Chapter 155: Huihui Cannon
When launching, the counterweight is first lifted and then dropped suddenly. The gravitational potential energy stored in the counterweight is transferred to the cannonball through the lever and the rope at the end of the lever.
It can shoot a stone weighing 150 kilograms, which is equivalent to the weight of an adult, three to four hundred meters away.
The power of landing is no weaker than that of modern small-caliber howitzers. It can smash a hole in a city wall. It is the pinnacle of the development of ancient cold weapons.
Due to its simple manufacturing process and the lever principle being a compulsory course in nine-year compulsory education, the return gun has naturally become the weapon of choice for defending the base.
Strictly speaking, the current Huihui Cannon should be replaced with the word "fire" next to it and called Huihui Cannon, because the people in the base are not using it to fire inefficient ammunition like rocks.
Instead, they fire plastic barrels filled with flammable liquids such as gasoline and diesel, as well as earthen artillery shells made of small iron products and detonators.
The so-called small iron products can be anything made of steel, such as knives and forks for eating, soup spoons, screwdrivers, steel balls removed from bearings, nail clippers, keys, and coins.
If iron products are not enough, you can also use glass, ceramic tiles, etc. Everything that can be put into the projectile can be fired as ammunition.
The explosives that serve as the core of the shells are also not difficult to find. One of the three directors of Guangming Base was the boss of the largest mining company in Linshan Town before the end of the world.
When he first fled, this man took the surviving miners with him to carry out mining and explosives, as well as dozens of large slag trucks for transporting slag and ore.
Coincidentally, the motorcade that brought Su Yuan and others back belonged to this director.
And this director happens to be Wei Fubao's brother-in-law, the poor guy who will wear a shiny green hat in the near future.
In addition to brothels and gambling houses, there are more processing workshops on both sides of the street.
The people inside, under the leadership of some skilled masters, used the materials brought back by the hunting team to work day and night to make various weapons for the base.
As the mutated creatures become stronger and stronger, the side effects of using firearms outside become more and more serious. It can be said that once the gunshot goes off, the money raised by parents is in vain.
Therefore, the crossbow is an ideal mid-range and long-range weapon at this stage. It has the advantages of low sound and considerable lethality.
Su Yuan walked aimlessly, recalling some of his experiences here in his previous life.
As I was walking, I was suddenly stopped by someone.
What stopped him was a group of armed guards. It looked like their equipment was better than that of the people standing guard on the wall.
Su Yuan was so busy thinking about things that he didn't notice where he was. When someone stops him, he casually asks him what he wants to do if he stops him.
"What are you doing?" The guard snorted, pointed his gun in the direction behind him, and said, "Didn't you see the sign? Trespassing is strictly prohibited here!"
Su Yuan looked in the direction pointed by the guard and saw a row of barbed wire fences with horse-repelling stakes behind the guard.
Behind the barbed wire there is a wall as high as two people. The door has been remodeled and is made of thick steel plates, making it airtight. You can't see what's inside the walls.
He took a few steps back and stood on tiptoe before he saw what seemed to be a white house dozens of meters behind the wall, with only a corner of the roof exposed.
"Hey! What are you looking at?" The guard glared and yelled, "This is Director Yan's house. You can't just go in if you want. Go, go, stay cool and stay there!"
"Director Yan..." Su Yuan was stunned for a moment, feeling that these three words sounded familiar.
He thought for a moment and suddenly remembered. Isn't this Wei Fubao's brother-in-law, the Hulk Yan Kai?
Su Yuan thought to himself, no wonder, no wonder this place is arranged like a military position, and is even more tightly guarded than the base gate. It turned out that I had unknowingly walked into the territory of the base board of directors!
Everyone is afraid of death. The people in power who live like earth emperors in the base live a prosperous life and are more afraid of death than ordinary people.
Not only did he take strict precautions against his residence, he even prohibited ordinary people from approaching it. If you want to enter, you must inform in advance, and you can only enter after getting permission.
Now that he knew where this place was, Su Yuan no longer had the desire to look further. So under the watchful eyes of the guards, he went back the way he came.
Little did he know that just when Su Yuan turned around and left, two people were looking at him from a distance through the gap in the curtains inside the white building in the wall!
"Brother, is this the person you are talking about?"
The speaker was a beautiful young woman. She seemed to have just taken a shower, her hair was wet, and she looked even more beautiful than ordinary women even with makeup on.
She was wearing a thin white nightgown, and her two lotus-like arms were exposed, white and tender.
The drop-shaped pair of steamed buns do not sag at all even without equipment, which reminds people of a pre-disaster GG phrase - being a woman is beautiful.
She is Wei Qiluo, the wife of Director Yan Kai, a woman with extraordinary skills and scheming.
The word Qiluo means luxurious silk. At the same time, there is a succulent plant also called Qiluo, which is green in color with an intoxicating pink.
This name is indeed worthy of the name of this woman.
I saw Wei Fubao standing behind Wei Qiluo with a sad face, and his eyes were very uneasy.
When he saw Su Yuan here, he thought that Su Yuan came here specifically to find Wei Qiluo. I wonder why this guy is like a piece of brown candy, extorting benefits again?
"Qiluo, you have so many evil ideas. Think about what to do quickly? This kid knows about your side of things and got involved with Feng Feng, Heishan and the others. Things are very difficult!"
Wei Qiluo frowned. Just a simple expression with a hint of displeasure can make people's hearts flutter and make them want to hold her in their arms and care for her.
If she had been in ancient times, she would have definitely been a fairy on Daji's level.
She closed the curtains again, turned to Wei Fubao and said, "Brother! I'm not telling you, how can you follow that person yourself? You can just ask a smarter subordinate to do this kind of thing."
Wei Fubao, the eldest brother, was actually very afraid of Wei Qiluo.
He wiped the cold sweat from his head, looked around furtively, and then raised his ears to listen carefully to the movement outside the door.
Then he said with a grimace: "I'm not worried! The matter is very important. If Yan Kai finds out that you have given him so many cuckolds, we brother and sister will be cut into pieces by him, right?" "
As Wei Fubao spoke, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, making a gesture of wiping his neck with a knife, "How about... how about I find more people tonight and bring guns to kill them all!
Kill them together with the group of people who came with him. As long as they die, it will be over. After all, only the dead can keep secrets. "