Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 118 Show off your muscles as the blade, many lords continue to change

The next day, Liu Dapao had just finished his breakfast in the morning, so he sent Wu Shuntian to invite Wu Sangui and others to the Hou Zhai for tea and talk.

"It's hard for everyone to come to Chaozhou, why don't you let me take you around this Chenghai City, introduce the scenery here, and show the friendship of the landlord, how about it?"

Everyone was noncommittal, so Liu Dapao simply acted as a tour guide. To be honest, everyone is really interested in this new Chenghai County. You must know that just half a year ago, there was a lot of trouble here because of the move to the sea. Shi Jiukong, even because the population under his jurisdiction is too small, the entire county is facing the crisis of canceling the establishment altogether, and this matter was brought to the front of the imperial court for a while, and there was an uproar.

But in just a little more than half a year, Chenghai County, which could be said to be a piece of wasteland, has been built to its current scale. As far as the eye can see, construction is going on everywhere, there are large construction sites everywhere, and there are migrant workers everywhere. People looking for work, even if it is not completely completed now, its lively level has surpassed that of Guangzhou, Fuzhou, and Kunming.

How could this make them not curious?
Especially yesterday when they listened to the conversation between Liu Dapao and Hongmaofan, they couldn't help being curious all night. Aren't the so-called bourgeoisie just some businessmen after all?Is it really so magical?
They all expressed great interest.

"Since everyone has no objections, let's take a simple walk around in light cars and simple clothes. You can rest assured that Her Royal Highness and Senior Yuan are both martial arts masters in the world, enough to protect your safety."

"Everyone, let me first show you the outer city wall of Chaozhou City, which is the Vauban-style bastion. Master, please tell me that the workers will be given half a day off today, and the wages will be calculated. I will entertain the distinguished guests."

"Yes."

After a while, all the idlers were driven away, and Liu Dapao finally got close to everyone, and carefully toured the bastion of Chenghai inside and out.

"Let's see, the height of the bastion has been roughly two-thirds completed, and it is not far from completion. Of course, the military facilities above still need to be built. It is estimated that it will be almost the same in three to four months. , you are veteran generals who have experienced many battles, let’s see, what is my city defense ability?”

"This city wall is really weird. Why did it have to be sloped? Wouldn't it be more of a waste of work? And the slope of the castle, wouldn't it be easier for the siege soldiers to climb?"

"The slope was built mainly to prevent shelling. The master asked Qiu Hui to ask him for some red cannons."

"Yes."

After a while, a total of four red-clothed cannons arrived, and Liu Dapao ordered people to transport the red-clothed cannons to a hundred paces away from the city wall in one go, and blasted at the city wall, which shocked Wu Sangui and others. It was not until the barrel of the red cannon was heated up that it stopped.

"Everyone, let's go up and see the damage to the city wall."

"This... this... the city wall is okay? This, is this still a cannon in red?"

You must know that the red cannon is the heaviest and most powerful cannon in the Qing court at the moment. It is basically only used for siege and defense, and is rarely used for field battles. , This is still the light of the navy.

This is the case in terms of firepower in a serious siege battle. In fact, even if it is an attack on the capital, it can blast a corner of the city wall with such a bombardment method.

However, looking at the city wall of Chenghai, under the cover-type attack of these four artillery pieces, although the city wall has some damage, it is really only a little damage, because it is a semi-finished product that has not been painted, so if you don’t look carefully, it may even be damaged. There is no small hole on the surface of the city wall that can be seen at all.

"The design of the slope can prevent shelling very well, especially in this era, the shells are round. When they hit the city wall, the kinetic energy will push the iron ball upwards, and the impact force will be removed by rolling. Although it is indeed a waste of work and waste, Including other designs, the cost of the bastion is probably more than four times higher than that of ordinary city walls, but I think it is worth the money."

As he said that, Liu Dapao himself was feeling emotional, such a simple design, who knows why Xu Guangqi and other scientists could not figure it out at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if Chongzhen could build such a bastion in Datong, it would never be possible Let Huang Taiji come to visit the territory so easily.

Before rifling was invented, no matter whether it was a gun or a cannon, the shell must be round, and it is almost impossible for a round thing to destroy the bastion. The anti-gun capability of this thing is almost [-]%, let alone four Even four hundred cannons in red can blast the city wall of Chenghai.

"But such a slope, although it is protected from shelling, wouldn't it be easier for the ants to attack the city? With such a large angle, I don't even need to prepare siege equipment, just use some simple wall climbing equipment, you can step on it.”

Liu Dapao nodded and said: "That's true. After all, if you gain something, you must lose it. But first, I am condescending, and it will never be so easy to climb up. Second, after the construction of the castle is completed, I will stand in front of the moat. Build another slope. The angle of the slope will perfectly match the firing angle of the main cannon on the city wall. When firing shells from top to bottom, the shells can perfectly penetrate all the soldiers on the entire slope.

Thirdly, you can see that my city as a whole is in the shape of a hexagonal star. One of the three walls is surrounded by the sea, not to mention the side that is surrounded by the sea. Each of the three walls has two protruding corners. No matter where the siege side attacks from, they will be hit by the crossfire of the two assault angles to ensure that the entire city has no dead ends. "

"It's a good crossfire, but this city, after the completion of the city, is the main way of defending the city are artillery and muskets? How many artillery and muskets should be kept in this city?"

"If it is fully loaded with firepower, it will need more than 300 small tiger cannons, and more than 60 Fran cannons. As for the red cannons, just a few cannons are enough. Of course, the more guns, the better."

Of course, Liu Dapao still has a grenade in his hand, so there is no need to introduce this to Wu Sangui and the others. Let’s just say that, anyway, if you climb the city wall according to the idea of ​​cold weapons, it is indeed much easier to climb than the traditional city wall. , but if the enemy can really climb over the slope at the angle of direct artillery fire, cross the moat and trench in front of the slope, and then be bombarded by hundreds of artillery pieces, thousands of muskets and hand grenades. If you can still persist in climbing up, then Liu Dapao will recognize it.

(End of this chapter)