Daming pirates

Chen Xun is also an old seawolf. He has seen quite a lot of cannons in his life. Even Western cannons he has seen and touched before, but today when he saw Seawolf's No. 3 cannon, he was still greedy immediately.

Drooling all over the floor.

Although this six-pound cannon did not look as big or majestic as some of the Western cannons he had seen, after he carefully observed the condition of the barrel and barrel, he still found that this cannon was very well-cast, compared to Western cannons.

The craftsmanship is strong but not weak. There are no cracks or pores on the whole body. It is polished perfectly and maintained impeccably.

Compared with the cannons on their ships, their rusty cannons should be thrown away. Although this cannon is not big, it gives people the feeling that it must be very powerful.

While Chen Xun was just lying on the cannon drooling, Yu Xiaotian quietly gave instructions to the captain on the ship. The captain immediately nodded and quietly went down to start making arrangements.

"Brother Chen San, are you satisfied with this cannon? Among the cannons I gave you this time, the Western-style cannons are basically this kind of cannon!" Yu Xiaotian walked to Chen Xun, who was almost drooling, and said to

Chen Xun asked.

Chen Xun quickly stood up and replied: "Satisfied, so satisfied! Beautiful! This is the most beautiful cannon I, Chen, have ever seen in my life! I just don't know how powerful this cannon is!" When Chen Xun spoke, his eyes were always on his face.

He didn't leave the cannon, and his soul was almost sucked away by the cannon.

Yu Xiaotian smiled rather proudly and said: "It doesn't matter, Brother Chen will be able to see the power of this cannon in a while! Okay, it's almost there, get ready!"

Several gunners heard the sound and immediately rushed to the gun mount. They politely invited Chen Xun aside and began to load the gun.

However, in front of Chen Xun, these gunners did not use fixed charge bags, but used bulk gunpowder. However, these gunpowders were divided in advance, so there was no need to worry about the amount of gunpowder, but Chen Xun couldn't tell.

The gunners on the ship used dazzling movements and coordinated with each other to quickly complete the loading of the cannon. At this time, the small island that they used as a shooting range also appeared in front of everyone.

"Your Majesty, the artillery is loaded, please indicate the target!" After observing the distance between the ship and the shore, the gunner loudly asked Xiaotian for instructions.

"Target the big rock on the shore! Aim and fire!" Yu Xiaotian visually measured the distance between the ship and the island. It was about four hundred meters, which was exactly within the long-range effective range of the three-pound gun. He wanted to

It was quite difficult to shoot accurately, but he still had considerable confidence in his gunners, so after a quick glance, he selected a rock on the shore as the target for their firing.

The size of the reef is quite large, almost as big as a large ship of 200 to 300 tons of material. However, from four to five hundred meters away, it does not look that big. Anyone who has not come into contact with the Hongyi cannon will know that it is not that big.

I never thought that I could hit such a distant target at this distance.

Chen Xun stared at the rock on the shore with wide eyes. He was a little doubtful whether the cannon could hit such a far distance. Not to mention whether it hit or not, as long as it could hit this far, it was already quite powerful.

After receiving Yu Xiaotian's order, the gunner immediately began to operate the cannon. The ship also began to cooperate at this time, adjusting its course so that the side of the ship was aligned with the rocks on the shore, making it easier for the gunner to adjust the muzzle pointing.

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The wind on the sea today is not strong, the waves are not very big, and are relatively gentle, but the ship is in a dynamic state after all, rising and falling slightly with the waves, and continues to move forward.

If it were on the shore, there would be no problem for the Seawolf gunners to use a six-pounder gun to shoot at a target as large as 400 meters away. But today they were shooting on a ship, and this distance was quite a challenge for these gunners.

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After receiving the instruction, the gunners immediately began to get busy, pushing the cannon to the side of the ship, cooperating with each other to fine-tune the muzzle pointing, gradually aiming the muzzle at the large reef in the distance, and adjusting the muzzle.

until the gunner confirms that the aim is correct.

At such a distance, aiming at the target must be fired immediately, because if there is a slight delay, the set shooting elements may fail, causing the artillery shell to miss the target. Besides, today is just a demonstration of artillery accuracy, and there is no need for a fleet or ship's artillery to launch a salvo, and

Yu Xiaotian has already given them instructions, they just need to aim and fire.

Therefore, when the gunnery commander shouted: "Get ready to fire!" the other gunners surrounding the artillery immediately dispersed to both sides, avoiding the rear area of ​​the gun. A gunner in charge of ignition had already prepared the torch.

Without hesitation, he put the red torch on the gun's breech door.

Everyone felt a sudden violent vibration under their feet, and then heard a roar in their ears. A ball of flames immediately erupted from the muzzle, and gunpowder smoke filled the air near the muzzle.

Black gunpowder produces a lot of smoke. Even with the best-formulated black gunpowder, the smoke is only lighter in color, less than that of inferior gunpowder, but it is nowhere near as good as smokeless gunpowder. At present, Yu Xiaotian has no ability.

There is no technology to support a complete chemical industry, so we can only continue to use this black gunpowder, and try to improve the formula of black gunpowder so that it can exert its maximum power.

After the cannon fired, it vibrated violently. In an instant, he sat very far back from the gun position. In the past, among the Sea Wolves, a gunner accidentally stood in a position where he shouldn't have stood. As a result, when the cannon fired, he was standing on the gun position.

The person at the rear was immediately hit by the gun truck and flew out. At worst, his muscles and bones were broken, and at worst, he vomited blood and died on the spot.

But now the Seawolf gunners have formulated a complete set of complete design specifications, coupled with rigorous training, which has basically prevented such accidents.

But at this moment, Chen Xun had no time to pay attention to these things. His eyes were looking straight at the small island in the distance. However, the smoke produced by the cannons hindered their observation. Now everyone's eyes were covered with white, and the sea breeze

After blowing through and dispersing some of the gunpowder smoke, they could vaguely see the target in the distance.

The cannonball flew across the sea and hit the huge reef hard, but it did not hit the target. The cannonball landed not far away from the reef.

Although the shell did not hit the target accurately, in Chen Xun's opinion, it was quite satisfactory. He just thought about whether the shell could reach such a long distance, and he never considered whether it could.

As for the hit issue, now that I saw that Sea Wolf's little red cannon really hit that far, and the impact point of the cannonball was not far from the target, I was very surprised and let out an exclamation.

"Waste! Reload and shoot again!" Yu Xiaotian felt very unhappy. Although Chen Xun was satisfied, he was not satisfied. He was originally going to give Chen Xun a shot today, but he missed the first shot.

, this made him feel very humiliated, and he gave a rare angry snort and scolded these gunners.

The gunners also felt very humiliated. Although they thought that today's first shot was not bad, even if it did not hit the target, it was at least a close-range shot. However, they also knew that today their master wanted them.

If you show your face to this guy named Chen and miss the target, you will lose the face of their leader, so everyone feels very uncomfortable.

After receiving the order, these gunners swooped forward and once again used a set of dazzling movements to quickly complete the reloading and pushed the gun back to the gun door. This time the gunner was lying on the gun carriage.

He tried his best and began to aim carefully.

Although it was a very cold day, sweat was visible on the foreheads of these gunners. Everyone held their breath and watched these gunners fuck each other.

"Fire the gun!" After the gunner took aim, he jumped up and jumped to the side. The other gunners quickly dispersed, and then the gunner shouted loudly.

The ship's hull shook again, and the cannon's gun mounts recoiled again with a clang. Gunpowder smoke once again filled the sides of the ship, and was blown away by the sea breeze.

Everyone looked intently at the rocks on the shore in the distance. This time, they saw a piece of gravel suddenly rising from the front and middle part of the reef. Everyone immediately cheered: "I hit it! I hit it!"

However, Yu Xiaotian did not join the cheering crowd. He glanced at the gunners, nodded slightly and said, "This is not bad. Make a note of it and report it to the council for reward!"

Several gunners fired well with this shot, and each of them suddenly became happy and felt a little elated. After hearing Yu Xiaotian's words, several gunners immediately knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Thank you, Master!"

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Chen Xun's jaw almost dropped to the ground. This was the most accurate artillery fire he had ever seen. The key was that at such a long distance, the Sea Wolf's gunner actually hit the target. This was something he had never imagined before.

He didn't dare to think about it, but he saw it with his own eyes today. These two shellings made him fully understand the power of the sea wolf.

Sea Wolf's light red cannon is really sharp and unusual, hitting hard and accurately. In addition, he can also see that Sea Wolf's gunners are extremely well-trained, not at all like their minions.

The tribesmen obviously paid great attention to their sexual training. Just looking at their sexual intercourse movements and the precise nature of their artillery attacks was enough to show how powerful they were.

When I think about it, some time ago, they regarded Sea Wolf as their opponent. Some people even suggested breaking up with Sea Wolf, grabbing some territory from Sea Wolf, and taking advantage of the quarrel between the government and Sea Wolf to help Sea Wolf behind their backs.

With one knife, while he was busy taking care of himself, he simply took them down from Danshui Village.

Fortunately, Yan Siqi did not agree to their proposal at that time and ordered them not to talk nonsense outside, so he suppressed them. Now after seeing the performance of the Sea Wolf tribe, Chen Xun felt a cold sweat break out behind his back.