To the north of Xuanhua Prefecture City, on the avenue leading to Huaishan Iron Mine, a team of about a hundred people was protecting a chariot and slowly moving forward. Looking at their straight body and neat steps, you can tell that this must be the elite of the Ming army.

Yang Cong and a group of civil servants and military generals were in front of the horses, and everyone was full of excitement. Samples of tiger squatting cannons were finally created, and everyone could chase the Tartar cavalry in the future.

Shortly after the team was moving, a deserted rocky beach appeared in front of the left. Yang Cong roughly estimated the width of the rocky beach, and then waved his hand and said, "Let's just go here, Changsheng, prepare for the test."

Tang Kekuan said with a word, then directed the team behind him to turn left, and hugged the fire dragon chariot in the middle to the rocky beach.

At this moment, the Fire Dragon Chariot has also undergone some improvements. No one needs to push it when marching, but is pulled by war horses. In order to prevent the war horses from being too tired, each Fire Dragon Chariot is equipped with two horses. If it rotates every fifty miles, it will be no problem to run two or three hundred miles a day.

This time, Yang Cong was not only testing the tiger squat cannon, but also improving the reaction speed of the Fire Dragon Chariot and the elite border troops were also one of the test items, so the five elite border troops responsible for controlling the Fire Dragon Chariot were very hard-working.

As soon as the chariot entered the rocky beach, the commander quickly turned over and dismounted, came to the Fire Dragon Chariot and said loudly: "Get out of the car, break away, turn around, and tie the horse."

With a "wow", the four soldiers quickly jumped off the Fire Dragon Chariot, ran to the front and worked together to untickle the reins. In an instant, the horse and the chariot broke away.

Immediately afterwards, the two soldiers held wooden stakes, carried iron hammers, and led the war horses to the back of the chariot to nail the wooden stakes, and then tied the war horses to the wooden stakes. The whole set of movement was completed in one go, and it was completed in a blink of an eye. The other two soldiers had already turned the Fire Dragon chariot and fixed it on the beach in troubled times.

This is an emergency test based on the actual situation on the battlefield. Generally, when large troops march, scouts will be scattered in the front, back, left and right ranges. The gap between discovering enemy cavalry and the two sides' engagement is less than half a quarter of an hour. When the horses pull the fire dragon chariot forward, the front of the car is actually facing backwards, and the entire team cannot be lined up in a row and moving forward sideways. Therefore, there are a lot of things to do in less than half a quarter of an hour. Just a defensive formation is almost a cup of tea, and the remaining time to load ammunition and fire is actually less than a stick of incense.

After the series of actions were completed, the sergeant ordered: "Get into the car, open the gun door, load the bullet, and ignite the fire."

After saying that, he took the lead in climbing up the chariot and untied the rope inside. With a "bang", an iron plate in front of the Fire Dragon Chariot suddenly flipped down, and the gun mouth of the tiger squatting cannon was exposed. Then the two soldiers behind cooperated to plug the shell into the cannon barrel and then closed the cannon door. They were moving very quickly, while the other two soldiers were ready to wait aside.

A light smoke floated out, followed by a "boom" sound, and the tiger squat cannon finally opened fire.

At this time, the shell was not so fast that it could not be captured by the naked eye. Everyone could catch the arc and landing points of the shell. However, when they saw the landing points of the shell, the excitement on everyone's face disappeared because the shell did not fly far, and it hit the ground in about one mile.

This is much worse than a cannon worth hundreds or thousands of kilograms. Although the cannons cannot be bombarded for more than ten or even dozens of miles like in later generations, the range of the cannon cannon cannon cannon is actually only about one mile. Isn't that bad?

Everyone couldn't help but look at Yang Cong. They thought, the governor was probably going to frown again and was unhappy.

Unexpectedly, Yang Cong smiled and said, "Yi Xiu, the landing point of this shell is almost a mile away, right?"

Tang Shunzhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded awkwardly and said, "Yes, it's almost a mile away, almost twice as short as the original cannon."

Yang Cong still smiled and said, "It's okay, it's already good to have a mile away. The range of the catapult is only about 150 steps. We still defeated the Tartar cavalry."

This time, it was Tang Shunzhi's turn to frown. He thought for a while and then reminded: "Sir, the catapult throws out a giant sky-bombing thunder, which is much stronger than the shells of the tiger squat cannon. Moreover, the explosion of the giant sky-bombing thunder can scare nearby war horses. Therefore, only a thousand catapults can block the enemy formation. It is probably difficult for the tiger squat cannon shells to block the enemy formation."

This is indeed true, because the shells of the tiger squat cannon will not explode at all, and just a big iron lump hit by the fist, the war horse will naturally not be affected.

Seeing his appearance, Yang Cong shook his head and said, "Yi Xiu, our purpose is not to block the enemy's formation, but to destroy the enemy. Although the shells of the tiger squat cannon cannot frighten the war horses, the enemy that hits will be seriously injured even if they are not killed. Moreover, we can fire three rounds of shells at a distance of one mile. If two thousand fire dragon chariots are equipped with tiger squat cannons, at least five thousand enemies can be killed and injured after three rounds. This is already very good. We also have muskets, crossbows, sky thunder, and four rounds of attack, how many more can the enemy be left? Ten thousand fully equipped border elites should be almost the same to deal with 50,000 Taurus cavalry."

this.

Tang Shunzhi thought about it carefully. Indeed, if the tiger squat cannons, muskets, crossbows, and sky-blasting thunder were all equipped, there would be no problem for the 10,000 elite border troops to deal with 50,000 Taurus cavalry, but the equipment demand would be more terrifying.

Two thousand Fire Dragon Chariots;

Two thousand tiger squatting cannons;

Ten thousand new muskets;

Ten thousand hand crossbows;

Tens of thousands of sky-burning thunders;

There are also supporting gunpowder, bullets, shells, caltrops, etc. How much does it cost to get equipment from ten thousand people?

As he thought about it, Tang Shunzhi couldn't help but say: "Sir, I'm afraid it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to get these tens of thousands of elite troops? Isn't it a million taels to get all the equipment of the sixty thousand border troops?"

Yang Cong said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about this. Just study the tactics carefully and exert the power of these weapons and equipment."

Well, this governor is rich and powerful, and there is nothing to worry about about the money.

Tang Shunzhi sighed in his heart, then bowed solemnly: "The official understands."

Yang Cong pondered for a while, then said to Wang Xuan: "Sir, how are the gears and calipers done?"

Wang Xuan hurriedly bowed and said, "Sir, the sample has been made and is being tried."

Yang Cong nodded, looked at the Fire Dragon Chariot not far away, and then slowly said: "Well, let's do the tiger squat cannon in this style, prepare more gears and calipers. By next year, I hope this tiger squat cannon can produce 300 pieces per month, and there are new muskets, which will at least reach a scale of fifty per day. In addition, the bullet shells and shell shells should be equipped with more bullet shells. A musket can be equipped with five bullet shells, and a cannon can also be equipped with five shell shells. In this way, if it is loaded in advance, the rate of fire can be faster."

this?

How many people do you need to do this!

Wang Xuan also knew that the governor didn't care how many people he recruited or how much money he spent. He only cared about the production speed of the weapons and equipment.

Alas, it really won't work, so I'll recruit people when the time comes.

He could only grit his teeth and bow, "The official understands."
Chapter completed!