A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

What can I say about this big tube? Oda Nobunaga in another parallel plane will come up with it in a few years, and even destroy other people's city walls.

It is absolutely bluffing when shooting. This thing is as big as a small cannon, but the barrel is short, which means that the range is not too far. Now the killing range of forty to fifty meters is obvious. , no explanation is needed.

Secondly, there is a problem that is difficult to solve. The projectiles of the iron cannon are all lead bullets. Everyone knows this. But lead is not that stable and often breaks after being shot.

Those were just small projectiles worth six, eight, or ten cents, but today's big tubes can shoot projectiles weighing a hundred cents. If you make a big projectile out of lead, you might be dead as soon as you shoot it out. So Imagawa Yoshichichi and the others used shotguns, dozens of small projectiles, to hit a fan.

It’s not that shotguns are bad, Koheita even thinks that shotguns are more in line with Japan’s Warring States period. A cannonball hit and a bunch of them were killed, but a shotshell hit and all the soldiers in front were killed.

Among the armies of various majors, the front row is the most well-equipped and capable, while those in the back are small warriors with weak or even unarmored armor. Shotguns have a miraculous effect on the front.

However, shooting shotgun shells will further reduce the range of the large barrel. From a distance of tens of meters, you can actually only shoot one round, and you have to retreat. The battle between two armies will not give you time to reload the barrel, nor will it give you a chance for a second round.

And limited by the caliber and volume of the barrel, the fan size of this shotgun is actually not large. It may only cover a side-by-side queue of six or seven people, which really doesn't mean much in a large-scale battle involving tens of thousands of people.

Of course, if you have 2,000 or 3,000 people fighting against each other, and there are only a hundred or ten people in a reserve team, the only people in the front row who can really dare to fight in such a small reserve team are probably those who will be hit by a big gun all at once. Everything collapsed.

In the overall social environment of Japan's Warring States Period, Koheita felt that Otsutsuki could still achieve meritorious service in small-scale contact battles and defense of narrow mountain towns. As for the rest, that's it.

Because if you want to shoot shotgun, why do you need a big barrel? Let’s go directly to Baizi Folangji!

A Fo Lang machine with seven main guns can fire thousands or even thousands of projectiles in a few minutes, and the range is at least 100 or 200 meters. As long as the main gun is thickened and lengthened, it can easily hit 200 to 300 meters.

That sour and refreshing!

Xiao Pingtai just looks down on Da Tong. He already has Bai Zi Fo Lang and he has no idea what to do with Da Tong.

"Lord, do you know about the Folangji people?" "Huh? Are you talking about the Nanman people from Kyushu?"

"Yes, the Southern Barbarians are also divided into many countries, and the Folangji people are also one country."

"What's wrong?" "My servant has heard that the Nanman merchant ships have larger iron cannons."

"Bigger?" Everyone present looked at Gui Zhu's large holding tube, and the words "bigger" quickly began to swirl in their minds.

"Actually, the Dameng Country on the other side already has a large iron cannon called the Baizi Folangji. It uses a double-shot gun and is equipped with four to nine child guns. It can be fired in series at a distance of up to 150 rooms!"

"One hundred and fifty rooms!" Even Imakawa Yoshinori was stunned at this moment. His mouth could be opened wide enough to hold an egg! One hundred and fifty is a full 200 meters away, and any bow, arrow or cannon at this distance is a joke.

"That's right, if a gun is equipped with seven sub-guns, the iron cannon will fire three times, but the Folang machine gun can already fire seven times, and thousands of projectiles will rain down, covering a width of twenty rooms."

"Thousands? Twenty?" Not to mention Imagawa Yoshiki, even Yamauchi Yoshiharu was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

Firearms began to spread on a large scale from the Song Dynasty. The copper muskets from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties have been widely circulated. The Japanese were exposed to the fire gate gun quite early, but the firearms at that time were not very effective and unstable, so they have never been used. spread.

When the iron cannon was introduced, those who had been fighting for hundreds of years immediately discovered its merits, and it became popular all over the country in an instant.

But now that Xiaoheita said that the Folang machine gun was more than ten times more powerful than the iron cannon, how could he not be tempted.

"Nanbarbarians? Folang's gun!" Yamauchi Yoshiharu seems to be planning something?

"Da Meng's country is vast and has vast resources. If Ken He is still with His Highness, we can try to plan something. However, the ship has been inoperable for many years, and it seems that Da Meng will not allow us to purchase such a sharp weapon." Yamauchi Yiji thought about it for a moment.

"Koheita, do you think it's possible to buy it in Sakai Town?" "I don't know if it's available in Sakai, but you can definitely buy it in Lotus Ao!" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu seemed to be interested too, and Koheita took it for granted.

"Where is that?" "Da Meng Kingdom Guangdong is the envoy of the Provincial Government." "Then we still have to entrust the Southern Barbarians! What's more, Dameng Country is willing to sell it?"

"Lianhua Ao is already a leased area for the Folangji people. Although it is still the land of Dameng, there are countless Nanman Folangji people living there."

The Portuguese in Macau have a black face and a tough hand. They will rip off customers if they can't beat the big men. The Hongyi cannons dare to sell for a thousand gold each, which makes them crazy. However, the closest place where it can be officially legally traded is Macau, which has no branches.

"Most of the Southern Barbarian businessmen and Southern Barbarian missionaries in the country come from Lianhua'ao. If they travel quickly, they can make a round trip in two to three months."

It was obvious that everyone in the Yamauchi family was moved, including Harumiya Hosokawa, who was also thinking carefully about the issue of Fo Lang's gun.

Then the old man asked a soul question: "An iron cannon costs twelve taels of gold. I guess the Folan gun costs ten times and a hundred times that? Xiaoping Tai."

"My lord, what you said is certainly true. If you buy it from the Southern Barbarians, I'm afraid you won't be able to buy one without three thousand taels of gold."

This number is so exaggerated, so exaggerated.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu subconsciously wanted to say that he couldn't afford it, but he felt embarrassed and shrank back when he spoke.

"It's really too expensive. It's better to buy hundreds of iron cannons than this." Hosokawa Harugong's abacus sounded loudly.

"Father, why don't you go to Sakai and ask directly, maybe it's cheaper?" After hearing the price, Imagawa Yoshichichi still didn't give up and wanted to go and see it.

"There must be some connection between Nawu and the Kyushu trade route. Maybe we can introduce him to it." Of course Xiaopingta also wants to get one. After all, Yamauchi Yoshiharu is reluctant to part with it, and Xiaopingta is willing to give it up. Recently, he has become extremely rich and has nowhere to spend money. .

"Well, in that case, the May Day gifts haven't been sent to Kyoto yet, Saburo Goro, you and Koheita should go there."

Imagawa Yoshichichi was overjoyed and very happy to go out and see the world. Xiaopingtai doesn't mind making this trip. Anyway, the property in the mountain is taken care of, so there is no need to keep an eye on it.

"Three thousand strings will be returned to the city to pay you!"

Well, my mouth says no, but my body is very honest.