Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 480 Advanced Artillery
Gu Yunji pointed to the objects covered with cloth in the corner and asked Aiberg: "What are those? Can Mr. Aiberg introduce them to us?"

Hearing his words, Aiberg's eyes flashed unnaturally, and he pretended to smile casually: "Oh, it's nothing, just some debris. It's messy to pile up in one place and it affects the cleanliness, so I covered it with a cloth for the time being. "

Gu Yunji keenly caught the strange expression on Aiberg's expression, and immediately narrowed his eyes: "Really? Just some debris? But I see this shape, there is an obvious barrel, could it be some advanced large-scale artillery, Mr. Aiberg is hiding Tuck it in, don’t you want to show it to us?”

Even though it was covered with cloth, you could still see an elongated cylindrical device on it, which was obviously the barrel of a firearm.

Aiberg may also feel that the excuse of "miscellaneous things" is too unreasonable. He chokes for a moment and squeezes out a dry smile; "Master Gu is joking... Since our caravan has signed a cooperation contract with your dynasty, we should treat each other candidly." , how could I hide it from you?"

"The firearms covered under this cloth are indeed firearms, but they are all broken down and need to be repaired. They have been eliminated long ago and are not used at all. They are just sitting empty and taking up space. There is nothing to see."

The more Aberg behaved like this, the more Gu Yunji felt that the covered firearm was unusual. His curiosity was suddenly aroused. He made up his mind to see it, so he deliberately said:
"Judging from the style alone, the size of this firearm is huge... Speaking of which, I am young and have little experience. I have never seen a firearm with such a large barrel. It is rare to see it today. Why don't you let Mr. Eberg let me Eye-opening?”

Aiberg looked embarrassed: "This..."

Xu Shuhua, who was accompanying him as a translator, also noticed something was wrong at this moment and said calmly: "Mr. Aiberg, you also said before that the Daxia imperial court and the Franji royal family are now in a cooperative relationship. As partners, the most important thing between them is each other. It’s all about sincerity and trust.”

"In some previous exchanges, we have provided you with the details of Gao Shishu that various officials have, and we have shown enough sincerity. We treat each other with sincerity, so accordingly, should you also respond with sincerity? Of?"

"You all have to hide just a few firearms and not show them. I'm afraid this shouldn't be the magnanimity and magnanimity that the Franji royal family should have, right?"

These words made Aberg feel a little embarrassed. He struggled for a while and then simply confessed:

"...It's not that I don't want to show it to you. This firearm is a newly developed important weapon with a limited quantity. The royal family regards it as extremely important. Even within our caravan, only a few sailor elites have the right to use it. , let alone outsiders.”

Having said this, Aiberg paused, looked around at Mei Feng and others who were wearing official uniforms, weighed it in his mind, and finally agreed: "But Mrs. Xu is right, partners should be honest with each other. Wait, otherwise why would we talk about cooperation?”

"Today I will make an exception and introduce the proud work of our royal family's firearms research and development to several adults in the Chinese government - the Folan cannon."

With that said, Aiberg waved someone up and took off the cloth covering the firearm.

The curtain was lifted, revealing two large firearms five or six feet long with slender barrels.Judging from the size alone, this firearm is not top-notch, but its barrel is definitely the largest and most unique of all firearms Gu Yunji has ever seen.

When I took a closer look, I realized that the barrel was almost the main body of the firearm. Under it was a wooden shelf with small wheels for easy movement and transportation.

In addition to the slenderness of the barrel, its biggest eye-catching point is that there is an open hole at one end of the barrel, which is not closed. There is a firecracker that is one size smaller than the outer barrel, one larger and one smaller. It looks like it's nested.Su Qi has led troops in Northern Xinjiang for many years, and he is equipped with the best military equipment in the entire Xia Dynasty. He has seen many kinds of firearms, but he has never seen such "big and small nested" firecrackers. He couldn't help but wonder:

"Why is there a short barrel inside this barrel? I haven't seen any firearms with two barrels. What's the use of this?"

Seeing that everyone looked like they were seeing it for the first time, Aiberg felt faintly proud in his heart and said with a smile: "This is the advancement of our Folang machine gun. The outer barrel is the mother gun, and the inner barrel is the mother gun. The barrel of the gun is a child gun, and a mother gun is equipped with five child guns."

"Before use, the five sub-guns need to be filled with gunpowder for later use, and then filled with the mother gun and fired in sequence. When one sub-gun is empty of gunpowder, it is removed and replaced with the next sub-gun. In this way, up to five times can be achieved by continuously replacing the gunpowder. Continuous firing.”

After Aiberg's introduction, Gu Yunji finally understood.

Compared with the cold weapons used on the traditional battlefield, although today's firearms are extremely lethal, they still have many disadvantages. One of them is that it takes a long time to refill gunpowder and cannot be fired continuously in a short period of time.

Even the lightest and simplest individual combat firearm requires on-site filling of ammunition and gunpowder, and then aiming and ignition.To fire a bullet, gunpowder must be filled once. After the firing, if you want to fire a second time, you must go through the above tedious procedures again.

If it is a heavy and large artillery, the process of filling the ammunition is more complicated. You must first fill it with iron bullets, lead bullets and other bullets, then fill and compact the gunpowder, and finally find a good position to aim and fire.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, time is tight, and every minute and every second is precious. While you are still reloading ammunition, the enemy may have already arrived in front of you.

Therefore, large firearms similar to the "Folang Cannon" were rarely used by the court under normal circumstances. Even if they were used, they were mostly used in siege warfare.

However, the Folan cannon is different. Its "mother and sub-gun" setting can be said to have solved the problem of too long ammunition filling to a certain extent.

Firing five times in a row may not sound like much, but if there are a few more such artillery pieces and they are aimed at enemy targets and fired at the same time, it is equivalent to dozens of bombings in a short period of time.If it were used in a siege, the city gate would probably be blown down.

A simple setting of "Multiple Guns" can take the power of the artillery to a higher level. If the Zimu Guns are widely used in other large-scale artillery - or simply purchase one directly from Folangjiren. Wouldn't it be possible to quickly improve the strength of the imperial navy by criticizing the Fo Lang machine gun?

Not only Gu Yunji, but Su Qi, Mei Feng and others also quickly thought of this level. Almost instantly, everyone's eyes turned hot when they looked at the Fo Lang machine gun.

Mei Feng looked at Aiberg expectantly: "Mr. Aiberg, as you said, the setup of this double gun is really exquisite. Looking at all the firearms at the moment, your caravan's Franco machine gun is definitely one of the best. Since we are now partners, I wonder...can you sell some to us?"

(End of this chapter)