Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

After Ximen Qing finished speaking, he rushed over again.

But Hehua is still asking: "Then, what about Zhang Ence?"

Ximen Qing kept heaving and panting: "Of course not. Zhang Enshe died in Shi Qiantian's hands. Hehua, you are a very powerful woman. These two men said they died for money and power, but with you They are all inextricably linked.”

He Hua numbly hugged Ximen Qing's neck. She was originally a lonely woman. In the past, she felt miserable about her fate, but after experiencing so much, she became less aware of it all.

.......

Done.

Ximen Qing put on his clothes: "I don't want to stay with you forever, but Li Ping'er doesn't agree with me marrying you. Otherwise... I'll help you find a good family."

He Hua smiled bitterly; "A good family, how else can I find a good family like this?"

Ximen Qing stretched his body and said with a smile: "Tomorrow I will bring someone with me. This person is Yun Tianbiao, the military commander of Yanggu County. He is a member of the government!"

Before Ximen Qing could finish his words, he heard the sound of the teacup being smashed. He raised his head and asked quickly, "What's wrong?"

"No,,, nothing!"

Seeing that He Hua's expression was a little nervous, an intriguing smile appeared on Ximen Qing's face: "Oh, you don't know him, do you?"

"I...,, I don't know him!"

Ximen Qing suddenly slapped his forehead, "I remembered, okay, stop pretending, I know you know him, doesn't it mean that Zhang Ente dedicated you to him? Haha, since you are already a regular customer with him, then you Wait, tomorrow will be a good time for you two to catch up with old acquaintances!"

Ximen Qing, the slut, laughed again when he said this. After all, he had experienced all the techniques for lotus. At this moment, he was already a little tired of lotus and of course he had to selectively abandon it!

Only Lotus, listening to Ximen Qing's words, was secretly sentimental, shed two lines of clear tears, and stayed awake all night.

Almost at the same time, Su Xia also stayed up all night!

In the Pinghai Navy Camp, Ling Zhen built a new Weiyuan Cannon for him. This can be said to be the second generation Weiyuan Cannon!

The barrel of the new Weiyuan gun is made of new steel forged on the island by Guo Degang (Guo Degang: the son of Guo Fuan, a famous forging metallurgy expert in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the troops on Salmen Island, first appeared in Chapter 60: Cement).

Compared with the traditional process, the stability has been improved and the chamber explosion rate has been greatly reduced! Similarly, the mass of the second-generation Weiyuan gun has been further reduced, and its range has also been effectively improved.

The barrel of the new Weiyuan Cannon weighs only 65 pounds, and even a single soldier can carry it on his back.

The accuracy of the new Weiyuan gun is within a range of 500 meters, and it can hit anywhere! The longest range can reach six miles!

The rate of fire can be 2-3 rounds per minute. It is no exaggeration to say that under the joint research of Su Xia, Ling Zhen, Sun Sihe, Guo Degang and others.

The cannon previously equipped by the Song Army was nothing more than a large musket with an iron ball inside and solid bullets inside! To put it simply, it is a trebuchet made of gunpowder.

This kind of cannon should be more commonly called "cannon", because they mainly rely on high-speed impact to damage city walls and ships, or use a sweeping attack on large-scale dense infantry phalanxes and cavalry phalanxes. It's very scary in humans.

For example, an infantryman hit by a solid bullet, even if he is wearing armor and heavy equipment, can easily penetrate a thick city wall when a huge solid iron ball flies at a speed of hundreds of meters per second! War horse!

He will mercilessly cut off the heads, arms and legs of all the people he encounters, and the bloody scenes will make the soldiers tremble with fear!

But solid artillery shells also have a disadvantage, that is, their attack surface is narrow and their power is not very great.

Only the artillery made by Hongtianlei Lingzhen relies on the explosion to cause damage after the artillery is fired, that is, the explosive shells are used after pretending to ignite the artillery shell, such as Ling Zhen's Golden Wheel Cannon; Mother-Zen Cannon, etc. But we have mentioned the shortcomings before, the rate of fire is too slow and the artillery is too heavy! The accuracy is so bad!

It is precisely because of these three shortcomings that Ling Zhen's artillery is not taken seriously!

That’s why Su Xia was transferred from the Tokyo Firearms Camp!

After everyone's improvements, the new Weiyuan cannon has reached the power of Western European artillery in the 17th and 18th centuries. I don't know how many times more powerful than the so-called advanced artillery such as the alphabet cannon and wind cannon created by Ling Zhen!

However, the artillery still lacks a fuse. Su Xia, who has received a military school education, knows that it would be great if there is a touch fuse. However, Molson will not be born in England for hundreds of years, so it is not practical to find him there. Do your own research!

(Note: Molson, the British inventor of the fuse, is also called the "Molson" fuse.)

Therefore, just like Napoleon's artillery, Suxia's artillery still had to rely on the experience of the artillery officers who commanded the artillery to estimate the distance at which the artillery shells were fired, and then trimmed the hidden length before using it.

After all, you can't just hit the air and explode the artillery. This requires you to learn mathematics better. In addition, the experience of artillery officers must also be trained!

Artillery is a weapon for Su Xia's future development!

For this reason, Su Xia upgraded and established a fire support corps based on the artillery detachment!

There are three detachments under it, the first and second detachments are artillery detachments, and the third detachment is musketry detachment!

The equipment of the musketry team is even more amazing.

Ling Zhen used the sky-piercing monkey as the prototype to make a rocket launcher out of an iron barrel! (The rocket thrust launcher developed by Ling Zhen appears in Chapter 51) It is even more powerful.

Although the accuracy is somewhat worse than that of current rocket launchers, it can hit almost anywhere within a range of 100 meters! It is a powerful weapon against dense infantry phalanx attacking from a distance!

In addition, it is also equipped with a musket, a weapon made from a flintlock!

The artillery corps of the Pinghai Navy has developed, and the Chengdu Navy has gradually included them through constant personnel adjustments!

Su Xia's vision goes far beyond that. Now, Sun Li has become the training envoy of the Dengzhou Guards.

On the surface, Sun Li and Su Xia seem to be incompatible with each other.

But in fact, the two of them were communicating with each other. The scope of the Dengzhou Tuanlian Envoy's jurisdiction was very large, and it provided a strong guarantee for the further recruitment of refugees by Su Xia!

Penglai County Lieutenant He Tao was also promoted at Su Xia's suggestion and served as Penglai County Magistrate!