The so-called shotshot is a multi-shot iron pellet that is stuffed into an iron cylinder with a smooth tip, and this cylinder is fired when fired. The difficulty of launching a shotgun is to control the time when the cylinder explodes.

Because the main killing is to rely on the small iron pill inside, but the small iron pill is wrapped inside. How to make the small iron pellet inside break through the iron cylinder when the cannonball is flying in the air is a problem.

Some people have come up with a solution, blow it up! Yes, just blow the cylinder apart. So that the small iron pill can come out.

Bury black powder in the middle of the cannonball in the cylinder and wait until it flies into the air to ignite the black powder. As soon as the black powder explodes, it can bring a lateral impact to the iron pellet, breaking through the iron cylinder. In this way, the iron ball can form a barrage in the air and smash at the opponent.

The question then arises, how do you light the black powder in the middle? Add the fuse, add the fuse to the shell. The high-temperature gas ignites the fuse when fired, and the fuse burns to black powder in mid-air.

As for when the black powder is burned, the length of the fuse must be adjusted. This is where the loaded soldiers are put to the test.

If the fuse is too short, it will explode too early, and the iron pellet will be too open to be lethal. It's too late, and the iron fist can't be dispersed, and it can't be lethal. The loader should adjust the length of the fuse according to the distance of the enemy, so that the projectile spreads out at the highest point.

So don't think that the gunner is just stupid to load the shell.

Of course, there is also a fatal problem with scattershots, the distance will be shortened. After all, the mass of the projectile is small, and the inertia is also small. The effective firing range of solid bullets is more than 1,900 meters, and the scattered bullets are estimated to be only more than 1,000 meters.

It is still better to use flowering bullets, which have the range of solid bullets and the radius of damage of scattered bullets. However, it seems that the technology of flowering bombs is not small, and in the current situation, scatter bombs can still cope with it. There is no need to spend a lot of effort on the development of solid bullets.

But this distance is still a bit short compared to the guns sold by Wayne.

Although Wayne sold an 18-pounder naval gun, which was very backward, it relied on the city walls. The range can still reach more than 2,500 meters, but the accuracy is good.

And Wayne helped them train their personnel and would not tell them about parabola, shooting Zhuyuan and other things. There will be losses in attacking the city, but as long as there is no street fighting, it should not be big.

Wayne looked at the place where the projectile landed, and the dust kicked up was not large, but the scope was still not small. After all, there were more than 80 projectiles inside, wrapped in layers.

The iron curtain of projectiles fired will be a nightmare for the enemy, especially the cavalry who need to charge en masse. In the future, the glorious cavalry charge will be a naked act of giving away heads. The so-called armor will also be a ridiculous ornament. Of course, it's not the same for the Iron Fist Army, armor, cavalry still need it. After all, other armies were still armed with bows and arrows.

After Beson called a halt, he asked Wayne to take Wayne to look at the craters that had been smashed.

The land hit by the shells was, so to speak, devastated and scarred.

These small craters are distributed in the front and dense in the back. At a distance of 200 meters, the killing range is about 50 square meters.

"It's a good thing, it's just a bit expensive. ”

Beson said deliberately.

"So you're going to have to save on it. ”

Wayne didn't get on the set.

"By the way, I'm here this time, that's what you said last time about the ideological work of the army. ”

"According to your instructions, I have set up a political department without stopping. "Soldiers in the New Era" is also a copy for everyone. The soldiers have also improved, and I can clearly feel that their fighting spirit is higher. But I don't understand the role of the Political Department, and I feel that it is the same to make the non-commissioned officers more of the soldiers publicize. ”

"No, no, no, non-commissioned officers play a major role in the military. But if we want to make the army more united, we also need to care about the lives of our soldiers. For example, soldiers are homesick, encounter unfair treatment, and even marry wives, etc., we all need to be concerned. That's where the commissar comes in. Care about the lives of soldiers and work hard to solve them. In this way, soldiers can have a greater sense of belonging. ”

In the past, Beson was only ignorant of the role of the political commissar, but now Wayne summarized it highly and explained Bessen clearly.

"It's a fucking thing. ”

Besson suddenly realized.

"Eh, do you have a list of those retired soldiers? ”

"Of course there is, otherwise how to pay the pension. ”

"Then can you tell me what these soldiers are doing after they retire. ”

"A small number of them teach in schools, there are workshop security workers, and some of them I arrange to do army logistics. Originally, it was proposed that no pensions should be paid, but most of these people were disabled and most of them did not receive much salary. So I'll still pay the pension. ”

"This thing is well done, now the Iron Fist army consumes five thousand gold coins a month, which is not much. Therefore, these things still cannot be saved, and it is not good to make the soldiers feel cold. I now want a roster of soldiers, preferably with their army occupations, careers after retirement, the current situation. ”

"Okay! I've done all the statistics, I'll get them here. ”

Beson was very careful in his work, thinking that this kind of statistical work would not greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army, and it would be cumbersome. But Besson did it anyway. Some people will be a little lazy, thinking about such trivial things, and they have to get by, without the slightest sense of mission and sense of responsibility as a soldier. But Beson is different, as long as he has time, he tries to do it as best as he can. That's something Wayne appreciates. Even if Wayne needed a food ration for the soldiers, Beson could take it out.

This is a qualified general, who can go to the battlefield and do the paperwork.

After taking the roster, Wayne gave a few more instructions and left.

He's going to start the long-awaited plan, military intervention!

Far away in Wasser, Elisa was looking at the trench that had just been filled in, leaving the scars of battle.

Although Wayne sent someone to clean up, it was still obvious that a big battle had just taken place here. Occasionally a strip or two of the flags torn off, the handle of the broken sword ....

The only fortunate thing in this battle was that the five mages were not damaged. But it seems that with artillery, the usefulness of mages has greatly decreased.

The mage's destructive power is not much greater than that of the cannon without the help of the magic scroll, and I don't know if I will go back this time. Will it reduce the number of mages? After all, raising a mage consumes countless resources, special potions, gold coins, and expensive experimental equipment. It's a big burden.

And the artillery is much better, and it costs a thousand gold coins to buy it. Plus cannonballs, gunpowder, etc., no more than one thousand two hundred gold coins. The disadvantage is that it is not suitable for field combat, but Hui Lisa has already sent someone to buy technology from the fourth prince. Although the elves are not good at craftsman's work, they have enough time, and it is a big deal to grind slowly. The goal of Erisha was to reduce the mass of the artillery in order to make it suitable for field combat.

And it's best to attack the city, after all, the next time you go south, the main general is very likely to be her. Although the southbound movement may be extremely low, it is not unintentional. The original Coyle was crazy, otherwise it would have been him. Hui Ri Sa, you have to worry about this. It's a pity that the genius who is always invincible is crazy.