Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 416 415. Mortar

In front of the grass target.

Hundreds of people lined up to fight, three rows in front and behind.

There had just been a volley of musketry, and the 33 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in the first row had completed shooting at the target grass target.

Smoke, grass clippings flying.

At the instructor's command, the soldiers in the second row stepped forward, and the muzzles of their guns that were originally pointing toward the sky instantly changed to an aiming posture.

The first row of soldiers who completed the firing order bowed and retreated, quickly returning to the end of the queue, forming a team of three rows again.

The soldiers who originally belonged to the third column instantly became the second column. In the familiar drill, they also completed the tactical actions of stuffing the ammunition bags and pointing their guns in the sky.

clap clap clap!
There was another round of volley, and the soldiers in the front row also completed their shooting tasks. The straw target that had just stopped shaking began to swing violently again.

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

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

In his view, the Liao army with firearms in hand had completed the transformation of their fighting form, and they were almost invincible compared to any other army at that time.

However, considering that the current shooting distance of muskets is only thirty steps, and even if you want to shoot accurately, the distance must be within ten steps, he still incorporated multi-stage shooting into the daily drills of the musketeers.

The first battle.

Violent noise will definitely throw the enemy into chaos.

So if that's the case, let's just make them more chaotic.

Amidst the continuous gunfire, Zhang Qi did not think that the Han army would have an extremely tenacious will.

If there is!
Then clear the way with artillery!
In the Huben Army barracks.

More than 30 phalanxes of hundreds of people were conducting musket shooting drills.
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noon.

In his office, Zhang Qi finished his lunch, a simple roasted sea cucumber with green onions and a glass of juice, which made his belly feel full.

Just as he was about to ask someone to come in and clear away the dishes, Bai Xing hurriedly opened the door and came in from outside the office.

"Your Majesty."

"What's the matter?"

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

"Test cannon? What cannon?"

"Bring it to me to see."

He was extremely curious. He didn't remember that he had explained any new artillery technology. Why was the Tiger Crouching Army conducting a test artillery test?

Shirahoshi handed over the document in his hand.

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

"Prepare the car and go to the Tiger Crouching Army!"

"promise!"

Zhang Qi walked out of the office, and within a few breaths, all the shadow guards in the room disappeared into the office, and they were closed, leaving only the dishes that had just been eaten on the table still there.
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In the carriage, Zhang Qi was now extremely curious and serious. He stared at the document sent by the Tiger Crouching Army. On it was a sketch of an artillery piece that he was very familiar with.

Mortar!
Yes, that's a mortar.

Although the shell is in the shape of a ball with a long handle, it is also consistent with the style of a mortar shell, because the end of the long handle has the form of a tail fin.

In addition to the gun body, bracket, and appearance of standing on the ground, all these are consistent with the style of mortar in Zhang Qi's impression.

"I actually forgot about this thing, but..."

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

Which cannon is the easiest to make?Mortar Platoon No. 1 had no problems at all.

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

You must know how simple the production of mortars is. Even in the darkest history of Chinese civilization in later generations, as many as [-] mortars could be produced a year in an environment with almost no industrial foundation.

This alone is enough to illustrate its usefulness and convenience.

A regular mortar only has three components in total, the barrel, the bracket, and the base. Even in modern times where industrial technology is extremely mature, mortars are just equipped with sights for precise aiming.

The tiger crouched in the army camp.

Test firing of new artillery equipment is also ongoing here.

This new artillery piece was named the Tiger Crouching Cannon by those student engineers.

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

As soon as the approval documents for the gun test arrive, the tiger crouching gun can start test firing.

This Tiger Crouching Cannon was not invented by their respected Lord. The new artillery was entirely made by the student engineers who served in the Tiger Crouching Army for data collection and improvement.

"Abe, can it really happen? I'm shaking so much now."

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

The man called Abe was obviously much calmer.

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

"I've calculated it, and there's no problem. The steel pipes are the strongest. I've also calculated the energy released by the tail fin's medicine pack. There won't be any problem!"

'It won't be a problem. '

Abe comforted himself again.

He was actually extremely nervous at the moment. The appearance of the Tiger Crouching Cannon was a flash of inspiration on his part. A few months after the establishment of the Tiger Crouching Army, he was assigned here from the academy.

This is related to the fact that he is always ranked in the top ten in physics and mathematics knowledge in the school, but his grades in other subjects are not very good.

Having served in the Tiger Crouching Army for almost a year and a half, he occasionally found out during his vacation hunting that if the cannon's trajectory could be made to project like a bow and arrow, then it would be better for battlefield advancement.

As an energetic young man, Abe thought about it and started to do it.

At the beginning, he calculated the cannon firing on the manuscript paper. This was not difficult for him because his main daily job was to collect data on the cannon.

After several nights of calculations, he found that the existing cannon firing system simply could not achieve the shooting mode he wanted.

The ammunition bag contains a large amount, and the cannonball must shoot straight after being fired.

The charge of the ammunition bag is small. Although the cannonball will have an obvious falling arc after flying out for a certain distance, its power is almost non-existent.

So he concluded that unless the cannon shell exploded again after being dropped, it was useless!

"Yes! Just another explosion!"

"Change the shells!"

An idea flashed in Abe's mind, and he found the right direction!
Looking at the piles of manuscript papers on the table, he pulled his classmate and close friend Rohr, who was transferred to serve in the military with him, into his research.

Although he didn't know what he was going to do, Luo Er tried his best to help.

Over and over again, he helped Abe perform data calculations.

Finally, today, one winter passed, the artillery tool they commissioned was successfully built.

Together with the ammunition they rubbed by hand, they submitted the application for test cannon a day ago.

After discussion among the Tiger Crouching Army generals, this document was delivered to Zhang Qi.

(End of this chapter)