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Chapter 331 The Focus Is on Flying Cannon
Zhang Cheng accompanied Eunuch Li Guofu, the surveillance eunuch, to watch the Yunzhou blunderbuss test shooting, and then went to see the workshops of the Gunpowder Bureau, the Armor Bureau, and the Cold Army Bureau. The scale of these two places is not as large as that of the Firebolt Bureau.

Even the artillery bureau is not as good as the firecracker bureau. What Zhang Cheng urgently needs now is a high-quality blunderbuss. As for the artillery, it is still in the finalized stage of development.

At present, according to Qi Shaobao's "Ji Xiao New Book", the Artillery Bureau has trial-produced two No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-] Frang machine guns. , referred to as No. [-] Cannon and No. [-] Cannon.

The finalized No. [-] cannon has a unified length of three feet, a projectile weighing three liang, and a charge of three liang and three qian. Like the Yunzhou blunderbuss, it is also of a unified standard, and the ammunition package and projectiles are uniformly prepared according to specifications.

The No. [-] cannon has a unified length of one foot, the projectile weighs three qian, and the charge is five qian. The No. [-] cannon will be directly installed on the side-car tank in the future, and it can move with the army to fight. It can also be carried by cavalry on pack horses for mobile operations.

The No. [-] gun is used by individual soldiers, and it can be directly mounted on a chariot or cart when fighting with a battalion to bombard incoming enemy troops.

In addition to the No. [-] gun, the Yunzhou Jiangying Artillery Bureau also manufactured tiger squat guns and mortar guns. The specifications were all determined by referring to the "Ji Xiao New Book", and they were manufactured uniformly.

As for the artillery, Zhang Cheng had his own ideas. He didn't consider the need for defense for the time being, so he didn't consider large artillery. What he needed was a portable artillery.

Because he has ideas from later generations, he insists that one or two artillery pieces, or even dozens of artillery pieces, have no ability to change a battle at all.

What he needs are hundreds, or even hundreds of doors. Only when a certain number is reached, a violent volley, a rapid volley of shelling, and a certain amount of fire coverage can have obvious effects on the battlefield.

Another thing is rockets. For this reason, Zhang Cheng specially set up a rocket team in the Artillery Bureau to prepare rockets for battlefield use.

Many young people in Yunzhou have been conscripted or employed as apprentices and part-time workers in the Yunzhou craftsman camp. Even so, there is still a shortage of people.

In addition, Zhang Cheng also made a request to the Artillery Bureau and asked them to set up a scientific research team to tackle tough problems like the Firearms Bureau. He also only gave one direction.

It’s related to the mortar. Zhang Cheng didn’t know where he saw it. It seems that there is a kind of firearm called a flying gun. It is said that this thing uses a time-delayed fuze. The shell is columnar and bursts only after flying out. bomb.

Li Chengmao, the head of the Artillery Bureau, took down Zhang Cheng's words, and he also mentioned that he had heard his senior master talk about this kind of flying cannon before, and it seemed to have something to do with the poisonous fire flying cannon.

"Okay, if you have an impression, then it's easy to handle. Now the No. [-] gun and rockets are the main ones, and the No. [-] gun, tiger squatting gun, and mortar are supplemented. The focus is on the development of flying guns."

Zhang Cheng determined the mission and goals of the Artillery Bureau.

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The Frame Bureau, this is a place as busy as the Fire Gun Bureau.

For the artillery, Zhang Cheng’s Ministry has a batch in the Central Plains that can be used, and some are obtained from the governor in the town, and some are selected from the arsenal on the North Road, so there is no rush.

As for the bird guns, the infantry used them a lot during King Qin's time, but they also lost many of them. Whether it was in the town or in the warehouse on the North Road, there were very few excellent bird guns that Zhang Cheng liked, so the current demand is only a few. eager.

As for the heavy carts and side-box chariots, there were no in the warehouse, and even if there were, they were taken by the generals early. Zhang Cheng vowed to have his own reserves after experiencing the embarrassment of the former King Fanqin.

What's more, after the battle of King Qin, he also realized the importance and convenience of transporting supplies in large vehicles, and when he suddenly encountered the enemy, it was beneficial to use the large vehicles and side-car tanks to form a defensive formation.

Now the focus of the Vehicle Frame Bureau is to manufacture heavy vehicles and side-car tanks, because they are all used for military purposes, and they are also used for defense during wartime, not just to make them strong.

More importantly, it is manufactured in accordance with military standards. Even the heavy vehicles must be equipped with side compartments and compartment panels for various key parts, so as to provide sufficient defense when forming a battlefield.

There is no technical content in it, just build it according to the regulations. What has been completed now is the frame needed by Zhang Cheng's guard and pro-military department, as well as the Chinese military vehicle, the Wanggan vehicle, and the Yuanrong vehicle.

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The Yunzhou Craftsman Camp spans both sides of the Baihe River and occupies a huge area. Zhang Cheng and the surveillance eunuch Li Guofu just picked some important and urgently needed departments to take a look.

In fact, for Zhang Cheng, the key point is to watch the firecracker bureau. His purpose is very clear. He wants to use this inspection to urge Li Guofu to come forward and help him mobilize some craftsmen who drill and grind the gun barrels, as well as refined iron.

Shen Shi, Zhang Cheng and a group of people came to the Yunzhou post house. This is the second time for him to come here. When he first arrived on Shangbei Road, he went to Dushi to rest here for a night. The ability to survive.

Now the beauty is no longer there, but there is also a monitoring eunuch, Eunuch Li, accompanying him.

Lu Dachun, Yunzhou Post Office Chancellor Lu Dachun had a charming smile on his face, and led everyone into the main hall to rest, and smiled at the surveillance eunuchs Li Guofu and Zhang Cheng, and said: "The room has been prepared by the humble officer, do you need to rest for a while, my lords, I will prepare meals here It will take some time."

Seeing that Zhang Cheng and the other two were not interested, he smiled again and said: "The humble staff is in the back room and has prepared two quiet rooms, please move the two adults to drink tea in the quiet room, so as to avoid the noise here."

Zhang Cheng smiled and asked Li Guofu to enter the quiet room to rest for a while, but he took a few more glances at the coming Yi Cheng, and asked: "Lu Dachun, how many years have you been here as Yi Cheng?"

"Responding to Admiral Zhang's words, the humble post has been serving as Yi Cheng for six years."

Here, Zhang Cheng wanted to invite Eunuch Li Guofu to rest in the quiet room alone, but he dragged his hands into the quiet room together. The two young eunuchs had already entered the room first, and were brewing a pot of tea.

Yicheng Lu Dachun was very well-behaved, he led Zhang Cheng and Li Guofu to the door of the quiet room, saw them enter the room, then quietly retreated out.

Zhang Cheng and Li Guofu sat in separate seats, and two young eunuchs handed them freshly brewed tea. Li Guofu said slowly, "Zhang Cheng, did you come all the way here just to deceive our family to send you craftsmen?" And fine iron."

Zhang Chengcai leisurely picked up the teacup and put it on the tip of his nose to smell the fragrance of the tea. He suddenly heard Li Guofu's high-pitched but calm words, and almost dropped the teacup in his hand to the ground.

He hastily put down the teacup on the table, raised his head and fixed his eyes on Li Guofu, the thought flashed in his mind, suddenly he stood up and bowed down: "Zhang Cheng has this intention, but everything is done as soon as possible. The new army, to repay the emperor's kindness, really has no other intentions.

Otherwise, Zhang Cheng would not dare to lend Zhang Cheng 1 bravery, and hope that Eunuch Li will see clearly. "

Li Guofu's expression remained unchanged, he slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and after putting down the teacup, he said slowly with a slightly cold tone: "Get up."

(End of this chapter)