After the cannonball is fired, the high-temperature and high-pressure gas in the barrel ignites the slow-burning gunpowder in the tube! The gunpowder burns slowly during the flight of the cannonball, and finally ignites the explosive gunpowder inside the cannonball. This way, the time for the explosion of the shell can be roughly controlled!
But there is another huge problem with the mortar, that is, its accuracy is terrible! After all, this kind of explosive bombs don't have tail fins like modern mortars, so their landing points are simply messy! Totally Brownian motion!
So the craftsmen thought of another way, which was to add a piece of wooden holder to the cannonball, and use four iron bars to fix the round cannonball on the holder!
The advantage of the bullet holder is that it acts as a tail, allowing the cannonball to land relatively accurately! And with the bullet holder, the air tightness of the gun bore is guaranteed, and the shooting distance is also improved! Liu Haojia has already developed all of this, but he has no intention of promoting it now, or even letting the court know that he has something good in his hands!
Because now the Ming Dynasty's court and army are like a sieve, and any good things or confidential information will be revealed! He has produced this new type of explosive bomb. As long as it is handed over to the court, the enemy will also know about it! He doesn't want the cannonballs he made to fall on the heads of his soldiers one day!
So when Qi Jiguang asked to watch such artillery shells, Liu Haojia shook his head and refused! What he said: "It's not that I don't want to show you, but this kind of artillery shell has not been finalized at all! It is difficult to control the impact point and explosion time of the artillery shell. If you are not careful, it will hit your family's head! Today's five Being able to fire artillery shells that can accurately land and explode is the result of many times of practice and good luck! Let’s wait for now. When the research results are obtained in the future, they will naturally be promoted to the entire army!”
Then Liu Haojia introduced the actual situation true and false, finally dispelling Qi Jiguang's urgent idea! When other civil servants heard that this kind of artillery shell had many shortcomings and could not be used in actual combat for a while, they couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't even know why they had such an idea!
Then Liu Haojia said: "Your Majesty, now you and everyone have a general understanding of going back, you can go outside to watch the drill!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Wanli stood up excitedly and said, "Go quickly, go quickly! Liu Aiqing will lead the way!"
Liu Haojia led everyone to the back of the camp, where there was a large open space where soldiers usually conducted large-scale drills! The entire land has been trampled to the ground! And a high platform has been built near the back door.
And as soon as everyone stood still, they discovered a huge building opposite! So everyone picked up their binoculars and looked forward, only to find that the opposite side was a wall with a city gate! The style is basically similar to the city gates and walls of the capital, but slightly smaller!
Of course, everyone also understood that it was not that Liu Haojia couldn't make exactly the same thing, but it was to prevent anyone from impeaching him for exceeding the rules or having other intentions! At the same time, they also understood one thing, that is, this drill may be related to that section of the city wall! Probably to practice a siege battle!
Liu Haojia led everyone to the high platform again, without explaining anything, he just waved his hand downwards, and the drums started ringing immediately! A moment after the drums sounded, everyone saw a large number of soldiers pouring out of the camp gate! These soldiers were running with dust flying in the air, and their momentum was overwhelming!
But this time they didn't lay out dense square formations like they did in the school grounds, but instead laid out more than ten hollow square formations! At the same time, many vehicles that had not appeared just now entered the phalanx mixed with artillery!
At this moment, the sound of the drums suddenly stopped, the dense footsteps below also disappeared instantly, the sound of various whistles, drums and trumpets also disappeared at the same time, and the world became silent for an instant! At this time, everyone discovered that all the phalanxes had been cleared of mines! There is a gap of about a hundred steps between each square array. At the same time, all square arrays are divided into two rows, front and rear, staggered, eight in front and seven in back, a total of fifteen square arrays!
At this time, Liu Haojia explained to everyone: "This exercise is mainly to practice two combat methods! One method is to meet the enemy on the plains, and the imaginary enemy is the Mongolian *** on the grassland! The other is to practice attacking cities occupied by the rebels! I wonder if you have anything to ask?"
Qi Jiguang immediately said: "I have a question! I think this phalanx is very strange. Can you explain why it is arranged like this?"
In fact, other people also felt that the phalanx in front of them was really weird! Because according to the tradition of the Ming army, all types of arms are arranged in a single formation, but they can be mixed into teams. But the phalanx of Liu Hao's family is completely different. He mixed all the soldiers of different arms into each phalanx! .z.
At the four corners of the phalanx are pikemen holding extremely long spears. They form four small but dense phalanxes! The remaining fire rifle soldiers and sword and shield soldiers formed the four sides of the phalanx! There are five rows of phalanx facing the enemy, and they are all densely packed with firecrackers! The other three sides of the phalanx are all two rows of people, with sword and shield soldiers on the outer layer and fire gun soldiers on the inner layer!
Hearing Qi Jiguang's question, Liu Haojia also explained loudly: "Master Qi, please see, if the spears at the four corners of this square array are laid flat, the spear tips can almost touch each other! Such densely packed spears can shield the musketeers. Function, it can assassinate the enemies rushing forward, so that the fire gun soldiers can shoot calmly! As for the sword and shield soldiers on both sides, they can usually protect the flanks of the phalanx, and can also be assembled at any time to engage in hand-to-hand combat with approaching enemies! As for the vehicle in the middle, We will know the functions of various baggage vehicles and artillery in a moment!"
Qi Jiguang looked at the phalanx in front of him and thought about it carefully, constantly sketching the scene of fighting against the enemy in his mind! The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this formation was very useful! This kind of phalanx can be stable on its own, and with the cooperation of the surrounding phalanxes, it is even more immovable! If you direct it well, you can even set up traps to put enemies in for a flanking attack!
So the more he thought about it, the more envious he became! The Liu Haojia in front of him was much younger than him, but he could already command an army of 60,000 people! Able to experiment with various formations and use various tactics! Considering that the number of troops under his own command is so small, he can only carry out small-scale battles. It is simply impossible to carry out large-scale battles! At this moment, he suddenly thought of something. If he took refuge with Liu Haojia, would he have the opportunity to command an army of tens of thousands?
