The Rise of the European Emperor

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The two political envoys, Shen Rui and Liu Meng, had been watching the big ship, but they didn't notice what the batch of guns and guns were sent to Daming. Although there are also guns on the ship, they are all mounted on wooden four-wheeled gun mounts, so there is nothing unusual about them.

And when the gunners of the Grand Duchy of Beihai, with the help of the Ming soldiers, pushed 40 Fran cannons to the shooting range, Shen Rui and Liu Meng were surprised to find that these men, I would like to come to Fanbang to be kind. Although the value of the tribute of 40 bronze cannons from the Beihai Kingdom is high, how can the return gift from the Ministry of Rites be light? In short, they will definitely be satisfied. "

"Brother Zixian is right!"

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Just as the two envoys were talking, 40 artillery pieces were ready to be put in place...

"The arrangement of this Western artillery is so fast!" Liu Meng, who was a little knowledgeable about military affairs, exclaimed.

While they were chatting, 10 of the 40 artillery pieces had been deployed to their predetermined positions and aimed at the target. This kind of speed, in Liu Meng's eyes, is simply unbelievable.

You know, Daming's artillery is a thick barrel. On the battlefield, the soldiers of the artillery battalion first used poles and ropes to lift the thick artillery barrels to the front of the position. Then, use a shovel to dig a hole so that the artillery can be placed.

But these bronze guns in Beihai Kingdom, because they have wheels, are very simple to arrange-the artillerymen push the gun carriages, come to the front of the formation, put the hoes behind the gun carriages on the ground, and then start to visually aim.

Of course, the station hoe of this era is not the same as the station hoe of modern artillery. Because modern artillery has a parking machine and a muzzle brake to offset the recoil, the hoe of modern artillery often needs to be fixed on the ground. Before deployment, it is necessary to dig a hole to fix the hoe to avoid the movement of the gun god after the shelling, which will affect the secondary shooting.

But the artillery of this era obviously did not have hydraulic parking machines and muzzle brakes. Therefore, after each shelling, the huge recoil will be transmitted to the gun mount, and finally to the point where the shovel contacts the ground. Eventually, the artillery will retreat as a whole.

Therefore, after the shelling, the artillerymen need to push the artillery back to its original state. This practice is called reset...

Whether it is an infantry gun or a naval gun, there is this process. Of course, naval guns would use ropes to hold their mounts. And the huge recoil generated by the naval gun shooting will break the rope. And this process will offset the recoil of most gunboats. Otherwise, the back of the gun mount may be very large.

Infantry artillery is less of a hassle, though. When deployed, where the hoe hits the ground, there will be several conical iron members that look like nails.

When deployed, these "nails" will pick up the soil. After the shelling, the gun carriage retreats, and the contact points will use the friction with the ground to counteract the recoil, so as to reduce the retreating distance of the gun carriage.

And the reset of this infantry gun is very simple - just return to the original position. Before firing, the artillery will use lime to paint a white line on the initial deployment site. After the shelling, the artillerymen can just push the artillery back to the white line position, which is very simple.

And re-targeting, is also relatively simple. why? Because the artillery of this era is generally flat-fired. The enemy is generally only two or three hundred meters away. At this distance, you don't need to calculate the ballistics, just align the muzzle straight ahead, and at most lift the muzzle slightly. And the function of the mountain and the sight is to let the artillery see the target in front and the muzzle alignment...

According to the agreement, the soldiers of the Qianhusuo erected several broken doors hundreds of paces away from the shooting range as targets for shelling. If he can hit the door a hundred paces away, he will definitely be an incomparably powerful old gunner... Abu, he is an old gunner...

In Guangzhou avant-garde, the gunners who can accurately hit a target hundreds of paces away with their artillery can be counted on one hand. Moreover, those who can do this are basically middle-aged people at the uncle level.

However, the Beihai State artillerymen brought by Kong Tai this time are all young people, not even a middle-aged man who seems to be reliable.

According to the traditional concept of the people of the Ming Dynasty - "the mouth is hairless and the work is not firm", can these young gunners really hit the target a hundred steps away?

In the eyes of Daming officials and soldiers either looking forward to or watching jokes, the artillerymen of Beihai Kingdom were preparing in an orderly manner...

Because it is a cannon for Daming, it is natural to use powdered gunpowder instead of granular gunpowder. For this reason, the Beihai artillerymen have to be busy with one thing before firing their cannons - stirring gunpowder...

This is because black powder is actually a mixture of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, not a single compound. The densities of the three substances are different. After long-distance transportation, after bumps, delamination is easy to occur - the denser falls to the lower layer, and the lighter density rises...

Therefore, in the age of powder gunpowder, the artillerymen used a wooden spoon to gently stir the gunpowder powder evenly before firing, and then they could charge the gun. Replaced with musketeers, and the same goes.

After the powder is mixed, it is time to officially load the ammunition. The way the Fron Machine bronze rear-loading gun is loaded is strange because - it's rear-loaded...

A Fran cannon is usually equipped with several sub-guns, what is sub-gun? In fact, it is similar to the copper shell bullets of later generations. Of course, unlike later copper-shelled bullets, copper-shelled bullets have long been loaded. The sub-gun of the Fran cannon needs to be loaded on the spot.

Under the amazed eyes of Daming officials and soldiers, the young gunners of Beihai Kingdom easily put all the five sub-guns in gunpowder, pressed the iron ball cannonballs in, and stuffed the rags to hold their breath. Of course, I also inserted a fuse for Zi Gun's eyes...

After a series of preparations, the gunners of Beihai Kingdom began to perform...

"Loading—"

Following the commander's order, the artillerymen put the first sub-gun into the Fran cannon. In order to be closed, the front end of the sub-gun is embedded in the barrel. Therefore, after the sub-gun is put in, there will be a forward push action, so that the sub-gun and the barrel fit better. Afterwards, a wooden peg will be placed at the back to prevent the sub-gun from retreating and affecting the normal shelling...

After loading the guns, the loader immediately stood at attention and saluted, indicating that the loading was complete...

Seeing that all 10 loaders saluted, indicating that they were all loaded, the commander took out the command knife and shouted:

"Fire!"

At the same time, the command knife slashed heavily. Of course, the split is air...

Suddenly, 10 torches leaned towards the fuze...

In fact, when fighting in Europe, artillerymen did not use torches, but arquebuses. But in the era when Daming had not yet acquired the arquebus technology, Marin felt that it was more down-to-earth with torches...

Soon, the fuzes of 10 artillery pieces were all burned out. Then, there was a continuous shelling of "bang-bang-bang-bang-bang..."...

After the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, everyone turned their attention to the field...

Daming officials and soldiers were surprised to find that out of 10 broken doors that were used as targets, 6 were broken up...

"Six in ten, it's amazing!" Liu Meng, who knew a little, exclaimed.

But soon, the famous soldiers who were sent to observe the results of the battle came back with even more amazing news-on the 4 broken doors that were not disintegrated, 3 had a round hole on them... Obviously, it was hit, but The quality of the broken door is good, it has not been smashed and disintegrated...

So, that is to say, in this round of shelling, 10 Fran cannons were 9 out of 10. In Daming Artillery, this is definitely a performance against the sky...

But what stunned the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty was that when the 8th Fran cannon was missed, the artillery commander angrily ran to the 8th gun and observed the artilleryman in charge of aiming. Hand, slapped a big ear scraper fiercely...

"Trash, you can't aim so close!" The artillery commander's roar resounded through the school grounds. After Kong Tai's translation, the Ming officials and soldiers who learned the content of the artillery commander's roar were stunned...\u003c/content\u003e

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