Phi-Fic Chapter 563 Artillery is the key
Chapter 563 Artillery is the key
"Father is right, this is exactly what my son wants to say."
"Because the contents of sulfur and gunpowder are different, the power of artillery is much greater than that of firearms. If the power of firearms can easily deal with ten fully armed soldiers, then one artillery can deal with hundreds of soldiers at the same time. attack by enemy soldiers.
Even relying on a cannon alone is enough to defend the entire city. "
"And in terms of range, artillery is much better than firearms. After all, firearms are only small weapons, and their range depends entirely on the strength of the soldiers who throw them.
The cannon is fired with the help of the hot energy air column in the barrel as power after the fuse is ignited. How can manpower be compared with the kinetic energy of steam? Naturally, the range of the cannon is not comparable to that of firearms. "
"A minister once mentioned the need to use firearms to siege cities and plunder land and blow up the enemy's walls. In fact, artillery is the real weapon for siege."
"The artillery not only has a much longer range than the catapult, but also the destructive power it causes is enough to easily destroy the walls that use clay as a suture.
It can be said that as long as you have a cannon, no matter how high the enemy's city gates and walls are, the cannon shells are still as fragile as thin paper. "
"Besides, since the artillery can easily blow through the city walls, let alone the flesh and blood of the enemy soldiers, as long as a random shell explodes in the enemy army, it will definitely cause countless deaths and injuries. If you don't die, you have to be disabled, which is an effect that firearms can never achieve."
"Such a weapon of war will definitely be able to bring great help to us in expanding our territory after the Great Qin Dynasty and in foreign wars."
"In addition to strong offensive capabilities, the artillery has even stronger defensive capabilities. With its ultra-long range and terrifying destructive power, the enemy is already bruised and bloody before they can get close."
"If these cannons can be placed on the walls of various counties and counties in Daqin, then as long as the enemy dares to attack, the shells in the cannons will definitely make them unable to eat, and our Daqin's safety factor will naturally be extremely high. Big improvement."
"Besides, the most important thing is that since the artillery shells are powerful enough, you don't need to hoard enough quantities like firearms to form a considerable combat effectiveness. Generally, a artillery only needs five to ten shells. , because with the military strength of other countries now, after each artillery has fired five to ten shells, the whole line may have collapsed."
"These five to ten shells are usually stored in special wooden boxes, which can not only keep them dry, improve the durability of the artillery shells, but also reduce vibration and prevent the shells from accidentally exploding. There is no way to store them in wooden boxes, so artillery is much safer than firearms.”
Ying Yu smiled and introduced the cannon to Ying Zheng and the other ministers.
"I've only seen a demonstration of this cannon, so I only roughly thought that this cannon is very powerful. I didn't expect this cannon to be so powerful."
"No wonder you said that the expansion of the firearms battalion will focus on the development of artillery. Now it seems that not only should more attention be paid to this kind of sharp weapon for attacking cities, but also vigorous support should be given."
Ying Zheng was very pleasantly surprised, obviously very excited by the artillery that Ying Yu introduced.
Although the catapults are also very destructive to the city gates and walls, they still pale in comparison to artillery.
And like firearms, catapults are far inferior to artillery in terms of range. In addition, catapults are too bulky, which is extremely inconvenient to carry with the army, and it is not conducive to the efficiency of rapid marching.
Therefore, it can be said that the artillery not only does not have the disadvantages of the catapult, but also has many advantages than the catapult. It will undoubtedly play an extremely important role in foreign warfare!
After listening to Ying Yu's detailed introduction to the artillery, all the ministers in the court smiled.
Especially generals such as Wang Ben and Meng Tian, who have been fighting abroad all the year round, were very excited after hearing about the various advantages of artillery.
After all, for them, when fighting outside, the most difficult thing is not the enemy's soldiers, but the high walls built by the enemy.
Especially those ancient countries that once had glory. Although their advanced troops were not strong enough, they were defeated by the Qin army commanded by Wang Ben and Meng Tian.
But relying on the glory of their ancestors, the walls of these ancient countries were often built tall and strong. In addition, the enemy army knew the huge gap between themselves and the soldiers of the Qin army, so they stuck to the city like tortoises and never came out.
In this case, even Wang Ben and Meng Tian are very troubled.
Because the experience in countless battles told them that even if they led the soldiers to forcibly attack the city, they basically returned in vain. They could only wait for time until they ran out of ammunition and food. Only with continuous bombardment can it be possible to capture the city in one fell swoop.
The emergence of artillery can undoubtedly solve this problem perfectly.
Because under the terrifying power of the artillery, most of the city walls are just as thin as paper. Even if the city walls are impenetrable for a while, it is enough to fire a few more shells.
"As the emperor said, the power of the artillery and its various characteristics are indeed worthy of my Great Qin's vigorous study."
"The biggest problem facing the manufacture of artillery now is the steel material."
"Gunpowder and sulfur are mixed together, and a large amount of heat energy will be released during the spraying process. This heat energy is the key to determining how far the artillery shell can shoot, and the first thing that bears the brunt of this steam heat energy is the gun of the firearm. Tube."
"This steam heat energy can actually spray a dozen-jin-heavy cannonball to an area several miles away. You can imagine how much energy it contains. With such a huge amount of energy, its temperature will also reach extremes. Therefore, the requirements for the steel materials used to make cannons are also extremely high."
"The cannon that my son showed to the emperor and the ministers last time is still made of bronze, precisely because no suitable steel has been researched yet."
"However, if we can concentrate the resources and energy of the Academy of Engineering and shift the focus from firearms manufacturing to artillery manufacturing, I believe these will not be a problem."
Ying Yu made his own suggestion.
In fact, what Ying Yu wanted to make from the very beginning was artillery.
Now this "black iron lump" with the name of a firearm actually functions like a hand grenade. It is just a by-product that he and the Academy of Engineering developed unintentionally when developing artillery shells.