Chapter 156: The Origin of Firearms
Once the project is decided, the next step is to implement it. Since the company doesn't have any other projects at the moment, basically the vast majority of people are involved in this project.
To make this kind of video, the first thing must be the collection of information and the writing of the commentary. In this regard, Han Li is naturally responsible. However, he will definitely not be able to do it alone, and he will need the help of others.
After the general content and the commentary are basically decided. The next step is to find work on the content of this episode, such as images and video footage.
At present, the main source of material in this area is to look for it on the Internet. In addition to the major military forums in China, they will also go to some special websites abroad to search for and intercept.
If not, or if copyright is not available, they will need to make the material themselves.
There are several main ways to do this, the first is to capture the relevant images in some games. This is also the longest used by the military in later generations, because it is indeed more time-saving and cost-saving.
If you don't have the right one, you really have to make it yourself.
If it is just a simple material, it can be represented by a hand-drawn schematic diagram. If it's a little more complicated, you'll need to model it.
Because it was just the beginning, in order to be able to open up the situation or attract attention, Han Li had strict requirements for the first few issues of the first quarter.
Like some of the 3D pictures that need to be demonstrated, Han Li requires himself to make models and render them, and strive to make the picture exquisite.
Anyone who makes models knows that the most difficult thing to build is actually a mannequin, and the best thing to do is these square mechanical models. Of course, what Han Li needs is just a display of popular science models, and the size of its model parts is not required to be so accurate, so it is relatively simple to make.
As for the animation demonstration of these models, that is, K animation, it is actually very simple, far simpler than the character movements, you just need to calculate the time and set the keyframes.
Finally, it's time for the rendering process. Although Han Li has requirements for the picture, this kind of schematic display screen does not have to be made into the high realism in the game, it only needs to be expressed clearly.
In this way, the production progress is very fast. On the contrary, Han Li's data collection, as well as the writing of the outline and commentary, were relatively slow, and even dragged the overall project back.
Therefore, while smiling bitterly, Han Li also secretly decided that after the New Year, he must find a compiler who is specifically responsible for this aspect.
But after thinking about it, let's not wait until the new year for now, and just post the information on the Internet now. In this way, these people can come directly to interview and admit after the year, and there is no need to wait for recruitment.
It lasted for more than a week, and the promotional video of the military soldiers, as well as the first two episodes, were basically completed.
After getting the news, Han Li immediately called the employees to watch the film collectively. On the one hand, it can be regarded as letting everyone take a look at the fruits of their labor.
On the other hand, it is also for everyone to watch together and find the errors and deficiencies in it. Especially this kind of popular science program, there is a lot of knowledge involved in it, and it is easy to make mistakes.
Hello everyone, starting today, the original military science popularization program is finally going to meet you. In the coming time, we will tell you about those legendary weapons and equipment, as well as those classic war battles.
In the next period of time, we will first tell you about the production and development of the main equipment of the army.
As the backbone of the war, it is also the oldest branch of the military. The weapons and equipment of the army can clearly demonstrate the combat effectiveness of an army. Of course, victory in war is not all determined by weapons and equipment. However, the importance of weapons and equipment in warfare, especially in modern warfare, is gradually deepening.
In the first episode, we will briefly describe the history of the development of firearms, the main weapon of modern infantry.
When it comes to guns, everyone imagines that there is such a AK47 picture; Such, M16 Pictures; Such, 95 pics; There are also such, pictures of red tassel guns.
But everyone can't imagine that the earliest origin of modern firearms is actually in China, and it was the Song Dynasty thousands of years ago.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the invention of gunpowder appeared, which quickly put it to use. On the one hand, because of the brilliant fire and loud sound, gunpowder was made into firecrackers by the ancestors at that time, thus replacing the previous firecrackers.
In fact, it is to put the bamboo in the fire to burn, because the explosion of the bamboo joints, the sound produced, so it is called firecrackers.
With the advent of this kind of gunpowder firecrackers, coupled with the improvement of the ancestors of the past dynasties, we are fortunate to enlighten such brilliant fireworks today.
Of course, firecrackers are not the most important use of gunpowder, and it is in the field of war that gunpowder has been put on the stage of history.
If there is one historical invention that will most change the world, then gunpowder is definitely one of them.
Some say it is evil because it is stained with the blood of working people. Others say it is righteous because it is ultimately in the hands of more working people, making it more likely to stand up from slavery.
However, in my opinion, this polarized perception is wrong. Gunpowder itself has no attributes, it is man who enriches it with good and evil.
In the hands of the angels of goodness, it becomes a dazzling firework. And in the hands of the wicked and the devil, he became a tool for murder. There is no good or evil in gunpowder itself, it is man who imposes his thoughts on it.
Looking back, the invention of gunpowder made it widely used in the army.
During the Kaiqing period of the Song Dynasty, the Song Army invented this kind of tubular firearm.
According to the Song Dynasty Soldiers, in the first year of Kaiqing, "the fire rifle was made again, with the giant bamboo as the barrel, and the bullets in the Zi Kiln were burned and discharged, and then the Zi Kiln made a sound like a cannon, and the distance was heard from more than 150 steps about 230 meters. ”
The specific firing turned out to be the same as the artillery that appeared at the same time. By igniting the gunpowder that is copied inside the Commander Shape, causing it to burn violently, it pushes the projectile placed in front of the gunpowder at the end of the opening, and fires it out, damaging the enemy.
However, this assault rifle was only a prototype of the musket. At that time, it was only used as an auxiliary weapon, and it was far from determining the direction of the war. Therefore, in the face of the devastating attack of the Mongol iron cavalry, the Southern Song Dynasty court finally disappeared into the long river of history.
The Mongol Empire, which received a large number of craftsmen from the Song Dynasty, began to use gunpowder as a tool for siege and killing enemies on a large scale.
In 1260, the Mongol army was defeated in the war in West Asia, and the Arabs captured gunpowder weapons such as rockets, poison fire canisters, artillery, and earth-shaking thunder, so as to master the manufacture and use of gunpowder weapons.
After that, the Arabs fought a long war with a number of European countries, in which the Arabs used gunpowder weapons. During the wars with the Arab countries, the Europeans gradually mastered the technology of making gunpowder and gunpowder weapons.
And in the hands of the Europeans, how will the mysterious weapons that came from the Far East be transformed by them into a weapon to conquer time? Check out the next episode, The Birth of Modern Firearms.