When Claude and Bockard both said they wanted to buy the Obash II standard matchlock gun and the matching gunpowder, Vakuri whistled in a rare way: "Your father loves you so much that he is willing to Purchase the kingdom’s latest army guns for you. The Obas II standard matchlock gun is already one of the most advanced muskets in the entire continent. It has a range of 380 meters and an effective damage distance of 240 meters. It is said that Within a hundred and fifty meters, a large wild boar weighing three to four hundred kilograms can be brought down with one shot."
It seems that Vakuri is also a musket enthusiast and has a thorough understanding of some of the performance data of the kingdom's latest standard musket.
"Uncle Valkuri, do you think that the latest muskets have an increase in range and effective damage distance?" Claude has always felt that the research on firearms in this world has gone astray. If we don't improve the firing method, it's useless to just study the increase in range. No wonder there were matchlocks five or six hundred years ago, and matchlocks are still used today.
"Of course, the earliest old-fashioned matchlocks had a range of less than 200 meters, and the effective killing range was only about 80 meters. In the past 500 years, the range has been increased to 380 meters, which is considered to be the limit of the range. You Knowing that the range of the Obash Type 1 standard matchlock gun has reached 360 meters, in order to increase the range of 20 meters, the Kingdom Fire Gun Research Institute has spent more than ten years and countless money." Vakuri was very happy. Say it with feeling.
Claude felt like he was listening to fantasy: "No, Uncle Valkuri, I don't understand why the range of the matchlock gun should be increased. In fact, the matchlock gun fires slowly and its aim is not accurate. Why is it so far away? Besides, at a distance of more than 300 meters, you can't see clearly from the other side. No one knows where the gun went. It's better to shoot closer and shoot more accurately."
Vakuri looked at Claude and smiled: "Son, as soon as I heard you say this, I know that you have no knowledge. The range is the king of the matchlock gun. If you go to the battlefield, you will understand that three hundred and eighty meters The range is enough to fire five or six more volleys at the enemy. It doesn't matter whether you can accurately shoot the target. It is normal for a matchlock gun to miss the target, but if a thousand matchlock guns are fired at the same time, you Think about it, is it possible for the target to escape
The battlefield relies on covering fire, firing a salvo first to attack the enemy's musket array. If one of the two parties is equipped with a matchlock with a range of 380 meters, and the other is holding a matchlock with a range of 280 meters, then if you think about it, you will know that the party with the longer range can be completely out of the enemy's range. Multiple volleys were fired, but the enemy could only stand and endure the beatings. When such a situation occurs, there is no need to fire three rounds of volleys. The side being fired will collapse and be defeated."
What Vakuri said seemed to make sense, but Claude always felt that something was wrong: "Then why does the side with the short range stand and get shot? Why don't they spread out and quickly engage the enemy, and then they can engage in hand-to-hand combat when they reach the shooting range? That way Maybe there’s still a chance to win.”
"That's why I said you are ignorant." Vakuri shook his head: "Don't you know that the power of a matchlock gun lies in firing in unison? Only by arranging in a battle formation and waiting for orders to fire together can the maximum fire coverage be achieved. The enemy causes the most damage. It is easy to spread out the formation on the battlefield, but it is very difficult to form a battle formation again after engaging the enemy. The enemy will not give you time to form a team calmly.
A matchlock fired cannot even pose the slightest threat to the enemy on the battlefield. This has been confirmed on the battlefield by those guerrilla riflemen who are good at shooting. They wander in small groups on the battlefield, waiting for opportunities to shoot enemy scouts and messengers. However, they also found that firing ten times can kill three to four people. Hitting the enemy for the first time is already the best record, because the enemies are all in motion, not fixed targets erected on the training ground."
Claude didn't want to talk nonsense with Vakuri. This was almost a chicken-and-duck talk. At this moment, he suddenly understood something. No wonder the restrictions on civilians in various countries in Farea are so strict. These can be dragged into the battlefield. Cannon fodder. I still don’t quite understand why my father was so sure in the conversation last night that if there was a war between the kingdom and the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance, even if it won, there would be heavy casualties. According to it, here, this is an era of lining up to be shot.
In the history of the time traveler's previous life, in the era of matchlocks and flintlocks, in order to take advantage of firepower, both opposing sides lined up on the battlefield.