Chapter 1385

Since the establishment of the Jiaodong Navy, those pirates have become the best training opponents of the Jiaodong Navy. In the past two years, the pirates in the northern waters of the Great Song Dynasty have almost been wiped out.

Even the pirates who escaped by luck did not dare to continue in the northern seas, but fled to the south to survive.

However, after many encounters with pirates, the Jiaodong Navy found that a big problem was that in addition to the long-range shooting of bows and crossbows at the beginning of the naval battle, and then the broadside battle, it relied more on personal bravery and the number of soldiers.

It can be said that the navy of the Great Song Dynasty, or the sailors, lacked the effective means to decide the outcome at a long distance, even if they put those heavy crossbows on the deck, what the heavy crossbows could do was to effectively kill a single target, and also use the range to shoot fire arrows at the opponent's warship.

But the problem is that many times, when the two sides are engaged, once it rains, hehe, the range and power of the long-range weapon will not only be reduced, but the fire arrow or something is almost unusable, all that can be done is to go in and out with a white knife in and out of the pocket cloth shirtless together.

Therefore, after considering and discussing with Zhao Ji, Wang Yang decided to trial produce an artillery that can be erected on a warship, the recoil will not be too large, and the range does not need to be too far, but it can be suitable for warship environmental warfare, and will have a strong ability to destroy the ship.

After walking a short distance, I came to a test site, but it seemed very strange, that is, in this clearing, there were two ships that looked a little dilapidated.

After the Son of Heaven and the big men boarded the ship with Wang Yang, they noticed that on the straight deck, there were actually a few cannons, and the direction of the muzzles was aimed at the other ship on the opposite side that was no more than eighty zhang away in a straight line from this side

Moreover, these guns, which were larger in caliber and shorter barrels than the previous guns, were packed in a wooden box similar to a rectangular shape, with a total of four wheels on both sides, and at the rear of the guns, several heavy sacks were piled up, which appeared to contain what appeared to be dirt.

"These two 2,000-material ships, just getting them here and reassembling them took a lot of effort." Wang Yang patted the side of the broken ship and explained.

"Could it be that these are also cannonballs?" The sharp-eyed Son of Heaven first asked the artillerymen who were kneeling on the ground to get up, and soon paid attention to the strange thing in the wooden box next to the artillery.

"Your Majesty, this is a cannonball specially used for use at sea, this cannonball, I name it a chain bullet, you see, both ends are iron balls, and the middle is tied with a six-foot-long iron chain, and when it is fired, it needs to be put on a wooden board between it and the gunpowder......

"If this thing is used in land warfare, it may not be very useful, but if it is used in naval warfare, it is absolutely second to none in terms of the ability to destroy warships."

"After listening to Lord Wang's words, it made me curious, why don't you try a few shots and see how it works?" A military bigwig couldn't help but suggest.

"Yes, I also want to see if it is really as sharp as Wang Wushan said." The Son of Heaven nodded with a smile.

Wang Yang bowed slightly towards the head of the drill who was in charge of the drill. "Zhao Dutou, let's test the artillery, so that Your Majesty and all the adults can see the power of these naval weapons."

After the commander said yes loudly, he turned around and began to roar at the soldiers. Soon, the artillerymen who were responsible for operating the five guns lined up began to get busy quickly.

Years of practice have made every movement of them standardized and fast, and soon, the gunpowder package was filled, the lead was pulled, and the chain bullet was also stuffed into the muzzle, with a piece of order.

The five guns, with a sudden shock, spewed out billowing smoke and blazing smoke in front of them, and then slammed into the sandbags in the rear.

The chain bullets that were ejected from the barrel of the cannon clearly came into everyone's sight, and with the swirling green smoke, the iron pellets at both ends pulled the iron chain straight, and spun and flew towards the opposite ship.

A series of deafening crushing sounds were heard, and a chain bullet directly broke the mast of the two thousand ships on the opposite side, making an unpleasant creaking sound, and fell weakly on the deck, one of which missed the target and flew away from the hull.

And there was also a chain bomb, which directly broke a big hole in the originally open sail, and two chain bullets, directly on the side of the ship, opened two broken and hideous long wounds.

After seeing this scene, all the officials present couldn't help but gasp.

Wang Yang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth lightly, and gestured to this Zhao Dutou slightly, good job young man, he finally didn't test so much gunpowder in vain.

"If my Great Song Dynasty's warships have such sharp weapons, then don't say those pirates, even if it is a Northern Liao warship, I'm afraid they won't be able to take a few hits, right?"

However, compared to these artillery guns used at sea, these military bigwigs can only praise them at most, and express their appropriate surprise at their power.

In their eyes, it was still those Yuanyu Shenwei cannons that were suitable for recklessness on land that made their hearts sway.

Turning around the Yuanyu Shenwei Artillery Test Range, here is a newly established military camp, surrounded by mountains, not far away, is the Gunpowder Manufacturing Bureau and the Artillery Manufacturing Workshop.

I don't know how many Great Song Forbidden Army troops were stationed around, and they surrounded this place like an iron bucket. And the hidden piles are even more outrageous, it can be said that the strictness of the defense here is no less than the palace of the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

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For a whole day, those military bigwigs and the Son of Heaven were satisfied, so they left and headed towards Bianliang, Tokyo, Wang Yang and Zhao Ji were sitting on the royal car of Zhao Xu, the Son of Heaven.

After thinking about it, Zhao Xu, the Son of Heaven, still seemed a little hesitant to ask Wang Yang. "Wouldn't it be too wasteful to really transport artillery to the garrison in Liaodong?"

"Your Majesty, now, I am the Great Song Dynasty, and now it can be regarded as a level. There will definitely be conflicts and wars, that is, the Liaodong Peninsula. ”

"The important thing is the Liaodong Peninsula, and my Great Song Jiaodong Peninsula across the sea, although the big ships need one day to arrive, but there is a big problem, if it is in the monsoon when the waves come, then the Liaodong Peninsula will become a lone army, can only rely on themselves."

"Now, the Liaodong Peninsula, now that it is in the hands of my Great Song Dynasty, it is impossible to lose it again. Therefore, the minister thought that the court should maximize the limited conditions so that the Great Song Huben garrisoning the Liaodong Peninsula could obtain more and more effective defensive weapons to resist the large-scale conflict that was likely to follow. ”

"Yes, the official family, the younger brother also thinks that now that the Yuanyou Shenwei cannons cast by my Great Song Dynasty have reached nearly five hundred of five kinds, and it is time to let them go to the battlefield, test their power, and let all the countries in the world fear the great military might of my Great Song Dynasty."

"And this kind of weapon, even if it really falls into the hands of the enemy, without gunpowder and corresponding shells, is just a pile of scrap metal."