The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 551 Secret Weapon
"boom!"

"it is good!"

There was a roaring sound, and 500 meters away, a group of flames exploded, and the flames splashed in all directions.

Seeing this kind of result, Chen Ziming and others kept making friends, and what they were testing now was a new type of catapult. What they just projected was a secret weapon specially developed by the military factory, named Thunderbolt.

And the new type of catapult was ordered to be the thunderbolt. The highlight of this catapult, and what Chen Ziming liked the most, was the thunderbolt.

The thunderbolt is a ball with a diameter of half a meter, made of cowhide. The inside of the ball is divided into nine squares. Each grid is equipped with different movements. They are all flammable. After the thunderbolt hits the point, it is projected by the thunderbolt car Going out, it hit the ground fiercely, the thunderbolt broke apart, exploded, and continued to burn around, the flames were very poisonous.

This is simply an ancient version of artillery shells, or an ancient version of incendiary bombs. It is too powerful. This is the most powerful ancient siege weapon that Chen Ziming has ever seen. There is no such thing. The most important thing is that this thing can Mass production.

"I want five hundred of these things." Before Chen Ziming and Guan Yu could speak, Zhang Fei impatiently placed an order, leaving Chen Ziming speechless again. Zhang Fei wanted all kinds of good things.

"Yide, this matter is assigned by the military department, so don't mess around." Guan Yu didn't do it anymore. It is impossible to give all these things to Zhang Fei, and every army must equip them.

"Third brother." Chen Ziming also said speechlessly: "The heavy cavalry are all cavalry, and the logistics pressure is already huge, how can we build stone slingers."

What a joke, Zhang Fei is leading a heavy cavalry army, equipped with bows and arrows at most, if you want to equip a strategic weapon like thunderbolt chariot, you can also leave a suit of armor, otherwise Liu Bei's logistics will be overwhelmed if you keep the heavy cavalry army.

Whether it is a heavy cavalry army or a thunderbolt car, the logistics requirements are very high, especially the thunderbolt car, because of the reason for the thunderbolt bullet, it is even necessary to establish a special logistics supply line. For the transportation capacity of this era, this requirement is too strong. .

"It's not difficult, just build a catapult army, and recruit more civilians." Zhang Fei was determined to ask for Thunderbolt cars, and he asked for five hundred, without considering other people's feelings at all.

The factory manager buried his head and said in a low voice: "It is not easy to produce Perak cars, and it needs high-quality fine wood, which needs to be shipped from Jizhou and other places..."

Anyway, it's just a sentence, they can't come up with so much, and it's impossible to meet Zhang Fei's request.

"Maximum [-] thunderbolt cars can be manufactured in a month..."

After getting this result, everyone was silent, twenty, what can you do, it is not enough to equip an army, and Liu Bei's twenty legions, except for Zhang Fei's pure cavalry legion, all other legions need this kind of thunderbolt car .

"The arsenal is stepping up the production of fatigue vehicles. The more the better, the military will purchase them all."

Chen Ziming placed an order directly with the military department, then turned his head to look at Guan Yu and said, "After going back, I will discuss with my eldest brother that in addition to the [-] legions, we are building several special regiments directly under the military headquarters, and they will be dispatched to the expeditionary army during wartime."

After seeing this alternative version of the cannon, Chen Ziming thought about it and came up with an idea. Anyway, the number and output of thunderbolt cars are limited, not scaled, and the attack effect is much smaller. It is impossible for every legion to distribute them.

Moreover, the thunderbolt chariot is too powerful to attack, so it is better to master it alone. If there is a large army going out at that time, according to the number of soldiers and horses to be dispatched, a corresponding number of thunderbolt chariots can be dispatched to cooperate.

"Yes." After hearing this, Guan Yu's eyes lit up. This is indeed a good way, but the brains of scholars turn quickly.

Zhang Fei shouted excitedly: "I will take charge of the Thunderbolt Chariot."

"Yes." Chen Ziming agreed to Zhang Fei without even thinking about it, and said to Zhang Fei with a smile: "However, the Thunderbolt Chariot is an independent army and cannot be merged with other legions. Since the third brother wants to command the Thunderbolt Army, he can no longer command the Heavy Cavalry Army."

"This..." Zhang Fei felt dizzy after hearing this, and finally had to compromise again. He looked at Chen Ziming with a displeased face, and he couldn't always take advantage of Chen Ziming.

Let Zhang Fei give up the heavy cavalry, how is it possible, the heavy cavalry charge is Zhang Fei's favorite thing, as for the thunderbolt chariot, anyway, it will not be necessary to cooperate with the heavy cavalry to attack.

Afterwards, Chen Ziming and others continued to test various new weapons. Compared with the original weapons, they were much more powerful and more flexible. However, the requirements for materials and technology were higher, and professional craftsmen were required to manufacture them. So production is limited.

After all the tests were completed, Chen Ziming said, "All new weapons need to be ordered by the military, and equipped to all armies as soon as possible to form combat effectiveness."

"Prime Minister." At this time, the factory manager said in a difficult way: "The materials needed for new weapons are very expensive, and the arsenal is short of money, and has been in arrears for subsidies for many days..."

In a word, money is needed. Don’t think that the arsenal belongs to Liu Bei. You don’t need money to produce weapons for Liu Bei.

This is still a small investment, and what really consumes money is the raw materials. Be it beef tendon, cowhide, or high-quality wood, they are all very expensive war resources, and they are not easy to obtain. Wood also said that a large area of ​​primitive land in the north of the Han Dynasty There are forests, but the freight is not cheap.

"The military department first sent this year's military expenditure to the arsenal, and immediately started producing new weapons." Chen Ziming immediately asked Guan Yu to send someone back to transfer the money.

Guan Yu nodded. There was no delay, so he immediately arranged for people to go back, and then said to Chen Ziming: "The military expenditure of the military department is limited, and there is a big gap."

It would be barely enough to just replace the new armor, but now that Chen Ziming wants to order all the new weapons, the expenditure cannot be afforded by the military. order, because it is impossible for Liu Bei to give Guan Yu so much money.

"I have my own way of dealing with money." Chen Ziming took over the problem.

Then Chen Ziming inspected the entire arsenal. This is the most advanced and complete factory in the world, with a production chain established. It occupies a terrific area. The production workshops are one after another. Is there any soldiers guarding sharp weapons to patrol back and forth.

"The defense is not enough. It is easy for the fine work to turn around and send another [-] troops to defend." These new technologies must not be leaked, otherwise, with the abilities of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, it will not be difficult to imitate them.

Cao Cao and Sun Quan are the shameless ones. Many techniques were learned secretly from Liu Bei. To deal with Liu Bei, the previous ones are fine, but things like Thunderbolt cars must not be exposed, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.

(End of this chapter)