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After Wu Duowang and the others came to Lingao, they had nothing to do except observe the test firing of the artillery of the escort team. Their former boss, Sun Yuanhua, always ran to the arsenal and couldn't take care of them. After the mass production of the 10-pound field gun, that is, the 12-pound Napoleon gun, it amazed Wu Duowang and others: this new cast iron cannon is cheaper than the bronze cannon, much lighter than the Hongyi cannon of similar caliber, and the range and accuracy are even better.

After getting the prisoners of war, Xia Nan and Lin Weiye found them and asked them if they would like to go back to their old jobs and train artillery for the escort team.

"Mr. Uduowang, you are an expert in using cannons. If you want, I would like to hire you as our artillery instructors and train gunners for us. ”

Wu Duowang was surprised and delighted: "Very happy to serve!" ”

Lin Weiye said: "You have also seen our newly cast 12-pounder cannon, plus the original 12-pounder howitzer, this is our main artillery on land." If you accept this job, before you formally train the gunner, be sure to familiarize yourself with and master the performance of the two guns, test the angles that need to be adjusted for different ranges, and the amount of charge required for different types of ammunition. ”

Wu Duowang placed his right hand across his chest, leaned forward slightly, and replied respectfully, "This is what we should do." Please provide us with a few sample guns and allow us to use the range freely for testing. ”

"That's fine." Lin Weiye said, "At present, we only use the solid bullets of the 12-pounder mountain gun, which are fired at a 5° flat angle, and the amount of charge of the rest of the shotguns and grenades and the elevation range of larger angles are not accurate. After you test the data, I will engrave it on the inside cover of the gun case, and future gunners can choose the right way to shell in the shortest time on the battlefield by comparing the table. ”

Wu Duowang was impressed that this simple measure could allow the gunners to be trained in batches, and there would be no worse situations on the battlefield where the gunners would not be able to load the wrong amount of gunpowder needed to fire in a panic or spend too much time adjusting the range and angle.

They crossed the ocean to the Ming Kingdom, and they ate this bowl of rice, and their work in Dengzhou was destroyed by the rebels, and now they can return to their old business, and everyone is very happy. Under the leadership of Wu Duowang, they were stationed at the shooting range and began to calculate and fix the relevant data.

It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do. Mountain artillery and field artillery can fire solid shells, shotguns, and grenades, in addition to the short range of shotguns, which are relatively easy to test, the amount of gunpowder required for solid bullets and grenades is different, and the range of different firing angles is also different, even if the same type of ammunition is used, the caliber and shell weight of mountain guns and field guns are different, and their propellant and range must be measured separately.

After discussing with his companions, Wu Duowang chose to calculate separately according to the type of gun, that is, to measure the data of the three shells of the mountain artillery first, and then to measure the field artillery gun. The sky above the shooting range began to resound day and night, and Zuo Wuwei could also hear it in the barracks, and his heart was itching, and he just wanted to see this new cannon that could comprehensively suppress the Hongyi cannon as soon as possible.

In July, with ten newly cast 10-inch mortars, he boarded the "Lingao" in the summer, left Bofu Port in a low-key manner, and went straight to Guangzhou.

The bombardment of Guangzhou City is not a child's play, in addition to leaving 200 people to watch the house, there are more than 100 wounded, Xia Nan brought almost all his belongings, including 5 Wuyi-class.

This operation is actually very risky, there are thousands of Ming troops in Qiongshan, although they are left in Fucheng with a delaying tactic, which will not affect the operation in Guangzhou, but it is a great hidden danger to Lingao, who has been empty, if the purpose of this trip cannot be quickly achieved, the news will be transmitted back to Qiongshan, so that the Ming army knows that Lingao is singing an empty city plan, how can Bin be ready to move. Therefore, Xia Nan's plan was to make a time difference, run away after bombing Guangzhou City, and return to Lingao to sit and wait for Wang Zunde to fall before discussing the matter of appeasement.

On the "Lingao", Xia Nan and Lin Weiye stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the vast sea. Lin quipped: "Is this a 17th-century version of Blitzkrieg?" ”

"It's a long way off! The blitzkrieg of the Third Reich was to use the mobility of aircraft, tanks, and mechanized units to launch a surprise attack, and to decide the outcome of the war in the shortest possible time. We are empty in the rear, and we have no choice but to knock Wang Zunde and flash with a dull stick. In the final analysis, the strength is still insufficient, at this time, if I have 10,000 people, no, even if it is 5,000 people, I can fight on the two fronts of Guangzhou and Qiongzhou, blowing up Wang Zunde here, and crippling He Rubin there. ”

Lin Weiye nodded: "The advantage of Qiongzhou as a base is that the control of the Ming Dynasty is very weak, and it is easy to develop, but the disadvantage is that the population resources are insufficient, and the bottleneck of the population problem will be encountered when the development reaches a certain level, and the advantages and disadvantages are obvious." ”

"The population of the entire Qiongzhou is not as large as that of several inland counties, half of them are timid and fearful farmers, and half of them are untamable Li people. "There are many hungry people in northern Shaanxi, but we can't get along with Guangzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and we have to make decisions from that place in Shandong." ”

Lin Weiye thought thoughtfully: "Are you trying to take advantage of the opportunity of the Shandong Mutiny?" ”

"What do you think I risked my life to break into the rebels with the clues of the White Lotus Sect, and it wasn't to completely disrupt the whole of Shandong and create an opportunity to fish in troubled waters. If the development continues according to the original track of history, the mutiny of Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde will eventually evolve into a general battle with the imperial army under the city of Laizhou, except for the Denglai area, other states and counties are relatively stable. After I intervened in this way, the rebels avoided a premature decisive battle with the official army, and the whole of Shandong was muddy, no matter who won or lost in the end, it would leave a big mess: the people were displaced, the landlords' families were destroyed, and what awaited us at that time was an abundant labor force and soldiers, as well as a large number of borderless lands......"

Although I had heard him say something similar as early as Dengzhou, it was far less specific. Lin Weiye sighed: "Should I say that you have a long-term vision, or should I scold you for treating human life like a mustard?" ”

Xia Nan replied without hesitation: "Those who do big things are not informal, and the temporary sacrifice is to avoid greater disasters in the future." You only see the negative consequences that I have brought to the people of Shandong, but you don't think that their fate was even worse in the original history: the mutiny consumed the troops of Shandong and Tianjin, weakened the defense capabilities of the Beizhili region, and made the invasion of the Qing army easier. The Qing army alone entered the customs for the fifth time, and nearly 500,000 people were captured in Shandong and other places, with countless casualties. ”

(To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.