As the shells crossed the sky, they screamed sharply to Wei Zheng’s ears. The black shells had crossed hundreds of paces and then smashed into the ground …
And at this moment … The same fireball mixed with a lot of black smoke quickly rose from the impact point, and then a violent explosion reached Weizheng’s ear …
Although it is not clear how powerful this shell is, it is still exciting for Wei Zheng to develop such a powerful gun in less than a month without much reference.
After taking a deep breath, he exclaimed, "Good power is good … I ordered the artillery workshop and ammunition workshop of the equipment division to double the reward for twelve silversmiths and officials …"
"Thank the governor …"
The first craftsmen in Wang Tie hurriedly knelt down and answered with excitement.
At this time, Wei Zheng’s eyes once again shifted to the eyes. This door is similar to mortars, and even the launching method is not much different from mortars. After the artillery, a light suddenly came to his mind and then asked Wang Tiezhong.
"Wang Daren just tested whether this gun has the longest range …"
Wang Tiezhong answered affirmatively, "Yes, my Lord … If the muzzle continues to rise, the tail of the gun will be affected by vibration and subsidence when firing …"
I heard that Wei Zheng was directly lost in thought.
Because according to my memory, considering various factors such as air friction, the range of the gun will be the farthest when the elevation angle of the gun is 50 degrees to 60 degrees.
Obviously, this gun already has this condition, so it can further increase its range at high elevation angle and turn it into a real mortar. The only trouble is to find a way to solve the recoil problem of the gun.
Since we want to turn this gun into a real mortar, several key parts of the mortar have realized that the situation has surfaced in Wei Zheng’s mind
Soon an idea of bold transformation was thought out by Wei Zheng.
Wang Tie middle-class puzzled eyes staring at a face of meditation Wei Zheng directly returned to the equipment department, picked up a special drawing pen and began to draw what he wanted with a blank sheet of paper.
After half an hour, the middle-class people in Wang Tie outside the room were a little impatient. When Wei Zheng closed the door, he was finally pushed open.
When Wang Tiezhong was ready to speak, Wei Zheng had already stepped forward and said, "Wang Daren, this is an official who has just drawn a drawing. You Ma An arranged people to build these parts …"
"In addition, the gun barrel should be added with a few things … try to build it for me tonight. I have …"
In this era, although there is no way to process bolts, which are necessary precision parts for mortar production, it does not require too high shooting accuracy. The defense directly chooses bolts to replace them.
With the joint efforts of dozens of craftsmen, the next day, just after dawn, a bunch of parts appeared in the weapon testing ground, still emitting a trace of hot air.
Seeing these signs, the eyes quickly shot out two clothes.
Then I picked up these pieces directly and began to assemble them without considering my status as governor of Shanshan
Less than half a minute after the help of two gunners, a heavy home-made mortar appeared in front of everyone, which looks like a mortar of later generations but is very simple and heavy.
A face of satisfaction nodded, and the defender turned his head directly to the gunner who was shocked around him and ordered, "Try this modified gun to see if it has a longer range …"
"Boom …" After a dull explosion, shells wrapped in orange flames quickly flew out of the muzzle and roared to the sky …
Everyone waited anxiously for twice as long as last night before landing and exploding.
Looking at the place where the fire rose, it was more than 300 steps later than yesterday, and the range alone had surpassed that of heavy-duty Franz cannon. After the result, everyone’s face showed a stunned and shocked expression except Wei Zheng …
After watching the power of the artillery, I saw that there was no change in front of me because of recoil. After the artillery, everyone’s face was even more shocked
This time Wei Zheng directly asked the gunner in front of him
"This brother, if this kind of bracket and chassis of the artillery department is better than the original sandbag in the future …"
Chapter two hundred and fifty-seven Artillery reform
It is an unprecedented surprise for an ordinary gunner to be able to talk to the governor of Shanshan.
It took a few seconds to shock the gunner to react from the excitement after asking the question about the defense. "Report to the Governor, of course, it’s an adult. You let the artillery workshop build this kind of bracket and chassis …"
"With this kind of bracket and chassis, our artillery can fire shells at the enemy where it wants, and there is no terrain restriction."
"Not only that, because this kind of bracket and chassis are specially made, the artillery can be assembled and disassembled in a short time. In the future battlefield, our artillery no longer needs to defend the artillery position, but can attack the enemy with the artillery and follow the infantry at any time …"
A small artillery can be as unexpected as an opinion.
A pair of eyes shot out two times quickly and then asked with a look of love, "It’s good to say that, and it’s also a good idea … Do you still have his ideas …"
See in front of the battery directly show a hesitant expression WeiZheng hurriedly openings urged "what do you think, though say no matter what officer will never blame you … Say officer must be rewarded …"
"Thank the Governor …" The young artillery replied with a full face of emotion and excitement.
Following the defender’s gaze, he went on to say, "My Lord, this gun is good, but it has two very fatal shortcomings …"
"What shortcomings?" At this time, Wei Zheng’s smile on his face is even stronger, and he asks.
The artillery replied cautiously, "The first drawback is that this gun is still too heavy …"
"Officer, since this gun is very convenient to disassemble and its range is far beyond that of other guns, why can’t we characterize his light and medium-sized guns and reduce the weight of the guns by 300 kilograms to 150 to 500 steps, which are specially assigned to short-range artillery support in various infantry regiments …"
"Long-range artillery support officers with more than 500 steps should be handed over to independent heavy artillery units."
"Officer, once this idea is realized, at present, the troops are equipped with tiger guns, and the light-duty Buddha machine is better than the medium-sized Buddha machine, which can be eliminated because of the appearance of this kind of artillery …"
"This has also brought another benefit. The troops are equipped with fewer artillery models and need to prepare fewer artillery models, which also facilitates the management and carrying of ammunition by the troops to a certain extent."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng’s interest in the artillery in front of him is even stronger, because he is the best configuration scheme after the distribution of artillery has gradually become the mainstream of the battlefield.
Later generations of mortars were specially assigned to the battalion level to support artillery at close range rather than medium range. However, this little artillery actually hit the nail on the head and saw that this kind of home-made mortar was determined by itself, which had to shock and surprise Wei Zheng.
Thinking of these Wei Zheng’s interest in this artillery is even stronger, and he continues to ask questions.
"That your second shortcoming? “
At this time, the nervous expression on the artillery’s face slowly disappeared and he became more and more sophisticated in answering Wei Zheng.
"The second disadvantage is that since this gun is very easy to disassemble, it may be qualitatively assigned to the battalion level in the future, so its firing rate should be as fast as that of a flintlock …"
"But this method of shooting speed meets the requirements of this kind of artillery …"
Weizheng nodded without a horse to answer, but turned his head to the side with a thoughtful face. Wang Tie unexpectedly asked, "Wang Daren, what do you think of these opinions …"
Wang Tiezhong a face of serious answer "adult officer base agree with Wang Wuchang these ideas …"