Daming pirates

When they heard Yan Siqi say that the cannon could hit a target one mile away, the people in the yard all showed disbelief. Someone immediately said: "Brother Chen San, are you talking nonsense?

Can this cannon shoot that far? And it can hit a target that far away on a ship? Who would believe this!"

There was a chorus of agreement immediately in the courtyard, and almost everyone did not believe what Chen Xun said.

After hearing this, Chen Xun was so depressed that he blushed and swore to the sky: "Don't you know who I am, Chen Xun? I can make a fortune, but have any of you ever seen me say such nonsense?

This is what I saw with my own eyes on the boat with Mr. Yu. When I went to Nanyue Island a few days ago, I thought the price they offered us was too high. Mr. Yu specially let me see the power of this cannon.

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This cannon was right under my nose, a mile away from the sea. The gangsters on the Sea Wolf ship only fired two shots and hit a rock a mile away. If I tell a lie, let me go to sea.

Feed the fish!”

Someone nearby teased: "The reef you are talking about is probably as big as an island! Haha!"

After everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter.

Chen Xun was even more anxious, his face was dark and red, and he almost stuttered when he spoke. He waved his hands and said: "Absolutely not! I, Chen Xun, have also been on the sea for such a long time. How can I not see how big something is? That reef

At best, it's about the same size as a boat, otherwise how could I agree to give them this price?"

Some of the people still didn't believe it and wanted to continue joking with Chen Xun, but were stopped by Yan Siqi with a wave of his hand. Yan Siqi looked at Chen Xun seriously and asked: "Are you serious about what you said?"

"Seriously! There is absolutely no falsehood! Otherwise, my eldest brother will chop off my head!" Chen Xun replied with a confident nod.

Yan Siqi's brows furrowed again, he took a breath of cold air, turned around with his hands behind his back and stared at the six-pound cannon behind him. The courtyard became quiet at this time, everyone looked at Yan Siqi, and then at this

A six-pounder gun was fired, and many people gradually showed a look of horror on their faces.

Two days later, in a secluded place far east of Yan Siqi's Dazhai, a group of people were busy setting up several cannons. After struggling for a while, they finally finished loading the cannons.

Yan Siqi walked to the squatting tiger cannon, looked at the cannon carefully, then looked at a large wooden board dozens of steps away where the muzzle was pointing, and nodded.

Someone came over with a wooden stick wrapped with a match rope. The match rope had already been lit. He carefully put the fire head to the fire door. There was only a bang, smoke filled the air, and instantly there was a crackling sound on the wooden board in front of the muzzle.

After the smoke cleared, Yan Siqi immediately led everyone to the big wooden board. The wooden board was fixed on a strong wooden frame. At this time, a large area in the upper left corner of the wooden board had been smashed by a door seal and was missing.

One corner was broken, and the rest of the place was densely covered with small holes.

This tiger squatting cannon is loaded with shotgun. In addition to loading more than a hundred finger-sized gravels, a solid shell with a similar inner diameter to the barrel is also stuffed, which is called a sealing box, to seal the barrel.

, to prevent the gunpowder from being too deflated when it explodes, which can increase the power of some shells.

After looking at the large wooden board as a target, Yan Siqi nodded with satisfaction and said: "This squatting tiger cannon is indeed more powerful than the one we used before. It contains the same medicine, but its firepower is better than the one we used before.

The crouching tiger cannon is farther away, more powerful, and seems to hit more accurately. This cannon is indeed well made. Let's go back and try that prisoner-killing cannon!"

Everyone then returned to the place where the cannons were set up and gathered around a prisoner-killing cannon. Someone had already loaded the ammunition for the cannon.

The weight of the captive-killing cannon is more than twice that of the squatting tiger cannon, which is about 100 kilograms. The barrel of the gun is also larger than that of the squatting tiger cannon, and it can hold more shotguns or solid bullets at one time.

With the sound of a cannon, the large wooden board used as the target was immediately torn into pieces, and even the wooden frame it was made of collapsed, with sawdust flying everywhere.

Yan Siqi's smile grew wider and he nodded repeatedly: "What a cannon! It's indeed a good cannon! It's awesome! The craftsmanship of this sea wolf craftsman is really amazing! It shoots accurately! Next, let's take a look at this little Hongyi cannon!

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The six-pound gun that had been wiped clean and shiny was now mounted on a fixed gun mount. When Yu Xiaotian delivered the gun to Chen Xun, he did not use the one used by Sea Wolf.

The four-wheeled gun carriage was also given to Chen Xun and replaced with a fixed wooden gun mount, but Chen Xun did not raise any objections to this.

Under Chen Xun's "guidance", everyone loaded up the six-pound cannon, adjusted the elevation angle in a flawless manner, and pointed the muzzle at a large mound a few hundred steps away.

"I've never played with this thing before. Can it hit such a distance?" Someone asked Chen Xun uneasy.

Chen Xun had never played with this thing. When Sea Wolf delivered the cannon to him, he gave him a brief introduction to how to use it. However, Chen Xun only learned a little bit about whether it could be used.

He himself had no idea about the big mound, but he was quite confident about the range of this gun.

"You can hit it, and you can definitely hit it farther, but whether you can hit it is another matter. To be honest, I have only seen this thing fired by the Sea Wolf minions twice.

I can't be sure, and I don't know what to say!" Chen Xun was sincere and told the truth.

Yan Siqi waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about so much for now. Let's try to see if we can hit that far first. As for whether we can hit it accurately or not, that is a matter for the future!"

Everyone quickly dispersed under Chen Xun's greeting, and someone reached over and put a torch on the gun's breech door.

Just hearing a roar, the six-pound gun jumped violently on the ground. Because the gun mount was fixed without wheels, all the energy of the recoil was directly transferred to the ground through the fixed gun mount, almost destroying the gun mount.

It shook and shocked everyone.

But everyone didn't care about this at the moment, they all quickly stretched their necks and looked towards the big mound of soil in the distance.

Because the cannonballs flew far and had a fast muzzle velocity, it was difficult to see the cannonballs in flight, so they could only observe the impact point of the cannonballs. Before the smoke dissipated, those with sharp eyes could already see the ground more than a hundred steps in front of the mound.

A cloud of dust rose up, and the cannonball landed far away from the mound, and everyone immediately booed.

Even Yan Siqi's face fell, and someone immediately laughed at Chen Xun: "This is not as powerful as you boast! Why did it only hit so far? Although it is true that it hit farther than the cannon to destroy the captives, but you didn't say that

It’s so far away!”

Chen Xun's face suddenly turned red with shame. He shook his head and argued: "It's no wonder this cannon is because we don't know how to use it. This cannon really shoots very far. Let's do it again! Raise the muzzle higher. I was sure just now.

It’s too peaceful!”

Yan Siqi suppressed his anger, nodded and asked everyone to hold the gun mount in place. This time he raised the muzzle much higher, but when he reloaded, there was trouble. These Sea Wolf guns are equipped with various auxiliary functions.

Pole is a variety of special tools, some have an iron corkscrew-like hook on the front, some have wool brushes on the front, and there are two of them, and there are wooden sticks that are thick in the front and thin in the back.

The cannon is even equipped with a kettle.

Chen Xun had only roughly learned the art of fucking the cannon, but because of his nervousness, the procedure was a bit confusing. He was in a hurry and led everyone to go through a lot of fuss before he managed to reload the cannon.

After the second cannon shot, everyone once again turned their attention to the big mound in the distance. Everyone held their breath and concentrated on watching the situation near the target, but they did not see the impact point of the shell. Some people immediately thought

He yelled and asked if the cannonball was stuck in the barrel.

Before anyone could yell, a person suddenly pointed to a place far away and shouted: "I saw it! I saw it! It flew over! Damn, it flew so far!"

Everyone hurriedly followed the direction of his finger and looked further away, only to see a cloud of dust rising far away. It was two to three hundred steps away from the big mound they had expected.

Farther away, no wonder they didn't see the impact point of the cannonball just now. It turned out that the cannonball flew too far and the landing time was delayed.

At this moment, everyone exclaimed. No one doubted the range of this cannon anymore, including Yan Siqi, who also smiled. The haze in his heart just now was suddenly swept away.

"Good guy! Amazing! It really hits far enough! Haha! It's a pity that none of you guys know how to play with this thing. It seems that although this guy is good, it is in vain if he can't use it! But no matter what, this

The cannon is really good, it seems that Chen Xun is not bragging!" Yan Siqi said with a smile.

Chen Xun felt that his face was bright at this moment, and he quickly nodded and shouted to the brothers around him: "How is it? You have all seen it, right? I am not bragging, this cannon is powerful, and this is not the most powerful one.

It’s far away. If you raise the muzzle a little higher, it can hit farther! If you don’t believe it, try it!”

Everyone was now amazed at the range of this cannon, and they all nodded to try again to see how far this cannon could hit.

But Yan Siqi raised his hand to stop their noise and said: "Forget it, don't try to see how far it can hit. No matter how far it hits, it will still be in vain.

This cannon is meant to be mounted on a ship, so let’s try the power of this cannon! Come on, go a hundred steps away, put up a few more thick wooden boards, stack them up, and see how this cannon works.

How thick of wood can it penetrate? In the future, this cannon will be used to blast other people’s ships. How can we do it if we don’t try this?"

Everyone agreed upon hearing this. What Yan Siqi said made sense, so they hurriedly started to prepare. At a distance of about a hundred steps from the cannon, they erected a wooden frame with five pieces stacked on it.

There was a large wooden board about two inches thick, and then I leveled the muzzle and took aim for a long time. I estimated that there should be no problem, and then fired again.

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