The Demon King Seems to Conquer the World

It was the next evening that I called the whole squad to assemble.

"Well, yesterday today, about today I'd like to take some time off, but let's start the lecture"

In the middle of the hall, in front of a bonfire that started burning early, that's what I said.

"You can think of it as a lecture or something like a study group. We're not here to fight, but we're not even here to play. If you dare, you're here to learn. It's a school trip."

Looking around the regiment again, I'm still motivated.

Seems like he's willing to ask.

After all, there's something different about the people who expressed their willingness to participate and were selected on it.

"This is the latest type of artillery the enemy is using."

And I dropped a ton of gunbeds on the ground, and I set up an iron cannon to show them.

"The outbreak of new weapons, starting with this weapon, makes their methods of warfare completely different from those learned in the Knights' Academy lecture. Unfortunately, our learned methods of warfare would have to be described as outdated. But not all the classes I've taken have been in vain."

So I looked around at the members of the team waiting for words,

"The philosophy that governs the battlefield is because where weapons have changed slightly, their basic principles have not changed"

I said.

"No matter how the battlefield has changed, it doesn't mean that the theories taught by the ancient military scriptures will no longer work as if they were universal. Break through enemy gaps, frustrate war, besiege, divide the rear, occupy the highlands. Such basic reasoning does not stop working even when weapons change. But it is also true that weapons change forces change on the battlefield. If a weapon appears to overwhelm a sword and spear in the field, challenging that weapon to fight only with a sword and spear is against the logic of war. At best, an army with its back to warfare would suffer a painful defeat. So what we need is creativity. If you can't do it in the field, you'll quickly come up with ideas like, for example, pulling enemies into the forest and fighting where they can crush their strengths. Of course, that is not necessarily effective, but there is considerable progress. If that progress piles up, we may also find a way to suppress enemies with better weapons"

When I finished saying it all at once, I said, "Well," and I separated it once.

"This weapon, called an artillery gun, became popular in the world of the Klu some thirty years ago. As some of you may know, the study enthusiasts are currently hostile to us and attacking Kirchna are the Islamist countries… strictly speaking, the Catholic Islamist countries, those classified as. This weapon of artillery was invented in the land of the Krah, the Qur 'an dragon empire, which adores the religion of Kokolu. The Islamist state found out about it and introduced it into its own forces late into his country, but in the thirteenth invasion of 2278 the deployment was not made in time and was hardly used. In the fourteenth invasion, because of its usefulness, the number was increasing dramatically, causing that great defeat. There must be more in this war."

When I lifted the cannon and showed it to everyone, I put it on the ground once.

"From now on, I'm going to have you guys test fire one cannon at a time. That will see the strengths and weaknesses of the artillery. But before I do, let me explain how it works."

And I picked up a small amount of black powder from the container.

"This substance is called gunpowder. Well, you won't be able to see it because it's far away, but you'll be treating it anyway when you do the test shots later. In a nutshell, it's like burning sand. It burns with greater momentum than dry wood and charcoal."

When I sprinkled the gunpowder like a line over a wooden plate, I shrugged the burning tree out of the burning fire by the fire, and pressed it against the wooden plate.

Zhu...... while the sound, sufficiently dry gunpowder gives a big smoke and transmits fire as it emits light.

"Well, it burns like this, but now you guys are no big deal, I guess I thought. In fact, it just burns well, and if this is all there is to it, it's no big deal. But when this object is set on fire with it sealed, its nature changes again."

So, I took out my little cup.

This is like a wooden shot glass, especially when drinking high alcohol distilled liquor.

It was originally made of glass, and there was one made of glass in the village chief's house, but if it was wasted and broken and the fragments flew, it would cause injury, so I made it a wooden one that was in its heap.

Currently, the glass is packed with about 80% black gunpowder.

On top of that, I lidded with wood scraps and cloth.

"Some of this is packed with gunpowder from earlier"

When I pick up the cannon I left on the ground, I take a long enough distance from the fire.

"There, back off more. You're gonna burn me."

and lowering the man who was approaching the burning fire.

"All hands, block your ears, crouch!

When I shouted, everyone followed orders a little late, even though they were much more obsessed with uncommon orders.

I threw a glass into the fire with a poi.

But there was a complete lid, so nothing happened right away.

The explosion was abrupt.

Van!

An awesome noise rang, and the burning trees scattered and blew away.

Then, out of the nearby woods, a surprised bird screams and runs away.

"Stand up, okay!

Meanwhile, I pick up and collect burning trees by fire.

Finally, when a little of the purified volatile oil was caught in the burning tree where the fire was extinguished by the impact, the firewood, which had not yet cooled down the heat, burned up well and regained its original momentum.

Even though it's dispersed, the explosion is no big deal.

Even though it's hard, it's wood, so if this was thin iron or something, it would have been worse.

Once again, I saw the crew.

"Now, this cannon is a tool to exploit an earlier explosion. Simply put, put the lead ball in from the muzzle, make an earlier explosion in the barrel, and fire the lead ball from the muzzle with momentum due to its impact. In doing so, the lead sphere becomes the murder weapon that gets fast and kills people. As you've all heard, I planted a bear with a cannon."

Precisely, it's mainly the injection gas that pushes the bullet, but this one will be quicker to understand.

"Well, then let's get into the test shot. First, I'll give it a shot. Right... let's target the tree there. Hey, get out of the way."

Pointing to the proper tree, he said, the hedge cracked.

"Needless to say, when someone is trying, it's super dangerous to cross the front. Keep away from the trees while people are taking a test shot. Well, you know, it's like a bow and arrow."

After the usual caution, when I loaded it quickly, I set up the cannon and pulled the trigger.

Zdon! and sounds, and his ears become Keane.

The unique smell of nitrous smoke pricked my nose.

Looking around again, half of them were eating, half of them weren't.

Half of them would be the ones on the eagle.

"Well, here's the problem, which is actually the most important thing for you guys. Anyway, this weapon is almost non-existent in the Shan world. It's not hard to start making it, but the numbers won't be quite aligned. Therefore, instead of confronting the artillery with artillery, you must think of ways to attach (...) to your weaknesses. That's it."

And when I put the gun bed on the ground, I put gunpowder and ammunition in order at the muzzle.

This is wrapped together in Ho paper.

This increases convenience.

If you put excess gunpowder in by mistake, the barrel will not withstand when firing and may burst and cause injury, but it can also be prevented.

Here, if you light the gunpowder like this and fire it, you can fire it, but this is the problem.

Gunpowder and bullets are playing in the barrel, so if you lower the muzzle below the horizon, the bullet will roll off.

Therefore, with a special cane (karka), we have to stick it in.

At that time, wrap the wrapper around the bullet to prevent it from falling out.

On top of that, keep it horizontal and serve gunpowder on a fireplate.

Would it have taken about forty seconds this time, taking a lot of time along the way?

"Now we can fire whenever we pull the trigger. I would have been quite a mess. Well."

Again, I looked around at the members.

"There will also be a few good bowmen like this. For those guys, it shouldn't have been so hard at this close range to let six or seven arrows go and hit them while I was being mottled earlier. In that sense, it can also be said that this guy's attack power is less than half that of a skilled archer, depending on how good it is. Thinking about it, this weapon called an iron cannon is not so powerful. But in fact, we've been hit by this weapon. At the previous meeting, this concentrated artillery fire, due in part to its collapse, caused a total collapse. Why, did it happen? Well, you should think about it while you wait for the order. When the evening is up, tell us what you realize."

I closed the lid and handed the cannon to Lyao.

"Instruction is given by three executives"

By the end of the trial, the day had already completely fallen.

Largely assembled incendiaries emit a brilliant light.

"Well, it's the night part. Gentlemen, have you thought about this in your daytime trial? Raise your hands."

When I said that, my hands rose flat.

"It's you first. That was an auto tem. Talk to me."

When I said that, he, a young man in the Wang Eagles, began to talk to the munchies.

"What I've come up with, rather than questioning, is how much is that gunpowder thing going to be?

"Oh, that's a natural question. That's, like, thirty rugas a shot. However, this gunpowder was imported by me in my dealings with Klu people, so it also contains the merchant's advantages over there, as well as the cost of the ship, which is expensive. So you can assume that Klu can fire for about two copper coins"

"I see... well, my opinion is, what about making a rainy day the day of the showdown"

Oops.

You got a good point.

"Yeah. For once, if you're going to disagree, there's a special processing on the volcano, so that it doesn't disappear to the extent of a little rain. Besides, rain can also be prevented by methods such as covering the engine part. So if it's about light rain, we can fire. But that's a very good opinion. Covering will make the operation more cumbersome, take time to reload, and increase the underdevelopment rate"

All right.

"Is there anyone else?

And when I said it again, my hand rose again.

That's study enthusiasm.

I was the kind of person who would never raise his hand.

"Okay, so was that, uh, Jude Gnome over there? Talk to me."

"Yes. I am honored to know. I thought that without the artillery earlier, if it was such an object, it might be possible, for example, to pack it in a tube and throw it from above with a king eagle. If it explodes on the ground, can it do damage to enemy forces?

Ooh.

That's an awesome opinion.

Oh, those objects, they must mean the gunpowder that was thrown into the incendiary fire before it, not the cannon.

"Yeah. This, too, is a very good opinion. But at any rate, there is a fatal problem with that. The explosion ideally occurs the moment the object comes into contact with the ground, or the moment it comes into contact with the enemy's head or shoulder, etc., but so far there is no way to manipulate the outburst. I just exploded because I threw it into a bonfire, and even if I just slammed it to the ground, it would just mean smashing it. And if you drop it from above, of course you can't expect there to be fireworks on the ground. As a measure, for example, sprinkle a seeping cloth of oil around it, ignite it, and then drop it. I can think of hands like that, but it's still going to be hard to just explode on the ground."

When I said that, did you already think about it, he clouded his complexion?

"But it's a very good opinion. That will not matter in the future due to technological developments. It is not possible at present, but considering the weight of the container, for example, the part where the device is located is lowered, something like a firestone is planted inside, and ignites the moment it hits the ground. Devices such as these are easy to think of. Yeah, good opinion."

And I praised him.

Okay, next time.

... Hmm, this guy.

Dora.

"Next, then, Dora Godwin"

And I said with my eyes on Dora.

"You just have to go in with a heavily loaded cavalry... I think Nycato, Desga"

That's Dora.

It's a brain muscle statement that makes me want to applaud.

Too much (...) and (...), I almost accidentally blew it out.

"Yeah, that's arguably the most realistic idea as a blowing force at the moment. If you're going to state a denial material... you actually go in, that cavalry has to be so prepared to go in. The cavalry in charge of the front row is going to stick it out of its head into the line of enemy soldiers that the cannons are firing in tandem with dozens. And if that front row, frightened at all, loosens the reins, the collision force, which is the life of a cavalry assault, is attenuated. It takes real courage."

So the problem is with the gun sword (bayonet).

If you abolish a short sword on the tip of a gun, or the ability to slash, by wearing a sturdy spear (needle), the gun can have a sufficiently reliable function as a melee weapon.

But from what I've heard, it seems that the invention of a gunsword has not yet been accomplished among the Klu, and such a culture of war does not yet exist.

Nowadays, the mix of gunmen and spear soldiers is made up in a way that mutually assists both distant and distant.

Even so, it's probably a lot of stuff around there, so bows will be used on the actual battlefield, spear lengths will be inconsistent, and it should be an appropriate drop-in gathering unit.

"So, next..."

As it stood, the meeting lasted until late at night and opened on the occasion that the drowsiness had made the venue weaker.