I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1006

"Your Majesty, can I make a copy of this blueprint?"

Li Tian naturally understood what he meant, smiled slightly, and was about to hand him the blueprint.

But just halfway through the delivery, he stopped, and added a shoulder-crossing tactical strap on the drawing with a few simple strokes.

Originally, the belt designed by Li Tian was only suitable for carrying short weapons such as pistols, and it was not suitable for soldiers who needed to march hundreds of miles in a hurry.

However, with the addition of a simple shoulder strap, it is perfectly solved.

This shoulder strap can not only play the role of fixing the belt, but with a little modification, the shoulder strap can also become a carrier for carrying ammunition or small arms.

It can be said that it provides more choices for soldiers' armed methods, making tactics easier and faster.

Of course, the combat power bonus that a tactical belt can provide is very limited.

But this does not prevent the soldiers from loving it.

There is no such thing, but don't be quite big.

Liu Baohe also saw the potential of this thing, so he licked his face and asked Li Tian for the blueprint of this thing.

In this era, people carry some gadgets with them. Generally, they are not placed on the chest or in the sleeves. Some people even put some secret things in the boots (in ancient times, people were not used to putting them on their clothes. upper sewn pockets).

In this way, it will be very inconvenient when you need to use these things.

Think about fumbling around in your sleeves or in your arms before using something, which seems inconvenient no matter how you look at it.

In daily life, everyone gets used to it and forget it.

But it would be inappropriate to put it on soldiers.

You can't fight the enemy desperately here, so suddenly put your hand into your arms to touch the spare weapon.

Although the ancients also had the habit of hanging some things around their waists, things like swords that couldn’t fit into the sleeves were still hung around their waists or carried on their backs.

But the original belt was not used for it, and it would always feel a bit nondescript to do this.

But if you wear this special tactical belt, it will still be very helpful for soldiers to get weapons and supplies.

In fact, Li Tian had already considered this issue when designing the uniforms for the new army.

He also went out of his way to add a pocket or two to his uniform.

It's just that the craftsmen, who had never been in the habit of bumping pockets on their bodies before, regarded the pocket as an ornament rather than something of practical value.

It is true to say that the pockets on the clothes can also be decorated with small gadgets.

But if it is equipped with a dagger, ammunition or something, it is still not very suitable.

Li Tian knew that he hadn't worn the uniform of the new army himself, nor had he conducted actual drills, so he forgot about it.

After finishing the tactical belt for himself, he remembered that the new army didn't seem to have such a suitable belt yet.

Passing the redrawn belt drawing to Liu Baohe, Li Tian instructed,
"This thing wears out quickly. In order to ensure the quality, it is best to choose thick cowhide to make it..."

When Liu Baohe heard this, he was slightly taken aback, his mind was full of question marks,

"Why do you have to use cowhide, can't you use other types of leather!"

In fact, the reason why Li Tian said such a sentence was just a bad joke.

He suddenly remembered an anecdote about the former revolutionary martyrs.

According to legend, during the Long March, there was a famine, and the soldiers had nothing to eat, so they had to boil their own belts, and finally survived the most difficult period.

I don't know if this rumor is true or not, and Li Tian doesn't know whether he can still try it after the belt is sold.

But if it is really possible, it may be his little thought to leave a way out for the soldiers when they are in a desperate situation.

In fact, in this era, apart from cowhide, there is nothing else suitable for making this tactical belt. Even if Li Tian doesn't specifically tell it, craftsmen will most likely choose cowhide as a material.

The belt thing is over in no time.

Asking people to put away their new toys, Li Tian continued to visit with Liu Baohe.

In the arsenal, the only things that are worthy of Li Tian's inspection at this time are the military uniforms of the new army and the near-perfect Imperial Type I artillery that has been modified after continuous testing.

Because it is the army's field equipment, transportation issues must be considered.

Therefore, this flat-fire gun minimizes the reminder and its own weight.

After extreme compression, under the premise of ensuring sufficient firepower, Liu Baohe and others controlled the overall weight of the cannon to about six or seven hundred catties, which is considered to have compressed the performance to the limit.

If it was lighter, I am afraid that the gun barrel would not be able to fire a few shots, and the barrel would burst.

In fact, only people like Li Tian who have seen all kinds of cannons in later generations have no special feeling for this small and exquisite but not bad steel cannon.

There is even a little bit of a sense of lack of interest.

But he can't be blamed for this, who told him that he didn't know much about the development process of artillery in real history.

You know, one of the most important functions of artillery in ancient times was to attack cities.

In order to penetrate the thick city wall, the firepower of the artillery must be strong enough and large enough.

However, based on the smelting technology of the ancients, a cannon capable of knocking down a city wall would cost at least several thousand catties.

Why is it so heavy?
It's not because, if it is not heavy enough, the amount of gunpowder is not enough to hit far.

But if you want to load more gunpowder, you must ensure that the barrel is strong enough.

However, due to the immature smelting technology in ancient times, the quality of metal was far from being comparable to that of later generations.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the artillery does not explode, they can only continuously increase the thickness of the artillery barrel to reduce the possibility of explosion.

In this way, it is not surprising that a cannon weighs a few thousand catties, or even tens of thousands of catties.

But now, the artillery in front of Li Tian, ​​which can be called Xiuzhen, seems to be no big deal in Li Tian's eyes, but in the eyes of Liu Baohe and others, it can be called a magic weapon.

Because it is not only light, but also very convenient to carry, and it can be easily pulled by one or two batches of horses.

Moreover, its firepower is no worse than those heavy artillery that weighed one or two thousand catties in the past.

This is a revolutionary breakthrough.

You know, because the cannon is too heavy, in many cases, a big killer like cannon is useless.

But now with this kind of portable artillery, it can be said that artillery can join 80.00% of the battles in the future.

(End of this chapter)