The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 421 Tang Ruowang of "On the Way"

In Europe in the seventeenth century, ballistics based on mechanics and geometry had begun to develop. Many military experts knew that cannonballs rotating along the axis had a long range and a stable trajectory.

In fact, the earliest rifled guns have appeared in Europe right now, but because of the labor-intensive and extremely high cost of hand-crafting, and the lack of suitable bullets, they have always been limited to research by enthusiasts.

As for the rifled gun, although everyone knows that this thing is good, the technical threshold is too high, and the horoscope has not been written yet.

Cannons are no better than rifles. Due to the extremely high chamber pressure, as long as the rifling engraved in the two-meter-long barrel is even a little uneven, the chamber will easily explode.Before the advent of precision measuring instruments, it was difficult to produce qualified rifled cannons.

In addition, there is the problem of shells, which in this era are all spherical.Therefore, even if a cannon with rifling can be built, how to make the iron ball fit into the rifling, so as to generate torsion when firing, is still an insurmountable obstacle for weapons experts.

In order to solve these problems, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the British engineer Wisworth finally came up with a "good solution", that is, the hexagonal rotary gun.

Since the rifling is not easy to process, the entire barrel is used as the "rifling", and the six gently twisted sections are acting as an axial torsion force for the shell.And making a hexagonal barrel is a hundred times easier than machining fine rifling.

At the same time, he also invented the supporting shells.A cylinder with the same six sides, twisted to the same degree as the barrel, can be easily inserted into the barrel from the muzzle.When firing, the six sides of the barrel and shell meet, creating torque.

This kind of cannon has the advantages of rifled guns, but the processing difficulty is much lower than that of later rifled guns.After it was manufactured, it shocked the world immediately - the effective range of more than five miles!As long as the gunner can aim accurately, he can accurately hit a gate from three miles away!The muzzle-loading smoothbore gun immediately became a grandson in front of it.

Even the Qing government at that time spent huge sums of money to purchase such advanced cannons, which shows its influence.

However, the excellent performance is accompanied by the defect of the hexagonal rotary gun from the mother's womb-because the inner side of the barrel is hexagonal, the wall at the knuckle is very thin, and the huge structural stress will be concentrated here.With the level of processing in the mid-nineteenth century, it is inevitable that this gun will often explode.

In addition, the friction between the twist-shaped shell and the barrel is also extremely high. As long as the shell is processed a little irregularly, or the surface is not smooth enough, it is easy to get stuck in the barrel and cannot be fired.The result is still a blast.

Therefore, in the eyes of gunners, this kind of gun quickly became synonymous with "exploding chamber", "jammed bullet" and "scrap iron". Even though it had excellent performance, troops refused to install it soon after.

But just from the drawings, the design of this gun is absolutely perfect.All kinds of problems can only be exposed after a lot of test firing after it is built.

This is why Zhu Linmi specifically asked Qiao Weili to teach Tang Ruowang the hexagonal rotary gun.He is well aware of the level of casting technology in this era. The hexagonal rotary gun seems not difficult to manufacture, but without stamping, boring and drilling equipment, it is simply a dream to make a usable finished product.

Tang Ruowang is familiar with Western artillery manufacturing technology. In the early Qing Dynasty, more than [-]% of the cannons were cast by him, basically reaching the same technical level as Europe.

Therefore, in order to bring the technology tree of Jianlu in artillery, we must start with this person.

Qiao Weili wanted to brag a little more about the hexagonal rotary gun, but Tang Ruo, holding the blueprint with trembling hands, was the first to shout excitedly: "This is simply an artifact gifted by God! I dare say that the cannons in the past can compare with it. Get up, you can only throw it in the garbage dump!"

"No, that's right!" Qiao Weili found that his lines had been robbed by him, and he almost didn't know what to say, "Those cannons now are just rubbish."

Tang Ruowang's eyes lit up, "If this cannon can be produced in large quantities, I believe the Qing Dynasty will win the war within a few months. Their emperor will definitely not reject me as the chief hero, oh no, it's you, Ma Kuss, a missionary request throughout China!

"God! For the sake of the Holy See, for His Majesty the Pope! I want to mobilize all my strength to build this kind of cannon, and the construction of those old-style cannons should be stopped for the time being. By the way, Marcus, you come together, after all, you are One of the designers."

In fact, Qiao Weili didn't know why the assistant king of Ming Dynasty gave such advanced weapons to the enemy army, but he was clear about one thing, that is, he didn't know how to make cannons at all.

He smiled awkwardly and waved his hands, "Oh, actually, I'm only familiar with design, and casting is not my strong point." He immediately remembered that he skipped at least [-]% of the casting courses when he was studying in Shenluo Kingdom, and his face couldn't help one red.

"Oh, that's such a pity." Tang Ruowang glanced at the drawing again, and said to himself, "But the design drawing is very detailed, and I believe it can be made in a short time!"

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Although a total of nearly 15 troops were stationed in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the war was imminent, there was no atmosphere of war in the city of Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River.

It has been more than a year since the massacre, and the prosperity of the city has recovered seven or eight points.

On the bank of Taihu Lake, the street near the magistrate's office is very lively.In the best part of the street, a newly opened "Suji Treasures Shop" is quite inconspicuous compared with the centuries-old shops around it, but recently it has been crowded with people, and other shops are admired.Gein's store sells all rare items, such as "wind-up fans" and "revolving lampstands", which seem to be driven by fairy magic, and it is hard to put it down.

A man in official uniform stepped into Su Jizhen's store, flicked his braids, and shouted to his attendants: "Clear the venue, get on the door."

"As ordered!"

"Did you hear that? Let's go, let's all go out!"

"What about you, be quick!"

"Put down the things in your hand, get out!"

The shopkeeper ran out in a hurry and said in surprise, "You, what are you doing?!"

"What are you shouting for?!" Immediately, a small official reached out to stop him, then looked at the officials behind him, and said proudly: "This is Mr. Ma, the general judge of Yangzhou government."

Rank-[-] member? !The shopkeeper hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "I have met Master Ma." He said with a bitter face, "It's just that I do business according to the rules, you are..."

Seeing that all the customers were driven away, Ma Tongpan said: "Get up. You don't need to open your store. Mr. Cai ordered that your goods here are good. From now on, you can send all of them directly to the warehouse of the magistrate's yamen."

"All?" Anecdote rubbed his hands and smiled, "Master, you are joking, how can you use so many things for entertainment, I have more than 2 taels of goods in this store..."

"Where is 2 taels enough?" Ma Tongjuan snorted coldly, "Master Cai will give a set to each of the dignitaries in the capital, and they will be allotted in a blink of an eye. Hurry up and buy more, more than a dozen or 20 taels are not too much." many."

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