The firearms drill was very long and boring, and it was not at all as "passionate" as the cavalry charge, that is, the cannon was fired, the small cannon was fired, the fire bolt was fired, and the crossbow arrow was cast in turn, and then loaded, cast, and reloaded as orderly as possible, so that the cycle continued.

Guo Kang's only requirement for them is to be as stable as possible.

He imitated the "cheats" in his father's hand, and divided the process of loading, aiming and shooting various firearms into the most basic action moves. In order to prevent the soldier's lack of education, or his own expression is not clear, he also deliberately learned the appearance in the cheats and drew all the moves.

In normal times, he took his soldiers and practiced these movements every day as if he were doing exercises, facing models of artillery and muskets. Until everyone can make it with their eyes closed, it won't stop.

Among them, the artillery tricks are the most complicated. Guo Kang found many skilled gunners and officers, modified and tested them many times, and finally settled on twenty-eight basic movements. The crowd also gave it a nickname, called "Guo's Twenty-Eight Styles of Earthquake Heaven".

Guo Kang doesn't ask how fast they are. After all, firearms in these years are so slow, no matter how much time you grab, it won't be much faster. Instead of chasing those few breaths, try to get all the movements in place first.

He even really found a hydraulic clock that could play drums regularly, moved it to the venue, and stared at everyone according to the rhythm.

This kind of mechanical clock-like action is quite boring in Li Xuanying's opinion. Soon he couldn't stay any longer, and ran to lie down on the haystack next to him, unwilling to move.

Guo Kang took a pen and counted while recording. found that Li Xuanying slipped away directly, so he had to get up and try to pull him back.

"What are you looking for me for?" Li Xuanying complained a little about this: "Wouldn't it be okay for you to watch them practice repetitive movements there." This kind of basic skills, I still have to watch it? ”

"It's not a time to practice basic skills during this time." Guo Kang pointed out: "I have already started to practice distance calculation and position adjustment. ”

"I think it's all the same?" Li Xuanying obviously didn't believe it.

"The hit rate is much higher than before, can't you see it?" Guo Kang was a little surprised.

He flipped through his notebook and read: "Three months ago, all the artillery groups here fired a salvo and could fire a total of 36 shells in an hour, which averaged 1.89 rounds for the area occupied by a common 500-man formation. This month, all the old guns were replaced, and the gun carriage was also changed, and it is now able to fire an average of 41 salvos in an hour, hitting 2.93 rounds. ”

"The main problem is that the cannon is not working, the reloading is too slow, and there is a problem with this batch of barrels, the observation post said that the ballistic curve does not match the projection, and the end drop is very abrupt. I've adjusted the shooting meter and expect to be able to raise my hit expectations to more than 3.73 shots this time. Of course, if you want to get the actual blocking effect, you need to try to ......"

"Okay, okay, don't read it." Li Xuanying hurriedly stopped him: "I heard that my head was too big." Your war is like doing arithmetic, and I can't help if I think about it......"

"Why can't you help?" Guo Kang flipped the note to another page: "The regular marching speed of the infantry on the battlefield, the regular marching speed of the cavalry on the battlefield, the speed of the charge, the time to cross the trenches." The ability of different artillery trucks to move, including the plains and mud fields common in Eastern Europe, the mountainous areas of Asia Minor, the sandy terrain that may be encountered......"

He saw that Li Xuanying was about to faint again, so he had to end the topic: "In short, these are all tested with the help of Tuohuan before, and now that he is very busy, it will be your turn." ”

"Then you can call me when you really need my help." Li Xuanying began to bargain: "You have someone to watch, and you have motivation, but I don't." I practiced with the little county master for a long time just now, and I was tired to death, let me rest for a while. ”

"Who looks at me, what do you look at me? I don't squirt shells in my mouth. Guo Kang disagreed: "Look at the cannon." ”

"Hey, you still don't understand." Li Xuanying shook his head and said, "Zhu Dajia really likes these iron guys, but the princess doesn't understand artillery." You've been pretending to here for most of the day, and I can't stand it, so why do you think she can watch it? I don't think she's really here to see the guns. ”

"Uh......"

"Alright, I'll rest for a while." Li Xuanying continued to lie down and ignored him.

Guo Kang had to complete the daily shelling test by himself, and only when he began to move did he call him up. The crowd marched slowly in a formation with carts on both sides and gun wagons in the middle.

This time, they also brought two more trench bridges with their team, which were big carts for building bridges. Because the so-called "plain" terrain is actually not flat at all, it is normal to encounter all kinds of pits and ditches on the battlefield in the field.

During the last exercise, Guo Kang misestimated a natural soil slope, causing a long cannon to go directly into the ditch, and it took several cows to pull it out afterwards.

In this case, the infantry cavalry could walk directly over, but the artillery carriage was very troublesome. Sometimes you can go around it, but sometimes it's too much time waste, and it's better to build a bridge over the ditch.

The load capacity, span, and maneuverability of the trench bridge itself must of course be calculated. Guo Kang made preparations in advance, but the scene was still busy.

Guo Kang does not have a permanent staff now, and basically has to calculate everything himself. After finally sending the gun carriage to its destination and firing at the target in time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt that he was more tired than Li Xuanying.

He sent someone to inform the tower that the drill was over and everyone could come down.

Theodora saw that he was a little tired, but before he could comfort him a few words, Zhu Wenkui also took out a notebook out of nowhere, walked over by himself, and didn't even say hello when he met, and began to talk to Guo Kang about the data.

Theodora was a little dissatisfied, but both of them were thinking about cannons, and they didn't have time to care about her for the time being.

Zhu Wenkui questioned Guo Kang's artillery matching, thinking that the cannon and the small cannon should not be allowed to march together, which would drag down the speed too much.

Guo Kang believes that it is more reasonable to match firearms with different ranges and sizes, but Zhu Wenkui believes that weapons that cannot be brought to the battlefield are equivalent to non-existent. Field warfare is not a siege, and instead of using a heavy artillery with a range of three miles and an hour of action, it is better to bring a light artillery with a range of one mile and take twenty minutes to act, and then push it in front of the enemy.

As for the heavy artillery, there is no need to think about letting it go too fast, just leave it behind and scare each other with the enemy. Zhu Wenkui believes that this kind of weapon mainly plays a psychological role, and in field battles, the actual lethality is very limited, and it is basically a matter of luck.

Its main effect is to instill in the soldier the idea that "we can fight back" - because being beaten and not being able to fight back is a very demoralizing situation, even if it does not cause many casualties. In addition, there is no need to think too much, because according to calculations, the lethality of heavy artillery is far inferior to that of front-line light artillery in the whole battle.

Guo Kang could not accept this, believing that his algorithm was problematic, did not consider the impact of position on the performance of artillery, and underestimated the real lethality effect of heavy artillery.

The two of them then began to recalculate on the spot, so that Theodora could not interject at all.

To make matters worse, Jeanne was riding a pig and didn't know where to come back.

She said that she had just found a high place and had been watching the drill here. Although she hadn't calculated it before, she seemed to have a good understanding, and she could summarize Guo Kang's intentions and estimate the approximate result. So, she also smoothly joined the discussion directly.

To make it easier to describe, she pushed Theodora aside and began to draw a schematic diagram on the ground.

Theodora tried to join in, but Jeanne thought she was in the way, saying that Nurhachi knew more artillery than she did, and told her to stay on the sidelines. In this way, success squeezed her away.

Theodora was angry, but she really didn't understand that. And Guo Kang is really busy now, and he doesn't even have time to talk to her. Forcibly interrupting him at this time may make everyone unhappy.

At this time, Li Xuanying yawned and passed by.

Theodora turned around and saw that everyone was busy, even Captain Jeska and Brother Zeric were climbing up and down the chariot and repairing their equipment.

The more Theodora looked at it, the more angry he became, so he turned around and reprimanded Li Xuanying.

(End of chapter)