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Let's talk about the role of the rifling. It was a rather long time ago, in the fifteenth century, but it was only in the nineteenth century that the armies of the nations were equipped on a large scale." The decisive reason for this situation was that the loading speed of the front-loaded gun was too slow. Since the projectile must be embedded into the rifled line to rotate with the rifled line, the diameter of the projectile must be larger than the diameter of the Yang line of the rifled line, which makes loading of the front-loaded gun very difficult. Because of this, the firing speed was reduced to one third or even slower than that of the musket. Such a low firing rate was intolerable to the army. So in the two hundred years since the invention of the rifled gun, the gun had been a supporting role in the army until the French captain of the Orléans, Claude Etienne Minié, invented it in the middle of the nineteenth century. The diameter of the Mene bomb is one circle smaller than the diameter of the front loaded gun, which solves the problem of difficult reloading. There was a small, conical hole in the bottom of the Mineira's projectile. When fired, the gunpowder gas causes the tail of the projectile to expand and embed the rifled line, rotating at high speed along the rifled line to get out of the barrel. Since the diameter of the Minefield is smaller than the diameter of the barrel, it is easier to load and the firing speed of the front-line gun is greatly increased. After the problem of loading is solved, the breech-gun of front loading line is rapidly popularized all over the world.

As for Zhu Ci, considering the production capacity, cost and control of the Sailor Guard in this era, we have modified the Tianvale's front rifled artillery with the combination of the Mi Ne bomb, the modern gunpowder ratio and the modern missile, and Zheng Chi-long's old artillery. Its effective range and accuracy have already surpassed that of the Red Barbarian cannon, and its maximum range is more than 7 kilometers.

There were only two ships that had a relatively small amount of water, but the five Liu Xiang battleships did not dare to approach them because they had just taken a few shots.

After all, the ships sent by Liu Xiang had greater manmade discharge and wind conditions, so it was inevitable for them to catch up.

After chasing for an entire morning, Liu Xiang's fleet hated them to the bone. After sacrificing one ship and injuring two, two ships had finally nailed the deck, bridge, and chain onto the two ships of the maritime security guards.

Just when Liu Xiang's fleet thought they could rely on their advantage in manpower to fight their way up, the other side constantly threw iron ingots. Just when the pirates thought this was just a desperate situation, they were overjoyed to throw even one iron ingot at them.

Bang, bang, bang, bang …" "There was the sound of a huge explosion. Some pirates who had boarded the enemy ships didn't even have the time to turn their heads back to check what was happening had several bloody holes in their bodies.

This was the first time he met a pirate who could board the ship of the Sailor Protection Squadron. In order to control the cost, he took out the fireballs he obtained from Zheng Zilong and gave them to the nautical escort team. After that, in order to get a better control of the cost, he picked out the quality of the fireballs and gave them to the nautical escort team.

Of course, Liu Xiang's fleet of pirates weren't ordinary, they also had fireballs, and they also bought them from the Dutch, so their quality was pretty good. However, the number of pirates that boarded the ship's nautical escort team was limited, and because of the explosion that came from the ship's base camp, they were scared senseless.

Seeing that the situation was looking good, he was just about to take advantage of the victory to give chase and give the order to rob the ship when he suddenly heard a sailor shout: "Captain, it's bad, Liu Xiang's fleet is catching up! Good …" "A lot of battleships."

Liu Xiang knew that the other side's cannons were accurate, their range was not comparable to his own cannons, so he immediately realised that this cannon is a treasure. Leaving behind and sending a few people to guard the Sky Valve Army merchant ships, he brought a large group of soldiers to chase down the treasure.

When Liu Xiang rushed to the battlefield, he saw his own ship being damaged or killed, and immediately became furious, ordering his men to chase down the enemies at full speed. Of course, he was not stupid, as the Sky Valve Army that could take over the Zheng Family's property was not something that could be easily bullied, so he chose to use the advantage of fleet size and ship speed to stop a portion of the ships.

"Oh no, Captain, those pirates are blocking our way." In the cockpit, no matter how the sailors chattered, he used his binoculars to look at the densely packed black dots on the ship. He said to the aide, "Where is Captain Zhong?"

The aide said, "Last time at the seaport, I heard from my brothers in the other fleets that Captain Zhong was doing a batch of selling and buying? This time, we should be in the Zhai City. "

He looked at the telescope again and said, "Look at Liu Xiang, that b * stard, he won't let us two ships go back to Xiamen Harbour. Damn it, I'm not going back yet, take me to South Australia Harbour."

The aide was startled and said: "Captain, have you forgotten? Recently, Second Master Hai has ordered that no one is allowed to travel within a thousand miles of the South Sea Region within half a year."

"We can't get close to the nearest seaport at this time. We can only go to Second Master Hai's territory and take refuge there," cursed the meal.

Liu Xiang looked at the two ships sailing to the Chaozhou region. She gritted her teeth and said, "Chase after them." He thought to himself, "You want to run after killing all four of my ships? If it was in Xiamen Harbor, I would respect you a little. Do you think I would be afraid of you even if Chaozhou Prefecture was immediately under your control?"

Bai Zhan Ying and Honda Sing Yicheng were currently watching the might of the Heavenly Valve Army's cannons from the new battleship with the Second Division Commander Gongzhi Qinglong. After three days of testing, the firepower of these twelve cannons was astonishing, even though there was a clear gap between them and the long-range cannons marked by the Army Commander, their accuracy and range were the highest of this era.

Bai Zhanying looked at a boat that had been blown up five miles away and nodded. He thought to himself: Song Yingxing was the smart one. Only by using a machine tool to produce wrought steel could he produce such a good warship and artillery.

Suddenly, a soldier came in and reported: "Reporting to our commander, we have discovered a ship approaching our master's sea, and looking at the flag, it belongs to our Heavenly Valve Army's private nautical guards."

"How many ships are there?"

The soldier said, "Two."

Gongzhi Qinglong said, "Tone the drums, make sure they are not more than five kilometers away from our army's seas."

Suddenly, a red smoke signal appeared in the sky. Gongzhi Qing Long said doubtfully, "Drum, get these two battleships to retreat to our formation and use them as surveillance to prevent spies from infiltrating. Then, prepare the entire army for battle against the great pirates."

Along with the sound of the bugle, a total of 42 battleships of the Heavenly Valve Army's Second Division flew towards the two medium-sized ships.

Second Division Hai originally only had 9 large warships serving, with 30 small and medium-sized warships. Because of this military exercise, there were 3 new iron-clad battleships, each equipped with 4 cannons from the Heavenly Valve Army, and because of the use of coal-fired steam engines as a power source and also an experimental stage, their tonnage was not big, but their speed was fast. In this era, they were simply monsters.

Liu Xiang's fleet also discovered the Sky Valve Army fleet in front, three of them were still spewing black smoke, but Liu Xiang was not scared at all as he ordered: "Luo, Mother Luo, there are 60 ships in the Russian territory, Leto is also in the Russian territory, fighting to the point of blooming broad shit." Along with Liu Xiang's order, the first battlefield of the Sky Valve Army began, and it was known as the 'Shantou Bandit War'.

There was a bloody battle between the Second Division of the Sky Valve Army and Liu Xiang's fleet, from around 5pm to early in the morning, both sides suffered from 800 to 1000 casualties. In a situation where Gongzhi Qinlong was wounded in two places, he used the internal combustion engine of the iron ship to break into the enemy ranks at an incredible speed. He thought that he had used his newly advanced strength to behead the enemy, but was held back by Liu Xiang's four-clawed anchor and iron chain, making it almost impossible for him to escape. Liu Xiang himself jumped onto another battleship and fled towards the south.

After Gongzhi Qinglong was saved, he was eager for revenge, so he bravely took the lead and ordered the use of iron hooks to catch enemy ships on fire. He cooperated with the long-range artillery tactics of the Iron Plate Boat to burn and destroy a total of twenty-six Liuxiang warships and capture five warships. Liu Xiang was helpless in the face of these three powerful ships, who looked like speedboats and battleships at the same time. In the end, only twenty-three battleships were able to escape, and even the whereabouts of the rest were unknown.

Liu Xiang led the remaining bandits to join the new Dutch Taiwanese governor, Patterson Hans Putmans, who, in an attempt to force open trade, attempted to occupy the mainland coast by force. Under Liu Xiang's influence, he dispatched eight Dutch battleships, twenty-two Liuxiang battleships, one against the Tianvale force of Xiamen, one against Bai Shenghai, and two unsuspecting divisions of Gongzhi Longhai who had just defeated Liu Xiang and returned to South Australia.

Unable to recuperate from his injuries, Gongzhi was enraged. He chased after them overnight, coordinating with Qin Baisheng, who had beaten the Dutchman in Xiamen Harbour, to act as the vanguard of the battle. Qin Baisheng was responsible for directing the battle (Gongzhi Qinglong's fleet had suffered heavy losses in two wars. In the course of the battle, the Dutch battleship that had come to the aid of the Penghu Sea had been sunk and destroyed, a total of three battleships that had been destroyed, several dozens of General and Soldiers had been captured alive, and hundreds of Soldiers had drowned to death, while Liu Xiang's fleet had been left with only thirteen remaining battleships. Liu Xiang had been afraid that the Dutchmen would not find the Sky Valve Army and avenge her, so she had not said that the smoking iron battleship would cause the Dutch warship that was attacking Xiamen Port to retreat.

After listening to Chen Ziwen's story, Zhu Ci nodded and said, "How does the military committee deal with Gongzhi Qing Long's achievements and casualties?"

Chen Ziwen took out the text, and when Zhu Chi saw the military committee's decision and opinions, he corrected it a few times, then said, "Overall, the results were greater than what was done, but he was too arrogant. Victory and being attacked by the enemy is really something that he shouldn't do. He should just do it in the military committee, and remember the other punishments after he breaks the enemy's record."

Chen Ziwen nodded and put away the covered file.

Zhu Ci replied, "I'm going to be interviewed by the Danxia Faction tomorrow, but once I pass, I just want to hear the good news of recovering the high ranking personnel. I hope that you won't disappoint me, and that during the period of preparation, you all will fully operate your manpower and develop new battleships, while at the same time not neglecting the use of spies."

Chu Ci: Because Taiwan is a step closer, I forgot to ask Chen Ziwen about scout charges.

Looking at all the kids in the room, Zhu Ci was a little confused. What the hell was going on? Was he an examiner or a student of the martial arts? Not to mention in eight pieces, he didn't even know how to write a few of the traditional Chinese characters. Helpless, Zhu Ci could only write three words on the test paper: I don't know how.

In the past, Xia Yuanyi and the others could use their status as the ministers of the Gu family to teach Zhu Ci internal energy. However, they had no choice but to follow Zhu Ci and display his exceptional strength one after another, conquering Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and many other places. Even Jin Lu had no choice but to withdraw his troops. In the past, the disciples of the Sun Moon Sect were more or less under the orders of their master, Zhu Ci, as his Sect Leader. Now, they were convinced from the bottom of their hearts, so they taught their inner force without any motivation.

Then he looked at the paper. Originally, he wanted to write down the number, but it was only with the help of the numbers on his wooden board that he was able to write down the number 104 with a brush. Hmm, it was still okay, he could still make out the numbers clearly.

Most of the answers were written very sloppily, and some even seemed to be writing three words, like their own names. Some simply had the number of the address, while others seemed to be quite calm, and it was also true that you couldn't ask a five or eight-year-old child to read a lot. At this time, his cousin Liu Cheng-ge just happened to hand in his paper, and when he finished handing over his paper, he once again looked at the other student's test papers.

He went out and saw his grandfather waiting at the entrance of the dojo just like the parents of the other children. Liu Keping held Zhu Chi's hand, asking all sorts of questions, but Zhu Ci had to tell the truth, Liu Keping touched Zhu Ci's head and said, "It's alright, I asked long ago, this first stage is a written test, most children will not take it. Tomorrow is a martial test, so I heard that it's a rock lock, don't worry! This is your kid's strength. " Zhu Ci was relieved to hear that. He stayed at the inn with Liu Keping. Liu Keping could not afford to build a house in Meizhou County, so he could be considered quite generous. Although he could not afford to stay at the Fragrant Storey (one of the properties of the Heavenly Valve Army) or the Deng Family Inn, the inn he found was not too bad.

The next morning, in the training field of the Meizhou Martial Arts School, the practice field was made of yellow mud. However, after years of trampling, it had already become thicker. There were over a hundred tables set around the area, and rich officials of the countryside were sitting on them, happily chatting and eating big chunks of meat and drinking large mouthfuls of tea. Although the dojo wasn't very rich, it was still possible to let rich officials of the countryside eat and drink to their heart's content on the day of the martial arts exam, not to mention that their guards were also recommended by the dojo. The adults and children gathered on the other side. Sure enough, in front of the dojo courtyard, Zhu Ci saw a pile of stone locks. However, the heaviest one was less than a hundred Jin, and the exact weight was unknown. It could only be measured by the naked eye, unlike the modern barbell sign.