This group of academies came a little later, and did not see the shocking scene of the musket salvo that day.

Although there was a certain problem with the shooting that day, it was not a big problem, and it was also very simple to solve, increase the number of muskets and the number of people, and change the formation from 3 to 5 dan.

A single shot of the musket can basically ensure that there will be no living creatures in the entire area in front of you.

In fact, the three-stage fire is not the same as the machine gun, which is covered by continuous fire.

There is a time lag between this, and this time difference is that after the first shot, a clearing is cleared, and when the next group of enemies enters the clearing, the second platoon will shoot.

The purpose is not to keep the fire uninterrupted, but to ensure that when the enemy enters a certain area, the fire can always be covered by that area.

Unless the enemy can replenish in a second or two and overtake the enemy who was running at the front, in that case, it may be necessary to switch to a ten-dash shot.

When dealing with infantry, three-stage shooting is enough, and even more than enough time, but against cavalry, three-stage shooting is a bit insufficient.

During this time, in addition to teaching, Li Jing has also been studying the use of muskets, but after a few months, Li Jing now doesn't even know what to talk about in class.

The more I learned, the more shocked I became, and his theories didn't seem to play much of a role in this new way of warfare.

If you insist on going up, then there is only one result, line up to give away the head, and wait until the opponent's ammunition is exhausted before you can defeat them.

But in that case, how many troops will you have to lose to fill this loophole?

Even a big country like Datang, which has a population of 10 million, would never dare to do this, if it is not done well, after one or two battles, Datang will lose half of its population.

"But the problem is that, according to the minister's understanding, those muskets don't seem to work well in rain, snow, or humid conditions." Probably, although the musket was not an arquebus, but took the pattern of a firing gun.

But the problem is that this firing device is simply too old-fashioned.

The cliché required two or three steps to prepare after each shot, cleaning the chamber (two or three shots or five cleanings), stuffing the firing gunpowder, then stuffing the projectile, and twisting it with a stick.

If the last step is not in place, the problem is that the projectile may not shoot far, or it may not shoot at all.

The most feared thing about this method is that the propellant is damp, but the propellant is gunpowder, and it can't be roasted with fire, the battlefield is not set by yourself, and the weather is not artificially controllable, so this problem is very embarrassing.

Of course, Li Jing ignored another point, in this era, when it rained, most of them were armistice, and few people braved the heavy rain to continue fighting, unless they were forced to a dead end and had to fight against the water.

Otherwise, after the First World War, the soldiers may have a fever and cold, which is the most deadly.

But lethal or not lethal is not the most important thing, the important thing is that if they don't solve this problem, then in the rain and snow, they will lose their combat effectiveness, as long as they can destroy the enemy army at this time, even if they get sick after the war, what can they do?

"There is no need to worry about the musket for the time being, the Academy of Sciences has never stopped, and when we have enough people to eat these things, new equipment will naturally arrive." Li Yuanji didn't say much, but this basically told them that this problem was being solved.

It's just that how to solve it, I don't know this.

Of course, they don't know, it doesn't mean that Li Yuanji doesn't know.

Even if you don't have a military background, everyone in later generations will know the appearance and basic composition of the rifle, right? The biggest difficulty in solving this problem is the bullet, as long as the inside of the bullet is not damp, it can be fired in any environment.

The only thing to consider is whether the gun will be badly corroded afterwards, but that doesn't seem to matter.

Li Yuanji didn't expect them to make a semi-automatic rifle or an automatic rifle or such a high-tech thing, and now they only need to make a single-shot hand-pulled rifle.

As for the difficulty, if you have to find a difficulty, it may be that the barrel of the rifle is one.

In addition to this, more manpower and material resources are studying that small bullet, which is the biggest problem.

And what can be met is that Datang, whose industrial capacity is almost non-existent, even if the research is successful, can only rely on manual manufacturing, and the speed, manpower, and output cannot be compared with automation.

"Different equipment has different ways of playing, the art of war is useful, but it can only play its role before the battle, once the battle breaks out, the art of war basically will not have any effect." Speaking of which, Li Yuanji felt that he seemed to have come earlier, at least he should wait until the rifle and bullets were studied.

Now, everything can only be said by one's own mouth, there is no real thing, if it is artillery, it is easy to say, but this kind of rifle, a rifle that completely changes the way of fighting, who will believe it? Even if they believed it, would they be able to imagine that kind of battle scene?

"The new musket has not yet been studied, so I can't tell you about the specific performance or anything for the time being, but one thing is certain, the new musket is stronger than the current musket in terms of range and rate of fire, if I have to compare, I can only tell you that if the current musket is faster, it can fire one shot within ten breaths, and the new firearm, after becoming proficient, can fire at least three shots within ten breaths, or even four shots, if you don't need to aim, five shots are also possible." Li Yuanji could only say it roughly, although there was nothing else to say, because he didn't know either.

But the rate of fire is basically no problem, and the speed of fire has a lot to do with the purpose of the battle.

Li Yuanji continued: "After the new weapons and equipment, there is no need for the bow and arrow to exist, because its range is relatively closer, and the power is insufficient. The use of muskets, from another level, is more conducive to protecting the safety of soldiers, this is a kind of combat weapons at close range, so in actual combat, should avoid short-range contact as much as possible, and the most suitable combat distance, between 100 and 200 steps, too far may cause a decrease in lethality, accuracy decreased, too close may be quickly rushed by the enemy.

If you are facing cavalry, the best way is to shoot in three stages, ensure your own firepower output as much as possible, and use the advantages of rapid fire with a single weapon to form an uninterrupted fire strike, so as to weave a tight firepower network so that the cavalry cannot break through.

In addition, if the enemy army is also equipped with muskets, and your own side is in an offensive position, the advance battle formation that was often used before must be abandoned, and this kind of battle formation can only be sent to death in a queue, which does not help to win in any way.

In the face of the troops also equipped with muskets, the best way is not to charge in groups, nor to list the formation to call the formation scary, to put it bluntly, if the distance is right, the bomb truck can easily wipe out the entire battle array of the enemy army with a few clicks, if the idle speed is too slow, it is enough to transfer two rocket launchers.

So, the best thing to do is to resort to skirmishers, what is skirmishers?

It is to use the gang as a combat unit, or advance in a linear pattern, with five to ten paces between each person, or in a triangle. ”

Li Yuanji drew the three-three tactics of the squad platoon on the blackboard behind him, which was copied from later generations, although I don't know if it is a bit too exaggerated to talk about this now, too avant-garde.

Because even if he has developed a single-shot rifle, only the Datang family has this weapon in this world, and the other opponents are all cold weapons, not even a bomb thrower, and now talking about this, it is very likely that it will not be used at all in the next few decades.

The reason why it is possible that it will not be used, but it is still said, Li Yuanji just hopes that one day, when this kind of thing happens on the battlefield, let them know how to deal with it, so that they will not panic, or they don't know how to deal with it, so they can only advance according to the old way and lose more soldiers in vain.

Pointing to the triangular tactics just drawn, Li Yuanji continued: "As the name suggests, the triangular tactics are based on the unit, no matter from which direction to look at, from which direction to attack, it can always ensure that at least three people can cooperate with each other, this tactic may not be used in the short term, because this is only used when encountering enemy forces with the same configuration as you, or the same as you.

After class, you can discuss it, and now I will share my views on the future war.

To put it simply, future wars can be three-dimensional, from the sky to the ground, all battlefields. Magnifying the Kong Ming lantern several times, it can carry people into the sky, can be used to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, guide artillery bombing, and can also carry bombs to fly over the enemy's head to directly carry out accurate bombing.

And on the ground, I summed it up in one sentence, that is, the artillery bombarded the infantry and the infantry rushed after the artillery bombardment. It's dull and boring, but it's a great help for war......"

Unconsciously, the time of a class has passed, and this class has talked a lot, but it can also be said that nothing has been said, and it is all about some concepts, and even concepts that everyone still does not understand.

But it doesn't matter, Li Yuanji is planning to spend the next few months to talk about what he talked about today, although he is also half a bottle of water, but for their blank paper, this is enough.

"The content of the class is rigorous and ......" Before the end of class, Li Yuanji warned again.