The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 420 The Most "Advanced" Cannon
Soon, the [-] soldiers were divided into two teams under the command of Cai Shiying. One side was holding the latest six-coin flintlock made by the Beijing Ordnance Bureau, with a bayonet on the muzzle.

On the other side, because there is no flintlock gun with eleven coins, they can only use six coins instead. However, eight catties of stones are tied to the gun as a counterweight and no bayonet is installed. Instead, each person issued a spear or Tomahawk.

In addition, there were only twenty pikemen on the side with bayonets, and forty pikemen on the side without bayonets.

At the beginning of the martial arts performance, the two sides "shoot against each other".Performing martial arts is very different from actual combat. Both sides are full of energy, so the movement of the side that simulates the eleven-dollar gun is not much slower than the "opponent".

Moreover, Yanwu only had ten rounds of shooting against each other, and their physical strength was far from exhausted, so the two sides almost reached a tie-the six-coin gun was fired ten times, and the "eleven-coin gun" was fired eight and a half times.

However, due to the longer range of the "Eleven Coin Gun", this side opened fire before the opponent, and "killed" seven "enemy soldiers" with the first hand. In addition, the "Eleven Coin Gun" had a better armor-breaking effect, Cai Shiying had to admit It is the "defeat" of the six-money blunderbuss.

In fact, this is very different from the actual combat situation.First of all, in actual combat, soldiers usually marched long distances, and they would never only fire guns ten times in battle. Therefore, soldiers who used heavy eleven-dollar guns would quickly lose their physical strength.After firing the first dozen guns, the rate of fire will slow down drastically.

Secondly, it is almost impossible to move much distance when performing martial arts, which also conceals the defect that the heavy gun needs to be retracted and retracted continuously.You must know that when shooting a twenty-pound musket, you must use a wooden stick as high as half a person to support it, with one end on the ground and the other end supporting the muzzle, otherwise it will not be possible to fire stably.In the case of frequent movement and change of formation, it will be very time-consuming to retract and deploy the bracket.

Finally, the long range of the "eleven money gun" is also a false proposition.Although in terms of the flight distance of the projectile, the eleven-dollar gun is [-] to [-] percent farther than the six-dollar gun, but due to the shooting accuracy of the smoothbore gun, everyone has to start shooting at about seventy paces.If it is farther away, the devil knows where the bullet will fly.

However, Zhu Linming had long expected that this would be the result of the competition on the school field, otherwise the process of replacing heavy guns with medium muskets in history would not have lasted for a hundred years.Europeans also always felt that heavy muskets were still powerful during experiments, and they finally made a change after being educated many times by the bloody facts on the battlefield.

There is no suspense in the next demonstration against the cavalry.

Although Gao Xiang saw the infantry line formation of the Dragon Guards, he did not see the hollow phalanx against the cavalry.Therefore, in the "training outline" he gave, the soldiers are solid squares shrunk into six rows, and the bayonets on the firecrackers are stuck out to deal with the cavalry.

This kind of formation is not bad for cavalry in the front. Once the enemy cavalry goes around to the rear, the musketeers with only a few spearmen covering them will be quickly dispersed.

On the other side, the situation of the team configured according to Qiao Weili's request was much better.Before the cavalry approached, all the musketeers took out their axes, spears and other weapons one after another. In addition to the cover, there were already many spearmen, and they formed a hedgehog-like formation almost instantly.

The cavalry performing martial arts rushed forward, but they had no choice but to go around in circles, unable to make a move at all.

"The result is already very clear." Qiao Weili smiled politely at Cai Shiying, "General Gao is still not very familiar with weapons and formations, but it doesn't matter, as long as you change it as I said immediately, everything will be in time."

He nodded to Qian Qianyi again, "With Mr. Qian's suggestion to increase the fire rate of the flintlock, and the powerful eleven-dollar gun, it also made up for the lack of spearmen.

"I believe that in the face of the new firearms battalion of the elite of the Qing Dynasty, the small imperial court of the Nanming Dynasty will surely perish within a year."

Cai Shiying was also stunned by the demonstration just now, thinking that this barbarian is worthy of being Tang Shaoqing's old friend, and he really has a few tricks, and in a few words, he pointed out several major shortcomings of the new firearms battalion.

I heard that the Southerners have a heavy cavalry force that is not weak. If the New Firearms Battalion really went to the battlefield like it is now, it would probably suffer a big loss.He secretly rejoiced that the main force of Zhenghongqi was still waiting for the new guns to arrive in Shunde. Zheng could take this opportunity to retrain, increase the number of spearmen, exchange for eleven-dollar guns, and replace the muzzle dagger with axes and spears. Fang is foolproof.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glared at Gao Xiang again, this half-bottle!Almost took my army into the gutter.

In fact, the heavy cavalry of the Dragon Guards never charged when the enemy's formation was complete. The biggest threat to the Jianlu infantry was the Ming infantry line.

However, under many misleadings, Cai Shiying decided to reduce gunmen and increase spearmen, which is exactly what Zhu Linmi hoped.When the infantry on both sides fired at each other, the spearman was simply a target.

When Cai Shiying hurried to see Dorgon to report on revising the equipment and combat methods of the newly formed firearms battalion, Qiao Weili had no intention of giving up.

He leaned over to Tang Ruowang's side, showing concern, "John, what kind of cannon did you make recently?"

"Oh, the four-pound to twelve-pound semi-long cannons are the main ones, and the mold for the eighteen-pound cannon has also been completed, and it will be cast for the first time today..."

"Are you still doing these outdated things?!" Qiao Weili was shocked, "Now spiral shells are the mainstream, and the power of this thing is several times higher than that of cannons!"

"Rotating shells?" Tang Ruowang nodded, "That's right, in terms of range and shooting accuracy, rotating shells have an absolute advantage. But, Marcus, I haven't heard of anyone who has developed this technology. "

Qiao Weili smiled mysteriously, "Actually, my teacher had a set of mature ideas back then." Then he juggled and took out several blueprints from his body, "I perfected it a while ago, and I can be sure that it can be put into use now!"

"Father Schultz designed a cannon with spiral shells?!" Tang Ruowang was shocked. He took the drawings and looked at them carefully, only to see that it described a cannon with a hexagonal muzzle.The interior of the entire barrel is in a gentle spiral shape, extending from the muzzle to the bottom.The cannonball is a cylinder with six ridges on the surface, which twists like a twist.

He immediately understood that the six corners of this twisted shell would be stuck in the hexagonal bore, and it would definitely rotate with the spiral barrel when fired.

More importantly, it seems that this cannon is not difficult to forge, and it should be able to do it with my current technology.

He patted Qiao Weili's arm hard, and shouted excitedly: "Father Schultz is a genius! Oh, Marcus, you are a genius too! This cannon is amazing! We will start casting a few now, this thing must be Will dominate the entire battlefield!"

This kind of cannon with hexagonal barrel is the famous hexagonal rotary cannon in history.Of course, this thing will not appear until 200 years later, but this thing is also one of the most cursed artillery pieces in history.

(End of this chapter)