The Rise of the European Emperor

The opponent's mound of dirt can't stop the bombardment of our heavyweight artillery shells, but our side's mound of dirt can block the bombardment of the opponent's two or three pound small shells... No matter how you count it, it is crushing...

Marin suddenly felt that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. For example, this Gonzalo de Cordoba is a true hero among the natives of this era. Originally, the famous Spanish square was invented by his old man. However, after Marin travels through, don't create it by yourself with a blue face, and call it "Marin Phalanx"...

But Gonzalo de Cordoba still has real skills. For example, the earthen wall he created easily blocked the small-caliber infantry artillery of the French army, allowing the French army to crush the English longbowmen. The artillery array lost its power.

The French army has hundreds of artillery pieces, but they are all small-caliber infantry artillery of one or two pounds. Facing the English longbowmen who only had inclined wooden pickets for defense, the artillery of the French army showed great power, blasting the longbowmen that England had only cultivated in more than ten years, and established the status of the European overlord. But Gonzalo de Cordoba directly dug trenches and piled up earthen walls, which directly eliminated the advantages of hundreds of small-caliber artillery of the French. But the Spanish musketeers could hide behind the earthen wall and shoot the French knights rushing up...

However, Marin cannot be blamed for this. Strictly speaking, Marin's descendants are ordinary people, but they often visit military forums. All his tactical ideas are learned from the great military masters in history. Therefore, he is actually the king of the cottage. For example, this phalanx is a copycat of Zigong Salo de Cordoba. Moreover, it is not completely copycat. Because, he lost Gonzalo de Cordoba's earthwork technology...

The reason for this is that the thinking of Marin's later generations is at work. According to the memory of Marin's later generations, like ordinary mounds, it is okay to deal with bullets. Facing cannons, even the most trashy small cannons in later generations cannot stop them.

But he forgot that the artillery used in Europe in this era was extremely weak. For example, the French light artillery has a range of only two to three hundred meters. In later generations, any kind of small-caliber artillery has a range of only a few kilometers, which cannot be compared at all.

That's why he made a wrong judgment, thinking that the mound couldn't stop the artillery. But Gonzalo de Cordoba told him with the facts - in this era, mounds can also block shells...

Fortunately, Marin is not a paranoid person and is willing to learn from other people's strengths. As a result, the Beihai State's artillery force expanded in size. For example, the artillery battalion sent here had an original establishment of 180 people and served 18 cannons. However, Marin added 120 people. In addition to helping to transport shells, these additional people also had the responsibility to help dig pits and pile up soil. In this way, if there is a battle with the enemy in the future, the artillery losses of the Beihai Kingdom will not be very large.

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Seeing the 18 cannons lined up, King Edward was very envious. He ran to the cannon,

He also touched and knocked with his hands, his eyes full of envy...

"How much copper does such a big cannon cost?"

He didn't see that those 32-pound Karen guns were all made of steel, because the Marlin chicken thief had someone paint gold paint on the exterior and muzzle of the guns. It looks like a copper cannon. Of course, no one would think it was a golden cannon...

Looking at Edward who was full of envy, Marin smiled and said:

"There is not much copper, and a gun only uses a thousand pounds (a few hundred kilograms)..."

These words are very pretentious, because the price of copper in Europe is very expensive in this era. The price ratio between silver and copper is 1:15, that is to say, the value of a cannon is equivalent to hundreds of pounds of silver...

After listening to Marin's words, Edward clicked his tongue. He doesn't have that much money, but in order to maintain the 20,000 troops in London, he is in short supply. Where can he have money to buy copper cannons? So, he can only envy. Fortunately, Marin is his nominal vassal, willing to dispatch cannons to fight for him...

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Because 20,000 people have not been transported by ship, the army in Dublin is a bit boring now. Edward simply let the army begin to practice tactics to prepare for the upcoming battle.

But Ireland is a country of rain, and it is the rainy season all year round. Even though Dublin is on the east coast, it rained in the winter, which brought great inconvenience to the military exercises...

For example, when the English knights were rehearsing their charge, because of the rain, they were directly blinded by the rain in the middle of the charge. During an exercise, two knights collided directly, and both fell off their horses and were injured.

"What's going on?" Edward asked in a bad tone.

The officer in charge of the investigation said helplessly:

"It's raining too much, I can't open my eyes..."

Marin thinks so. When he rode an electric bicycle in later generations, he would not be able to keep his eyes open if he didn't have a helmet with goggles in heavy rain. In particular, during the charge, the eyes are most impacted by the rain, making it impossible to open them.

At present, the helmets of European knights are bucket helmets. Its mask can move up and down. Normally, the visor is stuck on top of the helmet. Before the battle, the knights will pull down the mask to protect the face, and then charge...

But in any case, the eye mask will not block it. Otherwise, the knight will become blind. But the eyes are exposed to the outside, once they get up, they will definitely be hit by the rain and cannot open their eyes...

"What should I do?" Edward sighed.

If it were in other parts of Europe, it would be a big deal to stop the war on a rainy day and wait for a sunny day. But here in Ireland, it rains 12 months of the year. If you really want to see rain, stop and wait, unless you don't want to fight...

"Marin, can you help me find a way?" Edward can only count on Marin, a "scheming" subordinate in name. Moreover, Marin has never let him down...

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"This... Let me think about it..." Marin fell into deep thought...

Marin first thought of the bamboo hats commonly used in southern China in later generations. This kind of big hat woven from bamboo strips can prevent rain. Moreover, because the brim of the hat is so large, the eyes of the person wearing the hat will not be disturbed by the rain, which will affect the eyesight...

But Marin quickly ruled out the hats, because it was impossible for him to let those English knights wear hats. After all, the bamboo hat has no protective power, and those knight masters who are willing to spare their lives will definitely not be willing to wear it.

As for wearing the hat on top of the bucket helmet? This is doable. However, once the battle is fierce and the knight charges, the hat on top of the bucket helmet is very easy to fall off. In this way, the knight's line of sight will be affected by the rain again...

"Unless, adding a visor to the knight's bucket helmet..."

Thinking of this, a kind of hat suddenly popped up in Marin's mind - flying saucer hat. At the same time, I also thought of a stalk - a certain director surnamed Li, known as "the director of the flying saucer hat"...

The legendary director Li Rengang seems to have an unusual preference for flying saucer hats. You can use flying saucer hats in "Jin Yiwei". After all, during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, flying saucer hats were indeed very commonly used helmets in the army.

What's the point, what does it mean that "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Unloading Armor" with the background of the Three Kingdoms and "Heavenly Generals" with the background of the Western Han Dynasty also use flying saucer hats? Did the history teacher die early or let the physical education teacher take over? You know, the flying saucer hat only appeared in the Yuan Dynasty...

However, the complaints belong to the complaints, but Marin knows that this kind of flying saucer hat is really good for fighting in rainy days. With a wide brim, the rain cannot easily hit the knight's eyes...

Therefore, Marin hurriedly asked the blacksmiths in the British Army in Dublin to create several flying saucer hats and gave them to the English knights for trial use.

However, those knights refused to use flying saucer hats. The reason is simple - the flying saucer hat is not easy to install the mask...

The helmets of plate armor knights all have movable masks. Usually, the masks are rolled up on the top of the head, so that the face is exposed. Only when fighting, will the mask be pulled down.

The wide brim of the flying saucer hat makes it impossible for the mask to be pulled up or down. In this way, the faces of the knights are very dangerous in battle. Therefore, knights refused to use this kind of flying saucer hat helmet that cannot be installed with a visor...

Feedback to Marin, Marin slapped his head and said:

"Hey, what should I do? It's simple, just look at my modification!"

Then, Marin only modified the blacksmith, changing the mask into a mask that can be pulled down...

This design is based on Marin's design in the World of Warcraft game he played in his previous life. At the beginning, when he was playing 8.0, he saw that the guards of the island nation of Kul Tiras all wore this kind of flying saucer hat with a face mask that could be pulled down.

The prototype of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras in the game is actually England. Because England is similar to the Kingdom of Kul Tiras in the game, both rainy and cloudy. In this rainy area, a flying saucer-style helmet with a pull-down visor is indeed very suitable.

Soon, this kind of UFO helmet with a pull-down visor was made and sent to the English knights for trial...

In fact, England also had a flying saucer hat type helmet at this time. However, because no one has thought about using a pull-down visor, the saucer hat is not as safe as a bucket helmet, so few riders like to wear a saucer hat helmet.

However, the design of Marin's drop-down mask ensures the safety of the flying saucer helmet. Then, it was happily accepted by the English knights...

And Edward is also very straightforward:

"Okay, this style will be used in the helmets of knights in England in the future!"

After all, England is also a rainy and foggy island country. This kind of flying saucer helmet suitable for combat in rainy days is very suitable for England's weather needs...

In this way, a flying saucer hat helmet with a pull-down visor inspired by the game NPC and the flying saucer hat director has become the standard equipment of the English knights. Even Edward himself ordered someone to build a luxurious version of the flying saucer hat helmet with a pull-down visor for his own use...