Chapter 691 Ideas for Coast Defense Artillery
Just as Horn was flipping through the "Pravda" during this period to confirm the movements of Qianhehe Valley after he left, Meliaty tapped the teacup with a spoon, and the crisp sound echoed in the room filled with sunlight. .
Looking at Horn's confused eyes, Meliati said: "You made a big splash in this battle. The news that you defeated the French army in a row was spread throughout the Qianhe River Valley. The defeat of Leia in the north, South Korea lost to France, and everyone was a little uncomfortable with such a win.”
"You'll get used to it after you win a few more times." Horn put down the newspaper nonchalantly and said with a grin.
A smile also appeared on Meliyati's face: "Is it my misunderstanding, or you are much more arrogant than when I first met."
"If young people are not arrogant, can they still be called young people?" However, when talking about this, Horn changed the topic and his expression became much calmer. "We have reaped the benefits of poor terrain and information, otherwise we would not have won this time. It will be so easy.”
This is not Horn's modesty, but the unanimous result of this post-war summary.
Under the terrain of swampy streams, these knights lost their most important mobility and could only fight on foot.
Moreover, they did not have enough knowledge about clockwork cannons, and they actually dared to advance in a dense and deep square formation, which was why they achieved such an easy victory.
If it were on a wide plain terrain, it is estimated that those 3-pound cannons would be suppressed by the cavalry and arrows rushing up before they fired a few times.
The extraordinary knights still have two skills. Although Horn has been victorious and has accumulated a lot of confidence, he cannot defeat quickly and win quickly.
"I heard that you have developed a new weapon called a clockwork cannon?" Meliaty's eyes flashed with scrutiny, "I heard someone said that one cannon can destroy dozens of miles?"
"How is that possible?" Horn couldn't help but smile bitterly, "This is a large wind-up gun. It's not like you haven't seen this kind of wind-up gun before."
In this Black Snake Bay war, the most outstanding thing is the clockwork cannon.
Originally it was just an enlarged version of the leather cannon, but with the pressure of the war, the cannon foundries and ordnance workshops at the rear updated it at an extremely fast speed.
Although it is still unsatisfactory in some aspects, there is basically no problem in putting it into use.
Unlike the Holy Gun, the clockwork cannon can be loaded into the breech, but it is essentially a mother-and-child gun, and what affects its firing frequency is the replacement of the spring barrel.
Thanks to the outstanding contributions of the knights to the new clockwork cannon, Horn has collected a large amount of new data on this type of clockwork cannon.
The 3-pound Falcon Cannon requires 1.5 pounds of orichalcum spring, which is fired approximately every 1 to 2 minutes. It uses about 700 pounds of iron material, and the total weight is about 450 pounds.
The 6-pound sand cannon requires about 3 pounds of spring, can be fired once in about 2-3 minutes, uses 1,800 pounds of material, and has a total weight of about 1,580 pounds.
Since this kind of clockwork cannon does not need to consider air tightness, that is to say, there is no need to consider the impact of cast iron annealing on performance. The brittle will be brittle, and the thin will be thin.
When casting the dwarves, they only need to use an iron mold or even a clay mold to cast the upper and lower parts, then wrap the two ends with long iron bars and rivets, leave an exhaust slot in the middle, and install the gear shaft at the rear end.
Such a 3-pound falcon cannon costs about 15 gold pounds, while a 6-pound sand sculpture cannon costs about 32 gold pounds. As for the 12-pound griffon cannon, the cost is about 65 gold pounds.
According to reports from the rear, approximately 12 3-pound guns or 8 6-pound guns can be produced every month. The 12-pound guns are currently being improved and have not yet been installed.
The Grand Duchess did not hide anything, and said directly: "Give me a few, and I will set up a cannon foundry, and give me a hydraulic winding thing."
"Okay." Horn nodded, "However, you have to spend money to buy a patent for this technology, and then pay patent fees to the inventor every year."
Meliati frowned: "This is used to deal with the Leians, not for my personal gain." "I know." Horn looked serious, "The patent fee you paid him, I can make it up to you through other local budgets.”
"Why? Isn't this equivalent to turning the left hand into the right hand?"
"No matter what the essence is, we must have this attitude." Horn took a sip of black tea that he had not drunk for a long time. "Otherwise, if the guilds are opened in the future, who will be willing to use their skills?"
At present, patent-related bills and departments are still under preparation, because before the complete 100-household districtization, the Qianhe River Valley government's control over the local area is not that strong.
If the patent and invention system is developed in advance, it can only be implemented on Qiumu Island at best.
Thinking of the patent system that Horn mentioned earlier, although she had doubts, Meliati still exhaled a breath: "Okay, but before you build my cannon foundry, I want to start with the foundry in Mayo Town. The gun factory may need 10 griffon cannons and 30 sand sculpture cannons when placing an order.”
"Why do you need so many cannons?" Horn was shocked when he heard this number.
"Prepare for the invasion of the Leians." Meliati pointed to the north, "I plan to install shore-based anti-griffon cannons at the rapids of the rivers in Rapid City and Summer Green City to lock down the enemy and reduce their water transportation. and the possibility of marching.
As for the 30 sand cannons, they were to be placed on six forts on the northeastern border. One of them happened to be near a river and could be wound up by water power.
There are also two forts located in the gravel fields to the passes of Upper River County and North Mound County. There are strong winds there all year round. I will see if I can use wind power instead of water power to wind the strings. ”
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Hearing the words "Shore Defense Griffin Cannon", Horn's eyes suddenly lit up.
Gently stroking the rim of the cup, his thoughts were racing like a galloping horse.
He had never thought of this before. By directly placing the Griffin Cannon or even the 24-pound Dragon Cannon on the shore or even the dam, and using water power to continuously wind it up, he might be able to compress the firing frequency of the 12-pound cannon to less than 3 minutes.
You should know that due to the long-term water conservancy project in Hotam County, there are ditch locks and small dams almost everywhere.
Originally, Horn was suffering from the fact that there was almost no dangerous terrain in the Thousand Valley Plains to stop Leia's cavalry.
But there is no danger, he can create danger.
When the time comes, when the Leians come, they will have to go through the forts one by one, and there will be two large granaries in Langsand County and Casha County in the rear.
Further back, there is the Black Snake Bay as an alliance, which continuously provides funds through the spice trade, and the consumption alone can kill the Leians.
Unless the Leians can obtain the military right of passage from the French, which everyone knows with their butts, it is impossible for the French to give the right of passage, otherwise revanchism in the country will explode.
Thinking of this, Horn had a flash of inspiration and suddenly raised his head: "Why are you in such a hurry to get these clockwork cannons? Is there something strange happening on Leia's side?"
Meliati was silent for a moment: "You know, the civil war in Leia has come to an end now, and there is basically no possibility of counterattack by the two duke armies, so the situation in Leia has undergone some changes."
"What change?" Horn quickly asked.
(End of chapter)