A few days later, the lucky Quan Liu became a follower next to Huang Taitao, the fire captain of the hunter, don't look at this officer is just a fire commander, but in the Qinzhi regiment, he received the rank of brigade commander, second only to the status of the teaching regiment and the pacesetter regiment.

As his direct soldiers, these hunters also enjoy the treatment of every fire standard-bearer, or even a vice-president

At this moment, he was foaming at the mouth, and he was making a certain ideological mobilization speech in front of the hundreds of new and veteran soldiers of the Third Battalion who were sitting cross-legged on the ground, loading, unloading, dismantling, and gradually placing their guns horizontally on their knees.

"The bow and crossbow are only three shots at the enemy, but we can hit four or five shots with the gun, and this is the advantage of the firearm

"And they hit farther and faster than them......"

"As long as there is enough medicine, we can keep fighting......"

"Therefore, the most basic requirement for entering the army is"

"You must be encouraged with your heart, study your skills, and try your best to give me all the medicine before the enemy gets close,"

"Under the platoon of shots, the accuracy of the head is not a big deal,"

"The key is to give me a few more rounds, so that I can kill and injure more opponents."

"That we may gain the opportunity and the first hand for the spearmen and the brethren of the white soldiers."

"Don't think about personal safety and losses......"

"At least before the Spears are gone, there are still white soldiers, and there are auxiliaries after the white soldiers are gone,"

"Wait until all the auxiliaries are gone, and then it's your turn to fight."

"So, before all these robes that are trying to protect you and others are dead, try to give me as many thoughts as possible."

"And it's useless for a person to fight fast, you have to find ways to support the left and right, so that the whole fire can fight as fast as you, which is the ability......"

"Hiding your secrets and keeping your hands will only make you die faster,......"

"It's best to eat and sleep, be respectful, and give me how to master the skills of twisting......"

"It is said that some veteran teams can fight until eight or nine rounds before they engage the enemy......"

"Of course, then again...... Putting the word of the Lord before ......"

"Let the generals brainstorm and enthusiastically suggest ways to improve the manipulation......"

"These thirteen basic gun operation procedures, if you can think of one step minus, it is a heavy reward......

"Whether it's a field or a homestead, the choice is yours."

"It's valid at any time in Kinai."

"The more steps you can subtract, the more you will be rewarded and doubled."

There was an uproar below. Even though most of them come from all over the world, they still know and hear that the land and property in Kinai are famous for being expensive and difficult to find

"Can you arrange a beautiful mother-in-law......

A shrill voice shouted with some hesitation

Then there was a laugh that feared that the world would not be chaotic.

"Of course you can, as long as you can do it,"

Huang Taitao narrowed his eyes and did slap his chest.

"Even if it's a daughter of a good family, I'll find a way to marry you......"

I was looking at the row of black, thick things, and smiled with some kind of relief.

It is true that the field artillery of the official army that I have been coveting has been delayed and refused, but after pulling the skin several times and entangled with the soldiers of the military department and the Weiwei Temple, after avoiding it in various ways, they still got some kind of disguised compensation.

The sampan cannons used by the marines to cover the landing were allocated to ten, plus the original four, so that there were fourteen ready-made artillery groups, plus six reserve artillery groups and miscellaneous helpers, to manage the transportation of livestock baggage, four people in each group, one observer and gun commander, two gunners who adjusted and measured charges, one auxiliary soldier who transported miscellaneous guns, five formed a group, and the basic frame of a standard artillery team with four fires was raised.

Even if the combined manpower is insufficient, the existing artillery crew is also the status quo of a large number of raw melons and eggs, and it can be arranged in place according to the head first, and then slowly use the cannon to be trained and matured from the raw hands, as an excessive and solution.

This kind of sampan cannon belongs to the simple structure of the front-mounted cast iron cannon, and it is not the standard equipment of the Shenji Army, but the expedient goods drummed up by the naval division in order to cover the near-shore landing of the Marine Corps, and then it has been used until today with few changes.

It is precisely because it is the equipment of the Navy that I was able to bypass the restrictions of the Divine Machine Army and the Ordnance Supervision and distribute it to me.

Although there are only seven or eight percent of the new color, and because of the limited volume and the thickness of the pipe wall, the bore pressure that can be borne is limited, and the whole bullet cannot be fired, and only the pellet can be scattered, but the effective killing of two or three hundred steps is still used, so it is also called a pound cannon according to the weighing. As the so-called field offensive and defensive use is acceptable, it is a little weak to use it for attacking fortifications, but for me, there is still some merit.

For example, there are not many people who need it, the operation is easy to get started quickly, the launch is not slow after being skilled, and there are places that are comforting to talk about with simple structure, stable performance, reliable performance, etc., and compared to those cannons in the Shenji Army, which are often waiting for more than ten people,

After removing the counterweight and cumbersomeness used to fasten to the sampan, the rest of the weight was much lighter, and when we pursued the remnants of the rebel domain in Anyuan Prefecture and attacked their stronghold in the mountains and forests, we tried two stronger soldiers, carrying them on the march that could be carried intermittently, or using the Lingnan horses, which were short, and could barely carry them on the mountain road. Or set up on a flatbed cart to accompany the march.

In addition, compared with those long-barreled field guns with copper tires and iron bore bolts based on the size of the muzzle and the size of the mother cannon, or the siege guns with thick and short barrels, there is also a more obvious disadvantage, that is, the barrels of the old cast iron wear out relatively quickly, but as long as you are careful, it is no problem to continue to use hundreds of rounds larger.

In terms of artillery fire, it is also a shortcoming of a modern firearms unit like mine, but it is also a lot of taboos

After all, making homemade guns in the territory of Guangfu can also justify it, saying that it is beneficial to improve the equipment in the army, but if you try to cast cannons privately, it is a complicity and a great crime of rebellion.

Fortunately, it is awe-inspiring and gratifying that compared with the five big guys who only have a gun body and no suitable bracket, the corresponding gun carriage of this catty small cannon is almost ready-made.

For the accuracy and stability of artillery fire, the bracket and vehicle are also quite crucial.

In order to find a carrier that is relatively light and strong enough, we have taken great pains to make a variety of samples, but unfortunately they are not satisfactory, and it is always difficult to achieve the right balance between sturdiness and stability, weight and handling.

As a result, just as the mountains and rivers were in doubt, and the willows and flowers were bright and bright, just when my craftsmen were puzzled, they found a ready-made alternative elsewhere, that is, a small projector found in the warehouse of the Divine Machine Army in the port city.

This is a kind of specially designed thrower to deal with those barbarian villages that are cowering in the dangerous places of the mountains and forests, which are used to project small fire oil bombs and thunderbolts, and play a very important role in the early colonization and land reclamation, so they have been used so far, and various configurations have been quite mature and simple.

What I value is its structural design, which can be carried by a soldier to accompany the march under normal conditions

The key parts are made of sturdy iron, while the rest of the body is made of bamboo and wood, which can be processed and cut and shaped, and can be assembled and molded, and can also be mated with stones and metal weights. Although the target is relatively rough, it will not deviate too much when used to hit fixed targets.

The most important point is that these iron components can be disassembled into several large pieces, which can be carried by soldiers to climb those rugged mountain roads.

After transforming into a small cannon gun carriage, only need to remove the torsion ejection part, add some hoop bolts, etc., can be finely tuned fixtures, although the two times together are still a little heavy, but because they can be disassembled and disintegrated into large pieces, they are carried by individuals to carry the convenience of marching, and there is no problem.

It takes a little more time to adjust before entering the battlefield, or in an emergency, it is okay to fire directly from the shelf, and then I found that I also need a relatively sturdy transport vehicle, so that the gun carriage can be fixed on it, and it can be fired at any time while on the move.

And now he is demonstrating for me, it is the old man of the Shenji Army who was punished after the battle of the fort, Du Shulang, who has already used the familiar head of the former artillery team, but now he is already a little lacking, not only to pass on the gang to bring a group of novices out, but also to keep an eye on the dozen or so old gunners borrowed by the sailors, and also take the time to teach the basic theory of artillery, the method of measuring the strings of the Pythagorean fix.

In fact, there is a more suitable person in charge of this future artillery regiment, of course, the Guo team that I brought back, he is also like a dead man who lost the troops, and he has long been listed as missing and killed and expelled, so he just made up a new identity, and continued to be retained as an instructor of artillery.

It's just that he was arranged in the open sea, training other groups of gunners with ships, and fighting potential competitors, and he couldn't come back to serve for a while.

Together with them, I fired a few cannons with my own hands, smashed some fixed targets, improvised fortifications, and obstacles, and felt the romance of the so-called artillery fire and gunsmoke, and then I got another news from home.

The smuggler Fei Kong, who had a mysterious origin, had already arrived at Prison Gate Island with the first batch of Tianzhu nitrate powder provided by the agreement, and only on the price he offered for this batch of goods, the wholesale price of crude saltpeter in Biguang Mansion was cheaper, and people couldn't help but curse, it was really a black-hearted profiteer.

I thought about it for a moment and ordered it to be mixed with saltpeter bought from other sources and disposed of separately.

In the long night I got from Jia Yejun, there was an ice room, although there were only a few dozen people in this ice room, but it could be used as a cover for the source of my gunpowder raw materials.

The so-called ice room, as the name suggests, is the place where ice is made, the climate of Guangfu is warm and humid and rainy in the middle of the year, so the consumption of various ice drinks is very large, and since the invention of the ice method of the previous dynasty, it has been used thoroughly and skillfully after hundreds of years.

For this reason, Guangfu consumes a large amount of saltpeter every day every ten days of the month, which is used as a raw material for ice making, and the demand of foreign provincial governments is enough to form an extremely large industrial scale and interest chain

However, since the founding of the Southern Dynasties, this lucrative but large-scale business has been controlled by the imperial merchants and some clans headed by the Ouchi Worship Bureau, dominating the basic market and prices.

However, the gunpowder I smuggled is mainly for military purposes, and in addition to the daily consumption of the army, I also have to consider the emergency reserves and self-relief in the future war, so as to avoid a temporary logistical shortage, so that the trained gunners can only hold burning sticks to fight desperately.

After getting this batch of small cannons, I also seem to have a hunch that the time to go out is not far off.