Zhao Yu knew that metal barreled artillery appeared in the Song and Yuan dynasties in history, but some people say that artillery was invented by the Han people, and the 'assault gun' is proof of this. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He has seen the assault rifle since he came to this era, but that thing is used to hurt people unless it collapses directly in the face, otherwise it can only startle people, and he looks at the 'three-eyed gun' that was popular in the Ming Dynasty. There is a saying about artillery at the moment, but all weapons that are in contact with gunpowder can be called that, and it is not the artillery that later generations said.

But today he really took a shot, and judging from what he saw, he suspected that the murderous weapon that had been rampant in the world for 800 years had appeared. You must know that the gunwales of the dragon ship are made of four layers of hardwood, and they are covered with raw cowhide in order to set fire, and the warships of the brave army are all new ships that were only equipped last year, not to mention ordinary bows and crossbows, even small ballistas are difficult to penetrate it. But today, the dare was punched a hole, can it not make him frightened?

"Your Majesty, the enemy is firing again!" Just when Zhao Yu was difficult to determine, Guan Tongshou reported again.

"Yes, it's this guy!" Zhao Hao also hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at the west bank, only to see a fire flashing on a dirt slope by the river, followed by a muffled sound and gunsmoke. Immediately after that, there was a 'poof', and a heavy object landed on the river on the outside of their fleet, making a splash. Although he couldn't see what was firing, he could conclude that it was the artillery firing based on the signs.

"Turn now and stay on the east coast!" Zhao Yu didn't want to be the first emperor in history to be killed by artillery in the real sense, so he ordered to avoid the road.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Do you want to fight back? Liu Meng agreed and asked again.

"Not necessarily!" Zhao Yu shook his head. He had already seen that the range of the Yuan army's artillery was limited, and they were driving at most one hundred and fifty paces away from the opposite bank in the center of the river, and the firing range was within two hundred meters, and the accuracy was very poor, and most of the hits just now were blind.

"Ni Liang, you ask Zheng Yong to sneak over with a few water ghosts tonight to get me one!" Sure enough, as Zhao Yu expected, there were a series of artillery fires over there, and Zhao Hao judged that there were about five to six artillery pieces according to the position of the flash. He was curious about the stage of artillery development at this time, so he wanted someone to steal it back and study it.

"yes, I see!" Ni Liang knew that His Majesty liked strange things, and this was a good thing to take a fancy to Tartar again, so he nodded.

"Alas, what a fog!" In the previous life, China invented black powder and used it in the military, and invented the metal barreled artillery, but now in fact this is not the case, and the artillery first appeared in the hands of the Mongols. Zhao thought that it may have been with the Mongols' westward expedition that brought gunpowder to the west and captured a large number of craftsmen, perhaps it was they who developed the first artillery together with craftsmen from the East.

So the truth is probably just as some people say, while war destroys civilization, it also promotes the integration of civilizations. And in a broad sense, the Yuan Dynasty is also a dynasty in Chinese history, not an outsider, Zhao Yu thinks that it was invented by the Chinese anyway, why should he bother with whether it is the Song or the Yuan! However, after their course deviated from the center of the river, the Yuan army's shells could not hit farther, which can also show that the artillery technology is still very immature, and the firing range and power are not as good as the ballistas, which cannot be surpassed in a short time, but it still makes Zhao Hao feel the crisis, and he must also start developing metal artillery......

The warship traveled along the Jinjiang River to the outside of the moat in the north city of Quanzhou before docking, and the soldiers of the former army had already seen and told Huang Xianyao, the commander of the capital, and as soon as the ship landed, he personally led the troops to pick him up and welcome His Majesty into the camp. Zhao Yu walked and watched, after seven or eight days of uninterrupted construction, the fortifications had begun to take shape. The river has been introduced into the outer trench, and the city wall has been built along the trench, and there are bunkers with additional roofs at intervals, and ballistas are arranged inside, so that troops can be stationed on weekdays, and it is a fire support point in wartime. Later, two lines of defense were added, equipped with heavy ballistas, one to strengthen the depth of the defense, and the other to support the front-line operations.

After some inspection, on the whole, Zhao Hao was very satisfied. When he established the Shuaifu Army, he deliberately strengthened the construction of the naval army out of practical considerations, and after arriving in Qiongzhou, he vigorously developed the naval army to make it have a powerful offensive power. The infantry army is positioned as a defensive army, mainly used to prevent the enemy from landing, rather than attacking the city and plundering the land, so their training is also focused on defense and counter-impact, and building fortifications is a compulsory subject.

Zhao Yu is just a military enthusiast, it is certainly impossible for him to create a defensive system due to the situation, but he will 'copycat', and when it comes to defensive operations, in addition to the ancient Chinese city building technology, he also knows a foreigner, who combines ballistas and field fortifications to create a new method of warfare, and the infantry system created by Zhao Yu is born from its military thinking, which can be regarded as a fusion of Western military technology.

Zhao Yu thought that ancient Rome since Julius Caesar, Septimus? Severius was perhaps the most capable Roman commander of ancient Rome. He was extremely proficient in the use of field fortifications and could use them in conjunction with the mobile combat machines used on the battlefield - catapults and trebuchets. During his reign, the standing army of ancient Rome was increased to forty legions by the beginning of the third century AD. He always maintained thirty-four ordnance factories and was busy producing all kinds of weapons and equipment, especially small combat machines.

But Septimus at that time? Severeu and Zhao faced the same problem, small catapults had a low firing rate and could only be used to kill and injure enemies, so it was difficult to resist enemy charges with small catapults alone. Even the most powerful stone throwers have very little energy, except for the force exerted by the weight of the projectile as it falls freely, and can hardly break through the strong walls and fortifications of antiquity and the Middle Ages.

But he found that the deployment of small catapults in defensive positions along the borders of the empire had very obvious results. The Heavy Trebuchet is very effective against enemy infantry and machinery in offensive and defensive combat. In the event of an attack, the trebuchet and catapult made it difficult for the defenders on the walls to move, so that battering rams, siege towers, and ladders could be erected under the cover of their fire; When defending, they can also be used to seriously interfere with the enemy's siege operations.

So Septimus? Severius combined the trebuchet with the field fortifications, so that the smaller Roman army was equipped with enough light combat machinery on the one hand, and the field fortifications multiplied its fighting strength, so that they often dared to engage much stronger enemy forces and severely deplete the enemy's strength. Then, launch a counteroffensive or surround the enemy with pre-arranged reserves, thus dealing a heavy blow to the enemy army...... (To be continued.) )