In addition to Wei Wenchang's excitement in shock, there were several entourages who were even more excited than General Wei. They were officials sent by the Ministry of Works.

As professionals, as soon as they walked around, they quickly calculated the yield of fine iron in the Shengong Temple and the number of armor that could be manufactured.

As the Austrian fleet arrived at the Romon Islands, the Great Chu was in a panic, and the most stressed were the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works.

The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the population, money and food. Needless to think about it, Da Chu is already in a financial crisis, and now he has to squeeze out money and food to prepare for the upcoming national war.

The Ministry of War was desperately recruiting soldiers and training...

As for the Ministry of Works, all the armours, horses and equipment must be provided by the Ministry of Works. At this time, the Minister of Works was so anxious that he was almost hanging. Not to mention the superior military armor, he couldn't even get enough iron and leather military armor.

The work department was running around, and the masters and craftsmen in the workshop were so busy that they didn’t even have time to go to the toilet. They would deal with eating on the work table. They wouldn’t even think about anything they would go home and sleep and rest.

However, due to the manufacturing level of Dachu, it will take more than ten days to build an ordinary leather armor equipment, let alone iron armor. As for the heavy armor used by heavy cavalry, can the art be made in a short time? Not to mention heavy armor, it is not enough to supply materials alone, so if there is no material, it will be made of hair.

But the superiors were urging him to hurry. Chu Ren issued an imperial edict, which would require 30,000 heavy armor sets in the early stage, not less than 100,000 sets in the middle stage, and at least more than 500,000 sets in the long term.

Isn’t this a bullshit? With the national strength of the Great Chu, there is still some hope for 100,000 sets, and 500,000 sets!

When the Great Chu destroyed the country, I am afraid that it would not be able to gather the number of it. Not to mention heavy armor, can the war horses that can carry heavy cavalry? Can it pick out 500,000?

Heavy cavalry is not a horse. At least one main cavalry, one secondary cavalry, and one carrier cavalry. This is already the minimum standard. It is less than one man and three horses. Heavy cavalry is just a lump of fine iron and has no combat power at all.

here……

All are fine iron!

Not to mention 500,000 sets, according to the Zhangtan God Craftsman, even if Da Chu wants 5 million sets of heavy armor, there are enough materials here, but I don’t know how fast the heavy armor is produced here.

Several officials from the Ministry of Works have understood that the smelting technology of the Shengong Hall can be one hundred streets higher than the Ministry of Works.

"Zhang Shenjiang, can you produce heavy armor and cavalry here?" An official wearing a scorching official robe was sweating profusely but didn't care at all. He interrupted with no rules. At this time, he could no longer care about the rules of the officialdom and could not produce enough armor. The Ministry of Works still didn't know how many people were to be forced to death?

"You are..." Zhang Tan turned his head and asked.

"Cui Cheng, the doctor of the Weapons Works Department, the man in a scorching official robe said. He looked about forty and had a goatee on his chin.

"Oh, it turns out it's Dr. Cui, I'm so respectful!" Zhang Tan clasped his fists repeatedly. He was originally a craftsman and was most familiar with the officials in the workshop.

This doctor has nothing to do with the doctor on earth. It is a general term for official positions. It belongs to the category of titles, either big or small. Dr. Workshop is mainly responsible for providing technical support and is a technical official. If Zhang Tan had not left the workshop, he would have the title of Dr. Workshop.

"Zhang Shenjiang, can heavy armor and cavalry bells be built? How fast?" Cui Cheng asked anxiously. How can he have time to be polite now, and he is already in the room.

"Yes, of course, but we are currently focusing on smelting, and we are also invested in musket manufacturing. Heavy armor and cavalry rifles have not been studied. If it is made like your Ministry of Works, the efficiency is too low, so it is better not to build it." Zhang Tan shook his head and said, seeing the convenience of hydraulic machinery in the Shengong Hall. He had long looked down on the manufacturing method of hammer-beating, so how slow it was.

While speaking, everyone came to the shooting range, which was specially established behind the musket shop, used to test the reliability of the musket and calibrate the sight.

Cui Cheng's face was said to be blue and purple. In the eyes of the Divine Works Hall, he looked down on the Ministry of Works?

"I doubt? Uncle, why are you here?" Cui Cheng was depressed. A young bachelor came over and asked in surprise.

"You are..." Cui Cheng carefully defended for a moment, and then he realized that the young man in front of him really knew him. He should be a junior in the clan. It is said that this junior was unique and advanced. After the exam, he went to the southwest despite his family's opposition and went to Dingjun City. After that, there was no news. What was his name?

"Sixth Junior Cui Qing, I have met his uncle." Cui Qing bowed to the ground. This is the real family. Cui Qing is only a concubine. Although he was smart and successful in his childhood, he was not valued by the family. Otherwise, he would not be allowed to go to the southwest Dingjun City to play with his own. The legitimate son in the family must also accept the family's assignment while enjoying the family's various resources.

"Yes, your name is Cui Qing, and he is the concubine of the fourth wife. Why are you here?" Cui Shi was anxious, but he saw that Zhang Tan and the general had already walked to the shooting range and were checking the muskets. Naturally, he had no time to deal with a small workshop doctor at this moment, and it was useless to be anxious.

"Uncle, my nephew has always been here. My husband was separated from Dingjun City, so my nephew followed me."

"What? You said you are from the Shengong Temple?" Cui Cheng, who didn't care about it at first, was excited when he heard that Cui Qing was from the Shengong Temple. He was low-ranking. If he hadn't had outstanding skills, it wouldn't be his turn to join the team to Nanzhang Shengong City.

Unfortunately, he couldn't speak. He took a risk and didn't get the desired result. After he went back, he had to suffer some difficulties. If one was not good, it was possible to be sent to the small workshop. Unexpectedly, his nephew was actually the original elder of the Shengong Temple.

Based on his understanding of Renault, even if his nephew is limited in ability, since he is Yuan Lao, his benefits are naturally indispensable. At least he can speak in front of Master Lei, which is very important to him.

"Cui Qing, can you speak in front of Master Lei?" Cui Cheng asked anxiously.

"Uncle, don't worry, of course there is no problem. You put the earplugs first and you're going to test the shooting." Cui Qing said, helping Uncle wear the earplugs. The musket is easy to use, but the sound is too loud. Shooting at close range can make normal people's ears temporarily deaf.

Cui Cheng was not in the mood to understand these things. He reached out to take off the earplugs and put on this thing, and could not hear anything, so how could he speak?

‘Bang bang bang…’ Ten muskets fired at the same time, deafening, smoke filled the fire. The pungent smell filled the shooting range.

‘Bang bang bang…’ Another ten muskets fired. Renault tried it. The so-called three-stage shooting was actually not effective at all. The reloading speed of the musket was not fast. Even a trained musketman would take about thirty seconds at the fastest, which is only two shots per minute.

Three-stage shooting can increase the speed by three times, which is one shot in ten seconds. Is one shot very fast in ten seconds?

It will be known if you try it for ten seconds by yourself. In fact, it is very slow, and it can even be said to be very slow. On the battlefield, such a long time is enough for the charge horse to run two hundred meters away.

Think about what this concept is?

The best range of a musket is actually about two hundred steps. No matter how far it is, it is difficult to shoot accurately. The effective range is only 300 to 400 steps. No matter how far the distance is, it is difficult to shoot through the armor of the knight. Even leather armor can protect the knight well at this distance.

Even if the musket starts shooting at a distance of 400 steps, it can be calculated in ten seconds per round, and at most two rounds, it can still shoot three times.

There is only one purpose for segmented shooting, uninterrupted firepower projection, and a round of guns will be queuing in ten seconds on average, which is completely meaningless.

After experiments, Renault used a relatively exaggerated technique, ten-stage shooting.

The biggest problem with ten-stage shooting is the command system. If one is not good, the shooting queue will be in chaos.

To this end, Jing Lan and Renault discussed several times and formulated a complete set of musket queue tactics. When encountering more people than themselves, those with similar numbers and fewer people, they adopt different combat methods according to different situations.

Renault didn't spend much time on the Musketeers, mainly because he looked down on this flintlock front-loading gun with rifled. The firing rate was too slow and he used lead bullets, which were insufficient penetration.

Nowadays, there are new alloys, and the problem of barrels has been solved long ago. Lead bullets can be changed to fine iron projectiles. Although the lethality has been further improved, the speed is sad.

Renault has been waiting. As long as the bottom fire can be studied, the next time will be the era of great development of firearms. Not to mention continuous guns, even if the single gun is bolted, the firing rate of a single gun will be ten times faster than now.

As long as there is a base fire and then install a gun, Renault will directly cross the process of queuing and shooting it.

Excluding shooting, you can still play with it on earth. In Da Chu, you really can't play it. Even ordinary soldiers can surpass the soldiers on earth. Facing these monsters, installing muskets in front is useless.

As for the master, it is a superman that you need to use a heavy machine gun to kill. The muskets line up to shoot, and at most they can drive the master away. The possibility of killing the master is very low.

There are earth immortals above the master.

In order to achieve the best demonstration effect, Cui Qing designed a musket demonstration, which took fifteen shots, and a row of gunfire sounded every two seconds on average, which looked quite lively.

Unfortunately, this kind of performance-oriented thing cannot deceive Wei Wenchang, who has been on the battlefield for a long time. After seeing the shooting results for the first time, he was indeed excited for a moment, but then, the more he looked at his brows, the tighter he frowned. When the fifteen rows of muskets were shot, Wei Wenchang was already calm.

The sound is as loud as thunder, but it can scare the war horses, reaching a thousand pounds, and it is not weak in heavy crossbows, and the speed is faster than the bed crossbow. This toy is naturally useful, but if you want to make the musket a standard main weapon, just kidding, when you get closer, a musket that cannot shoot out a projectile is not as useful as a dagger.

"General, what you see is the musket team of the Divine Works Hall. In front of it, even if there are thousands of troops, it is difficult to overcome." Zhang Tan said proudly. Unfortunately, the old guy is just a magic craftsman and has never learned to perform, so the effect is not good at all.

Wei Wenchang said to the face: "Yes, the sound is as loud as thunder, which makes the war horses scare."
Chapter completed!