Because there is no movable artillery mount, all the 40 Folang machine cannons on the scene were carried onto the surface. Before the cannon was placed, engineers had already dug the pit in advance with small shovels.
In order to facilitate shooting, the artillery engineer first dug out the soil and then piled up a long pile of earth to place the cannons. The angle of the cannon is not horizontal, but is tilted upward by 5 degrees. Because the iron ball shell is very heavy, it is a parabola when it is hit and does not rotate. Therefore, raising the muzzle appropriately is conducive to the shell flying farther. If the angle is flat, not only will the range of the shell be closer, but it will also hit the ground directly. Moreover, this angle is also conducive to the cannon transmitting recoil to the earth...
In addition, the 5-degree elevation angle is also conducive to watering...
Fill water? Yes, fill water! Fire cannons will make the gun barrel hot. Especially for copper cannons, if they are not cooled down in time, the copper will easily become soft at high temperatures. Once the gun barrel is overheated, it will continue to shoot, which will easily lead to deformation of the gun barrel.
Therefore, after several shots, the artillery will directly pour water into the muzzle. The bottom of the Furang machine cannon is open, and water enters through the muzzle and flows out from the gun tail. Then, the barrel cools down sharply.
Then, just wipe it with a rag without a dry sponge and sucking water deep into the cannon barrel. Why? Because this does not affect shooting. Because the loading of the Furang machine cannon is done in the sub-gun and has nothing to do with the mother gun. Even the iron ball is pressed into the sub-gun.
Therefore, even if the mother gun is wet, it will not affect the shooting of the Folang machine cannon. Of course, the water on the mother gun should not be wet the fuze part of the child gun.
As for the cooling of the sub-gun, it is even simpler - the artillery directly throws the overheated sub-gun into the bucket. Then, he takes it out and uses a rag to remove water... However, the dehydration of the sub-gun must be taken seriously. After all, there is a gunpowder in it. If it is not wiped clean, it may not be fired.
This method of fixing the gun barrel on the surface does not require temporary aiming before firing. After all, the shooting angle and direction are fixed. However, there is a second method of shooting...
The second shooting method is actually what the Turks are good at - using big cars to install cannons!
The method is to make a four-wheeled cart with iron frames. The frame is made of iron, and so is the wheels. Only in this way can we withstand recoil.
The 300-pound Folang machine cannon barrel was placed on a four-wheeled cart, lined up in a row to face the enemy. Behind the cart, wooden stakes were inserted to resist the cart, so as not to recoil to make the cart retreat.
Because it is a large iron frame cart, even if the recoil is bombarded, it will not damage the large cart. However, the body is firm, and the bearings of the frame and wheels are not so firm. There is also the place that is most affected by the recoil of the artillery. Fortunately, the Turks have prepared spare axles long ago and are not afraid of losses.
Of course, this is the method that Turks will adopt when fighting hastily. After all, fighting against Middle Eastern countries dominated by light cavalry must be prepared to fight hastily at any time.
If the enemy is not attacked, the Turks will still lift the barrel down and place it on the ground to bombard the enemy. After all, replacing the axle is also costly and troublesome. Sometimes, the axle cannot bear it, and the cannon will collapse as it slams...
In fact, the Turks are only one step away from modern artillery mounts. That is - let the big cart retreat and absorb recoil...
If you use a four-wheeled cart to carry cannons to attack and fix the body, the recoil of the cannon will cause too much damage to the car. Moreover, the caliber of the cannon cannot be too large. If you put a large caliber cannon on the car and fix the body, the recoil of the cannon can shake the car with one shot...
If you choose to lift the cannon body out of the car and place it on the ground, the cannon should not be too heavy. If it is too heavy, the artillery will not be able to lift it...
Therefore, until the war period, the mainstream infantry cannons were three-pound cannons, and the weight of the cannon was not more than 300 pounds. No matter how heavy it was, the artillery could not lift it. Moreover, the recoil was too high...
However, the emergence of the recoil mount solves the problem of recoil, larger caliber infantry cannons will become possible.
Of course, there is also a problem of gunpowder consumption here - gunpowder consumption is too high. Just like the Beihai Kingdom cast so many heavy artillery, but it is basically not used in normal times. Because gunpowder cannot be used. It was not until Marin developed Chile's saltpeter that he had the confidence to use those large-caliber naval guns.
However, for Persia, the three-pound Fron cannon sent by Marin this time was already very satisfied. Because the Turkish infantry cannon was also of this level. As long as it was not worse than the Turkish cannon, Ismay I would be satisfied.
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The volley of 40 Folang cannons is just a pediatric in the eyes of the soldiers of the Beihai Kingdom. Because the Beihai infantry also has 6-pound cannons and 12-pound Napoleon cannons. But in the eyes of Persians who have never seen artillery much, the three-pound cannon is already very terrible...
Especially, during the shooting of living creatures, Persian Shah Ismayi I and the Persian nobles saw a group of cattle and sheep flying with their own eyes and were shocked. These people have been a long time ago, but many people still want to vomit when facing cattle and sheep that were bombarded by artillery shells. Because even Persian cavalry killed people, they just chopped people with scimitars. They had never seen the cannonballs savagely tore the bodies of cattle and sheep into pieces...
But after the discomfort, everyone in Persian monarch and ministers were ecstatic - in the future, we also had such a weapon of killing!
Then there was a shooting performance of the mesh gun, but after seeing the earth-shaking of artillery shooting, Persian monarchs and ministers were a little interested in the power of the mesh gun.
Shaw Bernard was a little helpless, but fortunately, Bad, a spy from the North Sea country stationed in Persia, tried hard to persuade Ismay I and asked the muskets to perform a cargo shooting performance.
When shooting, the Persian monarchs and ministers did not see anything. But when they checked the wounds of cattle and sheep, they felt a chill. The bloody holes on the cattle and sheep were basically incurable...
This is the difference between muskets and bows and arrows - enemies shot by bows and arrows can continue to fight. Even unlucky guys who are full of arrows like hedgehogs still insist on fighting until they are overflowing with too much blood.
But muskets are different. As long as one shot enters the body, it basically loses its combat effectiveness. Moreover, it is basically difficult to cure. Even if the military doctor of Beihai Country takes action, it can only guarantee that the person who was shot has a high chance of survival, but it cannot guarantee that the person who is shot can recover in the future. After all, the blood holes produced by the lead bullet are too difficult to treat...
How to say, the person who was shot in the arrow can not only continue to fight, but will heal next time the injury is healed, but can also continue to participate in the battle alive. The person who was shot will lose his combat effectiveness on the spot. Moreover, he is easily disabled...
Some people may ask - During the Anti-Japanese War, many people could continue to fight after being shot by the Japanese!
Here we need to explain that the Japanese 38 large cover uses pointed bullets, but not lead bullets, but iron bullets. This kind of pointed bullet may have strong armor-breaking ability. However, because the breaking ability is too strong, it is easy to penetrate the body. Moreover, the wound left is very small. Because the diameter of the 38 large cover gun is only 6.5 mm. Therefore, after being hit by the Japanese 38 large cover, only penetration injuries that are larger than the diameter of the 38 large cover are left on the body, unlike the spherical lead bullets that will cause blood holes that roll in the body.
What’s interesting is that small-caliber pointed bullets like the Japanese are even more powerful when facing bulletproof vests and armor. With the level of bulletproof vests during World War II, they will be directly penetrated by the 38-large cover, and will cause fatal injuries. Because the fragments of bulletproof vests are carried into the human body by the pointed bullet, causing great damage to the human body.
Therefore, during World War II, the US and Soviet troops with bulletproof vests suffered even more damage to the Japanese 38th guns. On the contrary, the poor Chinese Resistance Army did not wear anything, but could survive. At worst, they would be a hole in their body...
For example, the Sn-42 body armor equipped by the Soviet army during World War II was very protective when facing pistols and German MP-40 submachine guns using pistols. However, when encountering rifles, it is safer to take off the torn clothes. Otherwise, death will be faster...
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After seeing the terrible power of spherical lead bullets, Ismay I finally agreed to introduce a mesh rope gun. However, the purpose of his introduction was mainly to protect the artillery troops. Therefore, the scale was not large. Instead, the artillery was, and he promised to introduce 300 artillery pieces. Because the Turkish army had so many artillery numbers. As the monarch of the Middle East, the Persians wanted to compare with Turkey. Even artillery could not be less than Türkiye.
But in terms of price, both sides bargained. The Persians were not satisfied with the price of 650 gold coins per cannon and thought it was too high. This was mainly because the price of copper in Persia was much cheaper than that in Europe.
The price comparison of silver-copper in Europe is 1 to 15, while the price of copper in Persia is not expensive because it is close to India, and the price comparison of silver-copper is only 1 to 60, which is 4 times the difference from Europe.
So, they think the price is too high and they are unwilling to give so much.
However, after asking the Portuguese, the Portuguese offered the same price. Therefore, Ismail I reluctantly bought these 40 Flor cannons at this price.
However, when I turned around, Ismay I ordered 40 Fron cannons of the same specification from the Portuguese at a price of 600 gold coins per door (50 gold coins cheaper than the Beihai Kingdom).
Chapter completed!