Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After a while of panic, everyone hid in a safe place.Seeing that he had already concealed himself, Wu Shigong also relaxed.He turned over on the grass and lay on his back on the grass.

The midday sun in early winter was very warm.It makes people look lazy all over.Wu Shigong also became interested, and whistled along the way.He played that German military song during World War II, which was the episode in the movie "The Great Heist in New York".

The tune has a bright rhythm, and it is very easy to arouse the resonance of the soldiers.So after a while, Zhou Xun and Zhizhi, who were on both sides of Wu Shigong, turned over and lay on their backs, and the three of them lay on the grass and whistled together.

The surrounding officers and soldiers also surrounded them, and they didn't care about the rebel shells flying above their heads, since there was no danger anyway.The whistler also joined in.He can't blow, and hums and beats in a low voice.Here suddenly turned into a battlefield whistle concert.

The atmosphere is getting warmer and warmer.When the last syllable was blown, everyone laughed and cheered at the same time, and then they all laughed and clapped their hands.They are really a group of bitter children who are having fun while suffering!

After the applause, Wu Shigong smiled and asked Zhizhi, "I never thought you, a little monk, can whistle!"

Smart is surprised.He replied: "Why can't the little monk know how to play the flute? There is nothing wrong with such an elegant thing."

"Elegant matter?" Wu Shigong felt a little confused by Monk Zhang Er.In Wu Shigong's modern memory, those who whistled were generally hooligans, and they were often low-level hooligans who molested women. When did whistling become an elegant thing?

When Wu Shigong raised his own question, Zhizhi looked at Wu Shigong with contempt for ignorance, and answered Wu Shigong's question.

In Zhizhi's introduction, Wu Shigong knew it.It turns out that whistling is also called blowing flute.Of course, Wu Shigong is very familiar with the term blowpipe.But in ancient times, there were two explanations for blowing flute, one was playing a musical instrument called "Xiao", and the other was whistling.Of course, in modern times, blowing flute has become an interpretation again.Then the author will not say much about the explanation, otherwise the author will go to brush his teeth immediately.

Among the ancient literati and scholars, blowing the flute, that is, whistling, was also a very elegant behavior.For example, in the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.There are many blowjob masters.

Now Wu Shigong understands, it turns out that in many ancient Chinese texts, "Chang Xiao" means blowing a long and loud whistle!But thinking about it is also true, not necessarily those literati and refined scholars screamed like wild animals.That's not a magi, that's a golden monkey.

Wu Shigong has come to this time.Only then did I realize that blowpipe was originally an elegant sport.With a lewd smile on his face, he thought about returning to Runing.Which wife is looking for elegant and elegant?

at this time.The second round of shells from the rebels came.Of course, Wu Shigong and the others were not hurt at all.However, when Wu Shigong saw the cannonball flying over his head and falling far away, he immediately put away his smile and his eyes lit up.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Wu Shigong sat up and waved repeatedly.The surrounding officers and soldiers stepped aside with doubts on their faces.Another cannonball flew by, Wu Shigong only saw that the cannonball fell far into the creek in the valley, causing a wave of spray.

"Hahahahaha!" Wu Shigong immediately looked up to the sky and laughed.While smiling.While pointing at the cannonball rolling by the creek in the distance, he asked Zhou Xun, "Do you know what this is?"

Zhou Xun was a little puzzled by the question, and he replied with some uncertainty: "It's an iron bullet, oh! No! It's a cannonball."

Wu Shigong immediately gave Zhou Xun a blank look.Corrected: "That's called a parabola. It's terrible to have no knowledge!"

"What? What line?" Zhou Xun was even more confused.He looked around at the people with an inquiring gaze, and found that no one understood the new term that Mr. Du Si said.

Wu Shigong didn't care about Zhou Xun anymore.He turned over again and crouched forward, exposing his head to the top of the hill.Wu Shigong looked at the masts of the ships protruding from the city wall from a distance, and said fiercely: "Damn it! If you dare to play cannons with me, then I will play you with cannons to death."

Before he finished speaking, seeing his lord might be in danger, the officers and soldiers immediately rushed forward, dragging Wu Shigong's legs and dragging him down.It made Wu Shigong gnaw a mouthful of mud.

Wu Shigong was still in a good mood, and did not blame his subordinates for their rude behavior.He spat out several mouthfuls of "Bah, bah, bah!" Then he couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm a genius! Hahaha!"

Seeing Wu Shigong's insane behavior constantly, the friends in the Runing camp were all stunned.But in view of Wu Shigong's long-standing prestige, no one dared to come forward to persuade him.

Zhizhi's identity was more detached, he approached Wu Shigong carefully, and asked, "My lord, are you alright?"

"What's the matter with me? I'm a genius! Hahaha!" Wu Shigong was still going crazy, "A parabola! A genius!" Then Wu Shigong turned his head to Zhizhi and asked, "Tell me, am I a genius?"

At this time, Zhizhi was sure that Wu Shigong had gone crazy, but seeing Wu Shigong's expression was extremely excited, Zhizhi was also a little scared, he said tremblingly: "My lord, don't come here! Little monk... I came down from Shaolin Temple!"

"Damn it!" Wu Shigong scolded immediately, "So you all thought I was crazy! I can't explain the truth to you stupid people. Cut it! Let's go back together when the traitor's cannon is over. .”

After hearing this clearly articulated sentence, all the people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.Stupid is stupid.As long as you, grandpa, don't go crazy anymore.

In fact, Wu Shigong's discovery is not unusual.But for the artillery tactics at that time, it was a groundbreaking initiative.

During these days, the sea is completely frozen.The rebel ships were also trapped in the water city of Dengzhou City.It should be said that with the protection of two city walls, those ships are quite safe.But unfortunately, they met Wu Shigong, a person who traveled from modern times.

Modern people all know that shells can pass through a parabola, cross the city wall, and hit the target behind the city wall.Even Wu Shigong, who only had a junior high school education, knew this.Of course, this is the difference between cannons and howitzers in modern artillery.

In the Ming Dynasty, no matter in the east or the west, all the artillery fired directly.It's not that the ancients didn't know the principle of the parabola.The main reasons are: firstly, because the mathematics and mechanics at that time had not been developed to a certain level, ballistics could not be developed. Therefore, if the shell was fired in a curved line, the impact point of the shell could not be calculated at all.

Also, modern bombs are basically used.Modern artillery shells, whether they explode in the air or penetrate the ground, have their lethal power around the point of impact.The shells of the Ming Dynasty were all solid.Its killing power is through the jump of the shell, forming a straight line to form the killing.So the effect of the point of impact is not too great.

But here in Dengzhou City, it is just an exception.Because of the protection of the city wall, the direct-fire artillery of the Ming army happened to break the masts of a few rebel ships at most.And for the rebels, it's also handy to fix those masts.

But if it can be curved, it is possible to smash through the deck and bottom of the ship, completely making these ships lose their ability to sail.For the rebels, those ships are their way of retreat!So the shooting of those ships is a deadly threat to the rebels.

But the theory is easy to handle, and there are still many problems to be solved in actual shooting.So Wu Shigong gradually calmed down.He wanted to wait for the rebels to finish shelling before returning to his camp to prove his idea.

After another quarter of an hour, seeing that their shelling had no effect, the rebels stopped wasting shells. They packed up their artillery and went down to the city wall to rest.Wu Shigong and the others also returned to their camp.

After returning to the camp, Wu Shigong called all the officers to put forward his ideas. After listening to them, everyone felt that what Wu Shigong said was reasonable.After all, everyone has seen how rocks fly through the air.

However, expert approval is still required.However, there is only one local expert here—Liang Hui, the commander of the artillery team.Of course, Liang Hui, the commander of the artillery team, also mentioned the issue of the point of impact.It was difficult for Wu Shigong to answer this question. Of course, he could not calculate the point of impact.But Wu Shigong suggested that it can be solved by local methods.

First of all, it is necessary to measure the distance from the artillery position to the water city.On-site measurement is definitely not possible.But with the sketch of the city that the guide recalled, and drawing a parallel line outside the west city wall to estimate, the final distance is about 350 steps.

Then came the test launch outside the city.The Henan Army immediately used manpower to clear a mile-long open space within three days as a shooting test ground for artillery.

There is also the need to solve the recoil problem of the artillery.Originally, when the artillery fired directly, the recoil force could be reduced a lot due to the receding of the gun carriage.But now, the recoil force of the curved artillery is basically all borne by the gun body, so can the artillery still bear it?

There is only a thick cushioning material on the back of the gun.For this reason, a full hundred quilts were squeezed out of the Runing camp.

Of course, there are other miscellaneous preparations.For example: the division of the site distance; the further standard of gunpowder loading; simulated city walls and simulated ships, etc.Anyway, the preparations for all this took another ten days.

On October 22, the fifth year of Chongzhen, in the history of this time and space, a milestone event in the history of scientific development occurred.The curved artillery of the Runing Battalion was officially tested. (To be continued..)