Chapter 282: Armor Breaking

South Camp. Reading

At this time, one hundred wooden frames were erected on the parade ground.

Each of the wooden frames was covered with silver plate armor, forming a horizontal line.

After deciding to test fire, Zhao Xu asked Chang Wei to prepare in this way.

At the same time, five hundred soldiers were selected to form an array.

The number of armor on each row of wooden frames was exactly one hundred.

He also asked Wang Ying to distribute flintlock rifles to the soldiers.

Everything was ready, and Chang Wei and other generals stood behind Zhao Xu.

They will personally watch the King of Yan command these five hundred soldiers to test fire.

After all, this new type of firearm was the first time they saw it, and they couldn't figure out the way.

"Now, you first look carefully at how the king does it." Standing in front of the five hundred soldiers, Zhao Xu said loudly.

"Yes, Your Highness." The soldiers answered loudly.

It was undoubtedly an honor for the King of Yan to personally guide them.

They could feel the envious eyes of other soldiers on the parade ground.

Zhao Xu nodded.

During this period, the soldiers only trained to march in formation and practice formation.

But he had never received training in firing a flintlock.

Clearing his throat, he said, "Everyone sit down."

Hearing Zhao Xu's order, the soldiers sat cross-legged on the ground, and everyone could see the King of Yan in front of them.

Zhao Xu took the flintlock from a soldier.

He did not load the bullets and test fire directly, but first explained the structure of the flintlock to the soldiers.

After all, if the soldiers don't even understand the weapons they use, how can they use their weapons well?

It is for this reason that soldiers in the contemporary army have training subjects for disassembling and assembling weapons.

"This thing is called a striker, and the groove under the striker is called a medicine pool." Zhao Xu said, "You can load gunpowder into it by lifting the striker. This is the primer, which is the same as the fuse of the cannon."

"This thing is called a cleaning rod." Zhao Xu took out an iron rod buckled on it from under the flintlock, "After the gunpowder is loaded into the muzzle, it needs to be repeatedly tamped with a cleaning rod."

"..."

After Zhao Xu's explanation of the real object, the soldiers had a plan in their hearts, and their faces were no longer full of confusion.

Chang Wei and the generals also listened carefully.

After the King of Yan's introduction, they basically understood how to use the flintlock.

"Now, watch me carefully perform a complete set of operations." Zhao Xu turned sideways to the soldiers.

First, he held the flintlock with his left hand, placed the butt of the gun against his right waist, lowered the chicken head with his right hand, and lifted the striker at the same time.

Then he took out the gunpowder and poured a little into the medicine pool to reset the striker.

Then, he turned the flintlock upside down on the ground.

First, he poured the gunpowder into it, then stuffed the lead bullet into it, and took out the cleaning rod to tamp it repeatedly.

Finally, he picked up the flintlock with the butt flush with his shoulder.

Taking a deep breath, he held the flintlock horizontally and pulled the trigger.

"Bang..."

There was a firecracker-like explosion, and white smoke of gunpowder came out of the muzzle of the flintlock.

At the moment of the gunshot, the soldiers sitting on the ground all trembled.

Now they were frightened by the unexpected sound.

They were new soldiers, and they were just villagers who had been farming in the countryside before. They had never come into contact with this, so they were naturally caught off guard.

Chang Wei and others were much calmer, after all, they had seen artillery.

This little noise was nothing to them.

"Awesome, this is simply a small cannon that can be held in your hand." Chang Wei sighed lightly, and the others nodded repeatedly.

They were excited to think that this kind of thing would be equipped to 30,000 soldiers.

Zhao Xu ignored the generals.

He returned the flintlock rifle to the first soldier and said to the soldiers: "All stand up and obey the king's orders."

At this time, they were more than 200 meters away from the wooden frame with armor.

When all the soldiers stood up, he said: "Put the gun on the shoulder."

After receiving the order, the soldiers raised the flintlock rifle and leaned it on their shoulders.

"Go forward, one, two, one..."

Zhao Xu shouted the slogan, and he usually asked the generals to shout the slogan like this to train walking.

It was for the soldiers to walk in an orderly manner during wartime.

Because they had been training like this every day during this period, the soldiers were in an orderly manner.

At a distance of 100 meters from the wooden frame, he asked his soldiers to stop.

"Reload!" He shouted loudly at this time.

The soldiers immediately loaded the ammunition according to the order they had just learned.

However, it was their first time after all, and many of them were very clumsy.

If they encountered a regular musket army on the battlefield at this time, they would probably be shot into sieves.

After all the soldiers had loaded the ammunition, Zhao Xu said: "Fire!"

"Bang bang bang..."

The first row of soldiers fired in unison.

"Kneel down, the second row fired in unison!"

"..."

After all five rows of soldiers had finished shooting, Zhao Xu said to the accompanying generals: "Let's go and see how effective this flintlock rifle is?"

The generals were still in shock at this time.

Originally, when the King of Yan was testing the gun alone, they felt it was still average.

But when a hundred soldiers fired in unison, they suddenly felt a little shocked.

After coming to their senses, they hurried to the wooden frame.

Zhao Xu also walked over slowly.

Before he got close, he saw the generals looking like they had seen a ghost, with faces full of disbelief.

"It actually went through! Such a big hole." Chang Wei lifted up a breastplate of plate armor, his hands trembling with ease.

Xu Lie had been serving Zhao Xu all the time. He looked at the bow and arrow in his hand and opened his mouth.

He had personally tested the plate armor when it came out.

Not to mention fifty meters, his arrows could not penetrate within thirty meters.

And the flintlock rifle actually made such a big hole in the plate armor within a hundred meters, its power can be imagined.

For him, the only disadvantage of the flintlock rifle compared to the bow and arrow is that it takes a long time to reload and has poor accuracy.

However, these soldiers holding flintlock rifles can shoot just by watching the King of Yan do it.

It is so easy to go to the battlefield, which is much easier than training archers.

Although he is reluctant to admit it, he has to admit a fact.

After this thing appeared, no one is willing to waste time training archers.

Archers may be used up in one battle, but this thing can be filled by pulling someone over, which is simply endless.

"Do you believe it now? Isn't the Iron Pagoda of Xiliang known as invincible in the world? Then use this to let them taste the power." Zhao Xu smiled.

The generals were still staring at the holes in the plate armor.

Five rounds of shooting, basically there were holes in the one hundred plates.

They vaguely understood why the King of Yan asked them to practice those formations.

"I believe it, I believe it. This time, the people of Xiliang will suffer." Chang Wei's smile was filled with uncontrollable excitement.

The royal guards first had artillery, and now they have flintlock rifles.

The artillery and the muskets are simply the treasures of the royal guards.

With this thing, he has unprecedented confidence.

In the past, the situation in the four northern counties was basically hopeless.

But now, these new firearms give the King of Yan hope to break out of the siege.