Chapter 440

"Field artillery?"

Chen Qi's face became more serious. Now Xiao Ming himself came to say that the Qingzhou army would soon be able to use this kind of field artillery.

When he saw the Dutch towed field guns in Dengzhou this time, he knew that he was still behind Europe in military science and technology, because the field guns used by the Dutch were basically not much different from the contemporary Napoleon field guns.

At this time point, weapons similar to Napoleon's field cannons appeared, which is enough to prove that Europe in this time and space has surpassed the time of contemporary 567 years in terms of science and technology.

There is basically no gap between this and his judgment. If so, he will have to concentrate on catching up. After all, Europe is the overall progress of society, and his progress now only stays in a few workshops in Qingzhou.

"Yes, field guns, and Napoleonic field guns. I think you've seen them in textbooks. Napoleonic guns are divided into two kinds, twelve pound guns and six pound guns. Twelve pound guns are used to attack cities, and six pound guns are used to fight between the two armies." Xiao Ming warned.

Chen Qi nodded. "I remember that the six pound field gun is 1.52 meters long, 93 mm in caliber, and 389 kg in weight. The twelve pound field gun is 1.6 meters long, 117 mm in caliber, and 556 kg in weight. But your highness, all the Napoleon field guns are made of bronze. Such field guns can even withstand double blasts Do we also use bronze for the power of medicine? "

"Qian Dafu found a copper mine in the northwest of Qingzhou City, so now we have enough copper to make field cannons. However, the number of field cannons is not much. I'm willing to give up. After all, the field cannons are of high quality. Three months later, I need 30 six pound field cannons and 20 twelve pound field cannons."

Chen Qi pondered: "in this way, we need to recast the iron mold, and we also need to manufacture trailers."

"That's basically right. I brought you the structural drawing of Napoleonic cannons. It's not a problem to make Napoleonic cannons with your current technology." Xiao Ming said.

After taking Xiao Ming's structural drawing, Chen Qi looked at it again and again. This time, the structural drawing is more detailed than in the textbook.

It's not that Xiao Ming is clumsy. He just uses the method of modern textbooks to teach basic knowledge, but he doesn't paste the real structure diagram of field artillery on the textbooks.

After all, if you write too much in detail, it is tantamount to divulging secrets. This is that everyone knows that nuclear weapons release energy through fission, but not everyone can make an atomic bomb.

After all, textbooks are textbooks, but they are not technical materials.

"No problem now." Xiao Ming laughs that sometimes it's not a lack of technology, but a lack of creativity. Now Chen Qi has a comprehensive understanding of the structure of field guns, and the current iron mold casting technology is enough to produce Napoleon's field guns.

In the process of manufacturing, the key point is the structure of the trailer. Now that he has provided the specific structure of the trailer, the problem does not exist.

Chen Qi studied for a while and praised: "this trailer is really wonderful. It can not only make the field artillery move under the traction of horses, but also bear the gun seat. This downward bending structure can withstand the ground, so that the artillery will not have large displacement due to firing. This time, it's no problem."

Chen Qi suddenly realized that Xiao Ming was at ease. He said, "now you can make iron models first. When the copper arrives, you can try to produce them. This field gun is not only used to deal with the Dutch, but also against the barbarians."

"Yes, your highness." Chen Qi looks solemn.

Now that the handover of naval gun is over, the mortar experiment is completed and can be put into production, he has plenty of time to study field artillery.

Xiao Ming felt relaxed when he explained this. Wang Xuan brought the news that the Dutch had built a fortress in Ryukyu. If there were no field guns, his troops would attack the fortress and cause great casualties. Now the problem is different.

When Xiao Ming asked the military workshop to produce field guns, the Dutch fleet had already arrived in Ryukyu.

The fleet landed at the dock, and Claire and rod headed for the city of jeranzha not far from the dock. This is the city they built in Ryukyu.

Along the way, Claire was gloomy, obviously thinking about a very important thing, and rod's face was also very ugly. After they retreated from Dengzhou, the enemy fleet did not come after them.

But the other side's powerful fleet has always been lingering in their hearts, because they have also lost self-confidence in their proudest sea.

Ten miles to the shore, a typical European castle building appeared in front of them.

Since the occupation of Ryukyu 30 years ago, the local aborigines were coerced to build the fort for them. The construction of the fort took five years. At this time, it was a huge two mile long and wide fort. The shape of the whole fort was like a five pointed star. Each corner was equipped with a fort, and the corners could shoot and protect each other.

"The count is back." With a call from the city, the iron gate of the fort slowly opened.

Dutch soldiers guarding the fort saluted Claire.Some of the black haired and yellow skinned indigenous people in the Ryukyu fort are carrying rice. Since they occupied Ryukyu, they asked the indigenous people to grow rice and sugar cane.

And these are the goods they sell to Europe.

"Count Clare, you must make up your mind now. What shall we do now?" Said rod.

Claire grimaced. "What else can I do? Do you want to surrender to the king of Qi and accept their terms? "

"Now the soldiers are very afraid. We are too far away from our hometown, and there are too many powerful enemies. The king of Qi not only has a powerful fleet, but also has soldiers equipped with flint guns. At the head of the city, they also have artillery. Our weapons may be more advanced than them, but we can't win by the number of people we borrow, especially if the fleet can't protect us, I will be defeated I'm stuck here. "

"Coward, are you ready to run away now?" Said Clare scornfully.

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's that we have to find reinforcements now, otherwise we are not the opponent of the king of Qi. Now we should ask the British to help us. Anyway, we are all Europeans," he said

"Yes? To get rid of one villain, get another villain? " Clare was more and more dissatisfied. "Rod, you must be scared. You'd better go back and have a rest now."

Rod knew that Claire was in a hurry. He said, "count, I hope you will think it over."

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