《帝国：全面战争》科技单位介绍（Platoon Firing 轮射）

  platoon firingplatoon firingthis firing plan for musketry ensures an infanty unit keeps up a continual barrage of shots against an enemy。

   nearly all line infnry carry soothbore, muzzle-loading muskets。 these take considerable time to reload after firing: anything up to a minute for poorly trained or nervous troops。

   during that time, the enemy can close or return fire unmolested。 in the time it takes to reload, a unit can be cut down, its half-loaded weapons useless in the face of an aggressive foe。

   it is sensible to make sure that not everyone in an infanry unit is reloading at the same moment; this, in turn, means that not everyone should be firing at the same time。

   platoon fire is a way of dividing a unit into saller groups that each fire, reload and fire again in turn。 the result is a “rippling fire” down a line formation and, as the last platoon fires its muskets, the first is ready to fire again。

   a unit can always give some fire to the enemy at all times, even if this is less than a complete volley。 when more than one unit is involved all the troops in every first platoon fire, followed by all the second platoons, and so on, creating several rippling barrages down the battle line。

   the word “platoon” in this context does not hae the modern meaning of being a sub-unit of a military company。 platoon assignment to what was a “fire group” was made on an ad hoc or informal basis, and could mean a whole regiment being assigned to a “platoon”轮射

那种开火体例可以包管步卒向仇敌倾泻持续不竭的火力。

  几乎所有的战列步卒都利用前拆滑膛枪。从头拆填那种兵器其实是一件费事事：关于缺乏训练的新兵来讲，战场气氛带来的严重足以使那个过程延续一分钟以上。在那段时间里，敌军足以接近到能倡议冲锋的间隔或者跑到射程以外。一收拆填了一半的步枪在面临白刃冲锋的敌军时没有半点用途，它的仆人将被无情地刺死。

  因而，明智的做法是让兵士们拆填弹药的时间错开，也就是说，不克不及停止全齐射。

轮射战术将步卒们分为较小的单元，每个单元处于开火或拆填的差别形态。成果就是步卒阵线上的火力如涟漪般连缀不停，当最初一组兵士开火之后，第一组兵士已经拆填完毕，能够再次开火了。

  如许，步卒阵线就能够连结不中行的火力。当然，那种火力没有全齐射那么凶猛。当较大的步卒单元排成战列线时，往往第一排起首开火，然后是第二排，依次往下实现轮射。

在那里，“排”并非指现代队伍中的排级体例。“排”仅仅是一组同时开火的兵士，能够是临时体例的小群，也能够是一整个团。