When Sun Chuanting and others heard this, they were looking forward to it.
Because they knew that if Emperor Chongzhen came to introduce a new invention to them, then this new invention would definitely be a great thing. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the emperor to explain it.
However, they were a little surprised in the end.
They saw a large truck driving towards them, and behind this large truck was towing an artillery piece with tires.
Is the new invention your Majesty mentioned artillery?
Artillery equipped with wheels have existed before! The field artillery in the army is like this.
However, Sun Chuanting and others, who had experience in leading armies in battles, quickly discovered the difference in this artillery.
Compared with the previous artillery, the barrel of this artillery is thinner, but also longer. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be much difference?
For a moment, Sun Chuanting and others were curious about what was different about this artillery piece.
After the big truck arrived, a row of soldiers got out of the truck and lined up to salute Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and ordered them to practice first before talking.
Soon, he took Sun Chuanting and others back to their positions in the bunker observation post and started observing with high-power telescopes.
Sun Chuanting and others discovered that the target was very far away, and the target was no longer a vertical target, but a circle of white lines on the ground, at least several miles away.
This range is much further than the previous artillery armor type.
"Is the special feature of this artillery just because of its long range?" Sun Chuanting and others thought in their hearts, feeling a little regretful.
Because if it only has a long range, even if it is coupled with a high shooting accuracy, it is not beyond their imagination, and it cannot be considered a heavyweight improvement.
While they were thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly reminded them: "Pay attention to the loading of this artillery!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Chuanting and others turned their attention back to those soldiers.
It was seen that after they received the order from the bunker, they immediately started to get busy. Several people worked together, some were aiming, some were adjusting the angle, and some were taking off the racks from the car, which had a fixed
Metal cannonballs.
Everyone's movements were agile, obviously they must have practiced for a long time, and the loading was completed quickly.
Then, there was a "boom" and some smoke was seen coming from the artillery. Then, Sun Chuanting and the others were dumbfounded.
I saw that the white circle in the distance suddenly exploded, just like the explosive package fired by the heartless cannon! No, it looks much more powerful than the explosive package fired by the heartless cannon!
Of course, Sun Chuanting was experienced. Just by looking at it, he could be sure that there was a large area around the explosion. If it were the enemy, a large number of them would die!
Such a long range, such high shooting accuracy, and the fact that it explodes instead of a solid bullet, all combined, it is really surprising!
Sun Chuanting immediately discovered the reason keenly and quickly asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, is there a new invention of gunpowder?"
When the others heard this, they suddenly realized that the emperor asked them to see this. In fact, the key was gunpowder.
So, everyone turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen, wanting to see what the emperor's answer was.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "The test at Ninggu Pagoda has been successful recently. The new type of explosive is several times more powerful than white gunpowder. In the future, the power of our Ming Dynasty's firearms will be
It will reach a higher level. At the same time, there will also be a rapid progress in civil affairs such as mountain and road construction!"
Without TNT gunpowder, it is still possible to open roads in mountains. For example, the ancient Shu Road used the method of burning water and cooling to break through hard rocks, but this would consume a lot of manpower and time.
Now that we have TNT gunpowder, both the manpower investment and the progress of the project will be far greater than before!
However, at this time, more people only paid attention to the first half of Emperor Chongzhen's life. They understood the power of this new type of gunpowder and could imagine how Ming Dynasty would perform on the battlefield in the future.
When the two armies faced each other, after the enemy had assembled and before they started taking action, the artillery of the Ming army could use this new type of artillery to bombard them.
If you have more artillery pieces like this and fire them together, the bombs will explode in the enemy's formation, probably destroying them directly.
Even if there are still some left, then the armored vehicles that we saw just now begin to charge, followed by the cavalry and infantry, and the multi-barreled muskets fire at a rate of about 500 rounds per second...
Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting and others couldn't help but fell silent. Could such a weapon exist in the world?
Even the bravest warrior would be frightened by the power of such a weapon, right?
And they are also convinced that today's advanced weapons are impossible for Ming's enemies to imitate. In other words, from now on, Ming will always be the overlord in this world!
This geophysical science is really terrible!
However, Sun Chuanting and others are also lucky. Fortunately, it was the Ming Dynasty that strongly advocated the study of physics, and not other countries!
Naturally, they didn't know that if they were in another dimension, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains and abruptly ended the process of Xu Guangqi and others' unveiling of the study of physics, causing China to stagnate in the study of physics for hundreds of years.
After many years, it fell behind the entire world and was finally beaten!
After seeing these powerful weapons, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly said to Sun Chuanting and others: "From now on, this arsenal and other things, large and small, must be made in duplicate and sent to the prince's share. Unless it is a matter of great importance, we must first
The prince will discuss it and report it to me after the results are obtained!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked: What does the emperor mean?
They were a little confused. Today's Emperor Chongzhen is only forty-three years old. He is still young. But from what he said just now, it seems that he wants to ignore political affairs. He is still the diligent Ming Emperor in their impressions.
What?
Today's Emperor Chongzhen is at the height of his power, and there is no possibility that anyone can force Emperor Chongzhen. In other words, this is what Emperor Chongzhen himself meant.
What does this mean, Your Majesty?
Generally speaking, the transfer of imperial power will only be handed over after the old emperor dies!
Sun Chuanting and others were puzzled. Emperor Chongzhen looked at their expressions. Although he did not speak, he knew what they were thinking in their hearts. He smiled slightly and said: "I have been working hard for the Ming Dynasty for a lifetime. When I conquer Europe, I will pass on the throne."
Give it to the prince, and then I, the queen, the concubine and the others will go out for a walk to see the Mongolian grasslands in the north, the desert scenery in the west, the fish and rice water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and the sea in the south, and appreciate the feeling without winter..."
Having said this, he paused, smiled and said: "Why are you looking at me like this? Do I have to work until death all my life? I haven't even left the capital! When I come to the world, I have to go out.
Let’s take a walk? If you don’t go out for a walk while you can still walk, will you have to wait until you get older and can’t walk anymore and have to be carried by someone else?”
The reason is this, but the key point is that since ancient times, there seems to be no such thing!
When Sun Chuanting and others were thinking this, they heard Emperor Chongzhen suddenly say with emotion: "I have been the emperor for so many more years, and the Ming Dynasty has become the most powerful country in the world. I am actually very satisfied. You don't need to think too much.
I am really tired and want to go out for a walk and see things, I don’t want to stay in the palace all my life!”
In fact, the most important thing that he had such an idea was that he was influenced by Liu Weichao. It can be said that he and Liu Weichao have been friends who talked about everything for more than ten years, especially when he knew that he would have been in the 17th Chongzhen Emperor.
He committed suicide by hanging himself in 1989 and the fall of the Ming Dynasty. His thoughts and ideas are the closest to those of later generations in this dimension.
Therefore, he really wanted to travel around the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty instead of staying in the palace all his life. Otherwise, he would probably have killed his son Zhu Cixiang, just like Emperor Taizu and Prince Zhu Biao back then!
After unilaterally announcing this matter as a warning in advance and allowing his ministers to be mentally prepared, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "In a few months, I will have something good for you to see."
Look."
As for what good thing it was, he didn't say, so it was hard for Sun Chuanting and others to ask. They could only suppress their curiosity and wait for the day when Emperor Chongzhen revealed the answer.
Here at the arsenal, they began to fully produce armored vehicles and new artillery, and then distributed them to the front line.
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Here in Europe, in France, the turmoil is finally over.
With the help of Li Zicheng and others, Grand Condé adopted the tactics used by thieves, and the Paris side was devastated. Prime Minister Mazarin became so angry that he accused Turenne, the head coach of the royal army, and sent other generals to pursue Condé.
Needless to say, the abilities of others were not as powerful as Turenne. Grand Condé easily ambushed the main force of the royal army in mobile warfare, and then marched to Paris, forcing Queen Anna of Austria to accuse Mazarin, and appointed Grand Condé as his commander.
Prime Minister. In other words, Kong Dai became a powerful minister in France, similar to Cao Cao.
Of course, the emergence of this situation was indispensable behind the advice of Li Zicheng, Song Xiance and others.
Subsequently, Spain, which supported Grand Condé, put forward their interests, but was rejected by Grand Condé, and the relationship between the two parties suddenly turned cold.
At this time, news that the "Yellow Peril" was coming again began to spread throughout Europe.
The so-called "Yellow Peril" was based on Europeans' fear of the Mongol Empire's Western Expedition; but now, it is based on the Ming Empire's Western Expedition.
Although it is said that the Ming Empire seems to have stopped at Ukraine in the north and the Middle East in the south, and has not continued its western expedition.
However, there are already signs that the Ming army in the Middle East is using prisoners and conscripted civilians to dig canals on a large scale to open up a channel from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.