Chapter 404 Song Yingxing, who was insane for firepower, created a wonderful artillery!
It is said that the two-sided ship-barrel guns built by the Europeans are crazy. Unexpectedly, when Zhu Zhuyoujian recently visited the Tianjin Shipyard for inspection, he saw an even more crazy type of artillery.
Although the shipbuilding speed of the shipyard has improved qualitatively, Zhu Youjian is still not satisfied with it. The ships rented with genius ideas have proved one thing, borrowed cats do not catch mice. The rental fee of several hundred thousand taels
, it’s almost wasted.
Forging iron requires one's own strength, and the construction of the shipyard must be further emphasized. No matter what, the shipyard's production capacity of Fuzhou must reach one hundred ships. Now the shipyard is still relying on the old foundation of the Ming Dynasty shipbuilding industry, and it is so hard to do so.
Zhu Youjian also wants to further improve the technology on the basis of the old foundation and create a more practical and larger ship.
There is currently only one shipyard, which does not meet the needs of vigorously developing the navy and shipping. When inspecting the Tianjin shipyard, Zhu Youjian thought about communicating with the shipyard staff to see if he could draw out some technical backbones to build another shipyard in Dengzhou.
In the next three to five years, there will be at least three large shipyards controlled by the imperial court.
As soon as he arrived at the shipyard and the inspection work had not officially started, Zhu Youjian was pulled to an experimental ship by Song Yingxing, who was also at the shipyard. It was said that a new type of artillery had just been installed on the ship and was ready to be tested for performance, and the emperor was asked to check it.
Can it be used?
When he got on the boat and took a look, classmate Zhu Youjian's eyes were blinded. Where is this artillery? Isn't this a rocket launcher? The six gun barrels are gathered together in a hexagonal shape, and the more they look at it, the more they look like a rocket launcher.
.Of course, if they are placed side by side, it will look more like them.
"Your Majesty, I was inspired by the revolver and figured out such a cannon. This cannon can fire six rounds. When fired, the power is extraordinary. It can just make up for the small number of cannons in our open ships compared to European ships.
shortcoming."
"Sir, has this gun been tested? Is it stable?" Zhu Youjian felt that this design was a bit too whimsical. The existing technology cannot produce a rocket that can stabilize the shooting trajectory because it is impossible to build a gyroscope.
.If we reluctantly produce rockets, they will only be like the sky-piercing monkeys played by later generations. When launched, they will fly all over the ground. Therefore, the only way to launch rockets is an artillery-style launch method, which will not produce resonance and recoil.
It would be strange to knock these gun barrels apart.
"After testing, as long as the original black powder is used as propellant, there will be no problem with the barrel."
"Black powder is used as a propellant? I'm afraid the range is not that much? From the look of the gun barrel, it should be a mortar barrel."
"The range is about one hundred and fifty square steps."
One hundred and fifty square steps, which is less than 300 meters away. What’s the point of having such a thing? Zhu Youjian didn’t understand Song Yingxing’s design idea. “Isn’t there a mortar installed in the cabin on the ship?
The firepower should be almost enough, why do we have to design another type of gun?" In order to take care of Song Yingxing's face, Zhu Youjian raised his questions and confusion in a roundabout way.
"Because the ship uses iron beams for partitions, some mortars can indeed be installed in the ship's warehouse. However, the small number of guns installed is one aspect. What is more troublesome is that too heavy guns cannot be installed. In addition, the soldiers on the front line responded that
After the cannon is added to the ship's cabin, it will have a greater impact on the ship. After a few cannonballs are fired, the gaps between the ship will appear, affecting the safety and usability of the ship." The problem that Song Yingxing mentioned is actually caused by mechanics.
It is caused by the unreasonable structure. The load-bearing weight of Fuzhou is on the partition and the cross beam of the partition. Even if iron beams are used, the load-bearing point remains unchanged. Even if an iron beam is pulled on the two partition beams, it is not the main point.
At the load-bearing point, the iron beam is just a virtual support, and the force is not a whole, so the mechanical structure of the ship itself will be affected after receiving the force.
"This kind of multi-barreled cannon has a range of only 150 square steps. Isn't it a bit insufficient?" The ship's cannon is not easy to use, but it can shoot 500 to 1,000 meters. It's a bit like celebrating the New Year in later generations.
It was something like a cannon that was launched during the war. The firepower was up, but the range was a bit ridiculously low. I'm afraid it was even harder to use.
"The veteran communicated with the navy. When fighting in the sea, the hit rate of artillery is surprisingly low. Even with the dense artillery layout of a red-haired ship, in most cases it is difficult to hit ships farther away, and it also avoids
There is no need for boarding battles. Therefore, there is no problem with artillery shooting at close ranges. On the contrary, it can provide better fire coverage at close range, thereby greatly avoiding boarding battles. With the current artillery,
Our ship can have three firepower configurations: main gun, cabin gun, and multi-barreled deck gun, which can basically keep enemy ships at bay, and we can use guns to solve all battles."
After listening to Song Yingxing's detailed account, Zhu Youjian's head turned around. It turned out that he had made a subjective mistake and lacked a basic understanding of naval warfare in the current era.
He took it for granted that the current naval battle artillery played a major role. In fact, the artillery was really unreliable now. With the poor hit rate of the current artillery, even the most powerful artillerymen wanted to hit an enemy ship on the sea.
It mainly depends on life. It is precisely because of relying on life that Europeans desperately add artillery to the ship in order to increase the probability of being hit by fate. The role of cannon on sea ships is mainly to intimidate. After all, there is still a chance of being hit by fate.
of.
However, when encountering an enemy ship that is desperately trying to ignore it, there is still a high probability that it will be invaded. In the two large sea battles between the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch, the Dutch suffered such losses.
The ship got closer, thus defeating the battle. Therefore, the real reliability of naval battles is close-range battles! And this weird artillery designed by Lao Songtou was prepared for close-range naval battles. Although this thing has a short range, it can hit
The rate is even lower, but they have a lot of firepower, and they still use explosive shells. Within a distance of 150 steps, they can almost form a shield. If you get close, you can be sunk, and the reliability is very high. This design idea
It's like a trick, it's so genius.
"Sir, how many guns like this can be mounted on the ship?"
"The veteran believes that eight or nine can be installed. Two can be installed on both sides of the main gun at the bow and one between the two main guns at the stern. Then the same can be installed at the beam position of the deck compartment, with three on each side.
There are six doors in total.”
Eighty-nine multi-barreled cannons? That’s awesome! According to this design, the Ming Dynasty’s ships will be invincible in close combat. However, this dense firepower configuration is a bit like the guided missile cruisers of later generations. It has become a pure
A walking powder keg.
"Let's reduce the artillery configuration a little. Four on the deck is enough. If there are too many, fire protection will be a problem. Also, since this thing can be used, how can we get a few clippers specially equipped with one of these guns?
, mainly used for fire raids. Once the clipper enters the enemy ship, firing such a round of cannons will definitely be enough to knock the enemy ship out."