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Chapter 94 New weapons!
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Boat, thank you for your anger and all kinds of support …
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Joseph was obviously ready. Hey hey smiled. "The biggest inconvenience of the guard artillery is that it is difficult to carry it, but it means that we are not going to carry heavy artillery on this expedition, but mainly the 3-pound gunner."
Joseph spoke a few words and slowly stabilized his mind. He smiled and said, "The general has no affection for those old Mao Beizhi, but before Beizhi, when he was in Europe, several Russians came into contact with them. They were all very tough and brave."
"Especially in Russia, where the territory is vast and the climate is harsh, they all like strongholds and live in humble positions. I think we are about to face a tough battle. It must be a lot of artillery. Although it is difficult to carry artillery shells, we can build them in that harsh condition, but we can take these light artillery with us and have a stronger deterrent when facing the impact of cavalry."
"The fact that the commander-in-chief Beizhi and his colleagues have been studying and improving these days, trying to find a simpler or cheaper gun is like throwing a crossbow with both hands and shrapnel. After these days of hard research, the commander-in-chief Beizhi and others finally found a good way."
Joseph sold a favor and looked at Li Yuanqing, waiting for Li Yuanqing to praise him.
Li Yuanqing smiled. "Joseph, my brother, it’s really nice that you can have this end. Handsome and very gratified. Tell me about your ideas. If you do well, I won’t be stingy with your reward!"
"yes! Dashuaiying! "
Joseph, etc. is Li Yuanqing’s busy saying with a smile, "The weather in the north of the guard is extremely cold and bitter. Even if we start in June, I’m afraid it will have entered winter when we arrive in the north. According to the humble position, the guard understands that your strategic intention is to promote the Lord instead of sticking to the city for a while. I think we need a new weapon that is as simple and convenient as a hand ~ pomegranate ~ bomb."
"that’s the improved small explosive bag."
"Prince, please forgive Beizhi for naming this baby without authorization. This thing is an improved explosive charge and has learned the characteristics of hand ~ pomegranate ~ bomb, especially in the launching mode. Beizhi and his colleagues have found a new calibration measurement method after careful research and experiment …"
Joseph has been in Liaoning for several years now. He has already fully adapted to the life in Changsheng Island, and his dialect in Liaoning is even purer than that in Li Yuanqing …
This fellow explained the idea of their artillery team in detail.
In fact, it is the most primitive way to use the principle of trebuchet to replace the manual shooter ~ pomegranate ~ bomb to throw this small explosive bag full of sand and iron chips
The biggest problem of the original military trebuchet was that the scale was not fine enough.
To put it bluntly, the aim is not enough.
In particular, the consequences of this kind of small explosive charge in case of ejection failure can be quite serious.
Joseph, after several discussions, experiments and improvements, adopted a more secure way.
They applied artillery measurement and calibration to the design and framework of the trebuchet.
In particular, that structure and shape of the lead wire of the small explosive charge are improve.
The original quilt-sized explosive bag is as pure and round as the shell, about the size of a football.
The outer two layers of pig urine bubbles, that is, the bladder, are used to wrap the falling gunpowder, sand and iron chips inside to ensure the weight.
By designing the trebuchet track in a more regular way, the range of this small explosive can be controlled steadily at 300 to 350 steps.
In this way, when going out, the quartermaster carries the dismantled trebuchet, and the most important thing is the good cowhide tendon.
Plug the trebuchet directly when necessary.
In addition, there are many trees in the north, even the trebuchet structure with cowhide tendons has complete drawings and can be built now after planning.
In ordinary times, these "earth-bashing" methods have little effect in rapid assault warfare, but once the large-scale frontal battlefield is reached, these antiquated trebuchets can act as pioneers and the first line of fire barrier.
Li Yuanqing smell speech is also very interested.
Mainly the design of flower bombs, Li Yuanqing is not very proficient, especially at this time, even Li Yuanqing and the craftsmen of the Arsenal Workshop have worked hard, but in iron and steel smelting, they still managed to achieve the exact desired standards.
This is very embarrassing.
It’s like a punch in the air, and you can’t make it out with strength
Especially ~ ~ when there is not a large enough livestock army or when it is not transported by sea or Farley fleet, the artillery will exert its maximum strength and power
Because of the inconvenient handling, the marching speed is seriously affected.
With these indigenous methods, even if the fortified city is suppressed by enemy artillery, it is impossible for the enemy to rush in if the army can stabilize its position. Even if they have artillery, they can become furnishings.
Plus these small explosives and trebuchets are very cheap, but they are very convenient and very good in practice.
The most important thing is that Li Yuanqing’s raiding to the north is an aggressive and savage predatory war. In many ways, it is naturally good and smooth, so how did it come?
"Joseph, you’ve done a good job. You can get a reward of 520 yuan later, but I’ll wait until I see the experiment and the test results with my own eyes!"
Joseph cried with great joy. "The noble general wants you to be humble at times and serve you at any time!"