Lord of Rot

Chapter 243: Muskets are very powerful

After receiving Li Qi's order, Kuai Ren led his soldiers and followed Li Qi to the shooting range that had been planned in the dense forest.

This place is far away from residential areas, so we are not afraid of shooting and disturbing the residents.

After arriving in line, everyone saw the neatly arranged wooden and iron pipes.

There is also a porcupine soldier's breastplate.

There was target paper stuck to the tree trunk in the distance, but they found no crossbows or arrows.

Are you using these iron pipes to practice throwing?

Some of the soldiers present had seen the Lord's throwing skills with their own eyes, while others had personally experienced it. No matter how thick the armor was, just one hit would be painful.

Reacher walked to the gun rack and picked up a musket.

This is a flintlock gun made after design.

When the trigger is pulled, the flint ignites the gunpowder and ejects the metal pellet in the barrel.

The flintlock gun is still in its infancy. Although the inconvenience of using a match rope to ignite gunpowder has been basically eliminated, the usage in other aspects is actually not much different.

For example, projectiles still require muzzle loading.

Load the projectile from the muzzle at an angle.

Then pour the gunpowder into the medicine pool.

The basic working principle of the entire flintlock gun is to use a flint clip with a spring to strike the sickle and ignite the gunpowder. This design is not too difficult, but there are many small details in the design.

Especially the spring, even if Li Qi described it personally or even drew it with a pen, the entire copying work would be very difficult.

The method of igniting gunpowder by hitting it with flint is much worse than Betty's method of using magic to release it. The first is accuracy. Magic can effectively help adjust the angle. It is not an exaggeration to say that the bullet comes from the heart.

The second is the power of increase.

It can be said that with the same gun, the power of the projectiles fired by ordinary people is completely different from the projectiles released by magic.

But again, the cost of training a spellcaster and the cost of training an ordinary person who can shoot are completely different things.

Ordinary people can shoot, it is more cost-effective, easy to cultivate, and not afraid of damage.

After making the flintlock gun, if Li Qi needed it, he could pull out a team that could shoot within a day and achieve terrifying results in the battle.

Li Qi first poured the gunpowder into a horn bag, which was airtight and waterproof.

The cost of such a bag of gunpowder is 2 silver months. When a real gunshot is fired, there are ten thousand taels of gold!

Let all the soldiers present have a bag of gunpowder. Not counting other costs, it will cost 2-3 gold days.

Then he stuffed the paper-wrapped projectiles from the muzzle of the gun, then took off the stick stuck on the muzzle and poked it in from the muzzle.

It didn't take more than a few seconds.

Finally, he set up the gun, roughly aimed at the target on the tree in the distance, and pulled the trigger.

"bang"

The thunder-like sound startled the soldiers present.

Thick smoke spread out from the muzzle, carrying a pungent smell.

"Let's go and take a look." Li Qi blew on the hot and smoking gun barrel and pointed to the tree in the distance.

The target on the tree trunk was marked with a black spot, and everyone could see it as long as they turned their heads.

After hearing Li Qi's order, a soldier walked over to take a look.

They stretched out their fingers to dig into the holes made by the muskets, but they could not dig out the bullets inside.

"So deep!" the soldier exclaimed.

Kuai Blade certainly knew that Li Qi had been researching new weapons, but he didn't expect them to be so terrifying.

If this iron ball hits a person, can the armor withstand it?

Can the powerful armor of the porcupine collar be resisted?

Li Qi gave Kuai Ren a look, and Kuai Ren understood and blew the whistle fiercely.

"beep--!"

The soldiers quickly returned to their ranks and stood in order.

Following the whistle has become their subconscious behavior.

Li Qi raised the gun in his hand and said, "This is called a musket, an alchemical weapon."

"Alchemy weapons?!" The soldiers were horrified.

That is something that only a scholar can create, and it is full of wisdom that others cannot understand.

No wonder it has such terrifying power. It contains not only wisdom, but also magic. Otherwise, why can such terrifying power be released?

They didn't see the bowstring on the musket.

"The method of using this weapon is very simple, as simple as what I just demonstrated, and each of you must become a musketeer!"

Reacher planned to use the musket as the basic ranged weapon of the Porcupine soldiers.

Now he has been able to obtain the alchemy materials from Three Fork River Fort at the lowest price possible, and the cost of shooting has been reduced to the lowest.

Defeating the battle with muskets would definitely cost him money, but as long as he agreed, he would definitely make money even if only a pile of corpses were left behind.

The soldiers were excited after hearing that they could also be users of this alchemical weapon.

Because there are not enough muskets, we are temporarily divided into groups of three, each with one musket.

Then Li Qi gave step-by-step instructions and carefully explained the precautions.

Especially if you are not allowed to look into the barrel of a gun, you are courting death.

Following the steps taught by Li Qi, the impatient soldiers lined up in a row and fired at the tree trunks in the distance.

"Bang bang bang!"

The shots were fired at the same time, resulting in a huge explosion that resounded throughout the sky.

It's just that after every shot, there will be a force coming up from the barrel. In order to adapt to this force and to make their aim more accurate, they can only try to find experience.

Every gun has its own temperament, and everyone must find their own shooting habits to get better with the gun.

Li Qi walked towards Kuai Jian, who was fond of muskets, and asked, "Do you feel there is any difference between this weapon and a crossbow?"

"It's not as accurate as a bow and arrow." Kuai Jian nodded and said, "The range is longer than the crossbow, but the accuracy is a little worse."

"But!" Kuai Ren was suddenly excited and his cheeks turned slightly red: "It is effortless to use the musket! Although it is very loud and cannot be used for sneak attacks, as long as there are enough gunpowder and projectiles, you can keep shooting, and the gunpowder and bullets will be empty. After the projectile, the person will not be exhausted.”

This is the first very huge advantage of the musket, it is labor-saving to use.

The training cost of archers is definitely not lower than that of cavalry.

How many arrows can an archer shoot in a battle? And the more you shoot, the worse the accuracy becomes.

The problem with the crossbow is similar. It is easier than the bow, but pulling the string is also a laborious task, and the speed cannot be compared with the musket.

From the time of pulling the string on the crossbow, loading the arrow, and shooting, the musket has been fired 2-3 times.

If you use the classic three-stage attack tactic, you can shoot almost without any gaps or pauses.

Quick Blade continued: "People without training can quickly master the musket in a short period of time."

This means that if a group of militia farmers are allowed to train for half a day, they can become a pretty good musketeer and go directly to the battlefield, and their lethality is no less than that of a crossbowman.

And the range of the musket is obviously greater than that of the small crossbow.

A large ballista?

Li Qi's target weapon is a cannon that has not yet been manufactured.