The commander who sent troops from the Eastern Wu to attack Changsha was naturally Sun Quan, who was in charge of the battle. Sun Jian assigned him 30,000 infantry, which also valued this time. **--* However, Sun Quan's luck has never been very good. This time, when he attacked Changsha City, he met Huo Jun, a master defending the city.

According to historical records, Huo Jun was a famous general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms. His courtesy name was Zhongmiao, and he was from Zhijiang, Nanjun. The prefect of Zitong, Shu, and the deputy general. Huo Jun was originally from Liu Biao. After Liu Biao died, he defected to Liu Bei. Liu Bei advanced to Jiameng (now southwest of Guangyuan, Sichuan), preparing to return to the south to attack Liu Zhang, and left Huo Jun to guard Jiameng City. Zhang Lu learned that he sent Yang Bo to lure Huo Jun to defend the city together to try to seize Jiameng. Huo Jun knew that there was a fraud and said to Yang Bo: "A small head can be obtained, but the city cannot be obtained." Yang Bo had no choice but to retreat.

Later, Liu Zhang sent Fujin to help Xiang Cun and others to lead more than 10,000 people, besieged Jiameng by Langshui. Huo Jun led his soldiers to defend him. He failed to capture him for a year. In fact, there were only a few hundred soldiers in Jiameng City. Huo Jun took advantage of the opponent's exhaustion and selected elite troops, waited for an opportunity to attack, defeated Zhang Lu's army, and took the opportunity to kill Xiang Cun's head.

Being able to hold Jiameng City for a year with hundreds of people can show that the enemy is really weak, and on the other hand, it can be enough to show how powerful Huo Jun is. Of course, we should also see how easy it is to defend and difficult to attack Jiameng Pass from Hanzhong to Yizhou. In the future, the army under Zhao Xing will encounter such a huge problem.

Sun Quan met Huo Jun in Changsha, and Liu Biao assigned tens of thousands of troops to Huo Jun to station in Changsha. It is conceivable how depressed and depressed Sun Quan should be. The Eastern Wu infantry was originally very good at fighting, but because of Huo Jun's iron barrel method to defend the city, it was difficult to make another contribution within several months. It was far inferior to the Yizhou army that attacked Jingzhou on the west side.

Zhao Xing was not surprised that the news of Wuzhou and Yizhou's attack on Jingzhou was returned to Wohu City. After all, all this was expected. However, the outstanding performance of the famous general Huo Jun in Changsha reminded Zhao Xing that when the northern army of Jin State feinted Yizhou, they would face one fortress after another without even leaving a gate hole in the city. Even if the fortress was only guarded by second- and third-rate generals, he might only have 800 soldiers under his command, but it was enough to cause huge casualties to the siege troops who were protecting the **.

If you want to cause a large number of casualties from Zhao Xing's troops to be killed or killed, it has never been the character of Pingxi King's style of commanding operations. Zhao Xing was confused and went directly to the Chouhu Equipment Research Institute to meet Ma Jun, Zhao Bu and others.--)

Hearing that King Pingxi came to inspect and guide the work in person, all the personnel from the Equipment Research Institute rushed out. However, they knew that Zhao Xing's mind was filled with strange ideas. As long as he could hear a little, he might be able to create surprising new weapons and equipment.

After the encouraging conversation with the craftsmen, Zhao Xing summoned Ma Jun and Zhao Bu in a very secret room alone.

Zhao Xing asked, "A few days ago, I asked Jinsi to send you some artillery design drawings and ideas, have you ever provided reference and help?"

Ma Jun looked a little embarrassed and replied hesitantly: "The drawings sent by the lord are really ingenious. Although we have made some progress now, they are not smooth and have not made any breakthroughs in several key links."

Zhao Xing did not blame the two, but encouraged them, "I was anxious. Such large artillery that was enough to destroy the city, would not be easy to build without enough time! But we will soon be involved in heavy troops fighting on the northern line of Yizhou. If these firearms were not released, our soldiers would suffer major casualties."

Zhao Bu said: "Don't worry, adoptive father. Even if the child doesn't eat or sleep, he must dare to build the red cannon before the army is mobilized!"

After talking for a long time, the three of them were talking about the red cannon that should have appeared in the Ming Dynasty in the later generations!

In fact, the so-called red cannon Zhao Xing was accurately called "Red and Barbarian Cannon" in another time and space. This cannon was originally invented by the British and was later introduced to China by the Dutch. Because the Dutch were called Red and Barbarians at that time, it was called "Red and Barbarians". The Red and Barbarian cannon is a front-mounted smooth-bore cannon. Compared with the Flang machine cannon, the Red and Barbarian cannon is much larger in appearance and weight. Because its range is very long, most Red and Barbarian cannons are about 3 meters long, with a caliber of 110,130 mm and a weight of more than 2 tons.

The Red Cannon was cast of cast iron, with the body of the cannons cast with sights and gates, and the middle of the cannon ears. Compared with the Franchis gun, the caliber is larger, the pipe wall is thicker, and gradually thickened from the muzzle to the tail, which can withstand greater pressure. It was the most powerful cannon at that time.

If Ma Jun and Zhao Bu could build this terrifying killing weapon thousands of years in advance, I am afraid that Sima Yi would not have been able to support the many fortresses built in northern Yizhou.

In addition to this most difficult firearm, Zhao Xing actually guided Ma Jun and Zhao Bu to develop another large and large firearm.

Zhao Xing asked Ma Jun to design a bird gun.

The bird gun was originally a single soldier gun equipped by the Ming and Qing armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties that fired projectiles with a fuse. It was made of cooked iron and weighed about 5 to 6 kilograms, with a sightseeing gate, and installed on the wooden bracket. There is a fire hole at the bottom and connected to the gunpowder pool (gunpowder used to cause fire). The pool is covered with a copper cover to block the wind and rain. The muzzle has a wooden bracket 2 inches, and the back is bent downward. A stick (strip) is 3 taels, and the stick (strip) is inserted on the wooden bracket under the barrel to fill in ammunition. The bottom of the barrel is sealed with bolts to facilitate the removal of the scrubbing barrel. There is also a fuse, each with 2 zhang long and 3 taels. Each granular black gunpowder is 3 cents, and the lead is 3 cents. Use a faucet-like fuse lighter.

When the bird gun is fired, the fuse is lit and inserted into the faucet. After opening the fire door with the right hand, the gun is held tightly, and the index finger is used to buckle the plate machine backwards. The faucet falls on the fire door and fires the medicine. "Wu Beizhi" says that the name of the bird gun comes from this kind of gun because of its high accuracy and nine out of ten birds hitting the forest, so it is called a bird gun. Because the curved butt stock it is installed is like a bird beak, it is also called a bird beak gun. Some people call it a bird gun. Although their names are different, they are consistent in basic structure and launch methods.

The bird guns in the late Ming Dynasty were greatly improved, and the old-fashioned combs were improved to flintlocks, flints, commonly known as flintstones. The main component is silica, which is hard in texture. They are often used to make fire, make arrows, plows, etc. In the later stage of the development of flintlocks, the highest flintlock ignition mechanism was formed. The strike anvil was an articulated steel bottom fire plate, and flint was installed on the hammer. During action, the hammer rotated and the flint hit the anvil, creating sparks, and the bottom fire plate was opened to expose the bottom gun powder, so the bottom gun powder was ignited. Compared with the past flintlock guns, the flintlock rifle had a fast firing speed, a small diameter, a short gun shooting, light weight, and a small recoil. It was not afraid of strong winds and rainy weather, so it was widely used on the battlefield.

Obviously, the bird gun is a weapon prepared for individual soldiers.

Zhao Xing asked Zhao Bu to design the Fran cannon

The Folang machine was originally a general term for the Portuguese and Spaniards in the Ming Dynasty. Since this artillery was introduced by the Portuguese, it was called the Folang machine. This type of artillery was actually a short-barrel cannon. This type of artillery consists of three parts: the barrel, the abdomen, and the Zi cannon (the Zi cannon is also called the heart-to-heart cannon, which is equivalent to the medicine room part of the artillery), so it is also called the mother-to-child cannon. After a large number of imitations in the Ming Dynasty, it was called the General Cannon according to the different caliber. The female cannon body barrel is slender and has a small caliber. There are gun ears on both sides of the cannon body. The cannon body can be placed on a bracket, and the outside of the cannon body is covered with wood, and an iron hoop is added to prevent explosions. It can be tilted.

The shooting angle is adjusted upside down. The back of the cannon is thicker because of its appearance. This part is called "giant belly". There are long holes on the "giant belly" to load the sub-cannon. The sub-cannon is similar to a small musket. Each female cannon has 5 to 9 sub-cannons. It is loaded with ammunition in the sub-cannon and fired in the long mouth of the abdomen. The sub-cannon can be pre-loaded with ammunition for use. It can be loaded with ammunition in advance and fired in the foregoing. During combat, it can be loaded with female cannons in turn to fire, thus increasing the firing speed. The characteristic of the Furang machine is that the female cannon and the sub-cannon are separated. It is a form of rear-loading cannons, but it is different from modern rear-loading cannons. There is a sight star in front and a door in the back, which can be aimed from the door hole. There is a gun stand, which can be rotated up and down, left and right.

After its own development and transformation, China made three types of large samples, medium samples and small samples. Some were cast with copper, and some were cast with iron. The large samples were 2 feet, 8 inches and 5 minutes long and weighed more than 300 kilograms. The imitated Folang machine was divided into No. 5 in "Wu Bei Zhi". Among them, No. 3 and No. 4 are light. No. 3 are four or five feet long, each weighing 5 taels of lead and 9 cents of medicine, 6 taels of medicine. No. 4 is two or three feet long, each weighing 3 taels of lead and 3 taels of medicine. No. 1 and No. 2 are heavy. No. 1 are long ** feet long, each weighing 1 kilogram of lead and 1 kilogram of medicine. No. 2 is six or seven feet long, each weighing 10 taels of medicine, and 11 taels of medicine. No. 1 and No. 2 are used for water war.

Because the diameter of the Folang machine is relatively small, the power of launching flowering bullets is not large, mainly firing shotguns, with fast fire speed, extremely lethality at close range, and wide killing area. Each sub-cannon of the "Invincible General" cannon has 500 lead bullets, and the dispersion can reach more than 20 feet. The Folang type cannon has low requirements for the inner chamber, simple technology (three parts are cast separately), and there is little material to cast in large quantities. Because the sub-cannon bears part of the pressure during the launch of the cannon, it is not easy to explode, and the damage of the sub-cannon does not affect the cannon itself. Moreover, the technical requirements for the firearms are low, and there is no need for long-term training. The above advantages made the Ming Dynasty introduce and imitate this kind of Folang machine cannon in large quantities.

The red cannon, the Folang machine cannon and the bird gun, three epoch-making artifacts, have now been developed and built in the Crouching Tiger City. Once it is released, it will cause shock and panic in the world.


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