During daily training, Mo Ru happened to find a set of cannon aiming methods. He called it the triangular aiming method. It mainly aims at the target more accurately based on the difference between the target, sightseeing and sight. Xu Ziwen and Liu Chenzi strongly praised this method. After they were injured, they also reminded Mo Ru to promote this targeting method carefully.

Mo Ru likes to study artillery shooting technology very much and is also very interested in the development of cannons. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. This is the most basic principle. To make artillery exert greater power and play a greater role in war, you must have more powerful artillery. For the time being, a more powerful artillery is the Red Cannon. Therefore, Mo Ru studied alone and even mastered a lot of knowledge about the Red Cannons.

In the artillery battalion of the Hu Ben Army, there were some original Ming army artillery. The Ming army widely used firearms, and cannons were standard equipment. There were many people who had operated red and barbarian cannons. Mo Ru mastered the knowledge about red and barbarian cannons mainly from them. As the saying goes, three cobblers were better than Zhuge Liang. Mo Ru mastered the knowledge about red and barbarian cannons, which was not inferior to Sun Qinkai. Therefore, when Sun Qinkai arrived, Brigadier General Zhang also called, and everyone studied the various data of red and barbarian cannons together.

All the red cannons were placed in a large courtyard southwest of the city. The twenty-six red cannons were arranged in two rows. At first glance, they were quite powerful. Especially Mo Ru and others, they were even more impressed. On that day, they were bombed by the red cannons. The scene of grape bombs falling all over the sky will never be forgotten.

"That's all, that's all, that's all..." When Sun Qinkai saw these red cannons, he was obviously a little excited and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

For an artillery expert, the Red Cannon is truly a high level! At that time, the casting technology of the Red Cannon basically represented the most advanced cannon technology at that time. If the Hu Ben Army could master this technology, it would mean that the level of the Hu Ben Army's cannon level was already in line with the advanced level of the world.

The technology of the Red Cannon was mainly brought by the Portuguese. In fact, the relationship between the Portuguese and the Ming Dynasty has always been very good. The Red Cannons of the Ming Dynasty were mainly sold by the Portuguese. Some Portuguese even acted as craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty and earned a lot of money. On the contrary, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch was not very good.

Considering that the Hu Ben Navy is very likely to go to war with Dutch warships in the future when it comes to fighting for Taiwan, it is absolutely impossible to do without more advanced artillery fire. This is also the main reason why Zhang Zhun was eager to solve the technical difficulty of the Red Cannon. In the future, if he left the powerful Red Cannon, he would definitely suffer a great loss.

"What parts are missing?" Zhang Zhun asked with concern.

"Three parts are missing." Sun Qinkai frowned.

Zhang Zhun immediately asked, "Can you copy it?"

Sun Qinkai said slowly: "It's a bit difficult! But it's not impossible!"

Zhang Zhun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as you can copy missing parts, it is a good thing. Even if you cannot imitate the Red Cannon for the time being, as long as these twenty-six Red Cannons can be repaired and used, it can play a great role. Don’t forget that the number of flying dragon cannons in the Tiger Army is quite large. The twenty-six Red Cannons, plus hundreds of flying dragon cannons, is enough for the opponent to drink a pot. It is no problem to win Dengzhou City.

Sun Qinkai further explained that he had to repeatedly test the problems with parts. The key was the problem of raw materials. As long as the problem of raw materials was solved, all other problems would be solved. He was planning to pull a red cannon back to the cannon factory in Fushan City, dismantle it, and study it carefully.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "It's okay, we have time."

Sun Qinkai's confidence became even more sufficient.

Zhang Zhun did not put any pressure on Sun Qinkai, but Sun Qinkai himself felt a high level of pressure. This pressure came from his father. His father Sun Yuanhua was rebelling for Kong Youde and died unjustly. Now, Kong Youde is in Dengzhou City. There are two slave chiefs, Dorgon and Duoduo, both in Dengzhou City.

As long as he restores all the red cannons to their performance, and then imitates more red cannons based on the research results, Dengzhou City will be done. The power of the red cannons is enough to completely collapse the walls of Dengzhou City. As long as the walls of Dengzhou City are collapsed, no one inside can escape.

If there were two biggest enemies of Sun Yuanhua, one was Wen Tiren and the other was Kong Youde. Without Kong Youde's rebellion, Sun Yuanhua would not die. Without Wen Tiren's insult, Sun Yuanhua would not die. Without Wen Tiren's insult, he would not die. Wen Tiren could not deal with it for the time being, so he would first use Kong Youde to attack him.

"I know there is a more advanced artillery, I wonder if it can be copied?"

After the discussion about the Red Cannon ended, Zhang Zhun said slowly.

"More advanced artillery?"

Sun Qinkai immediately became interested.

Mo Ru's eyes were also shiny.

"Yes, more advanced and flexible artillery."

Zhang Zhun said calmly.

During these days, Zhang Zhun lay on the door panel, carefully measured his artillery, and found many problems. The time when the artillery of the Hu Ben Army was established was actually a long time ago. After Zhang Zhun captured Fushan City, a special artillery team had been established. Later, the artillery team was continuously expanded and eventually expanded into an artillery battalion.

However, the chances of artillery fighting were slim. It was during this battle in Huangxian that the artillery really exerted its power and caused huge damage to the Tartars. However, except for the battle in Huangxian, the artillery did not have the opportunity to fight in other battles. For example, when the Japanese pirates came to Dasongwei, the artillery battalion did not arrive at the battlefield in time.

Zhang Zhun invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in the technological development of artillery. However, the effect was quite unsatisfactory. I felt that the money was thrown in, but I didn’t see the effect. After careful thinking, Zhang Zhun found the reason. His land artillery was seriously lacking in mobility. It was not that the power of the cannons was insufficient, the number of cannons was insufficient, nor that the operation of the cannons was not proficient enough, but that they could not quickly go to the battlefield.

Let’s not talk about the Red Barbarian cannons for now. The movement speed of the Red Barbarian cannons is definitely a tragedy. Even the flying dragon cannons rushed to the battlefield, as slow as a snail. When the artillery arrived at the front line, the battle was all over. When the Dasongwei came to the Japanese pirates, Zhang Zhun also ordered the artillery to attack immediately. However, when the artillery arrived, the battle ended for three days. In the battle in Huangxian, the artillery took several days before finally reaching Huangxian.

The navy's artillery has no problem at all. Because warships can effectively maneuver and can carry cannons everywhere. Navy's warships are the best carriers of cannons. Such carriers are not available on land. Ordinary ox carts, horse carts, donkey carts, mule carts and warships are not of the same level.

In fact, Zhang Zhun's requirement for artillery is no longer just to equip the Red and Black cannons. He wants to study more light and powerful artillery based on the Red and Black cannons. This type of artillery must first be mobility, be able to move quickly, and be able to effectively cooperate with infantry combat. Wherever the infantry appears, it can follow. Even such artillery can be directly organized with the infantry and operate collectively.

He remembered the most popular Napoleon cannon in the 19th century. The so-called Napoleon cannon was named after the French emperor Napoleon III. It has strong mobility, fierce firepower, and extremely simple manufacturing and use effective weapons. Its accurate name should be the m1857 12-pound (5.44 kg) borehole cannon. From the history of war, this cannon is the best supporting combat weapon for Minnie.

The American Civil War, which lasted for four years (April 1861 to April 1865), was the most brutal war in American history. In this war, more than 500,000 people died from war or disability or illness, and even World War II did not cost the United States such a great casualties. From the beginning to the end of the war, artillery played an important role. The first shot to start the war was fired by a heavy shore cannon in Fort Sumter, North Carolina in 1861.

In many ways, the American Civil War reached the highest point of the pre-installation technology era. In this cruel war, various artillery, shells and tactics were launched one after another and were used and improved in the war. The Minnie bomb was also perfectly used in this war. An ordinary worker only needs to rely on the simplest tools to create three thousand Minnie bombs every day.

The warring sides used a large number of Minnie bombs and Napoleon cannons, causing a large number of casualties. The number of direct deaths in the American Civil War battlefield exceeded 200,000. This was a height that had never been reached in previous wars. It can be seen that the Minnie bombs were brutal. In addition to the brutal Minnie bombs, another accomplice was the Napoleon cannon.
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