"The first is the Rumi gun, the second is the Portuguese gun, and the third is the artillery. Although the bird gun, which is the most equipped by our army, can penetrate heavy armor, the enemy can also remain unscathed under the protection of cotton armor."
Chongzhen thought about it. If he remembered correctly, the Rumi gun was a matchlock gun improved by Zhao Shizhen, and its prototype was the matchlock gun tributed by the Turkish Kingdom of Rumi.
"Wubeizhi" records: Bird gun: Only the Rumi gun has the longest range and is the most poisonous.
As expected, Chen Biqian added: "The Rumi gun can shoot a hundred steps (one step in the Ming Dynasty was about 1.5 meters). According to our actual measurements, it can seriously injure armored people at a distance of fifty steps!"
That's not right...
Chongzhen asked in return: "I remember that after the 30th year of Wanli, our army was equipped with a lot of Lumi guns, and most of them were distributed to the Liaodong Army. Why did they rarely achieve any results?"
Chen Biqian's face turned pale instantly and he was speechless.
Chongzhen slammed the table and said solemnly: "You still don't dare to talk about what happened during the Wanli period?"
Chen Biqian's knees weakened in panic and he knelt on the ground. "I have your say, I will tell you right now."
"After the Rumi gun was successfully copied, it was handed over to the Ministry of Industry for production. The first batch of Rumi guns were of very good quality. As the officials of the Ministry of Industry cut corners and enriched themselves, the quality of the subsequent Rumi guns was substandard and they often exploded during use. The border troops were unwilling to use them."
"Later, the imperial court gave the right to manufacture firearms to the border troops. They either had poor casting technology or their generals were corrupt. The Rumi guns they manufactured were not even as good as those made by the Ministry of Industry. Therefore, the Rumi guns have not had any military achievements until now."
Chongzhen thought for a moment with a cold face, then snorted heavily.
Decades ago, those people died or were buried.
If you want to hold someone accountable, you can only dig up their graves.
The most urgent task is to manufacture suitable firearms, and pursuing those will only waste manpower and resources.
Since there are three types of firearms that can penetrate the heavy armor of the Jiannu, theoretically it would be better to produce them at the same time.
But given the Ministry of Industry’s current production speed, this is unrealistic.
Cannons and muskets are not considered for the time being. Although these things have sufficient lethality, their disadvantage is very obvious: they are heavy.
Artillery had to be pulled by horse-drawn carriages or ox-drawn carts to be moved to the battlefield.
In the plains, once separated from the infantry formation, these artillerymen would become sitting ducks for the Jiannu cavalry.
"I will give you two months. How many Lumi guns can you make without delaying the production of other commonly used firearms?"
"There are two requirements for these Lumi guns. First, they must be able to penetrate this set of armor. Second, all of these Lumi guns must be made into self-generating fire guns. Jiao Xu should understand what I mean. As for the unreasonable aspects of self-generating fire guns, I have written them down on paper, and Wang Chengen will give them to you later."
Finally, Chongzhen added: "Money is not a problem."
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