In mid-April 185, Qingcang was discussing development plans with two major staff members in the main city, when suddenly a phone rang from beside him.
That's right, he spent a month connecting some important buildings in Huaxia City with telephone lines, and made quick contact through these calls, eliminating the need for guards to travel between places, which improved efficiency.
At the same time, a camera seat has been preset on each tower of the Bagua City Wall.
When it is built, he will be able to command the troops to fight through remote control.
Although he cannot make a comprehensive arrangement, he can issue orders in a very short time and complete the issuance of defense and other instructions.
"who" Wang Zongwei's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Commander, I'm Wang Zongwei.
Come by if you have time.
I'm at the north gate."
"Oh, why are you so worried?"
It's actually excitement, it just sounds a little rushed.
"It was the artillery that made the big gains."
Wang Zongwei quickly explained.
"That's good, I'll be there right away."
After saying that, he hung up and said excitedly to Xun Yu and Guo Jia: "You two come with me to the north gate, I'll let you see something."
Xun Yu asked: "What made the commander so excited?"
Guo Jiayi asked: "Yes, Commander.
What on earth is it?"
You must know that Qingcang's mood has always been calm, but now he has become so excited, which makes the two of them feel a little strange, so they ask a few more questions.
"It's hard to describe it to you at the moment.
You will know when you follow me."
"Come here, prepare the carriage."
"yes" After a while, a carriage was prepared outside the main city, and several people got on the carriage and headed to the north gate.
It must be said that Huaxia City had changed a lot at this time, and everything was undergoing drastic construction.
Five roads including asphalt roads have been built, and these five roads were the initial main roads.
The carriage drove on the asphalt road without any bumps.
It was not just the first time for Xun Yu and Guo Jia to ride in it, so they were accustomed to such comfort.
Everywhere they went, people came out to wave and show respect.
This time, Qingcang only brought a escort team of a hundred people with him.
These people have excellent martial arts.
When encountering special situations, they can react as quickly as possible.
The three major military commanders were sent to the military camp to train soldiers.
During this period, he was not idle, constantly improving formations.
As the saying goes, if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools.
These formations are what he It doesn't mean that the city is closed and it doesn't matter.
He wants the army to maintain strong combat effectiveness at all times.
The carriage quickly arrived at the North Gate.
When they exited the North Gate and passed by the Kaucheng River, they saw Wang Zongwei and his party waiting not far away, tinkering with a cannon cart.
This was not a ballista cart, but a real ballista cart.
A real cannon.
After Xun Yu saw it, he said: "Why is there such a strange thing?"
The same is true for Guo Jia.
“What’s the use of that big long iron bump?”
It can be said that except for a very few people who know the existence of cannons, others don't know about this thing.
It's normal for them not to understand.
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The less people know about this, the better.
Qing Cang said with a smile: "You will know in a moment, let's see how powerful it is first."
When the two of them heard it, they guessed it, especially Guo Jia.
He saw that Qingcang would bring more things.
He said: "Commander, that long black thing is a weapon."
"Hahaha, that's right, come with me."
After Qingcang got off the carriage, Wang Zongwei came over.
"I've met the commander and the two chiefs of staff."
Qingcang nodded and said: "How are you preparing?"
"Come back to the commander, everything is ready."
He brought Qingcang to the cannon.
This big black guy, The gun barrel is nearly three meters long, with a very thick wall that gradually thickens from the muzzle to the tail.
There are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the gun body at the center of gravity.
The gun can adjust the firing angle based on this axis.
The amount of gunpowder used changes the range; the caliber of this cannon is 110-130 mm, and the weight is about 4,000 kilograms.
Moreover, the cannon is also equipped with a front sight and a rear sight, and the ballistic trajectory is calculated according to a parabola, with high accuracy.
He carefully inspected the cannon and said, "Yes, the workmanship is very good now.
I believe it will surprise us soon."
"Commander, you can tell by looking at it.
Someone is coming, prepare the shells."
The soldiers prepared for launch in turn.
"Commander, we have several mounds ten miles away from here.
The cannon will destroy one of the mounds in a short while."
When Xun Yu heard this, he asked: "This thing is so powerful that it can destroy things ten miles away."
This was far beyond his knowledge.
How could an ancient person know that there was such a thing as a cannon.
Guo Jia was not much better.
He obviously didn't believe that this long guy could blast away the mounds of dirt ten miles away.
"Two chiefs of staff, you will know after just taking a look."
Wang Zongwei said with some pride, because he was the one who made this thing, and he had tested it several times, so he dared to ask Qingcang to come over to inspect the cannon and let him see its performance.
"Then we have to see how powerful this thing is."
It's not good for the two of them to say anything else.
They can only talk about it after seeing it.
"Please look at someone and prepare to take aim."
The soldiers began to adjust the height of the muzzle.
The muzzle should not be too high.
If it is too high, the range will be limited.
It should not be too low, because the cannonball has gravity, and gravity will pull it downwards, and it will not shoot far.
When the muzzle is adjusted to a certain angle, they measured this angle and added enough gunpowder to achieve a range of ten miles.
"fire"
Following Wang Zongwei’s order.
The fuse was lit, and then sparks erupted from the muzzle, accompanied by a loud sound.
The sound was so loud that it startled the two staff officers, but what surprised them even more was what came next.
After the sound, A large amount of dust was raised in the distance.
Guo Jia immediately picked up the telescope and took a look and said: "This thing is so powerful that it can hurt things ten miles away."
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Xun Yu took a look at the telescope and said the same thing.
Qingcang kept smiling and said: "Minister Wang, please introduce this thing to our two staff officers."
Wang Zongwei nodded knowingly and said: "Yes, two staff officers, the thing in front of us is called a cannon.
It is driven by gunpowder to blast out the shells in the chamber to kill the enemy."
He explained it this way, how could the two of them understand each other.
Wang Zongwei explained for a long time, but they still had little understanding.
In the end, Qing Cang had to say: "In principle, you don't need to understand.
This is my big killer weapon.
From now on, Huaxia City will be forever solid."
Guo Jiadao: "Then if we install them on each city wall, then even the enemy will not be able to get close to us."
"That's right, I'm about to do that, Minister Wang."
"exist" "I want you to cooperate with Xu Dezhi to build 100 cannons and 10,000 cannonballs in one month, and you must use this as the benchmark for each subsequent month until the cannon can reach 100,000 shells.
Also The same goes for gunpowder, which needs to be mass-produced.”
"It's the commander."
"The research on the flintlock gun must also be accelerated.
I want to replace the continuous-shooting minions so that they can use more powerful weapons.
This weapon must also be mass-produced.
Both it and the cannon will become the core of our Huaxia City.
Two major killers.”
"Yes, Commander, I will definitely speed up the research."
Hearing what Wang Zongwei said, Qing Cang felt relieved.
At the same time, it also strengthened the confidence of the two major staff officers present.
When the cannon is finally achieved, it will be the true beginning of unification
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