Da Qin: Destroyed the Xiongnu at the beginning

Therefore, it can be said that the artillery not only does not have the disadvantages of catapults, but is much stronger than catapults in terms of advantages, and can undoubtedly play an extremely important role in foreign operations!

And after listening to Fusu's detailed introduction to artillery, the ministers in the court also smiled one by one.

In particular, Wang Ben and Meng Tian, generals who have been fighting abroad all the year round, were even more excited after hearing about the advantages of artillery.

After all, for them, when fighting outside, the most difficult thing is not the enemy's soldiers, but the enemy's high walls.

Especially those ancient countries that once had glory, although the strength of their advanced army was not good, they were let Wang Ben and Meng Tian command the Qin army to fight in vain.

However, with the glory of their ancestors, the walls of these ancient countries were often built tall and strong, and the enemy army knew that there was a huge gap between them and the soldiers of the Qin army, so they stuck to the city like turtles.

In this case, even Wang Ben and Meng Tian have a headache.

Because the experience of countless battles tells them that even if they lead the soldiers to forcibly attack the city, they basically return in vain, and they can only slowly drag on until they run out of ammunition and food, coupled with the continuous bombardment of catapults, there is a possibility of capturing the city in one fell swoop.

And the appearance of artillery can undoubtedly solve this problem perfectly.

Because under the terrifying power of the artillery, most of the city walls are just as brittle as paper, and even if the city walls cannot be broken for a while, it is enough to fire a few more cannonballs.

"As my father said, with all the excellent qualities possessed by artillery, it is indeed worthy of my Great Qin's vigorous support for this. "

"And now the biggest problem with artillery is still in the steel material. "

"Gunpowder mixed with sulfur releases a large amount of heat energy during the ejection process, which is the key to determining the range of artillery shells, and the barrel of the firearm bears the brunt of this vapor heat. "

"Since this steam heat energy can spray more than a dozen pounds of shells into an area several miles away, you must be able to imagine how much energy it contains, such a huge amount of energy, its temperature will also reach an extremely high level, and the steel materials used to make firearms are also extremely demanding. "

"The reason why the artillery I showed to my father and the ministers last time was made of bronze was precisely because the level of steel developed by the engineering institute was not enough. "

"If we can concentrate the resources and energy of the engineering institute and shift the focus of research and development from firearms manufacturing to artillery manufacturing, I believe that it will be of great benefit to both the improvement of the steel level and the production of artillery. "

Fusu made his own proposal.

In fact, what Fusu wanted to make from the beginning was originally artillery, and now the name of this firearm, but the actual effect is like a grenade, which is just a by-product of the artillery shells that he and the Academy of Engineering inadvertently manufactured.

Although the power of this black iron bump is good, and it also has relatively strong strategic significance, it is just a drop in the bucket compared to artillery, and it can be regarded as the icing on the cake.

What can really shine on the battlefield, or even directly determine the outcome of a war, has to be artillery.

However, now, because the firearms battalion is in full swing and there are various training grounds that can show their power, many people, including Yingzheng, have seen the strength of the firearms battalion.

As a result, the production of firearms occupies almost more than 50 percent of the research resources of the Daqin Engineering Academy, while the development of better and stronger artillery has been greatly neglected, accounting for less than 5 percent.

"Compared to the artillery you just introduced, firearms are indeed a lot worse than it in terms of practicality and power. "

"Human resources and other items are already limited, so the focus should naturally be placed where they are most needed. "

"In that case, Fusu, then do what you just said, and I will let everyone in the engineering academy cooperate with you according to your requirements. "

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"Rest assured, the son will not live up to his father's trust. "

Fusu bowed in response, with confidence on his face.

He has decided to use his reputation to exchange for more advanced steel forging techniques in the System Shop.

With the rapid development of Daqin's science and technology, whether it is a railway train, or a firearm or artillery that is about to be used, they have very high requirements for the refining degree of steel.

With Daqin's existing steel forging technology, it would be fine if it was only used to make rough items such as soldier armor, and the train and railroad could barely make do under the ultra-high temperature forging and firing. []

However, if it is used to make more delicate things such as cannon barrels, it is obviously not very suitable, because the accuracy of the steel used in them is slightly not achieved, and the possibility of the cannon exploding is greatly increased, which is very dangerous.

Even if there is no explosion, the barrel made of steel iron with low precision will have much less wear resistance, and it may be completely scrapped after just a few uses.

For example, Fusu asked the Engineering Institute to cast a bronze cannon for the first time in 647 to show the power of the cannon to Yingzheng and the ministers, but it was scrapped shortly after the display, which is the disadvantage caused by the lack of steel forging technology.

Therefore, it is almost necessary to improve steel forging technology.

With the current level of science and technology of the Daqin Engineering Academy, if they want to study and improve it on their own, then if they want the steel forging technology to be improved to the point where it is more than enough to make artillery barrels, I am afraid that they will have to wait at least five or six years, and they must have the guidance of Fusu.

In the past five or six years, the production of many new utensils has to be put on hold, which is obviously extremely unfavorable to the future development of Daqin.

Rather than wasting time like this, it is better to exchange reputation for more advanced steel forging technology, anyway, with his reputation value of more than 3,000 years, it is not enough to exchange it for other epoch-making technology, if you just let it exist there, this reputation value is just a number, meaningless.

And with more advanced steel forging technology, it will be possible for Great Qin to manufacture more firearms and artillery as soon as possible, and with their powerful destructive power, it will be enough for Great Qin's military power to leave other countries far behind, and it will be difficult to surpass them in a hundred years.

Great Qin can also use this to achieve the great cause of dominating the world!