The artillery of the Chu State was already a rear-loading gun - and a well-sealed rear-loading gun with a threaded bolt.

The birth of front-loading guns and rear-loading guns in history is basically the same period, but until the 18th century, rear-loading guns have a fatal weakness - vegetables!

Its power is much smaller than that of front-loading guns of the same caliber, so it is not favored.

The reason is simple - air leakage.

As long as the arquebus hole is left for the front-loading gun, the other parts are completely integrated, and there is no airtightness problem, until the Napoleonic period, the army is mainly front-loading arquebus.

During the battle, the gunpowder, filler, and shell body are "slammed" into the barrel in turn, and then the iron stick is pierced through the arquebus hole at the end of the barrel - the corresponding internal gunpowder part, and then the ignition is inserted.

After a shelling, a cannon brush is used to quickly clean up the remnants of the cannon barrel.

However, when all kinds of airtight bolts appeared, the rear-loading guns began to gradually occupy the mainstream......

Even when the bolt is sealed, it requires a lot of manual operation, but it is faster than "scolding" gunpowder and shells from the front, and because it can be opened from the back, it is also faster to clean, and the rate of fire is at least half higher than that of the front.

Even if Chu Guo missed some "excellence" because of jumping technology, and ...... The preparation of gunpowder is relatively weak, after all, there is no recipe for high-explosive gunpowder on the Internet.

But now the rear-loading arquebus of the Chu State can also fully reach the level of the front-loading cannon of the Napoleonic period (four-tone).

It's a pity that the artillery of Chu has not yet entered the era of firing - the flintlock cannon is barely okay, after all, whether it is the flintlock mechanism or the gun latch, there is no cross-era technology, what is lacking is only creativity, and ...... It's just a structure.

However, the flintlock cannon has limited advantages over the arquebus, because the flintlock hole of the gun is much larger than that of the musket, and there is no need to pursue the flintlock.

And to enter the firing stage, you need to be able to ignite the "thunder mercury", as for how to refine and make thunder mercury, the white picture is really not very clear, after all, the information of the hard disk is legally searched on the Internet, at most there are some principle explanations, will not really teach you how to make ignition thunder mercury step by step.

In this regard, Bai Tu only pointed out the general direction, hoping that Yu Ji could use his "drawing symbol" to discover the way of making thunder mercury.

At the same time, in terms of shells, Chu artillery is still divided into cannons, that is, gunpowder and shells are separated.

This makes the artillery in front of him seem to be not very simple to operate, but fortunately, it is already rear-loading - otherwise the way of slowly poking with a small stick feels too primitive.

In fact, in general, the state of Chu lagged behind other industries in terms of ordnance.

Compared with the steam armored ship, the rear-loading gun appeared more than half a century earlier, and the trains of the same Chu State now only lack real gas power, and they are not in a hurry to lay the rails.

If you look at it a few years later, as long as the source of true qi power is solved, the state of Chu is actually ahead of the armament in many aspects.

After all, it is enough to crush the opponent, and Bai Tu does not want to focus too much on armaments, and other aspects are ahead of armaments, which is actually conducive to the security of mankind.

In the face of Gao Shun's charge, the timing and movement of Xu Shu's first round of shelling greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.

When there were still a thousand meters to go, the first salvo was already fired, and the range was as long as the full-string shot of the True Qi Crossbow.

It is also ten cannons, and the degree of mutilation of Gao Shun's cavalry, you can see by visual inspection that the casualties are significantly higher than the results of the previous Bai Gong cannon!

And the huge sound made Gao Shun slightly stunned, and the war horses had some "malfunctions", which was the inherent weakness of the war horses, which could not be made up by Gao Shun's command.

Then......

The interval is about the same as that of the Baigong cannon, and Xu Shu is ready for the second shelling - after all, cleaning in the cannon is still inevitable, and even because of the inferior quality of gunpowder, there are more residues, but it is more convenient to clean the rear-loading gun, but it is impossible to fire in bursts.

Although the artillery is very "bulky" compared with ordinary infantry, compared with the catapult, it is simply a small clever ghost, the volume and height are far smaller than the catapult, and one person can push it in a small area, after adding the turntable structure, it is not easy for the cavalry to go around the flanks!

Quickly re-aligned with Gao Shun's test cavalry, but by this time Gao Shun had also circled the test ground, and the ground was even more uneven and muddy.

Originally, I thought that these different ground settings were to restrain the cavalry, otherwise there would be some bullies, but now Gao Shun understands...... In fact, it is the right to limit this strange iron cannon!

Although it was between lightning and flint just now, Gao Shun saw it very clearly, these solid iron cannons can also bounce up and cause damage after landing, after each cannonball bounces three or four times, it is still fatal to Ji Zao soldiers, and ordinary Ji Zao soldiers are torn apart entirely, and they only slightly reduce the speed of the cannonball, so the damage will be so great!

From hitting the first row to penetrating the thousand-man array, this shell has always been lethal......

Gao Shun was behind the array, and saw an iron bullet, which bounced up slightly from the remaining strength around him, so he bent down and fished it out......

Tut!

Gao Shun grinned - it doesn't look like it's fast, but it's still a little shocking!

If it is in front of the battle, and the speed is not consumed, it is hit head-on, and I am afraid that ordinary gilded generals will also be deflated.

As for gilt below?

I'm afraid that only by loading plate armor can there be a chance of being seriously injured and not dying, provided that it is not bombarded head-on, and there is a chance to unload the force, and ordinary Ji Zao soldiers, even if they are wearing plate armor, can only consume more of their speed......

Just like the ordinary Ji cavalry simulated now, the thousand-person array was directly penetrated by the cannonballs, and the cannonballs could also shock the Jinyu generals!

No wonder the plate armor is not distressed at all when it is sold - they are generals, but many people are distressed!

In order to limit this iron bullet, Gao Shun commanded the cavalry to take the initiative to bypass the ground of the pothole, at least so that the cannonball could not bounce effectively, and if the fist-sized iron bullet rolled, the impact would be far smaller than that of a huge stone bullet, and Xu Shu had long noticed this, and when he commanded the reloading, he also ordered to load more gunpowder than last time.

While quickly turning the gun, the gunner was ordered to raise the gun's head at an angle, followed by another volley!

With a loud bang......

If it was a bouncy ball that was stained to death and injured before, then this time it is a bowling ball that fell from a high altitude!

Previously, it was a near-flat ricocheting projectile, but this time it was a high-altitude straight projectile - this required the commander and the executing artillery to have enough judgment to determine the amount of gunpowder and the angle of launch.

I saw that within the range of the cutting angle, counting the impact of the "bowling pins" themselves, each shell could still cause twenty or thirty people to fall to the ground......

In terms of direct power, it is more than ricochet, and Gao Shun, a Jinyu general who is not good at direct combat, is afraid of being afraid of it and dangerous - of course, it is still easy to dodge, after all, the intuition of a martial artist, but the momentum of a sword-light and sword-level direct projectile falling from the sky, even in a brawl, is very conspicuous to a martial artist.

However, Gao Shun was also secretly encouraged, not only ignoring the signs of defeat, but even forcibly commanding the cavalry to disperse and continue to advance.

With the rate of fire of the artillery, there was only a chance of the last shot, and before the enemy shelled, the cavalry was able to get close to within two hundred meters......

Gao Shun can also see that the shells of this iron cannon not only have a long range, but also have a long killing distance, but as long as the formation is sparse, the damage caused by the iron ball at short range may not be greater.

It's just that Xu Shu also commanded the artillery at this time, and loaded another shotgun with small projectiles wrapped in aluminum foil......