But ammunition was also a factor worth considering when it came to the rate of fire, and at that time in order for a gun to truly become a "rapid-fire" gun recognized by gunners, its ammunition had to be a one-time fixed load. The French 75-mm field gun www.biquge.info used fixed ammunition, thus meeting the ammunition requirements of rapid-fire artillery.

The French 75 gun, with a rate of fire of up to 15 rounds / min and a range: 8,550 meters, was undoubtedly a very advanced artillery of its time, definitely not comparable to those forecourt guns.

As for the cruisers and destroyers that the navy needs to equip, after Li Gang's suggestion and Sun Hao's own consideration, he chose the best all-steel cruisers and destroyers that can be traded.

Sun Hao asked Li Gang to help the main battleship he built and cancel the torpedo launcher. Battleships are loaded with torpedoes, which are completely redundant. Therefore, Sun Hao canceled these for armor.

As for the pre-war observation, Sun Hao felt that it was completely possible to use a manned balloon, which was not only labor-saving, but also very convenient.

After the battleship, cruiser, and destroyer were completed, Sun Hao then thought of the underwater submarine.

When it comes to submarines, whether it was World War I or World War II, the most eye-catching performance was the German U-boat. But Sun Hao thinks that the German submarine has the best record, the ability is Kou, and the comprehensive technology is the United States, but the submarines of these two countries are not as eye-catching as German submarines, because these two countries have aircraft carrier formations.

German submarines mainly sank merchant ships, and very few destroyers and cruisers were sunk by German submarines. Most of the submarines of the United States are to gnaw hard bones, and their main opponent is the battleship, and the only regret is that the torpedo technology of the United States is very imperfect.

However, Sun Hao thought that the submarine technology in this era was very immature, so he gave up the idea of submarines and recruited those R&D technicians to develop submarines in the future.

In order to form a perfect fleet, it is necessary to deploy battleships, cruisers, torpedo boats, minesweepers, minelayers, landing craft, gunboats, patrol boats, supply ships, hospital ships, etc., all of which are indispensable ships for a fleet.

The amount of this transaction has reached 1.26 billion yuan, and it almost squandered all the money that Sun Hao had previously deposited in Li Gang, and Sun Hao had to cut down more timber to sell to Li Gang.

One day, Sun Hao was training his guard battalion when the voice of an elf suddenly appeared in his head.

"Hello boss, Wang Bo wants to trade with you?"

Wang Bo wants to trade again? Do you want to let yourself buy his woman?

"Hello Your Excellency Wang Bo, what do you want to trade?" Sun Hao said with a smile.

"Huh! Your Excellency Sun Hao, after I got the weapon I traded with you some time ago, I not only defeated the Baiqi Country, but also robbed countless beauties, I don't know if you want beautiful women? ”

Since Wang Bo got a batch of weapons traded by Sun Hao, the strength of the army has increased greatly, these weapons are much sharper than the swords of the Wuji Continent, and the Baiqi country killed on the battlefield has collapsed and fallen into a stream, not only robbing countless gold and silver treasures, but also robbing millions of beauties. While Wang Bo was happy, he fantasized about how to sell these beauties to reduce his burden.

Fainted to death, this Wang Bo is addicted to selling women? I really want to buy it, but if I wipe out the experience, how can I upgrade it in the future? It takes 10 billion experience to get to level 2, and 50 billion experience to level 3, so the population is very important and the upgrade is also very important! Sun Hao kept thinking in his heart.

"Your Excellency Wang Bo, I want to buy it, but I don't have weapons to exchange with you, my steel production here is very small, and it is not easy to make knives and axes, so there are no weapons to exchange with you for the time being?"

"What about the grain?"

"There's no food left."

Wang Bo, who was originally very happy, immediately calmed down in his heart, he thought that he could get a lot of weapons again, but he didn't expect that the other party would not have them. But he has to find a way to get more weapons from Sun Hao, he doesn't want beautiful women for the time being, so what will he sell to him?

After a while, a smile leaked on Wang Bo's face, so he immediately said to Sun Hao: "Your Excellency Sun Hao, do you need a war horse here for us?" ”

Steed? After Sun Hao heard it, his eyes lit up immediately, the war horse is what he wants most, and if he wants to conquer more lands in the future, in this era of inconvenient transportation, forming a cavalry is undoubtedly the best choice.

Southeast Asia is very backward in development, and many places do not even have roads. If there were no cavalry, would it be possible to conquer them by walking on two feet? In this era, cavalry undoubtedly existed like tanks, not only was it very mobile, but its combat effectiveness far exceeded that of infantry.

Sun Hao originally wanted to buy war horses from Li Gang, but the horses in the modern horse farms of the earth in later generations are basically horse racing, and it is okay to run races, and the rest are waste, and they are too delicate. In addition, horses are not bought and used, and they cannot be used on the battlefield without training.

Although Sun Hao was very happy in his heart, his face did not change at all, and he definitely couldn't let Wang Bo see that he needed a war horse very much.

"Your Excellency Wang Bo, we have a lot of war horses here, I'm not interested."

"Nope! No! Your Excellency Sun Hao, our war horses here are very docile, not only can pull the cart, but also plough the land, can be a war horse in wartime, and can pull a cart to plough the land during the truce, which is definitely your good helper. Wang Bo tried his best to sell.

"Oh, pull a horse of yours and show me, and I'll buy some if I'm satisfied."

After a while, Wang Bo put the "war horse" in the trader.

When Sun Hao saw the war horse that Wang Bo said in his mouth, he felt completely blinded in his heart, where is this horse? It doesn't look like a horse on earth at all, it looks a bit like a rhinoceros, but it doesn't look so fat, it has a horn about a foot long on the tip of its nose, its body is tubular shaped, its chest is narrow, its back is long, its hind area is slightly narrow but strong, and its hips are slightly longer and muscular. It has a head like a rhinoceros, a body like a horse, and four legs like a horse. Is this the war horse of the Wuji Continent? Sun Hao felt completely deceived.

"Your Excellency Wang Bo, this is the war horse in your mouth? Can this thing be used as a war horse? Can you run? Sun Hao said angrily.

"Your Excellency Sun Hao, don't be angry first, this is our war horse here, first of all, it has a lot of strength, it can carry more than a thousand catties of items to walk like flying, and its speed is very fast, it is not difficult to travel thousands of miles a day, it has good endurance, it is not picky eater, and it is very easy to raise."

After Sun Hao heard it, he carefully checked this animal called horned cow, the average height is about 2.2 meters, the tail length is about 3.8 meters, the adult weight is about 2600 catties to 2900 catties, and there are more than 3000 catties, but the number is very small, and the average life span is about 30 to 35 years.

The horned ox has great strength, good endurance, and a docile personality, and runs at an average speed of about 38 to 40 kilometers per hour. When the outbreak can run to about 800 meters per minute, it can erupt for about 30 minutes, and it is not advisable to run too long at a rapid pace.