Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 233 Discussion and Inspiration

To some extent, women are indeed the best venting desire and relaxation of men. Especially the soldiers who lined up in the era of guns, if there is no woman for the venting of the kind of panic and helplessness on the battlefield, but they must strictly observe the psychological pressure of the military to face the death, it is very easy to be mentally problematic.

Crowder finally understood why several of the aristocratic children of Berklin went back to the bar in the city of Emis to find a woman every time they went out to perform their duties. Facing the enemy's threat to their own lives and witnessing the casualties of their comrades, the spirit of every soldier returning from the battlefield is really tense. Only the wine and the woman can let them relax and experience the goodness of being lucky from the battlefield. .

Claude's self-control is very strong, and it has been more than two years since the army. The killing on the battlefield is already very common for him. But the war is still going on. Claude doesn't know if he can survive in the end and can go home to visit his loved ones. The mental pressure is accumulating in a little bit. Although he is very confident and trustworthy in front of others, he is somewhat depressed. During this time, he often dreams of reading in the middle of the country and Bokal, Vericello. Going on an adventure...

It wasn't until this night that Claude finally understood the beauty of the woman. Yesterday he was very tired, but he slept very well and did not have any dreams. Woke up in the morning and performed three morning exercises with Mrs. Beauty, who had been mad at the noon to get up. Although the body is tired, it is very relaxed. The spirit is also full of excitement, as if to unload a heavy burden, and the idea is particularly clear. In the past, the depression that was suppressed in the bottom of my heart was swept away, and there was no longer the feeling of decadence and frustration that occasionally flashed.

"Sir, this is the letter from the battalion received by the correspondent in the morning." Mai Jieke waited outside the door and handed a thin piece of paper when he saw Claude.

Crowder took a look at it and wrote that it was already known. The fact that he was sending people to Pacasia to investigate the relationship between Baroness Vascus and Bard master took about three days. Please entertain the baroness. Don't offend the noble lady before the situation is investigated. The signature is the battalion commander Major Lederfontein.

Well, I will entertain her well. This will have been entertained on the bed. There are no more subordinates who work harder than me.

"Mc Jack, you take a big man to go to the village along the way to see, buy some ingredients from the countertop, buy some if you have good wine, come back before 5 pm, I need to do for the baroness A delicious dinner.” Claude gave Mai Jack a purse with six or seven gold kroners.

"Follow, sir." McJack turned and went to find the big man.

At noon, Claude and Mrs. Beauty just dealt with it casually. Claude had a good appetite and ate seven omelettes in one go. After all, the energy consumed last night and in the morning was too big, and I needed to make a good tonic.

In the afternoon, the lady went back to the room and went to the house. Of course, it was Claude’s bedroom. The small suite that was given to her became the residence of her two maids. Claude is going to patrol the checkpoint on the mountain road to deal with some unexpected things. As the highest responsible officer here, he can't accompany the lady who is going to go to bed to sleep...

Mark's veteran oil saw Claude to inspect, his face envious of hateful expression, raised his thumb to show admiration. A dinner with a few bottles of good wine, accompanied by a night of chat, took the Baroness Vasilei to the bed. That is to say, Claude, the little white-faced chief, has this ability. The last night’s movement, Markch, who lived downstairs, heard very clearly. This will make him think about whether he wants to play the baronet’s two maids and have to look for an opportunity. Try it, maybe they are also very bored and lonely.

Claude pretended that he didn't see Mark's high thumbs. He first asked about the number of people who passed the checkpoint today, and then asked about the small team that came back last night to scout the cavalry. This small group of soldiers took the three-riding group as a group, and each of the four groups went to the two mountain roads leading to the Cannes prairie and the eastern part of the Eskilin Principality for reconnaissance. They returned early and late because they came back when Claude was I was chatting with the lady, so it was Markie who received the report.

"There is no abnormality." Seeing that Claude was not interested in his thumb, Markie had to take it back: "The last group of scouts came back yesterday and reported that they entered the Cannes Prairie in the afternoon, about I ran for more than 20 miles and strolled around a big circle. I didn’t find any signs of horse gathering, so I came back later."

"This is normal." Crowder nodded. "The Principality of Canas and the Principality of Eskilin. They are different from ours. They are also the territorial system. For example, the two mountain roads lead us. They are the private territories of the two principalities. If the military of the two principalities wants to send troops, they must also obtain the consent of the lords here and give compensation. It is possible to attack us through these territories. If the compensation is not Talk well, those lords are not allowed to pass the army from their private territory..."

"How is this possible?" Markie opened his mouth in surprise: "This is a national war. Can those lords still do this?"

Crowder laughed: "There is nothing strange about this. They have wars with our kingdom. These aristocrats of the territories have also paid their own money to fulfill their obligations. Their territories are passed down from generation to generation, so they attach great importance to the sovereignty of the territory. They send troops along their kingdoms, all along the national road, and will not easily enter private territory. Unless their territory is invaded, those lords will take the initiative to invite their own army to enter, otherwise they will resolutely refuse to enter the army. The territory will even use force to resist..."

In the next few days, in addition to the beautiful love scenes dramas on the bed every night with the lady, the two mostly eat, drink, and chat together, and soon found a common hobby between the two, that is, the firearms Research. First, Mrs. Beauty drew a sketch showing the idea of ​​a rifle-in-the-spot array that she envisioned. The drawings were lined with twelve muskets, and a total of four rows of forty-eight muskets were welded to an iron shelf in a rotatable direction. On the top, this iron shelf can also be mounted on a carriage for easy movement.

The lady of the beauty means that when faced with the attack of a large group of light cavalry, this array of firearms can be deployed in front of the position and fired at the same time with intensive firepower. Crowder looked at the sketch and shook his head. He pointed out that this kind of firearms is actually a one-time firepower. It is too time-consuming and too troublesome to reload after launching. It is not practical on the battlefield. There is not even a lethality of the bullets fired by light infantry artillery. The only advantage is that it is farther than the bullets fired by the artillery.

The lady of the beautiful woman had to admit that Claude said it was very reasonable. In fact, she was unable to turn it into a real thing because of the difficulty of filling this firepower-filled array. Her father, Master Bird, also like Claude, who believes that the intensity and persistence of firepower can prevent the rapid cavalry's rapid assault. Unfortunately, her idea has achieved the intensity of firepower and the lack of firepower.

The problem is the firing of firearms on the Farrea continent for almost a few hundred years. Almost all of this front-loading arquebus has been researched to the point where it has been reached. Even the kingdom of Ovila, which is superior in military quality to all countries in the eastern part of the continent, has been studying hard for nearly two decades in order to raise the limit range of the arquebus to 350 meters. It is necessary to know that the Obash II type rifle equipped by the army of the Kingdom of Ovilas has always been famous in the mainland, regardless of weight, range, durability, quality and reliability.

This is also the real reason why the Obash three-type muskets, which are mainly aimed at precise shooting, appear on the battlefield and are quickly copied after being captured by the Anti-Austrian Alliance. Quite simply, the gunsmithing of the Kingdom of Ovilas has added the advantages of a precise aiming shot while maintaining the above advantages. Even if the anti-Austrian alliance countries can't explore the operational effectiveness of this precise aiming firearm in the offensive like the Austrian army, the performance of the imitation musket is also a big difference. In the defensive war, the anti-Austrian soldiers can still use it. This precise aiming firearm caused a lot of casualties to the Austrian army in the attack.

The beautiful lady bought two of the captured Obash three-type muskets at a high price on the black market to see if they can get inspiration from this. In her opinion, precise aiming and shooting of this kind of musket is really very effective in dealing with a small number of nomadic cavalry, but the same front squat filling makes her very disappointed. No matter how fast the skilled soldiers are loaded, they can shoot up to three times in a minute, which requires no operational errors.

So when the lady was jokingly asking Claude if there was a better and faster way to fill, Claude stared at her for a while and shook her head and asked, "I really don't understand you guys. Why do you have to go through the musket, you know how to lengthen the barrel to change the appearance of the accessories, reduce the weight, and why not consider the ignition method and the change of the gun? If you want to increase the firing speed of the gun even can be burst, then you may be able to imagine Change guns and gunpowder from front loader to rear loader..."

The lady did not notice the last sentence that Claude said. She retorted: "There have been many designers who have considered the ignition method and the change of the gun, but the firearms they tried out are either in lethal or in range. It’s not as good as the standard muskets that the national military equipment is equipped with, even the shotguns. There is no future for such a musket..."

Crowder sighed: "It’s all of you gunners think so, so the current gun design has entered a dead end, and the horns are not over. You think about it, the first one hundred years ago. The production of the musket is certainly not as strong as the performance of the current musket, but the step-by-step improvement and improvement has the so-called mature musket.

Those fired guns may have unreliable performance and have a very short range, but it takes time to study how to improve it and slowly improve its performance to the point of the current musket. Perhaps by that time, it is a memorable page in the history of musket development, because you have come out of a new road completely different from the arquebus. ”

The beautiful lady was there, and she felt that Claude’s words had entered her heart. Then she remembered the last sentence that Claude had just said: “You said before you changed the front loading.膛 Filling, is that possible?"

"Why not?" Claude asked: "I often think if you open a hole in the barrel. Open the hole every time you fill it, put the gun and gunpowder in, and then cover the hole and shoot it. How convenient is it? Besides, there are no paper cartridges that are fixed. If you install this paper cartridge bullet directly behind the barrel, it is more convenient..."

"You go out first, let me think about it..." The lady of the beautiful lady seems to have opened a new door by Claude. Outside the door is a brand new world. There is a lot of thoughts and inspiration. Fearing that Claude touched her on her mind, she pushed Claude out of the room.

The good times always passed quickly. Four days later, Claude received the communication from the battalion of the battalion. The identity of the lady was confirmed. She was indeed the daughter of the master of Bird, the Baroness Vasiciri. Major Lederfontein ordered Claude to apologize and release the lady, and on behalf of the Army Department, invited her and her father, Master Bird, to have time to go to Wangdu and his party, they will arrange for them to visit the Guns Institute. .

One night before the beauty lady and Claude lingering, she told Claude that she would go to the kingdom of Ovilas with her father, but she needed her father to be better. In addition, she got some inspiration and ideas from Claude. This time she will go to her father to study it well...

On the third day of the farewell to the lady, Miss Ledecek came to inspect.