Rise From the Humble

Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly. He was not satisfied with this round of volley. It was not that he was dissatisfied with the gunpowder. Although the gunpowder smoke was large, the improved granular black powder was actually very powerful. What dissatisfied Zhu Pingan was that This salvo was uneven.

In the first group of three rows of soldiers, about a quarter of them were half a beat behind in firing before they fired their guns.

However, after counting the bullet marks on the target, Zhu Pingan's dissatisfaction calmed down a little.

When firing at a distance of fifty meters, the Zhejiang Army's hit rate was still good. The hit rate for the three rows of targets reached 80%, especially the first row of targets that were riddled with holes. The hit rate was almost 100%. Only three targets missed the mark.

If it were on the battlefield, with this round of volley, the Japanese pirates on the opposite side would fall in large pieces like wheat. Even if the Japanese pirates were wearing large Japanese-style armor, they would have to shoot one by one in front of a black powder gun fired at a distance of fifty meters. The power of black powder is not something that ordinary armor can protect against.

"Load!"

Zhu Ping'an ordered the first three rows of soldiers to load and fire. Because of the oil-paper gunpowder bags, the efficiency of loading ammunition was more than twice as high as that of Europa and Japanese pirates at the same time. Moreover, since a certain amount of gunpowder is wrapped in oil paper in advance, there will be no errors such as too little gunpowder and insufficient power, or too much gunpowder to explode the chamber.

In less than a minute, all the soldiers of the first three platoons loaded the ammunition under the command of Zhu Pingan.

"Prepare, release!"

After Zhu Pingan gave the order, the first group of Zhejiang soldiers fired another salvo, and black smoke filled the air again.

This second salvo was much better than the first salvo. More than 90% of the soldiers fired the salvo, and less than 10% of the soldiers fired slightly behind by about half a beat.

Then came the third round of volley, and this round of volley was even better. Only seven or eight soldiers were half a beat behind, and the rest of the soldiers were able to fire the volley.

After three rounds, the black smoke caused by firing became a bit big, and the line of sight was inevitably affected.

Before the second salvo training of soldiers, Zhu Pingan had to temporarily change the shooting position and moved twenty meters to avoid the smoke. Of course, this is also training. In actual combat, you cannot change your position at will. You have to bite the bullet and fire in the smoke.

This time Zhu Pingan had three rows of new targets re-established to facilitate the hit rate test.

The second group of soldiers, Zhu Ping'an, ordered them to carry out a three-stage attack, also at a distance of 50 meters. After the first row of soldiers opened fire, they retreated to the back and concentrated on loading ammunition; then the second row of soldiers stepped forward and opened fire with the second flat-end gun. Then he stepped back to reload, and the soldiers in the third row stepped forward to fire. In this way, the three rows of soldiers took turns to fire.

Bang bang bang.

Bang bang bang.

Bang bang bang.

The pause time between the firing of the three rows of soldiers was no more than five seconds, and they fired almost continuously. The firing efficiency was indeed increased three times, but compared to the first group of soldiers, the density of firing was reduced by 30%. Of course, this is certain. The first one is a three-row salvo, and the second one is a three-row rotation. The density of one-row shooting is definitely 30% lower than that of a three-row salvo.

After the round of shooting, Zhu Pingan checked the bullet marks on the target. Compared with the first shot, the hit rate was slightly lower, but the overall difference was not big. However, considering that it was a fixed target after all, if the enemy on the opposite side was moving, the hit rate would be The rate will definitely be discounted.

In addition, on the battlefield, soldiers will inevitably be nervous and excited, and their hit rate will be further reduced.

Zhu Ping'an began to think thoughtfully, and then waved his hand to order the second group to continue firing, firing two consecutive waves of six shots.

Zhu Ping'an found that the first wave of three shots could almost achieve relatively continuous shooting.

But after the second wave of reloading, that is, the time interval between the third shot and the fourth shot was obviously longer.

After all, loading of firecrackers in this era is relatively troublesome. Although Zhu Pingan brought oil-paper-packed ammunition in advance, loading of firecrackers in this era is still cumbersome.

In order to maintain the effectiveness of shooting, after firing the gun and before loading, the barrel of the gun should be cleaned with an iron rod to poke out the remaining gunpowder to prevent impurities from affecting the accuracy and power of the gun again.

Therefore, this resulted in a pause of nearly a minute after the third shooting, before the fourth shooting sounded.

Zhu Ping'an believes that if the Zhejiang army continues to train for a period of time, the gunpowder reloading speed will be able to reach a higher level. By then, the interval between the third shooting and the fourth shooting will be shortened to less than half a minute.

However, Zhu Pingan studied it carefully and shook his head.

Although the three-stage fire is stronger than the Europa-style three-row salvo in terms of continuous shooting, the loading of firecrackers in this era is very cumbersome, the rate of fire is limited, and the number of only three rows cannot maintain the continuity of firepower.

Moreover, the three-stage attack fired in rows and rows is far inferior to the three-row salvo in terms of firepower density and lethality.

You can imagine that on the battlefield, if three rows of fire are used to fire in rows, the shooting speed can be relatively continuous, but the enemies will fall one by one: but if three rows of volley fire are used, the enemies will fall in batches. On the battlefield, these two enemy-killing effects have different deterrent effects on the enemy. Is the enemy shocked when he sees his comrades around him fall one after another, or is he shocked when he sees his comrades die? There is no doubt that it is the second one.

The reason why the Yong Ji Formation is used is to improve the shooting accuracy and density of the fire cannons, ensure the firepower output, and make up for the shortcomings of the current fire cannons.

At a certain time, the more bullets fired, the greater the lethality. This is an obvious reason.

Therefore, after Zhu Pingan went through this verification, he decided to use the Europa-style three-row salvo method after considering Ichika.

Come to think of it, Europe's queuing-to-shoot tactics have been tested by more than a hundred years of iron-blooded wars. The British have been able to dominate the world with their queuing-to-shoot tactics for more than a hundred years, and they must be able to withstand actual combat experience.

Although I dare not say it is the best tactic, it is definitely the most suitable tactic for muskets.

However, considering the terrain characteristics of the southeastern coastal areas, such as hills and ravines, crisscrossing rivers, and narrow roads, this terrain may not necessarily be able to accommodate the Zhejiang army's horizontal formation in three rows; and the Japanese pirates are accustomed to close combat and are good at running attacks. , if the Japanese pirates bravely broke into the Yongji Formation without fear of death, they would be in big trouble.

Therefore, Zhu Pingan added two variations to the Yongji Formation, namely the six-row thick formation and the nine-row thick formation. Three rows are one formation, six rows are two formations, and nine rows are three formations. The first formation is three rows. After shooting, he retreated and concentrated on loading, and then the second group of three rows of soldiers came forward to fire, one after another, and improved the three-stage attack.

This not only takes into account firepower and continuity, but also adapts to the terrain of Jiangnan, and restrains the combat characteristics of Japanese pirates.

After some experiments, Zhu Pingan nodded with satisfaction and settled on it.