Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 838

[Chapter 838 News from Wang Ying]

Jinling.

After Zhao Xu decided to launch a decisive battle against the powerful clan, the preparations before the war were in full swing.

On this day, he, Chang Wei, Qin Shan, Guan Tong and other generals surrounded a sand table.

This sand table covers the entire Jiangnan prefecture and county as well as the mountains and rivers.

When he went south to inspect, Chang Wei and the others were not idle.

I have been simulating the next war with the generals.

“During this period of time, under our propaganda, the people in Jiangnan generally have a good impression of Jiangbei. Coupled with the tyranny of powerful clans, they are looking forward to our arrival. The folk foundation has been laid, and the people in these states and counties will become our help.” Chang Wei said slowly.

After a pause, he pointed the teaching rod in his hand at Jiangzhou, “During this period, many poor people in Jiangzhou fled from Jiangzhou to the three southeastern states because of the division of land in the three southeastern states. The news spread to Jiangzhou, which changed people’s minds even more, so if the general thinks that the people’s hearts are available, there is no need to worry about food and grass, and he can destroy Jiangzhou, Yuezhou, and Xiangzhou’s powerful armies.”

Zhao Xu nodded . If you have the hearts of the people, you can get supplies from the battle location.

The people would even be willing to take the initiative to undertake the task of transporting grain and grass to help them destroy the remaining powers as soon as possible so that they can live in the three southeastern states.

“Currently, the powerful armies are mainly in Jiangzhou, Bazhou, Yizhou, Yunzhou and Xiangzhou. As for Yuezhou and Guizhou, the defense is weak. This king thinks that we only need to send 10,000 people to sweep the rich families in the two states. ” Zhao Xu said, “Because we went straight to Bazhou, the powerful clan would definitely not be willing to spare any troops to rescue them.”

“Your Highness is absolutely right.” Chang Wei and the others nodded.

According to the responses of the soldiers of the Third Army who returned, Yuezhou and Guizhou were quite barren, and the wealthy private soldiers in the two states basically still used swords, and those who were slightly better were just matchlock guns.

It is easy to wipe them out, there is no need to include the two states as the focus of the attack, it is only necessary to suppress bandits.

“However, just in case, we still have to hoard some food and grass in the border cities of Zhejiang and Jiangzhou to avoid accidents.” Zhao Xu said.

After thinking for a while, he looked to the west, “I’ll give you three days to prepare, and then lead the army to march to Jiangzhou, penetrate Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou, and approach Bazhou. This king will order the navy to support you along the Jiujiang River.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei and the generals said loudly.

They have been impatient for a long time, the small and powerful clan has been in trouble for so long, and it’s time for a battle to settle the world.

A group of people were talking, when a soldier came in a hurry and presented a letter to Zhao Xu, “Your Highness, a letter from Wang Ying, the head of the Military Warfare Department.”

Zhao Xu pulled out the letter, glanced at it, and the corner of his mouth showed a trace of smile.

“Wang Ying sent good news, the test firing of the breech-loading gun was successful.” Zhao Xu said to everyone.

When Chang Wei and other generals heard this, they exchanged glances with joy.

“Great, after breech-loading guns, there are breech-loading guns again. Our firearms are about to enter the stage of breech-loading firearms.” Chang Wei laughed.

“Indeed, but just like the Qin-style rifles, these breech-loading guns still need to be mass-produced, but we won’t wait any longer. The war will continue as usual. In the future, let the people of Beidi and Xitu first taste the power of breech-loading guns.” Zhao said. Xu sneered.

For him, the current front-loading rifled gun is enough to deal with the powerful.

No need to waste time waiting for breech-loading guns.

Because time is more important than breech-loading guns now.

He wanted to end the war with the clan as soon as possible, and aimed his guns at the pack of wolves that surrounded Da Song.

Moreover, compared to Chang Wei and others, he has a deeper understanding of breech-loading guns.

The breech-loading gun actually appeared very early, but it was just being improved.

It is not as good as the Flang cannon in the contemporary Ming Dynasty, which is a breech-loading cannon.

But the disadvantages of the breech-loading gun and the breech-loading gun are the same, and there is the problem of air leakage.

The use of breech guns was gradually promoted after industrial progress and the problem of air leakage was solved.

Its advantage lies mainly in the rate of fire, not in power.

Compared with front-loading guns, breech-loading guns can be described as rapid-fire guns.

So, the real value of breech-loading guns is here.

In the same period of time, the firepower of the breech-loading gun is as fierce as that of the Qin-style rifle.

After briefly talking about this matter, everyone was amused, and they were asked to go back to prepare for the war.

Afterwards, he sent people to Jinghai and asked Zhou Yi to dispatch eight steamships and eight sailing warships.

After he cleaned up the periphery, he prepared to go upstream from Jiujiang and attack Bacheng.

After ordering these things, Zhao Xu swept to the breech gun paper written by Wang Yinghua in the letter.

Simply put, this is a screw breech gun.

The tail of the gun is in the form of a bolt, and there are threads in the barrel, and a bolt like a large bolt is fixed on the gun wall.

When loading, the gun bolt is unscrewed, the shell is loaded, and the gun bolt is screwed on again.

The most important issue with this structure is the strength of the bolt.

At present, only the high-quality steel produced by the converter can ensure that the bolt of this screw gun will not be broken during use, ensure a sufficient service life, and at the same time provide the conditions for mass production.

As for the ignition method of this screw gun, Bing Zhansi also mastered it, which is actually the method of pulling the matchlock of the grenade.

Insert the fire tube into the ignition hole, penetrate the charge, and then fire with a single pull.

The contemporary application of this cross-bolt screw gun is the German Krupp cannon that appeared in the mid-nineteenth century.

What Britain invented during this period was another Armstrong cannon with a vertical wedge bolt. The main structure is similar to that of a card, and it has to be ignited by a matchstick.

As soon as this breech-loading gun appeared, it was listed as a secret weapon prohibited from being sold by the United Kingdom at that time.

In Dasong, his advantage was that he knew the development path of firearms in advance.

So, he directly ruled out the Armstrong artillery.

At the end of the letter, Wang Ying also asked him to name the cannon exactly.

So he immediately replied a letter to Wang Ying, and at the same time incorporated the breech-loading gun into the Qin-style series, named it Qin-style artillery.

And let him put into production as soon as possible and develop a large-caliber breech gun version of the naval gun, so as to equip it on the ironclad ship under development.

Right now, his ships had the upper hand in duels at sea, thanks to muzzle-loading guns and bursting shells.

But this advantage is like a front-loading rifle, which is easy to be cracked by the opponent and catch up.

Furthermore, facing the huge number of navies in the West, this advantage will be partially offset.

But as long as the ironclad ships appear with large-caliber breech-loading guns.

The Yanzhou Navy will officially open the gap with the opponent.

No matter how many sailing warships they have, the Yanzhou Navy does not need to worry.

Once the era of ironclad ships comes, the Yanzhou navy will remain invincible on the ocean.

The seas of the world will be reduced to the inner lake of Dasong.

Dasong’s commerce will also extend to wherever it wants to go along with the trajectory of the battleship.

(end of this chapter)