I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1007 It's not a dream!
Its appearance can be said to be a milestone in the strengthening of the Ming army's combat effectiveness.

Some people may say that it seems that it is not difficult to build such a cannon. Since it is so powerful, why has no one thought of it before.

It's not that no one thought of it, but that even if they thought of it, they couldn't do it.

You know, in the past, artillery was either made of brass or cast iron.

But what is brass? In this day and age, copper is money.

A cannon of a few thousand catties is worth almost 1000 taels of silver just for the cost of materials. If the cost of various processes is included, the amount will double.

You thought it was over, far from it.

The yield rate of a cannon is very low, if three or four cannons are built together, if one of them is qualified, it is all bad luck.

Usually, at least five or six cannons have to be built to get a qualified cannon.

Calculated in this way, the cost of a cannon weighing several thousand catties is less than one or two thousand taels of silver.

Dozens of cannons, that is a few 10 taels of silver.

A few 10 taels of silver are equivalent to a year's salary for an army of [-] to [-].

In this era when wars are almost entirely dependent on large numbers of people, in the eyes of many people, an army of 2 people is more useful than dozens of cannons, so there is a reason why cannons have not been able to achieve revolutionary development. .

Of course, here is what kind of heavy artillery can blast through the city wall.

Which kind of light gun is used on the battleship, the firepower is much weaker, and the cost is correspondingly much cheaper.

Generally speaking, it is not that the ancients did not want to build more cannons, but the limitations of technology and the high cost prevented the development of cannons, a major weapon of war, for a long time.

But since Li Tian invented the hydraulic forging hammer, the output of fine steel has taken a qualitative leap.

This made it possible for them to use refined steel instead of brass to cast cannons.

You know, the price of a piece of fine steel used to be comparable to that of gold of the same weight.

They are not even willing to use copper to cast cannons, so how could they be willing to use fine steel comparable to gold to cast cannons.

In addition, the quality of the fine steel in the past cannot be compared with the steel made by Li Tian and the others today.

Using fine steel may not be able to make a qualified cannon, so they have never tried it.

The quality and cost of the cannon had been reduced to such an extent all of a sudden, which was the main reason why Liu Baohe and others were so excited.

Li Tian couldn't understand it for a while, but this didn't prevent him from praising Liu Baohe and others for their efforts.

The dozens of artillery pieces in front of us have all been tested and are ready to be delivered to the new army.

Looking at the brand-new artillery lined up in front of me, it seems that they are waiting for their future masters to inspect.

Li Tian still couldn't help but feel a surge of the iron horse ice river falling into a dream.

He imagined the scene where so many cannons roared in unison, the city wall collapsed, and the enemy's army formation collapsed in an instant, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly.

"This is what my Ming Dynasty should look like, and this is what a powerful country should have, the vigor and heritage it should have!"

"Liu Bao and you guys did a great job.

But this amount is still far from enough. In the future, I plan to build [-] cannons, and then spread them to the nine sides, to see that blind guy, how dare he disrespect our Daming! "

Hearing Li Tian's words, Liu Baohe showed a very embarrassed look on his face.

These dozens of cannons have exhausted all the fine steel that the arsenal and Chen Ji have produced in the past six months.

100 cannons, based on the current production capacity, fifty cannons in half a year, one hundred cannons in a year, ten thousand cannons, but it will take [-] years.

He thought Li Tian was just joking.

But Li Tian didn't. He really planned to build [-] cannons.

According to his calculations, a battalion of 500 people must be equipped with at least twenty or thirty such cannons in order to ensure absolute suppression of firepower.

Calculated in this way, 1000 people need [-] doors, and an army of one million needs [-] doors.

It seems that there is no problem with the data, but in fact it cannot be calculated simply.

Li Tian predicted that within three to five years, as long as he could arm a modern army of 20 people, he would be able to flatten any force in the world.

Any more would be a waste.

With 20 people, nearly [-] cannons are needed to arm them.

If you want to count the need for cannons on future battleships, the number of [-] cannons is far from enough.

Based on a medium-sized battleship and a dozen cannons.

A hundred warships would require several thousand doors.

However, a hundred battleships is at best the size of a fleet.

In the future, if the Ming Dynasty wants to fight for hegemony in the oceans, at least three or five fleets, hundreds or even thousands of large and small warships will be needed.

The number of artillery needed is not a small number.

He said to build [-] gates, or to say less.

Of course, Liu Baohe and others couldn't think of his idea.

This almost impossible goal, they just treat it as a fantasy.

Looking at their expressions, Li Tian almost guessed what they were thinking, but he was not in a hurry to explain to them.

Whether so many cannons can be built depends mainly on whether the third lady can manage the steel factory well in the future.

Now that the steel plant has not been seen yet, it is still a bit early to say this.

He smiled slightly, as if he had lightly covered the subject.

These fifty cannons, Li Tian planned to divide them into two parts and arm them to the two new troops respectively.

Half of the new army will follow him to Nanjing to guard against possible rebellion in Nanjing.

The other half was sent to the north to garrison, ready to give a big surprise to the Mongols who plotted against the law.

At present, although the number has not yet reached the ideal number of Li Tian, ​​but for the time being, it is enough.

The scene of more than twenty cannons lined up was extremely shocking.

He believes that few of today's cold-armed troops can resist such fire suppression.

With 2000 people, it is not impossible to win 2 people.

With the addition of these cannons, Li Tian has more confidence in this trip to Nanjing.

"How long will it take for these cannons to be fully delivered!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, all these have been debugged, and it will be put into use immediately, and there is no problem!"

Li Tian silently nodded,

"That's good, there is still half a month, enough for those recruits to get familiar with how to use it!"

"Go and inform Cheng Guogong and the others, let them come to check and accept as soon as possible, and then start training immediately, tell them that there is no need to save ammunition, and the most important thing is to train me a pair of artillery that can really fight in half a month .”

(End of this chapter)