I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 251 Bird Guns and Krug Cannons
The firing continued in the school grounds.

As the thick smoke dissipated, the soldiers in the first row retreated skillfully, and the soldiers in the second row moved forward in an orderly manner, lighting the match directly and aiming to fire.

Following a series of "bang" sounds, the soldiers in the second row retreated in sequence despite the thick smoke. The soldiers in the third row took over in turn and continued to repeat the previous actions.

These three rows of gunpowder and match ropes were installed in advance before the drill, and the same was true during the war.So it seems that there are no steps for loading ammunition and gunpowder, so the whole process is extremely smooth.

However, Zhu Daoxin's tense expression did not relax. He knew that the drill was far from over. It could be said that it was just an appetizer before the meal. The enemy on the battlefield would not let the officers and soldiers just fire three rows of muskets and end it.

"call out!"

Zhu Daoxin picked up the whistle hanging around his neck and blew it violently while holding his breath. The soldiers who were originally standing in the "first row" of the second column heard the whistle as if they had a nerve reflex. Regardless of whether they had finished loading or not, they went to As the front line moved forward, the soldiers in the third and second rows also retreated.

"Raise the gun!"

"Burning rope!"

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

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The continuous sound of bird gunfire sounded again, but this time the sound was not as dense as the previous three times.There were three or four soldiers who had not yet finished loading. They were forced to follow the military formation and fired.

Zhu Daoxin ignored it. When he saw the firing of the first row ended, he picked up the whistle again and blew two more times.

"Huh! Huh!"

After the two whistles were blown, the officers and soldiers in the second row behind continued to follow, continuing the previous operation process over and over again.

Zhu Youxiao stood on the platform, looking at the three-stage design directed by Zhu Daoxin below, and nodded with satisfaction.

The three-stage design is different from previous battles. Although the firepower is fast and fierce, it takes into account the organizational skills of the generals and the training level of the soldiers. Dozens or even hundreds of people in each row load ammunition and move back and forth. Every few rounds, it is estimated that It will make the entire front line twisted and unable to form a straight line.

Therefore, it attaches great importance to the general's coordination and organizational skills, and now the three rows of soldiers watching the drill in the school field are performing coherent actions such as loading, launching, and moving in a relatively orderly manner amidst Zhu Daoxin's whistles and shouts. After four rounds and twelve launches, he knew that Zhu Daoxin was indeed quite capable and a general.

"The Yongyi Battalion is indeed the elite of the Zhenwu Army. I just don't know if the four battalions of the Zhenwu Army can achieve the following level."

Jiang Lin, the commander-in-chief of the Zhenwu Army, looked at Zhu Daoxin's drill below and was very happy. He thought that Zhu Daoxin had really made himself proud and did so well. Now he suddenly heard the emperor's inquiry like this. He bowed Replied before:

"Your Majesty, the Yongyi Battalion is the most elite battalion of the Zhenwu Army. Zhu Daoxin's sentry team is also the most elite in the entire Yongyi Battalion. He supervises the training of his sentry team in the school field every day, so he can achieve four rounds of twelve launch.

I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty. The ordinary sentry team of the entire Zhenwu Army can only do two rounds of six rounds and it has begun to become a little scattered. The more elite ones can't do three rounds of nine rounds.That's why he was specially selected to demonstrate to His Majesty this time. "

Hearing Jiang Lin's truthful report, Zhu Youxiao was not angry. This result was expected and he didn't care.

"Very good. This Zhu Daoxin has indeed lived up to my expectations. I will reward him heavily. However, two rounds and six times is not enough. In the future, the standard will be set. The minimum standard for all bird gun teams is three rounds and nine times."

"The minister obeys the order."

Zhu Youxiao was not very satisfied with the standard of three rounds and nine rounds, but due to shortcomings such as the slow reloading speed of the matchlock gun, he could only reluctantly accept it.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but miss the flintlock gun. According to his memory, someone invented the flintlock gun in the late Ming Dynasty, but he forgot who that person was.

Now we can only find Sun Yuanhua and Xu Guangqi to find more firearms talents and invite them to step up development and production.

The smoke in the school grounds gradually dispersed, and Zhu Daoxin commanded his sentry team to stand there neatly and completely.

Looking around, the target in the shooting range 80 meters away has been smashed to pieces by the musket, and not a single piece is intact.

"Zhu Daoxin, just now Jiang Lin said that you are the most diligent in the Zhenwu Army. You train with the soldiers in the training field every day. This time you are able to achieve the effect of four rounds and twelve shots in the bird gun test. It seems that you are the most diligent in the Zhenwu Army." You have lived up to my expectations, I am very satisfied, and I will reward you well later."

"Thank you for your kindness. Your Majesty allowed me to enlist in the army. I am already grateful and satisfied. Now I can only risk my life to serve your majesty in order to repay your kindness."

"Okay, okay, for now, come forward and watch the next test firing of the Krug Cannon with me. We'll talk about the rest later."

"As ordered!"

After Zhu Daoxin finished speaking, he directed the rest of the sentry team to run away. He himself walked up to the platform in small steps and stood behind Jiang Lin.

Many nobles on the platform were secretly surprised when they first heard the name Zhu Daoxin. They thought that this was not the heir of the former Duke Cheng. They didn't expect that the emperor still used him so highly. Did the emperor want to give the blood of Duke Cheng a chance? ?In the end, they saw that the emperor also praised Zhu Daoxin very much, and they were even more convinced of this idea.If the bloodline of Duke Cheng is like this, then the other nobles who were punished last time can also be like this.

Thinking of this, they not only felt hot in their hearts, but also thought that they would reveal the news to others afterwards.

Zhu Youxiao did not expect that this move would make other nobles have other thoughts, but this was one of the reasons why he reused Zhu Daoxin. Fortunately, Zhu Daoxin lived up to his expectations and lived up to his expectations.

After the test firing of the blunderbuss, Guo Zuoguang's artillery team was next to appear. This time he prepared a total of ten Krupp cannons, and the shooting range was also far away, about two miles away.

Watching the artillery team below in groups of four, pulling a horse to pull the artillery to the school yard, they first dug the earth and dug the hole to fix the artillery, then wiped the gun body, prepared the shells, and loaded the gunpowder. It seemed orderly.

"This artillery seems to be a Type C Krug gun. I have only seen it once before in Licaolan Field, but I have never seen it fired. I heard that this cannon weighs eight or nine hundred kilograms and can fire five to six kilograms of shells. It can be used at ordinary times. Pulled by a horse, it seems to be the case now, but I don’t know how powerful it is?”

Jiang Lin heard this and immediately answered:
"Your Majesty, the most equipped in the Beijing camp is the Type C Kru cannon. This type of gun is extremely easy to carry and easy to operate. It is slightly less powerful than the original Kru cannon, but it is still enough. A battalion of ten The eight artillery pieces fired in turn, and the effect and power were far greater than the hundreds of Franco machine cannons before."

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction when he heard this.

"We will only know the effect after we see it. By the way, haven't I heard that there is a Type B Kru cannon? It weighs 40 kilograms and can fire ten kilograms of shells. It is pulled by two horses. I think in the future, every Each army can equip an additional artillery battalion, specially equipped with B-type Krunu artillery. By then, more than [-] artillery pieces will fire in a salvo, and everything will be invincible!"

Chen Liangbi, Jiang Lin and others were immediately overjoyed when they heard this. They did not mind that there were many weapons. How could they object to the emperor's suggestion?

"Your Majesty, the number of Krupp cannons in the Beijing camp is close to a hundred. There is nothing in the world that can resist it. It must be invincible, not to mention the mere Jianlu."

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said nothing after hearing this. He still sighed in his heart. This is the benefit of being an emperor. The benefit of being rich is that he can concentrate the country's resources to do things. However, the logistical supply pressure of so many artillery is also extremely heavy. This approach can only be done in Beijing. Do it in the camp, and don’t worry about the border troops.

"I don't ask for anything. I just want everything to be put to its best use. The artillery that I spent so much money on should at least be heard to see if it is useful."

As he spoke, he intentionally looked at Wuding Marquis Guo Yingqi, smiled and said to him:

"Wu Dinghou, your son is going to play next. He was No. 1 in the school entrance examination that year. I will take a closer look at how this general performs later, hahaha."

Wuding Marquis Guo Yingqi immediately laughed when he heard this. This was a good opportunity for his son to show his face in front of the emperor. He knew in his heart that the emperor invited him here today just to increase the prestige of their family. The favor was enough, so he hurriedly saw this He bowed and said:

"I am a young boy. I just hope that nothing unexpected happens later. I am grateful to God. He is not very sensible. I also hope that Your Majesty can take care of him and support him."

"Hahaha, don't worry, I love talents very much. I'll see how he behaves later."

People were talking and laughing on the platform, and the cannon under Guo Zuoguang had been arranged, indicating that it was ready to start.

"Then let's get started."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao immediately sat in front of the throne. In order to see the impact point today, he specially brought the telescope donated by Tang Ruowang.

After hearing the emperor's instructions, Guo Zuoguang, who was waiting below, immediately ran to the artillery position, waved his arms and shouted:

"Load!"

The two gunners on the side heard this, took a wooden plug and poured gunpowder into it, then used the wooden plug to pound the gunpowder into porcelain. Then they neatly took out a solid projectile from the gun box next to them and stuffed it into the Krug cannon. , poke it twice with a wooden plug, and plug in the lead wire.

Seeing his artillerymen proceeding methodically and step by step, Guo Zuoguang felt a little relieved, but he also knew that the difficulty lay behind.

So he took a deep breath and shouted:

"The target is two miles away, correct the angle."

Aiming the cannon is the difficult part. In the past, we relied on visual inspection by experienced gunners, but recently Sun Yuanhua asked Guo Zuoguang to use Professor Guo Zuoguang's new measurement method, which is to measure the range according to the cannon table, that is, to calculate the impact point of the cannonball based on the different elevation angles of the cannon. This can hardly harm Guo Zuoguang.

In the end, I spent a lot of time and studied with Sun Yuanhua, Sun Xinji and others for a long time before I understood the methods and tricks. Now it is time to test the results.

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