Ji Han's question made Chong Zhen feel slightly awkward!
The flintlock gun, paper shell bullets, and wooden hand grenades were easy to deal with. There was almost no technical difficulty. Under Sun Heding's hard work, he had made a lot of them!
However, this cannon made his head turn white.
Although Bi Maokang was a firearms master and was extremely proficient in cannons, making cannons was a great learning.
The manufacturing process of cannons in the Ming Dynasty was very complicated. First, it required casting, drying in the shade, polishing, and testing. After a series of processes, it would take at least a few months for a cannon to be completed.
Although the Ming Dynasty had the means to replicate the best Red Cannons of that time, it was difficult for an artillery bureau to produce dozens of cannons in a year. This clearly did not meet Ji Han's expectations.
"The Artillery Bureau has been lax in management in recent years, and there are very few craftsmen. It is very difficult to complete the research and development of the afterloading artillery and the blooming ammunition that Sir proposed in a short period of time!”
"Even if Bi Maokang speeds up the research, it's impossible to complete it in a short period of time!”
Chong Zhen explained carefully!
Ji Han rolled his eyes when he heard that.
The Great Ming Dynasty without cannons was like a toothless tiger. This was not going to work.
Of course, under the constraints of the environment and technology at that time, there was no other way. After all, a cannon weighed a few thousand pounds at any time. If there was a problem, it would have to be destroyed and reforged. It was really not easy.
Also, it wasn't easy to develop these flower bombs.
At that time, although the Great Ming Dynasty already had the Flowery Bullet, because the fuse was not up to standard, many countries were still unwilling to use the Flowery Bullet. Instead, they continued to use the heavy, solid bullets!
This was also the reason why the cannons were getting heavier and heavier!
After all, it was a technical job to throw out large iron balls that weighed dozens of kilograms.
"In the late Ming Dynasty, Slave Jian entered the pass six times to burn, kill, and plunder. Each time he was more brutal than the last. They could attack at any time.”
"Let Bi Maokang continue to research according to this line of thought, but he can first develop two types of cannons for transition use!”
"One is a mortar, and the other is a heartless cannon!”
Ji Han thought hard and finally thought of a temporary solution.
Chong Zhen was interested. Mortars? Heartless cannon? What was this?
"First of all, let's talk about the mortar!”
Ji Han took out his phone and searched for the mortar launch video for everyone to watch!
Ying Zheng and the other two exclaimed again.
What was this little cube? Why would there be a picture?
"This must be the immortal technique of an immortal master.”
"Such methods are truly astonishing!"
" Heavens, this cannon fires so quickly!"
Everyone exclaimed in unison, but they were not too shocked.
After all, they had even seen a divine item like the trading ring. Everyone's acceptance of the mobile phone was relatively good.
The main point was the video of the cannon!
The video showed a clip of fighting the Japanese.
A row of mortars blasted out. The scene was really earth-shattering and quite domineering!
After watching it, Ji Han searched for a video of a heartless cannon for everyone to see. This was a simple cannon developed by the Eighth Route Army back then. The difficulty of research and development was almost zero, and anyone could develop it.
"This mortar is very awesome!”Ji Han continued to explain," It has a small barrel, low forging difficulty, fast firing speed, and can be fired continuously without cooling down. The firing angle is flexible and can support an all-round attack!”
"Compared to the Red Cannon that weighs thousands of pounds, this thing is a divine weapon. Imagine if any soldier could carry it and run all over the mountains and fields. Just put it down and it can fire. How terrifying would this be to the enemy?”
" Imagine a hundred mortars lined up in a row, firing hundreds or even thousands of rounds every minute. How desperate must the enemy be?”
Ji Han spoke confidently, and Chong Zhen was instantly pleasantly surprised.
Even Ying Zheng's eyes were shining with greed.
This thing was definitely a divine weapon on the battlefield. He couldn't miss it.
"If you want to forge a mortar, you have to pay attention to a few things!”"Firstly, we can't use iron or copper for this barrel. It must be made of high-quality steel, and it's best if it's hundred-or thousand-forged steel!”
"The Great Ming Dynasty already has a very mature forging technology. I won't say much about this!”
"Secondly, for this cannonball, you can't make an automatic fuse for the time being. Then, leave a fuse outside like a wooden hand grenade. After igniting it, insert it into the barrel and fire it out.”
"The cannonball can no longer be designed into a spherical shape. It has to be designed into the shape of a cylindrical tip like in the video. This is not difficult to design and manufacture!”
"You just need to use a mold to make an iron shell, which is filled with gunpowder, steel balls, iron filings, and so on. Then, you need to make an isolation plate at the end of the shell, and then put a layer of gunpowder behind the isolation plate. This layer is called the gunpowder!”
"After the fuse is ignited and the gunpowder is ignited, the cannonball will be fired. When the cannonball hits the ground, the gunpowder in front will explode.”
Ji Han explained patiently, and the more Chong Zhen listened, the more excited he became.
The production of this thing was not difficult. The Great Ming Dynasty already had mature casting technology. They could easily mass produce it using pine, elm, or mud molds.
Moreover, this cannonball was a modified version of a wooden grenade. How difficult was it? Couldn't he just light a fire and blow it up?
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Chongzhen's eyes lit up with excitement." Teacher is a great talent. I admire you very much. I admire you very much!" When I go back, I'll get someone to produce it. Immediately produce it. Hahaha!”
After the excitement!
"Sir, what is this heartless cannon?" Chong Zhen asked with anticipation.”
"This thing is not simple!" Ji Han silently took a sip of his cigar and said with a solemn expression,""You have to promise me not to use this thing easily because it's too heartless!”
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