Release that Witch

73. Chapter 73 Cannon Test Shot

    Border Town West, on the side of Scarlet Water River.

    The snow made the carriage difficult, and the party took half a day to haul the first field guns to the outside of the town.

    “What is this time?”Carter feels accustomed to the new things that the prince is constantly making. “A magnified musket?”

    AverageAfter Roland commanded the man to remove the hook, he personally adjusted the angle of the gun to level the gun body and the poles into the snow.

    The principle of cannon and the musket is exactly the same, so it is very appropriate to say that it is an enlarged version of the musket. The cannon fired a twelve-pound solid iron ball, and the shells and gunpowder were both pre-loaded and ignited. Roland refers to the mature designs in history, instructing the carpenter to create a wooden gun mount. In order to improve the durability, the parts which are more rubbed with the ground and which are subjected to the force at the time of launch are covered with iron.

    In order to make the gun rack and the wheel, Roland almost spent the same time as the drill bore, three carpenter busy one weeks to finish, especially the diameter of a half-man how high Wheel, carpenter first planed out four segments of the square wood, after infiltration with fire bake to bend, end cut out groove tenon connection, the rim of the hub covered with iron. This set of processes took four days.

    So in Roland’s eyes, this hand-built, limited-edition 12-pound field gun has a dazzling glow. When I pulled out the test, the lineup was very large. The Chief Knight Carter and the Militia team directed Iron Axe. The personal guard and the Knight apprentice all went on. The militia team also took 20 people to clear the venue and guard. . In addition, he also brought Nightingale and Lightning for the first time. For Nana’s blessing, the militia team’s prejudice against the witch group was reduced to a minimum, and Nana himself became the second most prestigious prince in the team.

    “According to the process, first clean up the cannon.”Although Roland is very clear about the structure of cannon, the specific operation is blank. He racked his brains to recall the guns in various medieval movies, trying to sort out a set of processes. As for the actual effect, it is true that God knows.

    Lightning was so excited that he pulled a mop-style cleaning rod from under the gun mount and broke into the muzzle – unlike other contracts, Lightning suggested that she would be willing to work for Roland as long as she could handle all kinds of novel inventions. And there is no need to pay. In the face of this kind of money-saving conditions, Roland naturally agreed to it. Anyway, when it is the turn of confidentiality, it is enough to secretly study. There are still many ideas and inventions in his mind waiting to be realized, and it is enough for her to take a few pieces for a while.

    After a few bangs, the mop did not bring out any clutter, but according to the process, she had to carry out a second cleanup. Replace it with another mop and pump it a few more times. The cannon cleaning is complete.

    “Do you understand?”Roland asked the Knights and Militia who were watching. This test is also a drill. Now that the production of firearms has increased significantly, the militia team is bound to evolve into a formal infantry, and the wooden guns will be replaced by muskets and cannons. This requires a lot of shooting training to be able to master the two Firearms on the battlefield.

    Seeing everyone nod, he let Lightning do the next step.

    The little girl took out a bag of paperpowder wrapped in a paper roll, stuffed it into the cannon, and smashed it with a wooden pole. Then put in the shells and tighten them again. The drill rod is taken out from the lead eye at the rear end of the barrel, the medicine bag is broken, and then the lead wire is inserted, so that the preparation for the launch is completed.

    To prevent accidents, everyone quits thirty steps away after hiding in the bunker. Lightning put the torch close to the lead, only to see the sparks on the end, and it was drilled into the barrel in the blink of an eye.

    Then there was a loud bang –

    The airflow from the muzzle at high speed brought up the snow and raised a layer of snow on the ground. The theoretical effective range of a 12-pound gun can reach more than a kilometer. Even without a twist line, the front segment can still travel as a straight line. The armor target placed about a hundred meters away made a sound, was hit by a twelve-pound iron ball, and the whole flew up. The iron ball is not declining, and it bounces continuously after falling on the snow, causing a column of snow.

    When the smoke was exhausted, Carter and Iron Axe ran to the target for the first time. I saw that the front of the armor had been completely sunken. The front deck was attached to the rear deck. A large palm hole was located in the center of the armor. Obviously, the shell flew forward about 100 meters after it penetrated the target. Even when it falls on the ground, it has amazing power.

    “Good terrible penetration!”Carter exclaimed that he could already imagine the horrors of when the enemies gathered and were hit by several artillery pieces.

    “Oh Three Gods,” Iron Axe began to believe that Roland was the envoy of the Mother Earth, and who could play the power of the flames besides god’s envoy? Those gunpowder granules, which he has repeatedly studied, are ordinary flammable materials as long as they are ground into powder and ignited. The flame is the wrath of the mother of the earth, and her most powerful weapon – the orange fire that erupts from the hole in the southern part of the land, never stops, his bottom of heart has the impulse to worship the prince.

    Roland is not surprised by the results. The 12-pound field gun is a classic generation, especially the Napoleonic cannon that shines in the American Civil War. It fully proves that the caliber is the truth of beauty.

    He then tested the barrel strength with different charges, although it was known that it could cause cannon damage, but this is a necessary test.

    Has been added to the three-package drug, the cannon has been raised when the cannon is launched, the displacement of the gun frame, the barrel still has no obvious deformation. It seems that the steel cast gun barrel is very good in strength. Roland finally determined the standard charge on 1.2 times the test charge. The rest is to select the gunner and practice repeatedly.

    “His Highness, this weapon is really powerful, but it is too heavy. As long as you encounter a mud pit, you can make it move. ”Carter immediately saw the shortcomings of the new weapon. “And every round of fire requires cleaning the barrel and loading the bomb. Plus the gunpowder and the shells are much heavier than the guns. I am afraid that it is a cannon, and it takes five to six people to operate. ”

    “Yes, but everything is worth it, as long as it is equipped with two or three cannons, Duke…No, I mean Evil Beast, the kind of giant tortoise, it is impossible to break through the wall. ”Roland coughed twice and the dark road was dangerous. As for the shortcomings of the twelve-pound gun, he plans to solve it through shipping. The steam engine wants to be converted into a steamship, even the most primitive Stream Ship, a complex and huge mechanical system.

    Instead of renovating itself, it is better to buy a two-masted sailboat directly, relying on Wendy’s wind control ability to quickly transport the militia team and cannon to the Duke unit and form a sniper with the frontal team to encircle the strong strength of the stronghold Duke.