Ma Xiaoquan looked at Sun Yuanhua in surprise and asked, "Do you know me?"
Sun Yuanhua nodded and said: "Of course I know. The deacon is very famous in the capital. Compared with Wei Zhongxian, he doesn't have to give in much..."
"Ahem..." Yuan Chonghuan coughed twice, winked at Sun Yuanhua, and thought to himself, why are you talking so openly? Brother Ma and Wei Zhongxian are incompatible, how can you use that eunuch and
What about Brother Ma?
Ma Xiaoquan was also stunned, then laughed loudly and said: "Master Sun is Master Sun, interesting... Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. I heard General Yuan said that you know how to use the Hongyi Cannon, is that true?"
Sun Yuanhua nodded and said: "That's natural. I have been studying for a long time. Now the cannonballs we use are all made by ourselves."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and praised: "It's really awesome. I heard that we now have ten cannons. Can they all be used?"
Sun Yuanhua shook his head: "Two doors are no longer usable because they were exploded."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and felt it was a pity, then raised his head and said with a smile: "Eight cannons are enough to frighten the Jurchen army."
Sun Yuanhua thought for a while and said: "Although those two doors were blown up, they are still more than enough for training. Sir, please take a look."
Ma Xiaoquan followed Sun Yuanhua to a cannon. Sun Yuanhua opened the curtain, revealing the cannon's entire body.
Ma Xiaoquan's eyes widened and he was amazed.
When he was still in the national special forces, Ma Xiaoquan visited the weapons and cultural relics left over from ancient times, including the Hongyi cannon. However, it had fallen into disrepair and had become an ornamental object.
At this moment, the Hongyi cannon placed in front of Ma Xiaoquan was not only genuine, but also brand new.
The barrel is very long. Ma Xiaoquan roughly measured it with his eyes, it was a little more than 3 meters. The muzzle is also relatively large, about 130 mm by visual inspection. The muzzle is thinner and the tail is thicker.
Ma Xiaoquan reached out and patted the cannon body, nodded and said: "The tail of this cannon is thicker than the head, which is in line with the principle of the breech pressure increasing from high to low when gunpowder burns. Not bad!"
Sun Yuanhua was stunned, looked at Ma Xiaoquan in surprise, and asked: "Does the deacon also know about firearms?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, shook his head and said, "I just saw the brothers from the Shenji Battalion using fire blunderbuss in the capital, and I asked casually. What, the truth is the same?"
Sun Yuanhua nodded: "It's the same, but I have to say that the cannon we bought is good. We have copied it ourselves, but it either exploded without firing a few rounds, or it couldn't be fired at all."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "It's too late to study how to make cannons now. I'm curious. How did you make cannonballs if you can't make cannons? I just saw two soldiers rubbing something like an iron egg.
It’s just a cannonball, right?”
"Yes~"
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips and said: "This is just an iron egg. If you hit it with one shot and it can't explode, what's the use of it?"
Sun Yuanhua chuckled and said: "Sir, please don't underestimate this iron egg. We have tried filling the iron egg with iron sand before, but the two doors exploded like this. But this solid iron egg does not have such troubles. It can be directly
If you hit it out, it will be no less lethal than an iron sand egg."
Sun Yuanhua said and ordered someone to bring a firecracker.
Ma Xiaoquan had seen and used fire blunderbuss. The fire blunderbuss was made of iron beads. However, since the blunderbuss had a thin tube, the range was not very far, and the gunpowder was not filled with much, so the chance of exploding the barrel was naturally relatively small.
There is a kamikaze team in the Shenji Battalion. The fire blunderbuss used by their colleagues are larger, longer and thicker than those used by their colleagues. The ammunition used by the fire blunderbuss not only contains iron beads, but also contains some iron sand, so that once it is fired, it will reach a far distance.
Iron beads can be used to kill and injure people at certain places, while iron sand can be used to splash at nearby places. The power cannot be underestimated.
Sun Yuanhua took the fire gun in his hand, played with it skillfully a few times, inserted an iron bead, and then placed the fire gun on the ground. As he pulled the trigger, he heard a bang and the iron beads shot out from the fire gun.
It hit a floor tile not far away.
"Sir, please look..." Sun Yuanhua dropped the fire gun and pointed at a mark on the ground. "This is the mark left by the iron beads shot by the fire gun. Sir, think about it, if the iron beads were replaced with solid ones,
Tie Dan, if you hit someone, the mark will not be superficial. The key is, no matter who you hit, it will be broken, and the deterrent effect is very strong."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, agreeing with Sun Yuanhua's point of view.
"Sir, please take a look again..." Sun Yuanhua returned to the Hongyi cannon, pointed to the cylindrical ears on both sides of the center of gravity of the cannon body and said: "You can adjust the firing angle from these ears. If you want to shoot far,
, a little more gunpowder, and a slightly higher angle. If you want to hit close, you need less gunpowder and a slightly lower angle. There is also a front sight and a rear sight, which can improve the accuracy."
Ma Xiaoquan kept nodding, thinking that Sun Yuanhua was indeed very knowledgeable about firearms.
"But..." Sun Yuanhua paused, "If the enemy hits us, the cannon will be useless. Once the muzzle is pointed down, the shells will roll down, haha~~"
Yuan Chonghuan interrupted: "If the Jurchen army comes close, they will have to fight hard. Although the Hongyi cannon is good, it takes a lot of effort to fire a shell and fill it with gunpowder."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "The Hongyi cannon must be used. This thing must have a great deterrent effect on the Jurchen army. The right thing is to attack the heart first."
"Yes~" Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Yuanhua nodded in unison, expressing their agreement with Ma Xiaoquan's point of view.
...
After participating in the Hongyi Cannon, Ma Xiaoquan followed Yuan Chonghuan to see the training situation of Ningyuan's soldiers. Among them, the soldiers on Ma Ruiqing's side trained the hardest and had the highest training effect.
Yuan Chonghuan nodded and praised: "The Ma family's training of soldiers is really good. Now that there is still some time, I plan to let you Ma family train other Ningyuan soldiers separately."
Ma Xiaoquan agreed with Yuan Chonghuan's decision. After all, the Ma family's training method was indeed much better than the traditional training method. This was also the training method passed down by the Ma family's ancestors. Unexpectedly, Ma Ruiqing used it so generously and selflessly in the training of sergeants.
...
At night, Ma Xiaoquan returned to his room and was just getting ready to rest when his second sister-in-law Qiao Yu came and said that Ma's mother called him.
Ma Xiaoquan settled down Huayue and Beiming Shuangxue, and followed Qiao Yu to Ma Mu's room.
"What did you think of Ning Yuan's preparation today?" Ma Mu asked.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "It's quite reasonable~"
Ma Mu said: "Quan'er, mother has another idea... Yue'er and Xiaomei, mother plans to send them back first, as a war is about to start, just in case..."
"Mom, I have this intention too, but..."
Before Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, Hua Yue and Beiming Shuangxue suddenly appeared and said in unison: "Mother, sir, we are not leaving!"