Chapter 812: Ammunition revolution

"Emperor, this is the first batch of fuse bombs."
At the military workshop, Chen Qi led Xiao Qi to the warehouse. On the ground where a lot of guns and ammunition were piled up, he saw the neatly arranged blooming bullets in the corner.
Xiao Ming asked Lu Fei to delay his attack on Jinzhou because of the bombing incident, but the army was at a great expense outside, and it was not good for anyone to keep spending it.
What's more, the country of Korea on the Korean peninsula is watching. He wants to end the war in the north as soon as possible and open up the situation for the colonization of the Great Yu country.
At this time, Chen Qi picked up a blooming bomb from the ground and said to Xiao Ming: "The emperor, these blooming bombs are still made of hollow iron balls, but the cork tube of the iron ball has been replaced with the current mechanical fuze."
Black cats and white cats, the ones who can catch mice are good cats. Xiao Ming ordered, "Now you let the artillery demonstrate it. What do I want to see?"
"Yes, the emperor." Chen Qi nodded and ordered people to carry the shells out of the ground.
When the group arrived at the shooting range, under Chen Qi's order, the artillery replaced the solid bullets with open bullets. The sequence of loading was completed. With a roar, the artillery shells rushed straight toward the stone burial 500 meters away.
The powerfully rushed flower bomb hit the stone, and the firing needle in the fuze slammed into the thunderbolt, which instantly detonated the shell. With a "boom", the flame surrounded the stone burr and exploded the stone everywhere.
Xiao Ming nodded in satisfaction. Previously, only mortar guns could fire explosive rounds, but now all smoothbore cannons can fire explosive rounds.
Especially for the Navy, their fighting style will undergo a fundamental change.
In the past, battleships fired only solid rounds to knock out the opponent’s ships, but they were all holes. This rarely caused the sinking of the battleship. But now it’s different. If the naval gun is loaded with this kind of bomb, it’s no doubt for the enemy. It is a kind of nightmare, the flower bomb will directly sink the opponent's battleship.
"After the first batch of shells were sent to Pingzhou City, you immediately sent this kind of bombshell to the navy." Xiao Ming frowned slightly. He still remembers the last time the battleship of the Great Yu Kingdom and the British battleship met at sea.
If the British battleship fired at them again at sea, he promised that the Qingzhou battleship would wipe out the opponent.
After the first test shot was successful, Chen Qi went on to test another six rounds. All six shells exploded, indicating that the reliability of this shell was good.
"Where are the mines I asked you to make?" Xiao Ming asked at this time.
Chen Qi picked up a hollow bullet from the box that was different from the open bullet. The hole of this hollow bullet was obviously larger. The fuze was also larger than the open bullet, and the surface of the projectile was high.
"The emperor, this is, in order to make it easier for the barbarians and horses to step on to detonate landmines, the subordinates made the fuse of landmines much more sensitive, and the weight of soldiers and horses is enough to detonate." Chen Qi said seriously.
Lu Tong is responsible for providing thunderbolt, but the manufacture of shells is entirely dependent on him, but with the maturity of iron mold technology and the use of steam engines, their production is much easier than before.
Xiao Ming smiled with satisfaction. History has proved that changes in weapons have led to a change in the situation of war. It was the West who used naval guns to conquer the world. Now it is the turn of the Great Chongqing that he leads to formulate international rules.
Like the flower bomb, Xiao Ming also asked Chen Qi to demonstrate for himself. At this time, Chen Qi asked a craftsman to bury the mine under the soil. Then a craftsman stood far away, holding an iron block and buried the mine. Throw away the soil layer.
As the iron fell on the mine, the ground exploded suddenly, and the soil and flames splashed.
"Very good, now how many shells and mines you can produce in a month." Xiao Ming asked.
"Three thousand each is fine." Chen Qi said: "Now the military workshop can do everything with guns and bullets. There is not enough manpower."
He frowned and looked at the yard of the military workshop. The military workshop that was established at the time was also a barbaric growth. In his opinion, with the modernization of weapons, this military industry should also become regular.
So he said: "I will assign another group of people to you. You and Song Changping are responsible for separating the gun, artillery, and ammunition workshops and performing their duties. In this way, the efficiency of the three workshops can be improved."
Chen Qi grinned suddenly. He was envious of this vigorous slave wave, but because he was busy developing the fuze, he ignored it.
Now that Xiao Ming said so, he naturally followed his wishes.
The rapid progress of the new artillery shells, Xiao Ming is also in a good mood, because it means that he can defeat his enemies more easily and gain more market for the country.
After inspecting the shells, Xiao Ming inspected the gun workshop and the artillery workshop. Now the production of these two workshops is very stable.
The Gun Workshop has been producing and transforming conquered guns, while the Gun Workshop is focused on the production of field guns and naval guns. In addition, they have also been designing and developing next-generation guns and artillery.
But it will take some time to wait for the product to come out.
"By the way, now your military workshop can send craftsmen to Pingzhou to train the soldiers and teach them how to use these two weapons. Once your first batch of shells arrives, the Battle of Jinzhou can start." Xiao Ming said.
"Yes, the emperor, the next official will make arrangements."
Satisfied with the current production schedule, Xiao Ming and Qian Dafu left the military workshop and returned to Qingzhou City.
As soon as the two entered the city, they found a chaos in the streets of Qingzhou. At this time, the streets were full of businessmen, scholars, and people. In the chaos, he heard screams, cheers and fights from time to time.
"What's the matter, go and ask." Xiao Ming said to Qian Dafu.
"It's ~EbookFREE.me~ the emperor." Qian Dafu responded and walked to a guard who was maintaining order and asked sharply: "What do your guards do? How can this city be so chaotic."
When the guard saw Qian Dafu, he showed a nervous look. He said: "Manager Qian, this is really not the fault of the guard station. The chaos in the city was caused by merchants and scholars, and it is said that it was caused by arguing between scholars and merchants."
"Confucian scholars and merchants?" Qian Dafu was taken aback, vaguely guessing something.
The guard continued: "Yes, it was originally a fight between two people, but now it has become a chaos throughout Qingzhou City. Merchants and scholars have gathered a large number of people to fight in the city."
Qian Dafu knew it well, and he told Xiao Ming the whole story before returning to the carriage.
Hearing this, Xiao Ming showed a contemplative look. Among the businessmen, there are some people with unique vision. For the rising capital, the celestial theory will undoubtedly completely break the shackles that have bound them for thousands of years.
Because of this, they support astronomy in this way.