The Rise of the European Emperor

Because there is no movable gun mount, the 40 Franc cannons on site were all lifted to the surface and placed on the ground. Before the artillery was placed, some engineers had already dug the pit with a small shovel in advance.

In order to facilitate shooting, the artillery engineers first dug out the soil, and then built a long mound of soil for the placement of the artillery. The angle of the artillery is not horizontal, but upward at an angle of 5 degrees. Because the iron ball shell is very heavy, it is a parabola and has no self-rotation. Therefore, raising the muzzle appropriately will help the shells to fly farther. If the angle is flat, the range of the shell will be shorter, and it will hit the ground directly. Moreover, this angle is also conducive to the transmission of the recoil force of the artillery to the ground...

In addition, the 5-degree elevation angle is also conducive to irrigation...

Irrigate? Yes, water it! Cannon fire makes the barrel hot. Especially for copper guns, if the temperature is not cooled in time, the copper is easy to soften at high temperatures. Once the barrel is overheated and continues to shoot, it is easy to cause the barrel to deform.

So, after a few shots, the artillerymen would pour water directly into the muzzle. The bottom of the Frang machine gun is open, and water enters from the muzzle and flows out from the tail of the gun. Then, the barrel cooled down sharply.

Then, just wipe it with a rag, and don't need a dry sponge to go deep into the barrel to absorb water. why? Because it doesn't affect shooting. Because, the loading of the Frang machine gun is completed in the sub-gun, and has nothing to do with the mother gun. Even the iron ball is pressed in the sub-gun.

Therefore, even if the mother gun is wet, it will not affect the shooting of the Franco cannon. Of course, the water on the mother gun should not wet the fuze of the child gun.

As for the cooling of the sub-guns, it is even simpler-the artillerymen directly throw the overheated sub-guns into the bucket. Then, pick it up and use a rag to remove the water... However, the water removal of the sub-gun must be taken seriously. After all, it is filled with gunpowder. If you don't wipe it clean, it may not work.

This method of fixing the barrel on the ground does not require temporary aiming before firing. After all, the shooting angle and direction are fixed. However, there is a second way to shoot...

The second shooting method is actually what the Turks are good at-using a cart to install artillery!

The method is to make a four-wheeled cart with an iron frame. The frame is iron, as are the wheels. In this way, the recoil can be withstood.

The barrels of the 300-pound Frang machine guns were mounted on carts and lined up to face the enemy. At the back of the cart, wooden stakes were inserted to resist the cart so that the recoil would not cause the cart to back up.

Because it is an iron frame cart, even the recoil of the shelling will not damage the cart. But the body is strong, the frame and wheel bearings are not so strong. There is also the place most affected by the recoil of the artillery. Fortunately, the Turks have already prepared spare axles, and they are not afraid of losses.

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This is what the Turks do when fighting hastily. After all, to fight against Middle Eastern countries dominated by light cavalry, one must be ready to fight hastily at any time.

And if there is no surprise attack by the enemy, the Turks will still lift the barrel down and put it on the ground to bombard the enemy. After all, replacing the axle is also costly and troublesome. Sometimes, the axles can't stand it, and the artillery bombards the body and collapses...

In fact, the Turks were only one step away from modern gun mounts. That is - let the big car back, absorb the recoil...

However, if a four-wheeled cart is loaded with artillery to attack and the body is fixed, the recoil of the artillery will do too much damage to the car. Moreover, the caliber of the artillery should not be too large. If the large-caliber artillery is placed on the car and the body is fixed, the recoil of the cannon can shake the cart apart...

If you choose to lift the gun body off the car and place it on the ground, the gun should not be too heavy. If it's too heavy, the artillery can't lift it...

Therefore, until the war period, the mainstream of infantry artillery was the three-pound gun, and the weight of the gun body did not exceed 300 pounds. No matter how heavy it is, the artillerymen will not be able to lift it. Moreover, the recoil force is too great...

The appearance of the retractable gun mount solved the problem of recoil, and larger caliber infantry guns became possible.

Of course, there is also the problem of gunpowder consumption-a gun with too large a caliber consumes too much gunpowder. It's like the Beihai country has cast so many heavy artillery, but they basically don't use it at ordinary times. Because gunpowder can't be consumed. It wasn't until Marin developed Chile's saltpeter that he had the confidence to use those large-caliber naval guns.

However, for Persia, the three-pound Francois machine gun sent by Marin this time is already very satisfactory. Because the Turks' infantry artillery is also of this level. As long as it is not inferior to the artillery of the Turks, Ismail I will be satisfied.

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The volley of 40 Franc cannons, in the eyes of the Beihai soldiers, was just a child's play. Because the North Sea infantry still has 6-pound guns and 12-pound Napoleon guns. But in the eyes of Persians who have never seen artillery, the three-pound gun is already very scary...

In particular, during the live shooting session, Shah Ismail I of Persia and the great Persian nobles saw a group of cattle and sheep being beaten to pieces with their own eyes, and were extremely shocked. This group of people has been battle-tested for a long time, but facing the mutilated cattle and sheep from the shells, many people still feel a little nauseous. Because, even if the Persian cavalry kills people, it is nothing more than cutting people with machetes. They have never seen such a brutal way of shells tearing the bodies of cattle and sheep into pieces...

But after the discomfort, everyone in the Persian monarch was ecstatic—from now on, we will also have such a big killer!

Then there was the matchlock gun shooting performance, but after seeing the ground shaking of the artillery shooting, the Persian monarchs and ministers were a little less interested in the power of the matchlock gun.

Bernard Shaw was a little helpless, but fortunately, Bud, the spy of the North Sea country stationed in Persia, tried his best to persuade Ismail I to let the Musketeers perform a cargo shooting show.

When shooting, the Persian monarch and his subjects did not see anything. But when they checked the wounds of the cattle and sheep, they felt the chills—the blood holes on the cattle and sheep were basically incurable...

This is the difference between muskets and bows and arrows - the enemy shot by the bow and arrow can continue to fight. There was even a hedgehog-like unlucky guy full of arrows who kept fighting until he bled too much.

But muskets are different, as long as a bullet enters the body, it basically loses combat effectiveness. Moreover, it is basically difficult to cure. Even if the military doctors of the North Sea State take action, they can only guarantee that the person who has been shot has a high chance of surviving, but they cannot guarantee that the person who has been shot will recover in the future. After all, the blood holes made by lead bullets are too difficult to treat...

How should I put it, the person who was hit by the arrow can not only continue to fight, but the next time he recovers from his injury, he can continue to participate in the battle alive and well. Those who were shot lost their fighting power on the spot. Moreover, it is easy to fall into disability...

Some people may ask—during the Anti-Japanese War, many people could continue to fight after being shot by the devils!

Here I want to explain that the devil's 38 cover uses pointed bullets, but not lead bullets, but iron bullets. This kind of pointed projectile may have a strong armor-piercing ability. But because the defense-breaking ability is too strong, it is easy to pass through the body. Moreover, the wound left is very small. Because the caliber of the 38 big cover gun is only 6.5 mm. Therefore, after being hit by the devil's 38 cap, often only a penetrating wound with a diameter larger than the 38 cap will be left on the body, unlike the spherical lead bullet that will cause blood holes rolling in the body.

What's interesting is that small-caliber pointed bullets like the Devil's are more powerful when facing body armor and armor. At the level of body armor during World War II, it would be pierced directly by the 38 cover, and it would cause fatal injuries. Because the body armor fragments are carried by the pointed bullets and twisted into the human body, causing great damage to the human body.

Therefore, during World War II, the US and Soviet troops with body armor suffered more damage in the face of the devil's 38 guns. On the contrary, the impoverished Huaxia Resistance Army survived without wearing anything at all. Big deal, a hole was punched in the body...

For example, the Sn-42 body armor equipped by the Soviet Army during World War II has a very good protective effect against pistols and the German MP-40 submachine guns that use pistol bullets. But when it comes to rifles, it's safer to take off the rags. Otherwise, you will die faster...

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After witnessing the terrible power of the spherical buckshot, Ismail I finally agreed to introduce matchlock guns. However, the purpose of his introduction of matchlock guns was mainly to protect artillery units. So, it's not that big. But artillery, he promised to introduce 300. Because the Turkish army has so many artillery pieces. As the monarch of a powerful country in the Middle East, the Persians just want to compare with Turkey. Even artillery can't be less than Turkey.

But on the price, the two sides bargained. The Persians were not satisfied with the price of 650 gold coins per cannon, thinking it was too high. This is mainly because the price of copper in Persia is much cheaper than in Europe.

The price ratio of silver and copper in Europe is 1:15, while the price of copper in Persia is not expensive because of its proximity to India.

Therefore, they think the price is too high and are unwilling to give that much.

However, after asking the Portuguese, the Portuguese offered a similar price. Therefore, Ismail I reluctantly bought these 40 Franc cannons at this price.

However, when he turned his head, Ismail I ordered 40 Franc cannons of the same specification from the Portuguese at a price of 600 gold coins each (50 gold coins cheaper than the price in the North Sea country).

Then, Ismail I formed the Persian Artillery Army with these 80 Franc cannons. At the same time, it is planned to form a musketeer with a scale of 500 people to protect the safety of the artillery.