rise of empire total war

Chapter 394 Improved Smoothbore Gun
"Victory! Victory! Victory!"

When the fully armed Winster army holding high the black flag poured into the broken gap in the city wall like a flood, the city built on layers of wheat fields immediately fell into endless cheers, and any defenders or civilians who dared to resist He was directly executed, but in fact, because of the fear of the vicious reputation of the Winsters, the defenders hardly dared to continue to resist. They only dared to shrink their heads and escape to a safe place, exposing their fragile backs to the enemy's sword .

This is the city-state of Siculia on the Osa Peninsula. It has a mineral-rich saltpeter mine in its territory, and it is also the largest exporter of saltpeter in the Winster Kingdom. In addition, its comprehensive national strength is not high, so the Winster army is in Austria. After the Sa Peninsula gained a firm foothold, it cast its evil eyes on the city. As long as the city can be captured and the saltpeter mines controlled, the domestic gunpowder production will be reduced by one difficulty.

And they, under the command of Charles, did.In the early days of the outbreak of the war, Winster's army broke into the undefended border of Siculia with heavy troops, and then drove straight into its capital, Capition City. After the Siculia Senate received an alarm and reacted At that time, the enemy had rushed to only one hour away from the city of Capitium.

When the chaotic Senate was arguing and coming to the conclusion of conscription, Winston's army had already surrounded the city. Although the most critical artillery was still on the road and was not in place, this did not prevent Charles from cutting off Capition's external exchanges. All channels were used, and siege equipment was built at the same time to prepare for a long-term siege.

They just stood there, causing panic among the people in the city. The murder in Tarossos City was still vivid in their eyes, but they were unwilling to surrender like this. After a while of conflicts, they finally decided to rely on The tall and solid city wall defends them for a while, and at worst they surrender decisively when the city wall is breached. As long as they surrender quickly enough, the massacre will not be able to catch up with them.

Next, after the artillery arrived, there was a massive siege battle. Eighteen artillery pieces bombarded the city wall of Capition City. After only a few rounds, the city wall collapsed under the artillery fire, together with the collapsed With the confidence of the defenders to resist, they looked at the city wall that had become ruins, and then looked at the large number of soldiers buried inside, and shuddered.

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At the same time that the city of Capitium fell, Richard had also led his army back to Nord City. In order to fulfill the covenant with the Principality of Lasik (after careful consideration, Freya agreed to become a vassal of the Kingdom of Winster, Therefore, the Kingdom of Winster must guarantee the safety of the weak Principality of Lasik), Richard left behind a brigade of heavy armored sergeants and a brigade of spear sergeants before leaving. Leiya's Imperial Guard, but many people know which side it actually belongs to.

In addition to the two brigades stationed in Rostas City, Richard also dispatched two more crossbow cavalry brigades to the original garrison in Odelburg. Since Odelburg can radiate most of the Lasik Plain, These two crossbow cavalry, which come and go like the wind, can attack at any time and patrol the plains, playing the role of warning and harassment.

Not long after Richard returned to Nord City, a piece of good news came from the Firearms Research Institute next to the Arrelt Silver Mine. Richard ordered the craftsmen to improve the smoothbore gun, although it was still front-loaded ( This cannot be improved into rear loading anyway), but its range was successfully improved to 150 meters, and in order to load more efficiently, the craftsmen also uniformly modified the ammunition into paper-packed fixed-loading ammunition. The advantage is that the black powder and projectiles are first packed in the same paper bag. When loading, you only need to tear the paper bag, pour the black powder and projectiles into the gun barrel, and then use the pounding tube to plug it tightly, and the match can be ignited. Launching is more convenient and quicker than the original loading method.

Not only has the shooting range been improved, but its accuracy has also been slightly increased. With the increased range, the effective shooting distance has also been advanced to about 50 meters. Although this is still not far away, compared with the original 30 meters, It's already a revolutionary improvement.In addition to these, the flintlock gun that Richard most wanted to see was not manufactured in advance. It is no wonder that even in European history, the flintlock device of the flintlock gun was only made by the watchmaker. There is no such precise machine as a clock in today's world.

Not only was the flintlock gun not developed in advance, Richard's plan to install a bayonet on the musket body was also unsuccessful, because the craftsmen found that the current musket body is still relatively fragile, and it is not difficult to install a bayonet. The difficulty is that after the bayonet is installed, it is easy for the musketeer to break when the gun body cannot withstand the force in the fight between the musketeer and the enemy. Instead of this, it is better to continue to let the musketeer use the long sword to fight.

Although this wave of improvements did not achieve the effect Richard expected, he still generously rewarded all the craftsmen involved in the research and development and the few officers who provided suggestions, and planned to replace the successfully developed muskets with the entire army, but At this time, Richard was surprised to find that a message popped up from the system that hadn't been moved for a long time. He clicked it suspiciously, but he was amused. There was nothing else in the message. Rewarded by the system:

[You have improved the musket, which has increased its power. In order to encourage you to continue to upgrade your technology level, the system will replace your improved musket with all arms equipped with muskets for free, and will reward you with a smoothbore in the capital Nord City. Gun Brigade]

It is not uncommon for a musket brigade to come to Richard, because he had a bold idea, that is, to recruit a pure musket regiment, which is all except for a few necessary melee infantry for protection. Musketeers equipped with muskets, if they don’t have the level of technology to make short muskets for cavalry to equip, otherwise they even want to create a group of dragoons or chasseurs, just like "Empire Total War" or "Napoleon Total War" The arms inside.

As soon as he said it, Richard immediately drafted a decree to recruit musket soldiers in Cuban Island, Nord City and other core areas. Since this is a systematic conscription, Richard does not even need to manufacture muskets. will be produced automatically.This also made Richard a little worried. If the system suddenly disappeared one day, his strength would definitely be greatly reduced.

After the decree was issued, Richard picked up a piece of paper again and conceived the formation of the new army on it. He had great hopes for this new army equipped with muskets. If the combat effectiveness of the weaponry is not enough, then Richard is confident that he will leap from the era of cold weapons to the era of hot weapons.

(End of this chapter)