The wind resistance will become smaller, which is not the point.
The point is that the wind resistance becomes smaller, which means the speed can be increased!
And this conclusion was not something Li Er deduced on the spur of the moment, but something he truly concluded based on his own experience! It can even be said that it was because he was riding faster while lying down that Li Er understood what Li Sheng said:
What does "lower wind resistance" mean?
In this case.
Then the spiraling musket ammunition should be as fast as the Forbidden Army soldiers on horseback - it is conceivable that the power can also increase!
Once he figured this out, Li Er's eyes widened instantly, and he even held his breath on the spot - because of this idea, he could really understand it. However - before this, there was no Li Sheng.
I really never thought of this advice!
The warriors in China are so skilled in bow and horse that they all rely on their own hard work and practice. There was really no one here before.
Including myself, I have studied it carefully.
But now he understood the truth. Li Er finally understood what it means to learn without explaining. This feeling of clarity is refreshing. In addition, this musket is currently only in trial production in Datang. When the next batch is released,
When the next three batches of muskets are manufactured at the latest, the people from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War should be able to add rifling. By then, hey, as the saying goes, one inch long, one inch strong, the power of Datang's muskets will increase.
It can shoot further, but how will the Romans be able to bear it when the time comes?
After being so happy, of course Li Er wanted to have a drink to celebrate. Wei Zheng and Fang Du on the side were still thinking hard. Li Er looked around and smiled proudly. These civil servants are not as knowledgeable as me.
Isn’t it? Then he also raised his glass and clinked it with Li Sheng.
Li Sheng raised his glass like this. When Li Sheng saw the glass stretched out, he also raised his glass and touched it with Li Er, and started drinking with a smile. However, Wei Zhengfang, Du and others on the side were confused, and he still
I completely failed to grasp the key point, why did your Majesty clink glasses with His Highness in celebration?
Several civil servants only understood one thing, which was that Li Sheng probably said that the addition of "rifling" to the musket should mean that the power of the musket could be enhanced. But to what extent, there are some factors involved in this.
What a wonderful thing, but this is extremely puzzling.
However, Li Er didn't really understand how much the power could be increased, so he couldn't help but look at Li Sheng and asked, "Well, sir, I wonder how much the power of this musket and projectiles can be increased by adding rifling?"
Regarding this, forget it if you didn't understand it at first, but now that you understand it, Li Er can't help but be very curious. If the power of this musket is increased, how much can it be increased?
Although Li Sheng's words were understood by him, and they were indeed reasonable, after all, he was not a Tai student in Chengxi Academy, and he really didn't understand the truth. There is a saying in the world that he knows it but does not know why, but there is also something more
Knowing the reason, but not knowing the specific reason,
but.
Although Li Sheng, as he just said, he is just an ordinary science student and has not studied aerodynamics, a special subject for students of science, he still understands the basic relevant common sense and is relatively familiar with it, so he
After recalling it, Li Sheng said.
"If I remember this correctly, compared to the crudely made guns of Datang, if they can be rifled, then the range should be increased by about two or three times. That's about it."
He probably thought about it and described it casually, and then Li Sheng continued to raise his glass and drink casually. In the field of military industry, Li Sheng himself did not work in those places after all, and he did not understand the details, but as a boy, Li Sheng was more or less still
Those who know a little bit of military history - at least they will know it when playing gun games. And according to my limited knowledge, it is basically in line with my professional knowledge, that kind of old bolt-action rifle, and the legendary
The range of the Minie rifle, which eliminated the cavalry, has indeed improved so much compared to the original shotgun range - even an estimate of two to three times is still conservative.
The actual situation is that the original flintlock is basically a very convenient "hot melee weapon". It is said to be a hot weapon, but its range is basically advantageous only in close-range hand-to-hand combat. Later, with the Mini rifle,
This situation is different. The range of bullets fired by one shot is indeed not comparable to that of a flintlock gun. This comparison can actually be clearly explained with an example.
The range of a flintlock gun is basically the range of later generations - in fact, the original flintlock gun was originally a so-called shotgun. Since it is a weapon for hitting flexible targets, shotguns are naturally more advantageous. As for the advent of this thing
In that era, because the combat theory was still highly immature, and because the muskets had not yet been rolled up - all major armies in the world still mainly used cold weapons and iron pagodas, so shotguns were the best choice. And when it came to the Mini rifle
In this era, the tactic of queuing to kill has begun to appear, and the shooting range is usually two to three hundred meters.
As you can imagine, the range of two to three hundred meters is indeed not that far, but compared to the shotgun, which has an effective killing range of only tens of meters or less, this improvement is really, two or three times is considered modest.
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However, when Li Sheng casually said that Li Erwei wanted to recruit Fang Du, the whole group was immediately shocked.
Those who were either pouring themselves a drink or preparing to pour wine for Li Sheng were all frozen in place for a moment. All the eyes of the people at the table fell on Li Sheng's face, motionless, as if time had been suddenly interrupted.
It stopped for a while!
This number is too exaggerated!
Li Er and others' faces were full of shock, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time. But when everyone came back to their senses and looked at Li Sheng, the shock in their eyes was even more intense - this musket was even more powerful than the most powerful one in the Tang Dynasty.
Forged with weapons and artillery, they are almost invincible within a few dozen steps. No living creature holding any weapon dares to say that it can reliably defeat any ordinary soldier holding a musket!
This, such a powerful thing, directly solved the problems that Datang currently encountered in its confrontation with the Romans.
Most of the Romans were troubled by the power of the muskets, and they didn't know how much territory they would lose in the future.
Li Sheng's red mouth and white teeth twitched, and the power and range of the musket increased several times.
At this moment, Li Er couldn't help but smile bitterly. Earlier today, he was thinking that he finally had some credit for the musket.
