"Field artillery?"

Chen Qi's expression became serious, and now Xiao Ming personally came over to say that this matter must be that the Qingzhou Army will soon be able to use this kind of field artillery. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he saw the Dutch towed field guns in Dengzhou this time, he understood that he was still lagging behind Europe in terms of military technology, because the field guns used by the Dutch were basically not much different from the contemporary Napoleonic field guns.

The appearance of weapons similar to Napoleon's field guns at this point in time is enough to prove that Europe in this time and space surpassed the contemporary time in terms of science and technology for fifty or sixty-seven years.

This point is basically not much different from his judgment, if so, he must calm down and catch up, after all, Europe is the overall progress of society, and his current progress is only staying in a few workshops in Qingzhou.

"Yes, field artillery, and it is a Napoleonic field cannon, I think you have seen it in textbooks, Napoleon cannons are divided into two types, twelve-pounder guns and six-pounder guns, of which twelve-pounder guns are used to siege cities, and six-pounder guns are used to use when the two armies are fighting." Xiao Ming reminded.

Chen Qi nodded, "Xia Guan remembers that the six-pounder field gun is one and a half meters long, with a caliber of ninety-three millimeters and a cannon weighing three hundred and eighty-nine kilograms, and the twelve-pounder field gun is one meter and six meters long, with a caliber of one hundred and seventeen millimeters and a gun body weighing five hundred and fifty-six kilograms, but Your Highness, this Napoleonic field gun is all bronze cast cannons, and such field guns can even withstand the power of double explosives, do we also use bronze casting?" ”

"Qian Dafu found a copper mine in the northwest of Qingzhou City, so now we have enough copper to make field artillery, but the number of field cannons is not much, this king is willing to do it, after all, the field artillery trekking through mountains and rivers, the quality of the requirements is high, after three months, this king needs thirty six-pound field guns, and twenty twelve-pound field guns."

Chen Qi muttered: "In this case, we need to recast the iron mold, and we also need to build a trailer. ”

"That's basically right, this king brought you the structure of the Napoleon cannon, and it is not a problem to make Napoleon cannons with your current technology." Xiao Ming said.

After taking Xiao Ming's structural diagram, Chen Qi looked at it repeatedly, and this time the structural diagram was more detailed than in the textbook.

It's not that Xiao Ming is clumsy, he just adopted the method of modern textbooks, and only taught basic knowledge, but he didn't paste the real field artillery structure diagram on the textbook.

After all, if you write in too much detail, it is equivalent to leaking secrets, which is the fact that everyone knows that nuclear weapons release energy through fission, but not everyone can make an atomic bomb.

Textbooks are textbooks after all, but they are not technical materials after all.

"It's okay now." Xiao Ming said with a smile, sometimes it's not a lack of technology, but a lack of creativity, now Chen Qi has a comprehensive understanding of the structure of field artillery, and the use of current iron mold casting cannon technology is enough to produce Napoleonic field artillery.

And in this manufacturing process, one of the key points is the construction of the trailer, and now that he has provided the specific structure of the trailer, the problem does not exist.

Chen Qi studied for a while and praised: "This trailer is really wonderful, not only can the field gun be able to maneuver under the traction of the horse, but also can bear the artillery mount, this downward bending structure can withstand the ground so that the artillery will not have a large displacement due to firing, this time there is no problem." ”

Chen Qi looked suddenly enlightened, Xiao Ming was suddenly relieved, he said: "Now you make iron molds first, and when the copper arrives, start trying to produce it, this field cannon is not only used to deal with the Dutch, but also to deal with the barbarians." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Qi's expression was solemn.

Now that the handover of naval artillery is over, the experiment of the mortar cannon is complete, and it can be put into production, he has a lot of time to study field artillery.

After explaining this matter, Xiao Ming's mood was relaxed for a while, and the news brought by Wang Xuan said that the Dutch had built a fortress in the Ryukyus, and if there was no field artillery, his army would inevitably cause great casualties, but now the problem is different.

And just when Xiao Ming asked the military workshop to produce field artillery, the Dutch fleet had already arrived in the Ryukyus.

The fleet docked at the docks, and Claire and Rhodes headed for the city of Geranza, not far from the docks, where they had built the castle in the Ryukyus.

Along the way, Claire had a gloomy face, obviously thinking about something very important, and Rod's face was also extremely ugly, after they retreated from Dengzhou, the enemy fleet did not chase after them.

But the powerful fleet of the other side always lingered in their hearts, because they also lost self-confidence on their proudest seas.

Ten miles ashore, a typical European fortress appeared in front of them.

This fortress has been built for them by coercion after the occupation of the Ryukyus 30 years ago, and the construction of the fortress took a total of five years, when a huge fortress with a length of two miles and a width of two miles, the whole fortress was shaped like a five-pointed star, and forts were set up on each corner, and the edges and corners could be shot at each other to protect them.

"The Count is back." With a trumpet on the top of the city, the iron gate of the fortress slowly opened.

The Dutch soldiers guarding the fort saluted Claire.

In the fort, some black-haired, yellow-skinned, but slightly dark, thin natives are carrying rice, and since the occupation of the Ryukyus, they have asked the natives to grow rice and sugar cane.

And these are the kind of goods they sell to Europe.

"Count Claire, you must have an idea now, what shall we do now?" Rod said.

Claire's face was gloomy, "What else can I do?" Do you surrender to this King of Qi and accept their terms? ”

"Now the soldiers are scared, we are too far away from our hometown, and the enemy is too powerful, this King of Qi not only has a strong fleet but also has soldiers armed with flintlock pistols, they also have artillery at the head of the city, our weapons may be more advanced than them, but we can't win with numbers, especially if the fleet can't protect us, I will be trapped here."

"Coward, are you going to run away now?" Claire said disdainfully.

Rhodes argued: "It's not that I'm afraid, it's that we must find reinforcements now, otherwise we are not the opponents of this King of Qi, and now we should ask the British to help us, no matter what, we are Europeans." ”

"Really? To get rid of one villain, find another villain? Claire became more and more dissatisfied, "Rod, you must be frightened, you better go back and rest now." ”

Rhodes knew that Claire was driving people away, and he said, "Earl, I hope you will think about it carefully. ”

(To be continued.) )