Release that Witch

The west boundary of Bianbu Town, the Chishui River.

The snow made the carriage difficult, and it took a long time for the group to haul the first field gun to the outside of the town.

"What is this time?" Carter felt a little accustomed to the new things that the prince was constantly making. "A magnified musket?"

"Almost." Roland commanded the man to remove the hook and personally adjust the angle of the gun to level the gun body and push the pole into the snow.

The principle of artillery and musket is exactly the same, so it is very appropriate to say that it is an enlarged version of the musket. The gun fired a 12-pound solid iron ball. The shells and gunpowder were pre-loaded into the raft and the wires were ignited. Roland refers to the mature designs in history and refers to the carpenter's creation of a wooden gun mount. In order to improve the durability, the parts which are more rubbed with the ground and which are subjected to the force at the time of launch are covered with iron.

In order to make the gun mount and the wheel, Roland spent almost the same amount of time as the drill. The three carpenters were busy for a week before they finished, especially the wheel with a diameter of half a person. The carpenter first shaved four equal lengths. Square wood strips, after infiltration, bake to a bend with fire, the ends are cut out and the grooves are spliced, and the outer edge of the hub is covered with a metal tap. This set of processes took four days.

Therefore, in the eyes of Roland, this hand-built, limited-edition 12-pound field gun all emits dazzling light. When I pulled out the test, the lineup was very large. The chief knight and the militia commanded the iron axe. The guards and the knight apprentices all went into battle. The militia team also transferred 20 people to clear the venue and guard. . In addition, he also brought nightingales and lightning for the first time. Tonana's blessing, the militia's prejudice against the witch group was reduced to a minimum, and Nanawa himself became the second-best prince in the ranks.

"According to the process, first clean up the cannon." Although Roland is very clear about the structure of the artillery, the specific operation is blank. He racked his brains to recall the guns in various medieval movies, trying to sort out a set of processes. As for the actual effect, it is true that God knows.

Lightning eagerly pulled out a mop-style cleaning rod from under the gun mount and broke into the muzzle - unlike other witches' contracts, Lightning proposed that she would be willing to work for Roland as long as she could handle all kinds of novel inventions by hand. And there is no need to pay. In the face of this kind of money-saving conditions, Roland naturally agreed to it. Anyway, when it is the turn of confidentiality, it is enough to secretly study. There are still many ideas and inventions in his mind waiting to be realized, and it is enough for her to take a few pieces for a while.

After a few bangs, the mop did not bring out any clutter, but according to the process, she had to carry out a second cleanup. Replace it with another mop and pump it a few more times. The cannon cleaning is complete.

"Do you understand?" Roland asked the knights and militiamen who were watching. This test is also a drill. Now the production of firearms has increased dramatically. The militia team is bound to evolve into formal infantry. Wood guns will also be replaced by guns and artillery. This requires a lot of shooting training to be able to skillfully operate these two hot weapons on the battlefield.

Seeing everyone nod, he let lightning go on the next step.

The little girl took out a pack of paper-wrapped gunpowder, stuffed it into the cannon, and smashed it with a wooden pole. Then put in the shells and tighten them again. The drill rod is taken out from the lead eye at the rear end of the barrel, the medicine bag is broken, and then the lead wire is inserted, so that the preparation for the launch is completed.

In order to prevent accidents, everyone exited thirty steps and hid after the bunker. Lightning put the torch close to the lead, and saw the spark of the end shine, and it was already drilled into the barrel in the blink of an eye.

Then there was a loud bang -

The airflow from the muzzle at high speed brought up the snow and raised a layer of snow on the ground. The theoretical effective range of the 12-pound gun can reach more than a kilometer. Even if there is no squall line, the trajectory of the front-stage projectile is still in a straight line. The armor target placed about a hundred meters away made a sound, was hit by a twelve-pound iron ball, and the whole flew up. The iron ball is not declining, and it bounces continuously after falling on the snow, causing a column of snow.

When the smoke was exhausted, Carter and the Iron Axe ran to the target for the first time. I saw that the front of the armor had been completely sunken. The front deck was attached to the rear deck. A large palm hole was located in the center of the armor. Obviously, the shell flew forward about 100 meters after it penetrated the target. Even when it falls on the ground, it has amazing power.

"Awful terrible penetration!" Carter sighed, and he could already imagine the horrors of when the enemies gathered and were hit by several artillery pieces.

"The three gods are on," the iron axe began to believe a little. Roland was the messenger of the mother of the earth. Who can bring the power of the flame to such a situation besides the gods? Those gunpowder particles, which he has repeatedly studied, are ordinary flammable materials as long as they are ground into powder and ignited. The flame is the wrath of the mother of the earth, and it is her most powerful weapon. I think of the orange fire that erupted from the hole in the southern part of the land, and never stopped. The heart of his heart gave the impulse to worship the prince.

Roland is not surprised by this result. The twelve-pound field gun can be described as a classic generation, especially the Napoleon cannon that shines in the American Civil War. It fully proves that the caliber is the truth of beauty.

Next he used different charges to test the strength of the barrel, although it was known that it could cause damage to the gun, but this is a necessary test.

It has been added to the three-package medicine. When the artillery was fired, the muzzle was raised and the gun frame was displaced. The barrel still showed no obvious deformation. It seems that the steel cast gun barrel is very good in strength. Roland finally determined the standard charge to be 1.2 times the test charge. The rest is to select the gunner and practice repeatedly.

"His Highness, this weapon is indeed powerful, but it is too heavy. If you encounter a mud pit, you can make it move." Carter immediately saw the shortcomings of the new weapon. "And every round of fire needs to clean the barrel. , loading and loading bombs. Plus gunpowder and shells are much heavier than guns, I am afraid that it is a gun, it takes five to six people to operate."

"Yes, but everything is worth it. As long as it is equipped with two or three artillery pieces, the Duke... No, I mean the evil beast, the giant tortoise, it is impossible to break through the wall." Roland coughed twice, the dark way risk. As for the shortcomings of the twelve-pound gun, he intends to solve it through shipping. The steam engine wants to be converted into a steamship, even the most original paddle steamer, but also a complex and huge mechanical system.

Instead of transforming itself, it is better to buy a two-masted sailboat directly, relying on Wendy's wind control ability to quickly transport the militia and artillery behind the dukes, forming a pincer with the frontal team, thus encircling the fortification of the Duke of Fortress.