Otherworldly Castle Era

Chapter 43 New artillery

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Yang Song is very much looking forward to the appearance of the ironclad ship. Of course, he also knows that this is an extravagant request. Just imagine it. If you really want to force it regardless of the actual situation, the result is not easy to say.

Thinking of the iron armored ship, Yang Song suddenly flashed his inspiration, and asked Shen Kuo: “Isn’t there a kind of cold wood that solves the material problem of shipbuilding, can we first develop a warship with a wooden hull and a layer of iron armor?”

Regarding Yang Song’s question, Shen Kuo recalled the progress of the development of steel hulls. If an iron-clad warship was developed, it would soon be realized.

However, just as Shen Kuo was about to answer, Yang Song was interested and gestured to Shen Kuo to wait. He decided to call Li Jing to discuss together.

Before long, Li Jing came to the Imperial Study Room again, and after listening to Yang Song’s explanation of the new warship, Li Jing did not immediately give an answer. Instead, he suggested: “Your Majesty, for this, the minister suggested that General Li Bao and General Qi Jiguang should be recalled. Say it again.”

While waiting for Li Jing’s arrival, Yang Song had already received a positive answer from Shen Kuo. He could not help but be a little surprised when he heard Li Jing say this.

But Yang Song immediately reacted. After all, the battleship is related to a major event in the Navy, and Li Bao’s opinion is also very valuable, but Yang Song still did not think that it was related to Qi Jiguang.

When he was puzzled, Yang Song adjusted Qi Jiguang’s information and read it again. After reading it, Yang Song suddenly realized that Qi Jiguang was still an outstanding weapon expert and military engineer!

Regarding Li Jing’s suggestion, Li Bao said that he was in the Zhongjing city at this time, but Qi Jiguang was in charge of the border defense of the North in the northern boundary river city, and he would not be able to see it for a while.

Li Jing may have seen Yang Song’s thoughts, and he once again suggested: “Your Majesty, the generals have been abroad for more than five years and should be rotated.”

After Li Jing’s reminder, Yang Song suddenly realized that more than five years have passed unconsciously, and it is time for the rotation system of generals established at the time to be implemented.

So Yang Song didn’t hesitate, and immediately ordered Li Jing: “So, immediately call the garrison generals back to Beijing to discuss matters.”

“The minister followed the order.” Li Jing took the order and left.

When Li Jing had just left, Yang Song said to Shen Kuo, who was waiting for the order: “In the process of saving, you should go back and sort out the specific plan for the new warship, and then we can discuss it together.”

“Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will go now.” Shen Kuo bowed his hand and left the Imperial Study Room as well.

Yang Song sat alone in the imperial study room, thinking about the navy in the past few decades, and he couldn’t help but come to terms.

Xia Guo established the navy from a frigate awarded by the system until the peak period when the formation of the offshore defense fleet was completed.

Up to now, the number of warships of the Xia State Navy has declined somewhat after destroying some warships before.

In the past few decades, it is not that Xia Guo has not built a warship. After all, the warship has a service period. The frigate awarded by the system has long been retired, and it is now being placed in the port of Navy City for tourists to visit.

Originally, a number of warships under construction in shipbuilding were stopped because they had new materials. After the new warships were finalized, Yang Song decided to gradually replace the navy’s warships with new ones.

Within a few days, Huo Qubing and Wu Yi who were stationed in Yongsheng City, and the four generals Qi Jiguang and Lu Su who were stationed in Jiehe City returned to Zhongjing City.

With the railway between Jiehe City and Zhongjing City, it only takes one day to rush back, and Yongsheng City is located in the middle of Jiehe City and Zhongjing City, making it easier to go back and forth.

Like other generals, Qi Jiguang’s first thing after returning to Zhongjing City was definitely to go to face the monarch. When he met with him, he was ordered by Yang Song.

So Qi Jiguang left the palace and immediately rushed to the military pavilion to meet Li Jing, his immediate boss, and asked Li Jing about the battleship.

“It turns out that Your Majesty has already told General Qi.” After hearing Qi Jiguang’s explanation, Li Jing nodded and said: “This matter is of great importance. Your Majesty attaches great importance to it.”

Li Jing seemed to have thought of something, and confirmed to Qi Jiguang: “By the way, I remember General Qi has some knowledge of naval warships?”

“General Hui, that’s the case. The general knows a little bit about this.” The reason why Qi Jiguang knows about naval warships is purely because he is more interested in this aspect.

“Well, that’s the case.” Li Jing thought for a while and told Qi Jiguang: “At this time, General Li Bao of the navy is in the city of Zhongjing. Please come and meet with me. If you want to know, you can ask in detail. ”

“Yes, General.” Qi Jiguang was also very happy at this time. He didn’t expect that he would send him such an important task as soon as he returned to Jing Yangsong.

Qi Jiguang is not as great as the other generals. He has not made any military merits until now, so he is somewhat unwilling to his current status.

Now, finally, there is an opportunity for meritorious service. Qi Jiguang will not give up this opportunity regardless of whether it is military merit or not.

After Li Jing and Qi Jiguang met Li Bao together, they got a lot of useful information from Li Bao.

After that, the three went to the research institute together again, and they decided to find Shen Kuo to learn about some of the latest technical conditions before discussing.

“Three generals, this is the latest situation of the Naval Research Institute. What else do you want to know?” Shen Kuo took the three to the research and design branch of the Research Institute, and explained relevant information. Again.

“Thank you Shen Geshou.” Li Jing clasped his fists to show his gratitude, and then he asked the other two: “If the two generals want to know, please ask Shen Geshou.”

“Yes, General.” Qi Jiguang and Li Bao clasped their fists and said yes, and then they unceremoniously asked Shen Kuo a lot of details.

“Excuse me, Geshou Shen, how is the new artillery developed, and the specific parameters are geometric?” Compared to the warships that are already used enough, Li Bao wants to know the power of this new artillery.

“General Li, the new artillery has almost been developed Shen Kuo called the person in charge of the artillery development, and he explained: “Now it is being tested and improved. Only after the test and improvement are completed, Can be produced in large quantities. ”

“As for the parameters of the new artillery.” The person in charge looked at the data in his hand and replied: “As far as the current test is concerned, there are three new artillery types, which are divided into 80, 120 and 180 mm according to the caliber. , The rate of fire is one round in one minute, two rounds in three minutes, and one round in three minutes, and the effective ranges are 1,000 meters, 2,300 meters, and 4,600 meters, respectively.”

“The new artillery is different from the past. It is no longer a front-mounted rifled gun, but a rear-mounted rifled gun.” The person in charge continued: “The development of the new artillery really lost the technology of the rear-mounted rifled gun.”

“Reloaded rifled gun?” Li Bao and Qi Jiguang looked at each other, and he continued to ask: “Is the effective range so far? Why is the rate of fire so slow?”

“Yes, compared to the front-loaded rifled gun, the effective range of the rear-loaded rifled gun must be much longer. Presumably several generals must also know that the front-mounted rifled flintlock equipped by our army is powerful. This is the power of rifling After the improvement, this range can be increased a little bit.”

After talking about the advantages of the rear-mounted rifled gun, the person in charge replied on its shortcomings: “As for the slow rate of fire, this is exactly what I am waiting for to solve.”

The person in charge might think that several generals would abandon this excellent artillery, so he hurriedly added: “Three generals, the new artillery has a very long range and very high accuracy. The slow rate of fire is due to the weight of the new artillery and the new artillery. It is caused by the loading problem of the shells. As long as we continue to improve, this problem will definitely be solved.”

“I see, thank you for your explanation.” Li Bao bowed his fist to the person in charge, saying that he would definitely consider it in detail.