Su Shisan was puzzled, and Su Mei didn't understand very well. He hesitated and said: "The clamping gun used by the Chiaer Army was smashed by a craftsman, and he smashed out the steel from the cast iron, and then smashed the steel from the barrel. Even a qualified craftsman can only smash ten clamps in a year. But if it is done by a heavy press in front of him, the steel pipe used for the ten clamping guns can be forged in one day, and even more."

"So much?" Su Shisan looked shocked.

Su Mei did not answer Su Shisan's surprise, silently watching his son commanding the person to destroy the exposed iron rod, commanding others to lift the huge hammer head, and people to carefully install it into the track slot on the two stone pillars...

"Be careful!"

"Hold the hammer head...the iron chain...use a few more..."

...

Seeing the hammer head slowly lifted, Cai Yan didn't dare to approach him easily, fearing that the iron chain would break and hurt him, Su Mei also noticed the danger and hurriedly said, "Be careful, please!"

Cai Yan looked up at Su Mei, ran out of the tilting tunnel again, and came to Su Mei and scratched her head.

"Mom, don't worry too much, the child is also afraid of death...why, the child is also worried that the chain will break suddenly."

Su Mei glared at him angrily, then wiped the sweat beads on his face with a wet wipe. Su Shisan hesitated and said, "Young Master, can this thing really make ten mesh guns in a day?"

Cai Ying was stunned and shook his head and said, "This hammer head is used for hot-rolled copper cannons. If it is forged, the steel pipe used for hot-rolled muskets needs to be replaced. Different hammer heads are also needed depending on the things made. For example, simpler plate armor may require more than a dozen or even more corresponding hammer heads, but if it is really forged, it is not difficult to average ten armors per day."

Su family, Su Shisan and others were shocked, and they never expected that the iron lump would be so terrifying. Ma Sihai seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly asked: "Young Master, what is a bronze cannon? Why haven't you heard from the young master?"

Cai Yan smiled proudly and said, "Old Ma can regard the bronze cannon as a large comb. The comb cannon can kill and injure the enemy two or three hundred steps away, but the cannon can be shot for several miles, dozens of miles, or even dozens of miles... If it is a special method to turn the cannon into a rocket? It is possible to shoot hundreds or thousands of miles? But the current technology cannot be achieved, and it would be good to shoot dozens of miles."

Su Mei, Su Shisan and others looked slightly pale? They looked at Cai Yan, who was not very concerned, with horror.

"I was not going to rush to cast bronze cannons? Mr. Su, Mr. Ma, you know the news of the Liao Kingdom sent by Xiaoqi. The people, generals, and royal families of the Liao Kingdom all rebelled? The Song and Jin Dynasty were going to join forces to destroy Liao again. In this way, there would be some victory that temporarily stabilizes the people's hearts? Even if there is no more worth mentioning victory."

"Because of the Treasure Island of Japan? The Song State has given several ships to the Jin State. When Niu Niu and the Piss Army returned to Liao State with their palm thunder, no one was sure whether the Dengzhou navy would stop it, or whether there would be some pirates at sea? So... so there are some powerful weapons at sea? For example, equip Su, A and B ships with some artillery."

Cai Huang explained a little, and seemed to have thought of something, scratched his head and said, "Architect is a powerful weapon at sea. Ah Niang also knows that the gun windows on Su and the two ships are originally gunships that are ready to be equipped with artillery? Once equipped with artillery, the two ships must be transferred back to Zhennan Island? At least for the time being, so... so please ask Ah Niang and Mr. Su to send a letter and tell me..."

Su Mei took a deep breath? Just as she was about to speak, Ma Sihai said solemnly: "Young Master is right? Such a powerful weapon must not be left outside!"

"Yes? You must never leave such a powerful weapon out..."

...

Everyone nodded in a hurry? They all agreed with Ma Sihai's words. Since Su Yikun's death, the Hailong Gang has been divided into two parts, and the old village is not as good as the Hairui Business Name. When they heard that the cannons were so powerful, how could they be willing to be such a powerful weapon again?

Su Shisan suddenly asked, "The young master was quite considerate, but who will command the two ships?"

Cai Yan glanced at the corner of his eyes and said with a smile: "The cannon is a large coercion gun, and the one who uses the most coercion guns is the Chia Army. The boss of the ship can be selected from the village, but the one in charge of the cannon must be selected from the Guards."

"The guards are small, and now there are only a thousand people. The two ships Su and A and B are designed to install hundreds of guns. One gun is based on two to three gunners, and each is equipped with an apprentice. Therefore, only more than two hundred guns require a small number of 1,000 people. It is obviously impossible to use the guards. Therefore, it is necessary to select some young and strong from the village, preferably a young and strong equipment of twenty to thirty. Those who are insufficient will be filled with the original waters on the two gun ships."

Su Shisan was obviously relieved, and whispered a few words with the elderly, agreeing with Cai Yan's words. The entire Hailong Gang belonged to Cai Yan's personal and student's Haier Army, who had used the medley gun. No one opposed the Child Army as the ship's adjutant. As for whom the ship's boss was to be the leader, he didn't have to worry about it. There were some good men at sea in the village.

The oldest was still young, and the oldest was only in his early twenties. The oldest, who was originally used to act as a dead soldier, had never been involved in sailing. Even Cai Yan thought about it with his butt and did not think he was qualified to be the captain.

The two large ships are flagships, and at least several guard ships are needed to be equipped with them. He doesn't need to worry about these things. Su Mei Niang and a group of old men will handle them.

In this way, a fleet was formed, and the captains of the two gunships could be experienced old men from the village, but the commander of the fleet could only be Cai Yan, even in name only him.

It will take some time to form the local fleet in Zhennan Island. Cai Hua was not in a hurry to be the deputy commander, and ignored the old people's arguments in a low voice. Seeing that the hammer head had been lifted and fixed, Cai Hua jumped out of the tilted tunnel again and directed others to put the same heavy abrasive tools into the tunnel. It took a whole day just to measure and debug.

The copper cannons in history that Cai Huang is well-known to him are made of mud plaques. It takes months or even a year for just one mud plaque, and there is no difference. A mud plaque can only cast one cannon. Later, someone improved the casting artillery technology and cast one cannon in pieces, which greatly improved the casting efficiency. The rest was just a question of whether there was enough gun bronze.

However, whether it is direct casting of mud or casting in pieces, they are all water casting. The methods used in the West are different. Instead, they are casting into solid cannons first, and then [Biquge www.xbqg5200.info] use a drill bit to drill out the cannon chamber.

Pouring mud slabs is easy to explode, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to make mud slabs. Because of the lack of time, Cai Yan didn't have time to get a good mud slab. He also thought that drilling a little bit was too slow, so he directly used steel cylinders as mud slabs. The steel mud slabs were slightly smaller than the diameter of the set mud slabs. After casting, it was forged and pressed at high temperatures, hot rolled, and forced out the bubbles mixed in the gun copper to increase the strength of the gun. Then, use the steel drill bit to forcefully drill out the set gun barrel...

He didn't take a step out of the workshop for two months, and all the troubles were handed over to Su Mei Niang. Not only did he need for forging machinery, but he also needed a simple but reliable lathe. Every part needed him to set standard parameters. All of this was considered a few years ago, but he didn't have enough time to do it, it just existed on paper.

Drawing drawings are one aspect, and the unexpected problems encountered in real operation are another thing. Apart from a hammer, the craftsmen of this era only have experience in their minds. No one can help, so they can only solve them one by one by scratching the barrel. Fortunately, there are many similarities between cannons and muskets. After knocking out the barrel with a hammer, they still need to drill and polish the bore. The fixed drill bit lathe used for polishing is not much different from the lathe that drills the bore. It is not difficult to enlarge several times according to the method.
Chapter completed!