Chapter five hundred and seventy-eight after the war experience
"This is something that is within the plan. Only when it is equipped with artillery can it be a complete Yongye Battleship. You have been training for so long, and you cannot wait in the inland river. The Endless Sea is your future development direction." Xiao
En smiled and said, "But we are not without enemies on the sea. According to accurate information, the Commons family's third fleet is likely to be entrenched in the outer sea. Even if some of the warships are damaged, the number of the opponent's warships will be
Above us, especially those Dreadnought-class battleships, but the four-masted schooners will be even larger."
"In the old naval battle model, the larger the body, the greater the advantage. However, with artillery, large body may not necessarily be a complete advantage, especially when the firepower is not proportional." Aqino laughed, "
If the Commons family's third fleet is really still offshore, it is waiting there to send us warships. If possible, my explorer fleet would not mind annexing their entire third fleet."
"It's great that you have such confidence." Sean nodded and said, "You still have two months of final preparation time. In the spring of next year, you can set sail and go to sea. I will give you one year to clear the area around the Swamp of Despair.
Let me explore all the offshore conditions clearly."
"Make sure to complete the mission." Captain Aquino responded loudly.
"Let's all sit down and talk about what we gained from this actual battle and see if there is any room for improvement. Who comes first?" Sean asked.
"I'll go first!" Captain Dempsey was the first to speak. "I think the ballistics we are using now has big problems. It is too complicated. It not only requires a lot of personal knowledge of soldiers, but also requires a lot of knowledge on the battlefield.
It’s very troublesome to use. If we preset the battlefield, it’s fine. But if we encounter an encounter, the opponent will have already killed us before we can measure the accurate trajectory.”
Artillery is naturally indispensable without ballistics, and the two complement each other.
The Yongye Army's ballistics did not just start with artillery. They had already begun to study this when the artillerymen were still attached engineers, using catapults and ballistae as their main weapons.
This is a calculus calculation question. If you know the force, weight, gravity, and air resistance, how to calculate the distance of a projectile? Even without Chancellor Abner's rune mathematics, you can just rely on Sean's mathematical knowledge from his previous life.
To solve this problem, the most troublesome issue is the gravity and air resistance of this world. In order to calculate this, a lot of thought and effort have been spent.
Even if the gravity and air resistance they calculated were 100% accurate, Sean and the others couldn't completely confirm it. They could only say that they were inseparable and just use it.
Before artillery was introduced, whether it was a catapult or a ballista, ballistics was only an auxiliary. Whether it could hit the target largely depended on luck.
After all, there is a huge disparity in the power used by the catapult crossbow arm, as well as the shape and weight of the ammunition itself. No matter how accurate their ballistic calculations are, if the basic force used when launching is not accurate, the difference will naturally be
A thousand miles away.
Many times, catapults and crossbows rely on experience. The accuracy of an experienced catapult and crossbow operator is definitely not comparable to that of a beginner.
After the introduction of artillery, the importance of ballistics increased rapidly.
Both barrels and ammunition are produced on industrial assembly lines. When the difference in charge or weight does not exceed grams, many quantities are naturally fixed, making it easier to calculate their landing points.
However, this kind of precise calculation requires a lot of considerations and requires quick calculations. It also requires very high quality soldiers. At the very least, they must be graduates from the academy city.
Even so, the ballistics they used was at a rudimentary level at best.
"Does Captain Dempsey have any good suggestions?" Sean asked curiously.
"It's not a good suggestion, it can only be said to be an idea, but whether it can succeed or not depends on the Lord." Captain Dempsey's answer was very conservative.
"Tell me what you think, why do you have to let me have the final say?" Sean's curiosity was aroused.
"Since Lord Lord can design a combat technique that can accurately measure distances, why not design a one-step ballistic combat technique based on our gun type and ammunition weight? Then those artillerymen will only need to leave behind
With one combat skill, you can easily measure the ballistic trajectory, saving time and effort." Captain Dempsey put forward his idea.
"Ballistics combat skills?" Since they already have measurable ballistics skills, Sean really didn't think in this direction when shaping artillery combat skills. If you think about it carefully, this matter shouldn't be that difficult.
You only need to plug in various known conditions and quickly calculate the results.
Sean gently clasped the table and said: "I didn't think of this before. The difficulty shouldn't be too high, but once the combat skills are formed, it will mean that they are very rigid. At that time, they must target a certain type of gun and a certain type of artillery shells."
Using it, our military currently has a relatively single type of artillery and artillery shells, so this method is still applicable to some extent. When the number of both increases, normal ballistics will be the major trend in the future."
"Of course I know this, but this ballistics can be used as a temporary supplementary method to increase the immediate combat effectiveness of these artillery units. It is not a bad idea to slowly learn conventional ballistics. A two-pronged approach will produce faster results." Commander Demps obviously said.
A person who knows how to think clearly thinks carefully when paying attention to his fighting skills.
"Since the regiment leader has considered it so comprehensively, I will wait until I have time to study and see if I can figure out the corresponding ballistics of several gun types and shells." Sean said with full affirmation, "This is a
A very good idea. If ballistic combat skills can really be developed, artillerymen will be able to operate artillery faster. Very good. Do you have any other suggestions?"
"Not for the time being." Captain Dempsey shook his head. Even after two wars, he was still figuring out how to deal with a brand-new weapon like the mortar. Many problems were indeed exposed, but these problems can be solved.
Improvements made through subsequent training are not like combat skills, which require the cooperation of the lord, so there is no need to bring them up on this occasion.
"Where's Master Baker? Have you gained anything this time?" Sean turned his attention to the real technicians.
The artillery, a new branch of the military, has an unprecedented level of dependence on equipment. How much combat effectiveness they can exert is only a small aspect of their abilities, mainly in weapons, that is, manufacturers like Master Baker.
on the body.
Not only Sean knew this, but everyone else present also knew this, and their eyes also turned to Master Baker.
"There are indeed a lot of gains, especially the power of special ammunition, which is really unexpected. We can increase research in this area in the future, but it involves the use of magic energy. We people are still amateurs after all, and we still need to
Warlocks are needed. I heard that the lord has specially assigned two warlocks to study architecture with Mr. Ferdinand. You can’t favor one over the other. Our Firearms Bureau is a large department and a core unit. At least ten of them must be allocated to us.
A warlock, as a professional researcher in the research of special ammunition, right?" Master Baker said in a clear and logical manner.
"We were discussing our experiences this time. How did it end up asking me for scientific research personnel? You and Director Tobias are indeed old partners. Even if you ask for people, you have the same virtues." Sean was a little stunned, and finally laughed and scolded
road.
Master Baker replied seriously: "Our firearms bureau lacks warlock craftsmen. This is one of my biggest insights this time. In the future, the firearms bureau will need support in terms of magic. We can't just ask the lord to solve it every time, right? As long as
In terms of allocating a few warlocks to us, I guarantee that we will make great progress in special ammunition and artillery forging."
"Okay! If you win, go to the Northern Fortress to choose someone when you have time. It's impossible to have ten warlocks. There are only a few students in the entire Warlock Academy! At most, five of you will be allocated." Sean bargained.
"Thank you, Lord." Master Baker was overjoyed.
Even if Master Baker didn't bring it up, Yongye Army Leader would increase the research on magic artillery shells, and even find ways to carry out industrial production. It is always not the same thing to use manpower to break down the magic energy.
Even for rechargeable gems, you have to find cheaper alternatives. Even the cheapest jade is still jade.
Not to mention that jade now has another use - building a mage tower, and the consumption is even more terrifying.
Compared to this kind of natural raw material, the Yongye Army Leader still prefers artificial containment, among which glass and colored glaze are a major consideration, but unfortunately their magic energy containment characteristics are not high.
In the past, they had no choice but to passively rely on the magic-retaining properties of the material itself.
However, with the in-depth study of spell energy and runes, they have opened up a new path, that is, the spell circuits inlaid with spell pools in those glasses and colored glazes. After being fired, they will naturally become spells.
Dharma energy container.
Ceramic factories have begun to experiment with large-scale firing. Once mass production is possible, the manufacturing cost of special artillery shells will plummet, at least by 60 to 70%. At the same weight, the power will increase by two to three times.
Because these man-made containers can hold more magic energy.
When the time comes to mass-produce special artillery shells, Sean will only need to build a single-spell energy separation filling line.
This is now starting to appear, and the method still originates from the energy reaction chamber.
The magic energy absorbed by the energy reaction chamber is of a single attribute when it enters it. Only after passing through its mixing device can it be mixed into multi-attribute magic energy.
What Sean needs to do is to intercept the magical energy before it is mixed and pour it into other containers.
At first, Sean just wandered around the energy reaction chamber, thinking about how to start with it.
Until one day I suddenly realized that I had been a little too dependent on the energy reaction chamber of the Northern Fortress in recent times. Once I used magic energy, I would think of it.
But I forgot the original intention at the beginning, which was to analyze the energy reaction chamber and build my own energy reaction chamber.
Building your own energy reaction chamber is almost on the agenda. Why can't you build a single element absorption device and just put the absorbed elements into a container?
The energy reaction chamber is actually pieced together from these single element absorption devices, and then a mixing device and a containing device are added.
If split in this way, the difficulty of building it will undoubtedly be greatly reduced. This is equivalent to one-eighth or even one-tenth of the energy reaction chamber. If possible, it can even be made into a portable one, which can be moved around with the artillery to temporarily produce special equipment.
Cannonballs.
The significance of this device is particularly great for the explorer fleet. In this way, they will not need to dock to replenish special ammunition after every battle in the future, and can be modified directly on the battleship.
This is all an afterthought, and it is difficult for others to help in this matter. They gathered together to mainly discuss their experience in artillery combat during this war, and at the same time provide suggestions for the improvement and future development of artillery.
Improvement is improvement, and the arsenal under the Bureau of Firearms continues to produce artillery at a constant pace.
Just as Marshal Tagore said, whether these artillery pieces will be eliminated is a matter for the future. We must first use the ones we have now.
The Yongye Army is leading this field and is already at the forefront. Rather than climbing to a higher level of technology, it is more important to popularize artillery first.
Sean now has a lot of clones, but he still feels that he has no ability to clone them, and he can't wait to split one minute and use it as two minutes.
After a busy day at Brother Port, I remembered that my consciousness space had been shut down due to the shock, and I hurried over here to watch the battle. I didn't have time to open the door. I waited until something happened here and rushed back. It was already a day later.
After reopening, a period of comforting explanations are indispensable.
The importance of consciousness space to the Yongye Army Leader is self-evident. Regardless of military or scientific research, without it, the entire northern fortress will be like losing its backbone. Although it will not be impossible to work, it will always be
If something is missing, it feels like something is missing.
Although restarting the consciousness space is not as troublesome as the first creation, it is not as simple as one click, not to mention that there are still many analysis tasks that need to be rebuilt.
When his soul consciousness was shaken, no one survived, and they were all washed away.
Fortunately, for these analysis tasks, Sean has already formed them into soul rune patterns, which can be restored according to memory.
Now that the consciousness space has been closed, Sean is not as simple as simply restarting it. He just takes the opportunity to make up for the recent new gains and some loopholes and imperfections that have been exposed in the consciousness space in the past period.
Whether it was the soul blending with Crestina or the soul-level war he just experienced, Sean was deeply aware of the uniqueness and fragility of the soul.
In the process of restarting the consciousness space, Sean has strengthened the construction and protection of this aspect.
The first ironclad rule is that souls are prohibited from making contact without protection.
This iron law operates by default. Once there is a problem with the protective layer of the soul in the consciousness space, they will be ejected immediately.
The second major change in the consciousness space is the partitioning.