Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 470 Times have changed
Bang——Puff la la la——

Accompanied by the sound of a cannon, there was a crashing sound that seemed very scattered compared to the shattering of the cannonballs and their falling to the ground.

I saw small iron beads with a diameter of half an inch, "squirting" out of the barrel.

In terms of feet and inches, I finally chose three feet to one meter, and ten inches to one foot, instead of continuing to choose the decimal system between feet and meters. After all, the concept of feet is more deeply rooted.

The range of the cannon's "shotgun" is far inferior to that of solid bullets, but after the fine shotgun is sprayed out, it will directly smash the enemy a hundred meters in front of you into a sieve.

Also under elastic force, shotgun shells can also exert a "splashing" effect, increasing the impact area...

I saw the cavalry commanded by Gao Shun being severely skinned before approaching the "safety line"!
If it were under the command of a normal general, even if there were five men in command and all the grassroots generals were present, the formation would definitely be completely defeated by now. Only Gao Shun's restraint ability could force micro-control and stop the chaos. After three shellings, the experimental cavalry was reduced in number. More than halfway, it also greatly improved Gao Shun's micro-management...

Under Gao Shun's forcible control, the experimental cavalry entered the safe area in a steady manner, and this round of experiments came to an end!

Bai Tu said at this time: "Actually, there is another kind of cannonball. Zhongda was too decisive just now and didn't give Yuan Zhi a chance to use it. Let him try it in vain." With that, Bai Tu asked the messenger to send the order to Xu Shu.

Then I saw Xu Shu demonstrate again in the open air. They were also small projectiles, but this time they were in thin iron barrels as big as cannonballs. When launched, the elevation angle was larger than that of shotgun shells.

Also known as "grape bombs."

Compared with shotgun shells, grapeshot shells remain as a whole when they are shot out of the barrel. They will disperse after shooting for a certain distance or even after hitting the target.

Therefore, although the range is closer than that of solid bullets, it is much further than that of shotgun shells. However, the attack range is also much smaller than that of shotgun shells, and its properties are in between.

However, Gao Shun charged without hesitation before, and there was no sign of the troops being defeated and lingering under strong restraint, so the grape bombs of this medium-range attack were not used...

As for high-explosive bombs, or explosive bombs, the Ministry of Industry has been trying them before. Unfortunately, the difficulty of twisting has not been solved, the stability is too poor, and the current cost-effectiveness is not high.

The traditional "flowering bullets" in history were actually born around the same time as the solid bullets. Not only the West, but also the Ming Dynasty in the East also had flowering bullets.

However, the principle of this type of primitive blooming ammunition is to insert a fuse in front of the cannonball. After loading, the fuse of the cannonball is ignited from the muzzle, and then the gunpowder to launch the shell is ignited from the back...

Once the timing is not mastered properly, it will either not explode or explode. This kind of blooming ammunition can now be produced by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, but the explosion rate is as high as 1%.

Don't underestimate 1%. For an individual, no one will do something with a 1% casualty rate all the time. However, artillery fires artillery shells not once or twice, but must be done continuously.

An explosion rate of up to 1% is enough to demoralize the artillerymen, and even the firing of ordinary artillery shells will be affected.

Historically, neither the Ming Dynasty nor the West relied heavily on traditional explosive shells. It was not until the advent of the wooden tube fuse, a delayed fuse that could be ignited by the heat of the cannonball launch, that high-explosive shells returned to the favor of the great powers. came into view and quickly became mainstream.

However, the advanced armor-piercing bullets of solid bullets have never been out of date. After all, even if they are weaker in killing soldiers, their damage to fortifications and armor is irreplaceable.

During World War II, the Chinese army suffered from the disadvantage of having more explosive bullets and less armor-piercing bullets. As a result, they looked at the wall and sighed. They were obviously the party being invaded, but they could only demolish the city wall.

The reason why high-explosive bombs became so popular was not to kill infantry, but because at that time some powers had not fully replaced their armored ships and had a large number of wooden warships.

Solid bullets are enough to penetrate a wooden warship, but in a naval battle, the sealed cabin at the bottom of the ship must be destroyed to completely sink the opponent. Otherwise, even if the upper cabin is partially worn out and the deck is smashed through, as long as the sealed cabin is not If there is water, there will be a chance to regroup and fight again.

If you use a solid bullet to hit the part under the sea surface, it will be blocked by the sea water and the effect will be ineffective. Only if it hits a position just above the waterline and low enough at the same time, it will be considered a "critical hit".

Since high-explosive bombs can explode after landing on the deck, they may damage the sealed cabin below, and they immediately become a weapon for harvesting wooden warships.

That was also the only stage where high-explosive bombs completely outperformed armor-piercing bombs. Soon all countries discovered this and replaced armored ships one after another.

As for the armored ship's direct bombardment, with the firepower of high-explosive bombs at that time, it seemed to be out of step, and it was more aimed at sailors.

So everyone changed back to the situation of firing solid bullets, that is, armor-piercing bullets at each other. Until later, with the advent of torpedoes, the cunning operation of directly attacking the underwater part appeared, and it occupied half of the naval battle...

Baitu probably knows the principle of delayed twist induction, but he doesn't know what material or what it is, so he just provided ideas to the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry is still in continuous experimentation.

It can also be seen at this time that Chu's technology is still far behind the leading powers in the 18th century - not only does it have shortcomings in many aspects, but also... its understanding of, or mastery of, various material properties. Information" is far inferior to the era when steamships went to sea one after another.

After all, one has accumulated talents in various fields over time, and the other is relying on hard drives to constantly jump into technology...

Especially now, Pang Tong's energy is still on the Qi machine. Yu Ji is doing the work of delaying twist induction and gunpowder improvement, so the efficiency will be lower.

Yu Ji's strategic "drawing talisman" can be extracted, and "alchemy" can efficiently perform chemical reactions and analyze the properties of substances, so he does have unique advantages in this regard.

But... compared with Pang Tong, even if they are both SSR, the difference between T5 and T0 is still there!
Yu Ji also thought about it, jumping out of the perspective of delaying the twist, for example, he could use the real qi sensitive substance to detonate it with real qi in the future.

For this reason, I went to discuss it with Huang Yueying, who was in charge of Zhenqi weapons, but the result... was directly denied by Huang Yueying.

Detonate it with real energy?
It is indeed very convenient, but the problem is that as soon as the opposing warrior's energy is swept away, the shell will explode halfway!

Therefore, at present, flowering ammunition is not actually used in the Ministry of Industry. The artillery of Chu State is also a black, long and straight "mountain cannon" suitable for movement, and the heavy short, thick and large "mortar cannon" is also not put into use.

Seeing the performance of the artillery, except for Lu Bu, who had seen it before and even reached out to take it, the other generals were surprised and showed complicated expressions of excitement and uneasiness.

Naturally, I was excited because I thought that the Chu State had this weapon, and if it was later equipped to the army... plate armor?What plate armor?
What makes me uneasy is also the thought that Chu State has such a weapon...

What they worry about is not that the artillery will hurt them, but... will the artillery change the tactical environment too violently, making the familiar battlefield become unfamiliar?

The loud noises seemed like the sound of the shackles of the times breaking...

Can what I have learned before really support future battles?
Fortunately, the Baigong Cannon was also effective before, so it is not that no one has thought of using the catapult for normal combat. Therefore, although these artillery have already surpassed the catapult in all aspects, they still have an adaptation in advance!

As for the direct threat from artillery, among everyone present, except for a few people who were not military generals, it was nothing to others.

Even in a chaotic army, it is easy to dodge, much less threatening than the cold arrows shot by experts, even... as a general of gold and jade, it is just "uncomfortable" to take one or two solid bullets hard, and Lu Bu, Sun Ce and other transcendent generals, in the state of supernatural power, can completely meet with their faces!

After everyone asked questions, Lu Bu also made a special explanation: "I have tried it before. Artillery, like other weapons, has very little effect on the state of divine power."

Whether it is Lv Bu's "Ghosts" or Zhao Yun's "Dragon Dan", the supernatural state of supernatural generals will be further immune to damage from non-combatant generals.

Different from the golden and jade warrior's "own defense is higher than that of the gilded warrior", in the divine power state, it is more like he has extra immunity to ordinary damage.

The heavy arrows fired by Huang Zhong, which were almost as powerful as solid bullets, were something Lu Bu had to worry about, but the solid bullets fired by the artillery were really something Lu Bu could take with his face...

However, regarding Lu Bu's "experience", only Sun Ce, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong nodded slightly, while the others completely ignored it - a divine general?What does it have to do with us?
Which general who can be invited for evaluation has not experienced hundreds of battles?

Even Sun Ce has battlefield intuition that rivals any famous general...

Although they were in shock, the questions everyone asked seemed very professional, ranging from the cost of artillery or equipment rate, durability, mobility, manufacturing cycle, to safety and the difficulty of artillery training. Questions that got to the point were asked.

Yu Ji, who was in charge of the artillery, was also on the whiteboard, using pieces of information and diagrams to answer questions from everyone.

The safety of Chu State's artillery is currently considered to be guaranteed. As long as it is not operated illegally and does not serve beyond its service period, the artillery explosion rate is less than 1% - the 99% here is not the explosion of the cannon shell, but the explosion of the barrel. The probability, which refers to the proportion of artillery reaching the usage limit and successfully decommissioning, is over [-]%!

Of course, if the gun is operated in violation of regulations, the gun bore is not properly cleaned after firing, or the gunpowder is overfilled, or daily maintenance is not performed well, the probability of the gun blasting will naturally increase.

As for the service limit, according to the recommendations of the Ministry of Industry, the new gun can fire solid projectiles 5000 times from the time it is put into use...

Shotgun shells are fired with 20 shots, and grapeshots are fired with 5 shots.

The shotshells are already scattered in the barrel, so the wear and tear on the gun barrel is very serious. Of course... the artillery square itself should not be so close that it needs to be attacked with shotshells!
(End of this chapter)