Release that Witch Chapter 73: cannon test shot
Border Town west boundary, Scarlet Water River side.
The snow made the carriage difficult to move. It took the team a long time to tow the first field gun out of town.
"What is this time again?" Carter feels a bit accustomed to the new stuff that the prince keeps making. "A magnified firearms?"
"Almost." After the commander Roland took off the hook, he adjusted the angle of the turret himself, so that the gun body was flat, and the struts came into the snow.
The principle of cannon and firearms is exactly the same, so it is very appropriate to say that it is an enlarged version of firearms. This cannon fired a twelve-pound solid iron ball. Both the shell and the gunpowder were loaded in the front, and the lead ignited. Roland refers to the mature design in history, and instructed the carpenter to create a wooden cannon rack for it. In order to improve the durability, parts with more friction with the ground and greater force during launching are iron-clad.
In order to make the turret and wheels, the Roland took almost as much time as drilling the cannon. Three carpenters were busy for a week before they were done, especially for the pair of wheels with a diameter of half a person. Equal length of square wooden bars, baked with fire to bend after soaking, cut out groove joints at the ends, and cover the outer edge of the wheel with iron. It took four days to complete this process.
So in the eyes of Roland, this hand-made, limited edition twelve-pound field gun all emits a dazzling light. When dragged out for test shooting, the accompanying lineup was very large. -- Chief Knight Carter and the militia team commanded Iron Axe, and personal guard and Knight apprentices entered the battlefield. The militia team also dispatched 20 people to clear the venue and guard. In addition, he also brought Nightingale and Lightning for the first time. Thanks to Nana, the militia team's prejudice against the witch group has been reduced to a minimum. Nana himself has become the second most prestigious person in the team.
"Do it according to the process, first clean up the gun chamber." Although Roland is very clear about the structure of cannon, the specific operation is blank. He racked his brains and recalled the artillery shots in various medieval movies, trying to sort out a set of procedures. As for the actual results, that ’s a godsend.
Lightning pulled out a mop-style cleaning rod from the bottom of the gun with great interest, and the contract between the -- and other witch was different. Lightning proposed that as long as she can handle various novel inventions by herself, she is willing to provide Roland. Effectiveness and no remuneration. In the face of this money-saving condition, Roland naturally agreed in one fell swoop. Anyway, it was just a secret study when it was the secret project's turn. He still had many ideas and inventions waiting to be realized in his mind. Taking out a few items was enough for her to toss for a while.
Sometimes, the mop did not bring out any debris, but according to the procedure, she had to clean up a second time. Put in another mop and pump it a few times again, and the barrel cleaning is complete.
"Did you see them all?" Roland asked the Knight and militia who were watching on the sidelines. This test firing is also a drill. Now that the output of firearms has increased significantly, the militia team will inevitably evolve into a formal infantry, and the wooden gun will also be replaced by firearms and cannon. This requires a lot of shooting training to be able to skillfully operate these two Firearms on the battlefield.
Seeing everyone nod, he let Lightning do the next thing.
The little girl takes out a bag of gunpowder wrapped in paper roll, inserts it into the cannon, and straightens it with a wooden stick. Then put the shells and tighten again. Take out the drill pipe and insert it from the lead eye at the rear end of the gun barrel, pierce the medicine pack, and then insert the lead. In this way, the preparation for firing is completed.
To prevent accidents, everyone quit 30 steps and hid after bunker . Lightning moved the torch close to the lead, and saw the sparks sparkling from the tip, and in the blink of an eye, he had already penetrated the barrel.
A loud bang followed by --
The high-speed air flow from the muzzle brought snow to the ground, and a layer of snow fog rose on the ground. The theoretical effective range of the twelve-pound cannon can reach more than kilometers. Even if there is no rifling, the front segment cannonball travels Orbit as a straight line. The armor target, which was placed about a hundred meters away, made a sound, was hit by a twelve-pound iron ball, and it flew up. The iron ball cast a cast, and bounced continuously after falling on the snow, arousing a column of snowflakes.
When the smoke cleared, Carter and Iron Axe ran to the target as soon as possible. I saw that the front of the armor had been completely sunken. The front deck was attached to the rear deck. A large hole in the palm was located in the center of the armor. Obviously, after the target had penetrated, the cannonball flew forward about 100 meters. Even when rolling on the ground, it still contains amazing power.
"So terrible penetrating power!" Carter sighed, he could already imagine the tragic situation when the enemy gathered together and was penetrated by several artillery shells.
"Oh Three Gods," Iron Axe began to believe that Roland is the mother of the earth's envoy. Who can use the power of the flames to such a position besides god's envoy? Those gunpowder particles, he has repeatedly researched, as long as it is crushed into a powder and spread and ignited, it is a common flammable substance. The flame was the surging wrath of the mother of the earth, and her most powerful weapon -- thought of the everlasting orange fire that erupted from the cave in the far south, and his bottom of heart generated the impulse to worship the prince.
Roland is not surprised by this result. The twelve-pound field gun can be described as a classic generation, especially the Napoleon artillery that shined in the American Civil War, which fully proves that the big caliber is the truth of beauty.
He then tested the strength of the barrel with different charges. Although he knew it might cause damage to the cannon, this was a necessary test.
Since it was added to the three-packed medicine, the muzzle has risen when the cannon was launched, and the situation with the gun's frame shifted. The barrel has not been significantly deformed. It seems that the steel cast gun barrel performed very well in strength. Roland finally determined the standard charge at 1.2 times the test charge, and the rest was to select the gunner and repeat the practice.
"His Highness, This weapon is indeed powerful, but it is too heavy. As long as it encounters a mud pit, it can't move." Carter immediately saw the shortcomings of the new weapon, "and every round of firing requires Clear the gun barrel and load the ammunition. In addition, gunpowder and shells are much heavier than firearms. I am afraid that a cannon alone requires five to six people to operate. "
"It's true, but it's all worth it. As long as it is equipped with two or three cannon, Duke ... No, I mean Evil Beast, the giant tortoise, it is no longer possible to break through the wall." Roland coughed twice, Undercover is dangerous. As for the shortcomings of the twelve-pound gun being too heavy, he intends to solve it by shipping. steam engine wants to be transformed into a steam ship. Even the most primitive Stream Ship is a complex and huge mechanical system.
It is better to buy a two-masted sailing ship directly and rely on Wendy's wind control ability to quickly transport the militia team and cannon behind the Duke unit, and form a pinch with the front team, so as to surround the living force of stronghold Duke.