The Rise of the European Emperor

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A swarm of bees, but it was blown into the legendary artifact of the Ming Dynasty version of Katyusha by Ming fans. But Marin disagreed, mainly because he had read an issue of "The Secret of Ancient Weapons", as mentioned above, the performance of swarms was unstable. The main thing is that after exceeding 45 meters, it starts to fly randomly, which is comparable to the lead bullets of smoothbore guns.

Therefore, although a swarm of bees launches with great momentum, if the distance is too far, the effect is often not good. Even at a short distance of 45 meters, the probability of the dummy team being hit in the show is only 90%. More than 100 meters, the hit rate is very low.

Moreover, it was introduced in the program that in the "Battle of Jingnan", Zhu Yunqi's Ming army used a swarm of bees against Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's cavalry. Zhu Di, who personally led the charge, almost got hit, but because of the poor hit rate of the swarm, Zhu Di escaped.

Later, because the costs and benefits were not directly proportional, the Ming Dynasty itself gradually gave up the swarm. On the contrary, multi-tube and multi-stage firearms such as "Shenhuo Flying Crow" and "Fire Dragon Out of Water" have good effects. But multi-tube firearms also have disadvantages. If the ignition timing of the left and right booster launch tubes is different, and only one side is ignited first, this thing will turn back and hurt its own people.

The swarm is also a big problem, mainly because the powder cartridges of the "magic machine arrow" used by the swarm are tied to the side of the arrow body. In this way, the center of gravity is skewed. Moreover, with the burning and consumption of gunpowder in the cartridge, the mass of the cartridge is getting lighter and lighter, and the overall center of gravity of the Shenji Arrow is constantly changing. This change, if it is vertical, does not affect the direction. However, this change is horizontal. The center of gravity changes horizontally, and it would be strange if the arrows of the magic machine don't fly randomly.

Therefore, after the Shenji arrow left the swarming launch box, the distance in front of it was thirty to forty meters, because of inertia, it could still maintain its direction. But after this distance, because of the lateral change of the center of gravity, it is easy to fly randomly.

When Marin watched that program in his previous life, he saw the swarm of bees during the test with his own eyes. After the magic arrow was launched, it was carried directly to the ground at a distance of 30 to 40 meters, and jumped on the ground.

The best solution is actually very simple, which is to hollow out the tail of the bow and arrow and fill it with gunpowder. In this way, even if the weight of the tail is reduced after the gunpowder burns, the direction of flight will not be affected because the center of gravity changes along the longitudinal direction of the rocket body.

But Marin didn't dare to do this, why? Because this thing is easy to imitate. How easy it is to hollow out the tail of an arrow, just look at it. If other people learn it, they can directly build it to attack the Beihai army.

Therefore, Marin would rather not make it, nor would other countries learn how to make such a big killer.

As for the swarm of bees in front of him, to be honest, Marin is not very interested. However, it's not entirely uninteresting.

Why? People in the Ming Dynasty did not know how to use it.

In fact, if the swarm is used well, it is also very useful. The test of the TV program I watched in my previous life showed that at a distance of 45 meters, the hit rate of a swarm of bees can reach 90%. Moreover, the penetrating power is very strong, and the plastic dummy is directly punched through, which shows that it is very powerful.

Therefore, using a swarm of bees, you can learn from the later lobster soldiers, endure, and wait until the enemy enters the range of 45 meters, then concentrate on launching and directly penetrate the opponent. If it is fired close to the face, it will be more powerful, and it is estimated that the person who penetrated it is not alone.

What's more, the Beihai National Battlefront focused first on defense. With a defensive formation lined up with unicycle chariots, the enemy's cavalry could not break through the defense line of the Beihai army for a while. Therefore, the Beihai State army has the confidence to put the enemy within 45 meters and launch them concentratedly.

The reason why the Ming army abandoned swarms is that the Ming army used firearms very irregularly. For example, musketeers have a very low hit rate at a distance of 100 paces, but when they see the enemy charging, they are easy to panic and shoot from a long distance. As a result, all the guns were fired. And it took a long time to reload the ammunition, and the cavalry on the opposite side rushed over to kill people.

Therefore, the swarm was abandoned by the Ming army. In addition to its own problems, the poor quality of the Ming army itself was also an important reason.

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However, Marin is not very happy to use the original swarm like this. Because the range of the swarm is too close. When shooting at each other, it is not even as good as the arrow rain of the archer on the opposite side. For example, shooting against a team of English longbowmen is to deliver food.

If the opponent knows kite tactics and always keeps a certain distance, a swarm of bees will definitely be abused. As for the unicycle chariot in front of Beihai, although its defense is very good, it also affects its mobility. The opponent retreated, and the swarm of bees couldn't catch up.

Therefore, the "great inventor" Marin intends to use the high school-level physics knowledge of later generations to transform the swarm to obtain a longer effective range.

How to increase range? Naturally, its flight stability has been improved. How to make its flight more stable? The first is to adjust the center of gravity, try to make the center of gravity on the arrow body, not between the cartridge and the arrow body. But the structure of the Shenji Arrow itself, which is tied to the cartridge, is doomed to be difficult to adjust the center of gravity perfectly. Therefore, Marin can only say to adjust as much as possible.

For example, Marin can tie a counterweight equal to the weight of the cartridge on the opposite side of the cartridge. But the problem is that after the gunpowder in the cartridge burns, it becomes lighter and lighter, and the weight of the counterweight will not decrease. Therefore, the center of gravity will eventually be out of balance.

But Marin didn't expect complete balance. All he wanted was to let the magic arrows fired by the swarm fly as smoothly as possible for a longer distance. After all, if the Divine Machine Arrow does not fly randomly, its theoretical range can reach three to four hundred meters.

Marin didn't even think about letting the magic arrow fly smoothly for three or four hundred meters. If the magic arrow could fly more than 100 meters smoothly, he would be satisfied.

And how to make the magic machine arrow fly more smoothly? Marin's second idea is to "attach wings" to the magic arrow. That is to say, it is similar to the aircraft of the later generations, with a pair of wings for the arrow of the god machine.

Although the wings cannot guarantee a smooth flight of three or four hundred meters, it is enough to ensure a stable flight of hundreds of meters.

Moreover, from the perspective of weapons, if the flight is too stable and the trajectory is too straight, the "swarm" will lose its value!

Why do you say that? A swarm of bees is actually a range-strike weapon, and it pays attention to a wide coverage. But when attacking a group of enemy troops, the ballistic trajectory is too straight, and this small tube of 32 magic arrows will only shoot a soldier on the opposite side into a hornet's nest. 32 arrows kill an enemy, it is not cost-effective. Therefore, the magic arrows in the swarm need a certain amount of offset, not all precise strikes.

Therefore, Marin's method of delaying the deflection time of the magic arrow is very good. No matter how cheap it is over a hundred meters, or if there is a small advantage at a distance of a hundred meters, it is the most valuable military.

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Therefore, Marin changed the cylindrical cartridge of the magic arrow in the swarm to a rectangular cartridge. Then, on the other side of the arrow shaft corresponding to the cartridge, a pair of wooden wings were nailed. Its wings are very simple, just a rectangular wooden board, the middle part is nailed to the arrow shaft, corresponding to the cartridge.

In addition, considering the launch of the Shenji arrow, it is somewhat similar to the situation of the space shuttle launch. That is, the space shuttle itself ejects flames, and the rocket body only provides fuel. Therefore, Marin also nailed a rectangular piece of wood to the cuboid cartridge as a "wing".

Only, the wing pieces opposite the cartridge would be larger and heavier. Because this piece of wood has a certain counterweight effect. The wood chips nailed to the cartridge are very light and thin, and mainly serve as the "space shuttle wing" of the cartridge.

Moreover, because the two wood wings are parallel, when loading, there are wood supports up and down, and it is easier to maintain a stable state.

Then there is the tail feather of the arrow. Marin deliberately soaked it in the mud to make it stained with mud. After drying, it will harden. However, when firing, it is not easy to be burned by the tail flame sprayed by the cartridge.

In many cases, the original version of the Shenji Arrow, because the tail flame of the cartridge burned the tail feathers, causing the body of the Shenji Arrow to lose its balance and then fly randomly. Marin's method of wrapping (mud) slurry is also very good.

Although there are two pairs of wings, it is better to keep the tail fin. After all, modern aircraft also retain the tail. Marin is not an expert in aircraft, but he also knows how to copy homework.

Moreover, Marin also specially set the direction of the tail feathers parallel to the wooden wings. When installed, it is also installed in parallel. In this way, when the magic arrow is flying, it is difficult to appear cheap in the vertical direction. The so-called vertical direction, because it is placed flat, naturally refers to the up and down direction.

As for the cheapness in the horizontal direction, it is exactly what the swarms of bees need. Because, in order to achieve a range strike, the divine machine arrows must be scattered. Otherwise, staring at a target and shooting would be a waste of arrows.

In addition, in order to maintain the penetrating power of the magic arrow and achieve secondary damage, Marin deliberately asked people to saw dents in the wings of the wood chips, leaving only a small part still connected.

In this way, when the arrow penetrates the enemy, the wooden wings will be easily broken due to the dents sawed after being hit, so that the arrow body can penetrate the target, and even hit the next enemy, causing more casualties to the enemy.

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After the design was completed, Marin asked Ke Laowu to take a few craftsmen from Beihai to start refitting according to Marin's ideas. Because of the addition of two pairs of wooden wings, the Shenji Arrow is much wider. As a result, the number of arrows per barrel is greatly reduced. Even, in order to accommodate the wings, the partition cannot only leave round holes, but needs to leave larger and wider square holes to install and fix the improved Shenji arrows.

But in this way, the original wooden barrel is no longer suitable. For this reason, Malin specially asked people to build wider wooden barrels, and the number of layers of magic arrows was also reduced to three rows. In this way, a total of three rows, each row of 8 arrows widened version of the new swarm appeared.

After testing, this magical arrow really met Marin's expectations, and it still did not scurry up and down at a distance of 150 meters, maintaining a strong lethality.

But considering that this new type of swarming magical arrows began to spread out in the horizontal distance at a distance of 120 meters. Therefore, its optimal strike distance is actually around 120 meters. If the distance is too far, the horizontal distance between arrows and arrows is too large to achieve the effect of saturated strike. It's getting close, and the magic arrows haven't spread out horizontally, too saturated to strike, and it's impossible to achieve a range strike.

Therefore, Marin intends that the operator of the magic arrow must be a person with good psychological quality and a good eye for visual distance. Otherwise, if the launch is early or late, the best results will not be achieved...

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