After I established a close relationship with this captain, he confided in me his expectations for the soldiers: the guns must be polished to a shine, but no requirement for shooting accuracy. Everything is for review, not for actual combat. The artillery does not train to aim, and the hit rate is extremely low. But regardless of whether they hit the target, the report must be loud.
Meanwhile, based on my observations along the way, the Russian army's artillery equipment largely remains at the level of the Napoleonic Wars. Their artillery mainly consists of 6 to 12-pound field guns, 1/4 pood, and 1/2 pood unicorn guns. According to my visual estimation, the maximum range of these guns is around 600 yards. Currently, the British army uses 6-pound and 9-pound field guns, which have an effective range of over 800 yards, and 24-pound siege cannons can easily cover 1500 to 1800 yards.
