Everyone was shocked at the artillery, and then gradually became dull under the influence of Xiong Jing, no longer as excited as before, especially Naoji, who discovered some problems that cannot be ignored.

From the perspective of weapon use, artillery is in a very embarrassing position among many projection weapons of Chu State: the catapult weighs more than ten tons, and it fires 100 kilograms of artillery shells and turbulent shells with a range of more than 300 meters. The combat range is mostly on both sides of the waterway (carrying boats). It is transported to land very few times, except for defending the city and siege; the Jing crossbow is only a few hundred kilograms, and it can be dispersed into lighter parts during transportation. The firing of ten kilograms of iron shells can hit 200 meters, and there is almost no limit on the combat range.

The total weight of the artillery and its front chariot is more than two tons, and the firing of 5.44 kilograms of iron bombs can only hit more than 300 meters. Such weapons are at the moment of catapults and crossbows, and have no value in assembly. To be powerful, they are elected as catapults; to be light and they are elected as Jingbows, why choose this kind of iron guy who needs six horses to pull but cannot be continuously fired?

Whether it is Xiong Jing or Lian Po, they have repeatedly mentioned that the essence of war is based on transportation. At this time, the war is no longer like the one fight, only one fight, two fight, and only three fights hundreds of years ago... The war has been going on for many years, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been around. If the logistics cannot keep up, it will repeat the Battle of Changping more than 20 years ago.

The essence of logistics is horses. The Chu army adapted to local conditions and replaced horses with boats and abolished the military chariots within the organization, but there were still many places where horses were needed. Twenty people and four-wheeled horses were the minimum estimate of the Transportation Department. This was the military vehicle that did not include the camp and the transport vehicles in the rear, and did not include short-distance vehicles transporting food and fodder in various counties and towns in China. The Chu army was short of horses, with at least six horses per cannon, and the shells were not included. The minimum number of eight was needed. Who could afford this?

The more Naojiu thought about it, the more disappointed he was. In fact, there was one thing he didn't realize: there was a difference between the six horses towing artillery and the three horses towing four-wheeled carriages. That was, the six horses towing artillery was longer than the four-wheeled carriages, so the requirements for the road were much higher than that of the four-wheeled carriages. The road width was at least one meter, the turning radius was more than ten meters, and the slope could not exceed fifteen degrees. The last one was a bridge. The load bearing capacity of the bridge passing through was preferably more than eight tons, and not less than six tons, because the weight of the cannon and horse was more than five tons.

The weight of the four-wheeled carriage has made the wooden bridges in various parts of the Chu State unbearable, resulting in the rapid increase in cement output. The first thing to build was not the city, but the bridge. The wooden bridges of the cannon trucks that were heavier than the four-wheeled carriage were even more unavailable.

‘Boom-!’ As he thought about it, the two twelve-pound cannons that cooled down began to roar again. They now aimed at the target and the flock of sheep under the target. Each cannon sprayed 112 light shotguns of two to three centimeters. Because the gunpowder was not powerful enough, these shotguns that could have killed three to four hundred meters can only kill targets and flocks of sheep within a hundred meters.

For infantry, shotguns are extremely terrifying. Fired shotguns together can form a dense and bloody barrage. No one dares to charge at the cannon that fires shotguns, because the time it takes to rush through this distance is much longer than the interval between artillery fire. No matter how high the morale is, the army will collapse under the muzzle, just like the Pikit charge during the Civil War.

Looking at the safe and sound flock of sheep a hundred meters away, Xiong Jing suddenly came up with an idea, which was also the previous proposal: the artillery could set up a barbed wire fence fifty meters away before opening fire, so that even if the range was short, it could defeat the enemy's charge.

When Xiong Jing thought of this idea, the sound of cannons stopped again. The drawbacks of cannons began to appear again: they could not shoot continuously. Early artillery experts suggested that only eight rounds per hour were fired. In the 19th century, they believed that every forty rounds of shells should be cooled for one hour, and the number of designs per hour should not exceed nineteen times.

Of course, these two twelve-pound cannons are made of low-carbon steel. Before drilling, the cannon body had been repeatedly hammered with a heavy hammer weighing dozens of tons to make its tissue dense, but the king was right beside him. The worried gunman who had exploded the cannon body was hot and ordered to stop shooting.

"This is..." The shooting range was in a mess, and the sheep were bleeding all over the ground, and the undead people were still screaming.

"This is a shotgun." Xiong Jing pointed to a shotgun. It was round and straight, like a can of tin. One hundred and twelve iron bullets of different sizes were loaded inside, and sawdust was stuffed between the bullet and the bullet. The purpose was to prevent the shotgun from squeezing into one piece during the firing process, causing it to spread too small. The reason for the can is to prevent the shotgun from damaging the gun barrel. Even so, it will still damage the gun barrel. A cannon that can fire thousands of shells has a lifespan of only two or three hundred rounds.

"Good!" The more Naojiu looked at the shotgun, the more he nodded. The power of the shotgun was greater than that of the round solid bullets. In fact, facing the dense array, the continuous beating solid bullets killed many people. According to the French research, the solid bullets shot from the twelve-pound can kill twenty-three people at a distance of 800 meters, and thirty-four people in five hundred meters. However, this kind of killing is related to the thickness of the queue. If the opponent's queue is thin, the lethality will be greatly reduced.

"There is another kind," because of time, Zaofu did not make grenades. But with the power of gunpowder now, it would be a sound to make grenades. "The bullet is filled with medicine, and after it is fired, it falls into the enemy's formation and then explodes."

"I dare to ask the king, how to ignite this bullet?" Gongshu Ji listened the most carefully. He knew that gunpowder needed to be ignited with fire. The shell was placed in the cannon chamber and shot into the enemy formation before blowing it up. It was a big problem to ignite it.

"Fire at regular intervals." Xiong Jing replied. "The shells are ignited before they are placed in the cannon bore. When they flew into the enemy's formation, the leads ignite the gunpowder in the cannon bore." After he said that, he looked at Gongshuji again, "Illegals are different from infantry. The first thing for artillery is rigor. If it is not strictly prohibited, they will die before the enemy soldiers."

"I remember the king's words and be cautious in everything." Gongshu Ji bowed deeply. His feelings were different from those of Naojiu and others. He felt that artillery would definitely be able to obtain catapults and crossbows, and become a powerful weapon for the army.

"There is still a regulation." Xiong Jing added, and at this time he thought of another unpleasant thing.

The three years of war, the lessons learned in the three years were enough to allow the Chu army to compile a solid combat regulations, but the problem was that the regulations were compiled. What can you do if the officers were illiterate? The same problem also exists in maps, combat orders, and scouts.
Chapter completed!