After observing the test firing of the Ming Dynasty's cannon, Wang Chengen knew the cannons of this era. Thinking about the cannons of the Ming Dynasty, you should not underestimate them. If the enemy on the opposite side is crowded with crowds and densely lined up for you to bombard them, the cannons of the Ming Dynasty are also extremely powerful - no matter how they fire, they can kill a few unlucky guys no matter where they hit.

It is obvious whether Yuan Chonghuan was injuring Nurhaci with a red cannon in Ningyuan City. It is obviously worth discussing. The Ming Dynasty's cowhide has seen a lot, and it is said that the Ming Dynasty's gunner is magical and aims at the wild boar skin at the flags to fire. It is a fatal blow. It is pure nonsense. I guess even Yuan Chonghuan doesn't believe it. Of course, it is not ruled out that the blind cat hits the dead mouse. For example, the gap between the projectile and the cannon chamber is very small.

Erlangzi, who happened to have gunpowder, had too much gunpowder, and happened to have a little resurgence, so it turned into slow-burning gunpowder. As a result, the projectile flew farther away. Nurhaci was so desperate that he blocked the ballistic direction of the projectile. Nurhaci even wanted to use his shoulders to block it. In short, Yuan Chonghuan was particularly lucky, and Nurhaci was too lucky, and Alzheimer's disease made the myth that Yuan Chonghuan was injuring the enemy chief.

It is indeed difficult for the Ming Dynasty's cannon casting craftsmen. The red-clothed cannon is more than three meters long. It is a fantasy to paste a mud tire of more than three meters long. It is a fantasy to use manual processing to ensure the roundness and cylindricality of the mud tire. Even if the roundness of the mud tire and the cylindricality of the cylindricality can be passed in sloppy, the casting deformation is not controlled, and the pores generated by the casting cannot be solved by these Ming Dynasty craftsmen.

This is the technical limitation of this era. You can look down on these cannons, but you have to respect the difficult process of technological development. Given Chongzhen's words, everything will happen in the next moment in this world, Wang Chengen had to give up some civilian projects and decided to immediately start a series of trial production of cannons and shells. After the new cannons came out, the original Ming cannons were left to be returned except for some of them entering the museum.

Duan Lin suffered a loss in Laizhou and ran back and was scolded by his boss. But at that time, he didn't have the luck to not run away!

After the Ming army took back Laizhou, it only claimed that it would quell a mining riot. The Dashun Army pretended to be an autonomous militia in the land that originally belonged to others. The Ming Dynasty only said that it would quell the chaos in its own land. The Dashun Army could only swallow this breath and suffered a loss.

One or two hundred people broke the military newspaper of the Dashun Army, and they still reported to Beijing. After hearing the newspaper, General Liu Tichun personally went to Shandong and then found Duan Lin, the unlucky guy.

General Liu was kind and said:

"Duan Lin, I will ask you a few questions. As long as you answer truthfully, it is common for victory or defeat. It is not scary to lose a battle. I will just talk to you about the Ming army's surprise attack. I will tell you everything about the actual situation at that time. Not only will I be innocent, but after I have explained it, I will also ask for merit for you. Do you know?"

"General Xie! I must tell you the truth." Duan Lin saw that he was not here to cure his crime, and finally let go of half of his heart.

"I will ask you, do you explain that the army has a powerful musket that can attack 500 steps, but is it true?" Liu Tichun came to Shandong this time to come to learn about the real power of the new firearm in the Ming Dynasty. When he tracked Chongzhen last time, he knew that Chongzhen had a powerful short musket. The Dashun Army dug three feet on the hillside where Chongzhen blocked the Dashun Army, found two Du version shells, and found the bullet heads, and put them together, a complete one

The bullet was about to come out. However, based on this bullet, combined with the description of the Dashun Army who had seen the pistol firing on that day, the craftsmen also made short pistols fired by bullets and striker needles. Of course, the bullets were successful, but the bullets were not far away, and they were not accurate, and they were not as good as old-fashioned muskets. They had to send people to Nanjing to collect the secrets of the Ming pistol and rifles. This time the Ming army's new gun actually equipped the Shandong Ming army. It seems that the development of the Dashun Army's firearms must also be kept up.

Duan Lin recalled that the Ming army's muskets could take human life from a distance from the sky. He was still scared and said:

"Reply to the general's words, at the end of the day, we saw that there were few Ming soldiers who were attacking our army. I thought that as long as my cavalry came out, I would be able to regain the city gate. How could I know that the Ming army had a powerful musket that could attack five or six hundred steps? Our cavalry had just started to rush forward, and the horses had not really started running. At least five or six hundred steps away, the cavalrymen were hit and fell to the ground one after another. Our cavalry was not cowards, so we still risked our lives to rush forward. When we rushed within two hundred steps, a grenade flew from afar, and the charge of the horses was blown up.

The Ming army's muskets were constantly stopped, and the grenades were used. They could be thrown over from a distance. Seeing that so many good brothers died suddenly, even my cousin died. When they were dragged down, their heads were blown to pieces, and there were three blood holes made by muskets. The Ming army's firepower was too strong, and there were Ming army troops coming to support them behind them. Mo General wanted to fight to the death and avenge their brothers, but they told the top that they could not fight to the death with the Ming army, so Mo General had to lead his troops to retreat."

"Can you find the Ming army's bullet warhead?"

"My general saved a few bullets and bullets.My general also wanted to know why the Ming army's muskets were so far, so he picked up several bullets. Please see, the bullets are not round." Duan Lin took out two bullets from his arms and handed them to Liu Tichun.

When Liu Tichun saw that the bullet head was smaller than the last bullet head. Such a small pointed warhead could still take five or six hundred steps. It was really strange!

Li Laiheng, who was responsible for making military weapons, got the bullet and warhead, and he was also puzzled. How could this bullet and warhead become smaller and smaller?

The bullets imitated by Dashun were successful. However, the muskets that fired such bullets could not be made. The bullets made by Dashun can certainly fire the rear-loaded smoothbore gun, but the effect of test-firing cone bullets was extremely poor. The cone bullets shot out rolled in the air without any accuracy. Helplessly, they had to change the bullets into a spherical shape, and finally had the shooting accuracy, and the range was indeed almost twice as far as the melee gun. Although the fire rate of this kind of musket has reached more than 30%, the firing speed has been greatly accelerated. It turned out that gunpowder was needed to load the gunpowder from the muzzle, and the projectiles were not fired at the bottom, which would cause the projectile to fall out. Now the shooting speed is more than three times faster, and it can be fired regardless of sunshine. Although it is not as good as the Ming munitions, it is a difference compared to the old-fashioned firearms.

The underground workers who were active in Nanjing soon gained something. Through various channels, they knew that there were pistols in the Royal Club's shooting hall, but no one could take them down. They tried to find new soldiers and soldiers, and finally knew that there was a spiral rifle in the barrel. But the problem came. How to carve the rifle inside, it was impossible to get the rifle inside. The technique of squeezing rifle was regarded as the number one secret by Wang Chengen, and a group of hardcore craftsmen were selected to make it. Each craftsman had a monthly salary of five taels of silver. He was supported by high salaries and was always educated. So far, the confidentiality work was done well, and it seemed that this major confidential technology had not been leaked.

In any case, the Dashun Army can make a rear-loaded smoothbore gun, and with a full load of bullets, although the range and accuracy are far worse than the Ming Dynasty's rifle, it does not hinder the large-scale emergency production of this gun. At least it is much stronger than the old-fashioned musket. Dashun is preparing to use this secret weapon on the key battlefield in the upcoming battle to destroy the Qing army.

The Qing Dynasty was not idle either. The Qing Dynasty's intelligence work in the Ming Dynasty has always been effective, and this has been the case since the Wanli Dynasty. One of the reasons for the defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Sarhu was that before the war was fought, Nurhaci's intelligence team had a clear understanding of the Ming army's strength and route of battle.

The Ming army made a new musket that was shot far away, and the Qing army's spies had already heard about it in Nanjing. Dorgon was willing to spend money, even the new musket of the Ming army was called rifles, pistols, bullets, and information on how far they could be shot, and even the shells and bullets of bullets were bought. Unfortunately, there is no chance to spend money to buy a new gun so far, and no matter how much it costs, it will not be enough. As for Dashun's secrets, the professional underground workers and part-time underground workers in the Qing Dynasty in Beijing showed their magical powers and quickly learned that Dashun was imitating the Ming army's pistols and rifles.

Of course, the biggest gain came from North Korea. Although North Korea bought a shotgun from the Ming Dynasty as much as possible, it was still heard by the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty finally got a shotgun and several shotguns through the North Korean raping.

When Kong Youde surrendered, he brought the Portuguese artillery experts hired by the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, after getting the bullets and shells of the Ming Dynasty, referring to the shotguns and shotguns obtained in North Korea, after analysis by Portuguese technicians and a craftsman, he believed that it was just a replica of the principle of a fire-pulling grenade. These foreigners tinkered with some trouble, and according to the description of the new guns of the Ming Dynasty, they also tinkered with smoothbore guns and full-shaped bullets. Of course, the ending was the same as Dashun, and it was not far away or accurate. There was no way, so they could only use the shotgun first. The power of this shotgun was already quite terrifying. The Qing army was amazed. Dorgon decided to make a large amount immediately and had to make at least 3,000 before heading south.

However, Dashun and the Qing Dynasty encountered the problem of copper shell processing. They only rely on hand to build shells, and the accuracy was poor, so of course they were all ineffective. However, the efficiency of hand-made shells was really low. Dashun relied on the many craftsmen in Beijing, so of course Dashun had the upper hand. Therefore, although the shotgun imitated by the Qing Dynasty and the smoothbore spherical bullet guns of the Dashun imitated by the smoothbore, the two have their own advantages and power is equal, but in terms of ammunition, Dashun has more confidence.

Originally, Dorgon could not help but feel ecstasy when he learned that Dashun and the Ming Dynasty fought in Hubei and Shandong. According to the words and deeds of the envoy Ruan Dacheng sent by the Ming Dynasty, he also wanted to follow the plan of the Qing Dynasty and attack Dashun. Dorgon felt that Hong Chengchou's plan to get along with each other was very promising.

However, Chongzhen's performance was a bit abnormal. Chongzhen, who had been deceived by cheating in the past, seemed a little difficult to understand. He sang Lianshu and resisted the Qing Dynasty in public opinion, and was also very moved by the proposal of the Qing Dynasty to join forces with Mishu. He didn't know which one was true! Which one was fake!

On that day, Dorgon was discussing military and national affairs with Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, and suddenly received a piece of information. After Dorgon saw this thing, he began to pace in the room. Seeing the two of them wondering, Dorgon said:

"The Ming army defeated more than 2,000 Dashun Army in Laizhou with only two or three hundred men. Although it was Wu Sangui's troops, it would not be able to capture a city with more than 2,000 people. Legend has it that the Ming army used many new firearms this time, and then captured the city. However, the Ming and Dashun fought and stopped fighting. I don't know what was going on. Tell me."

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and said, "I reported to the Regent. I think that one is that the Dashun army is indeed not as good as the Guanning Iron Cavalry of Wu Sangui. The second is that the Dashun army occupied the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it is inevitable that people in the city will communicate with the Ming army. In addition, the Ming army's new firearms are sharp, and the Dashun army is a mob, and it is not surprising that the Dashun army is defeated. However, after Wu Sangui won, he did not continue to attack. I don't know if the Ming army really wants to wait for our Qing Dynasty to raise troops before taking advantage of the situation to attack Li Zicheng. The Ming Dynasty and Dashun are just small-scale fights in Hubei, and it cannot be ruled out that the Ming Dynasty is playing the trick of the Three Kingdoms. The Ming Dynasty occupied the Denglai area in Shandong, which is also a threat to the Qing Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty does not want to break up with Li Zicheng, or it is like the public opinion of the "Ta Kung Pao" and "Ming Pao", it is unknown."

Fan Wencheng said: "According to the theory, Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, Chongzhen, as a prisoner at the ranks, endured humiliation and burdened the Qing Dynasty, could also be regarded as a way to escape. According to what my ministers think, didn't Chongzhen want to kill Li Zicheng to take revenge?"

Dorgon said nothing and looked at Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou was quite hesitant. Someone in the Ming Dynasty had already passed messages to him through people, warning himself not to be a traitor wholeheartedly and leave a glimmer of life. He hesitated in his heart and said vaguely:

"In my foolish opinion, it is better to make more preparations. Defeating Li Zicheng is the top priority. As long as you defeat Li Zicheng, the Ming Dynasty will not be a match for me. It is better for the Ming Dynasty to attack Li Zicheng. Even if you can't attack, I can destroy Li Zicheng independently. I will not dare to be an enemy of my Qing Dynasty."

Dorgon slapped the table and laughed loudly: "What Lord Hong said is very reasonable. Who will be afraid of when I was in Qing Dynasty? When 3,000 iron sand guns are ready, my Qing Dynasty soldiers will swing their swords south and will definitely destroy Li Zicheng."
Chapter completed!