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Chapter 80: One-shot test firing with heavy punches

April 1, 1719, this is a memorable day for the entire Yanhuang Trading Company. On this day, under the joint planning of five young people, Yanhuang Trading Company began to truly show its sharp minions. Of course, this is the summary of history by later generations. For Xiao Lin, today is the day when the first generation of Yanhuang Trading Company's artillery, a 75mm heavy punch-style front-mounted rifled cannon was tested.

Three weeks ago, the finished product was made in one heavy punch, including ten sets of ammunition. Xiao Lin took three weeks to transport a cannon and Yu Xiao and the other two to the American continent. Originally, Xiao Lin was quite afraid that Yu Wei and the two women would meet. Yu Wei wouldn't say that the New Century had a little tomboy personality, and Pearl, although she looked like a little woman now, had been hanging out in the forest where the strong prey on the weak for a long time, and she was not worse than a man.

Just in case, Xiao Lin greeted Qu Jun, Zhao Menghai and Yu Xiao. If he saw that the two people were choking, he would immediately help Xiao Lin pull them apart. However, the woman's brain circuit was really not something that men could understand. When the two women met, nothing terrible happened. Zhang Yaling pulled the two and disappeared in front of everyone for a while. When they were having dinner together in the evening, the four men were surprised to find that the two women had become good sisters, and they were not the kind of disguised appearance.

Xiao Lin asked her mother in surprise what happened. Her mother told her that this was actually easy to do. Yu Wei had accepted that women would keep appearing around Xiao Lin for a while, but she could not leave Xiao Lin, and she only wanted to be a big wife and a future queen. And Pearl had accepted the fact that a strong man could have many women since she was a child. She also realized that it was not as helpful to Xiao Lin for her career. So she agreed to Yu Wei to be a big wife. The key was that the two women joined forces and prepared to squeeze Xiao Lin dry together so that more sisters would be added.

Well, let’s not mention the relationship between men and women. The next day, the four men who were anxious got up early and started to work. It is said that men’s romance is a cannon. Every man with passionate heart will be excited as long as he sees such a war-level weapon. Although this cannon is still equipped with a front-load and can only fire solid projectiles, its design performance is much stronger than the cannons made in Europe in the 18th century.

Because of the existence of mature cannon rifle, the effective range of such cannon has reached 1,500 meters. Although it cannot be said that it hits wherever it is pointed, the error is no more than five square meters. Moreover, after simplifying the loading steps, the rate of fire reaches six shots in one minute, which is one shot in ten seconds. This speed is terrible enough, even the French's latest four-pound cannon cannot reach this rate of fire.

With the existence of 120mm mortars, Xiao Lin also specially selected 100 people to train as future artillery units. Among them, seven white men were gunners in the army and had personally operated the front-loaded artillery. Today, the entire artillery test process will be completed by these seven people. They did not feel afraid of the explosion at all. Of course, there was still a little before. However, the conditions offered by Wei Xiao were really too tempting.

As long as the test shot is successful and the operation method is learned, these seven people will be promoted and made a fortune immediately. They will start to enjoy the treatment of a second lieutenant from a private, and after each person takes out a company, they can become company commanders. This treatment is three times what they enjoy now. People die for money and birds die for food, and the seven people will also pluck up their courage to take on this job. Fortunately, when they see this heavy punch and cannon, they have already relieved.

The integrated cannon body is a solid and solid thing made by a good cannon maker. They have never seen what a standardized industrial production process is, but with their own knowledge, it is possible to confirm that this cannon cannot have a blowout. Seven people pushed the cannon out of the warehouse, and the special ammunition was moved to a suitable place to be placed. After they finished their work, Xiao Lin and the four of them had just arrived at the test site.

"Boss, we're ready, we can start the test shot right away."

"Okay, start right away, let's watch here, learn all the operation methods."

"Yes, we've been watching all night and have practiced ten times as you directed."

"Well, don't worry, you will fulfill all my promises."

The strong white man Johnny who came to Xiao Lin to report was encouraged by Xiao Lin again, and the last bit of anxiety in his heart disappeared. He cheered up and started operating with his six brothers. He punched the front-mounted rifled cannon, which was not heavy, and it was only 100 kilograms in total. Because of the use of 21st century steel and rubber tires, one person could pull it. If it weren't for some defects in the front-mounted cannon, the weight could continue to be reduced.

The heavy punch-style artillery projectile weighs nine kilograms in solid bullets, with a total of eight kilograms of flower bullets, and the chain bullet weighs the smallest, with a total of seven kilograms. The gunpowder still uses yellow gunpowder. Under the research of Zhao Menghai, a graduate student who has learned a little knowledge of chemistry, it is also the first time that he tried to fire the cannon with yellow gunpowder. The seven people opened the ammunition box, first took out a small piece of gunpowder wrapped in oil paper from the gunpowder box, tear apart a special corner, and then poured the gunpowder into the bottom of the cannon.

Then, he took out a solid bullet weighing nine pounds and put it in from the muzzle. Heavy punches and fired a cannon, instead of firing a fuse, but was stimulated by a flintlock-type bolt-type bolt. Because it was the first time to do this, Zhao Menghai himself was not sure. Fortunately, he did not tell the matter.

The seven men filled the ammunition, took a deep breath, and moved the cannon's launch handle. In a place that was invisible to the naked eye, flint was stimulated and Mars hair rose. The yellow gunpowder was ignited, and a huge force pushed the projectile out and headed straight towards the preset target.

"Bang!"

With the huge impact sound, the gun hit the target magically and accurately for the first time. The two-meter-thick wooden wall was collapsed at once. Although it was not penetrated, the internal structure was completely damaged.

"Okay, keep shooting."

When Xiao Lin saw the effect of the first shell shooting, he laughed happily with satisfaction. There were still ten shells, and he had to finish the shooting angle of one-piece gun. The shooting angle designed by the heavy punch cannon is -8 degrees to 40 degrees, and ten shells can also be tested for some large angles. The flowering bullet and chain bullet were tested for three rounds, and the cannon performed very well. There was only one chain bullet, because the shooters were too excited and missed the target.

After the shooting, Xiao Lin took the four brothers to check the targets set together. There were wooden walls and stones, so you could clearly see the effects of the shells on it. The seven shooters kept saying that the shooting effect was very good, better than the cannons used in the British army in the past. The shooting effect had reached the level of twenty-pound cannons. Of course, Xiao Lin also saw that these people were flattering, and at most they could only exceed the eighteen-pound cannons.

However, Xiao Lin was already very satisfied. The eighteen-pound cannons were not generally equipped by the British army. Only the most elite army would be equipped with the eighteen-pound cannons. Even these eighteen-pound cannons could not reach a speed of six rounds per minute. Therefore, with such cannons, Xiao Lin had no worries about the British army.

"Menghai, a heavy punch, you must complete the production here as soon as possible."

"No problem, boss, the production method is not complicated. As long as you complete the most difficult gun body structure there, the rest, as long as you transport enough steel, you can complete it here."

"Okay, that's all for the time being. Of course, it's better to be able to produce all parts, but this is not urgent. By the way, how is the progress of the 120mm heavy punch second stage?"

"This matter is not urgent. Boss, I am the only one who is my sister-in-law and I. I am really too busy. What suggestions did you give you before?"

"This, okay, I'll try it next time I go back."

Since there is already a 75mm heavy punch, Xiao Lin of course needs the 120mm heavy punch. However, it is a blessing that Yu Wei and Zhao Menghai can only study a stern. Therefore, Zhao Menghai pointed out a new method before. Since Xiao Lin has already had a friendship with Sorento, why not use this friendship? As long as you can make good relationships on Sorento's territory, you can put these things on Sorento's territory.

You should know that Sorento will definitely take over his father's foundation in the future. If this family business wants to grow and grow, it is probably inseparable from the support of China. Of course, Xiao Lin can also play a significant role. Speaking of which, the two have lost contact for more than half a year. The items entrusted by Sorento were completely completed in Xiao Lin's factory before they came, and they were waiting for Sorento to bring people to accept them. However, I was afraid that Sorento would really encounter danger and there was no sign of contacting him.

Xiao Lin forgot about this for a while and began to mobilize the entire Yanhuang Trading Company. Because he knew that the war was coming soon. Two thousand troops and two regiments had already been formed, and the combat power had also been formed. Xiao Lin was thinking about whether to form a regiment of soldiers again. The Yanhuang rifle has been in production, and even if there are four battalions again, it is enough. After this period of hard work, Yanhuang Town has been able to produce bullets on its own, and even the bullet shells have been changed to be produced here.
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