Release that Witch

Chapter 81: Cannonball training

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This kind of training would last for two to three hours every day, and after that, he would return to the city wall and continue his old business. The guy in the same dormitory signed up for the musket team and now has a brand new musket, standing behind him and showing off. If it wasn't for the discipline requirement not to fight, Fanner would have wanted to sew his mouth up.

But he also saw something wrong.

The folks who joined the Musket Team have only been training for a few days? Just started to hone your shooting skills in the battle with evil beasts, but what about the artillery team? Not even a single shot was fired. Moreover, it is impossible for such heavy artillery to be transported to the city wall.

Looking at the top of the wall, two people standing side by side almost blocked the aisle. Usually, everyone is used to running on the slope inside the wall. Even if it is a little steeper, it is better than preventing teammates from doing stab shots. As for the artillery... The two wheels alone are wider than the top of the wall, plus they have to shoot down, no matter how they look at it, I don't think it is very practical.

Could it be... Isn't this thing used to deal with evil beasts

The next exercise confirmed Vanner's conjecture.

Four artillery groups were brought to the river by Iron Axe. He discovered that, at some point in time, there was a huge "boat" in the Chishui River! No... He wasn't sure if it was a ship either. The outer shell looked like the stones on which the city walls were built. It was wide and short, except for the two bare masts. For this reason, Fanner's group is also arguing.

"It's clearly a pontoon," Yupi was the first to come to the conclusion. He had followed a sailboat transporting mines to the Changge Fortress, and often boasted of his knowledge, "The deck of several feet wide is obviously for stability! I have seen a lot of travel. If it is a boat, how can it move when there is no wind? In the past, the river was flooded, and the wooden bridge in the fortress for more than ten years was washed away. The people in the city use the pontoon bridge. Instead, make a bunch of wide wooden boards and nail them to the boat, then pull up the iron cables to connect them in a row, how to walk and how to stay steady!"

"The farthest place I've been to is the Longsong Fortress, and I'm still wandering north and south," Rodney sneered. "If you want to build a pontoon bridge, you need to erect two masts, for fear that you won't be blown away by the wind?"

"And if you look at the rear, isn't the steering wheel lying horizontally? The pontoon can't be used for this." Nelson helped, the two brothers always exhaled from one nostril. "In addition, the middle wooden frame looks like it is going to be built. Come out with a shed, it's just not finished. It's a boat, no doubt about it."

Fanner is not very interested in whether it is a boat or not. He only cares about the next training content. The answer was soon revealed, and Iron Axe asked them to bring the horses pulling the gun cart to the Township—yes, it was the name of the ship, which was named by His Royal Highness himself. After listening to the introduction of Iron Axe, Yupi's face suddenly stiffened, and the two brothers were triumphant - and then tied the artillery wheel to the reserved blocking rod.

There are two sets of such blocking rods, each set of four, located on the centerline of the deck, arranged in tandem. Apparently two guns can be loaded at once.

Well, Fanner thought, now it is certain that they are not dealing with evil beasts - the Chishui River flows from north to south, and there is no such wide river in the Hidden Forest.

The first time he stepped on the deck, Vanner immediately felt its outstanding stability. The river flows with the hull of the boat, and the stone boat is motionless, as if standing on the ground. A little wobble is only felt when the horses are being driven up.

He also noticed that every time a group of artillerymen completed a round of disembarkation and disembarkation, the iron axe kept track of the time. Linked to the blocking bars on the deck, it appears that only two of the four teams will come in handy. Fanner secretly told the news to the team members, and everyone immediately became full of energy, and every step took 100% of their strength. If you can't get elected and be kicked back to the Long Spears team, it's a small thing to face, but it's a big deal to lose the salary increase!

On the seventh day, Vanner finally ushered in the long-awaited live-fire training.

On this day, His Royal Highness also came to the scene to watch the artillery practice. All four groups had their chests held high, and they walked with energy.

Since everyone was familiar with the set of loading ammunition, the Vanner team took the lead in firing the first shot soon.

This is also the first time he has witnessed the power of artillery. With a deafening roar, an iron ball twice the size of a fist landed in the snow a mile away, kicking up a large swath of snow and mud, and then bounced forward and flew far away. And his naked eyes could not capture the trajectory of the iron ball at all.

This made Fanner a little scared while excited. How did His Royal Highness create such a terrifying weapon? If you face artillery attacks, even if you are covered with full body armor, I am afraid it will not help.

After each team fired a round, His Royal Highness would order a flag to be placed on the first landing position of the cannonball, and at the same time intercept a hemp rope from the flag to the muzzle of the cannon. After four rounds, when it was Vanner's turn again, he heard the order to change the muzzle angle.

There is a scale engraved on the part where the two ends of the gun barrel are connected to the gun mount. It is marked with five scales: 0, 5, 10, 25, and 30. Although I don't quite understand what this means, just follow the instructions. . The iron axe shouted: "Shooting angle five!" The strongest pomelo immediately pushed the cannon brush rod into the barrel chamber, pryed the cannon from the rear end, and Fanna twisted the screw on the gun mount until the first one The white engraved line sank into the hole, and the pomelo peel released the gun brush.

After the rear end of the gun barrel is pulled back, it is slightly shorter than the initial position, the muzzle is raised upwards, and the indication scale is exactly on the 5th.

Then there are four rounds of shooting, flagpoles, rope interception, and adjustment of shooting angles.

Fanner gradually understood what His Royal Highness Prince had done.

He was collecting the distance of each shot of the iron ball, and the greater the angle of the muzzle, the farther the iron ball landed.

Fanner had a deep understanding of this point when he used a bow. When the arrow was thrown upwards, the arrow could shoot far, and if it was shot flat, it would land quickly. I didn't expect that the artillery is the same, but because of its fast speed, it can fly much farther. He couldn't help but wonder, if the speed of the iron ball reaches a certain level, will it never land

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Along the Chishui River, the trial voyage of the township is also in full swing.

Considering the use of Wendy's as a power source, the crew on board must be absolutely reliable. So Roland selected a group of politically strong men as the first crew of the township. The captain and commander was Chief Knight Carter, the helmsman was Brian, the squires under Carter were responsible for raising and lowering the sails, and the messenger was Tigu Payne. These people often come into contact with witches, coupled with their silent thought transformation, they no longer hold any prejudice against witches.