The design of the Eagle 001 Field Gun is based on the British Armstrong gun of the late 19th century, but the caliber is only 64 mm due to the limitations of craftsmanship.

When it comes to the Armstrong gun, many people may not have any impression, it is not as influential as the famous Krupp gun in China, and it is not as famous as the "Armstrong Gyro Acceleration Jet Cannon" in a certain day.

The German-made Krupp gun, which was heavily equipped by the Beiyang Army, can be said to be the ancestor of Debui, and it will always be a god in the late Qing Dynasty.

But in fact, the Armstrong cannon and it were also a moment of brightness, and even Li Hongzhang actually wanted the Armstrong cannon more back then, but unfortunately it was delayed by the Qing court, which led to the situation that Hurd said, "the Krupp cannon has no ammunition, and the Armstrong has ammunition but no ammunition".

When you mention a name, you will understand it more and more.

That's the Yoshino.

Chinese who know a little about the history of the Sino-Japanese Naval War will certainly not be unfamiliar with this name, which is an unforgettable and painful memory of a generation, and the scene of the "Zhiyuan" launching a suicidal charge against the "Yoshino" will never be forgotten by the world.

At the same time, when discussing the reason why the Yoshino was able to defeat the larger tonnage of the Dingyuan, in addition to the reason for its faster speed, it is often mentioned that although the caliber of the "Yoshino" is not as good as that of the "Dingyuan", the rate of fire is faster and the firing range is longer.

At that time, the naval guns on the "Yoshino" were British-made Armstrong guns, while the naval guns on the "Dingyuan" were German-made Krupp guns.

This was the first direct battle between the two cannons, which had been entangled for half a century, after the technology of the withdrawn cannon gradually matured, so the naval battle between China and Japan also attracted many Western warships to watch and test the performance of the two weapons.

It turned out that the Armstrong cannon had a terrifying rate of fire of up to 7 rounds per minute and a range of more than 8,000 meters, which was at that point in time to suppress the old Krupp gun.

The Eagle 001 Field Gun is made of SKD61 steel, so it is better than the Armstrong gun of the 1890s in terms of barrel performance.

However, because the gun bolt used is essentially a professional and incomplete counterpart [high-quality craftsmanship infinite Yasted type standard cylinder], the caliber is restricted, and the firing range is far from the level of 30 years later.

However, the [high-quality craftsmanship of the infinite Yashide type standard cylinder] is a later generation of technology after all, and it also has its own advantages, that is, the stability is excellent, and the ballistic deviation is very small after continuous shooting.

After the standardized training of artillery, especially the improvement of the geometric and mathematical ability of individual soldiers, most of the artillery groups in the Ming Dynasty can now complete 9 shells per minute, and the trajectory and landing point remain basically unchanged.

On the contrary, the Oregon National Guard's [M1857 12-pounder field gun], although the caliber is as high as 121 mm, almost twice that of the [Eagle 001 field gun], and the number of cannons is 4 times, there are huge shortcomings.

With a rate of fire of only 2-4 rounds per minute and a range of only 1,500 km, in order to fight farther, it was necessary to abandon the blasting shell in favor of solid ammunition......

All in all, it was an asymmetrical shelling.

In the artillery company of the Ming Dynasty, there was a veteran standing silently on the edge of the [Improved Red Cannon], watching the [Eagle 001] shoot at the enemy's Napoleonic cannon.

He has a gray beard and sideburns, and looks to be at least 50 years old.

Of course, because people in this era generally age quickly, this middle-aged man named Bao Tie'an is actually only 46 years old.

But this is also considered an advanced age in the Ming army sequence.

The reason why he was recruited into the army and became an artilleryman with a higher salary than ordinary soldiers was because Bao Tie'an had been fighting all his life and was a rare practical talent in the Ming Dynasty.

Although he doesn't know any mathematics, let alone trigonometric functions, in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to say that you know how to use the red-clothed cannon best, I'm afraid no one can say that you are better than Bao Tie'an.

That's right, this veteran was born as an artillery soldier in the Green Battalion, and 22 years ago, he also followed Chen Huacheng, the governor of Jiangnan, to fight the British invaders on the Wusong Fort.

In that battle, the British attacked the Wusong fortress with more than 100 large and small ships and more than 10,000 army troops.

However, the British powerful naval artillery soon destroyed the shore artillery positions of the Wusong fortress, and then swarmed to land.

Not only did the Qing army have to use guns and shotguns to shoot at the British's foreign guns, but they were also far fewer in number than the enemy, and their tactics were far inferior.

General Chen Lao swore not to retreat, was hit by seven bullets in his body, and died together with Wei Yinfu and others, the garrison of the middle battalion.

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Listening to the rumbling cannon sound in his ears, Bao Tie'an gently stroked the red-clothed cannon with a cold barrel, and was in a trance for a while, as if dreaming back to the noon when the artillery was flying 22 years ago, and the panicked shouts of the robes sounded in his ears, and the helpless and tragic roar of the old general.

However, today's offensive and defensive trends are also different!

It was the Daming, and it was the artillery of the Chinese that suppressed the enemy's artillery to the death.

Under the roar of [Eagle 001], the enemy's artillery array collapsed, just like its own back then.

It turns out that those Europa, like us, can be torn apart with a single shot, and there are no bones left!

"General Chen, did you see that? Our cannon ...... I can hit the devil! I can hit the devil! This time...... This time, it's the foreign devils' cannons! ”

Two cloudy tears slipped down Bao Tie'an's old cheeks and dripped on the swarthy cannon body.

Bao Tie'an patted the red-clothed cannon beside him, and whispered with tears in his laughter: "Old man, after crossing the river in a while, we have to fight for breath and kill a few more foreign devils, and in the future, old bones like us will be less and less useful!" ”

Watching the young artillerymen skillfully calculate the angle of the shelling with measuring tools, and then the re-entry rapid-fire cannon showed powerful fire coverage,

Bao Tie'an knows very well that he is the same as the refurbished red-clothed cannon at hand, after all, he is an old pawn of the last era, and the future of Huaxia belongs to these amazing young people.

And I should probably go to a cultural advanced class after I am discharged from the army, and for the rest of my life, I will record the stories in the Songjiang Fortress and the stories of the future Ming Dynasty, so that future generations will not forget all this.

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The shelling lasted twenty minutes.

The Oregon National Guard's artillery was destroyed and suffered heavy attrition.

This is because a [M1857 12-pounder field gun] needs to be supported by many auxiliary personnel in addition to the gunner.

Compared with the [Eagle 001] with advanced retracting gun mounts, all types of Napoleonic guns have another fatal flaw, that is, they only have a simple pitching device and no direction adjustment device.

When it was necessary to change the direction of fire, it was solved only by moving the gun mount.

This is definitely not an easy job for a gun weighing nearly half a ton, so the artillerymen often ask the officers of the infantry team they assist to send some men to help them with such hard work as moving the gun mount to change the direction of fire and pushing the gun back into place.

And this time, except for a few of these infantry helpers who decisively sold their teammates when they saw the bad opportunity, they were all turned into corpses in the shrapnel opened by the ammonium nitrate explosives.