Chapter 166 Logistics Preparation

Originally, Yu Xiaotian expected that if Mr. Chu Cai had heard the news, he would come to plead guilty around the end of January, but when it came to the end of January, he did not wait for the news of Boss Chu Cai's crime, which surprised him a little.

The training is still in progress. After nearly 20 days of training and joint training, the sea wolf's fleet has cooperated more tacitly. After the training of various artillery fire, the accuracy has also been improved to a certain extent. The morale of all the crew is quite high. The sea wolf department rubbed their hands from top to bottom, waiting for Chu Cai. Old age comes from looking for bad luck.

It can be said that by this time, the personnel and equipment prepared for the battle have been adjusted to their best state so far. Although there is still a lot of room for improvement, there are really few opponents who can resist his fleet.

In addition, in terms of material reserves, the sea wolf has also secretly purchased a large amount of grain from everywhere and stored a considerable amount of dried fish, bacon and other dry goods, which can at least ensure that if they do not replenish from the outside for two months, there will be no shortage of their grain.

The forts and defense fortifications are also secretly being strengthened. In addition, some new enemy buildings and forts have been built, making the defensive firepower configuration of the wolf cave and the commercial warehouse area of Nanri Island more reasonable. Not to mention that a mob like Chu Cailao came to attack, even if the court sent 18,000 regular troops to attack, Yu Xiaotian thought that he It is also difficult for us to take advantage of him under such circumstances!

In addition, the workshops under the military weapons on the other side of the workshop area have also been produced at full horsepower during this period. After a month or two, they were provided with nearly 40 six-pound guns, and ten 12-pound short guns and two 12-pound long guns were also cast.

In addition to most of these guns added to the ship, the 12-pound long guns were placed in two forts at the dock, and several 12-pound short guns were deployed to other places, enhancing the defense capability there.

In addition to being busy casting cannons, the cannon is also responsible for providing various projectiles for the sea wolf. In the cannon, a special projectile field was set up, an iron furnace was opened, and various types of shells were cast with some coarse iron.

Because of the sea wolf's artillery, most of them have adopted the standard imitation six-pound cannon and twelve-pound cannon. The iron model casting method has truly unified the caliber of the gun barrel, and it is much more convenient to make cannonballs. In other places, the clay casting cannon is still used. After each cannon is cast, the gun barrel caliber will There are some errors, and sometimes even large errors, and the caliber of each gun cannot be truly unified.

This also causes a lot of problems in the production of shells. The shells they cast must be smaller than the caliber of the chamber, and the caliber of the chambers can be large and small. Once the shells are cast, some cannons can't be stuffed in at all, forcing some officers and soldiers or users to temporarily grind guns and repair the shells small with a file. At one point, when such a scene appears on the battlefield, it is both ridiculous and pathetic, which makes people laugh and cry.

So when casting shells, craftsmen have to cast shells according to the smallest caliber cannons, so that they can be stuffed into all the cannons as much as possible.

In this way, they encountered trouble again. Some guns with a slightly larger caliber have a large tolerance of shell. After the shell is loaded into the gun, they directly roll into the gun barrel. After the gun is lit, there is a large gap between the gun and the shell, causing a large amount of gunpowder to release gas from these gaps. Lu seriously affects the power and range of shells, and even more affects the accuracy of artillery, which is one of the reasons why cannons are often inaccurate in this era.

But the sea wolf basically does not have this problem now, because their iron casting method ensures that the caliber tolerance of each gun is very small, and the caliber of the artillery is basically unified, so when casting shells, it saves a lot of trouble. The craftsmen who cast cannonballs only need to cast the cannonballs more precision. OK, the shell only needs to be slightly smaller than the caliber of the gun, and all guns of the same caliber can be loaded and used.

In this way, the combination of the shell and the inner wall of the barrel is relatively tighter, the gap is less, and the situation of gunpowder deflated is no longer so serious. In addition, the shell is wrapped in a thin layer of linen, which makes the combination of the shell and the gunbore more tighter, ensuring the power and range of the gun, and the * degree of fire is also natural. However, it is higher.

In addition, sea wolves are filled with fixed medicine packaging. The amount of medicine bags is wrapped after strict weighing, and the error of each gunpowder loading is very small, so it ensures the accuracy of their artillery shooting.

Similarly, the * production of sea wolves also adopts a unified caliber unified system. The projectile is cast with lead or tin, and also uses fixed ammunition. Naturally, the accuracy is higher than that used by others.

In order to ensure the unity and accuracy of ammunition, including the projectiles used on *, Yu Xiaotian is also uniformly manufactured, uniformly packaged together with fixed gunpowder, and distributed to *hands for use, instead of Western * hands, each person carries a pliers for making projectile pellets, a small crucible and some broken lead or Broken tin allows them to make projectiles for themselves during the battle break, which not only saves a lot of trouble, but also ensures the manufacturing accuracy and quality of the projectiles.

After the 12-pound cannon was made, Yu Xiaotian began to let the cannon try out some new types of shells. In addition to the grape shells that have been put into use, the casting field of the cannon also made the first batch of chain bombs a year ago.

The chain shell, as the name implies, is a shell with a chain. It is a combination of two semi-circular shells. The two shells are combined into a round ball, like an ordinary solid shell, but the shell is hollow, and there is an iron chain between the two shells. After the shell fires, the two shells will be separated by centrifugal force. , the chains were tightened and danced in the air.

This kind of chain bullet is often used in naval battles. It is mainly used to attack the mast of the enemy ship. Relying on the huge kinetic energy of the chain bullet, it cuts off the other party's mast and makes the other party lose power. If it hits the opponent's sail, it can also cause huge damage to the opponent's sail. In light, it can pull out a big hole, or It is estimated that it will not be easy to tear off the whole sail. Even if you encounter the sail cord on the other party's sail, it can cause great trouble to the other party. It will be difficult to repair the sail rope on the battlefield and raise the sail again for a while.

Even if it is placed on the battlefield on land, the chain bullet is also a big killer. It is really like a death sickle. People who fly by the chain will be cut off, and it is also a good shell to deal with cavalry. Chain The structure of the bomb is destined to have a larger killing area than ordinary solid bullets. Whether it is a human or a horse, it will be torn apart when it hits this thing, so it is also an indispensable special projectile of old artillery.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian asked the cannon casting field to try to produce this kind of chain bomb very early. However, because the manufacturing process of the chain was immature, when the trial chain projectile was tested, the strength of the chain link was often insufficient. After the shell flew out, the linked chain would break, and the shell would lose its accuracy and power.

Therefore, the craftsmen in the casting field had to find a way to improve the process, forging the opening of the iron chain by hammer welding to enhance the strength of the iron chain, which solved the problem of the strength of the chain of the chain, made a batch of qualified chain bombs, and delivered them to each department for trial.

However, due to the complex process, the production cost of chain bombs is dozens of times higher than ordinary solid bombs, and the production speed is also very slow, so that even if this kind of chain bomb is put into production, it cannot be mass-produced. Even if each ship distributes chain bombs, it will not be equipped with a large number of equipment. It can only be used at critical times, which is more or less A regret.

The gunman made nearly 80 tizhang guns in the first two months of the year, and nearly 100 double-bendula short guns were built. Basically, most of the long guns were equipped to the barracks, and a small amount of equipment was given to the ships of the fleet, but the short guns were basically equipped to the ship.

When the first batch of fixed double-tube shorts were built and delivered to a small number of people for trial, they were lucky to get this kind of double-tube shorts. They all think that this thing is definitely a melee weapon, especially when the enemy is in a white-to-hand combat on the ship, which can play a great role.

The double-tube short gun is short and powerful, which can be carried with you. It is like a knife and easy to carry. Because the barrel is short, it is relatively easy to load. Although the accuracy and power of long distances are insufficient, the accuracy and power can still be guaranteed within 20 steps. If the sea wolf department can suddenly take out a If you pile up this thing, you can catch fire at the enemy in front of you, and you can almost overturn the enemies on the side of the other side of the ship. Next, the starboard battle is much easier, which can greatly reduce the losses of your own members.

Yu Xiaotian also found this comment very reasonable. He deliberately concentrated a batch of short bis to one ship, did a simulation exercise of a side battle, and placed some humanoid targets on the side of the other ship. When the two ships approached, they suddenly used short bis to shoot the humanoid targets on the other ship.

After post-examination, more than 60% of the humanoid targets placed were placed were shot. You should know that pirates wear very little armor, and their personal protection can be said to be very low. Once they are hit by the projectile launched by a short bullet at close range, they will be injured. Even if they don't need solid bullets, the short bullets are only filled with large iron sand. It can beat the enemy with blood and completely lose its combat effectiveness. It is even better to use a single solid bullet in close combat. Sometimes it may hurt more than two enemies in one shot.

So Yu Xiaotian ordered some craftsmen to use the gun in the past few months and began to put into production in large quantities of this double-tube husk hair*, and allowed the gun to appropriately reduce the production of some long guns, but the production of * must be guaranteed first.

So far, their activities are still mainly at sea, and their engagement with the enemy is mostly concentrated at sea. Since this kind of thing is very suitable for use on ships, it is necessary to mass production to ensure the needs of the ship first. Moreover, if a large number of such things are equipped on merchant ships, it will play an extreme role in the safety of merchant ships. Great security effect.

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