the position of cannon in war, thus greatly changing the way military hegemony will be fought in the future.
In the historical timeline before Su Ze traveled through time, the drilled cannon was a new weapon manufactured by the weapons manufacturing company Caron Company in Britain at the end of the 18th century.
The carronage gun is manufactured using bore drilling technology, and the barrel is highly airtight.
This means that the carronage gun requires less gunpowder to propel the projectile farther.
In addition, the barrel of the carronade can also be made shorter and use less material.
Using less materials reduces the manufacturing cost, and more importantly, greatly reduces the weight of the artillery!
Gun weight, this is a very important indicator.
Before the invention of tanks, the main problem restricting artillery combat was mobility.
For example, Su Ze's red cannon installed on the gunboat. This long gun requires a longer barrel and thicker barrel wall to prevent the chamber from exploding in the gunpowder explosion.
A 12-pound red cannon weighs close to 0.8 tons. Such a weight must be installed on a fully-covered deck that is more impact-resistant, that is, it must be installed on a Galen ship with a deep draft.
The carronade gun of the same caliber weighs only 0.5 tons, and because the gunpowder is filled is less than half that of an ordinary long gun, it can be installed on a small gunboat.
These highly maneuverable small gunboats can operate in more waters and even deep into inland rivers.
In addition, the airtightness of the carronade also allows it to fire more types of shells.
For example, spherical shotguns fixed with round wooden boards do not need to clean the barrel immediately after being fired. They only need to cool down the barrel before firing directly. It is a very terrifying short-range firearm.
In the history before Su Ze's time travel, the British army in the Opium War defeated the Qing army with carronade cannons, which also made the East aware of the huge gap in weapons generation, and thus began the vigorous Westernization Movement.
When Su Ze learned that Lu Gang's drill-bore cannon was successfully tested, he immediately abandoned all official duties and rushed to the test site.
After he saw the gun-powder ratio being determined through repeated tests, he immediately said excitedly to Lu Gang: "
This is a military artifact! All the craftsmen involved in the development will receive ten silver coins!"
"Lü Gang, I want it Establishing an artillery factory belongs only to the Governor's Palace, and I will leave it to you!"
Lu Gang did not expect that Su Ze's reward would be so generous. He obviously did not know how the technology he invented would change the world.
Just when Lu Gang was panicking, Su Ze asked:
"How many cannons like this can be produced in a day?"
Lu Gang lowered his head and said: "This kind of artillery needs to go through processes such as sand casting, cutting, drilling, and polishing. If it is cast, This kind of 12-pound cannon can only be made once a day."
Su Ze frowned and said, "Can't it be faster?"
Lu Gang said quickly: "Grand Governor, the main reason is the lack of power. The turbine must be set up in a place with fast water flow. Nowadays, the hydraulic workshops near Fuzhou have been fully built, and the large iron plants also need water turbine blowers to make steel."
Su Ze said: "I will give you craftsmen, and then find a place to build water turbines. Also, we can make smaller ones. caliber gun."
Lu Gang asked doubtfully: "A smaller caliber gun?"
Su Ze nodded and said: "Twelve pounds is considered a standard naval gun for the navy, but it is still too heavy and too big for the army.
Su Ze said: "Bigger is not better for army artillery. You try to make four-pound and eight-pound cannons. I will allocate some carpenters and turners to you to make matching artillery carts that can be hitched to horse-drawn ones. " That kind."
Lu Gang quickly asked: "Captain, what material are the wheels of the artillery cart made of?"
Su Ze said: "Use steel! Aren't you a steel maniac? Steel is the only one that is durable!"
Lu Gang immediately said happily : "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"
Su Ze said again: "Go to the workshop, I want to see the whole process of how you make the cannon!"
After Su Ze arrived at the cannon foundry and cast a bore-bore cannon by himself, he took over the task as expected. Reached the system prompt.
[Create bore-bore cannon, firearms manufacturing skill experience +500, Lv5, 100/1000]
[Firearms manufacturing skill breaks through Lv5, free points obtained: 1]
[Firearms manufacturing skill breaks through Lv5, please choose passive skills:]
Only one green is seen Two blue and three cards appeared in front of Su Ze. After being turned over, they were:
[Green Passive - Cannon Casting Craftsman: When casting cannons yourself, firearm manufacturing skills +1. ]
[Blue Passive - "Have you seen my cannon": When designing cannons, firearms manufacturing skills +2. ]
[Blue passive - "Small missiles are coming": When designing cannonballs, firearm manufacturing skills +2. 】
First of all, the first one is eliminated. Su Ze has many things to do now, and it is impossible for him to have time to make his own cannon.
Among the second and third skills, Su Ze decisively chose the third one.
Carron cannons are already quite excellent artillery. What is more advanced than Carron cannons are rifled artillery. Now for Su Ze, artillery shells are more important than artillery.
After the selection, some knowledge about making cannonballs poured into Su Ze's mind. He quickly asked someone to bring in the design drawings, draw several types of cannonballs, and gave them to Lu Gang and said, "Can these types of cannonballs be made?" Lu Gang
said Gang looked at it and said, "It can be made, but for large-scale casting, more power is needed."
Su Ze also sighed.
Water power indeed has its limits!
If you are really not a human being, you still have to rely on steam engines!
Just as Lu Gang was hoisting the newly drilled gun body to the other side for polishing and drilling, the system prompted again:
[Discovered location, modern gun factory, unlocked skill Mechanical Engineering, do you want to learn it? It is detected that the host possesses the skill "Forging" Lv4, 1/400, which can be merged into Mechanical Engineering. Do you want to merge it? 】
Su Ze was ecstatic and immediately chose to study.
[Mechanical Engineering] Lv4, 1/400: Mechanical engineering is related to the design and manufacturing skills of mechanical equipment, including the manufacturing of power, machine tools and other mechanical equipment.
Relevant knowledge poured into Su Ze's mind. After recalling this knowledge, Su Ze was a little disappointed.
With his Level 4 [Mechanical Engineering], he can't even touch the shadow of a steam engine.
It seems that you need to master at least Level 10 [Mechanical Engineering] before you can draw the blueprint of the steam engine.
It seems that a machinery workshop will be built behind the Grand Governor's Palace.
Just when Su Ze was rejoicing about the progress in the field of firearms.
In the city of Nanjing.
Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu's movements were not unpleasant.
Under Gao Gong's suggestion, a school for the new army of the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing was quickly established.
Li Tingzhu also followed Gao Gong's plan to select sons from good families and scholars who were interested in military merit in Nanjing, and posted recruitment notices to recruit soldiers and officers for the new army.
Li Tingzhu returned to his house after a busy day. He had just taken a bite of hot food when he heard:
"Dad! I want to join the army!"
Li Tingzhu almost spit out the food in his mouth, only to see his son Li Yangong say loudly.
Li Tingzhu wiped the rice from the corner of his mouth and said immediately: "Nonsense! What kind of army do you belong to, the noble prince of Linhuai?"
Li Tingzhu is forty-seven years old. He is a middle-aged son. Li Yangong is only 18 years old.
Moreover, the Linhuai Marquis Mansion is such a single seedling.
"Dad, aren't you starting a new army? I want to join the new army!"
Li Tingzhu covered his face and said, "When I die, you will inherit the title of Marquis of Linhuai and you will be able to lead the army!"
Li Yangong did not show any concern at all. He gave in and said: "I want to join the army!" Li Tingzhu said with a burst of anger: "I said wait until I die! I'm not dead yet!" Li Yangong
shrank his neck, but still said: "Dad, aren't you recruiting? I am also a son of a good family with an innocent background. Why can't I join the army?"
Seeing his son's determination, Li Tingzhu softened his attitude and said,
"Why do you want to join the army?"
Li Yangong said, "My family has inherited the emperor's favor from generation to generation, and I want to join the army to kill thieves. !"
Li Tingzhu said: "Our Li family only regained the nobility from your father and me. I am the only one who inherits the emperor's grace. How can we talk about generations?"
Li Yangong was immediately stunned.
Li Tingzhu said again: "I will repay Your Majesty's kindness. Come here!" "
Confining the Crown Prince in the mansion, he is not allowed to go out without my permission!"
The same plot also happened in Gao Gong's mansion.
Gao Gong's son Gao Wuguan is twenty-four years old this year. The Gao family is also a scholarly family, but Gao Wuguan does not have much talent in reading.
With a father who is a top scholar, Gao Wuguan could not even pass the exam to become a scholar.
When Gao Gong took office this time, he naturally brought his wife and son with him.
"Dad, I want to join the army!"
Gao Gong's attitude was better than that of Li Tingzhu. He just asked: "Why do you want to join the army?" Gao
Wuguan immediately said: "Repay your kindness!"
"Your kindness? What kindness do you have? You?"
Gao Wuguan was stunned.
Gao Gong looked at his son and thought of himself who had just entered the court.
The sage who was determined to change the Ming Dynasty, and the minister who devoted himself to serving King Yu.
Gao Gong sighed and said: "The New Army Academy will start tomorrow. You should go and observe it. However, the Marquis of Linhuai has already said that only students who excel in the graduation examination can become officers. Do you understand?" Gao Wuguan immediately nodded and said
: "I understand! Thank you dad!"
Gao Gong sighed again.
"Dad, why are you sighing again?"
Gao Gong sighed and said, "The age of great war has arrived, and it doesn't hurt to learn some military skills."
In the Ginza Printing Shop in the south of the city, Xiong Wu, dressed in disguise, walked into the house next door. Put on clothes and walk into the printing shop through the tunnel.
Passing through the printing shop, Xiong Wu came to the conference room.
"Stationmaster!"
"Sit down, how is the intelligence gathering at the Ming Ting New Army Academy?"
Xiong Kuang stood up and said: "The Nanjing Imperial College has posted a notice asking for clean-blooded children of good families, as well as proficiency. Only those who are proficient in writing and calligraphy will
have no problem, but being clean is a bit troublesome."
Xiong Wu frowned and asked, "Are there many people joining the army?"
"There are quite a lot. This time, the Ming Dynasty promised to pay full wages, and the treatment will be better than ordinary people. Recruitment is much higher. Now that all industries in Nanjing are depressed, this military salary still attracts many people to sign up."
Xiong Kuang said again: "But stationmaster, don't worry, there are still a few brothers who successfully signed up!"
"How did you get it? Identity?"
Xiong Kuang said: "The governor left some connections when he founded Tiangong Academy in Nanjing. There are also officers who were taken away by the Zhenwu Camp mutiny. They also have relatives and friends who stayed in Nanjing." "Is it reliable
? "
Reliable. These identities were originally a cover for our activities in Nanjing. With the Ming court's screening ability, no flaws can be found." "
In that case, then you can go to the New Army Academy."
Xiong Wu said: "Print more The Governor's article should be spread in the new army academy. Maybe these new armies can fight for it."
"You kid, do you want to get close to Gao Gong through this academy?"
Xiong Kuang nodded and said, "Webmaster, tomorrow I will I'm going to report to the school! I'll leave the printing shop and other matters to you!"
Xiong Wu tried to fight, but Xiong Kuang nimbly dodged it. Xiong Wu cursed and said,
"You brat, hurry up and get ready!"
Xiong Kuang said I walked out with a smile, leaving only the sound of the printing press rotating.
While Nanjing was "enthusiastically" joining the army to "serve the country", Zhang Juzheng, who was stationed in Anqing, couldn't help but get furious.
Liu Shiyan, the sincere uncle sitting next to Zhang Juzheng, looked equally ugly.
Zhang Juzheng's official said tremblingly: "Zhang Butang, I took your order to go to the Fengyang Prefecture Qun Shepherd Supervisor, but the other party refused to give us a horse." "Why not!?" "
Fengyang
Qun Shepherd Supervisor It's an imperial property, but the prison officials said that without His Majesty's imperial edict, they couldn't move the horse."
Zhang Juzheng was about to get angry, but he still held back his anger and said, "Just step back."
Wait until the department official stepped back. , Zhang Juzheng then said: "Damn it! Silverfish! The Fengyang group of pastoral supervisors have been sucking blood in South Zhili for so many years, and now they refuse to provide horses or fodder! The evil of the Ming Dynasty was caused by these rats!"
Liu Shiyan immediately said: "Be careful with your words!"
Zhang Juzheng then restored the city and said: "I want to write to the court in the name of the Governor of Southern Zhili, requesting that 5,000 Fengyang troops and horses be transferred to our Southern Zhili armies! "
In the eyes of modern people, raising horses in Anhui is a magical thing.
But in the view of Zhu Yuanzhang, who is a "master of returning home in fine clothes" and a "little expert in giving back to his hometown", the best things should be given to his hometown.
Since the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has set up a group of herding supervisors in Fengyang Mansion to raise horses in Fengyang Mansion.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang's idea was not all about the construction of his hometown. This far-reaching emperor raised horses in his hometown, and more importantly, left a counterattack base camp for his descendants.
Fengyang City has tall walls, horses, weapons and food. It was built as the last base of the Zhu Ming Dynasty.
Compared with Fengyang Imperial City, a certain mustache's Antarctic project is his younger brother.
It's a pity that this set of things was useless in the Battle of Jingnan, and it was useless when the Southern Ming Dynasty was destroyed.
The "genius" idea of "raising horses" in Fengyang Mansion caused the horse farmers in Fengyang Mansion to go bankrupt one after another. The horse administration became a means for a group of pastoral officials to exploit the people, and strange things happened in Fengyang horse breeding.
There are more and more horses on paper, but fewer and fewer horses in reality.
The quality of the horses they raise is getting worse and worse. Not to mention the army, even the post station system is unwilling to use horses raised in Fengyang.
However, Fengyang's pastoral supervisors continued to raise horses in Fengyang Mansion to harm the people in the name of "ancestral teachings". This time, Zhang Juzheng's department officials were not even able to enter the horse farm.
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