Chapter Ninety-Four: Chain Bullets "I have an idea here."
The Marine Corps general next to him, Officer Hong, suddenly raised his hand, and when he saw that everyone's eyes were attracted to him, he said: "I remember that we have a batch of chain bullets in our sealed arsenal, maybe we can use chain bullets to break their sails." ” "That's a good idea."
Guan Hong just made a start, and Sima Cuo's eyes immediately lit up, patted his thigh and said, "Why didn't I think of it?"
We've got a bunch of chain bombs here, this ......
It's providential. ” Chain shells are also a kind of artillery shells, but they belong to more primitive shells, if they are classified, they should be regarded as solid shells, which are a derivative of solid shells, and the main role is to destroy the sails and other power systems of enemy ships, and limit the action of enemy ships.
The structure of the chain bomb is very simple, mainly through the chain to connect a small cannonball smaller than the bore caliber together, after firing a cannonball will drag another cannonball centrifugal and fly out, after hitting the target will form a big tear - for example, when the sail is hit, if the sail is hit, the two chain balls and the chain in the middle will directly pull out a big hole in the sail, if it hits the rigging, you can directly tear the rigging, if you are lucky to hit the mast directly, you can even tear the mast, Directly paralyzing enemy ships still has a great effect.
In addition, the chain bullet also has an important role, that is, cutting, the rapid rotation of the chain bullet can easily cut the enemy (mainly the sailors on the ship), is a terrifying weapon, but because its role is more reflected in the mast and canvas killing, plus the hit rate is not as good as grapeshot, so few people mention - although the hit rate is not high, but it is definitely much stronger than a single shell, especially on the broken sail and mast rope, the effect is far more than other shells.
Now the opinion of the General Staff is to delay the enemy's speed, and the main power of the ship today depends on the sails, which means that as long as the sails are destroyed, then let alone the slow delay, the whole ship will have to stop at sea - you must know that this is a port, and the wind speed is not as great as outside.
It can be said that these chain bullets are simply born to exist to restrain the current wave of enemies, and it is no wonder that Sima Cuo will shout the will of God.
Speaking of the birth and experience of this batch of chain bombs, it is also quite legendary.
At the beginning, Li Zhen simply thought of this kind of thing that was behind the times, which was equivalent to reversing the times - after all, the starting point of his cannon research and development was directly a conical shell, and he didn't even experience the process of flowering bullets (an early ammunition, which is still round, but no longer solid, and contained explosives inside), so naturally he couldn't look down on chain bullets, which were behind the times.
But Li Zhen doesn't like it, it doesn't mean that others don't need it - because a few years ago, artillery technology was not as developed as it is now, so the hit rate was not high, and the army was a little better, anyway, the enemy was charging in groups, and a large area was blown up, and there was no need for any hit rate, as long as the shells were not hit behind them.
But the navy can't, the hit rate of their warships at sea is not as good as that of the army, and in addition, the enemy targets are not only far away, but most of them are sparsely arranged, and the hit rate has become their biggest concern.
How did the previous navy improve the hit rate when fighting enemy ships?
Most of them only opened fire after approaching the enemy ships, that is, they fired at close range.
Anyway, the enemy doesn't have artillery, the navy is not afraid at all, and some warships will only fire when they are less than a hundred meters away from the enemy ship - in this case, even if it is a pig, it can be hit, right?
In addition, the speed of the navy's warships is very fast, resulting in the enemy not being able to escape, and when encountering the Datang fleet, there are often only two voyages - either surrender or die.
It is precisely by relying on this rogue tactic that the navy has maintained an extremely high rate of victory.
But this situation was completely in a dilemma after the appearance of the fast ship - because of the fast speed of the enemy ship, the naval warships could not catch up with the enemy, and they could only follow the enemy and watch them slip away, which was a lot of shame.
It is precisely for this reason that the clipper built by the previous 'king of boats' is very popular.
Chasing and not being able to catch up, hitting and not being able to hit accurately, and artillery technology was not innovated - resulting in the navy at that time suffering defeat several times, obviously defeating the enemy, but because it couldn't catch up, it could only watch the enemy ships flee, for this, Li Zhen removed several captains, but it still didn't work.
It is precisely for this reason that the naval rookie Meng Qi was able to destroy most of the pirate king Roger's strength in one battle, which is particularly precious, of course, the more important thing is that Roger is too cunning and the navy has repeatedly failed to catch it.
At this time, the navy needed a weapon that could limit the speed of the enemy ship, and after the plan was proposed, the chain bullet, which was abandoned by the times, was noticed by Li Zhen, and after research, the chain bullet appeared in this world - and the shell that was researched by Li Zhen was not an ordinary chain bullet, but a shell similar to the scattered bullets of later generations, which can also be fired by today's cannons (otherwise you have to study the breech gun, it would be too troublesome), the difference is that the warhead of this shell is not filled with explosives, Instead, it is loaded with dozens of small solid bullets, which are connected by chains, and once fired, the warhead breaks and disintegrates in the air, and the solid bullets automatically disperse into a fishing net after being exposed.
And because the fishing net formed by the cannonball is a surface, it greatly increases the probability of hitting, which is enough to ensure that as long as it is rubbed to the side, it will be seriously injured in an instant, and a large piece of death is better than scattered bullets, not to mention people and sails, even if the main body of the ship is a hit, it can't stand it - speaking of which, the appearance of chain bullets can be regarded as earning a breath for the solid bullet family and saving a little face.
It's a pity that this breath is not finished, only half of it, because not long after this kind of solid bullet was developed and transported to the major naval bases, Datang's artillery technology has made a breakthrough and ushered in innovation, and the hit rate of new shells and artillery has been greatly improved, which is enough to cope with shooting on the sea under normal circumstances, so this new type of chain bullet does not even have a chance to go to the battlefield, and it has become an outdated product again - it can be said to be the most typical example of being born at an untimely time.