Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 425: Tower Ship, Renyi Gun, Bomb Launcher
With a goal, there is motivation.

Compared with Su Bin's busyness, Su Chen seemed very comfortable and carefree.

He would either visit the King of Jiangxia or the King of Hejian, or, at the invitation of Cheng Chumo and others, go drink some wine, listen to some music, and enjoy his life.

Early that morning, as soon as Su Chen got up, he heard Sun Qiang's voice coming from outside.

"Your Highness, Lord Li Wei has sent an invitation to you to Yong'an Dockyard."

"Yongan Dock?"

Su Chen took the invitation handed to him by Sun Qiang and opened it to take a look.

It was indeed a handwritten letter from Li Jing, inviting him to go to Yong'an Shipyard, but the letter did not specify what he was going to do.

There are eight rivers and five canals in the water system around Chang'an, and Yong'an refers to the Yong'an Canal among the five canals.

The Yong'an Canal was dug in the south city in the third year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty. It diverted Jiaoshui water from the northwest into the city, that is, from the southwest of today's Xiangji Temple through Chilan Bridge and the Fifth Bridge, and flowed into the city from the northwest to the east of Zhangbagou.

From here, it flows through the west of Datong, Xinyi, Yong'an, Yanfu, Chongxian, and Yankang. It also flows through the east of Xishi, and then flows north through Buzheng, Banzheng, Fuxing, and Chongde, and the west of Xingfu Temple, and then flows north into Fanglin Garden, and then north into the Imperial Garden, and finally into the Weihe River.

Yong'an Canal not only provides water for Chang'an and Xishi, but also adds a bit of greenery to the ancient city of Chang'an.

The branches of the pine trees in the pavilion grow over the walls, and the willow branches in the palace are as tall as the water surface.

This is a realistic description of the pine trees in the palace and the weeping willows planted on both sides of the banks of the Yong'an Canal.

Yong'an Shipyard is not big and is not far from the Prince's Residence. Could Li Jing's invitation be related to warships?

Su Chen thought about it, and took Sun Qiang and others to Yong'an Shipyard.

There was snow all along the way.

Many people were clearing the snow around them.

When they arrived at the dock, they found that there were already officials on duty outside the dock.

Su Chen became more certain of his guess.

"Meet the King of Side by Side."

"Is Lord Li Wei in the dock?"

"Your Majesty, the Lord is in the dock, talking with the two generals."

The officer on duty responded and led the way.

The interior of the dock seemed to have been excavated and expanded, and large ships were docked here.

Some have been completed, while others are just in their infancy.

Su Chen took a look at the built ship, then retracted his gaze and looked at the workers who were carrying large crossbows.

The giant crossbow is a powerful weapon on the battlefield.

The workers carried it onto the ship, apparently intending to place it inside the ship as one of the means to defend against the enemy.

In addition, there are Renyi guns and bomb launchers.

The action is fast enough.

Su Chen sighed in his heart, it has only been such a short time and the warship has already undergone such changes.

"The King of Side by Side is here."

Seeing Su Chen coming, Li Jing greeted him with a smile. Liu Rengui and Su Dingfang on the side also bowed and greeted him.

"Duke Weiguo, the two generals are too polite."

Su Chen returned the greeting with a smile.

Li Jing: "I asked you to come here today because I wanted to ask for your advice."

"Comments?"

Su Chen looked at Li Jing suspiciously, then at Liu Rengui and the other two.

Li Jing smiled and said, "You have given a lot of suggestions to the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue. Look at the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue now. They are working very hard. My Ministry of War cannot be idle either, right?"

Su Chen immediately laughed. If the Ministry of War became lively, it would really be lively.

"The Ministry of War is not a place for excitement."

Su Chen smiled and teased, "Before, the Ministry of War was busy, and there were incidents in the Western Regions and the grasslands. If the Ministry of War becomes busy again, the surrounding countries will be worried."

Li Jing was immediately overjoyed, "That's a good thing you did."

Su Dingfang said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, our main work on the warships is almost finished, but there are a few troublesome things."

Su Chen nodded, looking like he was willing to hear more details.

Su Dingfang: "Your Highness, please come this way."

Su Chen followed them and came to a well-built ship.

The building ship was very large, enough to accommodate nearly a thousand people. From a distance, the entire building ship did not look like a building ship, but more like a movable fortress.

Even after boarding the ship, Su Chen still held this thought.

This is a large fortress that can move on the sea.

In addition to all the defensive means of a warship, the warship is also equipped with many offensive means.

For example, in addition to the most common ship-breaking hammers on the tower ships and the giant crossbows for long-range attacks, there are also new weapons created by the Ministry of Works, the chain guns and the benevolent guns.

Needless to say, the power of these two things is very powerful. Once they are used on the battlefield, they will be real killer weapons.

It can completely turn a battlefield into a slaughterhouse.

In addition, Su Chen also saw the bomb launchers that the workers had lifted up earlier.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Su Dingfang pointed at the base in front of him and said with a melancholy look on his face, "The trouble we are facing now is that the power of these benevolent guns is too great, causing our shipboard to be unable to withstand long-term shooting."

Su Chen stomped his feet hard. The deck was very solid and there was no sign of it collapsing.

Looking at those giant crossbows, Su Chen asked, "Can the shipboard withstand the recoil of those giant crossbows?"

Su Dingfang nodded, "The power of the giant crossbow is much smaller than that of the Renyi gun. The ship's planks can fully support the power of the giant crossbow, but the Renyi gun can't." Liu Rengui said, "It's not just because the recoil of the giant crossbow is weaker than that of the Renyi gun. In fact, the biggest reason is that the Renyi gun can fire continuously and at a high intensity, which is the most threatening to the ship's planks."

Su Chen was thoughtful.

After all, the time interval between continuous firing of the giant crossbow is dozens of times that of the Renyi gun.

The Renyi gun can fire a thousand bullets in a short period of time, but the giant crossbow can only fire dozens at most.

Under such high-intensity shooting, how can ordinary wooden boards withstand the recoil of the Renyi gun?
"Have you ever considered using iron plates to fix the Renyi gun?"

"iron plate?"

Su Dingfang pondered and said, "I have tried it before on a ship, using iron sheets to fix the Renyi Gun. However, under the continuous impact of the Renyi Gun, the iron sheets became weak and deformed, causing open fire on the ship's planks below."

"Not really."

Su Chen squatted down and knocked on the planks. "The thickness of these planks is quite good. If we use a drill to drill four holes in the planks and fix them up and down with steel plates, it should be much better."

"Fixed up and down?"

Li Jing and the other two looked curious.

When they fixed the Renyi gun, they placed iron sheets under the Renyi gun to ensure that the firing of the Renyi gun would not affect the use of the ship's planks.

Hearing Su Chen say this, it seems that there is not much difference from their previous experiments.

"Will it be effective?"

"Just try it and you'll know. If it doesn't work, try another method."

Li Jing said in a deep voice, "Order someone to fetch an iron plate the size of the base of the Renyi gun, and have them drill suitable holes on it for reinforcement."

"Yes!"

Li Jing gave an order and the soldiers behind him immediately prepared.

Su Chen's gaze also fell on the bomb launcher.

Li Jing smiled and said, "This is the bomb launcher that Feng Baojun and his team built. According to him, this is just the simplest launcher you proposed."

"There are some artillery and other things in the future. We are currently conducting intensive research. It will take some time to build them."

"This kind of launcher, which is similar to a crossbow, has a shorter range, but the effect is still good."

"At full power, the bomb can be launched two hundred steps away."

"If a war really breaks out at sea, the powerful explosive power of the bombs can cause some damage to the enemy's ships."

Su Chen nodded.

This is a basic bomb launcher. To put it bluntly, there is actually no difference in the shooting principle from that of a giant crossbow.

The only difference was that the crossbow arrows used were replaced with more powerful bombs.

While Su Chen and the others were communicating, the iron plate with holes in it had been successfully delivered.

"My Lord, let's try somewhere else?"

"it is good."

After all, this building ship is a newly built ship. If problems arise during testing on it, it will need to be repaired.

Therefore, Su Dingfang and his companions brought Su Chen to the previous experimental ship.

This building ship is no longer able to complete its tasks and missions, and can only stay in the dock and provide certain research assistance to the new apprentices.

"Bring the Renyi gun over here."

When they arrived on the deck, Su Dingfang waved his hand, and craftsmen came with tools to install the Renyi gun on the deck.

Using an iron plate as a base, the Renyi gun was placed on the iron plate, and then the iron plate was firmly fixed to the ship's deck with long steel nails.

As the Renyi gun was fixed, Su Dingfang and the other two all looked at Su Chen.

"Your Majesty, try it first?"

"Then I won't be polite."

Su Chen smiled. He was indeed itching to shoot. After seeing the wooden targets set in front of him, he pulled the trigger without any hesitation.

Da da da.

Bullets kept firing out, and when the bullets in a magazine were used up, the soldier next to him immediately replaced a new magazine for Su Chen.

Ten magazines were emptied in succession, and the wooden rake in front had long disappeared, leaving only wood chips on the ground.

Su Chen touched his pocket. What a pity! If he had a cigarette at this time, he might be able to press it directly on the gun barrel and light it.

"How's it going?"

Putting his thoughts aside, Su Chen's gaze fell on the base below.

The base remained in its original position without much movement, and there was no flame caused by friction as Su Dingfang had mentioned before.

It was only because of the impact of the recoil of the Renyi gun that the iron plate of the base became slightly warm.

"feasible!"

Li Jing smiled and nodded, "I knew that calling you over would definitely solve this problem."

Su Chen shook his head, "It hasn't been completely resolved."

"The iron plate is still a little hot. If the situation continues like this, the Renyi Gun will need to rest after fifty magazines are emptied at most."

"Otherwise, the temperature of the iron plate might affect the ship's planks below."

"That's enough for now."

Su Dingfang pondered and said, "Each of the remodeled ships has four benevolent guns installed. If the four benevolent guns have all used up their 200 magazines, they still cannot defeat the enemy, so we will need to engage in direct melee."

Su Chen nodded, what Su Dingfang said made sense.

but.

There shouldn't be any person, or any ship, that can withstand fifty magazines of the Renyi gun, right?

(End of this chapter)