Because there was no movable gun mount, all the 40 Franc cannons on the site were lifted to the surface and placed. Before the artillery was laid, sappers had already dug the pit in advance with small shovels.

To facilitate firing, artillery sappers first dug out the earth, and then, piled up a long mound of earth for the placement of artillery. The angle of the gun was not horizontal, but 5 degrees upward. Because, the iron ball shell is very heavy, and it is a parabola when it hits out, and it does not rotate itself. Therefore, raising the muzzle of the gun appropriately is conducive to the shell flying farther. If it is at a flat angle, the range of the shell becomes closer, not to mention, it will be smashed directly into the ground. Moreover, this angle is also conducive to the artillery to transmit recoil to the ground......

In addition, the 5-degree elevation angle is also conducive to irrigation......

Water? That's right, water! Artillery fire will make the barrel hot. Especially for copper cannons, if they are not cooled down in time, the copper is easy to soften at high temperatures. If the barrel is overheated, it will continue to shoot, which will easily cause the barrel to deform.

So, after a few shots, the artillerymen will fill the muzzle with water directly. And the bottom of the Franc cannon is open, and water enters through the muzzle of the gun and will flow out of the tail of the gun. Then the barrel cooled down sharply.

Subsequently, you can wipe it casually with a rag without using a dry sponge to go deep into the barrel to absorb water. Why? Because this does not affect shooting. This is because the reloading of the Franc cannon is done in the sub-gun, and has nothing to do with the mother. Even, even the iron ball is pressed in the gun.

Therefore, even if the mother gun is wet, it does not affect the firing of the Franc cannon. Of course, the water on the female gun should not be partially wetted with the fuse of the child gun.

As for the cooling of the sub-guns, it is even simpler - the artillerymen directly throw the overheated sub-guns into the bucket. Then, scoop it up and remove the water with a rag...... However, the removal of water from Zi Gong must be taken seriously. After all, it's gunpowder. If you don't wipe it clean, it may not make a sound.

This method of fixing the barrel on the surface does not require temporary aiming before firing. After all, the angle and direction of fire are fixed. However, there is a second way to shoot......

The second way of shooting, which the Turks are good at, is actually the use of carts to install artillery!

The solution was to make a four-wheeled cart with an iron frame. The frame is made of iron, as are the wheels. In this way, it can withstand the recoil.

The barrels of the 300-pound Franc cannon were placed on four-wheeled carts and lined up to face the enemy. Behind the cart, a wooden stake is inserted against the cart so that the recoil does not cause the cart to retreat.

Because it is an iron-framed cart, even the recoil of the shelling will not damage the cart. But the body is strong, but the bearings of the frame and wheels are not so strong. There, too, is the place most affected by the recoil of artillery. Fortunately, the Turks had long prepared spare axles and were not afraid of losses.

Of course, this is the method that only the Turks will use when they fight in a hurry. After all, fighting with a Middle Eastern country dominated by light cavalry must be prepared to rush into battle at any time.

And if there was no surprise attack from the enemy, the Turks would still have lifted the barrel down and put it on the ground to bombard the enemy. After all, replacing the axle is also costly and cumbersome. Sometimes, the axle could not stand it, and the body collapsed with the roar of the artillery......

In fact, the Turks were only one step away from modern artillery mounts. That is - let the cart retreat and absorb the recoil......

And if you use a four-wheeled cart to load an artillery attack, and if you fix the body, the artillery recoil will hurt the car too much. Moreover, the caliber of the artillery could not be too large. If the large-caliber gun is placed on the car and the body is fixed, the recoil of one shot can disperse the cart......

If you choose to lift the gun out of the car and place it on the ground, the gun should not be too heavy. If it's too heavy, the artillery can't lift it......

Therefore, until the time of the war, the mainstream of infantry artillery was a three-pounder gun, and the weight of the gun body did not exceed 300 pounds. No matter how heavy it is, the artillerymen will not be able to lift it. Moreover, the recoil is also too great......

And the advent of retractable gun mounts, after solving the problem of recoil, made it possible to have infantry guns of a larger caliber.

Of course, there is also the problem of the consumption of gunpowder - too large caliber artillery, too much gunpowder consumption. It's like the North Sea Country has cast so many heavy artillery, but it is basically not used in peacetime. Because, gunpowder cannot be consumed. It wasn't until Marin developed Chilean saltpeter that he had the confidence to use those large-caliber naval guns.

However, for Persia, the three-pounder Franc cannon sent by Marin this time was already very satisfying. Because, the infantry artillery of the Turks was also of this class. As long as it was not inferior to the artillery of the Turks, Ismaili I was satisfied.

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The salvo of 40 Franc cannons was, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Beihai Kingdom, nothing more than pediatrics. Because, the infantry of the North Sea State also has 6-pounder guns and 12-pounder Napoleonic guns. But in the eyes of the Persians, who had never seen much artillery, the three-pounder cannon was already very terrifying......

In particular, during the shooting of live creatures, the Persian Shah Ismaili I and the Persian nobles were extremely shocked when they saw a herd of cattle and sheep being beaten by artillery. These people have been on the battlefield for a long time, but in the face of cattle and sheep that were blown up by shells, many people still want to vomit. Because, even if the Persian cavalry kills, it is only a scimitar. They had never seen such a savage way that a cannonball could tear the bodies of a cow or sheep to pieces......

But after the discomfort passed, everyone in the Persian monarchy was ecstatic - in the future, we will also have this kind of big killer!

Then came the arquebus shooting show, but after seeing the earth shake in the cannon shot, the Persian monarchs were a little uninterested in the power of the arquebus.

George Bernard Shaw was a little helpless, but fortunately, Bard, a spy from the North Sea State based in Persia, tried to persuade Ismaili I to have the musketeers put on a cargo shooting show.

When the shot was fired, the Persian rulers did not see anything. But when they inspected the wounds of the cattle and sheep, they felt a chill - the blood holes on the cattle and sheep were basically incurable......

This is the difference between a musket and a bow and arrow - the enemy who is shot by a bow and arrow, can continue the fight. There are even unlucky people who look like hedgehogs with arrows stuck all over their bodies, and they continue to fight until they have a lot of blood.

But the musket is different, as long as a gun is bulleted into the body, it basically loses its combat effectiveness. Moreover, it is basically difficult to cure. Even if the military doctor of Beihai Country intervenes, it can only guarantee that the person who is shot has a good chance of surviving, but it cannot guarantee that the person who is shot will be able to recover in the future. After all, the blood holes made by buckshot are too difficult to treat......

How to say it, the one who gets the arrow can not only continue to fight, but also continue to participate in the battle next time he is injured. And those who were shot lost their combat effectiveness on the spot. In addition, it is easy to fall into disability......

Some people may ask - during the Anti-Japanese War, many people could continue to fight after being shot by devils!

Here I have to explain that the devil's 38 big cover uses a pointed bullet, but it is not a lead bullet, but an iron bullet. This kind of pointed bullet may have a strong armor-piercing ability. But because the ability to break the defense is too strong, it is easy to pass through the body. Moreover, the wound left is small. Because, the caliber of the 38 big cover gun is only 6.5 mm. Therefore, after being hit by the devil's 38 big cover, he often only leaves a penetrating wound on his body that is a little larger than the caliber of the 38 big cover, unlike the blood hole that will cause tumbling in the body like a spherical lead bullet.

And the interesting thing is that small-caliber pointed bullets like the devil are more powerful when faced with body armor and armor. With the level of body armor during World War II, it will be directly pierced by the 38 covers, and it will cause fatal injuries. Because, the fragments of body armor were carried into the human body by pointed bullets, causing great damage to the human body.

Therefore, during World War II, the US and Soviet armies, which had body armor, suffered more damage in the face of the devil's 38 cover guns. On the contrary, it was the poor Chinese Resistance Army, who didn't wear anything directly, but could survive. It's a big deal, I've been punched into my body......

For example, the Sn-42 body armor equipped by the Soviet army in World War II had a good protection effect against the German MP-40 submachine gun that used pistol cartridges. But when it comes to a rifle, it's safer to take off the torn clothes. Otherwise, die faster......

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After seeing the terrifying power of spherical buckshot, Ismaili I finally agreed to introduce arquebuses. However, the purpose of his introduction of arquebuses was mainly to protect the artillery units. So, the scale is not huge. But artillery, he promised to bring in 300 pieces. Because, the number of artillery pieces of the Turkish army is just that. As the monarch of the Middle Eastern powers, the Persians are to be compared to Turkey. Even artillery, no less than Turkey.

But on the price, the two sides bargained. The Persians were not satisfied with the price of 650 gold coins per cannon, believing it to be too high. This is mainly because the price of copper in Persia is much cheaper than in Europe.

The ratio of silver and copper in Europe is 1 to 15, while the price of copper in Persia is not expensive because of its proximity to India, and the ratio of silver and copper is only 1 to 60, which is 4 times worse than that of Europe.

So, they think the price is too high and are not willing to give that much.

However, after asking the Portuguese, the Portuguese offered a similar price. So, Ismaili I reluctantly bought the 40 Franc cannons at this price.

However, at a turn of his head, Ismaili I ordered 40 franc cannons of the same specification from the Portuguese for 600 gold coins each (50 gold coins cheaper than the price in the North Sea Kingdom).

Then, Ismaili I used these 80 Franc cannons to form a Persian artillery corps. At the same time, preparations were made to form musketeers on the scale of 500 people, which would be used to protect the safety of artillerymen.