Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1679 Improved in practice

Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly. He was not satisfied with this round of volley, not that he was dissatisfied with the gunpowder. Although the smoke of gunpowder was heavy, the power of the improved granule black powder was actually very powerful. What made Zhu Pingan dissatisfied was that This round the salvo was off.

  About a quarter of the three rows of soldiers in the first group were half a beat behind when they fired, before they crackled and fired.

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

When firing at a distance of 50 meters, the hit rate of the Zhejiang army is still good. The hit rate of the three rows of targets has reached 80%, especially the hit rate of the first row of targets is almost 100%. Only three targets slipped through.

  If it is on the battlefield, this round of volley, the Japanese pirates on the opposite side will have to fall down a large piece like cutting wheat. Even if the Japanese pirates were wearing Japanese-style large armor, they would have to shoot a **** hole in front of the black powder firecracker at a distance of 50 meters. The power of black powder is not something that ordinary armor can resist.

   "Reload!"

  Zhu Pingan ordered the first three rows of soldiers to load ammunition and fire, because there were oil-paper gunpowder bags, and the efficiency of loading ammunition was more than double that of Europa and Japanese pirates of the same era. Moreover, since a certain amount of gunpowder is wrapped in oiled paper in advance, there will be no mistakes such as too little gunpowder and insufficient power, or too much gunpowder to explode the chamber.

   In less than a minute, all the soldiers in the first third row loaded the ammunition under Zhu Ping'an's command.

   "Get ready, let go!"

  After Zhu Ping'an gave an order, the first group of soldiers of the Zhejiang Army fired another round of salvo, and the black smoke filled the air again.

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

   Then there was the third round of salvo, and this round was even better. Only seven or eight soldiers were half a beat behind, and the rest of the soldiers made it.

  After three rounds, the black smoke caused by the firing was a bit thick, and the sight was inevitably affected.

  Before the second salvo training, Zhu Pingan had to temporarily change the shooting position and moved 20 meters to avoid the smog. Of course, this is also training. If in actual combat, you cannot change your position at will, you have to bite the bullet and fire in the smog.

   This time, Zhu Pingan ordered three rows of brand-new targets to be set up to facilitate the hit rate test.

The second group of soldiers, Zhu Pingan ordered them to conduct a three-stage attack, also at a distance of 50 meters. After the first row of soldiers fired, they retreated to the back to concentrate on reloading; Then step back to reload, and the third row of soldiers stepped forward to fire, so that the three rows of soldiers fired in turn.

   Bang bang bang.

   Bang bang bang.

   Bang bang bang.

  The third row of soldiers did not pause for more than five seconds between firing, and fired almost continuously. The firing efficiency has indeed increased by three times, but compared with the first group of soldiers, the firing density has decreased by 30%. Of course, this is for sure, the first one is three rows of salvos, and the second one is three rows of bursts, the density of one row of shots must be 30% lower than that of three rows of salvos.

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

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

  Zhu Pingan thought about it, and then waved his hand to order the second group to continue shooting in bursts, firing two consecutive waves of six shots.

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

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

   After all, reloading firecrackers in this era is relatively troublesome. Although Zhu Pingan brought ammunition wrapped in oil paper in advance, reloading firecrackers in this era is still cumbersome.

  In order to maintain the effectiveness of shooting, after the firecracker is fired and before reloading, the barrel of the gun must be cleaned with an iron rod to pierce the remaining gunpowder to prevent impurities from affecting the accuracy and power of the firecracker again.

   So, after the third shot, there was a pause of almost a minute before the fourth shot sounded.

  Zhu Ping'an believes that if the Zhejiang army trains for a period of time, the gunpowder loading speed can be raised to a higher level. By then, the interval between the third shot and the fourth shot will be shortened to less than half a minute.

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

  Although the three-stage strike is better than the Europa-style three-row salvo in terms of continuous shooting, the loading of the firecrackers in this era is very cumbersome and the rate of fire is limited. Only three rows can not maintain the continuity of firepower.

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

It can be imagined that on the battlefield, the shooting speed can be relatively continuous, but the enemies will fall one by one: but if the three-row salvo is used, the enemies will fall in batches. Next, the deterrence of these two killing effects on the enemy is different on the battlefield. Is the enemy shocked to see his comrades fall one after another, or is he shocked to see his comrades die in groups? There is no doubt that it must be the second type.

  The reason why the Yongji Array is adopted is to improve the shooting accuracy and density of the firecrackers, ensure the firepower output, and make up for the defects of the current firecrackers.

  In a certain period of time, the more bullets fired, the greater the lethality. This is an obvious truth.

  So, after this verification, Zhu Pingan considered Yixiang and decided to adopt the Europa-style three-row salvo method.

  Thinking about it, the European queuing and shooting tactics have passed the test of iron-blooded wars for more than a hundred years. The British have been able to traverse the world for more than a hundred years with queuing and shooting tactics, 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 hilly gullies, vertical and horizontal rivers and narrow roads in the southeast coastal area, this terrain may not be able to accommodate the Zhejiang army to line up horizontally in three rows of long formations; and Japanese pirates are accustomed to melee combat and are good at running. However, if the Japanese pirates rushed into the Yongji formation without fear of death, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble.

Therefore, Zhu Pingan added two changes to the Yongji Formation, which are six-row thick formation and nine-row thick formation. The third row is one, the sixth is two, the ninth is three, and the first is three After shooting, step back and concentrate on reloading, and then the second group of three rows of soldiers stepped forward to fire in volley, one by one in turn, improving the three-stage attack.

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

  After some experimentation, Zhu Ping'an nodded in satisfaction and settled down.

  (end of this chapter)