Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 573 This is a Rich Continent
Looking at the huge infantry artillery vehicle in front of him, Taichang really didn't know what to say.

Once this thing is put into battle, who has done it?

The armored cavalry had to make a detour when they saw it!
Perhaps the biggest disadvantage of this infantry fighting vehicle is its speed, because ordinary infantry can run faster than this infantry fighting vehicle. As for cavalry, it is even more impossible for this infantry fighting vehicle to catch up.

However, this is already terrifying, and it is really an artifact-like existence when used to attack the city.

Cao Wenzhao, Huang Degong and other accompanying generals were even more stunned when they saw it.

This gave them the feeling that they had moved the battleship to land!

If this thing could move, it would be terrifying.

Song Yingxing was stunned when he saw the emperor, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what's the matter, is there any problem?"

The emperor taught him to make this thing, why is the emperor in a daze right now?
Hearing this, Taichang coughed again and again: "No problem, no problem, I just didn't expect this infantry fighting vehicle to be so powerful and domineering."

Well, this thing is indeed mighty and domineering.

Cao Wenzhao couldn't help rubbing his hands together and said, "Your Majesty, can this thing move?"

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "Of course it can be driven, but if it can't be driven, what can you do with it? Does it look good?"

Oh, can it really move like a battleship?

Cao Wenzhao couldn't help rubbing his hands immediately and said, "Your Majesty, why don't we go up and try?"

Hearing this, Taichang waved without hesitation: "Okay, let's go up and try."

Song Yingxing quickly ordered someone to open the car door, and bowed as a gesture of invitation.

Taichang walked up the iron ladder to have a look, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

The space above seems a bit small, because the boiler in the middle takes up too much space, and there are three cannons on each side. People on both sides can only stand, and there is no place to sit, so the front and back can be more spacious. .

After Song Yingxing climbed up, he couldn't help asking: "Chang Geng, it seems that the boiler doesn't need to be so big?"

Uh, what about this?

Song Yingxing said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, because there is no way to make a boiler here, so I borrowed the boiler of the warship. This head is indeed a bit big. If I use the boiler of a steam locomotive, it will be even bigger."

Uh, the boiler of the battleship?
The space at the bottom of the battleship is not so large. The space at the bottom of the Dragon Tooth battleship is four to five times larger than that of the infantry fighting vehicle. Naturally, the size of the boiler does not need to be considered.

As for the boiler of the steam locomotive, there is no need to think about it. It is specially made to increase the volume to increase the weight. If it is placed here, the cannon will not fit in.

Taichang thought for a while, then gestured and said: "When we go back, we have to change the boiler, and set it up to stand in the middle. It is not necessary to install three cannons on each side, but two cannons on each side. It has a large space, and it is not a problem to sit dozens of people. If this is used on the battlefield, you have to consider the physical strength of the pawns, and it will be very tiring to stand for a day."

Song Yingxing heard the words, nodded repeatedly and said: "I understand, I will change it when I go back."

At this time, Cao Wenzhao couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, why don't you drive it up and try it."

All right, let these generals get acquainted with the performance by driving it first. After all, these generals are the ones who drive these chariots to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and it is certainly impossible for him to charge into battle.

Taichang made a gesture, and Song Yingxing immediately ordered the two soldiers of the Shenji Battalion behind to light the steam.

Everyone turned around and looked inside, and there was a whistle that represented the steam burning.

This infantry fighting vehicle is easy to drive, basically you only need to operate the four steam valves, and you don’t even need to move things that are turning, anyway, just stop the track on one side or slow down when turning.

Song Yingxing explained for a while, and generals such as Cao Wenzhao and Huang Degong quickly learned it.

This thing is really good. It drives smoothly and smoothly, without any bumps, and it doesn't affect the loading of shells and bullets at all.

Cao Wenzhao and Huang Degong tried to drive for a while, and excitedly wanted to try what it was like to fire on a chariot.

It is definitely not allowed to fire artillery in the city. You must drive out of the city to test artillery.

Taichang thought for a while but shook his head and said: "Okay, it's getting late today, everyone go back and have a rest first, and tomorrow we will drive to Liyang City to have a look."

After all, this infantry fighting vehicle will not show any effect just by driving it in the city, and he also wants to see how the plow excavator works.

After Taichang returned to the flagship, he was thinking about how to arrange the two months, but Concubine Su suddenly stuck to him, hugged his arm and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you take me with you tomorrow, didn't you say Will you take me around after the battle?"

Uh, he seems to have really said that, it's really not good to take a concubine around during a war, so he basically left Concubine Su on the flagship.

Now that the battle is over, he is just looking at the effects of the infantry fighting vehicle and the plow excavator, and taking Concubine Su for a walk, there is no problem at all.

Early the next morning, Taichang set off with more than ten infantry fighting vehicles, several plow excavators and thousands of cavalry.

Although the space inside the infantry fighting vehicle and the plow excavator is not very large, there is no problem with the load. Even if it is a tent for a hundred people, as long as it can be stuffed in, it can be easily pulled away.

So, he took all his handsome tents with him.

They were testing infantry fighting vehicles, watching the scenery, hunting, and camping along the way, which was very pleasant.

The performance of this infantry fighting vehicle is actually very good, except that the speed is a little slower and the inside is a little crowded, everything else is fine.

Regarding the problem of speed, there is no good solution at the moment, and the problem of internal space can be solved by changing the boiler.

They tested and played here, and they walked for five days on the road before arriving at Liyang City.

At this time, the outside of Liyang City was spectacular. More than a dozen plow excavators had plowed out an open-pit mine with a radius of several tens of miles. It flows to the pier like running water, and busy figures can be seen everywhere.

Standing on a coal mountain, Taichang glanced through the binoculars, and couldn't help but sigh: "Chang Geng, the efficiency of this machine is really terrifying. It's not a problem to dig hundreds of thousands of catties a day, right?"

Song Yingxing nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, it is easy to dig 50 million jin of coal this day, and there are not enough plow excavators at the moment. If there are enough, remodel the wharf and install a few more. With a crane, it’s not a problem to dig millions of catties of coal a day.”

Taichang held up the binoculars to scan again, and then asked: "Is this coal mountain still impossible to dig?"

Hearing this, Song Yingxing couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "This coal mountain can be dug, but the coal seam is a bit hard, and the shovel of the plow excavator can't shovel it. You have to use the plow to turn it over first, so the coal has to be dug. The mountain row plow excavator has to be driven to the mountain to dig, and it takes too much time to go up and down, and it is not as fast as digging on flat ground, so Weichen didn't let them dig the coal mountain."

This is definitely not possible. The main body of this vein is in a mountain range. There are not many coals that can be dug on flat ground like this. After digging on flat ground, they still have to dig coal mountains.

Taichang thought for a while, and then pointed out: "This coal mountain is actually easy to dig. You just need to install a big iron wheel for mining in front of the crawler vehicle. Once the wheel turns, there must be a pile of coal on the ground." The coal pile on the ground can be scooped up with the big shovel of the excavator, and there is no need to carry a row plow behind this kind of excavator.”

Yes, it's that simple!
When Song Yingxing heard the words, he couldn't help nodding his head and said: "I understand, I will try to make a few sets when I go back."

They were chatting vigorously when a Spike warship suddenly came from a distance at full speed, and after a while, a man galloped towards them from the port pier on horseback.

Taichang raised his binoculars and saw that it turned out to be the head of the Ministry of Industry in charge of prospecting.

Have you discovered any important mineral deposits?
Sure enough, after the head of the Ministry of Industry rode his horse to the foot of the mountain, he walked up quickly, bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I found iron ore. It's a huge piece of open-pit iron ore."

iron ore?

Or an open pit iron mine!

When Taichang heard the words, he immediately said loudly: "Map."

Two master guards quickly unfolded the map in front of him.

Taichang waved to the head of the Ministry of Industry again: "Where is the approximate location of the iron mine?"

The head of the Ministry of Industry stepped forward cautiously, pointed at the upper reaches of the Xinliao River main road and the westernmost lake of the Five Great Lakes and said: "Your Majesty, this area is all open-pit iron mines, with a radius of about several hundred miles."

Well, the waterway transportation is quite developed, and after mining, it can be directly transported to Xinliaoyang City through the Xinliao River.

This is really a fertile continent. There are gold mines, coal mines, and iron mines. Both coal mines and iron mines are open-pit mines.

Moreover, there seems to be a lot of oil here!

No wonder, there will be a powerful country here in future generations.

However, at this moment, it is basically impossible for this powerful country to appear.

(End of this chapter)