Before the grass target.

Hundreds of people lined up for battle, three rows in front and back.

Just after a volley of muskets, the thirty-three soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in the first platoon had already completed firing at the target.

Smoke, grass clippings flying.

At the sound of the instructor's order, the sergeant in the second row stepped forward, and the muzzle of the gun in his hand, which was originally facing the sky, instantly turned into an aiming posture.

And the first platoon, which had completed the order to shoot, bowed and retreated, quickly returning to the end of the platoon, again forming a line of three columns.

The soldiers who originally belonged to the third column instantly became the second column, and in the familiar exercise, they also completed the tactical action of stuffing the bullet bag and pointing their guns at the sky.

Bang Bang Bang!

Another volley was heard, and the soldiers in the front row also completed their shooting tasks, and the grass target, which had just stopped shaking for a long time, swayed violently again.

Then a second column stepped forward, and the first column retreated to become a new third column, and so on, and so on.

At the beginning, Zhang Qi also thought about whether to conduct a multi-stage shooting exercise.

In his opinion, the Liao army, armed with firearms, had completed the transformation of its fighting form, and they were almost invincible compared to any other army of the era.

However, considering that the shooting distance of the smoothbore gun is only 30 paces, and even if you want to shoot accurately, you have to stretch the distance to less than 10 paces, he still incorporated multi-stage shooting into the daily practice of musketeers.

First battle.

Loud noises will throw enemy troops into confusion, that's for sure.

So if that's the case, then simply make their mess even more thorough.

In the midst of the successive gunshots, Zhang Qi did not think that the Han army would have an extremely tenacious will.

If there is!

Then the artillery will open the way!

In the barracks of the Tiger Army.

More than 300 phalanxes of 100 people were engaged in musket shooting drills.

——

It's noon.

In his office, Zhang finished his lunch, a simple portion of roasted sea cucumber with green onions, accompanied by a glass of juice, and he ate a round belly.

Just about to call someone to come in and clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Bai Xinghuo hurriedly pushed the door in from outside the office.

"Your Majesty."

"What?"

"The Tiger Squat Army sent a test gun approval!"

"Test guns? What cannon? ”

"Show me it."

He was extremely curious, he didn't remember what new artillery technology he had explained, why did the Tiger Squat Army test the artillery?

Shirahoshi handed over the document in his hand.

Zhang Qi opened it, and his eyes suddenly became serious.

"Prepare the car, go to the Tiger Squat Army!"

"No!"

Zhang Qi walked out of the office, and in a few breaths, the entire indoor shadow guards disappeared into the office, and they were closed, leaving only the freshly eaten dishes on the table still there.

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In the chariot, Zhang Qi was now extremely curious and serious, he stared at the document sent by the Tiger Squat Army, on which there was a sketch of a cannon with a style that he was very familiar with.

Mortar!

Yes, it's mortars.

Although the style of the shell is a ball with a long handle, this is also in line with the style of a mortar shell, because it has a tail at the end of the handle.

Coupled with the gun body, bracket, and the appearance of standing on the ground, all of this is in line with the style of the mortar in Zhang Qi's impression.

"I forgot about it, but."

Zhang Qi looked out the window with some complicated eyes, and his thoughts wandered for a while.

If you want to say that the cannon is the easiest to make.

There is not a single problem with the first place in the mortar platoon.

A barrel plus ammunition can be used as a good weapon.

You must know that the production of mortars is so simple, even in the darkest period of the history of Chinese civilization in later generations, it can produce as many as 10,000 guns a year in an environment with almost no industrial base.

This alone is enough to show that it is easy to use and convenient.

A regular mortar has a total of three components, the barrel, the bracket, and the base, even in the modern era of extremely mature industrial technology, the mortar is only equipped with a sight for accurate aiming.

Tiger squatting in the army camp.

Tests of new artillery equipment are also underway here.

This new artillery tool was named the Tiger Squat Cannon by those student sappers.

For safety, the generals of the Tiger Squat Army also sent a team of more than 50 gunners to help.

As soon as the approval documents for the test gun arrive, the Tiger Squat Cannon can start the test firing.

This Tiger Squat Cannon was not invented by the Emperor they admired, and the new artillery was completely made by the student engineers who served in the Tiger Squat Army for data collection and improvement.

"Abbe, can it really be done, I'm shaking a lot now."

In front of a pair of tiger squatting soldiers, two slightly younger, darker-skinned youths were making the final adjustments.

The man known as Abbe was noticeably much calmer.

He lifted the frame of his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said calmly.

"I've calculated, no problem, the steel pipes are the strongest, and the energy released by the tail medicine pack has also been calculated, there will be no problem!"

'No problem. ’

Abbe comforted himself again.

At this moment, he was actually very nervous, the appearance of the Tiger Squat Cannon was completely his inspiration, and a few months after the establishment of the Tiger Squat Army, he was assigned here from the academy.

This is related to the fact that his knowledge of physics and mathematics in the university is ranked in the top ten all year round, but his grades in other subjects are not very good.

He has served in the Tiger Squat Army for almost a year and a half, and he has occasionally taken a break from hunting and found that if the trajectory of the cannon can be projectile like a bow and arrow, it will be better to advance on the battlefield.

As an energetic young man, Abbe thought of it and started to do it.

In the beginning, he calculated the cannon fire on the manuscript paper, which was not difficult for him, because his main job on weekdays was to collect data on the cannon.

After several nights of calculations, he found that the existing artillery firing system simply could not do the firing pattern he had in mind.

The cartridge is loaded with a large amount, and the shell must be fired directly after it is fired.

The packs are small, and although the shells will have a noticeable drop arc after some distance after flying out, the power is almost none.

So he came to the conclusion that unless the shells of the cannon exploded one more time after falling, it was useless at all!

"That's right! It's one more explosion! ”

"Change the shell!"

A flash of inspiration crossed Abe's mind, and he had found the right direction!

Looking at the piles of manuscript paper on the table, he pulled his classmates and close friend Rohr, who had been transferred to serve in the army with him, into his own research.

Although he didn't know what he was going to do, Rohr did his best to help.

Over and over again, I helped Abbe with data extrapolation.

Finally, today, after a winter in the past, the cannon they commissioned was successfully built.

With the ammunition they had hand-rubbed themselves, they had submitted their application for a test gun a day earlier.

After the discussion of the generals of the Tiger Squat Army, this document was sent to Zhang Qi's hands.

(End of chapter)