In fact, thanks to the efforts of Jack Williams, Gaoshu tribe now has a simple punching machine.

　　This type of press is powered by water power, and is powered by a separate waterwheel.

　　 But now this punching machine is still very primitive, it can only punch some very simple iron objects, such as the grenade tail wing part used by the grenadier, this punching machine is still unable to achieve punching manufacturing.

　　 Therefore, in the past five months, all the people in the tribe who can be mobilized have been working overtime to make grenade shells.

　　 After all, this bullet-throwing barrel is definitely a long-range attack weapon that the expeditionary army relies on. The grenades are not only small in size and light in weight, so that one person can run across the street with their backs on their backs, but the grenades fired are not less powerful than earthen grenade.

　　 Although it cannot be mass-produced because of the bitterness and sourness, most of the grenades are filled with black powder, but black powder, which is also a primary flower bomb. Moreover, after the impact fuze is used, it can be well guaranteed that the grenade will explode when it touches the ground, causing maximum damage to the enemy.

Therefore, for this expedition, Shixiong intends to bombard the enemy with a bullet indiscriminately when encountering a large group of enemies, and then shoot it with a musket. If the enemy does not collapse, then Then use bows and arrows to deal with them. As for the home-made grenade, it is the last long-range defense weapon.

Although black powder cannot be compared with non-flooded gunpowder, after increasing the loading of black powder, the maximum throwing distance of the grenade is only about 50 meters lower than when using non-flooded gunpowder as the propellant. The maximum range can still reach more than 600 meters.

　　 When bombing at this distance, you can definitely let the enemy taste what is called Wan Lei Bangding!

After all, the expeditionary force only has so many people, so it is Shixiong's first guarantee to reduce the casualty rate of soldiers as much as possible, so long-range bombing with grenades is the safest means of attack.

　　In the current era, apart from the silly artillery used by the Vasicchus that fire solid rounds, there is no weapon that can reach a range of 600 meters.

　　 As for the accuracy, with the bloom bombs, and the indiscriminate carpet bombing, what accuracy is needed? After adjusting the range, just launch it directly.

　　 Therefore, the demand for grenades in this expedition is huge.

　　 In short, for this expedition, in order to make the Gaoshu tribe completely famous, the entire Gaoshu tribe has not been idle for a whole winter, and all the people who can move have participated in this big construction.

It is precisely because of the efforts of the people of the Gaoshu tribe that when the Moon of Worm arrived, the entire Gaoshu tribe provided a total of 170 grenadiers and 700 muskets for the expeditionary army, of which more than 100 were It is an updated gun produced by barrel drilling technology.

　　In other words, just these hot weapons require close to nine hundred people to operate.

　　 As for the grenades, the workers of the Gaoshu tribe produced more than 14,000 grenades in the past five months!

　　 This number seems to be large, but it is allocated to each grenadier, and each grenades is only allocated to more than 80 grenades.

　　In terms of a rate of fire of up to 20 rounds per minute for the grenades, these grenades are at most enough for these grenades to fire four minutes at full capacity...

　　 But the transportation of more than 4,000 grenades has also become a big problem. Because the grenade is filled with black powder, in order to ensure the lethality of the grenade, the charge is much more than the charge of using bitter sour medicine, so the weight of a grenade is close to one kilogram, which is more than The weight of the 91-style grenade used in Japan's 8/9-style grenades nearly doubled.

　　 This is really no way. In this era, the weight of the grenade can be reduced to this level, which is the best effort Williams and Aidean can make.

　　 Therefore, the total weight of the more than 4,000 grenades alone has reached a terrifying 14,000 kilograms, which is a weight of 14 tons.

　　 plus the propellant, the weight is even greater.

　　 But in order to ensure the survival rate of the brothers on the battlefield, this thing is indispensable. Therefore, in order to transport these ammunition, the Gaoshu tribe must dispatch as many as 100 four-wheeled bullock carts that can carry 200 kilograms!

　　 Fortunately, there are more than a thousand soldiers in the tribe. These soldiers have a project to cooperate in capturing bison in their usual training missions.

　　, coupled with the sacred ox nose ring for taming bison, the number of bison tamed by the Gaoshu tribe has risen sharply in the past five months. The only thing that makes the tribe people depressed is that the number of bison within dozens of miles around the Gaoshu tribe is rapidly decreasing. In the future, it will not be easy for the tribe to hunt bison and eat beef...

　　In this expedition, the number of four-wheeled ox carts alone has reached more than 200, including the vehicles used to pull food supplies. Fortunately, a month before the expedition, a team from the Cherokee Palace arrived at the High Tree Tribe.

　　 The leader of the Bone Spear Tribe, the first guardian of the Cherokee Court, Bone Spear, personally led three hundred warriors to the High Tree Tribe, and was supported by Chief Junnaruska.

　　 Because of the addition of the big killer, the grenadier, although the original 400 musketeers of the Gaoshu tribe did not increase, 350 artillery soldiers were added. For the extra musketeers, three hundred people from the 1,000 soldiers of the Crooked Ear Tribe were selected to serve as musketeers, so that the number of musketeers reached 700.

Although 　　 can be operated by one person, Shixiong decided to let two people operate together after considering it. One is the main gunner and the other is the deputy gunner.

　　 The weight of the tossing barrel itself is not too large, only a little more than two kilograms, which is nearly half lighter than a Ferguson rifle, so it is absolutely no problem for the main gunner to run around with his back on his back. In addition to the tossing barrel, the main gunner can also carry four additional grenades, so that the main gunner's load is only six kilograms.

　　 The second gunner also has to carry five rounds of grenades, and then carry about one kilogram of propellant.

　　 This combat method can't be as fierce as the last expedition to the Yu Chiren. The horses and the tame bison all fought together with the troops. In this expedition, the logistic unit is the logistic unit, and the combat unit is the combat unit. Once the front scout finds the enemy, the logistics unit and the combat unit are separated.

　　In this way, before each battle, the main gunner and the deputy gunner can carry a total of nine rounds of grenades plus the corresponding propellant, which is actually a lot.

　　 So, before the expeditionary force attacked, the number of personnel of the entire expeditionary force increased from the previously estimated 1,400 to less than 2,100. The number of combat teams used for combat is 1,050, 700 musketeers and 350 gunners!

　　 The remaining 1,000 people will not be idle, and the logistics force alone and the soldiers to protect need at least 700 people. The remaining 300 people are all carefully selected archers. They will serve as guerrilla missions, attacking with bows and arrows at critical moments. At the same time, these 300 people are also responsible for building the shield wall for the main force at critical moments. ......

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