Three "Standard Balance" shear galen ships arrived off the coast of Newfoundland and began unloading loads of sun-dried salt. Some of the sailors looked at the ship and were amazed at its speed and shape that was different from other boats. However, I can't say where the most critical part is.

……

With the increase in the number of boats, the catch of cod increased dramatically, which meant that an important source of income for Ferdinand was established. At the same time, some of the ships are ready to catch some big guys, for example, whales.

From then on, the wealth of the Americas will continue to pour into Ferdinand's pocket, and Ferdinand's financial income will skyrocket.

While this is worth celebrating, there is one more thing to mention, and that is......

I, Napoleon, are back!

Ahem...... This refers to another smaller-caliber gun in the range of artillery that Ferdinand considered. It is the US military M1841 6-pounder gun (shell weighs 2.54 kg). It was called the "Little Napoleonic Cannon". The M1841 field gun has a caliber of 93 mm, a barrel length of 1.52 meters (16.3 times the caliber), and a gun weight of 389 kg.

As a small Napoleonic gun, the 6-pounder gun is much less powerful than its big brother, the M1857-type 12-pounder howitzer. The M1841 field gun has a maximum range of only ...... 1392m...... Unlike the Great Napoleon, a 12-pounder shell could hit the Cullen 1911 at a 10-degree angle (exactly this range). And the 6-pound projectile is also not powerful enough. Even compared to the 9-pounder field gun, the power was reduced considerably.

In terms of killing and injuring enemy troops, the 12-pounder Napoleon gun could penetrate the entire column of the enemy company at a distance of 600 yards, while the small 6-pounder Napoleon gun could only penetrate half of the enemy company column at a distance of 200 yards.

So why is it still approved for manufacturing?

Although it was obviously incompetent as the main artillery weapon compared to the Napoleonic gun, at the beginning of the war, this kind of artillery was the main artillery of the Southern Army...... Ahem, although this made the Southern Army very tragic in terms of artillery, it at least shows that it was still able to carry it during the Civil War. If it was by the time of the War of Independence, then this cannon would probably be very good. The disadvantages will not be so obvious.

And used in the Italian wars of the early 16th century...... The French would have been mad when they saw a six-pounder cannon penetrate half of their own company column at a distance of 200 yards...... Flesh and blood are flying, and the picture is too beautiful to look at.

So at this time, a six-pounder small Napoleon cannon was also sufficient.

And it was lighter, although there was no obvious advantage in mobility, but for the beginning of the 16th century, the flexibility of artillery was somewhat increased. It also reduces the amount of both bronze and medium and low carbon steel. Considering the poor road traffic conditions in Europe during this period, the roads between the Italian cities may have been better, but they were only stone roads, and asphalt roads and cement roads were not possible at all, so the weight reduction was still very convenient for transportation.

There is also an important reason to give it a production license...... Training cannons. It's humiliating, but it's real, in the words of the Confederate Army in the Civil War: "...... Even so, it did a great deal in the early days of the war, at least it taught the gunners how to fire artillery. ”

In other words, the attempt to build a Napoleon cannon from medium and low carbon steel is not so easy, and it needs to be tested to record data. At present, two artillerymen have already died honorably as a result of exploding their chambers during the test...... Observe three seconds of silence.

However, after all, this work has been going on for three years, and it is almost finished. Ferdinand also painfully allocated a batch of bronze, 30% of which were still made of bronze in Napoleon's cannons.

This also showed the shortcomings of the Napoleonic guns, as a result of which they were in competition with other wrought iron/medium and low steel guns.

In particular, the rifled guns made of steel, as opposed to smoothbore guns, are in particular.

The rifled cannon has actually appeared before, and it is the kind of ultimate cannon artifact, the three-pounder, twelve-pounder, and eighty-pounder guns of the Wetworth breech-loading rifle rifle series. This prototype of modern artillery is naturally also a rifled gun, covering the field of small, medium, and large artillery, which is extremely durable, extremely accurate, and powerful.

Compared to it, the Napoleon cannon and other smoothbore guns were completely compared.

But this comparison is unfair. Because the Wetworth breech rifle rifle is the strongest artillery series in Ferdinand's opinion, not only Napoleon guns or smoothbore guns, even if other rifled guns can't be lifted in front of it, all the guns here are scum.

Moreover, people's materials are also made of high-quality low-carbon steel with 0.06% carbon content, and rifled guns are wrought iron, cast iron, and medium and low-carbon steel, which is not representative.

However, various other models of rifled guns are also very competitive. Ferdinand came up with three models, the elite one being a 12-pounder iron rifled gun (not the same thing as the 12-pounder Wettworth breech-loading rifled cannon), which was not a developed rifled gun, but an early primary rifled gun. But its range and accuracy were much higher than those of the Napoleonic gun.

A typical example of the accuracy of Napoleonic guns in the Civil War came on December 13, 1862 (huh?). During the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate Major Braxton and Lieutenant Marye fired a spherical solid bullet at a Confederate standard-bearer 1,600 yards away...... The first shot missed, but it hit a soldier next to the flag bearer of the Northern Army...... The second shot hit the standard-bearer of the Northern Army...... I'm afraid it doesn't feel good to be hit directly by a Napoleonic cannon.

The accuracy of the Napoleon cannon hitting the barn from 1,600 yards away is based on data from actual combat and firing tests.

The 12-pounder iron rifled gun, though not as impressive as the Wetworth breech-loading rifle with an error of five inches, was able to hit the barn gate from 2,100 yards away. 2100 yards alone is higher than the range of a Napoleonic gun.

There were also two 10-pounder rifled guns, the cast-iron three-inch 10-pounder M1861 Parrott rifled gun and the wrought-iron ten-pounder Odnes rifled gun. They cost $180 and $330 respectively in 1861, while a bronze Napoleon cannon cost $490. The price advantage is also obvious. Since they are made of cast iron and wrought iron, they can also be made directly from medium and low carbon steel, without too many scruples.

However, rifled guns also have the problem of rifled guns, due to the limitations of materials and processes, the manufacturing process of this primary rifled gun is more complex than that of smoothbore guns such as Napoleon guns, and the rifling is easy to wear. As for the strong conscience of the Wetworth breech rifle, it cannot be made too much due to the limitations of technology and raw materials.

Therefore, in the artillery series planned by Ferdinand, a situation was formed in which the primary rifled guns and the large and small Napoleonic guns were used together, mixed and matched.

……