On the other hand, breech-loading guns do not have these problems, and their shells also have many technical difficulties, and they have not yet developed mercury fulminate and the like.
On the contrary, there is no need to think too much about the safety of mercury fulminate. In future generations, after mercury fulminate is passivated, its sensitivity will be greatly weakened, so there is no need to worry about blowing people up into the sky.
"Lao Ma, please tell me your opinion."
Zhang Feifei saw that such a discussion would probably last for several days without any results, so he simply asked Fang Xiaoyue for his opinion.
Now Fang Xiaoyue's prestige in the industrial group has reached its peak, and many technicians naturally admire him.
No way, if it were someone else, who could fix the machine tool?
Therefore, when Zhang Feifei asked, the previous heated discussion came to a halt, and the entire activity room became extremely quiet.
"I think we should build Napoleon cannons first. After all, we have never built artillery before, and technical workers also need to be trained. The most important thing is that the management committee requires us to come up with samples within a week at least. If we build breech-loading cannons, other
Not to mention, just pulling the flame tube will take some time. Besides, the explosive ammunition cannot be made in a few days. Without the explosive ammunition, what is the difference between a breech-loaded cannon and a front-loaded cannon?"
Fang Xiaoyue said some of her own opinions lightly, and was immediately agreed by most of the people in the Le Industrial Group.
Obviously, no matter what he thinks in his heart, Fang Xiaoyue's current speech can be regarded as mature and steady in all aspects. As a result, the industrial group finally approved the development of Napoleon cannon first with more than 90% of the votes.
Of course, even when developing the Napoleon cannon, they did not rigidly follow the Napoleon cannon drawings.
After all, from the perspective of later generations, the Napoleon cannon still has a lot to improve in various aspects.
The biggest improvement lies in its styling.
In the design drawings made by Fang Xiaoyue himself, the Napoleon cannon has changed beyond recognition, and its improved shape has become extremely ferocious, more in line with the title of the God of War.
Because the strength of the steel in the dock area far exceeds the steel used to process Napoleon cannons in history, and it can be processed in place through machine tools in one go.
Under such circumstances, Fang Xiaoyue lengthened the length of the barrel of the Army's six-pound gun by one-third. Because the steel was better, it was coated with some coatings both inside and outside to speed up heat dissipation and improve the expansion coefficient.
The gold made it thinner, making it lighter than the historical nine-pound Napoleon cannon. The overall weight of the cannon was compressed to an astonishing 280 kilograms!
Such a gun carriage can even be towed by a bicycle!
You must know that if the existing bicycles in the dock area are specially modified, they can pull up to one ton of cargo and 280 kilograms of artillery, which is a piece of cake!
The weight of the twelve-pound army special gun has been reduced to 950 kilograms! It can also be pulled by a bicycle. Of course, compared to the six-pound gun, the cyclist will tire quickly.
In just half a day, Fang Xiaoyue took out a complete set of design drawings, and built the six-pounder cannon and the 12-pounder cannon test products in two days.
No way, this thing has a simple structure, and with machine tools, it shouldn't be too simple to manufacture. If Fang Xiaoyue didn't do it himself, but guided a few apprentices to do it, the manufacturing speed would be faster.
As for the fire hose and the like, they are simpler to make, so there is no need to mention them.
After the artillery is successfully developed, it is natural to take it out to test the artillery.
After hearing the news, not only all the senior officials of the interim management committee were present, but many members of the time travel team also dropped their work and ran to the shooting range.
For safety reasons, Sun Xuebin specially mobilized a platoon of soldiers to guard the surrounding area of the shooting range.
In addition to preventing someone from entering the shooting range and being harmed, it is also to prevent someone from causing damage.
Who knows if those imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing army's sticking points will show up?
Of course, the industrial group did not have an existing shooting range, so they drew some lime lines on the open space outside the dock area to mark the distance, and then several apprentices from the industrial group began to fill the powder bags and cannonballs.
This was the first time the gun was tested, and the industrial team did not ask Zheng Xiangdong to fire the first shot.
No way, no one knows if there will be any problems with this thing after it is built.
Although Fang Xiaoyue said there was absolutely no problem, no one dared to take the risk. What if the chamber exploded?
Well, even if the barrel doesn't explode, what if other situations occur, such as a dumb gun?
Then the leader will be embarrassed.
So after asking Fang Xiaoyue for instructions, an apprentice pulled the fire tube and heard a loud bang. Then a stream of black smoke spewed out from the muzzle, and some dust was quickly thrown out on the ground in the distance.
Soon, the person in charge of reporting the target came with the news: "1600 meters!"
Immediately, there was warm applause from the crowd, and senior management members of the Management Committee also applauded to express their congratulations.
Most time travelers know what artillery means.
In any case, having artillery means having powerful offensive and defensive capabilities.
From this time on, Sun Xuebin selected a company from the second batch of recruits who had just completed shooting training for artillery training.
Artillery is much more complicated than rifles in terms of maintenance and firing.
Not to mention anything else, just the calculation of shooting Zhu Yuan can make it difficult for a large number of people in this era.
What angle, how far the range, etc.
It is precisely because of this that in the modern army, the artillery can be regarded as the most culturally qualified branch of the army.
Therefore, all of the one hundred recruits selected by Sun Xuebin knew a few words, and after being selected, these recruits were immediately sent to the dock area school to study.
This school was originally used to train juniors who traveled from different places.
As I said before, after the time travel, everyone was very busy, so the children who followed the time travel were left unsupervised. At most, they had nothing to worry about about food and clothing every day, so these children played wildly everywhere every day.
After seeing this situation, the senior officials of the Provisional Management Committee just thought of setting up a school to restrain these juniors so that they would not continue to play and it would be completely useless.
The teachers in the school are also selected from each group.
Even Zheng Xiangdong served as a teacher there.
As for Fang Xiaoyue, she was not able to run away and became a teacher of three subjects: mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
Therefore, this also makes many technical staff become busier. In addition to their own work every day, they also need to take free time to teach the juniors.