At this time, the practice on the battlefield was artillery battles, and the French army with the M1841 Napoleon Jr. was confident in their firepower, after all, they had the best artillery in the world.

The field gun of the M1841 type was cast in bronze with the following technical parameters:

Caliber: 93 mm

Tube length: 1.52 m (16.3 times diameter)

Gun weight: about 389 kg

Maximum range: about 1500 yards (1371 meters is just a theoretical range.) ）

Ammunition: Can fire solid, explosive, shotnel and grenade shotguns.

Later generations often evaluated its advantages as easy transportation and operation, especially in the American Civil War Club, and said that it achieved Robert Lee with maneuverability and speed.

But in fact, both Robert Lee himself, and other Confederate generals, sneered at this artillery.

In the mid-19th century, military experts were more amazed by its exaggerated rate of fire and accuracy, which gave the French an advantage in artillery battles.

This time, however, they miscalculated, and at a time when the French Napoleonic Six-pounder Field Gun was shining in the colonial war, military observers from various countries recognized the shortcomings and limitations of this artillery.

The intensity and intensity of warfare on the European continent was much higher than in the rest of the world at this time, and the power and range of the six-pounder cannon in the colonies could almost be described as the gods descending to earth.

However, this advantage is not so obvious on the European continent, although the M1841 is still a well-designed gun, but almost all the fortress guns of various countries are 8-pounder, 10-pounder, 12-pounder, or even 24-pounder.

(It was a chaotic time, there was no unified standard, and countries wanted to promote their own, so the caliber of artillery was also varied.) ）

The technology was not enough, and it was the practice at that time to make up the volume, and in the face of these big guys who often cost several tons, or even more than ten tons, little Napoleon was a little powerless.

The Austrian military takes this very seriously, especially when they have money, they are like a bunch of nouveau riche who have never seen the world, and they must spend their money to be happy.

Franz thought that they would most likely start working on the 12-pounder field gun, as the mainstream European countries had done in history, but in the end, the military approved the 15-pounder plan.

As for why it was fifteen pounds, Franz didn't know, most likely just wanted to suppress Britain, France and Russia.

The range, power, and accuracy of this artillery are very good, and the data in all aspects are almost twice that of Napoleon Jr., the main field gun of the French army.

However, the problem is also very big, it is not that the Austrian steel is not up to standard, nor is it that the casting technology is not good, but it is too heavy!

The French M1841 six-pounder bronze field gun only needed two horses to pull around, while the Austrian M1848 fifteen-pounder steel field gun required eight pull-backs, as well as six spare horses.

In addition to this, it required a special supply and loading squad consisting of three wagons, twelve horses, and eight soldiers.

That is, an M1848 fifteen-pounder steel field gun, which required a total of twenty-six horses and sixteen soldiers.

If it weren't for the railroad and canal, Franz would have taken a month just to get these things to the battlefield.

Franz's messengers deliberately stalled for time, in fact, buying time for the preparation of these artillery.

Of course, the effort is worth it.

Almost all French soldiers, including Bono de Coullen, had no doubts about France's world-class artillery.

Although he didn't know whether Franz Joseph was a product of the creation of a god or a genius, he knew from the fact that the latter was preparing for an artillery battle that the other party was either overconfident or a complete fool.

This can be regarded as a little psychological comfort to Bono de Cullen, who is in the dark on the battlefield map, after all, if the other party's commander is an idiot, it will help him a lot.

The commander's relaxed mood was quickly transmitted to the soldiers, as if the Austrian Legion in front of him did not exist.

In fact, compared to the officers, the soldiers were not much nervous, because they could only see a part of the battlefield, and 10,000, 100,000, and 200,000 people seemed to them to be about the same.

A French artilleryman shoved a heavy solid bullet into the chamber and stabbed it hard with the shaft.

"The Austrians are stupid, what can they do at such a distance? When they come into our range, we will greet them fiercely! ”

The artillery colonel, with two moustaches, said as he pulled his beard.

In fact, there are many stereotypes in this era that seem extremely wrong now, one of which is that traditional artillery believes that solid shells can hit farther than flowering shells.

In fact, this had a lot to do with the design of artillery and the level of artillery at that time, and the messy internal structure of the early flowering shells led to uneven weight distribution and poor stability in the air.

At the same time, although the external design is spherical, but in fact, the shape of the flowering bomb is usually irregular, and the bumping fuze technology of this era is not mature, many flowering bombs are really fused on the fuse, so the artillery is called a technical class.

Moreover, in order to prevent the flowering shell from exploding in advance due to excessive pressure in the air, or even directly exploding the chamber, the artillery will deliberately reduce the charge of the propellant when firing the flowering shell.

The combination of the above reasons led to the fact that the flowering shells at this time were not as good as solid shells in range, so this experienced artillery officer asked the soldiers to load solid shells.

The French artillerymen were full of hope that the Austrian artillery would come into their range, and as the defender they could fire one or even several more rounds, which would give them a huge psychological and tactical advantage in the subsequent battle.

"Look what those idiots are doing? Are they building houses? ”

A French artillery staff officer was laughing to tears, and the artillery colonel with a mustache also noticed all this through his binoculars.

"Idiot! That's not building a house, it's an improvised crane! ”

I saw more than a dozen Austrian soldiers struggling to lift the barrel with the help of the crane's pulley group, and then carefully landed on the gun carriage.

More than a dozen people in Austria need to use tools to pull a cannon, while two French stick guys can lift a cannon.

"What a bunch of slackers! You still need a crane to install a cannon."

However, the laughter came to an abrupt end, and the artillery colonel, with his mustache, immediately realized something.

"Damn! Inform General Bono de Coullen! Either attack right away or retreat right away! ”

The staff officer on the side asked with some confusion.

"Shouldn't we teach the Austrians a lesson?"

"Fart! Do you want us to shoot at each other with field artillery and siege artillery? ”

Before the mustachioed colonel could finish his sentence, the roar of the god of war covered it all.