Kai Fu Han

Chapter 307 Huge Reward
"Basically, it can be doubled. The distance of an unarmored target is two hundred steps, leather armor can be broken within 150 steps, and iron armor can be broken within [-] steps."

Cui Wu answered not the average value, but the minimum value.

This means that combat plans and soldier training can be formulated based on this value.

"Seventy steps can break through iron armor. From now on, we no longer have to be afraid of cavalry." Liu Xinqi said excitedly.

Seventy steps, a distance of one hundred and five meters.

When horses fight, they carry knights, equipment, protection, weapons, etc. When they reach the maximum sprint speed, the speed is in the range of 20-30 kilometers per hour. Calculated according to the average of 25 kilometers per hour, converted into seconds, it is 6.9 meters per second.

At this speed, it takes 140 seconds to cover a distance of 15 meters.

With the "Xinghan-style flintlock musket", after training, the soldiers can reach a salvo firing speed of 15 seconds. This speed is also the commanding shooting speed of the commanding officers of the Xinghan League at present.

Some people will be faster than this, but according to the barrel principle, the firing rate can only be ranked according to the slowest person.

It takes 15 seconds to shoot a shot. The "three-stage gun array" composed of three rows of musketeers can basically reach the speed of a row of guns in 6 seconds, excluding the time effect of formation conversion.

Taking into account the preparation time for the rapid fire of the first three rows of guns and the impact of the downed cavalry on the sprint speed of the cavalry formation, six rows of guns can be fired within 15 seconds.

On the frontal battlefield, six rows of guns can basically determine the outcome.

This is still the calculation result for the armored cavalry. If calculated based on the 150-step armor-piercing distance of the leather armored cavalry, the cavalry would have to be hit by at least ten rows of guns if they wanted to rush to the musket formation.

If coupled with long-distance bombing by artillery shells, shotgun shells can clear the area at close range.

"Hahahaha! This is great news." Liu Xinqi became more and more excited, and told Cui Wu:

"Cui Wu, go and get 1000 taels of silver."

"Yes!"

Cui Wu, who had been Liu Xinqi's assistant for a long time, understood that this was not the time to ask questions, so he readily responded and went out to get the money.

While waiting for Cui Wu, Liu Xinqi used the gun in his hand to test-fire more than a dozen times. Although he still couldn't aim close to his face, he could already aim and shoot based on experience.

The distance of two hundred paces, according to Liu Xinqi's current physical fitness, is to hit wherever he takes it.

"Cool!"

"The leader's marksmanship!" Shao Zhen praised: "With the leader's accurate marksmanship, on the battlefield, he can easily kill the enemy general among thousands of troops."

"You are very thoughtful, you can think of this kind of strategy." Liu Xinqi looked at Shao Zhen carefully again.

This man is not only agile in mind and accurate in marksmanship, but also very talented in tactical thinking. He has already grasped the essence of sniper warfare.

"Which regiment have you been assigned to this time?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Battal Commander Cui wrote me a letter of recommendation. Thanks to the recommendation of the battalion commander, this time the Military Aircraft Academy promoted me to the platoon commander of the second platoon of the first battalion, first company, first field regiment. I was promoted to the third level in a row." Shao Zhen replied, His tone showed that he was very satisfied with this promotion.

This should be Cui Wu's reward for Shao Zhen's invention of improved bullets, so he specifically recommended it to the Military Academy.

Shao Zhen used to be just a team leader, but now he has directly stepped over the squad leader, deputy platoon leader, and directly became the platoon leader. He has indeed been promoted to three levels in a row.

"Your invention this time is very important and significant to the Xinghan League. Simply rewarding you with a three-level promotion is not enough to match your great contribution." Liu Xinqi said.

Just at this time, Cui Wu ran over with a big box.

"Come forward!" Liu Xinqi said to Shao Zhen.

The soldiers who were resting nearby and the soldiers who had just helped were all gathered around to watch when Liu Xinqi was shooting continuously.

Liu Xinqi took Cui Wu's box and opened the lid, revealing twenty huge silver ingots inside, each weighing 50 taels.

"This 1000 taels of silver is to reward you for improving the warhead of the "Xinghan-style flintlock musket". Accept it."

"This..." Shao Zhen was so shocked by the 1000 taels of silver that he didn't know what to do. "Wow!!"

"so much!"

"It's so flashy!!"

"Shao Zhen suddenly became very prosperous!"

...

The officers and soldiers watching around immediately exploded, and even Cui Wu was surprised, he would never have thought that Liu Xinqi asked him to withdraw so much money to reward Shao Zhen all at once.

"I can't do it, I can't do it. Leader, my men didn't do anything. They just stuffed a small wooden block at the bottom of the warhead." Shao Zhen came to his senses and waved his hands to refuse.

"You are wrong. To you, it may be a small piece of wood stuffed under the warhead, but for the Xinghan Alliance and the Xinghan Army, this is a huge improvement in combat power."

Liu Xinqi put forward the concept of "Xinghan Army" for the first time in front of the soldiers of the Xinghan League.

With improved warheads and equipped with "Xinghan Type [-] flintlock muskets", the Xinghan Alliance army is already qualified to be called an "army".

"Your small change this time will greatly reduce the casualties of our Xinghan Alliance soldiers on the battlefield in the future, giving us the ability and courage to face more powerful enemies and protect the beautiful home we have built."

"Your contribution is very great. This small amount of money is not enough to commend you. This is just me. Liu Xinqi expresses his feelings. If you have any other requests, you can make them. As long as I can do it, I will try my best to satisfy you." Liu Xinqi finally said.

After hearing Liu Xinqi's words, the people around him started talking louder, and the scene became a little noisy for a while.

"So Shao Zhen is so powerful!"

"Is this warhead so powerful?"

"No, the killing range is doubled!"

...

"Quiet!" Cui Wu shouted loudly.

The battalion commander's prestige immediately silenced the scene.

"Since the leader said so, I will accept it shamelessly." Shao Zhen replied with excitement.

Liu Xinqi handed the silver box in his hand to Shao Zhen, and asked again as he handed it over:
"Tell me, what are your requirements?"

Shao Zhen put his hand on the bottom of the box: "How dare you ask for more, there are so many..."

As Liu Xinqi let go, the silver box in Shao Zhen's hand immediately broke away from Shao Zhen's hand and hit the ground, almost hitting Liu Xinqi's feet.

Liu Xinqi was a little confused by the surprise. He forgot that Shao Zhen was still an ordinary person. He could not stretch his hands forward and bear a silver box weighing more than one hundred kilograms with the strength of his wrists.

"Sorry! Leader, I didn't expect 1000 taels of silver to be so heavy." Shao Zhen quickly bent down and apologized.

Liu Xinqi stepped forward to help him up: "I don't blame you, it's because I didn't think about it. A thousand taels of silver alone weighs a hundred catties, so I shouldn't hand it to you directly."

After he stood up, he continued:

"Since you have no request now, then first..."

Liu Xinqi was interrupted by Shao Zhen before he finished what he planned to ask him to "remember first".

"I'm sorry! Leader, this subordinate is offended. I have thought of a request. Please allow me to agree to it."

Shao Zhen asked with his hands raised.

"But it doesn't matter!"

(End of this chapter)