A familiar picture flashed in Zhao Tianyou's head, a shot that had been repeated many times in the documentary, at that time, the improved Soviet-made weapons of our army, the upgraded version of the Katyusha rocket artillery, the indiscriminate full-coverage bombing effect, was simply able to shake the heavens and the earth!

This rocket launcher has similarities with the fireworks shells set off later on the New Year, and the processing with a paper tube can naturally be large or small, and the accuracy and range are much stronger than those of the bamboo tube.

If the firing range is adjusted to a distance of three or four hundred meters, and the production method of two kicks is used to strengthen the power of the explosive part to achieve the initial effect of the grenade, coupled with the cumulative effect of intensive bombing, can the sprint tactics of the Mongolian cavalry be perfectly restrained?

If Zhao Tianyou could make thousands of fireworks bombs and bombard the Mongol soldiers, would he be able to break the speed advantage of the traditional cavalry and rewrite the tradition of the Song army being defeated on the battlefield?

Now that Zhao Tianyou's thinking has changed, from the defensive mode at the beginning to the active attack, how to strengthen the combat capability of the Song army is the most important thing at the moment.

Similar to the production process of two-kick firecrackers, the firing method of rocket artillery is used, and the direction is controlled by a reinforced bamboo or iron cannon barrel to increase the range, and if it can also be fired with multiple tubes like Katyusha.

"Haha, I'll see it!"

Zhao Tianyou couldn't help laughing, and began to draw carefully on the paper, turning his thoughts into drawings that were broken down into pieces.

The more than 100 people in the two workshops have long been suffocated, unable to work and unable to communicate and verify new processes, not to mention how uncomfortable these days are.

Especially in the blacksmith workshop led by Lao Fengtou, Zhao Tianyou handed over the drawings and process essentials of the Miao knife to him, and there were clear technical requirements for the curvature process of the cutting edge.

But as soon as the stove was removed and most of the time was spent on the ship, some young people in the blacksmith's workshop screamed so hard that they dreamed at night that I had become a miao knife.

On the ship, Zhao Tianyou clearly pointed out that the masters and apprentices of these workshops are not coolies, and their status is higher than that of ordinary soldiers. Because of their presence, you will be able to use better weapons, and you will have the confidence that when you fight the enemy, you will not be cut in two because of the weapon.

You will be able to go into battle and kill the enemy with peace of mind, and from a distance of a few hundred meters, you can smile and watch the unlucky ghosts cry wolf howls from the thunderbolt explosion, without worrying about the enemy's bow and arrow shooting directly at you.

Armament is the most direct indicator of the strength of a soldier's or even an army's combat effectiveness. Why did the Mongols dominate the world, eliminate more than 30 regimes and slaughter tens of millions of people on the way to the west, and directly engraved the term **** in the minds of Europeans.

The most important reason here is that the cavalry under the command of Genghis Khan has established a very modern equipment supply system, from mount weapons to eating, drinking, and lazing, there is a mature and effective rule guarantee system.

Mongolian horses have a long endurance, and after a long run, they can recover after a long night's rest, which is unbelievable to Europeans, and they do not believe that the Mongols, who are thousands of miles away, suddenly appear in front of their homes.

Therefore, the first to use blitzkrieg to defeat the enemy should be Genghis Khan, plus the Mongolian cavalry is one person and three horses, taking turns to ride and load, and the dried meat that can not deteriorate for a long time is used as dry food.

The bow of the Mongolian cavalry at that time was also very distinctive, and as a representative work of the recurve compound bow, the Mongolian bow played a role even more than that of his wife.

Every Mongolian child starts to practice archery on horseback at the age of three or four, and bows and arrows of different sizes are distributed according to their physical strength and size, and when they reach adulthood, each person will have their own Mongolian bow.

At that time, Mongolian bows were made in a cumbersome and perfect way, with hundreds of processes that combined high-quality elastic wood with animal horns.

Each bow must have a steady strength and strength, remain light in any climate and environment, and will not lose much in performance after long periods of rapid use. And every Mongol warrior would regard his bow as life, and even had such a saying that if you are born as a man, you will die with your bow and quiver.

What did the army of the Great Song Dynasty have? The first gunpowder invented, the first of which has been used in warfare since the Northern Song Dynasty, and countless new firearms such as rockets, thunderbolts, and fire dragons were born.

However, since Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, after the release of military power with a glass of wine, he deprived the military generals of their real power, and all the government funds were controlled by civilian officials.

After the invention of firearms, the frequency of use by the army of the Song Dynasty was not high, and it was not even as good as the Jin and Liao, which were secretly learned in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The defenders of the Song Dynasty, who had been on the defensive and retreating on the defensive, did not know how many houses were set on fire by the enemy's rockets, and how much food and supplies were burned in the city.

In the course of Genghis Khan's expedition to the west, the Mongols were also very skilled in the use of rockets, and against the Europeans who were holding the city, rockets and earth cofferdams were the only tactics, and those who were besieged all ended in defeat.

Even the just-concluded battle of Tingzhou was a tactic of mounding earth, after occupying the commanding heights, the city could not prevent effective defensive means, and after the strength of the city was consumed, it was inevitable to break through the city.

As long as the explosive power of the warhead can cause serious injuries to personnel and horses, and even minor injuries can rewrite the current one-sided battlefield situation.

If there is an effective weapon that can restrain the Mongol cavalry, Boyan will not easily let 30,000 cavalry go south around the city and go deep into the territory of the Song Dynasty as if no one is in a land, and 10,000 cavalry will not be able to take down Tingzhou City.

After Zhao Tianyou was satisfied with the disassembled drawings, he sent someone to call Zhou Yuan in, and first asked him to look at the drawings one by one, without explaining the meaning to him.

"Master, the similar design of this thunderbolt cannon is very ingenious, I'm afraid the power of using a paper shell is not enough, why not wrap the iron head in paper, it can shoot far away and be powerful after exploding!" Zhou Yuan looked at a few schematic diagrams of the two kicks, and instead put forward the concept of mixing paper and iron.

Zhao Tianyou touched his non-existent beard with a smile, turned to the surrounding side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good idea, but I suggest you use practice to demonstrate, make both for me, try it one by one, and see which one is more powerful!" ”

"Don't worry, Master, now the disciples are all ingenious, and they have a lot of new ideas for the use of gunpowder, and one day when we set up camp on the land, I will ask them to make them and show them to Master."

Zhao Tianyou smiled: "Okay, a word is a certainty, I see how many good apprentices you can bring out!" ”