On the side of the Jinling Martial Arts Lecture Hall, boxes of Thunderbolts were carried out and placed in front of the trainees' queue. Tian Yi walked to the wooden box, took out one and held it in his hand.
"Students, when you entered the martial arts hall, did any of you think in your mind that I am proficient in bows and horses, and I am proficient in swords, guns and sticks. There is nothing new about what I practiced in the martial arts hall?"
Tian Yi looked at the curious students and pointed at the thunder in his hand.
"Do you know what this is?"
"Instructor, should this be... Zhentian Lei?"
Wei Jinyu, who came from Lin'an City, didn't know much about it, so he blurted out the question.
"Yes, this is the thunder that shook the sky. It was created by the principal himself."
Tian Yi pointed at Zhentian Lei with a serious look.
"The reason why the Jiangwu Hall has an artillery department is that one is the thunderbolt and the other is the artillery. The reason why I ask you to listen carefully to the class and study is to tell you that because of the emergence of the thunderbolt and the artillery, the situation of the war has changed dramatically. The change."
The students all opened their eyes wide and looked at the thunder in the wooden box.
In their usual training, they used to throw iron lumps without gunpowder. Today was the first time they saw a real thunderbolt.
It has a solid wooden handle, the cartridge case is equipped with a screw iron cap, and the entire shape is like a short log stick.
"Instructor Tian, you have opened everyone's eyes. What is so powerful about this thunder?"
Meng Gong asked Tian Yi loudly.
"Keep your eyes open and watch!"
Tian Yi unscrewed the screw iron cover, opened the fire cover, lit the wire on the warhead, and ran forward, counting 123 loudly in his mouth, and then threw the thunderbolt in his hand forward.
The Thunderbolt flew in a parabola in the air and landed near an earthen wall with a target buried there. A thunderous explosion sounded, smoke filled the air, and dust flew up, making many students turn pale.
"Everyone come with me and take a look!"
Tian Yi led the students up and saw many exploding shrapnel embedded in the earthen wall and the target's wooden planks. Some of the wooden planks were penetrated and shattered.
"My dear, this is really scary!"
Cao Youwan pulled out a broken piece of iron from the wooden board, his face turned pale. This guy can smash through a wooden board. If he shoots at someone, wouldn't blood and flesh be scattered everywhere?
"If this were to happen on the battlefield, and hundreds or thousands of sky-shaking thunders would hit them together, not to mention the infantry, even the thousands of cavalry would be disabled!"
Meng Gong's lips trembled and he was frightened.
If there was this guy in the army, I don't know how many soldiers' casualties would be saved. Not to mention defending the city, field battles are enough.
No matter how powerful the Tatar and Jin cavalry are, they are still made of meat. Can they withstand being shot with a piece of iron?
Seeing the shocked expressions of the students, Tian Yi looked calm and felt secretly proud.
Zhao Hong had already convinced these students with the Sky-shaking Thunder alone.
"Meng Gong, drop the bomb!"
Zhao Hong had told him to pay special attention to Meng Gong, so Tian Yi naturally had to take care of him.
"Yes, instructor!"
Meng Gong responded loudly as the students looked at him with envy. He picked up a thunderbolt and lit it. After counting three times, he ran forward and threw it violently.
"The bomb-dropping action is standard, very good!"
The explosion sounded near the target sign on the earthen wall. Tian Yi clapped and gave a thumbs up in appreciation.
Bomb throwing, like stabbing, is also a basic skill that students in Jiangwu Hall must master.
"Instructor Tian, the thunder is about to ignite. What if it rains?"
Some students thought too much and asked curiously.
"When it rains, the Thunderbolt cannot be used. At this time, when the two armies meet, the brave will win, so they rely on spearmen and sword and shield men to assassinate the opponent. If the artillery truck has a bunker, the artillery can provide limited help."
Since bowstrings are usually made of beef tendon or hemp rope mixed with silk, they lose their elasticity if they get soaked, so rain is a restriction for both parties.
I heard that the bowstrings of the Mongolian cavalry are not afraid of rain and snow. I don’t know if it is true or not?
"Instructor, although Zhentian Lei is ferocious, its range is not much different from that of a bow and arrow. If you want to shoot from a long distance, do you have to rely on artillery?"
Meng Gong asked loudly, representing the voice of most students.
"Meng Gong is right! Artillery is a long-range weapon, but it is also a medium-range weapon. Zhentianlei fights at close range. Firearms are extremely lethal. If you practice them well, you can kill the opponent without hesitation and reduce unnecessary casualties by at least half."
Tian Yi waved his hand, and several large and small artillery were pushed up.
Three types of artillery were placed on the training ground, a small cannon about 30 kilograms thick as a fist, a Franco machine gun about a hundred kilograms, and the other one, a field battle gun as thick as a bowl that weighed about 500 kilograms and was placed on an artillery cart. gun.
All the students looked at these front-loaded smoothbore artillery pieces shining in the sun with astonishment in their eyes.
Just these few iron pipes are also weapons for killing people and defeating enemies?
This is just a large-scale musket, with an effective killing range of up to a dozen steps.
The effective range is one mile, and it can also break armor and kill people. Isn't this a joke?
"The ignorant are fearless! Watch out!"
Tian Yi secretly despised the ignorance of these rookies and acted as the gunner himself. Under the watchful eyes of the students, he began to load the cannon with gunpowder shells, adjusted the angle, and aimed at the target in front.
"Remember, a 30-pound cannon is loaded with 7 taels of powder, 100 5-cent iron pellets are loaded in the front, and then 30 taels of lead pellets are used to fill the mouth. The range is 300 steps, and it can break through iron armor."
The red-hot iron drill in Tian Yi's hand lit the match on the cannon's fire door.
"Peng!"
Gun smoke filled the air, iron pellets and lead pellets spurted out, causing the target in the distance to stagger and shatter.
"Go and have a look."
Tian Yi waved his hand, and the students ran towards the target.
Meng Gong and the students came back after watching the effect, and everyone was frightened.
If this hits a person, the flesh and blood will not be mutilated.
"Teacher... how many small cannons should the army have?"
One student's face turned pale and he asked in a trembling voice.
If there were enough artillery and thunder, who would be the enemy in the world? Definitely more than enough to protect yourself.
"The principal said that about 50 people can be equipped with a small cannon. Horses and sergeants can carry it and use it anywhere. When fighting in the army, it can be used collectively. First, shelling, then bombing and archery, wait until the two armies engage in close combat. , just use pikemen to solve the problem."
The Song army was mostly infantry, so the army was equipped with a large number of crossbowmen. This is a major advantage of the Song Army's long-range weapons and cannot be given up easily.
"This is a two-part cannon. Each one weighs about 200 kilograms. The main gun is 3 feet long and equipped with six sub-guns. There is a front sight and a rear sight. You can aim from the rear sight hole. There is a gun mount. The gun is loaded with ammunition, which is put into the mouth of the abdomen in turn and fired."
After Tian Yi finished speaking, he loaded the 500-pound field gun below with only a 7-pound solid iron ball.
As for the Franco machine gun, it's just a demonstration of how to load the gun.
"Peng!"
The iron ball tore through the air, flew in the air, and rushed across the ground, bouncing and impacting. The earthen wall collapsed, the wooden planks cracked, and a small tree as thick as an arm broke directly.
Once again, the shelling shocked all the students.
"Remember, a solid iron ball defeats the enemy by bouncing. It is thrown at 45 degrees and has a range of up to two miles. It is most effective against the opponent's cavalry. If it is mounted on a warship, it can destroy the opponent's warship from a long distance. Artillery and The effect of using Thunderbolts together is even greater. Imagine hundreds of artillery fires at the same time, coupled with Thunderbolts bombing indiscriminately, what a scene..."
Tian Yi downplayed it, but Meng Gong was still frightened and sweating on his forehead.
"Several...hundreds of fire...cannons!"
With firearms in the Song Dynasty, it had the basis to compete with the northern cavalry.
Hundreds of artillery pieces take care of the long and medium range, and there are crossbows and thunderbolts at close range. With this indiscriminate bombardment, even the Northland cavalry with iron cavalry will be hard to defeat.
