The opponent's mud pile cannot resist the bombardment of his heavyweight shells, but the opponent's mud pile can block the bombardment of his opponent's two or three pounds of small shells... It's just crushing...

Marin suddenly felt that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. For example, this Gonzalo de Cordoba was a true hero among the indigenous people of this era. Originally, the famous Spanish square formation was invented by him. However, after Marin traveled through time, he did not create it himself with a blue face, and named it "Malin square formation"...

But Gonzalo de Cordoba still has real skills. For example, the earthen wall he created easily blocked the French small-caliber infantry artillery, causing the French artillery array that crushed the English longbowmen to lose its power.

The French army had hundreds of artillery pieces, but they were all small caliber infantry cannons of one or two pounds. Facing the English longbowers who had only been defensive wooden pickets, the French cannons were powerful, and they blasted the longbowers who had only been trained in England for more than a decade, establishing the position of European overlords. But Gonzalo de Cordoba directly dug trenches and piled up earth walls, which directly lost the advantage of hundreds of small caliber artillery pieces of the French. However, the Spanish musketeers could safely hide behind the earth walls and shoot the knights who rushed up to the French...

However, this cannot be blamed on Marin. Strictly speaking, Marin was an ordinary person in his later generations, but he often visited military forums. All his tactical ideas were learned from the great military families in history. Therefore, he was actually a king of copycats. For example, this square formation was a copycat of Zigonzalo de Cordoba. Moreover, it was not completely copycats. Because he lost Gonzalo de Cordoba's local work technology...

This is because Marin's thinking in later generations was causing trouble. According to Marin's memory, it's okay to deal with guns and bullets like ordinary mounds. Facing artillery, even the most trashy cannons in later generations cannot be stopped.

But he forgot that the cannons used in Europe in this era were so weak. For example, the French light cannon had a range of only two or three hundred meters. In later generations, any small-caliber cannon had a range of only a few thousand meters, which was impossible to compare.

That's why he made a wrong judgment that the mound could not hold back the artillery. But Gonzalo de Cordoba told him with facts that in this era, mounds could also block the shells...

Fortunately, Marin was not a paranoid person and was willing to learn from other people's strengths. So the Beihai country's artillery troops expanded. For example, the artillery battalion sent was originally organized with 180 people and served 18 artillery pieces. However, Marin added 120 people. In addition to helping transport shells, the increased personnel also had the responsibility to dig pits and pile up soil. In this way, if the battle against the enemy in the future, the Beihai country's artillery would not suffer much loss.

...

Seeing the 18 cannons lined up, King Edward of England was very envious. He ran to the cannon, touched it with his hands and knocked it, his eyes full of envy...

"How much copper does such a big cannon cost?"

He didn't see that the 32-pound Karen cannons were all steel, because Marin made people paint the appearance and muzzle of gold on the outside and the part of the gun. It looked like a bronze cannon. Of course, no one would think it was a golden cannon...

Looking at Edward with envious expressions, Marin smiled and said:

"There is not much copper, and a cannon only costs a thousand or hundreds of pounds (a few hundred kilograms)..."

This is very convincing, because the price of copper in Europe was very expensive in this era. The price comparison between silver and copper was 1 to 15, which means that a cannon is worth a hundred pounds of silver...

After hearing Marin's words, Edward was shocked. He didn't have that much money, but in order to maintain the 20,000 troops in London, he was short of money. Where did he have the money to buy copper cannons? So he could only envy. Fortunately, Marin was his nominal vassal and was willing to dispatch cannons to fight for him...

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Because 20,000 Minzhuang had not been brought by ship, the Dublin army is a little bored now. Edward simply asked the army to start practicing tactics and prepare for the upcoming battle.

But Ireland is a country of rain, with rainy seasons all year round. Even if Dublin is on the east coast, it rains in the middle of winter, which brings great inconvenience to the military's exercises...

For example, when the English Knights were practicing charge, they were directly unable to open their eyes by the rain halfway through the charge. During an exercise, the two knights collided directly, and both were injured.

"What's going on?" Edward asked in a bad tone.

The officer in charge of the investigation said helplessly:

"The rain is too heavy, I can't open my eyes..."

Marin Shen agreed that when he was riding an electric bicycle in later generations, he could not open his eyes if he encountered heavy rain and did not have a helmet with goggles. Especially, during the charge, the eyes were hit the most by rain, making people unable to open their eyes.

Currently, the helmets of European Knights are all bucket helmets. The masks can move up and down. Usually, the masks are stuck on the top of the helmet. Before the battle, the knights will pull the mask down, protect their faces, and then launch a charge...

But no matter what, the mask on the eyes will not block it. Otherwise, the knight will become blind. But once his eyes are exposed, once he rushes, he will definitely be shocked by the rain on a rainy day...

"What should I do?" Edward sighed.

If you are in other parts of Europe, you can get a truce on rainy days and wait for sunny days. This place in Ireland has rains 12 months a year. If you really want to see it rain, stop and wait unless you don’t want to fight...

"Malin, please help me think of a solution?" Edward could only count on Marlin, a "scheming" nominal subordinate. Moreover, Marlin never disappointed him...

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"This...I think about it..." Marin fell into deep thought...

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Marin first thought of the common hats used in southern China in later generations. This big hat woven with bamboo strips can protect against rain. Moreover, because the brim of the hat is very large, people wearing the hat will not be disturbed by the rain, which will affect their vision...

But Marin quickly ruled out the hat because he could not let those English knights wear hats. After all, the hats have no protection, and those knights who cherish their lives will definitely not be willing to wear them.

As for wearing the hat on the bucket helmet? This is feasible. However, once the battle is fierce, the knight charges, and the hat on the bucket helmet is very easy to fall off. In this way, the knight's vision will be affected again by the rain...

"Unless, add a brim to the Knight's bucket helmet..."

Thinking of this, a hat suddenly popped up in Marin's mind - the UFO. At the same time, he also remembered a joke - a director named Li, who was called "UFO-Cap Director"...

The legendary director Li Rengang seemed to have an unusual preference for UFO hats. It would be fine if you use UFO hats in "The King of the Uniform Guard". After all, UFO hats were indeed a very common helmet in the army during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

What does it mean to use the UFO hat? The Three Kingdoms as the background, "The Dragon Removal of Armor" and the "Heavenly General" with the Western Han Dynasty as the background, also use the UFO hat? Did the history teacher die early or let the physical education teacher substitute? You must know that the UFO hat appeared only in the Yuan Dynasty...

However, no matter how much the complaints are, Marin knew that this kind of flying saucer hat is really good for fighting on rainy days. With a very wide brim, the rain cannot easily attack the Knight's eyes...

So Marin quickly asked the blacksmiths of the Dublin English Army to create several flying saucer hats and give them to the English Knights for trial.

However, those knights refused to use UFO hats. The reason is simple - it is difficult to install a mask on UFO hats...

The helmets of the plate knights all have movable masks. Usually, the mask is pushed to the top of their heads and reveals their faces. Only when fighting will the mask be pulled down.

However, the wide brim of the flying saucer hat makes the mask unable to be pulled up or down. In this way, the faces of the knights are very dangerous in war. Therefore, the knights refuse to use such flying saucer hat helmets that cannot be installed...

Feedback to Marin, Marin slapped his head and said:

"Hi, what are I doing? This is simple, look at my modification!"

Then, Marin only modified the blacksmith and changed the mask to a mask that could be pulled down...

This design is designed in the World of Warcraft game that Marin used to play in his previous life. When he was playing 8.0, he saw that the guards of the island country Kurtiras wore this kind of UFO hat with a mask that could be pulled down.

The prototype of the Kingdom of Coultilas in the game is actually England. Because England is similar to the Kingdom of Coultilas in the game, both are rainy and cloudy countries. In such rainy areas, a flying saucer hat-shaped helmet with a pull-up mask is indeed very suitable.

Soon, this UFO hat helmet with a pull-down mask was made and given to the English Knights for trial...

In fact, England also had UFO hat-shaped helmets at this time. However, because no one thought of using a pull-down mask, the UFO hat was not as safe as a bucket helmet, so few knights liked to wear UFO hat helmets.

But Marin's design of pull-down mask ensured the safety of the UFO cap helmet. Then, it was happily accepted by the English knights...

And Edward was very straightforward:

"Okay, in the future, the knight helmets in England will be in this style!"

After all, England is also a rainy and foggy island country. This UFO hat helmet suitable for use in rainy days is very suitable for the weather needs of England...
Chapter completed!