In Baoji Mountain in the northeast of Triangle City, Xu Ping stood on the stage and watched the soldiers below perform the drill.

This time, we need to continue to attack the city and draw the villages, and the combat method can no longer be the same as before. The mountainous areas with ravines do not allow large troops to fight. They can only be divided into small groups and eliminated the newly built forts of the Dangxiang Army one by one. The siege ability has a more important position than before. When it comes to siege, what else is better than artillery?

What is being practiced off the stage is the movement, setting and attack of artillery, and how to adapt to mountain combat. Some time ago, Guo Zi changed the cannons to a large cart to transport them quickly in the desert grasslands, but this method cannot be used in the mountains. Now the method used off the stage is to carry people on their shoulders. Cannons are divided into two types, with the large ones using ten people and the small ones using six people, and the cannons are mounted with racks, and people carry racks and follow the large army.

This matter is simple to say, but if you really want to look at it in detail, there are actually many ways. For example, a mountain road can only allow one or two people to travel, so the rack cannot be wide. At most, two people are side by side, and it is best to form a column to form strips. How can the artillery be mounted on a thin and long rack and the people carrying the people below have to be evenly under the force, so there are many questions. The mountain roads are winding and rugged, and how can the team carrying the cannons adapt to this road condition? There are also many problems. The current cannon stand was designed by Guo Zi and Xu Ping's help. It uses many hinges and connecting rods, and its complexity is far more than that of the stone cannon. Not to mention the manufacture of this kind of cannon stand, other troops will be difficult to use when they are made.

This is the training ground for Gaodaquan, with all kinds of terrain. Baoji Mountain itself is just a flat hill, without typical passes and passes. It is all made up of manpower and looks like a model. Even the rugged roads in the mountains were created by him referring to the areas to be fought. Now practice more, and there will be fewer difficulties in the wartime.

Xu Ping was on the platform and watched the soldiers below carrying a small six-man cannon and travel along the rugged path. Whether it was a high or low road or a winding road, they could move freely. He said to Gao Daquan around him: "This cannon can be used, but there are everything in the mountains, and you can't be taken care of. When you really go out to fight, you will be told to bring more small pieces to prevent the road from breaking, difficult to repair, and miss the big thing. Those racks can be temporarily cut down trees from the top, but the iron parts used on it must be prepared. Those who carry the cannon must also learn to repair it."

According to the current plan, when Yidu goes out to attack the fort, he brings two cannons, and if he is less than Yidu, he only brings one. The cannons carried by ten people are all at the command level, and they are divided according to the specific war situation. Therefore, the maintenance of the cannons is at the command level. However, once the cannon stands broken and cannot be transported in the mountains, it will be a huge loss.

Gao Daquan Yingnuo watched the soldiers from the stage lift the ten cannons to the place and put them on the ground. They used two big woods to lift the cannons off the rack and put them on the ground. Then they filled the gunpowder and some soldiers watched the gun target in front of them. Then the commander lit the fire at the commander's order, and a burst of black smoke came out. With a loud bang, they only hit the next to the gun target.

Gao Daquan was a little embarrassed and said with his hands: "Protector, I was proficient in the army, but this gun was really hard to hit, and I couldn't hit every shot. Let him adjust it, and he will definitely be able to hit the target in the three or five guns!"

Xu Ping said: "This kind of thing is the case. It is good to hit the 35th gun. Anyway, it is good to attack the city, as long as it is not too far, it is good to hit the city wall. In the army, it is natural to use the gun target when practicing artillery in normal times, but when it comes to war, you can replace the gun target, erect a section of the fake city wall in front, and draw circles on it."

Gao Daquan agreed and changed the gun target after he agreed. At this time, there were two types of arrows in the army: round and human-shaped targets, and the assessment standards were different. The round target was compared with the target, and the human-shaped target was divided into shooting and shooting. The martial arts test in the palace naturally used round targets, while the military-shaped targets were mostly used. After all, in the real situation, no matter where the arrow was shot, ordinary people lost their combat power, so there was no need to emphasize where they shot. As for generals who focused on armor in abnormal situations, their key points would be doubled, and they would not have much effect when they hit the key points. The same is true for the same reason. It does not have to be shot in a fixed place. As long as it is not spread largely, it is enough to hit the wall in a small area of ​​the city wall. Paying attention to accuracy in daily life can motivate soldiers to learn hard, and there is no need to be done when they hit the war.

With Xu Ping watching from above, several soldiers who were operating the artillery were sweating profusely. They re-measure the distance and loaded gunpowder. Finally, the third gun shot out the gun target two hundred steps away. Seeing the target shattered, several people breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Ping asked Gao Daquan: "It looks like the target is two hundred steps away?"

Gao Daquan crossed his hands: "It is precisely. The Protectorate's Mansion requires that the gun target is two hundred steps away, and it has always been like this in the army."

"This is true for Caodian, but in actual combat, there is no need to follow Caodian. Most of the forts in the mountains are built on the mountain or river. You can often find places where cannons can be set up by hundreds of steps or even dozens of steps. It will naturally be better if you get close. Of course, the art of cannons is not enough to be too close. It depends on the specific terrain and how far you need to set off the cannons. It is really a science. Forget gunpowder is not cheap, and it is impossible to practice so carefully in the army. I just mentioned that it depends on the soldiers themselves in the battle. However, before the war, you should remind the commanders at all levels to tell them this principle and not stick to the carvings."

Gunpowder is actually not expensive, but now everything has not been straightened out, and the price is still not enough. It takes a long time to figure out where to produce sulfur, where to produce nitrogen, and how to prepare it. With China's size, we can naturally find the place of origin, but it is not possible yet. Most of the current nitrogen is produced in the Central Plains, especially in the Ruzhou area, and the output is not enough to allow the army to open up for training. When we find a better place of nitrate and the preparation technology is more proficient, it is naturally another matter.

There are also cannons on the newly built Triangle City and Huizhou City, but not many, with only two or three gates on each wall. The main purpose is not to attack the enemy troops who are sieging the city, but to destroy the enemy's siege equipment. With the current material resources, it can only support this.

Compared with the Dangxiang Army, in addition to horses that affect mobility, the Song army has a great advantage in equipment, and there is no need to put too much effort into ordinary military weapons. When the two armies face each other, no matter how many artillery is, it is just icing on the cake and cannot send carbon in the snow. Xu Ping does not want to spend too much energy on this. The Song army finds it difficult to gain an advantage over the nomadic army. It is more of a problem of tactics and military system, and the impact of equipment is very small. Spending more energy on it is like working hard on equipment.

The soldiers under the stage smashed the gun target with three guns, and then lifted the gun mount with big wood, reinstalled it on the gun mount, and still lifted it up to walk to the next place. After the Zhongzhai Fort was surrounded, the people inside would only defend the dead. In fact, there was no need to move the gun position. However, the military exercises still need to practice more tactics. More importantly, today, the Protectors should naturally show the skillful things they have learned in the army one by one.
Chapter completed!