Chapter 86 'Greedy Wolf' Cannon (4,000 words) "This ......
There is indeed a point in that.
Even Li Liang had to admit Bu Xizhao's words.
Indeed, poison gas is not like a cannonball, it will be gone when it is blown up, and at most one or two duds will be left, but even if the duds explode, it will only kill people in a small area at most.
But poison gas is different, poison gas is diffuse, once released, in the absence of wind, maybe three to five days may not disperse, even if it disperses, some of it will be attached to the ground and buildings, it is difficult to dissipate in a short time - but will Fang bereavement give them so long?
Some people may say that it's okay to have a gas mask, but a gas mask is not a panacea, after all, this thing is only a filter and not a detoxification, and it will still kill you if you stay in the gas for a long time - and how many people do they need to empty a city?
How much time does it take?
Coupled with the fact that Fang Yiai may come back at any time, where do they have extra time?
What's more, poison gas is a chemical substance, and in this era it is still high-tech, and the extraction technology is very underdeveloped, resulting in a very high cost of poison gas, and the enemy may not use it on such a large scale even if it is large.
The same is true for viruses, because viruses also have an incubation period, and it takes a long time for them to spread to take effect – and what the enemy is lacking now is time.
Bu Xizhao naturally saw the recognition on Li Liang's face, but he continued: "And the reason why I said that the enemy also has artillery is also based on my basis, first of all, the structure of artillery is actually very simple, as long as you study it carefully, it can be made after all."
In fact, until now, a large number of home-made artillery pieces have been stored in some small civilian forces......
You can't deny that, Captain, right?
Although these earthen cannons are not very powerful, and they are extremely dangerous, and they may explode at any time, this is only a matter of materials, but in terms of structure, these earthen cannons are actually similar to the cannons produced by the arsenal today.
What's so strange if the enemy can develop the right materials, even if they can build a cannon?
Secondly, Lord Lieutenant, don't forget, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is guarded by a sufficient naval fleet, this fleet alone has ten third-class battleships, plus a large number of destroyers and cruisers, such a huge military force is even enough to capture a city without a navy......
Lord Lieutenant, what do you think the enemy will have to do to besiege His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the point where he has to call for help?
You must know that the place is on the sea, even if it is trapped on an isolated island, with so many warships and troops in the way, not everyone can easily besiege the prince.
Do you think there is anything else possible other than the fact that the enemy also has a larger number of guns and ships?
Do you want to use crossbow arrows?
That's even more. ” "I ......"
Li Liang was speechless, because he found that what Bu Xizhao said was actually very reasonable.
"Well, you're right."
Although Li Liang didn't like this Bu Xizhao very much, he still agreed with his statement: "Then since you raised the question, what do you think we should do now?"
” "This is very simple, first of all, we must tell the deputy governor and the deputy governor of our speculation."
"It's natural, I've been informed."
Li Liang couldn't wait to give himself a slap in the face, he still needed someone to remind him of such a simple matter, it was too dereliction of duty, and he could only say it stiffly.
"Secondly, we must defend Area 4 and don't let the enemy stab us from behind."
"Huh?
Don't you need to support the front?
Li Liang was stunned for a moment, and his heart was even more unhappy, because standing in front of Bu Xizhao, he always felt that his IQ had been crushed, and this feeling was very uncomfortable, and he couldn't help arguing - this is also his original idea, he originally planned to support the front line after pacifying the No. 4 area, after all, as a soldier, how can you not go to the battlefield?
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Bu Xizhao shook his head and said: "It's not that we don't need to, but we can't, we only have less than a thousand people, and the ammunition is seriously insufficient, even if we press all the people up, it will not be very useful for the front line with artillery as the main means in front......
Or if even the cannon doesn't work, do you think it's of any use for a little of us to fill it in?
On the contrary, we are here in the rear of the front line, and if we go to the front line, the enemy is likely to attack from here again, and at the last moment of the battle, even a riot of the scale just now is enough to kill, and the back is attacked, do you think the people on the front line are still in the mood to fight?
We might lose the battle.
Therefore, as long as we guard the rear, we will be a great achievement, and we will not have to go to the front to participate in the battle at all.
As long as we can hold this rear line, the only place where the enemy can attack is the port......
Although they may have planned to do so, if there is a problem in our rear, then they will definitely not give up this good opportunity. ” "That's right."
Li Liang heard that it was reasonable, and he also recognized Bu Xizhao in his heart, although he still wanted to go to the battlefield in his heart, but as a qualified soldier, he also understood what he should do at this time, although Sima Cuo did not give him an order directly, but this does not mean that he does not know how to do it - after all, he has been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, what to do is the best choice, he is still very clear.
"Boom!"
There was another violent explosion in front, but unlike the previous explosion at the ammunition depot, this time the explosion was very crisp, obviously the explosion of a single shell.
"It's ......
It's the sound of a 150-millimeter shell exploding, but it doesn't seem to be too different from ours......
It seems that your guess is right, the enemy really has artillery.
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Li Liang just listened attentively, and he heard the caliber and specification of the shell - obviously not the sound of his own cannon, which is a skill that almost all battlefield veterans have exercised, but because of this, his face is even more ugly.
"It seems that the enemy really has a cannon, and it is a hundred and fifty mm cannon, how can they have such a powerful cannon?"
Li Liang's face was ugly, the enemy had a cannon, and it was a large-caliber cannon, which meant that the Coconut Harbor Fort could not hold it for long, which illustrated another problem, that is, the enemy's technology was almost the same as the technology of the Datang Arsenal, after all, this was a 150-millimeter cannon.
Not to mention that such a giant cannon is a great achievement on a warship - in order to put a 150-millimeter cannon on a warship, it took more than a year for the Yuezhou Shipyard to develop the corresponding method, and this is the main reason why the first and second battleships have not been delayed in launching into service, and now the enemy actually has such a means, which is indeed extraordinary.
Let's just say that this 150 mm naval gun is cast, that is a high-tech - just talk about the barrel, such a thick barrel, even if it is cast as a whole, it is very difficult, but also in the casting process to keep the heating uniform, there can be no trachoma and impurities, let alone a little deformation, a little mistake will lead to the barrel is unqualified, in the explosion may cause accidents such as explosion.
What's more, it is also necessary to ensure that the deviation is within the specified range when grinding......
With this kind of technology, even the oldest Chang'an Arsenal in Datang has a success rate of not 100%, this is an old factory of nearly 20 years, which brings together the most elite craftsmen and famous masters in Datang, and it can't be 100% qualified, the enemy is just a group of rookies, how are they doing it?
Not to mention the material is a big problem - the steel of the 150 mm naval gun is not like the 60 mm and 75 mm small guns, although there is a difference in nature, but both the material composition and the quenching process are completely different, even if it is not a new research and development of a material, the effort and resources invested in it are almost the same as the new research and development.
What's more, after solving the problem of cannons, there is also the problem of cannonballs, and the production process of cannonballs is not easier than the production of cannons.
But now the enemy has quietly taken out 150 millimeters, and through the sound of explosions, it is clear that their shells are different from those of Datang, which shows that they have really mastered the cannon technology, and they are also independently developed......
How does this not make Li Liang feel frightened?
And not only that, Li Liang is more worried that the enemy also has decisive weapons, so this battle will not be easy to fight, maybe Coconut Harbor may really lose......
"It seems so."
Bu Xizhao's face was also very grim: "But fortunately, it seems that the number of naval guns of their caliber is not very large, which should be regarded as a surprise." ” "Oh, I hope so."
Li Liang's face is still very stinky, and his heart is still not very comfortable, naval battles are not about the number of shells, but accuracy and luck, as long as your shells are accurate enough, even one shell can sink the enemy's warship, but if you are unlucky or the accuracy of the shells is not enough, even if you have 10,000 shells, it is difficult to sink the enemy's ship - the battleship Bismarck suffered more than 400 shells and more than four torpedoes before it finally sank, this is the best example, if the shells are accurate enough, Probably less than a tenth will be able to send the Bismarck into the deep sea.
Not to mention that Li Liang and Bu Xizhao maintained order in the rear, and they did not guess wrong on the front line, the front line had indeed started a war, and they had already discovered the enemy's traces in advance......
It all started a quarter of an hour ago.
A quarter of an hour ago, while Li Liang and Bu Xizhao were counting the losses in Area 4, hot air balloons, or observation balloons, had been raised over the Coconut Harbor Battery, where the front line had received the news that the war was about to begin, which could be used as a lookout to see farther, and could also designate shelling coordinates for the artillery and correct the angle of fire.
As soon as the hot air balloon was raised, and it hadn't even risen to the limit height, the herald below saw the lookout on the hot air balloon waving the flag in his hand desperately.
The herald immediately translated as quickly as he could: "Lord Governor, news has come from the hot air balloon that a fleet has appeared on the outskirts of the port, the number is unknown, but there are at least two or three hundred ships, and it is still moving towards the port at the fastest speed, and it is still fifty kilometers away from us. ” Sima Cuo and the others waited in one of the largest forts in Coconut Harbor, and when they heard this, they immediately ordered: "Let them report the exact coordinates, and then the batteries will bombard to warn, if they continue to advance, the forts will not be polite, and they will be sunk directly." ” "Yes."
The subordinates immediately received the order and waved the command flag to convey the news.
"Boom, boom!"
The firing range of 50 kilometers is no longer beyond the reach of ordinary artillery, and only two of the coastal defense batteries in the entire Coconut Harbor can reach it.
These two forts are located at the very front of Coconut Harbor, like two huge pincers of crabs, protecting the entire Coconut Harbor in it, and if the enemy dares to come, they can make it impossible for them to come back.
On these two batteries, each battery was equipped with five of the most powerful cannons in the entire Tang Dynasty - the 205mm cannon of the twentieth year of Zhenguan......
A cannon known as the most superior performance of Datang.
As the name suggests, this cannon was successfully developed in Zhenguan in 20 years, the caliber is 205 mm, the diameter is 53, the barrel length alone has reached 10 meters, the firing range is as high as 60 kilometers, and the shell weight has reached 500 kilograms.
As early as ten years ago, the Datang Arsenal produced a mortar with a caliber of more than 400 mm, but the production of this mortar is too difficult, and it takes an average of half a year to produce one, and now it is all equipped in Chang'an City to protect the safety of Chang'an.
This is also not the farthest range, eight years ago, the Shuzhong Arsenal produced a 120 mm caliber cannon, with a range of up to 100 kilometers, but unfortunately because of the insufficient power of the shell, there was no production license, so the drawings could only be sealed for later.
It is not the most powerful kind of cannon, of course, there is no point in tangling the power, because the power of the cannon mainly depends on the composition of the explosives - now the cannon explosives of the Tang Dynasty mainly use black powder, and the power is not the strongest, if it is replaced with the ammonium nitrate explosives made by Li Zhen, then no matter any cannon, the power can be increased by several grades, so it is meaningless to investigate the power, as long as the explosives are good, the power of the cannon is naturally greater, but unfortunately Li Zhen is not playing chemical industry, until now he has not been able to do industrial extraction of ammonium nitrate, The refining method can only be handed over to the alchemists under his command, so that they can slowly extract and accumulate in the laboratory, and at the same time, the industrial extraction method of ammonium nitrate explosives will be studied......