Chapter 81 Cannon Training

This kind of training would last for two to three hours every day, after which he would return to the city wall to continue his old job. The buddy in the same dormitory signed up for the firearms team, and now he is holding a brand new firearm, standing behind him to show off. If it wasn't for discipline requirements not to fight, Fan Na would have liked to sew his mouth shut.

But he also saw something was wrong.

The folks who joined the Musketeers have only been training for a few days? It's time to hone your shooting skills in the battle with evil beasts, but what about the artillery team? Not even a single shell was fired. Moreover, it is impossible for such a heavy artillery to be transported to the city wall.

Looking at the top of the wall, two people standing side by side almost blocked the aisle. Usually, everyone is used to running on the slope inside the wall. Even if it is a little steeper, it is better than hindering teammates from stabbing. As for the cannon... the two wheels alone are wider than the top of the wall, plus they have to shoot downwards, so it's not very practical no matter how you look at it.

Could it be... Isn't this thing used to deal with evil beasts?

The following exercises confirmed Vanner's conjecture.

Four artillery teams were led to the river by Iron Axe. He discovered that at some time, there was a huge "boat" in the Chishui River! No... He wasn't sure if it was a ship. The shell looked no different from the stones used to build a city wall. It was wide and short. Except for two bare masts, how could it look like a ship? For this reason, Vanner's group even started to argue.

"This is clearly a pontoon bridge," Yupi was the first to conclude, he had followed a sailboat transporting ore to Longsong Fortress, and he often boasted of his knowledge, "The deck several feet wide is obviously for stability! I have seen many times traveling north and south. If it is a boat, how can it move without wind? There was a flood in this river before, and the wooden bridge in the fortress that had been in the fort for more than ten years was washed away. People in the city just use pontoon bridges Instead, get a bunch of wide planks nailed to the boat, and then pull up iron cables to form a row, how to walk as stable as possible!"

"The farthest place I've been to is Longsong Fortress, and I've been traveling all over the place," Rodney sneered. "For the pontoon bridge, you need to erect two masts, for fear that you won't be blown away by the wind?"

"And look at the end, isn't it the steering wheel? You can't use this for the pontoon bridge." Nelson chimed in. The two brothers have always ventilated from the same nostril. Come out with a shed, it's just not finished. It's a boat, no doubt about it."

Faner is not very interested in whether it is a ship or not, he only cares about the next training content. The answer was soon revealed, and Iron Ax asked them to drive the horses pulling the gun carriage to the Township—yes, it was the name of the ship, and it was named by His Highness the Prince himself. After listening to Iron Ax's introduction, Yupi's face stiffened immediately, while the two brothers were triumphant—then tied the cannon wheels to the reserved blocking rod.

There are two sets of such blocking bars, each set of four, located on the center line of the deck, arranged one behind the other. Apparently two guns could be loaded at once.

Well, Faner thought, now it is certain that what they are going to deal with is not evil beasts - the Chishui River flows from north to south, and there is no such spacious river in the Hidden Forest.

When stepping on the deck for the first time, Vanner immediately felt its outstanding stability. The river flowed with the hull of the boat, but the stone boat remained motionless, as if standing on the ground. Only when the horse is being pulled up does it feel a slight wobble.

He also noticed that every time a group of artillerymen completed a practice round of disembarking and disembarking, Iron Ax would keep track of the time. In connection with the blocking bars on the deck, it seems that only two of the four teams can be used. Faner secretly told the news to the team members, and everyone immediately suffocated and used 100% of their strength for each step. If you can't be selected and get kicked back to the Long Spears, it's a small matter to face embarrassment, but it's a big thing to lose the salary increase!

On the seventh day, Faner finally ushered in the long-awaited live ammunition training.

On this day, His Royal Highness also came to the scene to watch the artillery practice. The people in the four groups all held their chests high and walked vigorously.

Since everyone was already quite familiar with the procedure of loading ammunition, Fanner's team fired the first shot soon.

This is also the first time he has witnessed the power of artillery. Amid the deafening roar, the iron ball twice the size of a fist landed in the snow a mile away, kicked up a large amount of snow and mud, and bounced and flew a long way forward. And his naked eyes couldn't capture the trajectory of the iron ball at all.

This made Faner a little scared while excited, how did His Royal Highness make such a terrible weapon? If he is facing artillery attack, even if he is wrapped in full body armor, it may not help him.

After each group shoots a round, His Royal Highness will order a flag to be inserted at the first landing position of the shell, and at the same time intercept a hemp rope from the flag to the muzzle position. After four rounds, when it was the turn of the Vanner team again, he heard the order to change the firing angle of the muzzle.

There is a turntable engraved with scales on the part where the two ends of the gun barrel are connected to the gun mount. It is marked with five scales of 0, 5, 10, 25, and 30. Although I don’t quite understand what this means, just follow the instructions. . Iron Ax shouted: "Shoot angle five!" Yupi, who was the most powerful, immediately pushed the cannon brush rod under the barrel chamber, pried the cannon from the tail end, and Faner twisted the screw on the cannon mount until the first The pomelo peel was released after the white engraved line sank into the hole.

After the tail end of the barrel fell back, it was slightly lower than the initial position, and the muzzle was raised upwards, and the indicator scale fell on the figure 5.

Then it was four rounds of shooting, inserting the flagpole, intercepting the rope, and adjusting the shooting angle.

Fan Na gradually understood what His Royal Highness was doing.

He is collecting the distance of each shot of the iron ball, and the greater the upward angle of the muzzle, the farther the distance of the iron ball will be.

Fan Na has a deep understanding of this point when using a bow, when the arrow is thrown upwards, the arrow can only shoot far, and if it is shot flat, it will soon hit the ground. I didn't expect the artillery to be the same, but because of its high speed, the flying distance is much farther. He couldn't help but wonder, if the iron ball's speed reaches a certain level, will it never hit the ground?

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Along the Chishui River, the trial voyage of the Small Town is also in full swing.

Considering that Wendy is to be used as a power source, the crew on board must be absolutely reliable. So Roland selected a group of politically strong men as the first crew of the Small Town. Chief Knight Carter is the captain and commander, Brian is the helmsman, Carter's attendants are in charge of raising and lowering the sails, and Tigu Pine is the messenger. These people often come into contact with witches, coupled with their silent ideological reform, they no longer hold any prejudice against witches. Tigu loves his house even more, and spreads his love for his daughter to the entire witch group.

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