coobybook Chapter 577
Chapter 577
Chen Ping is the head of the artillery and firearms battalion assigned by Yingzheng.
He also saw it with his own eyes when Ying Yu demonstrated the power of the artillery in the practice field, so how could he not know the power of the artillery.
If this kind of heavy artillery can be put into the battlefield in large quantities, the Daqin army no longer has to worry about the enemy not being able to hold on to a tall and strong city wall, nor does it need to worry about the crowd tactics adopted by the enemy when the enemy is outnumbered.
Because under the bombardment of heavy artillery, these can only be turned into dust and countless pieces of flesh and blood!
At that time, the Great Qin army will be able to truly push everything horizontally and be invincible on the world stage. This is also of great significance to the great cause of Great Qin's future unification.
However, while artillery is powerful, it also requires very strict skills.
If the barrel of the artillery is not well-made, even some flaws that are invisible to the naked eye may cause the artillery to jam and explode. With the huge power of the artillery shells, this is undoubtedly very dangerous.
In addition, other parts of the artillery also require a high level of manufacturing. As the saying goes, if any part is wrong, the whole artillery is almost the same as a scrap.
Because Ying Yu sent the cannon manufacturing blueprint to the Academy of Engineering, and also specially annotated some points that need special attention during the manufacturing process.
In addition, Ying Yu would personally come to give guidance from time to time, so the manufacturing level of the Engineering Institute was basically fine.
Since the artillery manufacturing process and personnel skills are above the standard, the most critical factor in the manufacture of artillery is the raw material for the manufacture of artillery, which is steel.
In other words, how efficient the artillery can be manufactured and whether it can be mass-produced depends entirely on Daqin's steel forging process.
However, Daqin's iron and steel forging technology is based on the original foundation, and has been forcibly developed with Ying Yu's technical support.
Although it is considered to be far ahead among the countries of the world at the same time, it is still difficult to fully meet the needs compared with the various items that have crossed the era brought by Ying Yu.
After realizing this problem, Ying Yu deliberately improved it several times, but it could only barely meet the needs at that time.
But now with the continuous emergence of steam cars, railway trains, firearms and artillery, various high-tech products have higher and higher requirements for the manufacture of steel raw materials, and Daqin's steel forging technology is obviously not enough.
For example, the manufacture of this artillery is a typical example, although Ying Zheng listed the manufacture of artillery as the core task of the Communist Academy of Engineering under Ying Yu's suggestion.
However, due to the backwardness of the steel forging process, with the strength of the entire academy, it took only three days to produce only one heavy-duty artillery. This efficiency is not low.
Under such circumstances, no matter how much Chen Ping wanted to put the mass production of artillery into the army's agenda, it would be impossible for a clever woman to cook without rice. In desperation, he could only shelve this plan for the time being.
"I didn't expect this cannon to have such high requirements for steel forging technology. My Daqin Institute of Engineering has almost gathered most of the top craftsmen from all over the world. With their wisdom and hard work, the production efficiency of the cannon is still so low. kind of degree."
"Besides the manufacture of cannons, Daqin must have many projects that require the use of steel raw materials, which are also difficult to carry out due to the low quality of steel forging."
"It seems that the matter related to the steel forging process is a big problem, and it has reached the point where it has to be solved."
Ying Zheng frowned and muttered.
Hearing this, Xiao He and other courtiers below nodded in agreement.
After all, with the rapid development of Daqin, both heavy industry and light industry will become more and more developed in the future.
As one of the pillar science and technology, iron and steel forging technology, if it is still standing still and cannot keep pace with the times, it will greatly hinder the pace of heavy industry and light industry.
This is obviously very detrimental to the future development of Daqin, and it is imminent to improve Daqin's steel forging technology.
However, although these ministers said that they could clearly see the current situation and the importance of steel forging technology, but this time they all kept their mouths shut and did not blindly put forward their own suggestions to Ying Zheng.
After all, as the saying goes, there are specialties in the art industry. If they are asked to make suggestions and govern the country, they can naturally talk freely, and there are countless countermeasures in their minds.
However, regarding science and technology, the ministers are completely ignorant. First, they cannot directly improve the forging process of Daqin Iron and Steel. Second, they cannot find a solution to the problem.
Apart from keeping silent, the ministers have nothing to do.
Therefore, Ying Zheng could only send someone to call Ying Yu over.
"The crown prince must also know something about artillery. Now my Daqin's steel forging technology is too backward and can no longer keep up with the needs of development. I wonder if the crown prince has a way?"
After calling Ying Yu and briefly introducing the situation, Ying Zheng asked seriously.
Since his own son suddenly awakened a few years ago, whenever Da Qin encountered difficulties in various aspects, he could always come up with just the right solution.
Therefore, Ying Zheng has almost formed a habit. Whenever he encounters something that cannot be solved, he will subconsciously seek Ying Yu's opinion, and it is the same this time.
"Father, my son has already noticed the issue of steel forging technology before, so in the past few days when preparing for the wedding, my son has also spent a lot of time researching this matter, which is a little small. have to."
"There are many reasons why my Daqin's steel forging technology can't keep up with the development. We can subdivide it into two aspects: the external environment and the internal core."
"The reason for the external environment, for example, the temperature of the flame during forging is not enough to completely melt the pig iron and completely separate it from impurities."
"It is not difficult to solve this point. You only need to change the burning fuel for forging steel from ordinary firewood or coal to a specially developed mixed fuel of black oil and coal. This will not only release the fuel after burning. More heat, and the cost does not need to raise
How much it is raised can greatly increase the steel yield, which can be said to serve multiple purposes. "
Ying Yu replied with a smile.
After all, in the era that Daqin is in now, the storage of coal and oil is not as scarce as in modern society.