The subsequent Shenwei General Cannon barely met the requirements for naval and fortress guns required by Suyou. Today, no city wall in the world can withstand a twenty-pound cannonball fired by the Shenwei General.

But the problem came again, this thing still couldn't be installed on the ship, because it was too powerful and the wooden hull could not withstand the recoil, so it could only be equipped on the city walls of Daming Mansion.

Greater investment in ammunition.

The reserves of Huangsong Bank gradually shifted to gold and silver. After the copper production capacity of Dali, Zhejiang and South China Sea exploded, they were able to smelt sufficient amounts of brass.

Most of the brass was used to cast imported coins and copperware, while the rest became military supplies and was used to produce copper-cased bullets.

Thunderbolt cannons and magic guns with boxes finally got rid of the embarrassing situation of insufficient ammunition, and the production proportion of paper shell bullets was gradually decreasing.

What's even more tragic is that the revolving lance has not been used on the battlefield on a large scale. Because of its shortcomings such as loose sealing, short range, and low accuracy, it was directly eliminated after Gao Zunyu's two actual combat drills.

Uncle Gao Guo is very angry now. In his words, with the same ammunition and two kinds of guns, the results are three times different. What is the use of such weapons?!

Wang Zhongzheng thought otherwise. This boy was now a staunch supporter of the firepower theory. Uncle Gao Guo was a stick, he had never experienced the battle in the South China Sea, and he had never seen the power of a cannon and thunder.

He made a suggestion to the Military Aircraft Department: Can the Royal Institute of Technology start a new project? We can use the principle of the revolving gun to expand the caliber and produce large copper-cased bullets. The warheads can be replaced with blasting functions, just like Mingrun.

Is it possible to develop a revolving gun that can quickly fire small thunderbolts like the rifle grenades we have developed in the past?

If this is the case, will we have a powerful supporting firepower that can be carried by cavalry and move together?

In order not to trouble the experts of the Polytechnic Institute with their brains, I, Wang Dujian, also thoughtfully drew an imaginary picture and sent it to me. Mingrun, you can take a look first.

At that time, Su You had already laughed out loud before he received the letter. Wang Zhongzheng, a bastard, dared to instruct the Institute of Technology to develop weapons. Why not flatter him to death?

But when he opened the blueprint, Su You was dumbfounded. This and this thing... Grandma Wang's blueprint is really similar to the domestic LG4 40mm rotating grenade launcher...

But it seems useless. The LG4 uses propellant gas to drive the magazine. It is a real semi-automatic weapon. If it really had that technology, Suyou would dare to ask the Polytechnic Institute to design the AK47.

Grandma Wang's thinking was too simple. The revolving musket can be pulled on the trigger with the index finger and at the same time drive the spring to drive the cylinder. If it is replaced by such a big thing, can it still be pulled?

However, this problem is actually not unsolvable. Just add a preload spring and press it once you fire. The cylinder drive is completed by the preload spring, and the trigger is only responsible for firing.

The shooting distance does not need to be too far, four hundred meters is enough, and the accuracy does not need to be too high. The killing radius of five meters is enough to drink a pot of the enemy's heavy cavalry.

Because the heavy cavalry cannot form a real threat if it does not form a close formation, but once it forms a close formation, it will provide food for this weapon.

The killing radius does not need to be too large. Five meters or ten meters is within the killing range, which is enough to prevent the enemy's heavy cavalry from forming an organization.

Therefore, Grandma Wang is really not talking nonsense. Although the drawing is purely funny, the idea is quite wonderful.

In order to respond to the envisioned war situation in Xixia in the future, after Suyou perfected Wang Zhongzheng's design at the Institute of Technology, he handed over the trial production order to Songyang Arsenal.

Songyang Arsenal is located in a valley deep in Songshan Mountain. In order to improve transportation efficiency, the Song Dynasty did not hesitate to build a railway from Zhengzhou to the depths of the mountain!

The total length of the railway is twenty-five miles, which is half the length of the Bian-Chen Railway. These iron materials can be converted into cold weapons, enough to arm 150,000 people!

Zhao Xu directly allocated the full amount from the sealed pile warehouse. This move also illustrates his confidence in new weapons and his determination to improve armaments.

Riding a horse-drawn carriage along the railway to the valley, there were garrisons along the way.

First there was the Volunteer Archery Club, then the state army, then further in, there was the food army, the forbidden army, and finally the new army with guns and live ammunition.

A branch of the Ning Guo Army is responsible for the innermost line of defense. The line of defense is pulled by a barbed wire fence. Behind the barbed wire is a reinforced concrete bunker. Behind the bunker is a cement brick wall, closing a huge valley.

The carriage pulled the rail car directly into the factory area, and the scene suddenly became lively.

At the simple station, a new army lined up to welcome the arrival of the horse-drawn rail car.

Su You came out of the carriage, and the captain immediately ran forward, and then stood at attention: "Graduate of the third phase of the royal military crash program, Tian Yu, a quasi-guard of the third class of the second team of the Ningguo Army, please see the Duke!"

There was a Kuizhou accent in his words. Su You looked him up and down, pointed at him and said, "He's from Konoha County!"

"Yes! My father is loyal and is an old subordinate of the Duke!"

Su You was surprised and happy: "Are you Tian Shouzhong's son? Who are you?"

Tian Yu showed an honest smile: "I am the third child in the family."

Su You smiled and patted his shoulder: "I've met a lot of acquaintances along the way. Hahaha, you and your father are very different!"

Tian Yu said: "My father said that what he regretted most in his life was not studying more. He said that the Duke of the country said that even if he is a warrior, a warrior who has studied is different, so he supported me all the way to graduate from the royal military crash course.

That’s why I was allowed to join the army.”

Su You nodded: "Your father has a very bright mind. He never fights tough battles, and he is better than anyone else in pinching soft persimmons."

Seeing that Tian Yu was a little embarrassed, Su You smiled and said: "This is the foundation of a wise general, the talent of finding fighter planes to attack weak enemies. It's a pity that he doesn't read enough military books and strategies, so he is always said to be cunning."

"Soldiers are deceitful. If you don't fight cunningly, then why fight? Is your father okay?"

"Okay, he is now the fifth general on Shaanxi Road and is stationed at Langdu."

Su You was very happy: "I'll have a good chat with you after I finish inspecting the arsenal. Let's go and visit each workshop first."

The appearance of the Thunderbolt Cannon has almost remained the same, but due to the improvement of the quality of the steel, the difference in texture can be seen visually from its blued reflection.

The New Army was still dissatisfied with Su You's designs, such as the thunderbolt cannon's arrow shield, which Gao Guojiu despised.

Not only does it block the line of sight, it is inconvenient when exercising, and it adds weight for no reason.

With something with an accurate range of two kilometers, even a cavalry attack is useless. According to Gao Guojiu, if the enemy kills him in front of him, why should he use a shield? Just wipe his neck.

Su You thought it made sense. The design of this thing at the time was influenced by the designs of later generations, but it seems that it was used to withstand machine gun bullets fired from the opposite side. Damn it...it seems that it is really not needed.

As a result, the current Thunderbolt Cannon has become a naval gun with a frame, and Su You's later design was ruthlessly eliminated again. The Thunderbolt Gun as a whole returned to the style of the bronze artillery before World War I.

Su You has traveled through time for more than thirty years and has two children. He has already learned to compromise with the world. As long as it is a reasonable suggestion, Su You will agree to give it a try.

These are not important. What is important in Songyang Arsenal now is its production capacity, the production capacity of copper-cased artillery shells and copper-cased bullets.

The copper-cased bullet process has been explored for twenty years. It is just a cartridge, and the manufacturing process is also very complicated. It requires copper casting, multiple stamping and stretching, trimming, squeezing, closing, machining, surface treatment and many other processes.

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The same goes for cannonball warheads and cartridge cases.

After that, you need to install the primer, detonator, and explosives.

The warhead needs to be filled with explosives, fired, and sealed.

Finally, they are assembled into bullets and shells.

There are 300 workers in the charging workshop, working two shifts. Now it is impossible to work the night shift, and no fire is allowed within 200 meters of the workshop.

In order to overcome countless process problems, workers and technicians used their best ingenuity.

For example, the force of loading warheads must be the same for every bullet. It is definitely not possible to use a downward-pressure loading structure. Workers creatively invented a lift-type device. After the bullet hits the upper weight, if the set pressure is exceeded, the bullet will be reloaded.

The object will be lifted up.

This ensures that each bullet is loaded at the nominal pressure, which is the weight of the movable weight above.

This small warhead loading equipment has been modified for several generations. Workers have also equipped it with connecting rods that change the direction of force and levers that save effort. This not only saves effort, but also satisfies the human body's habit of pressing down on the arm.
Chapter completed!