When it comes to destroying the enemy's formation, the artillery does not need to be so powerful, but it undoubtedly needs to have a far enough range to threaten the general who is in command among the enemy.
And when the enemy generals can smell the smell of death at any time, they have to move and change the position of their own central tent at any time. This will lead to disunity and the enemy's formation will be truly destroyed!
But the two needs seem to be different, but in fact they are the same. Although Li Er, Li Ji, and Li Tangjunchen have not received education in mathematics and physics, they also know that the more powerful the bow and arrow will shoot farther.
The same goes for artillery projectiles!
Having said that, we still need to stuff as much gunpowder as possible into the barrel of the cannon. If we can stuff two kilograms and one liang, we will never stuff two and a half kilograms. And it is conceivable that such a method of stuffing will have a negative impact on the body of the artillery.
Strength is naturally a great test.
For this reason, Datang had to find ways to make the artillery bigger and bigger. As long as it could be transported between military towns in various places, it would do its best to make it bigger.
The famous jokes about battleships in later generations, as well as the battleship itself - were all produced in this way.
When this small artillery was presented to him, Li Jing felt that he could pick it up with one hand without much effort. You can imagine the surprise in his heart.
"Is this an artillery piece?"
Although he was convinced in his heart, Li Jing still couldn't help but look at Duan Lun and murmured. Duan Lun smiled slightly when he heard this, but nodded, "The Duke of Wei is familiar with military affairs, how can he miss a mere weapon? This is
artillery."
"But this, this artillery is too small. I'm afraid this thing can only hit twenty steps at most, right?"
Li Jing found it very incredible and repeatedly observed the brand-new weapon in his hand - he was so focused on it that he didn't even notice that the soldiers around him got out of their formation and came to watch the fun.
Duan Lun was not surprised that everyone was so curious. He looked at Li Jing and the many Forbidden Army soldiers with a smile to observe the new weapons in front of them. Finally, he waited for a moment before slowly speaking with a smile, "This thing is indeed.
The range of artillery is indeed only a few dozen steps,"
"ah?"
Li Jing looked at Duan Lun in surprise. Before he could ask any more questions, the Imperial Guards soldiers on the side couldn't help but opened their mouths on the spot.
The range is only a few dozen steps? Then this thing!
Not to mention compared with the Divine Arm Bow, isn't it just inferior to ordinary crossbows?
As for real artillery, it is far inferior - but in this case!
Why did the imperial court create such a batch of weapons?
This is so unreasonable no matter how you think about it. The Tang Dynasty already has artillery. Compared with artillery, this thing is no longer a problem of awkward positioning. It is not even as good as the God's Arm Bow. Isn't this a useless thing?
For a moment, a large number of doubtful and astonished eyes looked over, and all fell on Duan Lun. However, at this time, Duan Lun continued to smile slightly, "The range is not long, but it does not mean that it is useless. This thing only needs
Carrying hundreds of rounds of pills, he can continuously kill and injure the enemy's formation. Duke Wei's martial arts skills are world-class, but he doesn't know how many bullets he can withstand?"
Seeing Duan Lun's smile, Li Jing immediately realized, what a musket!
In terms of shooting speed, it is definitely not as good as a crossbow, and in terms of convenience, it is obviously not as good. It is even difficult to say that it is easy to maintain. However, the musket has only one advantage, it can fire quickly!
Although this thing is indeed not as powerful as artillery and can reach far, but from another perspective, it is actually quite powerful.
Being able to fire bullets continuously means that the Roman crossbowmen were exhausted during the battle between the two armies.
When they can no longer fire arrows, the archers from China can continue to kill the enemy!
After all, it is just putting in projectiles and gunpowder, which requires almost no effort compared to pulling a bow. And although this ability does not seem to have any advantage in direct combat, it can even be said to be a disadvantage, because the God's Arm Bow has
The shooting range is far beyond that of this musket by countless times - even if the Romans' bows and arrows are not as powerful as the God's Arm Bow, they must still be extremely fierce.
However, no matter how powerful the bows and arrows are, let alone muskets, even without muskets, bows and arrows are not as popular as in the past these days - heavy armored cavalry is the way to go. A group of iron bastards gather in formation and charge at high speed. The general army formation is simply impossible.
It can't be stopped. This is a trend that has started since the Eastern Han Dynasty. But then again!
Under this basic form of war, generally speaking, whoever wins the hearts and minds of these heavy armored cavalry can conquer the world. However, even heavy armored cavalry has limits - after all, humans are not created by machine magic.
There is always a time when all things are exhausted, let alone something like a steam engine, when it is exhausted?
Of course, originally it was logical that this was not a problem. Lack of physical strength and poor battery life were not something that humans could do, and it was not just the Han people here in China. The two armies fought, and when Qin Shubao, Wei Chi, Lao Mo and others were all exhausted,
Most of the enemy troops were unable to move.
Therefore, not only did no one care about this kind of thing in the past, but no one thought it was necessary to care at all - otherwise, after hundreds of years of melee between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there would definitely still be people who were interested in studying these military issues.
The thoughts in Li Jing's mind turned slightly and he had grasped the key point.
Take artillery as an example. The power of artillery far exceeds that of ordinary siege methods. This directly leads to the loss of effectiveness of defense methods that have maintained a balance of combat power with past siege methods such as ladders. If ladders are spears,
, then the city wall and the various means implemented based on the city wall are the corresponding shields. To eliminate the shield instead of breaking and defeating it, this is obviously not something that ordinary spears can do. What eventually replaced the ladder was not a stronger ladder, but a stronger ladder.
It is a weapon of the artillery level.
Today, the situation is the same. Although the Tang Dynasty already had grenades and landmines, these two things did not eliminate heavy armor - not only in the practice of conquering the north and south, but even in the military exercises within China.
I couldn't do it in the event because of grenades and landmines.
A mine relies too much on the strategy and the personal ability of the general, while the grenade is simply itself. Although it is powerful, it is difficult to accurately deliver it to the heavy armored cavalry. After all, heavy armor is still a kind of weapon.
It's a very luxurious thing, and those who can equip it are the best among the best.