Tiger squat cannons are different from artillery, and there is a big difference between lethality and destructive power.

First, the artillery shells are much heavier, and the smallest three-pound cannon shells weigh three pounds; second, the artillery loads more medicine and does not need to be shot. The artillery shells obtain high initial velocity, high kinetic energy, and naturally much lethality.

Before the invention of strong explosives and trigger fuses, the long-range attack of this tiger squat cannon was a waste of money.

However, Zhu Youjian felt that if it was improved, the tiger squat cannon was actually worth it.

Zhu Youjian has seen several exercises of tiger squatting cannon firing shotguns. Although the range is between 30 and 60 meters, its lethality to dense targets is also amazing.

Zhu Youjian wanted to transform it into a close-range weapon of destruction that specializes in launching shotguns.

According to Zhu Youjian's requirements, the new tiger squat cannon made of steel has shortened range, the weight of the shell becomes lighter, and the corresponding power of the gunpowder becomes smaller.

Therefore, the barrel can be shorter and the tube wall can be thinner. The tiger claws used to fix them were also changed to a bracket with a flat base. In addition, the increase in material strength has reduced the overall weight to more than 20 kilograms.

In addition to the shotguns and launching medicines carried with the gun, the overall weight is about fifty kilograms, and a large and round sergeant can handle it.

When marching urgently, it can also be dispersed to two people, each with more than 20 kilograms, which will not drag down the speed of the march at all. The gun group of the tiger squat cannons determined by Zhu You is two, and it can be increased to three people if necessary.

Such a tiger squat cannon gun group is actually comparable to later mortar groups, but the power gap is huge.

Zhu Youjian originally wanted to sink the tiger squat cannon team to the squad platoon, but because of the current platoon gun tactics, it is best to concentrate the tiger squat cannon to be powerful.

After discussion with Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, combined with live ammunition drills, Zhu Youjian decided to add a tiger squad with ten people in each platoon and three tiger squat cannons.

It is used in a centralized manner during large-scale operations, while small-scale operations are scattered to various platoons for use. In special circumstances, it can also be split again to cooperate with team operations.

After live ammunition drills, the firepower of the musket team equipped with tiger squat cannons will be further strengthened, especially within a distance of 50 meters, which can cause fatal damage to the enemy.

This will give the musketeers time to load, or cover the spearmen to line up.

Zhu Youjian knew very well about the disadvantages of Minni rifles. If Manchu and Mongolian cavalry or infantry break into the gun formation, everything would be over.

Although Minnie rifles are equipped with bayonets, if the musketeers use bayonets to fight against Manchu and Mongolian cavalry or their elite infantry, they will definitely suffer.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian equipped the musketeers with a long spear array for defense and a tiger squat cannon to deal with the enemy's pig sprints.

In addition, each musketeer is equipped with two large grenades for emergency purposes.

Because he had not actually fought against the charge of the Manchuria and Mongolian cavalry, Zhu Youjian could only expect the enemy to be lenient, Zhu Youjian ascended the throne but was not stable, and there were still a lot of reforms to promote. Because of political needs, Zhu Youjian would definitely not be able to afford to lose militarily.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian also suffered from the phobia of insufficient firepower, ranging from portable artillery to small tiger squat cannons, to grenades, and then to the continuous firepower output of the Minni rifle. Zhu Youjian was still a little worried.

Perhaps only after fighting a war with dignity can Zhu Youjian truly understand the strength of this young new army.

But before this, no matter how much preparation is made, it is not too much.

In addition to good weapons and equipment and sufficient training, Zhu Youjian also invested a lot in individual equipment.

An ordinary new army soldier was wearing a modified mandarin duck battle jacket, a big flying saucer hat and a sheepskin boots. Judging from his appearance alone, there was no difference between him and an ordinary Ming army soldier except for his newer clothes.

But if you look closely, the mandarin duck battle jacket is a two-piece style, the inside is a regular red long suit, but the double-breasted jacket on the outside is actually a tactical vest in the modern sense.

There are multiple pockets and hooks on the tactical vest, which can be used to carry bullets, flints, daggers, spears, grenades and other combat supplies. Of course, the most luxurious thing is that during combat, two steel plates can be inserted in front and back of the vest for protection.

Moreover, the big hat of the New Army's flying saucer is different from that of the ordinary Ming Army. The big hat of the New Army is pressed by a whole piece of steel plate, so the protection effect is better.

There are also differences in the pants inside the long clothes. They are leggings on the trouser legs. You can tie the long strips of cloth tightly when marching to relieve the pressure on the calves for a long time. When resting, you can untie the leggings directly, and pile them in the boots will not affect your walking.

Of course, it is different from the ordinary Ming army in appearance. Each of the new army is given a large backpack, where quilts, rain cloth, lunch boxes, military shoes, individual soldiers' rations and other daily necessities can be placed inside.

With a tactical vest and backpack, the soldiers' hands were liberated, specifically for holding guns or carrying large weapons. They could also respond quickly if they were raided during the march.

In terms of individual weapons and equipment, a new soldier was equipped with a first-year rifle, thirty fixed-load lead bullets, two spare flints, two grenades, a steel helmet, plug-in and unplugged bulletproof vest, a dagger, and a compass.

In addition, Zhu Youjian also made improvements in individual rations. Based on the original biscuits and lunch meat, Zhu Youjian also relied on the memory of cutting cakes in his previous life to guide the logistics department to develop cake-cut rations, which are smaller in size, better taste and more energy, and can quickly replenish soldiers' physical strength during tense battle breaks.

Ming people rarely eat sweets. As soon as this individual emergency ration was released, the praises were heard in a hurry, which caused a greater sensation than the previous biscuits and lunch meat when they were born, but they were easily choked if they were eaten too much.

Many soldiers were reluctant to eat the emergency rations they sent, and tried every means to take them home during their vacation, and often gave them freshness to their parents, wife and children. Of course, they did the same when the biscuits and lunch meat were just released.

Of course, the weapons and equipment of different types of troops are different, but everyone is equipped with rifles. Even artillery and baggage soldiers, even fire-headed soldiers and medical soldiers, everyone must use guns to defend themselves.

Therefore, although there are many branches of the new army, some of them may not go directly to the battlefield, but they also have certain combat effectiveness in emergency response.

This is also what Zhu Youjian has always emphasized: No matter what kind of military you are, no matter whether you are on the battlefield or not, as long as you are a soldier, then you are first a soldier, and pulling the trigger is the most basic quality.

Therefore, from the perspective of the individual equipment of the new army, it can be said that it has achieved its ultimate under the current level of technology and productivity.

Sun Chuanting calculated for Zhu You that the equipment of a new soldier alone was less than twenty taels of silver.
Chapter completed!