Yun Chao invented an integrated artillery shell. There was no need to charge the artillery separately. The gunpowder and shells were tightly wrapped in silk.
This has two advantages. First, it can save the steps of loading gunpowder first and then loading shells.
The second is to prevent artillerymen from loading the wrong amount of gunpowder under stress.
On a battlefield where blood and flesh are everywhere, soldiers sometimes become extremely nervous. Not to mention loading the wrong amount of ammunition, there are even two shells inserted into them.
Mistakes such as loading two charges of gunpowder or even igniting without loading gunpowder are common.
In an integrated artillery shell, the amount of powder charged in each shell is constant. You don’t have to worry about not being able to hit far if you don’t have enough powder, and you don’t have to worry about exploding the barrel if you charge too much.
There is also a certain reason for using silk to wrap cannonballs.
After repeated experiments, Yun Chao finally concluded that whether he used cotton, linen, or even fur, the effect was not as good as silk.
Wrapping the cannonball in silk would leave the least amount of residue after the explosion and make it easiest to clean up.
As a man with a science major in his previous life, Yun Chao must be rigorous in everything he does.
Especially in the military field, we cannot be careless.
A seemingly insignificant detail can sometimes determine the outcome of a war, or even many wars.
After cleaning the inside of the artillery, the loader picked up another artillery shell, stuffed it into the barrel, and used the ejector rod to push the shell deep into the barrel and pound it firmly.
Then, an artilleryman used a long iron rod with a sharp point and poked it in through the back door of the cannon... ahem, it was the fire door at the rear end.
The artillery manufactured by Yunchao is a front-loading smoothbore cannon.
That is to say, the shell is loaded from the front, and there is no rifling in the barrel.
When firing a cannon, use a prod to pass through the fire door, pierce the silk package of the cannonball, insert a fuse, and light it with a prepared torch.
boom!
boom!
boom!
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Er Lengzi gave an order, and the cannon, which had readjusted its angle, roared again.
After the last round of test firing, the effect of this round of shooting was much better. A total of three shells were fired into the pirate group!
If they had experience in artillery battles, the pirates would not have suffered such a big loss.
Unfortunately, the pirates were frightened when they saw someone firing a cannon for the first time. When the second round was fired, they all stood there stupidly.
The three cannonballs, like big red-hot iron lumps, instantly opened three flesh-and-blood alleys in the pirate group.
Fortunately, those who are hit in vital parts can lose their lives immediately, and there is not that much pain.
It won't work if the limbs are shot. The power of the shell is too great. If it touches the arm, the arm will fall off, and if it touches the leg, the leg will break.
A moment later, a dozen pirates with limbs and arms were rolling on the ground!
Listening to their inhuman wailing, many pirates were so frightened that they could no longer hold their weapons!
Seeing this scene, all the artillery soldiers immediately became less nervous.
With confidence, my usual training rhythm suddenly fell into place.
It only took less than three minutes to clear the chamber, load and launch, and then there was another round of shelling!
boom!
boom!
boom!
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Seeing dozens more of their accomplices fall down, the pirates finally reacted.
Faced with a terrifying attack that was almost a punishment from heaven, almost all the pirates lost their fighting spirit, threw away their weapons, cried for their fathers and began to run away!
"this……"
The pirates ran away before Erluzi had enough sex. The feeling of being stuck in the cockpit was so uncomfortable that Erluzi almost suffered internal injuries.
As the top commander of the navy, San Haozi naturally cannot think about the problem from the same perspective as Erluozi. He seizes the opportunity and orders the marines to start landing on the island!
The Marine Corps was also borrowed from Yun Chao.
The navy planned by Yun Chao not only has maritime combat capabilities, land warfare is also very important, and it is still very important.
Since the establishment of the Navy, a Marine Corps has been established, which belongs to the Navy sequence and has strong land warfare capabilities.
Landing warfare, in particular, is one of the most important training subjects for the Marine Corps.
In the future, Yun Chao wants to have a navy that spans four oceans and seven continents. How can it be possible without the ability to land!
Landing on the European continent starts from landing on the small mountain island!
The pirates all ran away, and the Marines were equivalent to a training session, and there was no confrontation.
The Marine Corps officer was very resentful. He had been training for so long, just waiting to show his face in front of Yun Chao, but he found himself lonely.
However, after landing, the capabilities of the Marine Corps came into play.
They formed a team of fifty people and began to chase the fleeing pirates on the small mountain island.
Of course, the Marines were not completely dispersed, and many pirates fled back to their island strongholds.
The reason why it is called Xiaoshan Island is because there is a hill on the island.
Wang Ermazi built his lair on the mountain.
Only some of the pirates fled in other directions, and the rest all fled back to the stronghold, preparing to rely on the stronghold for defense.
Although the pirates were frightened out of their wits by the sudden appearance of artillery, it did not mean that they would surrender directly.
Pirates are not stupid, especially the pirate leader Wang Ermazi, who can be the boss among extremely vicious pirates. It is impossible for him not to be smart.
Soon, Wang Ermazi guessed the weakness of the artillery.
That thing was installed on a boat, so it probably wouldn't make it to shore. As long as he hid in the village, he might not be able to hit him!
I have to say that Wang Ermazi is still very smart.
Unfortunately, his knowledge is still a little short-sighted.
Yun Chao is not an idiot. How could he only make big cannons and not small ones?
The large cannon installed by Yun Chao on the ship was almost equivalent to the so-called twelve-pounder cannon in later generations.
Small artillery is equivalent to the so-called nine-pounder cannon, six-pounder cannon, or even three-pounder cannon in later generations.
This is just an example. Yun Chao doesn't know how much a pound is. He has no reference. He can't even measure a pound, so he weighs it with a hammer.
Not only the weight, but also the units of length were stipulated by Yun Chao himself.
He couldn't measure the length of the meridian, so he couldn't figure out the units of meters and centimeters like later generations did.
Without the units of length of later generations, he could not come up with units of mass and weight that were exactly the same as those of later generations.
Besides, why did Yun Chao set the same standard as later generations?
The various definitions of future generations are also determined by people.
The unit of length can be called meters, and naturally it can also be called kilograms.
Gravity can be called Newton, and naturally it can also be called Yun Er.
Yun Chao had no intention of copying the standards of later generations.
Why can't I have a say?
If one day, Yun Chao has the final say, he will come up with his own set of standards, and for thousands of years to come, the entire human race will have to follow the standards he sets.
Who agrees?
Who objects?
