Chapter 49 Caron Cannon 2

In addition, the large-caliber Caron gun is placed on the frame of the wooden slide, and the four-wheeled gun used by ordinary naval guns is not used. The recoil distance is short, and the pressure per unit area of the deck is much smaller than that of ordinary naval guns. Many light ships can also be equipped with this kind of Caron gun to exert great attack power.

Think about using more than 20 catties or more than 30 catties, or even 40 or 50 catties of cannonballs, even if they hit the enemy ship, it is estimated to be difficult to withstand. Light ships can't withstand a few cannons and can be scattered. Even if they deal with strong large warships, Caron cannons can easily smash enemy ships. The hull.

And because the shells used are large, explosive grenades can also be used. If necessary, it can bombard the land, and its power is also quite strong. It can even be used as a siege gun to attack in land warfare.

In naval warfare, the British fleet in history often used this large-caliber Caron gun to bombard the port of the enemy ship with solid bullets, or simply fill hundreds of scattered bombs as a sweeper to directly sweep the enemy on the deck of the enemy ship, which is quite powerful.

However, when this gun was first invented, it was criticized by many officers in the Western navy. The reason is very simple, that is, the range of this gun is too short, it can only be used within 400 meters at the farthest, and the trajectory is curved, believing that this kind of gun cannot be played too high in naval battles. Function.

But later in a battle with the French, this objection was overturned by the performance of the Caron gun. An English ship equipped with a batch of large-caliber Caron guns encountered a French warship at sea. Under the disadvantage, the British ship played their role. In the fine tradition, they must fight against the enemy, rush to the warships close to the French, brave the gunfire on the French warships, and use their Karon guns to close shell the enemy ships.

The result is that the large-caliber Karon gun exerted great power at close range. First, it smashed the stern of the French, and then aimed it at the hole in the stern of the French gun with scattered bombs. With just one shot, it messed up the interior of the French ship and killed and injured more than 100 French people on the ship. Then it disintegrated the resistance on the French ships.

After this war, the Karon cannon was valued by the British, so it was built in large quantities and equipped for their navy, and even transformed several large merchant ships into warships using Karon guns, which played a very important role in the battle against the enemy to dominate the sea.

Even when the British launched the * war, they also used a large number of Karon guns. In addition to destroying the Qing army's warships, they also approached the coast and directly shelled the Qing army's positions on the shore, causing great casualties to the Qing army, destroying many Qing army's forts, and effectively supporting the marines beach landing.

Yu Xiaotian knew about this. He did not recall this thing before. Recently, when he was considering the problems of the fleet, he suddenly thought of making the Karon cannon, so he immediately began to design it, but he did not hand over this matter to Nanri Island cannons, but handed over the research and development of this kind of cannon. Qiu, the newly built freshwater cannon, came to do it.

The reason why he put this Karon cannon on the freshwater cannon for trial production is that the next step is that the center of gravity of the sea wolf industry will be shifted to the freshwater side, and the second is that Nanri Island will make every effort to produce 12 pounds of short guns in the near future, replace the six-pound cannon currently used in the fleet, and equip the fleet as soon as possible. Third, Qiu blacksmith has exquisite craftsmanship, good skills, rich experience, and steady work. It is more appropriate to do this matter.

Of course, the technology of making the Kalong gun is not a problem at all. The Kalong gun itself is much less difficult to make than the 24-pound long-tube gun, and the consumables are not large. The key is in the mold opening. As long as the iron model is well done, coupled with the internal mold water-cooled casting process they have used at present, this kind of cannon should not be difficult to solve. Decisive.

After looking at these cannons in the finished product warehouse, Yu Xiaotian turned around and asked Qiu blacksmith about the trial production of the new Caron cannon. Qiu blacksmith quickly took Yu Xiaotian to the last shed.

This shed is a workshop dedicated to the production of iron models for freshwater cannons. Several skilled craftsmen are specially responsible for casting iron models of various iron cannons. The quality of cannon casting is good or not. Iron models play a key role. It should not be sloppy, and the tolerance should be minimized as possible.

So Qiu Blacksmith selected several of the best craftsmen among the two cannons and transferred them to this shed to be responsible for doing this.

As soon as Yu Xiaotian entered this shed, he immediately saw that the craftsmen here were busy, and several sets of cannon models have been placed on the shelves, including the cannon models of the new 12-pound cannon, the cannon models of light Franco machine guns, and some cannon models specially used to cast various caliber shells. The production process of these cannons is very demanding, and ordinary people can't do it well.

And on a table in this shed, a pile of iron model parts have been placed. The iron model of the cast gun is not a whole iron mold, but is composed of many iron molds. When it is used, it must be combined before it can be used. After casting into an iron cannon, after the annealing is completed, there will be a piece of outer Only when the mold is removed can the cast gun body be exposed. Although the workload is relatively simple and easy compared with clay, it is also not easy. There can be no carelessness, let alone wrong installation, otherwise there will be waste.

"Big head, this is the cannon model you want the little ones to make. It is not difficult to make this kind of cannon model, but it is not easy to open the mold and takes a long time. You have to make the mud mold first, and then turn out the iron mold. When making the mud mold, it is more time-consuming. As soon as this set of cannon model is finished, you came! The little one hasn't had time to report this to the big master!" Qiu Blacksmith smiled and pointed to this set of iron models and said to Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian immediately walked over and asked Qiu Blacksmith to assemble this set of cannons. After watching it, he nodded and said, "Yes! This is what I want! I thought you should have done it after the Spring Festival, but I didn't expect you to do it until now! I'm afraid this will delay!"

Qiu blacksmith hurriedly apologized and said, "Please forgive me. It's not that the little ones deliberately delayed. As soon as the little ones received the picture sent by the big master, they immediately began to do it. However, during the Spring Festival, not to mention the tide, it was still a little cold. The mud mold dried too slowly. The little one was anxious, so they wanted to use the method to dry the mud mold. It dried tightly, but accidentally the first set of mud mold cracked, and the small one dared not make do with it. I quickly made a new set of mud molds. As a result, it was delayed for a few days, and I hope the big head will forgive me!"

After listening to this, Yu Xiaotian understood why they delayed their days and wanted to reprimand them, but when he saw that these craftsmen were tired, he obviously hadn't had a good rest for a long time, and he certainly didn't rest during the Spring Festival.

And they certainly wanted to be faster, but they did something bad and couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Instead of being able to get up early, they delayed for a few days.

So Yu Xiaotian also resisted his temper. Considering that many things have accidents, in addition, under the current technical conditions, it is difficult to effectively grasp the temperature and humidity of the drying room. Even the master can ensure that there will be no problems. If he is angry, I'm afraid it will eliminate this in the future. The enthusiasm of some craftsmen also curbed their enthusiasm for future experimental exploration and killed their creativity.

After thinking of this, Yu Xiaotian was not angry, so he laughed and said, "That's all! Don't be guilty! I can understand your feelings. No one can guarantee that everything will be done just right! It's nothing to delay for a few days! If you should try in the future, you still have to let go and try. Don't be afraid of delay, and don't dare to try new things. Failure is the mother of success. Isn't it true that your ancestors and countless craftsmen have accumulated experience?

So I don't want you to stick to the old rules in everything and dare not try anything. Only by constantly trying new technologies can we make more and better things than now in the future!

I think the animal-powered horizontal bolting machine you made during this period is very good. I just gave you an idea, and you can find a way to make it by yourself. Isn't that a good thing?

In the future, you will continue to try some new things. In addition to casting cannons, you also need to think carefully about how to replace human manual work with machines to improve accuracy, speed and save time and effort! Don't be afraid of failure, just let it go! Even if you can't do it, it doesn't matter if you do it wrong! I won't blame you or anything!"

Yu Xiaotian knows that although he knows a lot of modern technology than people in this era, he can't support a whole set of industries alone, not to mention that industrial development involves a large number of chemical things, which can only be gradually completed through the continuous exploration of countless people. With kindness and progress, craftsmen must not stick to the old rules and stick to the old system. In that case, they cannot promote the development and progress of industrial technology.

China's imperial examination system lags over martial arts, and never pays attention to science and technology. Although there are many capable people in previous dynasties who have created quite brilliant science and technology, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, China's scientific and technological development has begun to lagged behind Europeans and failed to form a scientific education system, but still With the focus of eight-share literature, it didn't take long to completely lag behind the scientific and technological level of the Western world.

Of course, this also involves the entry of the Manchu and Qing turtans, destroying many newly budding science and technology and economic culture in the late Ming Dynasty, so that in the next 200 years, China's brilliant civilization will be completely surpassed by other industrial civilizations in the world and thrown far away, so that China has almost become a foolish and backward substitute name. China suffered countless humiliations until he came to this time and space, and China failed to completely turn around.

Although he is only a pirate leader now, he now has considerable resources. More importantly, he has mastered a lot of technology beyond this era. He hopes to make craftsmen as much as possible by opening his golden fingers and within his ability. Having a sense of innovation can greatly promote and promote the development of the scientific and technological level of the Chinese people.

Everything is still in its infancy, so he must encourage these subordinates to try new technologies.

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