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Near Temasek (Singapore) at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, a sailing ship flying the flag of the Great Ming Dynasty is heading towards the Andaman Sea at an extremely fast speed!
This sailing ship is different from the Galenic ships commonly used in Europe. It is flatter and has almost no superstructure on the deck, which makes the ship look smoother!
The most important thing is that because this ship gave up the superstructure on the deck, it reduced a lot of resistance, making the ship much faster than the Galen ship!
This is the clipper ship of later generations copied by Zhu Youxiao, and it is also the prototype of modern ships of later generations. And this clipper ship named "Sky Tiger Shark" is the training ship of the Naval Department of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Empire, and it is also a military An experimental ship jointly used by the academy and Gwu Academy!
The main mission of this experimental ship is to conduct the Gewu Academy¡¯s improvement experiments on ships and artillery. This time, the "Sky Tiger Shark" has installed eighteen of the latest breech-loading rifled guns!
Although these artillery materials are still made of all steel, the artillery is eight feet long and weighs four thousand kilograms. The inner diameter of the barrel is two inches (64 mm) without three left-hand rifling lines. The outside is thin at the front and thick at the rear. It can fire the two-inch gun developed by the Gewu Academy. Caliber tapered explosive bullet!
Although this kind of artillery looks similar to a muzzle-loading gun, it is different from the muzzle-loading gun body tube. The tail of this kind of artillery is disconnected about a foot and a half, and a gun port that can be opened horizontally is set up!
On one side of the gun port is a thick hinge bolt, and on the other side are two one-inch thick fixed bolts. At the same time, there is a crank handle at the end of the gun port, which can turn a three-inch thick and five-inch long gun door bolt. Shake it out, and the biggest innovation of this artillery is that it has a sliding recoil buffer turret fixed on the deck!
The so-called sliding recoil buffer turret is to reserve two slides on a steel turret, and the gun body is placed on the slides. After firing, the gun recoil will make the gun body move backward along the slides, because the turret is fixed. , so the gun body that moves backward along the fixed slide can be reset faster and better, greatly improving the efficiency of secondary aiming!
This kind of artillery is temporarily named "Shenwei General Cannon". The person in charge of this project is Sun Yuanhua, a disciple of Xu Guangqi, Minister of Industry of the Ming Dynasty!
? ? Speaking of Sun Yuanhua, he was also a famous figure in the history of later generations. He was born in the ninth year of Wanli Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1581). He was talented and curious since he was a child, and he went to Xu Guangqi Academy in Shanghai County to study.
In the 40th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1612), Sun Yuanhua passed the imperial examination. Later, due to the influence of his mentor Xu Guangqi, he became obsessed with Western learning, so he failed to pass the Jinshi examination. However, Sun Yuanhua did not have this ambition, so he gave up the imperial examination and concentrated on studying Western learning.
Sun Yuanhua was the most outstanding artillery expert in China in the late Ming Dynasty. Unlike his mentor Xu Guangqi, who had a wide range of interests, Sun Yuanhua was more obsessed with the research of artillery. In order to develop more powerful artillery, Sun Yuanhua also spent all his efforts!
It was this artillery master who put into practice his teacher Xu Guangqi¡¯s strategy of building a platform and making artillery, and once brought about a big turnaround in Liaodong¡¯s defense!
At the same time, Sun Yuanhua also authored China's first artillery monograph "Western Divine Machine". It can be said that Sun Yuanhua is an excellent artillery design and casting expert, and he is also an avant-garde military thinker!
However, in the chaotic and tragic late Ming history, Sun Yuanhua's ending was not good. When he was the governor of Denglai, he happened to catch up with Yuan Chonghuan and killed Mao Wenlong, and his generals Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng and others fled to Denglai!
Sun Yuanhua thought that his people could be used, so he took in these old troops of Mao Wenlong. As a result, in the fourth year of Chongzhen in later generations, Emperor Taiji destroyed the Liao Jin, and one hundred thousand Liao people went to Shandong to seek refuge!
Sun Yuanhua ordered Geng Zhongming and others to lead troops to reinforce the front line. As a result, Geng Zhongming and others rebelled. After plundering Shandong, they fled to Liaodong and surrendered to Houjin!
Because of this, Sun Yuanhua was criticized by political enemies in the DPRK and China, and was finally beheaded by the angry Emperor Chongzhen!
However, in the current timeline, Sun Yuanhua did not enter politics. Instead, he entered the Royal Academy of Geosciences of the Ming Empire and was awarded the title of second-grade doctor, specifically responsible for improving the artillery of the Ming Dynasty!
With the bottomless support of Zhu Youxiao, the time-traveling emperor, Sun Yuanhua's research progress can be said to have made rapid progress. Especially after the advent of Thunder Mercury, breech-loading cannons and explosive ammunition have made great progress!
Take the "Shenwei General Cannon" equipped on the "Tianhu Shark" this time. Although the caliber is only two inches, because it is a conical rifled cannon, the range directly exceeds ten miles, and it can be fired at a distance of about five miles. Precise bombardment!
Coupled with the fact that the artillery shells use a trigger-type detonation device, it can be said that the power of the artillery is directly increased to a terrifying level!
As long as this kind of artillery experiment is successful, then today's naval warfare artilleryIn an era when the distance is no more than a hundred meters, Ming Dynasty will have absolute control of the sea!
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A harsh bell suddenly sounded on the originally calm sea. Everyone on the ship was shaken and quickly ran to their fighting positions. Even Sun Yuanhua and his disciples who were revising the drawings in the cabin also ran to the deck. superior!
"What happened?" Sun Yuanhua, who was a little thin, grabbed the captain Qian Qingyi and asked!
This Qian Qingyi was originally from the Liaodong Navy, but he was assigned to the Royal Guards Navy of the Ming Empire. Because he was literate, he was sent to the Naval Department of the Military Academy for further training. This time he took the ship out to sea for The second reason for training students is to help Sun Yuanhua experiment with artillery!
Qian Qingyi was grabbed by Sun Yuanhua and couldn't shake him off. He could only say anxiously: "I don't know what happened, sir. Please ask Mr. Sun to take your students back to the cabin for safety!"
Originally, Qian Qingyi was afraid that Sun Yuanhua and the others would be injured, so he advised him to return to the cabin!
But who knew that Sun Yuanhua didn't accept this sentiment, and just said anxiously: "What's the use of hiding in the cabin on this vast sea? When the ship is really going to be destroyed, why not feed yourself with fish and shrimps?"
Qian Qingyi wanted to persuade again, but the messenger had already run over and saluted: "Sir Captain, the lookout has discovered a large number of warships ahead. Judging from the colors of the flags, there are Spanish and Dutch warships. The number is between thirty and forty. Let the captain decide how to deal with it!"
After hearing the report from the ordering soldier, Qian Qingyi's face suddenly changed and he shouted quickly: "Turn around and avoid it!"
Before the ordering officer could respond, the helmsman had already shouted: "Turn left full rudder!"
Then the helmsman quickly turned the wheel, and the ship that was sailing straight suddenly tilted to the left, drawing a beautiful arc on the screen, turned around the ship, and flew away in the direction it came from!
When turning, many people saw a black shadow appearing on the sea level in the distance. It was a large number of sea ships heading here!
When Sun Yuanhua saw that Qian Qingyi was about to run away, he immediately became anxious, grabbed him and shouted: "You are a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, how can you escape in front of the battle? Why don't you quickly turn around and fight back!"
Qian Qingyi was really worried by Sun Yuanhua. He was already facing a formidable enemy. He, the captain, was not in the command position, but he was talking nonsense with an old guy here. Everyone had to be worried!
"Someone, bring Master Sun and the others back to me!" Qian Qingyi shook off Sun Yuanhua's hand and shouted to the sailors beside him!
Although Sun Yuanhua is a second-grade Ph.D., he is still a member of the Gewu Academy. No matter how much Qian Qingyi respects him, at this time, he will not care about his identity!
So Sun Yuanhua and several disciples were rudely driven back to the cabin by the sailors!
Without Sun Yuanhua shouting in his ears, Qian Qingyi's mind immediately became clear. He quickly climbed up to the observation deck at the top of the mast and looked behind him with a telescope!
Unlike on the deck, the view from the towering mast is much farther, so Qian Qingyi can clearly see that on the sea about twenty miles behind the "Sky Tiger Shark", at least thirty or forty Galen ships are heading towards him. Come after me!
"Reef the sails! Maintain ten knots!" Qian Qingyi put down the telescope and shouted!
The sailors immediately furled the main sail and sailed with only the jib sail. The speed of the "Sky Tiger Shark" gradually dropped! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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