The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 376
The Dongjiang Town soldiers and civilians who participated in the war still need to recuperate because there are two to three thousand wounded, and now there are nearly [-] who need to be shipped to Phi Island, Yizhou, Zhenjiang Fort and other places to strengthen their defenses.

Dongjiang Town originally had a water camp, and the "Red Banner Army" water camp dispatched seven or eight No. [-] blessing boats to participate in the transportation, and the troops withdrew quickly.

The "Red Banner Army" not only provides free medical care to all injured patients, but also publicly promises to accept all those who have been injured for the country, and the disabled with missing arms and legs are no exception.

Huang Long and his generals thought they were unable to take better care of the wounded, nor did they have the financial resources or ability to accommodate the disabled soldiers and their families.

After all, we have to do a full set of things, and it is impossible to selectively select wounded soldiers who can recover and give up disabled people who are useless. Doing so is counterproductive and will make most soldiers feel cold.

If two or three thousand wounded soldiers and civilians are thrown to the "Red Banner Army", half of the wounded soldiers may recover and return to the army. Huang Han is not entirely seeking these veterans. He is not short of money, and he is really willing to fight for the country. Military and civilian care.

Since a lot of cannons were seized, and there were a few Hongyi cannons that were not seriously damaged, I don't know if they could be of value. After receiving the news, Shen Cunli brought several cannon-casting craftsmen across the sea to Jinzhouwei.

They are trying to use the captured artillery to defend the city of Jinzhou after repair and maintenance, and to transport the Hongyi cannon that cannot be repaired on site to the steel foundry for refurbishment.

Shen Cunli was overjoyed when he saw the person who came to pick them up at Jinzhouwei Port, because it was his eldest son Shen Ming who was received by the loser.

This child has endured a lot of hardships as his slave for two years. He matured precociously, but now he looks more stable, has grown a lot taller and stronger.

The moment the father and son met, Shen Cunli couldn't help the tears in his eyes, he squeezed his son's generous shoulders happily and said: "Strong, tall, and looking good."

Shen Ming stood at attention and saluted: "Report, Shen Ming, the cadet corps leader, is receiving several superiors, please follow me."

Seeing that Shen Ming is so capable, several master blacksmiths are very envious. They all have an idea. When they are old, their sons will have to be sent to the "Red Banner Army" as a student soldier. They can follow Mr. Huang since they were young, and they have a bright future. !

The role of artillery in the siege battle is obvious to all. The "Red Banner Army" is keen to use firearms from top to bottom. It can be seen that even the powerful generals such as Hanzi and Zhang Yang, who are full of force, are obsessed with the Minigun.

It is the history of the development of artillery in the late Ming Dynasty that the Fran cannon was replaced by the Hongyi cannon with a longer range and greater power. Originally, Huang Han did not pay much attention to the Fran cannon, and started researching the more powerful and reliable one from the very beginning. Hongyi Cannon.

Now we have seized dozens of Franco cannons of different sizes, and have accepted more than a hundred traitor gunners headed by Cheng Luyong and Shi Changchun who fought back, and listened to these gunners tell how to quickly fire shells against Jiannu It is very inspiring to launch a surprise attack and get a harvest.

Huang Han has been studying the Fran cannon that he had neglected in the past few days, and found that this gun is actually closer to the cannons of later generations. At least it is rear-loaded, and it is controlled in the mode of changing sub-guns. The sub-guns have the characteristics of cannonballs of later generations. .

During the war, the artillerymen rushing to load is not only a waste of time, but also prone to mistakes. Arranging the loading step when preparing for battle will have a multiplier effect.

The Fran cannon was so advanced but was eliminated because the airtightness was too poor, resulting in a short range, and the caliber of the artillery could not be increased, which could not meet the needs of increasing lethality.

It is impossible to completely solve the air-tightness problem with the current means in the short term. Huang Han, an expert, can solve part of the air-tightness problem. Although this can not make the same caliber Fran cannon reach the range of the Hongyi cannon. , but at least half of it can be.

As long as the effective range can exceed [-] steps, it is enough, and it does not matter if the caliber does not increase. It is enough to fire six-pound shells.

Huang Han talked with the cannon-casting masters headed by Shen Cunli, and found that Shen Cunli and the others, without exception, had cast Fran cannons.

This is because the Ming army equipped with too many large and small Frangipulator cannons, and the output and quality have long been far superior to those of the research and development countries.

This is because the mother blunderbuss of the Francois machine gun is hollow, just to form a ballistic trajectory, and does not need to bear most of the tension of the gunpowder explosion, so the process is much simpler.

Huang Han proposed to use Huang's cannon-casting technique to cast steel Frangler cannons. The cannon-casting masters present unanimously agreed that it was a waste of money, because the Frangler cannon's poor airtightness does not require the strength of the mother gun.

Shen Cunli fell into contemplation. He looked at the dozens of guns lined up and realized something. Huang Han said: "The airtightness determines the power and the range. Why don't you use your brains to increase the airtightness?"

Shen Cunli picked up a child gun and put it into the mother gun, and said with a smile: "It is no problem to process the turbulence between the mouth of the child gun and the mother gun, so that the child gun can be inserted into the mother gun by an inch, and the airtightness will be greatly enhanced."

The mother and child guns of the Fran cannon are directly docked, and the looseness at the interface affects the airtightness, but if the turbulence is tight, there will be more or less cannon fodder and recoil after one shot. Deformation may cause the sub-gun to be unable to be taken out.

Now Shen Cunli's method is to insert the sub-gun into the mother gun by an inch to increase the airtightness. This means that there is at least an inch of gap behind the sub-gun. The recoil fired by the sub-gun acts on this inch distance. Tail breakdown.

A master named Zhao Shizhong who had cast Frang machine guns was very confident. He had personally cast no less than thirty Fran machine guns in Jizhen. He immediately explained the problem that came to his mind. Shen Cunli said with confidence:

"We have successfully produced spring steel. Although the output is not high, it can be used on cannons to eliminate recoil. At that time, I will change the design of the Franco cannon and properly extend the gap between the sub-guns and the mother guns.

It is estimated that a spring can be installed for shock absorption with about one foot. At that time, springs and steel plates were used to withstand the sub-guns, so that the mother and sub-guns basically fit together tightly, increasing the air-tightness when firing, and striving for greater range and power.

The advantage of this is that the recoil force of the child gun will be buffered by the spring when it is fired, which not only eliminates the hidden danger of penetrating the tail of the mother gun, but also prevents the child gun from being stuck in the mother gun due to excessive turbulence. "

Zhao Shizhong thought for a while and suddenly realized: "Although this design is not as airtight as the Hongyi cannon, it is not far away. If it is cast by a villain, it should be no problem to reach half the range of the Hongyi cannon."

(End of this chapter)