Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Eight: Cannons Bombed Him (Monthly Pass)
After hearing Xu Jie's report, Chen Kaizhi's eyes suddenly opened, and he suddenly felt refreshed. His clear and bright eyes were fixedly watching the Yan army rushing towards him all over the mountains.
The number of people on the other side is too large, even if they throw whips on the river, it is enough to cut off the moat.
Chen Kaizhi smiled and said calmly: "Architecture..."
Xu Jie's eyes were already shining, and his whole body instantly became radiant. His face was obviously filled with joy, and there was no sign of worry about rushing to the battlefield.
In fact, since the first cannon was successfully manufactured, Xu Jie was ordered to lead a group of soldiers to cooperate with craftsmen to continuously test the cannons. After obtaining the parameters of the cannon, he continued to revise them.
During that time, he stayed in the back mountain for a full month, and his main responsibility was to set off firecrackers, so he kept firing firecrackers every day.
It can even be said that the twenty cannons formed now can be said to be his children. After his repeated revisions and repeated improvements to the cannon, they were finally formed.
"Just wait for the governor to give the order." Xu Jie grinned, his eyes flashed with light, and he said excitedly and expectantly.
Chen Kaizhi seemed to have been accustomed to their special emotions for a long time. At this time, he narrowed his eyes slightly and patted his eyes for a moment. Then he pointed to a hill in the northeast corner in the distance and said, "Is there any reach?"
So Xu Jie narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction Chen Kaizhi pointed.
He is now a ‘professional gunner’, and he can probably understand it based on his eyes and just looking at the distance, so he said: “Some of the difficulty is beyond the effective range. However, if you shoot at an elevation angle and shoot the cannon, it is probably possible to get it, but... but..."
Seeing that he was hesitating, Chen Kaizhi's face darkened and he said sternly: "Why are you slowing down at this time!"
Xu Jie quickly said seriously: "But it's hard to shoot correctly. You can use a flower bullet. Anyway, you hit a large area, no matter whether he is accurate or not."
After hearing his words, Chen Kaizhi calmed down and said simply: "Then bring your artillery team to me quickly. If you hit me, you will remember that you will fail. If you miss it, you will go back to the firearm team."
Xu Jie suddenly felt excited and smiled at Chen Kaizhi, "I'll give it a try."
Although I can’t wait, I still have to be humble. After all, I am a person who has read books.
The artillery of the artillery team is arranged together in order to increase its power and can be coordinated.
Xu Jie hurriedly returned to the northern section of the city wall and immediately shouted loudly: "Prepare, prepare, load."
The gunpowder had already been filled, and Xu Jie felt that he was like an unstoppable god of war at this time, and said majestic: "Blossom Bullet."
When they heard the Flowering Bullet, Qiu Ba and others were ready to rub their hands. They felt that their waists were much straightened. Looking at the people with dense heads, they began to carefully lift the Flowering Bullet.
In fact, their favorite is the flowering bullet, which is a clumsy cone, but...
Don't underestimate it, don't think it looks stupid. In fact, every flowering bullet is empty, filled with steel balls and gunpowder. While setting off the cannon, the flowering bullet's fuse also begins to ignite at the same time. Then, the gunpowder will push the flowering bullet out of the cannon chamber and fly out. During the flight, the flowering bullet's fuse will still burn. When it almost lands, the fuse will burn directly into the shell, and finally, the gunpowder inside will expand and explode.
This is simply a magical tool. Moreover, this flowering bullet has extremely high requirements for craftsmanship and quality. If you are not careful, it is a defective product. If you make ten and have three pass rates, it is already Amitabha Buddha. Therefore, the cost of this flowering bullet is also amazing. During the transportation process, you must be extremely careful and you must never make any mistakes.
This precious shell costs secondly, and the requirements for the artillery team are also extremely high. If an ordinary army and horse is a little bit careless, it may be ruined. Either improperly preserved and maintained, it becomes a dud, or it will be blown up directly and blow yourself into the sky.
Fortunately, this is the Warriors Camp, a completely new Warriors Camp with knowledge and force. The artillery soldiers of the Warriors Camp are extremely patient, and they can even be said to raise these flowering bullets like their own sons.
They began to load, while Xu Jie squinted his eyes and began to observe the pointing position. He shouted: "The direction of the wind."
“Northeast wind, the wind speed is not high.”
Xu Jie licked his mouth, but his eyes were bright: "The distance is 1,250 steps." He stretched out his thumb, compared in front, then glanced at his eyes, and said again: "Rolling the head of the cannon is one foot, tilting it up, and the gun is facing northeast!"
The artillery began to calibrate, and there were sounds of slap around him, including screams from the city, and countless shouts of killing.
But Xu Jie and others don’t care. If they want to join the artillery team, they are also the top elite in the Warriors camp. They have to be proficient in arithmetic, learn to distinguish the direction of the wind, and have to be patient. It is a science. A blind man cannot succeed, he must be professional.
Even before launch, you have to measure the distance, and you have to calculate the angle and the trajectory of the projection.
After all, every flowering bullet is a mess. If you shoot in one round, more than one hundred taels of silver will be gone. When Xu Jie was testing the shooting in the back mountain, he felt that his heart was cold because he suddenly found that after a day, hundreds of taels of silver disappeared. If he sold himself, he would be afraid that he would not have the money.
"Team Officer Xu, the No. 2 artillery position is ready."
"The No. 7 gun position is ready."
"The No. 6 gun position is ready."
Xu Jie was still worried. This was money. Although it was not his own money, the governor had already spoken. He felt that he was born as a cannon king and could never kick the governor back into the musket team.
So he began to inspect the gun positions one by one, and there was basically nothing wrong. Although he was surprised, there must be a slight surprise. Because the distance was too far and there was no effective range, the hit could only depend on luck and create some slight differences, and maybe you would be right.
He was still worried, and he compared his thumbs again, raised his thumbs up and aimed at the location of the opposite hill. There should be no problem. In fact, he was very nervous now, and even wanted to take out the draft and calculate it again to avoid any mistakes. But now he was too late, so he roared: "Light!"
"ignition!"
"ignition!"
Qiu Ba in the cannon position repeated the orders, his voice brightly, his eyes were red and he was extremely nervous. Some even rolled up their sleeves and felt hot all over. If they failed to hit, they would beat up Team Officer Xu.
The fuse was burning slowly. Although the sound was noisy around him, the world seemed to be clear for Qiu Ba of the artillery team.
The fuse was not burning fast, giving Qiu Ba and others plenty of time to wait. Finally, the ninth cannon position was the first to roar.
Boom.
On the city wall, it seemed like a lightning flashed, and the huge roar of the artillery team was not affected. As always, they had already covered their ears. Instead, Qiu Ba and the soldiers who were shooting muskets on the other side were caught off guard by the thunder. They felt that their ears were stunned and they could not hear anything. So many people cursed, but fortunately, after all, they knew in advance that the artillery *** was shocked by the sound, but they were still mentally prepared.
But the Yan army rushing under the city not only was there a rain of bullets, but also suddenly heard the thunder and fell subconsciously. Some people were even more frightened and looked around at a loss, completely at a loss.
The powerful recoil of this cannon instantly caused the bricks and stones on the fixed city wall aisle to crack. Fortunately, the Yan people had a good skill in repairing the city walls, and they never cut corners. They were all real bricks and stones, so they were not worried about the collapse of the city wall.
Then, the guns in the No. 4 gun position, No. 13 gun position, and one gun position after another began to fire.
Rumble... Rumble... Rumble... Rumble...
The muzzles that were spitting out flames trembled, and then, huge fireballs, with Yu Yan, smashed towards the northeast corner.
Yan Chengzong was on the hill. He had been standing here for half an hour. He could not capture it for a long time. A large number of soldiers were injured. Now he was just barely able to cross the river.
He originally wanted to quickly level the city gate, but now, even though he took the city gate, the huge casualties still made him feel heavy and he was not defeated.
So he became full of anger. A group of Chen Gou suffered such a huge loss, which was really a huge insult. Today he brought a hundred times the troops, but who knew that he was trapped in a hard battle.
Seeing that someone had crossed the river, he would follow the back team to carry the ladder. As long as he climbed the city wall, everything would be easy. Now he just wanted to capture the city block quickly.
He stared at the soldiers in the distance, and then couldn't help but sneer: "After getting on the city wall, kill all these Chen Gou, and not a single living thing. It is said that the leader is a man named Chen Kaizhi. I... want to peel off his cramps, otherwise it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart."
In the last sentence, he almost sniffed it out with his teeth, and his tone was particularly cold.
The generals and schoolmen behind him were also awe-inspiring. They knew that His Highness was full of anger and could not provoke him at this time, so they all said nothing.
At this moment, they suddenly felt the earth trembling, rumbling, and the rumbling roar sounded through their ears. Even Yan Chengzong, who was one mile away, could clearly hear it.
Yan Chengzong's face changed. These guys actually used artillery?
Chapter completed!