The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 126 Weapon R&D and Manufacturing

After the entertainment at the banquet was over, Zhu Hongyu was still unable to enter the bridal chamber, but turned around and went to the barracks.

The military camp was also celebrating the opening ceremony of the military government and Zhu Hongyu's marriage.

Naturally, Zhu Hongyu had to go there too, to have fun with the soldiers!

In Zhu Hongyu's eyes, military spirit is no small matter!

His authority comes from his absolute control over the army. At any time, Zhu Hongyu only cares about one thing most, and that is how to stabilize the morale of the army.

……

When Zhu Hongyu returned to his mansion from the barracks, it was completely dark.

When he returned to his wedding room, Li Lingxiu was sitting beside the bed with her head covered.

After hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Li Lingxiu felt a burst of nervousness, and unconsciously stirred the hem of her clothes with her hands.

Zhu Hongyu sat down at the table, took a sip of tea, and said.

"Lingxiu, if you try harder, the wedding dress will be torn by yourself!"

Li Lingxiu subconsciously let go of her small hands, and let out a soft cry.

Zhu Hongyu smiled, just feeling funny, got up from the table, strode to the bed, and gently lifted his bride's hijab.

The bright red wedding dress set off Li Lingxiu's small face, which was extremely delicate and lovely.

The skin that was originally dark has also turned a lot whiter due to the pampering during this period of time.

A pair of big eyes are fluttering, full of shyness.

The rouge on her lips looks very delicate now.

Zhu Hongyu remembered a wisecrack and said it.

"Ma'am, can you please let me eat the rouge on your lips?"

Hearing this, Li Lingxiu showed a trace of panic on her pretty face, a little at a loss.

Zhu Hongyu laughed loudly, and held Li Lingxiu's face in her flustered eyes...

The two embraced tightly, and after a long time their lips parted, Zhu Hongyu licked the corner of his mouth and said.

"The rouge on my lady's lips is so sweet!"

As Zhu Hongyu said, he took off his outer robe, and pressed Li Lingxiu on the couch, their eyes met.

"Lights out, lights out, okay?"

Li Lingxiu recalled the embarrassing things her mother told her before she got married, and said in a weak voice.

Zhu Hongyu didn't answer, and the curtains on the bed were lowered.

Afterwards, there was a rustling sound and Li Lingxiu's coquettish cry from behind the curtain.

"..."

Zhu Hongyu lay beside Li Lingxiu, gently sniffing the fragrance of her hair.

The redness on Li Lingxiu's face was still red, her nostrils fluttered slightly, and her consciousness was still a little drowsy.

Due to the benefits of the time traveler, Zhu Hongyu's physique was surprisingly good, and he recovered in just a short while.

But just as he made a move, Li Lingxiu begged for mercy in a drowsy voice.

"Brother Hongyu, sleep, sleep!"

After all, the affairs of the entire military government are on his shoulders, so how can he have so much time to think about these things.

But now, how can I hold back?

I'm afraid I don't need to sleep tonight!

Li Lingxiu opened her eyes and saw Zhu Hongyu's fiery eyes, but her heart panicked.

Suddenly, Li Lingxiu seemed to have grasped at a straw, and spoke.

"Brother Hongyu, don't just torment me, there is also Kaya!"

"Today is also her wedding, you can't let her stay alone in the empty room!"

"Kaya is still waiting for you, go to her side quickly!"

Zhu Hongyu said.

"I do not go!"

"On the wedding day, I want to be with you. Although I have taken Kaya, in my eyes, she is no better than you!"

Li Lingxiu blushed, pushed Zhu Hongyu and said.

"Go to Kaya's side, I'm not kidding, people won't be angry!"

"Really?"

"Really! You go!"

"Okay, Lingxiu, take a rest first, and I'll come back to accompany you later!"

"..."

Having said all this, Zhu Hongyu kissed Li Lingxiu's lips lightly, then left the wedding room in cloak and went to the next door.

If it is said that in Li Lingxiu's place, the tenderness that Zhu Hongyu felt was like water.

If it wasn't for Kaya who was also a novice, Zhu Hongyu suspected that he might lose the battle!

……

Zhu Hongyu's benefits as a traveler are not fake, he has a good physique, not only recovers faster from injuries than others, but also recovers his physical strength very quickly.

The absurdity of last night did not affect his energetic work the next day!

Zhu Hongyu summoned Liu Tongwen, the head of the education department, in his study.

"Governor, the official recruitment exam has been prepared and can start at any time!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"That's good!"

"The military government has just been established, the administrative framework has just been set up, and there are many vacancies for officials. The importance of running this exam is no less than a big victory on the battlefield."

Liu Tongwen spoke again.

"It's just that there are a few deaf-mute applicants in the military government recruitment examination."

"The lower officials don't know how to deal with it. What is the suggestion of the governor?"

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while and said.

"Since you have signed up, you can refer to it normally! If you pass the exam, you will be awarded the official position normally."

"The military government recruits officials based on merit, and the rest is not important!"

Liu Tongwen clasped his fists and said.

"The subordinate understands!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.

"Let's arrange it as soon as possible, there is a shortage of officials in various organs of the military government!"

"This matter cannot be delayed!"

Liu Tongwen clasped his fists and said.

"The subordinate understands!"

When Liu Tongwen exited the study, Zhu Hongyu remembered what was reported by the weapon workshop.

Rubbing the center of his brows, he ordered.

"Order, prepare to go to the weapon workshop!"

"Arrange another meeting between Ben Du and Sanchez tomorrow!"

Zhu Hongyu still has a lot of things to do.

All kinds of things come one after another every day, which makes him feel overwhelmed.

……

Zhu Hongyu left the government office of the military government and went straight to the weapons workshop with his guards.

The reason why he made this trip was because the weapon workshop reported that the special field artillery proposed by Zhu Hongyu had been cast.

Zhu Hongyu wants to inspect it in person to verify the performance of the gun.

In two or three months at most, another large-scale decisive battle will break out between the Liberation Army and the Spaniards.

The Restoration Army can't afford to be defeated, and neither can Zhu Hongyu!

In order to ensure an absolute victory, Zhu Hongyu must do his best to support the Liberation Army.

In addition to the continuous recruitment and expansion of the army size of the Liberation Army, it is to find a way in terms of weapons!
In order to save time and energy, Zhu Hongyu directly found a few weapons that might change the situation of the battle from his own memory!
This time, the weapon workshop reported a breakthrough, Zhu Hongyu came up with the artillery design plan, and they made a product.

Of course Zhu Hongyu had to check it out for himself!
The design plan of the field artillery is actually a blueprint drawn by Zhu Hongyu who copied the design plan of the Napoleon gun.

Since history has proved that the Napoleon gun has excellent performance and is really easy to use, Zhu Hongyu copied it directly.

Didn't bother to design a muzzle-loading smoothbore gun!

Of course, the Napoleon gun here does not refer to the big Napoleon gun that fires twelve-pound shells, but the small Napoleon gun that fires six-pound shells.

To put it bluntly, it is a special field light artillery.

It is suitable for the Liberation Army to use!
The gun is equipped with a gun carriage, which is flexible and maneuverable. There is also a special design on the gun carriage, which can adjust the shooting range up and down.

It has a fast rate of fire and fierce firepower, and can shoot various shells such as solid bullets, shotgun shells, and blooming shells.

The only downside is that it is expensive!
The cannon body is made of copper, and copper is a precious metal, so the cost cannot be lowered.

It's just that Zhu Hongyu is in Luzon now. In Luzon, there is nothing lacking in copper.

As soon as the Liberation Army had peace talks with the Spaniards, Zhu Hongyu gave an order to the weapons workshop to develop the Napoleon cannon.

Now that there is finally a result, Zhu Hongyu is very pleased!

Compared with other artillery of this era, the performance of the Napoleon gun is absolutely crushing.

At least before the appearance of cast iron guns and rifled guns, few artillery can surpass the performance of Napoleon guns.

……

Zhu Hongyu arrived at the weapons workshop not far from Lingayen, and the old Liu Tou personally led people outside to greet him.

Although old Liu Tou was appointed as the chief of the industrial section, he still stayed in the weapon workshop to work.

Because, under the current military government, the only thing that has anything to do with industry is this weapons workshop.

Zhu Hongyu came up and patted Old Liu on the shoulder, and said.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Old Liu said with a moved face.

"Subordinates don't work hard!"

"For the military government, for the governor, this is what it should be!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Take me to see how the cannon is doing?"

Old head Liu nodded in agreement and led the way ahead, while Zhu Hongyu led others to follow.

Not long after, a group of people arrived at the workshop where the cannon was cast.

In the workshop, craftsmen are busy in full swing.

In the center of the factory building, there is a field artillery with a short barrel. The gun body is made of bronze, and the attached gun carriage can adjust the firing range up, down, left, and right.

Old Liu Tou introduced from the side.

"Great Governor, the body of this cannon weighs [-] catties, and with the cannon carriage, it will weigh as much as [-] catties!"

"It's not easy to transport in the mountains, but it's just right for the flat plains!"

It sounds like an exaggeration to add a thousand catties to a cannon cart.

But when converted into kilograms, it is actually only [-] kilograms, or half a ton.

Although the transfer is somewhat unchanged, it is not insurmountable.

Where the roads are difficult to walk, you can walk with more hands!
Zhu Hongyu nodded in satisfaction, and Old Liu continued to introduce.

"If the gun fires solid shells, the effective range can reach 500 meters, and even the shotgun can reach 300 meters."

"If operated by a skilled gunner, the rate of fire can even reach one round per minute!"

Such performance, although there is still a gap compared with the real Napoleon six-pounder field gun.

But in this era, it is considered the best field artillery, not one of them!
Zhu Hongyu nodded in satisfaction, then asked.

"How is the research on the sand film casting method?"

The casting method currently used by the Liberation Army is the iron film casting method, although the production speed is fast.

The time required for the artillery power of the Liberation Army to grow from scratch has been greatly shortened.

However, it is an indisputable fact that the cast artillery has a short life and heavy weight.

More importantly, the iron film casting method cannot cast heavy cannons, but can only cast some short-barreled field guns or light cannons.

In order to solve this problem, the weapon workshop of the Liberation Army prepared the mud film required by the traditional cannon-casting method, and at the same time tested the new casting method.

Zhu Hongyu also came up with the new casting method!

Originally, Zhu Hongyu wanted the weapon workshop to study the Rodman casting method, that is, the inner membrane water-cooling casting method, which was an advanced casting method that was invented only during the American Civil War.

However, Zhu Hongyu discovered that without a thermometer, Rodman's casting method is not practical at all!

He could only settle for the next best thing, and let people study the sand film casting method.

Compared with the sand film casting method, the mud film casting method and the lost wax method, the biggest advantage is that the sand film dries quickly in the shade.

It takes at least half a year for the mud film to dry in the shade, but it only takes more than a month for the sand film.

Cannon casting speed is greatly accelerated!

And in terms of quality, the quality of the cannon cast by the sand film casting cannon is no worse than that of the mud film.

Even better quality thanks to the breathability of the sand film!

You know, this cannon casting method was gradually eliminated by the British until the second half of the eighteenth century.

Old Liu said.

"Report to the Governor!"

"The sand-membrane casting method has already achieved results. This bronze field cannon was cast by the sand-membrane casting method."

"Maybe there is a reason why the cannon is made of copper, but the cannon cast by the sand mold casting method is indeed far superior to the iron film casting method in terms of performance."

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Speed ​​up the production of this type of artillery. The decisive battle between our Liberation Army and the Spaniards will start in two or three months at most."

"Every extra cannon will increase the odds of winning!"

Old Liu nodded in agreement.

"How is the development of other weapons? Are there any clues?"

Zhu Hongyu asked again.

Old Liu said.

"As for the new weapons proposed by the governor, the weapon workshop has already started to develop them!"

"Rifling guns are already in shape, but rifling a musket is a delicate job that can only be done by a skilled craftsman."

"Rifling knives are not easy to make, and there are not many masters who can pull rifling, so they cannot be mass-produced."

Before there were no industrial machine tools such as boring machines and milling machines, rifling was indeed a technical job!

It can only be done by hand by skilled craftsmen!
Although the weapon workshop is already working on the development of machine tools.

However, due to fine machining and hydraulic animal power is not a steam engine, it cannot provide a stable source of power for the machine tool.

Therefore, the machine tool still belongs to the series of the lifetime!
Old Liu continued to speak.

"Three samples have been made so far, but after the test, it was found that although the range and accuracy of the rifled gun are indeed far superior to the smoothbore gun, the rate of fire is too slow."

Ordinary muskets, if they are elite veterans, can fire two to three rounds per minute!

But for a rifled gun, in order to allow the lead bullet to bite the rifling, the diameter of the lead bullet must be larger than the diameter of the muzzle, and the loading speed will be very slow.

The rate of fire even reached every two or three minutes!
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly. He had a solution for how to increase the rate of fire of the rifled gun.

It's nothing more than miniature bombs!
However, it will be very troublesome to manufacture Minie bombs. A small amount of Minie bombs is easy to say, and the technical requirements are not high.

It's nothing more than a tapered bullet with a cork at the bottom.

How hard can it be?
But although the Mini bombs are easy to manufacture, mass production is difficult!
At least compared with the manufacture of ordinary lead bullets, the manufacture of Mini bullets is much more troublesome.

To make ordinary lead bullets, it is only necessary to melt lead metal into lead water, which then drips from a height like a drop of water.

The lead water will become round by itself due to the surface tension, and then drip into the cold water to cool and shape.

Then it only needs the craftsman to do a simple screening and polishing before it can be used.

But Minnie bombs...

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongyu suddenly thought that he really couldn't manufacture rifled guns on a large scale to equip the army now.

However, he can equip elite soldiers on a small scale!
It is also very practical to shoot black guns on the battlefield and snipe the enemy's main general.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongyu told the old head Liu about Mini's thoughts, and then gave instructions.

"The governor knows that rifled guns cannot be mass-produced, so don't ask for mass production, and make ten of them first, and use them on the battlefield, whether it's shooting black guns or killing enemy generals."

Old Liu nodded in agreement.

Zhu Hongyu motioned for him to continue.

"There is also the research and development of the wooden handle grenade, which has also produced results. We are starting to set up a production line and prepare for mass production."

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly.

"What about the research on rockets and new gunpowder? Is there any clue?"

Old Liu thought for a while, then spoke.

"All have been researched in accordance with the direction given by the general."

"The rocket has been finished and is trying to mass-produce it."

"Smokeless gunpowder has already taken shape. A few days ago, the gunpowder factory made a small amount of it for testing, and the power is quite impressive."

"But the stability of smokeless gunpowder is too poor, it is very dangerous to use, and it cannot be mass-produced for the time being!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded in satisfaction, but continued to speak.

"The production of rockets must be accelerated!"

"Don't worry about the research and development of gunpowder for the time being, just take your time, and the same sentence, safety first!"

Zhu Hongyu saw everything he wanted to see in the weapon workshop, and left the weapon workshop satisfied.

Before leaving, he deliberately explained to Old Liu.

"The governor dares to say that the arsenal of our Liberation Army is the most technologically advanced arsenal in the world, not one of them."

"That's why, the confidentiality work of technology and the work of anti-espionage must be done well!"

"Don't be careless!"

"I will arrange Jinyiwei to screen the weapon workshop from time to time."

"The weapon workshop is related to the rise, fall and development of our Liberation Army, and it cannot be overemphasized. As the person in charge of the weapon workshop, you must be more careful."

Old Liu said with a frightened expression on his face.

"Subordinates understand! How dare An not do his best?!"

Zhu Hongyu seemed to see the panic of old Liu, patted him on the shoulder, and spoke to comfort him.

"Don't worry, Jin Yiwei's screening is not aimed at you, but at those spies. This governor can still trust you!"

"You are an old man who followed me when you first entered the mountain. During this period of time, you have been doing your best for the development of the military government. Even during this period, you are living in the workshop. This general does not believe it. Who else can you trust?"

Hearing the words, old Liu Tou was moved, and couldn't help expressing his loyalty to Zhu Hongyu.

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