Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 334 Started to toss again
Yang Menglong looked at the heavy equipment in front of him and pinched his chin, embarrassingly energetic.

Because the results of this guy's battle in the Daling River were really frightening, the imperial court was ashamed to treat him as non-existent as before, not to mention the 4 soldiers for Heluo Town, and [-] taels of silver for military expenditure every year , In addition, the imperial court also provided some equipment.Now that the military budget is not known which department is doing the weight loss exercise (the euphemistic name is: drifting away.), the equipment has arrived first, no, it is all in front of him.

"Are these all magical things?" Yang Menglong pointed at these strange things, a little depressed.Among so many heavy equipment, he only knows one thing, and that is the General Cannon.

The official who delivered the equipment was full of air, pointing to something that looked like a box and said: "This is called a swarm of bees. There are twenty or thirty rockets in the box, all of which are filled with gunpowder. Just ignite the powder, and the rockets will pour out of it. Shoot the enemy army and turn them on their backs!"

Yang Menglong took it over and weighed it. It wasn't too heavy, and he could carry it around by himself.The soldier next to him demonstrated to him, hey, this thing is really launched while holding it.After opening his eyes, he pointed to a small car with rows of sharp arrows on it, which looked like a pocket-sized Katyusha rocket launcher, and asked, "What is this?"

The official said: "This is called the Hundred Tigers Running Arrow. There are a hundred rockets on it. When the powder is ignited, the arrows will be fired at once. It is airtight. The enemy will be frightened when they see it!"

"This one is called Shenhuo Flying Crow. It is made of thin bamboo or reed, and it contains gunpowder. When you ignite the powder twister in battle, it will rise into the air, fly hundreds of meters away, and then fall to the ground and explode. It has great lethality."

"This is called Fire Dragon Out of Water..."

"This is called Shocking Thunder..."

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This official probably often travels to various military towns and has rich business experience. He introduced the performance and principles of these equipments endlessly, which really opened Yang Menglong's eyes.After his introduction, Yang Menglong realized that there were so many types of "high-tech" weapons in the Ming Dynasty. Putting these artifacts out, the appearance alone can make people stunned.The man introduced the equipment in detail, and then patted his chest and said: "Master Yang has just opened the town, so there must be a big gap in equipment such as rockets and artillery? You need to use these first, and just worry about what else you need." Bring it up, there are all kinds of weapons in the Staff Bureau, as long as you give [-]% of the money, you can bring back as many as you like!"

Yang Menglong said with a smile on his face: "Thank you very much!" He sent the official away without a smile on his face, and then directed everyone to bring in a lot of targets, and he personally tested these artifacts.

The first to be tested was the swarm rocket.According to Qi Hu's instructions, Yang Menglong held the arrow box of swarming rockets and pointed towards the target thirty paces away. A soldier ignited the gunpowder, and immediately, "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" The sharp arrow shot through it with long black smoke, pulled out all sorts of strange ballistics in the air, and shot towards the target thirty steps away!A box of rockets was poured out in a blink of an eye, and it felt quite enjoyable. After shooting, Yang Menglong threw down the arrow box and ran over to look at the target, but...

Of the thirty rockets, only four hit the target, and the rest flew to nowhere.

Yang Menglong shook his head, what kind of fucking rocket is this, the hit rate is already terrible after only [-] steps, what's the use of this thing if it's really on the battlefield?He kicked the empty quiver far away, went over to adjust the shooting range of the Hundred Tigers' arrows, and then lit the fire, "Swish, swish, swish!"

But after the [-] rockets were shot, and when he went to check the target, Yang Menglong's mind flashed a ten-square-meter "fuck".There were only a few arrows that hit the target, less than ten arrows, and the rest were crookedly nailed to the ground, just like clumps of wimpy weeds...

"This is the power of the rocket?" Yang Menglong pointed at the large row of targets who laughed and said nothing, feeling as depressed as he wanted.

Qi Hu smiled wryly: "Why don't you think how useful this thing is?"

Yang Menglong said: "In my opinion, this thing can only scare the enemy at most. If you want to use it to kill the enemy army in large numbers, it is purely a dream!" Blowing at a crooked arrow, the arrow snapped. It fell down with a bang, which proved that his words were not wrong. With the lethality of this thing, the enemy army can be completely immune to it as long as they put on a layer of cotton armor!
Qi Hu picked up an arrow, stroked the arrowhead, and sighed: "In the past, Qi Shaobao used rockets to fight the Japanese pirates, and made the Japanese pirates terrified, but now, this sharp weapon has been reduced to a display. It's so pitifully small, light With a poor arrowhead, who can it kill?"

Yang Menglong shrugged and fired two more Divine Fire Flying Crows.This is still somewhat effective. The destructive power of the explosion is not too bad, and the range is not small, but the almost metaphysical trajectory... Speaking of which, the accuracy of the heartless cannon is also terrible, but its high lethality makes up for this shortcoming. Even though the accuracy of this thing was poor, its lethality was pitifully small, which made Yang Menglong completely give up on it.

As for guns and cannons, Yang Menglong didn't have the courage to test fire them. There is no personal accident insurance these days. If something happens, who will he cry to?And according to the urgency of the Ming Ministry of Industry, as long as he dares to test fire those muskets and artillery, accidents are almost a certainty!However, he still found someone to test-fire two shells with the seemingly majestic General Cannon, and the effect was not bad: gunpowder smoke rushed up, the black shot shot out violently, and the target 300 meters away Once it was stained, it immediately shattered into a mess.Counting, two shots passed, and six targets were smashed, Yang Menglong curled his lips naturally: "Fight the five scum!"

Han Peng commented: "If it were a heartless cannon, there would be no need for a second shot. With just one shot, all the targets would be blown up!"

Yang Menglong said angrily: "The premise is that you can hit it!"

Han Peng let out an "uh" and didn't dare to comment any more.Unconscionable cannons are notoriously inaccurate, hits all depend on faith, this is well known, but as long as it is hit by a cannon, it is enough for the enemy to suffer.

Yang Menglong sighed: "The ones that can be hit lack lethality, and the ones that are powerful enough can't be hit, what a headache!"

Qi Hu and Han Peng rolled their eyes, it's because your standards are too high, okay? For more than 200 years, the Ming Dynasty has been using such guns to kill the enemy. How come no general has said strange things?

Xue Siming pointed to the Baihu Qibun arrow launch vehicle and said: "In fact, this one is still very lethal. Hundreds of such launch vehicles launch at the same time, which is enough to weave an airtight rain of arrows in an instant, and shoot the enemy army on their backs." !"

This time it was Yang Menglong's turn to roll his eyes: "Hundreds of such launch vehicles can shoot [-] arrows at a time. I don't know if these [-] arrows can shoot down a hundred enemies in the past. It is purely a matter of using this thing to fight." I can't live with my wallet! If it's a rocket launcher, launching hundreds of them at the same time can certainly cause heavy casualties to the enemy, but unfortunately this thing is just a toy that combines heat and cold... Eh, rocket launcher?" He stared at this Baihu Qibun arrow launch vehicle without blinking, as if he had been possessed by an evil spirit.He thought of the classic scenes of Hollywood war blockbusters: rockets dragged their long tails across the sky like firework meteors, front-mounted guns roared and spewed out thunderous fireballs, and the deafening gunfire could not cover up the light bagpipes and drumbeats , Tens of thousands of soldiers were burnt by the cooked lobster, kicking forward in a neat line, enduring the rockets and shells flying back and forth above their heads, and pushing towards the enemy like bulldozers... The rockets are a big killer. Hundreds of them launched at the same time are enough to blow up a whole area of ​​the boss into a sea of ​​flames, but the accuracy is very gratifying, and the threat it poses to its own people is basically the same as the threat it poses to the enemy.This thing was made by the British with reference to the rockets captured from India. The difference is that the rockets captured by them rely on arrowheads to kill and injure the enemy, while the Congreve rockets made by the British rely on the explosives loaded inside. kill the enemy.If he could get out the Congreve rocket, make a multi-barrel launcher out of iron pipes, and install it on the carriage, wouldn't it be an ancient version of the multi-barrel rocket launcher?Take dozens of vehicles with you when you go out on an expedition. When you encounter the main force of the enemy, don’t say anything. Let’s shoot a volley first.

By the way, there are cannons!It is hopeless to produce breech-loading rifled guns and high-explosive grenades in a short period of time. The materials and technology are too far behind. Hold on for a while!Yang Menglong made this thing when he was a child. He used a large-caliber tap water pipe as the gun barrel and chemical fertilizer as the propellant. With a bang, the gun can shoot 800 meters away. As for the effective range...of course it is not so much, 300 meters is the sky, but The advantage lies in the fast rate of fire. If this thing is assembled, it will not suffer no matter whether it is charging cavalry or confronting the enemy's front-mounted smoothbore gun.Any small hardware factory can handle stuff that half-baked military fans like him can make by hand——of course, the quality is incomparable to that produced by regular military factories. It would not be difficult to make it in the late Ming Dynasty, right?The chamber pressure of the mortar is not as high as that of the breech-loading rifled gun, and it does not need rifling. ———Compared to those frighteningly expensive front-mounted guns made of bronze, they are so cheap that they can be mass-produced and equipped, and they are lighter and more flexible. Like a 100mm mortar, three people can Carried the whole mountain and ran, can you show me the howitzer of the same caliber?

The more Yang Menglong thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, the corners of his mouth turned up higher and higher, he clapped his hands and jumped up, he smiled, and said: "Go, go to the craftsman's camp, I have some interesting toys, I have to let them find a way to get them out for me. As long as even one piece is produced, it will be enough for slaves or bandits to suffer..."

(End of this chapter)