Chapter 694 The Happy Poor of the Rich Don't Understand at All Quan Xu looked at this armored train suspiciously, except that the carriage was equipped with bulletproof armor, the biggest difference from ordinary trains was not the addition of artillery and light and heavy machine guns, but because of the layout.The first car of an ordinary steam locomotive must be a steam locomotive, but this armored train is the first two armored trains, the third car is the steam locomotive, and the fourth car is a coal and water transport car, with three to five cars hanging behind it.In fact, the first and second carriages were loaded with the army version of 130 mm 35 times the diameter of the breech-loading rifled guns, two, the turret on the train could rotate 360 degrees, and two turrets were loaded on one train car.In addition, there are four twin-mounted high-level dual-purpose machine gun emplacements, which can also rotate 360 degrees of anti-aircraft machine gun emplacements.This machine-gun position, similar to the turret of later tanks, has 360 degrees of bulletproof armor without dead angles, especially the top armor, which adopts circular armor, whether it is a grenade or a shell, it cannot accurately fall on it, and will slide or bounce away.Sun Yuanhua looked at Quan Xu and was very curious about this armored train, led Quan Xu, boarded the armored train, he pointed to an anti-aircraft machine gun position and introduced: "Such a machine gun position, surrounded by armored shields, has two pairs of three machine gunners, two ammunition men and a commander, which happens to be a machine gun group. ”Quan Xu nodded: "Not bad, very good!"
”Sun Yuanhua then introduced: "Our third carriage is the fire car, the key parts of the entire locomotive are armor protected, the fourth car is the water and coal transport vehicle, the fifth section is the command center and communication center of the whole car, at the same time, it has the functions of meals, kitchens, rest rooms, etc., the sixth carriage is the ammunition supply and food supply vehicles of the whole car and the rest area for all employees, and the seventh car is the same as the first two trains, respectively, there are four twin anti-aircraft machine gun positions, and two artillery pieces that can rotate 360 degrees, The eighth train is equipped with three Divine Fire Raven V rocket launchers that can be fired at 360 degrees!
”After hearing this, Quan Xu silently calculated that this armored train was equipped with six 130 mm 35 times the diameter howitzer, 12 double-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns, and three 15-mounted rocket launchers, especially the Shenhuo 5 rocket launcher, which is currently the most advanced rocket artillery of the Shangguo Gun and Artillery Bureau, with a range of up to 5,500 meters and a firing height of 3,500 meters.With such a firepower configuration, it is possible to cover targets within 3,500 meters of the two flanks of the railway, and at the farthest of 8,500 meters of the railway.Quan Xu asked a little puzzled, "How did you come up with the idea of creating such a weapon?"
Is it to prevent someone from maliciously sabotaging the railway?
”The world's first railroad armored car was used to fight cavalry during the American Civil War in 18611865, and in the current Shang country, the cavalry strength of the merchant army has definitely exceeded that of the Qing army, and there is no cavalry that can threaten the railway, and there is no need to equip such equipment.Sun Yuanhua shook his head: "Actually, no, of course, protecting the safety of the railway is one of the tasks of the railway armored attack vehicle, but the biggest task is to quickly quell the rebellion, Lord Wang, think about it, our railways are closely linked with the major cities, once a rebellion breaks out in the task place, and the troops have no time to move, then directly send the railway track armored car over" With the establishment of the Shang State, the officials of the Shang State, especially those of the level of Sun Yuanhua, have clearly known the true strength of the Shang State, The current Shang State has a total of 10 prefectures in Beizhen, Liaoyang, Heishui, Huining, Huanglong, Andong, Taiwan, Luzon, Qiongzhou, and Nanyang, with a total area of 4.22 million square kilometers, and another Hetao Special Zone, together with a total area of more than 4.4 million square kilometers.The total actual population of the Shang Kingdom is more than 27 million, and the total military strength is 63 main brigades, including four marine brigades, 10 construction brigades, and three major naval fleets, with a total strength of more than 500,000 horses.In this case, the ministers of the Shang State have actually been supporting Quan Xu to win the Ming Dynasty and replace the Ming Dynasty, of course, Quan Xu used the so-called peaceful evolution of later generations, as well as the output of values, also explained, that the Shang State was separated from the Ming Dynasty, regardless of all walks of life, were seriously affected by the Ming Dynasty, whether in the civil or in the army, there are many people who are pro-Ming, once they evolve peacefully, it is not a good thing for the Shang State.Therefore, Quan Xu put forward the strategic idea of "grasping the grassroots, laying the foundation, practicing the basic skills, and strengthening the construction of the grassroots!"
”, In the case of Sun Yuanhua and the ministers of the Shang Kingdom, Quan Xu's worries are actually very reasonable, after all, in addition to Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Haizhou, and Gaizhou, other cities in Liaodong have built strong cities, especially with the application of reinforced concrete, even if the whole family army, in the face of that kind of solid city, there is no good way.For Lengkou Pass, the whole army can also blast the city by digging the wall and putting explosives, but the problem is that once a city in the Shang Kingdom rebels, there are a large number of firearms inside the city, and if you want to get close to the city, you will definitely pay a heavy price.In this context, the peaceful evolution that Quan Xu talked about, that is, the conspiracy and rebellion, has become the top priority of the Ministry of National Defense, which has proposed to the Government Council to rewrite the law and prohibit the possession of weapons by the people, especially muskets and earthen cannons.However, this proposal was neither supported by Jeonwook nor approved by Parliament, so the Ministry of Defense retreated, and they needed a weapon that could quickly clean up the situation after facing a conspiracy to mutiny.At the joint request of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, a weapon that could advance quickly along the railway line, could strike quickly, and could ignore the characteristics of the city's city wall defense, was thus invented.After learning of this situation, Quan Xu didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and had to admit that the railway rail-mounted armored car was indeed an artifact, because the railway network of the Shang State would pass through densely populated and commercially developed cities, and the four 130 mm 35 times the diameter artillery on this railway armored car was the most advanced artillery of the Shang State Gun Bureau.At a time when the steel quality of the barrel of a 160-mm gun was not up to par and no breakthrough was made, the 130-mm gun with a diameter of 35 times was the most powerful artillery, and the shells of this kind of artillery shells weighed more than 33 kilograms and could fire armor-piercing shells and grenades respectively.The maximum firing range reaches 8,500 meters, the minimum firing range is 1,500 meters, and the rate of fire is three to four rounds; as long as it is not a permanent military installation, the construction quality of ordinary civilian buildings is not enough to carry this kind of artillery, and only a few shells are needed to blow a hole in the wall of a city, and the twin antiaircraft machine guns can frantically strafe a large number of personnel.The most important thing is that the rocket artillery can hit the city and cover it with firepower.Whatever the purpose, however, the Shang Kingdom now really needs such a piece of equipment that can react quickly and be quickly deployed."
How much does this armored train cost?"
Sun Yuanhua said a little proudly: "Less than 160,000 taels of silver!"
”"Two hundred and forty thousand taels?"
Quan Xu couldn't help frowning: "This is too expensive, right?"
A capital battleship with artillery and rocket artillery far surpasses the armored train, then I might as well build a few more capital ships!
”Sun Yuanhua smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Wang, you don't know, this money is all spent on the blade!"
”"Where?"
Quan Xu said a little depressed: "Why didn't I see it?"
”"Wait!"
Sun Yuanhua took out a ledger and began to introduce to Quan Xu: "We took into account that the rebels in the future may damage the railway, and the artillery is bumpy and undulating during the train movement, which has caused great difficulties in artillery aiming, and after the unremitting efforts of our technicians, we have found this device, which can reduce the impact of bumps on artillery aiming during transportation" "Artillery aiming stabilizer?
”Quan Xu was happy in his heart, and then calmed down again, the artillery stabilizer sensitive mechanism, the control mechanism and the actuator are composed of three parts, the sensitive mechanism is composed of gyroscopes, in short, this system is very complex, and it also needs computer control, in the 21st century, it is also advanced equipment.Sun Yuanhua explained: "Thank you for the name, please see the king!"
”When Sun Yuanhua took Quan Xu to see this so-called artillery sight, Quan Xu was a little disappointed, this so-called artillery sight was actually just a horizontal equalization device.This device works like a balance, during the movement of a train, there will inevitably be bumps, and when the gun is dumped in a certain direction, this equalization equipment can increase or decrease the weight like a scale, so as to achieve the horizontal directivity of the gun.Although it is possible to improve the aiming of artillery, it does not fundamentally solve the problem.In fact, relatively speaking, the bumps encountered by the naval guns are greater, and the average novice naval artilleryman cannot guarantee that he can hit the opponent's battleship 100 percent at a distance of two or three hundred meters, and the reason is actually very simple, no one knows where the gun barrel of the artillery will be pointed when the waves push the battleship in the next moment.The naval artillery of the whole army is usually covered fire, they do not target the target warship, but target the target area of the enemy's warship, and adopt the method of simultaneous operation of multiple guns, several or a dozen guns bombard a target, and use the number to make up for the lack of accuracy.In fact, it is impossible to guarantee that 100 percent of the target will be hit, and it is necessary for rocket artillery and artillery to cooperate with each other, use the control device of artillery, rapid recovery, rapid bombardment, plus the launch speed of rocket artillery, in short, these are expedient measures.However, this leveling device can be used on naval guns, as it can measure the angle of gun offset, allowing for quick adjustment of the firing range.Barely a surprise, and then, Sun Yuanhua unfolded the train's wheel skirt to Quan Xu, a composite refractory material formed by the mutual structure of ceramic and stone.Because the floor of the train carriage at this time is paved with wood, the rocket artillery will produce a large amount of tail flames, which will cause the burning of the floor, and the rocket will be fired on the battleship, and the whole family army will temporarily lay asbestos boards, but the asbestos boards are fragile and very unfriendly to human skin.Don't look at this material in the railway armored car is a bit chicken, but in the field of construction and people's life, as well as in the field of machinery and equipment manufacturing, it is very widely used.Sun Yuanhua also took out a simple version of some telephones, which is the invention of the Mojia Academy, that is, the representative is a little high, using brass to form a wire, through the speaker to form a wired command system for armored vehicles, this system can actually be widely used in railways, forming an internal mobile local area network.When Quan Xu left the Gun Bureau, it was already the time to hold the lights, and now in the Ming Dynasty, every night on the streets of the city is dark.However, in eastern Liaoning, to be precise, the four states in southern Liaoning, the four states with the best economic development, have basically realized street lighting.Quan Xu sat in the carriage and slowly walked towards the Shang Wangfu.From the side of the street, another carriage drove by at a distance, the only difference in this carriage was that the groom of the carriage was a coachman of white blood.The Shang King's trip is definitely different from before, with the honor guard as the leader in front, more than 300 cavalry, and then six identical carriages, at least no one knows which carriage Quan Xu is sitting in.The white coachman hurriedly said something to the carriage, and the man in the carriage hurriedly got out of the carriage and bowed to Quanxu's motorcade.The white man in a black robe, Mo was in his thirties, but his face was covered with furrows, his name was René Descartes, a Frenchman, a famous philosopher, mathematician and physicist, but four years earlier, he published his work on cosmology and was attacked by theologian Revi and others.He will always remember that he lost his beloved lover, and the daughter that his lover Helen gave birth to him, Francis, who was thrown in the garbage-stinky alley, suffered the warmth and revenge of the world, and just when he felt hopeless, he met the angel of his life.The noble angel took him from hell to earth, paid for him to buy him new clothes, healed his wounds, and then he drifted at sea for more than a year, and came to the legendary land of the Far East, the mysterious East.After all, he was different from ordinary people, he was a genius who received a doctorate from Bolton University at the age of twenty, and after seven months of study, he was able to communicate with people normally, and then he became a professor at the School of Physics of Liaodong University, which is now Shangguo University.Two years ago, he successfully had a Ming household registration and became a real Ming man, as a professor at Shangguo University, his monthly salary was five hundred taels of silver.Five hundred taels of silver, even in the Netherlands, is enough for a middle-class family to consume for a year, however, this is only one month's income, he can get fourteen months' salary a year, every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival, an additional month's salary will be paid, his actual salary is seven thousand taels of silver, and he has a castle covering an area of more than 8,000 square feet, that's right, the reinforced concrete villa of the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of Descartes, that is the castle.Such a castle has 24-hour escort patrols, so he doesn't have to worry about safety at all, and there are two gardeners who take care of his garden for him.Descartes ate, sheltered, traveled, and was paid three taels of silver a month, including the servant named Hilde, who received more than one hundred and sixty times his salary a month.In addition, he also had four maids from Korea, a cook from the Ming Kingdom, two male servants and a butler, including all the servants and housekeepers' salaries, all of which were paid by the university, and his monthly salary could be saved and placed in the full account, which is now in the Shangguo Bank, and he can get three hundred and fifty taels of silver per year.He is living a very comfortable life now, he can drink red wine if he wants to, especially the food of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he has eaten the food of the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely feel that all the people in Europe, including the Pope, eat pig food every day.With his salary, every three years, he can buy an armed merchant ship of 1,000 tons, however, he has no plans to buy a ship, he does not want to drift, but likes the learning atmosphere here.The students he educated knew their own purpose, they went to school not for themselves, but to make the Ming more powerful, in fact, in the eyes of Descartes, the Ming was already the most powerful country in the world.What the Holy Roman Empire, what the Spanish Empire in front of the Ming Dynasty, are all younger brothers.In the past, he never understood the happiness of the rich, but now he is a real rich man, he can conduct experiments of his choice at public expense, and he can get the support of grants and personnel from the University Board of Trustees just by making a report.Through the study of Chinese, he discovered that the sinicization is broad and profound, and he is lucky to be brought to Daming by Helena's angel, and his good friend, I am afraid that he is the same as himself four years ago, living in hell, and will never see the sun and warmth.Return to your castle in a horse-drawn carriage.Four handsome Silla maidservants bowed to him, he was from a low-class nobleman, and he was only a commoner in Daming, but this commoner's identity made him feel that he was far more noble than the French nobles.After thinking about it, Descartes went into his study, and he picked up the pen, dear Simon: What are you doing now?
You must still be worried about food, right?
Yes, it must be, by the time I left Holland, your Buwen family had been in decline, and you must have had a hard time in the past few years.Forgive me for writing to you for so long, for I am not sure whether this letter will bring you hope or disaster, and I am now in a big city in China.With a population of more than three million people, the megacity is growing rapidly, and most importantly, it is only a relatively small city in the Ming Dynasty, which is said to have been seen everywhere in China ten years ago.I've been here for three years, and now I'm at Liaodong University, no, it's now renamed Shangguo University, and the word Shang is said to be the name of the country more than 4,000 years ago in the Ming Dynasty, similar to the Roman Empire.Although this university has only been built for more than eight years, it does not have the heritage of the University of Bolton, but it has a good academic atmosphere, and I even believe that in the near future, Shangguo University will become, or become, the best university in the world.Trust me, Shangguo University has everything you could wish for.As long as you come here, you will definitely pass the university exams, yes, if you want to teach at Shangguo University, you must also pass their exams, with your ability, I believe, you can easily pass, once you pass the university teacher exam, you will have a castle of your own.This kind of castle varies from 4,000 feet, 6,000 feet and 8,000 feet, and my castle is the largest 8,000 feet, and the university will give you servants, maids, coachmen, and butlers, and you don't have to worry about their salaries, the university will be responsible for paying the salaries, and you are only responsible for enjoying life.Having said all this, you still don't know what our merchant country looks like, do you?
Look, I've drawn it for you, it covers an area of more than 3,000 acres, more than three times larger than Constantinople built by Constantine the Great, and the tallest building is twenty-one meters high, which is even more spectacular than the most spectacular castle, and in Europe, this is not a university, but an impregnable military fortress.On the top floor of the building is the bell tower, which has a huge bell face made of crystal beautiful, transparent glass, with an hour hand of two meters and a minute hand of four and a half meters, which rings every hour and resounds throughout the university.This giant bell was cast by the king of Shang with more than 3,000 pounds of silver, which is extremely precise, and it allows this ancient country to have an accurate time for the first time, without having to rely on the vague timekeeping of drips, hourglasses and the like.It's so outstanding, as of this year, hundreds of thousands of people have come to visit, by the way, I want to introduce you to this Shang king, he is a very good military strategist, he has won countless battles, he has a wider territory than the Spanish emperor, he has more than half a million elite soldiers, oh yes, he has defeated the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Spanish Empire, and the combined fleet of fifteen European countries.You can come to Daming boldly and with confidence, and the European popes can't control it.Speaking of which, the fly in the ointment is that the attitude of the people of this country towards religious beliefs is really a bit casual, remember the Marco Polo travels we read together?
This lucky man, who had been to the East himself, called this ancient country the Golden Land in his travelogue, claiming that it was full of gold, and that the piles of silver piled up along the streets had fascinated and driven many Europeans crazy.The great Columbus set sail in search of this fantasy golden country, but unfortunately he went the wrong way and ran to the Americas, and he did not see the real East until he died.Now I'm here and I've seen it.Dear Simon, do you believe it?
In this spacious study, I am living a life that even a pope would be mad with jealousy!
Although the winter here is very cold, instead of burning firewood, coal is burned, and a few pounds of coal can make the whole house warm like spring in the cold winter.On my desk are two pieces of porcelain that are said to have been produced in Jingdeguan kiln, and in Europe, such art treasures are treasures of the royal family, which will carefully wrap them in silver and hide them in a heavily guarded underground palace, and every time they want to take them out and enjoy them, they must first bathe in incense, lest they defile this exquisite work of art, but I just put it on the desk with a little water, and then insert two flowers.I was dressed in silks as soft as a baby's skin, not in two, but in fifteen!
The silk and porcelain were given by the professors at the university in exchange for the payment I promised to help them translate European works.I have to say, this reward is so scary that it almost smashed me.Do you know how precious tea and brown sugar are in Europe, especially tea, the same weight of gold may not be able to buy, I am afraid that only the most powerful people in the world, such as the Pope, the King of England, and the King of France, can take a little bit to entertain the most noble nobles on grand festivals and enjoy the envy of everyone.But here, it's just a daily drink, and in this country, even an ordinary farmer, an ordinary worker, can drink tea every day.Don't move yourself, the happiness of the rich, the poor don't understand it at all, it's the happiness of Descartes, Simon doesn't understand it at all.