Chapter 871 Extraordinary "Artillery"

A puff of thick black and gray smoke suddenly rose from both ends of the city, and two loud noises made the floor of the watchtower tremble slightly. After the roar, there was a burst of cheers from below the city wall. It was obvious that taking action before the enemy was a big boost to morale.

But Willian knew in his heart that the first shot was nothing more than that.

Sure enough, after a few breaths, two balls of mud flowers sprang up in the field, not only did not hit anyone with one shot, but also deviated from the preset landing point during the previous practice. After hitting the ground, the cannonball rebounded, rolled forward for a distance, and plowed a three-foot-long shallow ditch in the muddy battlefield.

Today is not a windless day, which means that the Boulder Cannon will need more test shots to hit the target.

He knew very well that the cannon built by Jinsui City was far from the long-barreled cannon used by Roland, even bigger than the gap between muskets.

The most obvious point is that the boulder cannon cannot move freely.

In order to prevent the cannon barrel from exploding, the craftsmen melted almost all the bronze vessels in the city, not even the ancient clock on the clock tower. After many experiments, the finished product was enough to crush any carriage, and the wall of the chamber was about an arm thick. , can only be erected on a specially built turret, the pitch angle and orientation are controlled by the noose, and it takes at least a quarter of an hour to load each shot.

In addition, the spherical cannonball it fired was polished from granite, so it couldn't produce a violent explosion like Roland's bombardment of the king's capital. Willion also tried hollow cannonballs that can wrap snow powder, but they were extremely unstable to use, and the output was also very low due to the iron casing. He has always wondered where Roland got so many raw materials. of.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the Duke's defensive strategy was to limit the opponent's artillery.

As long as the enemy is forced to fight close to the city, his boulder cannon will always hit the opponent's head.

After a round of shooting, Roland's army unexpectedly stopped advancing. It seemed that they were shocked by the unexpected attack and began to retreat, only stopping when they were nearly a hundred steps away from the impact point of the shell.

"What are they doing?" Glenn asked suspiciously.

Willien raised the looking glass and noticed that the hundred or so people had taken off the equipment they were carrying and were digging up the soil on the spot. At first glance, it seemed that they were planning to clear a flat land in the field.

"Probably because I'm scared. I want to adjust the team and fight a protracted battle." A viscount who was watching the battle from the watchtower clapped his hands. "I heard that Roland Wimbledon completely abandoned the knights. How many knowledgeable countrymen have traveled all the way with high-quality firearms, and have basically encountered no setbacks. Now they need to withstand our attack and seize the city wall, and they are quite hesitant, right? Ah, my lord."

"But our income and followers are also much less," another person frowned, "This year Xie Yue escaped a lot of people, and half of the workshops have been abandoned. If possible, it would be better to negotiate peace with Roland Wimbledon. "

"Without reciprocal conditions, there is no basis for peace talks. No matter what happens, we have to win."

"Shut up," Willian said angrily, "I will never surrender to Kingslayer. If you would rather give up your status as nobles than betray His Majesty Timothy, I will put you in the cellar first. Keep company with the rioters."

It was too late to lose my voice.

In order to prepare for this Chen Yu battle, Jinsui City did pay a high price. Not only did it transform from a business center into a fortress, but he also made some helpless actions that he was unwilling to do at first. But in the Duke's eyes, it's all worth it. If the fourth prince had wooed the nobles to control Graycastle from the beginning, he would have failed long ago, but the other party chose a path of great rebellion, which was to overthrow the entire noble system in vain, and take all the power into his arms.

As long as he can thwart Roland's attack here, others will change their mentality and support him to continue to control the Eastern Region, and more opponents will emerge in Graycastle. It can be said that he is fighting for His Majesty Timothy. Roland also fought to maintain the traditional aristocratic system.

"My lord, the boulder cannon has been loaded!" an attendant reported.

"Go ahead and shoot?" Glenna asked.

"No, wait a minute, unless we add snow powder, it will be difficult for us to hit that position." Willie regretted ordering the shooting so quickly. He thought that firing earlier would complete the calibration earlier, but Unexpectedly, the opponent would stop advancing because of a single shot. Seeing that group of people busy in the mud now, he felt a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart.

The shoveled ground was only enough for two people to stand on, and it didn't seem like they were preparing for camping. The hundred or so people were divided into more than ten groups, and after cleaning the ground, they fiddled with those green long tubes.

Under the looking glass, their movements can be seen at a glance. The long tube seems to be just a part. There is a tripod under it, and a sunken iron plate is placed at the end. This strange stick ♀ was carried on everyone's shoulders before, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to improvise it together, which shows the ingenuity of the design.

However, the next moment, the Duke could hardly believe his eyes!

I saw that the other party stuffed a spindle-shaped jar into the barrel, and then a puff of white smoke spewed out from the top of the barrel.

Just when the nobles were still wondering what this thing was, more than a dozen groups of dark red fireballs suddenly exploded inside and outside the city wall, followed by a series of thunderous explosions!

Since the houses near the inner side of the city wall have been demolished, leaving only various traps and obstacles, so not many people were injured, but the shock to Willian is indescribable!

At that moment, there was only one voice in his head.

Is that actually a cannon?

But how could it be a cannon! ?

Although the Duke has never seen Roland's artillery unit with his own eyes, he has heard it described many times that they are divided into two types according to the length of the barrel. The former can be mounted on four-wheeled carts to move with the army, while the latter must be transported by ships. No matter what it is, it cannot be carried by human beings.

It took two years to cast all the craftsmen and raw materials in Sui City to cast these two barely usable cannons. This is due to lack of skill and experience, and the principle is not fundamentally different from Roland's firearms. He believes that given the craftsmen a few more years, they will be able to make similar weapons.

But the scene in front of him completely overturned his thoughts.

How does such a thin tube support the huge pressure generated when the snow powder explodes?

It's not thick at all!

"Take out the stone bullets, and add half a pack of snow powder!" The Duke turned and shouted at the attendants, "After loading them, shoot immediately, as long as one person is hit, I will reward him with ten golden dragons!"

The latter showed hesitation, "Half bag? My lord, that may damage the gun barrel."

"If they are allowed to attack the city wall like this, it will be useless to keep the boulder cannon!" Willian grabbed his collar and said, "Do as I say!"

And just as the order was issued, white smoke rose again in front of the position.

The distance between front and back is less than ten breaths!

This time, Willien heard a slight hum, like a bird's cry, or like the whistle of an arrow piercing through the air.

"call out"

The next moment, several dazzling fireballs rose from the top of the city wall, and the scorching air blast overturned the bonfire and the oil basin. In the blink of an eye, the top of the wall turned into a sea of ​​flames.

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