The ship is equipped with a 30mm caliber Gatling cannon. Mainly because ammunition of this caliber can be loaded with shotgun shells.
In the 19th century, the United States designed several large-caliber Gatling cannons, all of which were designed to turn bullets into shotguns. By increasing the spread of shotgun shells over a large area, greater firepower density is achieved.
Among the thick 30mm bullets, the filling can be a single-headed bullet. Used to attack hard targets such as vehicles, ships, and fortifications. Or the warhead is dozens of small steel balls.
Every bullet fired was a dense, pancake-shaped cloud of bullets. This is effective against dense arrays of infantry and cavalry.
These designs achieved good results in the civil war. Naturally, Yang Fan also learned from it.
When Yang Fan and others came in just now, the sailors who ran out carrying ammunition boxes carried these two types of ammunition boxes.
Amidst the angry roars of the Junggar people, dense bows and arrows and muskets fell on the boat with clatter. However, it didn't cause any decent damage.
Although cement ships are not iron ships, they are still very strong. The arrows of the Junggar people are all iron arrows, which is much better than those of their compatriots in Monan. But in the face of hard special cement, it has no effect at all. Some of their firecrackers directly hit a white dot, while some heavy matchlock guns could drop small fragments.
The people on the boat were not worried at all, they just went back and applied it.
Central Asia is generally richer in resources and has a myriad of nation-states. This is the heart of Eurasia, with transportation extending in all directions.
Since ancient times, during the Han Dynasty, Greek and Roman silver coins have been circulating here. This is because the business routes here extend in all directions and it is in a hub position. Various technologies from the East and the West are gathered here.
The military resources here are abundant, and military technology has never lagged behind.
The firing sound of the 30mm machine gun was dull, loud, and deafening. The base vibrates when fired, and the tremors can be felt throughout the ship. Far from being comparable to flintlock rifles and matchlock guns.
After all, this kind of bullet not only has a large caliber, but also has a much longer body. The propellant charge is even different.
As the Gatling barrel began to rotate, dense bullets sprayed out of the barrel. A line of fire stretched out in front, like a chainsaw of death. Sweeping towards the river bank, more and more Oirat soldiers gathered.
Because there were dense infantry and cavalry on the other side, the sailors used shotgun. In addition to shooting with bows and arrows, the infantrymen standing on the river embankment also stood to load their muskets and then shoot. The cavalry galloped behind, shooting arrows while maneuvering, which could reduce their chance of being shot.
Each bullet of the machine gun is loaded with 25 small steel balls. These steel balls are made of modern discarded rusty balls. With powerful kinetic energy, it is enough to penetrate all armors of this era.
Even European plate armor is no problem. At this time, European plate armor was only made of iron, and was rarely made of steel. In this era, Britain's crucible steelmaking output was still pitifully low.
One bullet, 25 small steel balls, will directly turn these iron cans into a hornet's nest.
The barrel of the Gatling gun rotated at high speed, faster and faster. The bullet casings poured out from the ejection port like a heavy rain and fell into an open sack below. Collected, these cartridge cases are also used to reload ammunition.
After all, in this era, copper is money, and bullet casings cannot be discarded casually. Yang Fan's family has a great cause and cannot be wasted like this.
The bullets fired are lead-coated steel core bullets, because the lead bullets are relatively soft and can fit tightly into the barrel of the gun to prevent air leakage and have a longer range. The current metal fixed bullets are all lead-coated steel core bullets. After the next generation fully replaces the breech-loaded rifled barrel, the warhead will use copper-clad steel core bullets.
Looking out from the glass window of the cab, a red fire whip drew an S-shaped path, sweeping back and forth towards the Oirat soldiers on the shore.
A second ago, these brave warriors, whose cheeks were red with anger because their tents and supplies were burned down in the middle of the night, were still shooting arrows and jumping on their feet and yelling. In the next second, the dense barrage came overwhelmingly, sweeping down one by one like felled wheat.
Before the people in the front row could react, they were beaten into a large piece of minced meat and flew backwards.
These steel balls are so powerful. In the face of the huge kinetic energy, the leather armor on their chests, even fish scale armor, and piercing armor were useless and could not stop it at all.
The person who was shot was basically riddled with holes and broken limbs.
One layer after another, people in front fell backward. There were pieces of broken limbs and flesh on the ground, and blood instantly stained the ground red.
Lead-coated steel-core bullets, because they are composed of two materials with different specific gravity, will immediately become unstable and then roll when entering the human body. As long as it hits the torso, it's basically hopeless. The projectile will jump and pull out a huge cavity.
Zhang Wudian, Huo Shi, and Zhang Fengyi looked at it with their mouths growing wide. Their thoughts first stayed in the era of cold weapons. I never dreamed that I could kill enemies like this.
What kind of firearm is this? It's so powerful. This is no longer a battle, this is a one-sided massacre.
These Wala people were stunned. They had never seen such a cruel weapon in their most terrifying nightmares. These intensive barrage, those small steel balls, hit the weapon, the weapon burst, hit the bow and arrow, and the bow arm broke into two sections. Hit a limb and the limb flies away.
And it was as dense as a heavy rain. This is simply not something humans can resist.
Some cavalrymen shot at the ship while running. The lead bullets from the matchlocks had no effect on the ship. But when the ship's machine cannon fired, the men and horses turned into funnels, spitting out blood arrows.
Some cavalrymen saw the people falling down one after another in front of them, and tried to resist them with the round shields on their arms. But when the lead bullets hit, the buckler became a sieve. The adult behind was also directly hit by a lead bullet that passed through the buckler.
Although these Wala people are fierce, they are not fools. He's not a stupid person who doesn't know fear.
They immediately broke down and fled. For a moment, the riverside was crowded with people, all of whom were running back desperately. The cavalry was also squeezed in the middle and unable to move.
Just then, there was a loud bang.
On the bow of the ship, the huge turret opened fire. A forty kilogram pointed cylindrical shell flew out from the muzzle.
Because the water surface of the Yellow River is much higher than the ground outside. Here is also a hanging river. The river embankment is a relatively high slope. The field of view from the turret is very good, and you can clearly see a large number of artillery groups pushing Franco machine gun carriages in the distance.
The Oirat Alliance is located in the grasslands and desert areas of Central Asia. They are mainly cavalry and camel cavalry. This determines that it is impossible for them to develop heavy artillery. All they had were small Camel cannons and small Folan cannons.
If they use too heavy artillery, they will not be able to move in deserts, grasslands, and deserts. What they needed were light weapons that could be used with horses and camels. This is the same as the small books. Because they were short in stature and could not carry heavy objects, they developed larger-caliber barrels on their matchlock guns.
The Oirat Alliance has the same idea. The upper limit of firearms is that livestock can carry them as pack animals.
The heavy artillery on the ship was directly aimed at the large crowd pushing the light artillery cart.
There was a loud bang, and a huge fireball exploded in the crowd.
The forty kilogram warhead contained fifteen kilograms of fertilizer explosives. If it weren't for the high chamber pressure, the charge could be more.
The shell exploded, erupting into a huge fireball, and the shattered high-phosphorus-containing projectile shattered into a dense cloud of shrapnel, which swept away crazily in all directions.
More than a dozen small Franco machine gun trucks and hundreds of people were knocked upside down by the violent explosion. a mess.
Within thirty meters of the center of the explosion, the artillery carriage was overturned. The Fran machine gun flew into the sky like a piece of wood, and then crashed down hard, breaking the bones of the artilleryman.
The smoke cleared, and a huge crater appeared in the middle.
The battlefield appeared, and there was a moment of silence.
