Chapter 167: Weapon revolution

"In fact, this military rank system is based on hot weapons." Shang Wen stopped thinking and slowly said to Wei Liao.

"Oh. See you, sir." Wei Liao put down the glass and said.

"Weapons can be divided into hot and cold weapons. This cold weapon is the knives, halberds, and spears that Daqin currently holds. This hot weapon is the gun and artillery. Compared with the traditional cold weapon, the hot weapon has a qualitative change." Shang Wen Said in detail.

"Cold weapons require manpower. The size of manpower determines the power of the weapon. Moreover, the attack distance of cold weapons is also very limited. Take shooting weapons, bows and arrows can generally shoot up to one hundred and fifty steps. And within one hundred and fifty steps. The accuracy of shooting can no longer be guaranteed." Shang Wen gave examples one by one.

"En." Wei Liao nodded in approval.

"Mr. Qin is right. According to this weapon. It cannot be the power, the range of attack. There is also the accuracy. If compared with these hot weapons, there is indeed a qualitative breakthrough." Wei Liao said suddenly. .

"First of all this power. Also within fifty steps. Similar weapons. Ge and halberds have less attack distances than muskets. And they are not as powerful as muskets. At present, all armors and bullets fired by muskets can penetrate. Soldiers even wear them. The heaviest armor is of no avail. Even if there is, it is very heavy, even if it can withstand the firing of a musket. It may not be able to resist the firing of an artillery. The emergence of these weapons is bound to cause a reaction. This weapon. Yes. It must be updated." Wei Liao began to realize that the breakthrough in the weapon led to a change in the form of war.

"That's true. Guns and artillery rely on chemical energy instead of traditional biological energy. The energy released by chemistry has far exceeded the energy that the human body can release, and with the increase in lethality, it is imposed on the human body. Power has reached its limit. At this time, there is an urgent need for a weapon that can exceed the limit of human physical ability. This is the case with the application of chemical energy. Gunpowder can provide such a kind of energy in a short period of time, and The energy released is dozens of times more than human energy. Take the musket as an example. The initial speed of the musket now has reached a speed of 200 meters per second." The rise of Shang Wen's words has completely forgotten that Wei Liao can accept it. Ability.

"Oh. Oh." Wei Liao was confused. Because many things are unknown to him, such as bioenergy. He can barely accept it. But when chemical energy is used, then there is the initial velocity. Then there are two hundred meters per second. This is the unit?

"Mr. Qin. What do you mean by the initial speed, and two hundred meters per second. What is this?" Wei Liao asked quickly. For fear that Shang Wen could not control him, he suddenly said some strange new words.

"Initial velocity. It's Newton's three laws. According to...Oh, I will say this slowly later." Shangwen knew it all at once. If explained. Very troublesome. It's better to pick something simple and understandable. For example, the unit of two hundred meters per second.

"I'll explain two hundred meters per second. The second is the smaller unit in the time unit, which is almost a blink of an eye. He flew out two hundred meters. It is almost one hundred meters." Shang Wen explained .

"Oh. In a blink of an eye. It can fly a hundred meters." Wei Liao said further.

"Yes. Compared to cold weapons, this speed can be reached. Basically it is the limit. And the higher the speed. The more powerful the killing effect. The more obvious the penetration effect. In other words, the thicker the armor, the more it can be pierced. "Shang Wen explained.

"En, it seems. From now on, the combat style will be greatly changed." Wei Liao said.

"Yes. Big change. And it must be a big change." Shang Wen said.

"Such a change is that the attack effect of a thousand people in the past can now be achieved with only one hundred people. In order to control this one hundred people more conveniently, a new management system must be used to control the army."

"For example, this platoon system. When all the musketeers line up in a straight line, they must be directed by the platoon leader. The company commander only needs to command the platoon leader. There are thirty platoon leaders. There are sergeants among the thirty. Coming to be the monitor is very quick and convenient to control."

"Compared to the original corps leader, it's very long. System. The squad leader controls around eight to twelve people. And it can be controlled in this way. It can just show the power of a musket. If you use a corps leader, it's too small. Very long. , It cannot be flexibly changed. Moreover, there is no unit that controls 30 people in the Qin Army. As a result, it is very inconvenient to manipulate." Shang Wen said about the organization.

"The advent of the muskets made the formation become disorganized. Although the control of the formation was needed at the beginning to exert the overall power of the muskets. For example, facing the overwhelming charge of other troops. A well-trained formation can fully resist this. A large-scale charge. But if the opponent is a small-scale charge, the soldiers can be deployed in platoons," Shang Wen said.

"With the development of weapons. It will appear in one minute in the future. That is, in the blink of an eye sixty times, a weapon that shoots three hundred bullets appears. Then, in this case, the soldiers must be more dispersed. This is the requirement of technology. The development of technology must have a set of very suitable management and follow the combat system. Otherwise, follow the original system. That is a disaster." Shang Wen said. Speaking of. The British Army in the Civil War and World War I did not make such a mistake. When the musket was equipped with a flash hider, the firing speed was increased. Coupled with the emergence of the Maxim machine gun with a higher rate of fire in World War I. If the charge is still organized according to the original formation, it is simply taking human life into consideration. War is about high efficiency. Such a low combat model, if not updated in time. Then, the result can only be tragedy.

"En. Mr. Qin said. It seems that I have to ask Mr. Qin to teach some of these courses to the generals. Otherwise, it is just that we civilians are aware of the changes in weapons. The lower-level soldiers, the officers are not aware of it. The same goes for the same thing. The mistake." Wei Liao suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. This also achieved the purpose of Shang Wen's remarks. Shang Wen just wanted to remind Wei Liao that his weapons were improving. Strategy and tactics need to go further. The management of the army needs to be further improved. And to make corrections at any time. For this work, those generals in high positions should be aware of the seriousness of this problem.