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After the thirty-two-pound carronage gun was trial-produced, the shooting range became lively. For many days in a row, the shooting range was filled with the sound of gunfire. The new gun was repeatedly tested by a group of gunners.

Through a series of shooting tests, Seawolf's gunners gradually figured out the temperament and performance of this new cannon. They also found out the maximum charge of this cannon, verified its maximum range, and produced

The shooting table has been prepared in advance for future use on warships.

When the charge is increased to four kilograms, this kind of carronade can launch a solid shell weighing thirty kilograms at an angle of thirty degrees to about five hundred steps. At forty degrees, the shell can be ejected by

It can be projected to 600 steps away, but the spread is too large, so it can only be controlled within 400 steps.

It is certain to hit the target, but this is the data obtained in the land test. When used on the ship, there will be great variables depending on the sea conditions, and the effective range will be reduced a lot, but it is estimated that a certain elevation angle can basically be guaranteed.

In this case, the shooting accuracy is about 200 meters.

For such a range, although it is far less than the effective range of long-barreled artillery, it is enough at sea. This kind of gun itself is a killer weapon used when approaching enemy ships. Generally speaking,

I won't take too far away from the enemy ship.

For long-distance bombardment, as long as we can approach the enemy ship about a hundred meters under the cover of other ships, we can give full play to the advantages of this kind of gun. Whoever encounters it will be unlucky, even if it is a large Western-style plywood ship.

This thing can't stand up to a few hits.

After the land experiment, another newly cast Carronade gun was forged, transported to the dock, and hoisted on the prepared Fei Zi speedboat, and the loading test began.

A group of gunners were transferred from the shooting range to the ship and began testing the new gun at sea.

At this time, the No. 3 boat that was involved in the accident had already been lowered into the water by the boat crew. This time, the launch went smoothly and nothing happened again.

Boat No. 1 and 2, which were launched first, had already gone through the mooring test, adjusted the ballast stones, and installed the sails. They first tried sailing inside the Tamsui River estuary. After there were no problems, they left the estuary and sailed into the wide strait.

A trial voyage was carried out in the water.

Because of the experience of the previous flying boats, such a trial has become much simpler. The overall center of gravity of the ship's structure has not changed much, and small changes will not have any impact on the ship's performance, so such a trial is much simpler.

, after the existing problems are repaired, these ships can be delivered to the navy for use.

However, the No. 2 ship had to stay in Tamsui City for the time being because it wanted to test the Carronade gun. After the Carronade gun was tested on land, it was installed on this ship and began testing at sea.

For many days in a row, the Feizihao clipper was repeatedly testing the cannon on the northern sea surface of Tamsui River Estuary, constantly testing the performance of this cannon on the ship.

In the end, the surname of this kind of gun was standardized. When bombarding enemy ships on the sea, it is best to control the range within 150 meters. If conditions permit, try to shorten the distance to 150 meters.

Within 100 meters, with a charge of four kilograms, it can hit enemy ships relatively accurately.

When using shotgun shells, the effective range is also about one hundred meters, which can maximize effectiveness. As long as the accuracy is not too different, you can often clear the deck of an enemy ship with one shot, which is really powerful.

Moreover, after this kind of gun was installed on the Feizihao Clipper for trial use, it had little impact on the Feizihao Clipper. Not only could one such Carrone gun be placed behind the mast, but there were also conditions to place another one on the bow deck. However,

The other artillery guns carried on the ship need to be streamlined, and only four No. 5 baseline guns can be loaded on the lower deck. If there are any more, the Feizi Clipper will not be able to bear it.

However, even if the loading of No. 5 guns is reduced, as long as two thirty-two-pound carronade cannons are installed on this kind of ship, the firepower of this Feizihao clipper will still become quite powerful, and the firepower will be greatly improved.

Once you fight against someone, you can exert considerable power.

So Yu Xiaotian immediately ordered the freshwater artillery to be built here, and began mass production of this carronade gun to equip naval warships. He also ordered the artillery field to start casting large quantities of shells for this new gun, and to control the shells to the maximum extent.

Tolerances to avoid excessive tolerances that seriously affect the accuracy of shelling.

In addition, because of the large caliber of this carronage gun, it can more easily use some new shells, such as the grape bullets that Seawolves have now equipped in large quantities. When shooting with this new gun, the power is quite good. If you use

To deal with the Chinese-style sailing ships commonly used by colleagues, you can directly use grape bombs composed of twelve small cannonballs to bombard the enemy ship without solid bullets. After almost one shot, you can basically destroy the enemy ship.

Hole.

In addition, the large caliber of this type of carronage gun also provides great convenience for testing blooming grenades.

In fact, in this era, explosive grenades have been invented long ago and have been adopted by both China and the West. Moreover, because this grenade is still a round shell, and no one in the world has developed mercury fulminate, it cannot be used with modern weapons.

Fuze device.

The structure of this grenade is very simple. It is just a hollow round shell with a small hole with a platform on it, which leads to the inside of the shell. The inside is filled with black powder. In this hole, a hollow wooden plug is inserted.

The cork contains slow-burning ignition powder, which is the grenade.

When using this kind of grenade, the mouth of the message tube must be facing the bottom of the gun barrel. The heat energy generated when the gunpowder in the gun barrel is fired will ignite the gunpowder in the message tube. When the grenade flies to the target, it will explode on the ground.

In fact, this kind of fuze is a kind of timing fuze.

However, this kind of grenade has not been widely used so far, because this kind of grenade has many shortcomings. It is very unsafe when used for the first time. If you are not careful, it may explode before the shell flies out of the barrel, causing a serious explosion.

In addition, the gunner was too nervous during the war and may not be able to load the shell into the gun barrel correctly, resulting in failure to detonate. In addition, the production cost of this kind of shell is high and it is troublesome to make.

The most critical thing is that this kind of grenade is not very powerful. There is not much gunpowder inside the hollow shell. Even if it successfully lands on the ground and detonates, it will not explode many shrapnel. At best, it can explode a few or more than a dozen pieces, killing people.

The force is not very strong, and may not even be comparable to the power of grape bullets.

Therefore, even if this kind of grenade was invented in this era, its use was extremely limited. The number of large-caliber artillery in the Ming Dynasty was not very large. At best, the largest Hongyi cannon was a dozen-pound cannonball. Such artillery shells used

As for grenades, their power is really not that good.

But now Yu Xiaotian has developed this 32-pound carronade cannon, which makes the cannonball much larger. On the premise of ensuring the strength of the cannonball, more black powder can be loaded inside the cannonball, which can increase the explosive power of the cannonball.

, making it possible to equip grenades.

So Yu Xiaotian told the craftsmen at the artillery field the structure of the grenade, and asked them to experiment with twelve-pound cannons, trial-produce some twelve-pound hollow grenades, and conduct test firings until they found a mature process and ensured safety.

Trial production of thirty-two pound grenade.

In addition, the ballistic trajectory of this kind of Caron gun has a large curvature. When bombarding an enemy ship from a slightly farther distance, the shells will fall in an arc and hit the enemy ship. There is no big problem in penetrating the deck of the enemy ship, but it cannot

It causes greater damage to enemy ships, so when a battle begins, you can also use incendiary bombs to attack enemy ships.

As for the incendiary bombs, they are not the kind of hollow cannonballs that can be filled with violent burning in later generations. The incendiary bombs of this era are actually to put the solid cannonballs on the stove to make them red before use, and then let the gunner use a special clip to burn them.

The red cannonballs were clamped and loaded into the barrel.

In order to prevent the red-hot shells from triggering the loaded gunpowder in the barrel and causing spontaneous accidents, before loading the red-hot shells, a wet mud cake must be placed between the gunpowder and the shells, and great care must be taken.

, there should be no air leakage, it is a very dangerous method to let the heat of the shell penetrate the mud cake to ignite the gunpowder.

However, this method is very effective for attacking enemy ships. When the cannonball hits the enemy ship, in addition to relying on its own weight to cause damage to the enemy ship first, the red-hot cannonballs can also ignite the enemy ship after stopping, and even

Burn through the lower deck of the enemy ship until it falls into the lower cabin of the enemy ship, causing a fire on the enemy ship.

However, the preparation of such incendiary bombs takes a long time. It takes a lot of time to burn the red cannonballs first. It is also very dangerous to prepare a charcoal stove on the ship. It must be done carefully. In addition, red-hot cannonballs

After being loaded into the barrel and before firing, the artillery will be heated, causing the artillery to heat up quickly and unable to continue shelling. You must use incendiary bombs and cool down the gun body before you can continue firing.

But since this method is effective, Yu Xiaotian decided not to give up eating because of choking, but let the gunners in the Sea Wolf Navy practice the use of this incendiary bomb, conduct strict training on them, and formulate strict operating regulations.

The saving is that once you use it, you won't set the enemy ship on fire, but you will blow it up first.

After Chen Sheng received this order, he immediately began to make arrangements, and personally began to test the use of incendiary bombs to determine the specifications for the use of incendiary bombs. Next, with the equipment of the thirty-two-pound carronage gun, it will be installed on the ship.

Promote its use among the team.

In late February, after some intense preparations, the Tamsui City road construction project finally started. According to the "survey" of the dispatched personnel, they planned a road centered on Tamsui City and radiating to the surrounding immigrant villages.

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This road connects all the resettlement villages. In addition to direct access from the resettlement villages to Tamsui City, connecting roads are also planned between the various resettlement villages.

Moreover, with the participation of Yu Xiaotian, in order to reduce a certain amount of construction work, these roads were divided into two levels. The first level road was ten steps wide and could accommodate four oxcarts running side by side. It was mainly used as a main road for transporting supplies.

, only reaching a few key nodes in the immigration village to ensure that bulk supplies can flow unimpeded on this road.

The secondary road is considered a rural road, six paces wide, and can accommodate two oxcarts running in parallel. It is mainly used to connect villages and main roads. It can meet the needs of going out in the countryside and easily transport the materials in the village out of the village.