Chapter 138 137 Test Cannon

"Bang bang."

Two short-distance guns came from a distance, and the sound of guns was dull.

"Go to see the effect."

Zhang Shigui, who was standing in front of the crowd, spoke at this time.

This place is already a certain distance from Jiujiang Wharf, and a team of soldiers are on duty at a distance from their gun test site.

Several nearby soldiers began to clean the cannon chamber after firing fire and prepared to reload, but when they saw the crowd coming, several of them temporarily stopped their movements.

Zhang Shigui and everyone did not stay in the artillery position, but walked through them and continued forward. About fifty steps ahead was a mountain wall. At this moment, the originally intact mountain wall had been riddled with holes of a large number of small leads.

Looking at the crowd that had already moved forward, Wei Guangde did not follow, but squatted next to a cannon and observed carefully.

The cannon body is about 2 feet in the head and tail, and 7 iron hoops are added to the cannon body. The cannon head is supported by two iron claws, which gives the cannon a little elevation angle when firing.

However, this cannon was not directly placed on the ground, but dug a small hole at the tail of the cannon to fix the cannon, and the two iron claws on the cannon were also inserted into the ground, both for fixing the cannon.

Wei Guangde touched the tail of the cannon and felt a little hot.

"Is this gun abdomen two inches? How much medicine is installed for each launch? How much lead?"

Wei Guangde saw that the cannon was thinner and the wall was not thick, but because it was too thin, the caliber of the cannon was also very small.

"have."

A personal soldier next to him knew Wei Guangde. He was a personal soldier of the Wu family. Naturally, he knew who the teenage baby was in front of him. This was Wei Xiucai and Wei Wenqu.

Well, the answer I got was very satisfied with, which was very consistent with his impression, the bigger the body, the better.

The cannon is about two feet long and has a running diameter of two inches, which is about ten times the size of the body tube.

Although it is incomparable to 40 times or 50 times in later generations, the current technical level should not be bad.

You know, the craftsmen from the garrison were casting the cannons, not the masters from the Beijing Military Weapon Bureau and the Military Staff Bureau. It is already very good to have them built, and the cannons are not blown up.

The man continued: "This gun requires six cents of medicine every time you fire it. You can wrap it in advance and put it on directly."

At this time, the cleaning of the gunbore had been completed. Wei Guangde stood there and watched the gunners loading, and was listening carefully to the person's introduction.

This man is the leader of this team of personal soldiers, and he is just a little free, while others are working hard.

A gunpowder wrapped in cloth was put into the gun barrel, and someone put a stick into the gun barrel and pounded it, which should be compacting the gunpowder.

But at this point, they stopped moving and did not continue to load ammunition.

Wei Guangde didn't ask, because he saw that there were small leads in the box next to him, and a few slightly larger ones, about the same size as the gun barrel. In other words, in addition to firing shotguns, this gun can also fire solid bullets.

Wei Guangde knew that they were waiting for orders, and there were many big figures in front of the muzzle at this moment, so they did not load ammunition into the gun, just for safety reasons.

Wei Guangde felt that what he saw here was almost the same, just like the one who put the bowl-mouth gun, but this one looked smaller and much lighter than the bowl-mouth gun.

Immediately, Wei Guangde nodded at the captain of the personal soldiers with a smile, and quickly went to chase the person in front of him.

Soon, Wei Guangde arrived at the mountain wall. Zhang Shigui, Wu Zhankui and Wei Dad had been standing here for a while, measuring the strike area of ​​the shotgun.

Wei Guangde followed him from left to right, and estimated that the approximate killing width of more than 200 leads shot by these two cannons was about twenty meters.

The lead seed was trapped in the soil, and Wei Wencai and Wu Dong measured the depth of the soil, which looked like an inch.

But these are not important, because Wei Guangde has heard the discussions of Zhang Shigui and others.

"There is no problem to break the armor in fifty steps."

"Well, the iron armor will also be penetrated. The two cannons can be placed one step at a time and can make a width of twelve steps, which is very good."

"Have you tried this gun in Pengze?"

At this time, Zhang Shigui turned around and asked Wu Dong.

"I tried five or six guns, and both of them were almost the same."

Wu Dong hurriedly answered his uncle's question.

"Then try to use the power of the solid bullet."

Zhang Shigui felt aware of it, nodded and said to others with a smile.

"good."

“That’s right.”

Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng naturally would not refuse.

Not long after, two more gunfires came from the gun position.

The crowd still passed through the cannon position and went to the mountain wall to check the power of the shooting. Wei Guangde still went over and touched the temperature of the cannon barrel, which was much higher than the previous one.

As the personal soldiers used wooden sticks wrapped in linen to clean the barrel, the temperature of the barrel also dropped, but it was still very hot.

"If this gun is fired continuously, how many times can it be fired?"

Wei Guangde felt that the heat dissipation of the gun barrel was a little bad, and he was very worried about the properties of iron materials these days.

Well, when I was still in Bengshan Fort back then, I heard a lot of people talking about firearms and explosions.

In fact, Wei Guangde knew that some of these news might be true, but many of them were also made up in order to prevent him from touching bird guns.

Just kidding, everyone knows that firearms are blown up, so will other wards practice firearms when they are fine?

How could so many firearm explosion accidents occur?

When I was in Bengshan Fort, I never saw anyone using this thing except playing with firearms by myself.

Even if some gunpowder was pulled down from above, my father would have taken it to the city to exchange for money and firecrackers.

This is the memory of Wei Guangde, but Wei Guangde now believes it.

"At most, the gun body is hot. You can't continue firing. You need to get colder before you can continue firing."

The captain of the personal soldiers immediately said, "I tried it before in Pengze. After firing five consecutive guns, the craftsman and the gunner touched the gun and said they could not continue shooting."

Wei Guangde smiled and shook his head, not because he disliked the few times of this gun, but because he felt that there were not many opportunities for this thing to fire the second gun.

With the loading speed of these personal soldiers and the distance of fifty steps, they almost ran in front of them while you were still preparing for the second shot.

Even if the opponent's speed is slower and you can still fire it after reloading, it is absolutely impossible for the third shot to fire.

The two guns behind were fired three times, and a total of ten guns were fired. Zhang Shigui and others stood next to the cannon and reached out to touch the hot gun barrel.

They also knew about the test my cousin was conducting in Pengze, and now they were testing the barrel in a similar manner.

"Five times are enough, so close, unless you defend the city."

Zhang Shigui was very satisfied with the performance of the iron cannon, nodding at Wu Zhankui, and Wei Meng said.

"Yes, this gun has a short range. If you fight in the field, you probably think that the two guns will be the limit. If you defend the city, you can prepare to cool down the cold water."

Wei Meng also agreed.

"What do my brother-in-law think of our proposal?"

Wu Zhankui stood beside Zhang Shigui and asked quietly, obviously just trying to collect copper cannons such as bowl-mouthed guns in the garrison.

"It's feasible. Let's think about it when we go back. Come to the mansion for a meal during the Chinese New Year and make sure things are settled."

Zhang Shigui nodded slightly and said.
Chapter completed!