Chapter 46 Artillery Training What Li Zhen didn't know was that in the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Jing and the two deputy chiefs were also chatting about him: "What do you think of our Highness?"
” "Genius of the sky."
This is Su Dingfang's evaluation.
"Awesome."
Wei Chi Jingde's evaluation is more concise.
"What more detail?"
"This ......
I don't have much contact with His Highness, and I don't know him very well, but according to the information I have gathered from the market, although this Highness seems to be messing around, he is actually quite powerful.
Su Dingfang and Li Zhen were not familiar with each other, and they didn't know how to evaluate it, so they could only give such an ambiguous answer.
"I'm not familiar with His Highness either, but I don't think His Highness is a good match with that cannon alone."
Wei Chi Jingde's evaluation is also fooling people, although others seem rude, they are actually cunning Don't want it, how can they tell the truth in front of Li Jing and Su Dingfang?
Who is Li Zhen?
He is the prince of the day, and he is the most brilliant prince, better than the crown prince, but do they dare to say this?
Seeing that the two of them were so slippery, Li Jing couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Two old foxes, I don't have anyone else here, what are you afraid of?"
” "No way, how many people in history have died because of saying the wrong thing, the past does not forget the teacher of the future, so let's say less."
Su Dingfang said with a smile.
"That's right, that's right, Su Lie and I mean the same thing."
Wei Chi Jingde hurriedly agreed.
"By the way, speaking of cannons, what do you think of the future of this thing?"
Li Zhen easily changed the topic: "If it is used on the battlefield, what will be the effect?"
” "Of course."
Wei Chi Jingde said without thinking: "I also went to see the traces after the shelling, good guy, the big crater that was blown up alone is two feet deep, and if you go down like this, you don't want to have any living creatures within a few feet." ” "My opinion is similar to that of Chief Wei Chi, but I don't think the use of cannons is so simple."
Su Dingfang took a sip of tea and pondered: "I think this thing should be the same as the cavalry, and it should be better to use it together."
With the destructive power of the Thor 1 cannon, if there are a hundred such cannons, how many people do you think the enemy will need to die before they can get close to our position when they are fully fired?
” "If you don't die eight thousand, it is estimated that it will not be possible."
Wei Chi Jingde calculated for a moment, and was suddenly shocked: "If the enemy dies 10,000 people before they get close, I'm afraid that they will collapse first, right?"
Do you still need to fight this battle?
” "Yes, with this cannon, I am afraid that the status of our generals will be greatly reduced."
Unlike Wei Chi Jingde's fright, Su Dingfang thought of this.
When Wei Chi Jingde heard this, his face also darkened.
"How is that possible?"
Li Jing smiled: "It's not that you haven't seen a cannon, how heavy do you think the cannon body is?"
” "I'm afraid of no less than two thousand catties, what do you mean, Dashuai, ......"
Su Dingfang suddenly understood what Li Jing meant, and muttered: "Yes, the cannon is too heavy, and it is okay to defend the city, but if you want to pursue the enemy and defeat the enemy, you have to rely on our cavalry and foot soldiers." ” "And you may not know, King Yue once told me that because of the extremely high precision requirements, it is very difficult to cast the Thor No. 1 cannon, and it takes six or seven days on average for one cannon, and it is basically impossible to manufacture it in batches."
Li Jing also added comfort.
"So, this cannon is a chicken rib?"
Wei Chi Jingde's passion was immediately extinguished a lot, if the production speed is so slow, then if you want to equip the whole army, how long will you have to wait?
With this kind of kung fu, it is better to use that steel to make more Mingguang armor and Mo knife.
Su Dingfang disagreed with his point of view and said: "It can't be said that although the current production speed of this cannon is not fast, as long as we continue to develop it, we can always find a way to speed up the manufacturing speed." ” "Anyway, now we have to protect this cannon in our barracks, so that what happened last night can't happen again."
"This is reassuring, I have already arranged it......"
"Report !!!"
Su Dingfang's words were interrupted by the soldier who reported the news, and saw a soldier rush in quickly: "Report to the marshal, Changshi led a group of people to pull the Thor cannon away." ” "What?"
Li Jing and the others stood up suddenly, and asked coldly, "Didn't I give an order?"
Is no one allowed to use a single hair of artillery?
” "The little ones said it, but ......
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But ......"
Xiao Bing was for a while, and finally had the courage to say Li Zhen's words: "But Lord Changshi said that the cannon is his personal belongings, and no matter how great the handsome's power is, he can't touch other people's personal belongings, right?"
What's more, the cannon is cast in steel, polished and bright, and there is not a single hair on it, so your order is not valid in the first place. ” "Poof!"
When Su Dingfang and Wei Chi Jingde next to them heard this, they immediately sprayed.
Li Jing's face also turned purple in an instant, and at this moment, he actually had the urge to hang the seal and leave.
"Absurd ......" held back for a long time before Li Jing could hold back these two words.
"Dashuai, this is all what Lord Changshi said, and what the villain said is true."
The soldier thought it was the calm before the storm and was so frightened that he immediately knelt down.
"It's none of your business, you get up."
Su Dingfang finally held back his laughter, let the little soldier get up, and then asked, "Where did Lord Changshi go with the cannon?"
” "I heard him say that he was going to the school to test the gun."
The Colonel replied truthfully.
"Don't ask so much, let's go and have a look?"
Wei Chi Jingde was in a hurry, and as he spoke, he rushed out of the handsome tent, Li Jing and Su Dingfang glanced at each other, and hurriedly followed, to be honest, they really hadn't seen the scene of cannon firing.
There is still a distance between the school field and the tent, but fortunately, the speed of the cannon is not fast, and when they arrived, the cannon had just arrived.
"Now, teaching has officially begun."
Li Zhen was wearing a small version of the military uniform (not armor, but a cloth coat similar to the number one), holding a short stick in his hand, pointing at the cannon behind him and shouting.
In front of him, there were dozens of soldiers about 20 years old who were listening carefully, and these sixty people were all henchmen selected by Li Zhen and Fang Du, who were not only smart and clever, but also had a clean net worth, and they could definitely be used with confidence.
Among them, Li Zhen's people were selected from the personal guards and the blood dragon guards, a total of thirty people, and Fang Du and the two were selected from their own family soldiers, a family of fifteen.
"The first step is to lock the cannon, and the second is to calibrate, Li Ergou, you come up and demonstrate it for me."
Artillery calibration is also very difficult, and Li Zhen has no intention of doing it himself.
"Yes."
Li Ergou immediately came out of the ranks.
"Everyone also came over to see how Li Ergou demonstrated."
"Hula."
Everyone gathered around, not only the sixty reserve artillerymen, but also other people who watched the excitement, there were already many people on the field at this time, and Li Jing and the three of them also came at this time.
Li Zhenke doesn't care who comes, just talk about himself: "Everyone, look at it, the lock switch is this latch, as long as the latch is inserted, you can lock the wheel of the cannon, and the wheel will never move again......
Needless to say, you will see it at a glance, and the next step is calibration.
Calibration is to improve the accuracy of the cannon, that is to say, if you want to hit the cannon accurately, you must calibrate.
The calibration method is mainly done by moving the barrel, and the barrel movement is divided into up and down movement and left and right movement.
Now I'm going to explain the left and right movement, if you want to shake the barrel left and right, you have to shake it here, the forward rotation is to the right, the reverse rotation is to the left, Li Ergou, you demonstrate. ” "Yes......
Your Highness, how do you turn forward and backward?
Li Ergou agreed happily, but he didn't know what to do when he really got started. “......
You're stupid, you can't tell the difference between the right and the wrong, you can't tell the right from the left?
"Li Zhen is so angry, too stupid, right?
Can't you try it yourself?
"Yes, my subordinates understand."
Fortunately, Li Ergou is not the kind of person who is stupid to death, and immediately understood what Li Zhen meant, and immediately shook it vigorously with the crank, and with his shaking, the barrel really moved slowly to the right.
"Hey, it's really moving."
"yes, what the hell is going on?"
"It's simple, there's a mechanism there."
"Then tell me what kind of mechanism it is?"
"How do I know?"
"Cut!"
“......”
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The audience is also discussing, only knowing it but not knowing why.
Li Zhen doesn't care if they know the principle or not, it should be taught in artillery repair and maintenance, and now they can't even fire guns, what kind of maintenance and repair are taught?
"Okay, Li Ergou, you go down, everyone comes up to feel it, and then talk about their feelings."
"Hey, it's really weighty, I can't really shake it if I don't have any strength in my hands."
The first person was quick to say how he felt.
"Swing the barrel in whichever direction it turns."
The second person also expressed his understanding.
"Well, everything else is okay, but the crank is a little sluggish, I think it would be better to add some oil." “......”
With Li Zhen's encouragement, everyone turned from being cautious at the beginning to speaking enthusiastically.
Some put forward their own suggestions, some expressed their feelings, and some expressed their understanding, etc., and after all 60 people tried it, the atmosphere in the venue was obviously much relaxed.
"The next thing is to shake up and down, up and down and left and right are the same, but the shaker is different, Li Ergou."
Li Zhen is very satisfied with the atmosphere in the field, teaching is entertaining, and teaching in a relaxed atmosphere can make the students progress faster.
"Yes."
Li Ergou stood up again to demonstrate.
"Let's feel it again...... sixty people went over again, and all of them had an intuitive feeling for the basic calibration of the cannon.
"I've learned the most basic calibration, and now I'm teaching you how to shoot guns."
In fact, where is the calibration of cannons so easy to learn?
To calibrate a cannon accurately, you have to know how to look at a ruler, right?
You have to be able to calculate ballistics, right?
You have to be able to calculate where ammo falls, right?
To learn this, you need to have at least a foundation in junior high school math, right?
Without this knowledge, why do you think artillery would be called a technical branch?
It can be said that calibration and maintenance are the core specialties of artillery, and they are also the roadblocks for ordinary soldiers to turn into artillery, blocking most ordinary soldiers from the threshold of artillery.
But again, the topic has not even figured out the performance of its own cannon, and it is too early to learn these things.
Besides, these things are all basic mathematics, so it is completely appropriate to have night classes and teach them the knowledge at night, and it is more appropriate to directly let them learn to fire during the day.
"Attention, everyone, now the most critical moment has come."
Li Zhen's voice became louder and louder, pointing to a pile of cannonballs next to him and said: "Now everyone has almost learned the most basic knowledge before the cannon is fired, only the last one is missing, that is, to really let you actually operate the cannon, now listen to my order, every two people in a group, everyone is free to combine." ” "Yes."
Everyone's eyes were shining, including the onlookers, who waited for so long, wasn't it just to see the scene when the cannon was fired?
......In less than ten breaths, everyone was assembled, exactly thirty groups, and today I brought ten boxes, that is, sixty shells, just so that all the combinations practiced for two rounds.
"Li Ergou, bring your group up."
"Yes."
Li Ergou and his partner Wang Jin suddenly came to Li Zhen with their heads held high in the envious eyes of everyone.
"Do as I say, Li Ergou, you pull this cannon latch away......
Yes, very good, open the locking mechanism, which is the ......
Well done, everyone take a good look?
Li Zhen praised him while directing Li Ergou to manipulate the cannon.
"Very good, next Wang Jin, you put a cannonball in, remember that the tip is facing forward, but you must not put it backwards."
I would like to remind you here that because there have been cases in history where artillery fired counter-shells, resulting in the explosion of cannons, Li Zhen did not want such a thing to happen in his artillery (the early shells did not have inertia to unlock, whether to blow up or not depends entirely on the head firing pin, when the firing pin hits something, when it will explode, if the firing pin does not touch the firing pin in the mud, it will become a squib).
Wang Jin put the shell in according to his words, his face was as usual, he was not nervous about such close contact with explosives, and his mental quality was good.
"Except for Li Ergou, everyone immediately stayed away from here and plugged their ears."
After saying that, Li Zhen was the first to run out, and it was only at this time that he noticed Li Jing and the three of them who were mixed in the crowd, but now was not the time to speak, so he avoided it first.
As soon as the others saw Li Zhen running, everyone also ran with them, until they ran behind the sandbag thirty feet away from the cannon before they stopped.
"Lord Changshi, why did you run away?"
Wei Chi Jingde squeezed over and asked.
"I've seen the deputy manager."
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Li Zhen saluted before explaining: "This is the first cannon, the nature is experimental, I don't dare to guarantee the quality, if the middle is blown up, don't think of living creatures within a radius of ten zhang." ” "But didn't this cannon be let go once last night?
I don't see any problems, huh?
Su Dingfang also came over and interjected.
"What is a shell?"
Li Zhen asked rhetorically: "You must know that in the regular cannon performance test, it is okay to scrap the entire cannon." ” "Scrapped?
It's a shame, isn't it?
Wei Chi Jingde said distressedly.
"What is a cannon in relation to human life?"
Li Zhen didn't care: "You must know that the explosion of the cannon is very terrifying, and it is also the most dangerous time when it is fired, at this time, even the slightest crack in the barrel of the cannon will kill the entire artillery team."
So for the safety of people, let alone one, even if it is ten or eight that should be scrapped, it must be scrapped, anyway, the cannon can be recast if it is gone, but if there is no artillery, you will not have anyone to put it for you. ” "That's the same thing."
Su Dingfang and Wei Chi Jingde felt a little better, but Li Jing, who had been listening to him next to him, did not change.