Seeing the confusion on Wen Qin's face, Guanqiu Jian drank the wine in his glass, sighed and said with a smile: "Haha, Mr. Wenfu, you must be very surprised, right?"
Wen Qin nodded.
Guanqiu Jian said: "In the beginning, I was actually very shocked. Two months ago, I, the Wei Dynasty, just completed the test explosion. In just two months, Your Majesty was able to equip me with so many rocket launchers and thunder cannons."<
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Hearing this, several high-ranking generals present looked at Guanqiu Jian seriously.
"I only learned about it before I went on the expedition." Guanqiu Jian said: "It turns out that after the successful test explosion two months ago, His Majesty predicted that Liu Adou would send troops to the Wei Dynasty in the near future. Originally, he only gave Ma Jun 10,000 troops.
We are producing rocket launchers, but His Majesty is not at ease and is worried that Liu Adou will use troops in advance."
Guanqiu Jian said with a look of reverence on his face, and sighed: "I have to say, your Majesty is really wise. It has only been two months, and Liu Adou has already come over, hasn't he?"
"Well, yes, yes!" All the generals nodded in agreement.
"In fact, in the past two months, there have been nearly a hundred workshops producing rocket launchers and thunderbolts around Luoyang alone." Guan Qiujian lowered his voice and said, "In addition to around Luoyang, in fact, in the towns in the north and south, His Majesty also asked people to set up
There are workshops, and now in the Wei Dynasty, the most indispensable thing is rocket launchers and thunder cannons."
As soon as Guan Qiujian finished speaking, the whole audience was shocked.
There are nearly a hundred workshops near Luoyang for mass production, and there are also workshops in border towns. In other words, it is not just Hongnong who has a large number of new weapons in the Wei Dynasty. In fact, both the northern and southern border towns now have a large number of new equipment.
Judging from the results of today's battle with the Han army, although the Han army had powerful rocket launchers in advance, these weapons can no longer threaten the Wei Dynasty because the Wei Dynasty already has thunder cannons.
But the Han army did not.
"Great Wei Dynasty for ten thousand years!"
"Great Wei Dynasty for ten thousand years!"
The generals couldn't help but shout, in their eyes, this time the Han army divided into eight groups to attack Wei, it was destined to be a failed expedition.
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Two days later.
West Bank of Hongnong River.
Han army camp.
Liu Chan stared blankly at the several battle reports on the desk. He was so shocked that he was speechless for a moment.
"Your Majesty!"
Zhuge Liang said calmly: "Although the Wei army now has a large number of rocket launchers and thunderbolt cannons..." As he said, he paused, shook his feather fan slightly, and said: "But Cao Wei cannot change the fate of destruction.
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"No!" Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "Father, I have never worried about this. It is only a matter of time before we can overthrow the Wei Dynasty and unify the world."
"That's what I'm worried about!" Liu Chan looked at Zhuge Liang with a serious expression: "I'm worried about the comprehensive promotion of gunpowder, which will be very troublesome in the future."
From the battle reports of the armies in the north and south, Liu Chan already knew clearly why Cao Wei had so many firearms in a short period of time.
The Han Dynasty was the first country to possess firearms, and it was also the only country to possess firearms. In order to prevent the rapid spread of firearms, Liu Chan was very strict in controlling the manufacture of such firearms.
So far, the Han Dynasty has only set up production workshops in Chang'an, and the production workshops are completely controlled by the royal family. The number is not large, so the output is not very high, and only three to four thousand rocket launchers are produced in a month.
In two months, Cao Wei allowed all the border troops to have firearms.
Haha——
Isn’t this obvious?
Although Cao Wei strictly kept secrets from the outside world, otherwise the spies of the Han Dynasty would not have known that Cao Wei produced a large number of firearms.
However, Cao Fang must have made the capital, Luoyang, and major border towns secretly produce such weapons.
That's why the Eighth Route Army of the Han Army was hit hard by the Wei Army's thunderbolt cannons.
This is not a good thing.
Once gunpowder is invented, the whole world will soon know about it.
Zhuge Liang was also surprised when he heard this. He had not thought of this before, because even if Cao Wei had rocket launchers and thunder cannons, so what?
I, a big man, still have a trump card that I haven’t used yet.
Although Cao Wei's thunder cannon can fire continuously and can achieve the effect of intensive bombing during battle, its range has not been broken.
Because the three-bow bed crossbow fires continuously, the Han Dynasty has already had it, and it was Zhuge Liang who improved it. As for the range, the Han army's bed crossbow has reached its limit, and the range of the continuous fire is only 500 steps at most.
Now Cao Wei is still installing bombs on feather arrows, which will only shorten the range.
Also, in this Battle of Hongnong, the wilderness outside Hongnong City was not very wide. At that time, the distance between the central army of the Han Army and the head of Hongnong City was only six or seven hundred steps. If Cao Wei's thunderbolt cannons had sufficient range, they
It can attack farther.
Unfortunately, they attacked the advancing Han army.
Later, when the Han army retreated, Zhuge Liang observed that when the Han army retreated to four or five hundred steps, Cao Wei's artillery fire could no longer cover it.
This also shows that the range of the Wei army's rocket launchers and thunderbolt cannons will not exceed 400 steps.
However, the Han Dynasty still has the Hanwang Cannon.
Long before the War in the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty had invented the Hanwang Cannon, and its range had reached about a thousand steps. Now, after continuous improvements over the years, the Hanwang Cannon can shoot as far as 1,500 steps.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang was not too worried when he learned that Cao Wei had rocket launchers and thunderbolt cannons. Moreover, in this battle of Hongnong, although the Han Dynasty suffered heavy losses, the old general Wu Yi also died at the foot of Hongnong City.
However, the total number of Han soldiers killed this time was only more than 10,000.
There were 120,000 troops attacking Wei outside Hongnong City, and now there are still 100,000.
With superior military strength and the support of the King of Han's artillery, how long could Cao Wei withstand it? However, Liu Chan's words reminded him that because Cao Wei now produces firearms in large quantities, if gunpowder is promoted all over the world, the Han Dynasty will face a lot of trouble in the future.
"Father, I have decided!" Liu Chan said in a deep voice: "Order the remaining seven soldiers and horses to stay in place and keep the Wei army under control at all times." After saying that, he paused and then said: "Immediately ask the prince to give me orders."
Send one hundred Hanwang cannons to Hongnong."
"Cao Wei, I swear to destroy him!"
"Old minister, I obey the order!" Zhuge Liang responded.
At this time, there is no need to keep hiding the Hanwang Cannon. It is time for it to prove itself to the world.
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang stood up, saluted Liu Chan, and said, "I will return to Chang'an today to get the Hanwang Cannon in person."
"Father!" As soon as Liu Chan spoke, Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Although I am old, I practice Tai Chi every day and my body is strong."
"The King of Han's artillery is the killer weapon of the Han Dynasty;" Zhuge Liang added: "Sending soldiers to escort can easily leak the news. If the Wei army takes precautions in advance, it will not be conducive to our army's surprise."
After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Chan also nodded, and then said: "Then there will be Lao Xiangfu!"
The prime minister has always been cautious, and his worries are correct. After all, Cao Wei already has rocket launchers and thunderbolt cannons. If he is told that the Han army has sharper firearms, Cao Fang will consider imitating them again.
Of course, the Hanwang Cannon is no better than a rocket launcher.
The production process of rocket launchers is simple, with a long gun, a bamboo tube, and a three-bow crossbow to launch.
But the Hanwang cannon is different. If you want to make a Hanwang cannon, the process is much more complicated, especially the barrel used for firing.
Although there is no need to worry about Cao Wei imitating Hanwang's artillery, Liu Chan also hopes to catch Cao Wei by surprise, just like this time the Wei army used thunder cannons to catch the Han army by surprise.
I will retaliate in kind.
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This chapter has been completed!