I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In mid-May, the second batch of supplies from Nanjing arrived in Jiujiang.

This batch of supplies includes a large amount of artillery shells, bullets, grenades and food. In addition, the fleet also brought ten new cannons this time.

These ten cannons have larger calibers, longer barrels, and heavier weights.

The solid bullets fired by the previous red-clothed cannons weighed only four pounds, but these ten cannons could fire eight-pound shells, more than double the power of the previous red-clothed cannons.

In the cannons of this era, the initial speed of the shells flying out is similar, so the power of the artillery is determined by the weight of the shells.

The heavier the shell, the more powerful it is.

Therefore, the power of cannons is often divided by the weight of the cannonball, rather than by the caliber of later generations.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the city walls of Jiujiang City may not be able to withstand this shell, but unfortunately there are too few."

The artillery brigade commander Zhang Xuanyi said with emotion that he could roughly estimate the power of the artillery by looking at the size of the shell and the caliber of the artillery.

Even the four-jin red-clothed cannon would shiver the enemy. With such an eight-jin cannon, the Qing army might have to pee their pants.

Unfortunately, the number is too small, only ten.

"Brigadier Zhang, you can be content. You don't know how much these ten cannons cost. The people from the Musket Division are about to make trouble with the grandfather of the country. They say that using the money from the cannons to make firearms, you can Equip one more division."

Liu Jin from the logistics department snorted.

"Confused, can I only use guns in battle? Without this cannon to knock down the city walls, I don't know how many people would have died just with guns. You have to pay attention, Lao Liu, the resources that should be used to build cannons should not be used by grandsons of other departments. robbed."

Zhang Xuanyi warned.

It is impossible for any major force to be monolithic, and they all have their own small groups.

There are differences between the navy and the army, and the guns and artillery in the army will also compete for resources. In the civil service system, there are the Donglin Party, the surrender faction, the Zhejiang Party, the Imperial Party, and the Lonely Minister...

Fortunately, the current interests of these small groups are the same, that is, to grow and regain lost ground.

Under the deterrence of Wu Changqing, although there were differences between the various departments, they did not miss any major events when cooperating, and there was no joke about the future Japan's land and sea disputes.

The Japanese navy and army in later generations were like a pair of enemies. Not only did the two sides not cooperate, they also stumbled upon each other and made a lot of jokes.

For example, the two sides did not provide support to each other during battles, forcing the army to build warships for its own use, and the navy was forced to form a marine corps to build its own tanks.

Even when they go to Germany to buy technology, they all go separately to buy each, and they have to buy two copies of the same information, and they will not share with each other.

Even the Germans were stunned and wanted to ask if they belonged to the same country's army. How could this be?

"Don't worry, they won't dare to grab our artillery for their resources."

Liu Jin said.

When some other soldiers who helped transport supplies heard their words, they couldn't help but scolded the fucking artillery in their hearts.

Artillery is not only safe, but also highly paid, and logistical support can also enjoy preferential treatment.

This, the soldiers of other arms are indeed a little difficult to balance.

The supplies arrived, and the siege equipment was fully prepared. Li Shaobin decided to launch a general attack the next day, striving to conquer Jiujiang within two days.

He didn't like the war of attrition, and wanted to attack from the beginning to the end, breaking Jiujiang in one fell swoop.

Early in the morning the next day, Wu Jun began to act.

According to the power of the ten eight-pound cannons, Li Shaobin changed the artillery attack strategy. Instead of letting the artillery use howitzers, they all used solid bullets, trying to make a gap in the city wall.

As the cannon sounded, several major commanders raised their binoculars, wanting to see the power of the eight-pound cannon.

On the Qing army's side, their generals soon discovered that the Wu army was using solid bullets, which made them a little puzzled.

In comparison, howitzer shells are far more threatening to them than solid shells.

Although solid bullets can knock down the city wall, as long as a death squad is dispatched to reinforce and repair the city wall at any time, the city wall is not so easy to collapse.

Even if a small section of the city wall is knocked down, they can send heavy troops to plug the gap.

As long as the Wu army did not breach the city at one time, they could quickly fill the gap after the war.

In a word, the effect of solid bullets is far inferior to howitzer bullets when faced with Jiujiang, which has a large number of defensive troops.

"Is it because the enemy's blooming bullets are gone? It is said that it is not easy to manufacture such blooming bullets."

Gong Adai guessed.

"General, have you noticed that the enemy's artillery seems to be more powerful than ordinary red-clothed cannons?"

Some people also noticed some abnormalities. After all, the vibration caused by the eight-jin cannon on the city wall was much larger than that of the four-jin cannon.

"When you say this, it seems that you really have this feeling. Come on, go check it out immediately."

Luckedhun ordered and arranged for someone to check the damage to that section of the city wall.

The Supreme Commander ordered that even if that section of the city wall was extremely dangerous at this time, the selected soldiers could only rush to that section of the city wall with gritted teeth.

Just stepping on the bombed city wall, it happened that an eight-pound cannonball hit the city wall, and it directly lifted the parapet. The kinetic energy of the cannonball was also exhausted, and the cannonball fell on the city wall.

"This shell seems to be bigger than ours."

The soldiers who came to check were not professional artillerymen, and they were not particularly clear about the size of the shells. I just felt that the shells were larger than their own.

"Get some cloth and water, and we'll get this shell back."

The shells just fired are very hot and cannot be touched directly with your hands.

After a while of their busy work, they finally found water to cool the iron ball, and then wrapped it in cloth and prepared to take it back.

"Good weight."

The soldier holding the cannonball spit out.

At this time, another eight-pound shell hit the front of the city wall, shaking the city wall.

The soldier holding the cannonball swayed a bit, then fell unsteadily, and the cannonball hit his foot and directly deformed his leg.

This is not the worst, a cannonball fell on the city wall, hitting some unfortunate soldiers, killing them directly.

When the other soldiers saw this, their faces turned pale with fright, and they quickly picked up the cannonball and evacuated from the place.

As for the soldier who was still screaming, they couldn't care less.

Anyway, the legs are smashed like this, it is very difficult to save.

Ordinary soldiers are injured like this, and the army generally does not waste precious medicinal materials and manpower to treat them.