Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Outside the city of Luoyang, Zhe Yanzhi looked at the cannon erected, and said to Wang Ruohai, "Sensei, is this a cannon? It looks extraordinary! I heard people say that this thing is much more powerful than the bed crossbow, and few people use it." , it is truly a divine weapon on the battlefield!"

Wang Ruohai said: "When I first saw it, I thought it was powerful, but after seeing it a lot, I thought it was nothing more than that. Cannons are indeed much more powerful than bed crossbows and stone cannons. One cannon can penetrate several people. However, if you want to use it well, you need to Let's see how the general arranges it."

Orihiko circled around the cannon a few times, nodding repeatedly.

This cannon is made of copper, it looks so big, it must be very heavy, I don't know how much copper was used.It is used in large quantities in wars and costs a lot of money.

Wang Ruohai looked at Orihiko, but didn't speak.From the very beginning, Wang Xiaolie did not regard artillery as a secret weapon, but equipped the army in large quantities.After using it a lot, everyone has discovered that this thing is very useful on the battlefield, but it depends on how it is used.If it is not used well, it will not work at all.Used well, it can kill the enemy to the greatest extent, especially to suppress the enemy.

These new weapons have a great effect on the battlefield.But for the commander, these effects cannot be overstated.If not, it is easy to rely too much on new weapons and lose the advantage on the battlefield.Or the tactics are too deformed to give full play to the role of new weapons.

Historically, when Europe started the industrial revolution, most countries in other parts of the world were closed and backward due to various reasons.Especially in China, during the Opium War, the politics were dark, the army was slack, and the weapons were outdated.

It is precisely because of the historical examples of European colonization of the world that many people pay too much attention to the quality of weapons.There are even some people who regard this technological gap as the basis for dividing civilizations.Fighting with sticks and stones is a stage of civilization.Using cold weapons, knives, guns, swords and halberds plus bows and crossbows is another stage of civilization.With hot weapons, muskets and cannons, it is a higher stage of civilization.And so on, technology has been used to divide civilization upwards.

How can civilization be just technology?Human civilization, in the final analysis, is people, and it depends on how people live.People's living conditions are not improved, even to the point where they can travel into space, and there is still slavery, which is a bit ridiculous.

Liu Cixin, a famous science fiction writer, often talks about dimensionality reduction.When talking about dimensionality reduction strikes, I like to give an example.Said to be in a colony in Africa, there was a family.The family consists of two men, one woman and one child.Somehow, the surrounding tribes were offended, and fifteen hundred knights on horseback surrounded the family.The family's only weapon was the newly invented Maxim machine gun.As a result, the family used the Maxim machine gun to kill two-thirds of the invading knights, and the remaining third ran away.

Wang Xiaolie is a serious person, and he really tried to find out this story, but unfortunately he couldn't find it.Thinking about it later, a machine gun, against 500 people, this story seems a bit ridiculous.How long can the newly invented Maxim machine gun be fired continuously?One machine gun needs to suppress 500 people. Are these [-] people fools?Don't be too stupid, they have to form a very good formation in order to be killed two-thirds.

The story may or may not have.Even if there were, it is impossible for fifteen hundred cavalry to be suppressed by a single machine gun.It must be to delete a lot of details, leaving only such a gimmick.How can it be just a few small tribes that can quickly pull out [-] cavalry at one time?

But technical theory is not advisable.A new weapon may change the situation of the war, but the outcome of the war will inevitably require other factors.

What is a high-level civilization?It is absolutely impossible to divide by technology.It cannot be said that you are a stone civilization and I am a bronze civilization, so I am superior to you.What does the so-called destruction of you have to do with you?It sounds domineering, but these words should not be said by civilized people.

Civilization should not only change the use of tools and weapons, but should have other things.I can't think that I am a bronze civilization, and I didn't easily wipe out your stone civilization, because the gap is too small.If I were Iron Civilization, it should be easy.If it doesn't work, then I am a gunpowder civilization.This kind of thinking actually ignores the more important things of civilization.

In the previous life, due to the changes of the times, people were not serious about knowledge, and people often used such specious examples.Or, in order to attract people's attention, deliberately popularize some knowledge that looks right but doesn't actually speak clearly.

For example, when people introduce their family, they will say how poor they are.Someone came out to popularize science and said that in ancient times, not everyone could be called a poor family.Some people even say that in ancient times, you were not qualified to be called a poor family at all.

What is the ancient dynasty?How much time, in which dynasty can not claim to be poor?When did the average person not have the qualifications to be called a poor family?After the Tang Dynasty, the powerful family disappeared, and ordinary people can of course be called a poor family.And the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, aren't they ancient times?

History is already very complicated, and future generations should not make complicated history seem plausible for some reason or another.

After carefully looking at the cannon, Orihiko said: "I heard that the cannon can shoot iron pellets. I don't know how?"

Wang Ruohai said: "You must stay away from the artillery, let the gunner shoot a cannon."

When Orihiko left, Wang Ruohai ordered some simple wooden dolls to be placed one mile away, and ordered the gunner to charge the gunner.

Watching the gunner open the porcelain jar on one side and pour out the cannon.Orihiko asked: "Sangui, what is this? It should be gunpowder, right?"

Wang Ruohai said: "Exactly. The gunpowder used for artillery is different from that used for fireworks. Don't confuse it."

Orihiko nodded, not knowing what the difference was, but just keeping it in mind.

After filling the gunpowder and loading the iron bullets, the gunner got up with the red-hot iron rod.

The commander on one side raised the small flag in his hand, and turned to look at Wang Ruohai and Orihiko.

Wang Ruohai said: "When the artillery fires, it will inevitably shake the mountains. Be careful."

After speaking, he nodded to the commander.

The commander took out the whistle, held it in his mouth, and blew it violently.With the sound of the whistle, the small flag in his hand quickly chopped down.

The gunner nodded the fuse while holding the iron bar, and saw black smoke rising.

Orihiko waited on the side in fear, not knowing when he would wait.Just now I felt a little anxious, when I heard a muffled sound, the iron pellets in the gun barrel flew out of the muzzle and flew straight towards the wooden doll a mile away.Immediately afterwards.Black smoke rose above the artillery, and there was a smell of gunpowder around.