open sea

Chapter 554
There is nothing to do with Chen Mu in the follow-up court meeting. He is now at home, and he hired a small official from the Ministry of Industry to gather a group of craftsmen to re-torque the Chen family mansion. He took this opportunity to go to Wanquandu for a few days. .

It’s not that he abused his power, he gave money as he wanted, but the officials of the Ministry of Industry knew which craftsmen were good, and they hired craftsmen from Xiangshan, Suzhou, who had just built a house for Feng Bao in Baoding. It's a small job.

I didn't take Xu Wei with me when I went out to play, firstly because I needed someone at home, but that's not important, it's a no-brainer for the old man to make himself sick; secondly, because he scolded himself, so I didn't take him to play.

Xu Wei, who was frozen in spirit, spoke directly. He said that Chen Mu always disliked this and that, and thought that Li Rusong's speech was like farting, and Juniper's temper was like a dude. Governing the country, and even inviting the Ministry of War to the house to talk about military reforms, what a fool!

Returning to the old place, Chen Mu was in a good mood, staying overnight at the Town God's Temple in Juyongguan, he said to Zhao Shizhen: "Xu Wei is right, Chang Ji, you have to hear it from your heart."

Zhao Shizhen: "???"

Didn't that say you?

Chen Mu was serious: "Don't always talk about developing ordnance in front of me, your Thunderbolt is really ugly!"

"Marshal, you've committed the problem of talking nonsense again." Zhao Shizhen didn't take Chen Mu's words seriously at all, pouted and fiddled with the drawing in front of him and said to himself: "Eight gun barrels, a tube of kerosene should be filled in the middle, and the gun will be fired." After that, spray out the kerosene to burn people, and...yes, the support, use a hand ax for the support, General Lin's ax is so powerful, use the ax as the support!"

Chen Mu crossed his legs on the couch, holding the jug in one hand and the wine glass in the other, sipping soju while wrapped in a quilt without the slightest dignified demeanor, watching Zhao Shizhen crouching on the desk and carefully depicting his military masterpieces, curled his lips easily, To Juniper on the opposite side of the bed table, said: "It's pretty ugly, isn't it?"

Juniper blinked his eyes. He didn't like Chen Mu, who was a man with a southern accent and a northern accent, who drank soju in small sips. He emptied the wine glass with a sip, took the wine pot from Chen Mu's hand and filled it up for himself, and said, "Handsome, you That glass of wine can be drunk until the old Taoist priest sweeps it tomorrow morning, no, the humble job is to pour wine for you!"

Du Heizi was stared at by Chen Mu while holding the jug, and he lost his aura by three points. Holding the jug, he said with a smile: "But I think the Xunlei blunderbuss from Xiaoyuanwai are not bad. They have long barrels and many hairs. If you make them If it is compact, it can also be used as a mace, but the shield is redundant."

Zhao Yuanwai was used to being a doormat in the Nanyang Military Mansion. He went out with his toes high, and entered the door to pretend to be short quail. He was very familiar with this job. Go in Juniper's suggestion and redraw a mace version of Thunderbolt.

"The shield can be removed or not. This is the positioning of the weapon. The range of his Thunderbolt is not as good as that of ordinary birdguns. We now have a killer gun that pursues long-range and precise killing. It can kill people at a distance of [-] steps; the range of ordinary birdguns It can be up to [-] paces, but the most effective way to kill the enemy is to release the gun from [-] paces or even [-] paces. At this distance, our gunners can guarantee to hit the human-shaped wooden target every time after aiming. In battle, this achievement will dropped to around half."

"I am different from Qi Shuai in this point. Qi Shuai's soldiers are eighty paces away, and they will be punished if they are not accurate." Chen Mu explained to Juniper and said with a smile: "My soldiers are willing to release small flags and arrows, and they are divided into layers. Offensive, this is similar to the offensive tactics established at the beginning of the country."

Juniper was amazed by this, and asked with his eyes wide open, "Marshal, are you still reading?"

Chen Mu glanced at Juniper angrily. This Du Heizi was very respectful to himself in front of others. Without the big mouth of outsiders, his nature was exposed, but he still couldn't be hated.

"Do you think that in the combat regulations, there is a long sound of the army horn, and the drums are ready for battle, and all the teams are strictly prepared", and "the captain will punish those who act indiscriminately before the battle, and punish those who are late and inconsistent in the team" "Where did the military order come from, 'The first floor will go down first when the troops are withdrawn, the second and third floors will not move, the lower battalion at the front floor will be established, and all the troops will enter the lower battalion'?"

Chen Mu snorted and said, "That's the old system of the Ming army during Emperor Chengzu's time. When I wrote the military law, I was preparing for the martial arts examination. I didn't know much. I didn't know that the military law of the court had been abolished enough for the chief officer to decide on his own. I was also afraid of being criticized. The official scoldings are all copied from the old system of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu, and I wait for others to scold me for violating the military law and take back the law of my ancestors—others know more than me, and no one scolds me.”

Juniper didn't know what Chen Mu was disappointed about. God knew how much his handsome man was looking forward to a chance to slap him in the face. Chen Mu waved his hand and said, "The shield of Thunderbolt is not superfluous at all. The power lies in the burning and degassing of the gunpowder in the chamber, so the barrel is at a certain length, the longer the gun, the more powerful it will be, and the structure of the thunderbolt inherently determines that it cannot shoot far, at most a hundred paces."

"And in battle, the power of this blunderbuss must be at least sixty paces to be highlighted. From the enemy's nearly sixty paces, to the enemy's nearly ten paces, fifty paces, wearing armor and a knife, the pulse beats eleven or two times. But, at this time... Xiaoyuanwai!" Chen Mu yelled at Zhao Shizhen, and said: "I suggest you change the barrel to five, this kind of field weapon can only kill faster if the enemy is cavalry."

"Actually, if you really like to think about guns and rockets, I have a better direction for you to think about. No matter who you are facing, the Ming Dynasty has a large source of troops. The simpler and more direct weapons are, the more beneficial they are in the war. On the contrary, fancy weapons will add complexity to the war." sex."

"In three months, in addition to routine drills, one blunderbuss and ninety lead pellets can cultivate a bannerman who basically masters formation, archery, and stabbing; despite his morale, physical fitness, and understanding of war Enthusiasm, the sense of honor of the Ming Empire, and combat experience are still poor, but they can already be used as a reserve flag army mixed with veterans; why should it take an extra month for him to learn how to turn the Thunderbolt proficiently, instead of putting it in so many barrels? The wrong lead shot, adding to the pressure on the baggage?"

"One banner army holding Thunderbolts is not equal to five bannermen holding Thunderbolts, but to make one Thunderbolt requires five or even more iron materials."

"Chen is not talented. As the person who knows the trend of firearms warfare best in the whole world, he should be qualified to teach Xiao Yuanwai a lesson."

The so-called man who knows the trend of firearm warfare the most is sitting on the bed wrapped in a purple quilt with a proud face.

"The ultimate goal of bird guns, artillery, rockets, grenades, mines and mines is to make weapons as simple as possible, not as complicated as possible."

"The bird gun is a small artillery, and the artillery is a big bird gun. In fact, there is not much difference between the two. The range, the rate of fire, the power, and the accuracy can be increased. Specifically, the firing method, the rifling of the barrel, the material of the lead bullet, and the weight reduction can be achieved. Find a way; grenades, mines, and sea mines have different firing methods and use environments, and we should pay equal attention to prefabricated fragmentation technology, lethality and protection of our army's projectiles and cables, while sea mines should focus on power and waterproofing."

"As for the rocket, there should be nothing to improve in a while. Before I went north, I just sent an improvement plan to the Nanyang Ordnance Bureau. If we can make it, we may weigh more than ten catties in the future, and we can send five or six. A hundred-step new rocket."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)