The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 239
Kangxi didn't know that Russian Tsar Alexei was mobilizing, more than one million troops were training, and the two powerful military groups would collide again soon.

One side is desperate and has a strong ambition, and the other side is fighting for the dignity of the Romanov dynasty and for the domination of Russia. The outcome of this battle is really unpredictable.

The Ottoman Empire also threw out an olive branch at this time, temporarily negotiating peace with Russia. For them, there is no difference between the Manchu Tartars and the Mongolian Tartars. It is good for them to work hard between Russia and the Manchus, so they sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight .

They even hope that Russia will win, because Russia is an old opponent that they are familiar with, while the Manchu Qing is a new opponent, they know nothing about it, and it is a very dangerous thing to fight against someone who does not understand.

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Now it is April of the second year of Huaxing, Jiang Tao was shocked to hear about Kangxi again, and secretly said: "Xiaoqiang is nothing more than that, he is really powerful, Kangxi is really fierce when he is cornered, it doesn't matter whether he wins or loses this battle, It's good for the Great China Empire, let's fight, I didn't expect Russia to fall into such a situation."

Seeing that Jiang Tao was in a good mood, Cheng Zhang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Shengjing has been breached, and the eight sharpshooters can be transferred back."

"Oh." Jiang Tao was very surprised, and said with high spirits: "When did it happen? How did it fall?"

Cheng Zhang rejoiced and said: "Just four days ago, most of the guards in Shengjing were Han Chinese. Jiang Wuji used an offensive strategy. At the beginning, people inside didn't believe it, but after more than half a year, there was still no news of Kangxi. The people inside were disappointed, and had to surrender in the end. In fact, there were still three months of food inside. The army also found countless treasures, the value of which was immeasurable, and gold and silver worth 3000 million silver dollars. Thousands of court ladies, how should we deal with them?"

Jiang Tao secretly called out good, and said with a smile: "Hehe, women are rewarded to soldiers who have done meritorious service. As for gold, silver and treasures, all are nationalized. Well, meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and those who have done wrong must be punished. The cabinet must supervise it."

"Follow the order!" Cheng Zhang hurriedly withdrew.

At this time, Dai Zi reported: "Your Majesty, after several months of experiments and tests, the rotary lance has been ready for mass production, and the scientific research department has invented a series of mechanized production machines, all of which are driven by steam engines. Process and produce parts in large quantities, so that the price of the gun can be reduced to 70 silver dollars each, and please show me the emperor."

"Okay, I'm waiting for this gun." Jiang Tao opened the memorial and looked at the gun's data at a glance: the gun is 99mm long, the barrel is 75mm long, and the caliber is only 9mm. The propellant is integrated into a cardboard fixed-load bullet. The projectile does not use Minie bullets, but lead bullets that match the caliber. The purpose is to enable the gun to shoot at will without the disadvantage of clearing the gun.

The gun has two handles, making the whole gun an inverted "F", and it is a rifled rear-loading repeating gun, weighing 6.5 catties, with an effective range of 120 meters and a maximum range of 250 meters.

The gun barrel, runner and other important parts are made of steel, which is safe and reliable. As long as the bullets are loaded, it can be shot safely in rainy days, and the recoil of the gun is not too large. Accurate shooting is possible.

However, the gun is not equipped with a bayonet, because the cavalry has a more lethal extended Qijia knife.

Jiang Tao was very satisfied. With this gun, the cavalry of the empire will become the most powerful cavalry in the world. He hurriedly asked, "What is the monthly production capacity of this gun?"

Seeing Jiang Tao's expression, Dai Zi felt a lot more relaxed, and said happily, "It's not a problem to produce [-] sticks a month."

"Okay, let's increase the scale and try to achieve a monthly production of 5 pieces. As for the Mielu gun and Mieqing musket, the production can be reduced. It will be the era of rear-loading guns in the future." Jiang Tao felt relieved now. It takes half a year for the empire to form a [-] Lancers. Such cavalry can be used well and can deal with three times the hostile cavalry.

However, after the gun shoots six bullets in a row, the barrel must be cleaned. However, at this stage, this gun is already invaluable, unless the gunpowder is improved and the black powder is replaced with smokeless gunpowder.

"Please name the emperor." Dai Zi is also very satisfied with this gun, but most of this is the emperor's credit.

"Well, it's called Huaxing's two-year-style cavalry gun. Let's make [-] pieces first, and we'll talk about it later. The replacement of guns and artillery must keep up with the times, otherwise they will be beaten if they fall behind, and the research and development of rear-mounted artillery must also be strengthened. , As for the previous front-loading gun, it can actually be built and modified into a breech-loading musket. Specifically, the upper half of the tail of the barrel can be sawed off, and a valve can be installed as the loading port, but the power and various shortcomings after the modification must be tested. , step by step." Jiang Tao said calmly.

"By the way, you can also add a metal cover to prevent air-tightness problems."

But Dai Zi was stunned. If this gun is successful, it will not only save the cost of changing equipment, just add a firing pin and replace it with a fixed bullet with a cap, the operation of the gun will be faster, and the rate of fire will be faster. You can lie down and reload, which has a great advantage.

"Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, the treasure ship has been tested by scientific research institutes and craftsmen. It can be covered with 10mm pure steel armor on the surface and 5mm pure steel armor on both sides. It can also install two hundred doors of 100mm to 150mm on the ship. Cannons of more than a millimeter can also produce more advanced water warfare rockets based on the principle of fire dragons coming out of water. Coupled with the torpedoes being developed, the treasure ship can be absolutely foolproof, but the construction of the ship requires high-quality wood, and it is best to use teak , the wood is tough and corrosion-resistant, and it is the best choice for making treasure ships. However, the imperial teak reserves are somewhat lacking. We believe that we must build the best treasure ships if we want to build them. However, in this way, the cost of treasure ships will increase to 600 million It's a silver dollar, please the emperor to check it out." Dai Ziyu said earnestly.

"It makes sense, okay, you go to work first, as for the problem of raw materials, I will find a way." Jiang Tao took a breath, he knew where the teak wood was the most, but Myanmar has now become Wu Shifan's territory, after a year The four-nation coalition forces composed of Annan, Siam and other countries were retreating steadily, and they were about to be driven out of the border of Myanmar.

"This group of idiots can't even beat Wu Sangui's grandson." Jiang Tao couldn't help cursing. It seems that he is going to attack Myanmar, otherwise Annan and other countries might surrender. The trade of the empire, and weakened the prestige of the empire.

Jiang Tao thought about it for a while, and finally asked Jiang Wuji to form five sharpshooters and one sharpshooter, and enter Myanmar from Yunnan. .

In this way, there is no reason for Annan and other countries to withdraw their troops. After all, even their immediate superiors have joined the battle. If they don't stand up, wouldn't they want to rebel?

(End of this chapter)