The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

Qingcheng Port, Jiaozhou, South Korea.

"These are all newly launched new warships. They are equipped with twelve boilers and can provide a maximum speed of more than 25 knots." An engineer from a South Korean shipyard said.

"That's great. Did you hear that? It was able to reach 25 knots. Such a speed is too great." A navy officer said excitedly. The average warship can reach a speed of 18 knots, and they think it is already a high speed. But now that there is a Clippers that can reach 25 knots, how can they not be excited.

"This kind of warship is equipped with two five-inch-caliber artillery. It is loaded by the breech, but the loading speed is slower. There are only three other three-inch-caliber artillery." An officer explained helplessly.

"Three? Too few. There are only five artillery pieces in total, this." The navy officer said anxiously. They are the officers of the Nanyang Fleet who were ordered to accept the new type of warship. They were very happy to see the new type of warship, because this type of warship can provide stronger naval support, but they heard that there were only five artillery pieces. At that time, they quickly fell to the freezing point, and they were very worried about whether such a small number of artillery was too small. This has a great impact on their operations.

"This is too few. You know, the number of warship artillery we prepared before exceeded a hundred, and most of them were five-inch-caliber artillery. But now, we only have such a small number of artillery. This. No way. We must increase the number of artillery.” After the naval officers of the Nanyang Fleet heard such news, they immediately opposed it. Because this is unacceptable to them.

"This, there is no way, we need to explain. Of course. There is another type of warship, he has a relatively small number of boilers, only eight, but he is equipped with more than eight three-inch artillery." The opponent explained at this time. .

"So, how many five-inch breech guns?" a navy commander asked immediately.

"No." The engineer said with a smile.

"This. This is too little. No, no, resolutely no, this is too little." The navy officers were excited at once, but when they heard that there was only such a firing, they suddenly opposed it, and they had not accepted it. The changes in new combat methods, especially the rapid reduction in the number of artillery, gave them the illusion that their firepower was greatly weakened. In this case, the effectiveness of their warships will definitely be reduced.

"Okay. Don't say anything. Let the engineer finish the sentence. You are so noisy and noisy before you finish. What's it like?" said a navy colonel displeased.

"The situation is like this. This new type of warship is made of welded iron armor, and its own displacement is close to two thousand tons. In addition, the number of boilers and a large amount of coal occupy a large part of the space. If the artillery is placed in the original way, then the space for the crew will be quickly reduced to a minimum space, which is very unfavorable." The engineer said.

"Iron armor, I thought it was painted." A naval officer was amazed at this time.

"This, armored, we still have a speed advantage, but this artillery. It's too few, and it's not fun." The naval officers have not yet awakened from the traditional naval battle mode. In their opinion, the artillery is more More and more, they could not wait for the battleship to be full of artillery, in this case they would be invincible.

"The current three-inch artillery is a rapid-fire gun with a breech loaded and a fast rate of fire. If you use special armor-piercing rounds, you can break the armor without any problems. The most important thing is that we have installed a steering gear that can be directed towards some shooting angle It can be launched as long as it is not very special, and the firepower is still quite powerful. This is a lot higher than the previous firepower, because it can be launched continuously and launched in all directions. The most important thing is to save some personnel. In this case, you can Arranged on more warships, the firepower actually increased. It did not decrease.” The engineer explained.

The navy officers are secretly calculating that if the previous warships are fighting, they will have time to shoot. In this case, the combat efficiency is actually not very high, and the artillery operation is more complicated, because the number of artillery is large, if the speed of the ship is not very fast, most of them are passively beaten, but now, they can use high The advantage of speed is that they are still armored, and they don’t need to be afraid of the opponent. The power of the artillery has increased a lot, which makes them feel that this is a new technological improvement. , They were very happy.

South Korea, Xinzheng.

"The shells of the new artillery must also be diversified. Actual wars have shown that we still need some special shells. For example, the shells that can burn, most of the ships are still wooden shells. If we can penetrate the opponent’s hull and burn the opponent, In this case, it is still very beneficial to us." At the South Korean Artillery Conference, an engineer spoke out the suggestions made by the military. For everyone to discuss, in fact, South Korea has already started research in this area. For example, special artillery shells and tungsten steel artillery shells are manufactured in batches. The main target of this kind of shells is the armored warships of Qi. However, with the importance of the armored warships in the future trend, such shells are manufactured in large-scale batches. The possibility is very high.

"Researching on such shells, I don't think the problem is very big. I heard that the people of Qin will add some white phosphorus to the shells. They developed hand grenades. We can also develop other related shells, such as white phosphorus shells." An elderly engineer said so. Hearing such words, many people looked over.

"This is a very normal thing. Combustion has always been a combat weapon. It seems that it is not difficult to process. We can study it." The old engineer said.

"But what I am more worried about is the artillery problem. I heard that once the firing rate of the breech gate of the new artillery is too high, there will be problems. There is also the barrel. Our gun steel problem has not been solved. This is for us. Said, but it is a very big thing, we must solve the problem of cannon steel, otherwise, we will not have good cannons to use." The engineer said.

The others nodded. South Korea has some deficiencies in metallurgy. In particular, they do not have large steel plants to produce special steel, and some are just small iron plants. They can barely produce some steel, but the quality is not good enough, so they have to let South Korea a large amount of steel. China imports such steel from Qin and Zhao, but such steel itself is scarce. Coupled with the recent price increases, this has made the gun-steel problem extremely serious.

State of Zhao, Handan. An artillery test site in the outskirts.

"Aim at the target." A gun commander yelled loudly while hiding in the bunker. A soldier at the farthest distance waited to receive orders. Farther away from him was a new five-inch cannon. This kind of artillery has a large caliber and great power. The most important thing is that they use a new type of propellant, which is powerful. The artillery can hit ten miles away, and the worst is in Bali. What is it like? Conceptually, many artillery operators feel that infantry will not be needed in future wars. As long as the artillery finds the opponent, they can fire and shoot to solve all wars.

"Boom." The artillery was launched immediately, with a sharp howling sound, and many officers felt terrified.

"It's too powerful. The new propellant is still powerful. The artillery shell can hit this far, and the infantry can be eliminated in the future." Some artillery officers said excitedly. For such a powerful weapon, they think the effect is very good.

"No, no, I think the infantry still has some usefulness. They can protect our artillery positions. They can't let the infantry do nothing. We are still the army, and the army still needs infantry." Some artillery officers said with a smile.

"Yes, yes. I agree with this point. We still need infantry." Artillery said. For these artillerymen, they felt that the status of infantry was beginning to decline.

"Boom." Just as the artillery officer was discussing these things excitedly, a huge explosion came. A cannon exploded. An artillery was killed on the spot. There is also a serious injury.

"This." The artillery officers were stunned. It's not that they haven't seen the explosion of the chamber, it's just that this new type of artillery came too suddenly.

"This. This." An artillery major looked at the blown out gun barrel in surprise.

"This gun barrel is made of the toughest steel, how can it be blown up." The artillery officer said helplessly.

"No, I don't think it's possible, but the fact is, this. The barrel is too weak. This is the second gun and it exploded. How much death will this artilleryman have." Another artillery officer was worried. Speaking of.

The bombing of the artillery chamber surprised many people. To their surprise, the speed of the artillery chamber was too fast. They suspect that the power of the new propellant will be amazing.

The surrounding artillery engineers are worried that they still have some experience with small artillery. However, as the caliber of the artillery increases, especially the increase in propellant, the power of the artillery and the requirements for gun steel become greater. , They have been particularly thickened. But it is still unavoidable to explode such things. This makes many engineers feel embarrassed. They think it may be the problem of gun steel, and some people think it is the problem of propellant. In short, they are a little at a loss, and Zhao Guo can't make a substantial breakthrough on the issue of large-caliber artillery at once. This suddenly reduced the enthusiasm of many artillery officers. This is a big blow to them.