Sun Hedou said: "Let's talk about this thunder gun. Although it can be fired continuously, once it is fired, the ammunition refills very slowly, so there is no time to use it a second time on the battlefield. In addition, a single strike can defeat the enemy.
Repel it, otherwise it will be useless." As he said, he picked up the electric gun again and said: "The reloading speed of this electric gun is indeed much faster than that of ordinary fire guns, but it comes from the barrel.
After filling, I took a look just now. The sealing performance of the fire door is very poor. I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach far. I'm afraid it won't be very useful on the battlefield.
Sun Heding was as if he had been poured cold water on his head. He held the electric gun in his hand blankly and remained silent. Although he had never been on the battlefield, he had been imprisoned in Muling for several months and fought against the Qing army.
I have heard Shang Yi talk in detail about the use of fire cannons on the battlefield in several games, so I also know that what Sun Hedou said is true. Although these two kinds of fire cannons look very powerful and good, their actual power is indeed very limited.
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At this time, Shang Yi said: "Mr. Sun Er, although what you said is good, these two types of fire guns do still have shortcomings, but this does not negate the innovation and conception of these two types of fire guns. As long as we think about it in the future
By improving them and making up for these shortcomings, I think the two kinds of fire cannons will definitely be of great use in the future. Don't abandon these two kinds of fire cannons just because of their temporary flaws." After a pause, Shang Yi said again:
"And even now, as long as they are used properly and complement each other with other guns and artillery, these two kinds of firecrackers can still be effective on the battlefield."
Sun Hedou was stunned for a moment and said, "Can it also be used on the battlefield now? How to use it?"
Shang Yi smiled and said: "Let's talk about this Thunder Gun. Although it is slow to reload, as long as it is used together with other fire guns, there will be no big problem. Moreover, it can be used on the battlefield for a short time.
The advantage of its fast rate of fire is that when the enemy attacks fiercely, it can be used to concentrate firepower and blunt the enemy's front. Although the Zhidian gun is difficult to reach at a distance, it can be used at close range, especially in city defense battles.
But it can take advantage of its fast reloading speed to attack the enemy at close range. Therefore, although these two kinds of firecrackers have shortcomings, it all depends on how people use them."
After listening to Shang Yi's words, Sun Heding breathed a sigh of relief. Sun Hedou also felt enlightened and said with a smile: "My lord is still wise, and He Dou really admires him."
Shang Yi then added: "The shortcomings pointed out by Mr. Er do exist. They will definitely prevent these two kinds of firecrackers from fully exerting their advantages. Therefore, Mr. Da needs to spend more time thinking about how to make up for these shortcomings.
Already."
Sun Heding said hurriedly: "Sir, please rest assured, Heding will start researching these two types of fire blunderbuss immediately and try his best to improve these shortcomings."
Shang Yi smiled and said: "There is no need to rush into this. At present, we are still focusing on defending Jinan Prefecture. After the Qing army retreats, it will not be too late for Mr. Da to study it slowly."
When Sun Heding heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, and immediately said to Shang Yi: "There is one more thing that Heding wants to report to you. Now Muling Pass has recruited a group of cannon-casting craftsmen. Before I leave,
They started making clay molds based on scriptures, and after a few months, we were able to make cannons ourselves."
"Oh!" Shang Yi couldn't help but be very happy. Mulingguan was able to cast cannons by himself, but his long-cherished wish was that casting cannons was different from making firecrackers, and the process required was much more troublesome than making firecrackers. In addition,
During this period of time, there has been constant fighting in Muling Pass, so Shang Yi only mentioned it to Sun Heding, but didn't take it to heart. He just wanted to wait until the Qing army retreated before talking about it. Unexpectedly, Sun Heding always kept it in mind and mentioned it in advance.
This project has been launched. Although this battle is too late, in the long run, Mulingguan can be completely self-sufficient in weapons.
Seeing Shang Yi's happy face, Sun Heding also knew that he was very happy that Mulingguan could cast cannons on his own, so he said again: "Sir, please come with me to take a look. We have also brought two new kinds of cannons this time.
Weapons manufactured."
After hearing this, Shang Yi became interested and immediately followed the two of them to the temporary residence of the craftsman's workshop, a studio prepared for Sun Heding.
Sun Heding picked up a blunderbuss from the shelf, handed it to Shang Yi, and said, "Sir, look at this blunderbuss."
Shang Yi took it and saw that it was an ordinary bird gun, but he soon discovered that it was different because the ignition structure had changed. After pulling the trigger, Shang Yi said in surprise: "You change it?"
Became a self-made firecracker?"
Sun Heding smiled and nodded. It turned out that since Shang Yi received the flintlock gun, Sun Heding and several experienced craftsmen also immediately began to study the firing structure of the flintlock gun, and also copied it, and made two
The sample was mounted on two bird blunderbuss. Therefore, these two matchlock ignited bird blunderbuss were turned into percussion ignited flintlock bird blunderbuss.
This result naturally made Shang Yi very happy. Through this battle to capture Jinan, although he also discovered some shortcomings of the flintlock gun, that is, the misfire rate is very high. Generally speaking, the ideal rate is only 85%.
The firing success rate is about 10%. But Shang Yi knows that this is because the technology of flintlock guns has not yet reached a fully mature stage. You must know that for most of the last century, the misfire rate of matchlock guns has been
It hovers around 50%. It was not until recent decades that the technology was basically perfected and the ignition rate reached over 90%.
And compared with the reloading speed and other advantages of the flintlock gun, even at this stage, the benefits of the flintlock gun outweigh the disadvantages. Therefore, in Shang Yi's estimation, in the future Muling Army, matchlock guns and flintlock guns
The best gun ratio is one to one.
It's just that it's impossible to mass-produce flintlock muskets now because there's not enough time. Even if the Qing army retreats this time, it only has less than a year. But if other matchlock muskets can be converted into flintlock muskets,
That can greatly reduce the time. So Shang Yi asked again: "Mr. Da, can other fire blunderbuss, including the Baoti Lumi blunderbuss, be converted into self-generating fire blunderbuss?"
Sun Heding nodded and said: "Of course it is possible. The ignition devices of all fire guns can be improved."
Shang Yi smiled and said: "That's great. After the Tatars retreat this time, we will immediately start modifying them. We will modify half of the fire blunderbuss into self-fire blunderbuss."
At this time, Sun Heding opened another large box and took out a large round slip that was more than five feet long and about half a foot in diameter. He held it with both hands and handed it to Shang Yi, saying: "Sir, this is what I made."
My new flying gun, you are taking a look."
Shang Yi knew that the so-called flying gun is to wrap dozens of arrows in a large cylinder and use gunpowder as thrust to launch. The range can reach more than two hundred steps, but the effective range is only about a hundred steps. Although after launching, there is basically nothing
It is accurate, but it still has a certain impact on enemies using dense formations. However, Shang Yi feels that its practicality is not great. It may be okay to fight against rogues with thin armor, but it will not work against well-armored Qing bandits.
The army is of average use. Therefore, flying guns are never produced in Muling Pass. If Sun Heding continues to show them to himself, naturally they will not be the usual flying guns.
So Shang Yi took it and took a look, and saw that there were only six flying guns wrapped in the round paper slips. Each one was two inches thick and arranged in a plum blossom shape. The spear heads were made of iron, cone-shaped, about one foot long, and exposed
Paper tube, the rest is hidden inside the paper tube.
Sun Heding explained: "Sir, each flying gun is made of thin bamboo. The bamboo knot is opened and divided into upper and lower sections. The upper section is filled with gunpowder and grease, and the lower section is filled only with gunpowder. After ignition, the gunpowder in the lower section can burn on its own.
, continue to push, the longest range can reach more than 400 steps, after burning out, the gunpowder in the upper section can be detonated, and the fishing oil can be ignited. The explosion and burning area can reach a distance of two to three feet."
After hearing this, Shang Yi couldn't help but be shocked. According to Sun Heding's description, isn't this thing the most primitive shoulder-mounted rocket launcher? In later generations, this guy was the ace weapon of the Army in individual combat, and was known as the King of Land Warfare.
The tanks, the weapons of the aerial killers, and the helicopters were all afraid of it. So they immediately asked: "How many flying guns have you made?"
Sun Heding said: "A total of thirty were made, and I brought them all. I want to use this battlefield to try out the effect of this new flying gun."
Shang Yi immediately said: "Let's go, take two of them to the suburbs, and let's see how effective it is."
Shang Yi's focus was to train veterans and conduct offensive and defensive drills for city defense. At the same time, he also selected a group of musketeers and let them practice using thunder guns and zhidian guns.
While stepping up military training, Shang Yi did not forget to strengthen the city defense construction. Jinan is a big city. The city wall is about four feet high and two feet five feet thick, but it has a single wall structure. Now it is too late to build arrow towers and build high platforms for scriptures.
Therefore, we could only set up some simple mud-wood structure platforms on the city wall to place artillery and musketeers. We also prepared a large number of rough wood and stone blocks and oil-filled fire pots on the city wall, and more than 20 racks were placed on the city wall.
A big iron pot, when the Qing army attacks the city, you can pour water and oil into it, boil it and pour it on the city. No matter how thick your armor is, you won't be able to withstand this trick.
Outside the city of Jinan, Shang Yi also ordered people to dig trenches, build low walls, and then deepen the moat, and inserted wooden thorns at the bottom of the moat and trench. The fact that Muling Pass was guarded twice before
It proves that these fortifications still play a certain role in the defense of the city. And not only outside the city, Shang Yi also built many defensive fortifications inside the city. This was to prepare for the Qing army to attack the city gate and kill them.
After entering the city of Jinan, he continued to fight in the streets with the Qing army. He would never give up Jinan until absolutely necessary.