Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong was indifferent to Ma Xianglin's words.Don't say hundreds, Wu Shigong didn't want to give away even dozens of firecrackers.But at this time, Wu Shigong had a question: his blacksmith Yang Goudan, although he was indeed a better craftsman, but among other craftsmen, there might not be blacksmiths with the same craftsmanship as Yang Goudan.

And like Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin, it's not like they haven't seen firecrackers before.But why did the firecracker made by Yang Goudan give them that amazing feeling?What Wu Shigong didn't know was that the truth was actually very simple. It was nothing more than Wu Shigong's salary was sufficient, the treatment was good, and the quality was strictly controlled.

However, the production of firecrackers in the Ming Dynasty could not even meet such basic requirements.It can be seen how bad the military production in the Ming Dynasty was.To be honest, in Houjin, although craftsmen did not get rid of their status as slaves, their treatment was much higher than that in Ming Dynasty.Therefore, in the manufacture of weapons, Hou Jin actually surpassed the Ming Dynasty later.

Of course, there are still relatively few qualified craftsmen here in Houjin, but as the number of craftsmen they enter and plunder increases, Houjin's weapon manufacturing level will soon catch up.

Stop talking about such a digression.At the beginning, the Hou Jin army didn't block the gate at all, thinking that they would let the cavalry rush out if they had the opportunity.But I saw the cart moving towards the city gate.Later, some white-armed soldiers chopped down the iron chains of the suspension bridge, and they immediately understood that the Ming army wanted to break through the city gate and enter Luanzhou City from the gate.

Therefore, the Hou Jin army immediately arranged for soldiers to block the city gate with sand and stones.But although it took half an hour to cut the iron chain, because the city gate was too big, it took only a little time to block a small half of the city gate.

So when the Franco cannon on the far side fired the shell, as expected, the shell pierced through the city gate.After observing the movement of the shells flying into the city gate, the soldiers on the cart in front immediately turned around, waving gestures to the back excitedly.

After Wu Shigong saw the gesture, he happily said to Ma Xianglin: "There is a gate! The city gate is not blocked."

Of course, Liang Hui, who was in command of the artillery team, also saw this gesture, and he immediately ordered the remaining artillery to fire.After the three shells, especially those from the two three-pounders penetrated the city gate, besides the shells, the sawdust from the gate also splashed inward, which played the role of cannonballs.It caused a large number of casualties to the Hou Jin army who were blocking the city gate behind the city gate.

The Hou Jin army blocking the city gate were all Mongol soldiers and Ming soldiers who surrendered. Those soldiers who were lucky not to be killed by shells immediately fled from the ghost gate in the city gate hole with a lot of screams.

Seeing the embarrassment of his soldiers, Namutai was so angry that his face turned blue.He ordered loudly: "Let them block the city gate quickly, your brains are broken, don't you know how to use military law?"

Turge and Tang Gudai immediately stepped forward with their own soldiers. Halfway through their run, another round of shells hit the city gate.The fleeing soldiers were even more confused.

The soldiers stepped forward and punched and kicked the fleeing soldiers, and managed to control the chaotic situation. Those soldiers took sand and stones and wanted to rush into the city gate hole to block the city gate, and then another round of shells flew in.

There was another burst of chicken and dog jumping.Seeing a few soldiers throwing sand and stones from their shoulders and trying to escape, the soldiers who supervised the battle swung their knives and chopped down.Several heads rolled to the ground one after another, which frightened the soldiers.In any case, it was death to advance and retreat, and these soldiers were also desperate. They rushed into the city gate with sand and stones...

But after the artillery fired five rounds, the firing of the two three-pound artillery stopped.On the one hand, it is because, after five rounds of firing, the gun barrel is already too hot, so it needs to be cooled down.On the other hand, it is because there is a problem with the design of the artillery vehicle.

At that time, the general artillery of the Ming Dynasty was very troublesome to transport and prepare for firing.The artillery must be loaded on a cart before it can be transported.And when the artillery is ready to be fired, the artillery must be unloaded from the cart.

In addition, a large pit must be dug on the ground, and an iron stake placed under the artillery should be buried and fixed. Otherwise, after the artillery is fired, it is easy to cause the artillery to roll over due to the problem of recoil.

Of course, it is also possible to adopt a tiger squatting gun, and place a bracket like a modern machine gun in front.However, if this is done, the power of the artillery cannot be too great.Therefore, the power of the tiger crouching gun is not great.

At that time, in order to solve this problem, Wu Shigong thought of those modern European artillery vehicles that he had seen in modern film and television works.However, Wu Shigong is not a firearms expert after all, not even a weapon lover.Therefore, he could only roughly put forward his own suggestion.

And those craftsmen under Wu Shigong built artillery vehicles according to Wu Shigong's suggestion.Although this vehicle solves the problem of artillery transportation, it has a big defect compared with the mature artillery vehicles used in modern Europe.

Those European artillery vehicles have a retreat process after the artillery is fired, which effectively solves the problem of artillery recoil.However, Wu Shigong's chariot could not retreat much. Therefore, a large part of the recoil force of the artillery was borne by the artillery chariot.

In the previous training, Wu Shigong's artillery once happened. After firing eight or nine shells, the artillery vehicle could not bear the recoil and fell apart.Of course, this is also the reason why the recoil of the three-pound artillery is particularly large, and those one-pound artillery do not have this problem because of the small recoil.

At that time, in order to solve this problem, Wu Shigong stipulated that after five rounds were fired from the artillery, the vehicle should simply be replaced with a new one.

At that time, Wu Shigong was not in a hurry to let those craftsmen improve the artillery vehicles, because he believed that his army was active near the Guide Mansion, and mainly carried out some defensive work in the city, so the opportunity for the artillery to be used on the vehicles was not very high. not much.

But Wu Shigong's decision at that time made the current Hou Jinjun breathe a sigh of relief.So it can be said: the details determine success or failure!

So now, although the two Franc cannons basically don't have the problem of overheating due to the use of mother and child guns, they are still firing continuously.However, because the power of the two Franc cannons is too small, it is basically difficult to prevent the soldiers of the Houjin Army from blocking the city gate.

In addition, when the gun barrel is hot, the frame cannot be replaced.So more than a quarter of an hour has passed since the three-pound cannon was replaced with a new driver.

And the gates of Luanzhou City were built very solidly.After so many shells hit the gate, apart from smashing a lot of holes, the city gate remained intact.Of course, I don't know whether Wu Shigong's life was bad or Hou Jinjun's life was too good, but none of these shells hit the city gate's latch.

So when the three-pound cannon could fire again, a thick layer of sand and stones had already been blocked behind the city gate.Although these sand and stones still cannot completely block the shells of the three-pound artillery, with the obstruction of sand and stones, the threat of shells to the soldiers of the Houjin Army is much smaller.The soldiers of the Houjin Army blocked the city gate even faster.

When they saw that the city gate was riddled with holes and the battering ram transformed from a huge tree was ready, hundreds of white soldiers wanted to push the battering ram to hit the city gate.But they were stopped by Wu Shigong and Ma Xianglin.

At this time, the city gate was completely blocked.Even three-pound shells could not penetrate the sand and stones blocking the city gate.There is no need for these white soldiers to do useless work anymore.

Wu Shigong and Ma Xianglin returned to Qin Liangyu's side with gloomy faces. The attack on the city gate this time was completely a failure.Although Qin Liangyu also felt a little regretful, she still comforted Wu Shigong and Ma Xianglin with a pleasant face and said: "Wars can be tricky, that's good, but sometimes you have to be honest and use stupid methods. Let's go back to the camp today. Wait until tomorrow to attack Luanzhou City."

When Ming Jin withdrew his troops, Wu Shigong looked back at the broken city gate and thought in his heart: "The power of my artillery is still a little too small!"