Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 48—Buying Guns and Matching Gunpowder

When both Claude and Borkal said they wanted to buy the guns and matching guns of the Aubass Mark 2s rifle, Wakri whispered very hard: "Your father is too fond of you, and you are willing to buy Kingdom's latest army for you. With a gun. The Aubass Mark 2s arquebus has been regarded as one of the most advanced muskets in the whole continent. The range of 380 meters and the effective damage distance of 244 meters are said to be able to drop one head three or four within one hundred and fifty meters. A hundred pounds of wild boar…"

It seems that Wakri is also a musket enthusiast, and he has a good understanding of some of the performance data of this latest Kingdom style musket.

"Uncle Wakri, do you say that the latest type of musket is the increase in range and effective damage distance?"Claude has always felt that the world's firearms research has gone astray, and there is a fart to improve the range without improving the launch mode. It is no wonder that there were arquebuses five or six hundred years ago, and now they are still using arquebuses.

"Of course, the earliest old-fashioned arquebus has a range of less than two hundred meters, and the effective killing distance is only about 80 meters. The range that can be raised to 380 meters in the past 500 years is already the limit of the range. You know that the range of the Obassh type arquebus has reached 360 meters. In order to increase the range of 20 meters, the Kingdom Firearms Institute has spent more than ten years and countless money…"Wakri is very touched.

Claude felt that he was listening to the Arabian Nights: "No, Uncle Wakri, I don't understand why I want to increase the range of the arquebus. In fact, this rifle fires slowly, and the aim is not allowed. Why do you play so far? Besides, the distance of more than three hundred meters can not be seen from the opposite side. No one knows where the guns are shot. It is not as accurate as shooting near the point to shoot faster."

Wakri looked at Claude and smiled: "The kid, you know that you have no idea when you say this, and the range is the king of the arquebus." If you get on the battlefield, you will understand that the range of 380 meters is enough to perform more than five or six shots on the enemy. It is not important to be able to shoot accurately to the target. It is normal for a rifle to fire without hitting the target. But if a thousand arques are fired together, do you think that the target may escape?

The battlefield relies on a cover-like shot that fires at the enemy's array of firearms. If the two sides of the game are equipped with a fire rope with a range of 380 meters and the other side is armed with a 290-meter arquebus, then you can imagine that the far-range side can completely out of the enemy's range. With multiple volleys, the enemy can only stand and endure beatings. In this case, there is no need for three rounds of volley, and the party that is volley will collapse and become defeated…"

Wakri seems to make a lot of sense, but Claude always feels that something is wrong: "Whether the short-range party is standing and smashing the gun, why not spread it quickly?" When you reach the range, you can meet with each other, so there may be opportunities to win. ”

"So I said that you didn't know."Wakri shook his head. "You don't know the power of the arquebus is the fire shot? Only when they are arranged in a battle queue, they can fire together to form the maximum fire coverage, causing the greatest damage to the enemy. It's easy to spread the queue on the battlefield, but it's very difficult to get into the battle after picking up the enemy. The enemy won't give you time to team up.

A rifle fired a gun, and even on the battlefield could not pose a threat to the enemy. This has been confirmed on the battlefield by the shooting of good guerrilla gunmen, they threes on the battlefield, waiting to shoot the enemy's scouts and messengers, but they also found that 10 fires can hit the enemy three or four times is already the best record, because the enemy is in motion, not the fixed targets erected in the training ground … ”

Claude didn't want to talk nonsense with Wakri. It was almost a chicken and duck. At this moment, he suddenly understood something. It's no wonder that Freia Continent's restrictions on civilian are so strict. These are cannons that can be pulled into the battlefield. I still don’t understand why my father was so sure in the conversation last night that King’s war with the Anti-Austrian Five will be a serious injury even if it wins. According to the original is here, this is an era of queues…

In the history of past lives, in the era of arquebuses and rifle guns, in order to give full play to the advantages of firepower, the enemy sides on the battlefield are lined up in neat rows, and then fired together, the front row fell and the rear row followed. This is more than courage and courage, and who died more until one party collapses or surrenders.

Transmigrator once watched a movie depicting this queuing war on the Internet. The Red Dragon Army soldier of the world hegemon was wearing a red uniform, listening to the melodic music playing the melodious music and arranging four or five columns to fight against the enemy. The line is approaching. The officers who had reached the range of the musket did not order the fire. The soldiers had to take the enemy’s volley and move forward step by step. From time to time, the comrades who were shot were planted on the ground. At this time, the soldiers in the back row would accelerate. , automatically fill the vacancy…

Although the losses were heavy, the approaching of the enemy, regardless of the casualties of the soldiers, brought unprecedented pressure to the enemy, and their last two volleys were simply not ready, causing only a few casualties. At this time, the Sequoia Army was forced to approach the enemy about 30 meters away. The officer ordered the fire. The first volley almost let the enemy's front row soldiers all fall down, and then the charge rang and the launch was completed. The soldiers no longer loaded the bombs, pulled out the bayonet sets and launched an attack on the enemy on the gun barrel.

Before Claude read a newspaper report on a border conflict, there were nearly a thousand casualties. Some people still can't figure it out. Now I understand it. There are no trenches and fortresses, no artillery blockade lines, and the soldiers on both sides lined up to die, killing 10,000 people and damaging themselves to 3,000. Even if they have been winning, they are unlikely to suffer such losses.

Last night, my father also said that if this war between Kingdom and the anti-Austrian five-nation alliance does not hit the casualties and exhausted the armaments, it is very difficult to stop the truce negotiations. Such a war is indeed no country that can consume for a long time. Countless young people are being used as cannon fodder in such queues. It is no wonder that the father said that there will be peace for two or three decades after the war. Nicode's shit peace, this is waiting for the next generation to grow up and then have cannon fodder can be sent to the battlefield again…

The sleeves were pulled hard for a few times, and Claude turned back to see Borkal.

"What do you want to do, think about how much you have to buy?"

"Oh, sorry, I just remembered something else."Claude turned to Wakri: "What is the price of this Aubass Mark 2s rifle gun and matching gunpowder?"

"The gun is very cheap, this is the standard general purpose, one gun with two black penny."Wakri turned out a book to look at a few eyes: "But this matching gunpowder has three kinds, aubass Mark 2s fire rope Gun In fact, three kinds of emission gunpowder, with the shortest range of standard dry powder one, the range of about 300 meters of standard universal dry powder second, There is also the most distant range of granular standard third supporting gunpowder, which do you need? ”

Claude was shocked, and the particle gunpowder was also made?

“What is the price?”Asked next to Borkal.

"Standard dry powder No. 1 is the cheapest, but the range can only reach two hundred meters, the effective killing distance is about 120 meters, this is what you bought last time, one unit a sunar. The standard general purpose dry powder No. 2 is twice as expensive, and one unit is two sunar. The granule type standard No. 3 is the most expensive, five sunar one unit, but with this matching gunpowder can reach the limit range of the musket, 380 meters. ”

One unit here refers to the amount of gunpowder required for the ten shots of the musket.

"Then you want particles…"Borkal is rich and rich, and Zhang Moutai is ready to buy the most expensive granular standard No. 3 matching gunpowder.

Claude quickly grabbed his mouth and made a joke. He had five sunars for ten launches and one rias for twenty times. Then a silver thale shot about two hundred times. The father said that guns and gunpowder must pay for themselves. The remaining silver thales around you want to buy this granular standard No. 3 matching gunpowder, maybe not a month's time, Welikro said, familiar with the habit of the arquebus in hand, 30 times a day shooting practice It is the least number of times.

"Just buy a standard dry powder number one, first come ten units, Uncle Wakri."Claude said, then let go of Borkal's mouth and explain to him: "This is a new gun, and we are new, buying gunpowder and guns for the first practice. As Welikro said, we have to be familiar with the temperament of the musket, so it is not necessary to buy the best matching gunpowder at the beginning of the shooting practice. Because for us, the range of 380 meters and two hundred meters is no different, familiar with guniness is the most important. ”

Wakri nodded and smiled. "Claude said it well. You just started to shoot the guns. There is no need to buy expensive guns that are so expensive. You can't target them anyway. First familiar with the firing procedure of the musket, don't bother with it. After you master the performance of the musket, buy a few units of the granule-type standard No. 3 supporting gunpowder when you go hunting. It is enough to guard against those large beasts. ”

Borkal thought for a moment: "Well, I have come to the standard dry powder number of ten units, and the guns are also available to me."

The gunpowder powders of this era were all in bulk, and Wakri went to the warehouse to move out a small wooden barrel. The outside of the barrel was filled with four characters of dry powder. Taking a balance on the counter, Wakri began to pour the gunpowder powder into a copper plate on the balance with a small wooden spoon.

The important unit of measurement in this world is similar to that of the transmigrator. Some are like a mixture of Chinese and Western. For example, the most basic unit of weight is jin, and the following are two, but the two are not money, but gram. One pound is equal to ten equals one hundred grams, one or two equals ten grams. The top of the pound is ten pounds and a hundred pounds, there is no kilogram, because the kilogram is a ton. Like the weight of a sea boat, it is calculated in tons.

The amount of gunpowder fired by ten muskets is called a unit. This is also the basic configuration of a musketist. A firearmsman who is officially on the battlefield needs to be equipped with three units of gunpowder, that is, he can shoot 30 times with a musket in his hand. But there are very few soldiers who can actually shoot 30 times on the battlefield. More soldiers are shot and killed in the battle.

The standard type dry powder No. 1 matching gunpowder design requires about one or two grams, and one unit is about one kilogram and one seven hundred and eighty grams. After Wakri said that the gunpowder was poured on a piece of oil paper spread out on the counter, the oil paper was wrapped in a small linen bag. Ten standard dry powders were packed with ten oil paper bags. One hundred lead guns are also mounted inside.

Claude paid a riad and two sunar accounts, put the bag on the counter, and turned to walk on the wooden lattice with debris. He wants to take a closer look, I don't know if there is a magic item like the magic recipe.