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Chapter 1340 The Real Giant Naval Cannon

The Tianjin Guard Factory was established in the east of the city. There were various factories such as a steam furnace factory, a steam engine room, a bullet factory, a wrought iron factory, a wood factory, a copper and iron factory, and a gunpowder depot. Firearms, explosives, artillery.

Originally, the arsenal was concentrated in the southern Liaoning area where the Kyushu Army was the first to operate, and later moved to Gyeonggi with the main force.

In order to set up an arsenal in Tianjin Wei, Chu Yun spent 48 taels of silver just to set up the arsenal, and a large amount of investment was added every year.

At present, the arsenal employs 3000 workers all year round, and produces a large amount of black powder, shells, muskets, and cannons every year.

When the general office of the arsenal learned that Chu Yun personally brought the Minister of the Navy to inspect, he knew what he wanted to see, and hurriedly called two artillery experts to greet him.

"Master, you brought me to the arsenal. Did any new weapons come out? Could it be..." Nelson followed behind Chu Yun. The two stood in front of the gate of Tianjin Guard Factory, surrounded by guards armed to the teeth.

One of these two people is the supreme ruler, and the other is the minister of the Navy. If something happens to these two people, the entire empire will be in chaos.

"You'll find out later." Chu Yun pretended.

"You suddenly went from the capital to Tianjinwei. This must be something very new. I wonder if my daughter is doing well in the capital?" Nelson asked.

"She's okay. I'm thinking about how to train Ling'er. I don't know whether to be a soldier or an ordinary cultural person..."

When Chu Yun was about to talk about family affairs with Nelson, the general office of the arsenal interrupted their conversation with two artillery experts.

"Congratulations to the military master for coming to inspect. Our arsenal has successfully completed what you have explained. I will take you to inspect and accept it." The general office of the arsenal said.

He caught a glimpse of Nelson in casual clothes. As the general manager of the arsenal, he was no stranger to Nelson who was stationed in Tianjinwei.

The Minister of the Navy came here in person, so the military master must have come to see that thing.

"Lead the way ahead," Chu Yun said.

"Yes!" The general office led them to the artillery factory.

In the artillery factory, there are large-scale complete sets of industrial equipment such as iron stirring furnace, rolling mill, heating furnace, water hammer, and lathes for cutting parts.These equipment and technologies are either finished products and imitations directly summoned by Chu Yun using the system, or are produced by the summoned talents themselves with their own knowledge or with their own knowledge and experience.

There are a large number of artillery experts and skilled workers here. These artillery experts have knowledge of ballistics and materials, and their value is unimaginable.

"Our artillery factory is divided into several research groups. Among them, naval guns are divided into front-loading rifled guns, breech-loaded rifled guns, and old-style front-loaded smoothbore guns. The era of smoothbore guns has passed. We will Focus on the research of more accurate rifled guns." Seeing that it was Nelson, the general office brought Chu Yun and Nelson to visit the research of naval guns.

"What about the 110-pound Armstrong breech-loading rifle?" Nelson asked.

He has known for a long time that the arsenal is researching a more powerful artillery. It is said that the theoretical range of this artillery can reach an astonishing 3.7 kilometers, and its power exceeds all the artillery currently in use.

The original concept of the General Fubo ironclad ship was equipped with a 110-pound Armstrong artillery, but considering that the displacement of the General Fubo was only 3000 tons, and there were still many problems with the Armstrong artillery itself, it was replaced by a 68-pound front-mounted gun and 40-pound muzzle-loading gun.

When the general office heard Nelson's question about the development of the 110-pound Armstrong gun, he couldn't help showing an embarrassed expression: "Our breech-loading rifle team has studied for a long time, but there is still no way to solve the problem of the 110-pound breech-loading gun. The tail of the Armstrong gun There are serious problems with the bolts and locking bolts. In our tests, after a certain number of uses of the guns, the locking bolts on almost all the guns showed cracks, and the locking bolts of a few guns broke. Exploding the chamber will make us hard to train All the gun crew members who came out were sacrificed. And the artillery cost is extremely expensive. So much so that our gun factory called this artillery the worst artillery, but the 40-pound breech-loading rifle is reliable."

For the explosion of the chamber in the test that caused the death of the entire artillery group, such a tragedy should be reported anyway.

Nelson was a little disappointed after hearing this. It seemed that the 110-pound artillery could not be installed on the ironclad ship.

Is the 68-pound gun already the limit of naval guns?
"Half a month ago, our arsenal was trying to find a way to unify the specifications of artillery and shells. Now we no longer use the weight of shells to describe artillery, but the caliber of artillery to describe artillery. For example, the caliber of a 110-pound Armstrong gun is 178 mm. The breech-loading rifled gun." The general office said.

Chu Yun listened and nodded. It was his order to use the caliber to unify the shells. Of course he knew about this sudden change.

"We have not been able to overcome the technical difficulties for the breech-loading rifle, but our front-loading rifle team has developed a larger caliber and reliable front-loading cannon."

The general office mentioned the more mature front-loading rifled gun, and immediately raised its head and chest, full of confidence.

Chu Yun and Nelson followed the general office to the place where the finished artillery was placed, and saw two artillery parked in the factory, both covered with canvas.

Next to the two balls of canvas are artillery experts and skilled workers, who hold their heads high confidently.It is the greatest affirmation for them to be able to show the military lord and the minister of the navy the results of their painstaking research!

Some of these artillery experts and skilled workers were called by the system, and many of them were locally cultivated talents.

As long as the government supports and has channels to learn technology, hardworking and brave Chinese can always catch up quickly.

The general office opened one of the canvases, revealing a cold, seven-ton big guy: "This is a 178 mm caliber front-loading rifled gun, and the ammunition used is 110 pounds. It is used to replace the Armstrong gun."

The Tianjin Guard Factory actually developed a reliable 110-pound cannon!
Nelson was dumbfounded. The artillery used on his flagship Victory was still 24-pound and 36-pound artillery!
Originally, he thought that the 40-pound and 68-pound cannons equipped on General Fubo were against the sky, but now there is a 110-pound cannon!How does this make wooden sailboats live!

What shocked Nelson was more than that. The general office opened another ball of canvas: "This front-loading rifle gun is even more powerful. The front-loading rifle gun with a caliber of 203 mm weighs nine tons. To put it bluntly, this Let alone ordinary wooden sailboats, even ironclad ships can be severely damaged."

(End of this chapter)