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Chapter 1393 How far can it shoot (second more)

Chapter 1402

In the early morning of the next day, after Dianmao, a group of soldiers of the Liaodong Army gathered on the west side of the north city wall, which was still being roofed and built.

And in front of them, there were three hundred shiny artillery pieces neatly placed in front of them, and the fifteen hundred artillerymen also gathered in groups of five next to their respective artillery pieces. Carefully inspect all parts of the artillery and the gun carriage. After all, after a long period of transportation, it is necessary to re-check the firmness of its various parts.

A group of soldiers of the Liaodong Army have already learned from the generals that the reinforcements that arrived last night: the artillerymen in front of the Song Dynasty will demonstrate the power of their terrifying weapons in front of everyone today.

However, it fell into the eyes of these Liaodong Army officers and soldiers, just like those generals and schools last night, all of them were full of curiosity, chattering there endlessly, judging from their expressions, it was true. I don't think that such an iron pipe can do anything earth-shattering.

After all, many of the Liaodong Army were from the Western Army, and these Western Army had followed Wang Yang, an old driver, to fight Xixia and Beiliao. Stones weighing more than a hundred catties were thrown nearly a hundred feet away from the trebuchet, which was the most powerful long-range weapon.

Just looking at the Yuanyou trebuchet standing on the battlefield, the towering throwing rod, and its burly to tall body, the visual effect is far more shocking than this thing.

"Okay, the soldiers have already arrived, so I will have you, General Lao Guo, to open the eyes of the soldiers." Seeing that the soldiers had arrived, Zhong Shidao nodded at Guo Yan.

Guo Yan turned his head and shouted sharply. "Where is General Xu?!"

"The general is here!" Xu Zhao stepped forward quickly and saluted Guo Hong.

"I order you to lead the reserve artillery to go to the artillery test field and prepare for the artillery test!"

"No!" Xu Zhao gave a heavy salute, turned around, nodded towards those Wu Jinshi who were ready, and loudly conveyed the military order.

Soon, five twelve-jin yuanbless god's majestic robes stood side by side with the city wall, lined up...

"Flower bomb, the longest range test!" Xu Zhao glanced at the front, and then shouted loudly.

"The longest fuse of our flower bomb can only reach five miles, isn't it not enough?" A group of Wu Jinshi quickly operated, their hands kept moving, but they didn't forget to complain.

"Please, five miles is already far away. The total length of this city wall is only about six miles. Let's fly a cannon five miles away and explode it. At least we can let them know how far our Yuanyou Shenwei cannon is. exaggeration."

He grumbled in his mouth, but his movements were extremely nimble. Soon, after the five twelve-jin Yuanyou Shenwei guns were loaded, the muzzles were lifted to an exaggerated angle.

Following Xu Zhao's order, the five red flags fell, and then, there was a huge roar that caught everyone off guard.

Those elites from the Western Army were alright. Although they trembled in fright, they could still keep their feet steady. However, some of the more than 3000 soldiers on Jingdong East Road were so frightened that they fell to the ground, and many He was so frightened that he hugged his head and lay down on the ground, and subconsciously ran away...

The final shock passed, and everyone turned their eyes to the west, which is the direction the artillery muzzle was pointing at. Until this time, they saw the sky several miles away, and a few clusters of red lights suddenly appeared, and then there was a thick The smoke rolled up in mid-air.

At this time, the roaring sound reached everyone's ears.Zhong Shidao stood up, looked over there in a daze, and turned his head to look at Guo Tan who was standing beside him after a while.

"General Guo, how far can this Yuanyou Shenwei cannon shoot?" Zhong Shidao asked this question, which made the nearly thousand soldiers gathered at the scene quiet down, and their eyes fell on Guo Tan. .

Guo Yu stepped up to Zhong Shidao and reported loudly. "Master, the longest range of the twelve-jin Yuanyou Shenwei cannon is seven miles away, and if it is fired directly, its range is also 250 feet..."

"...so far? The farthest range of our Dasong's Yuanyou trebuchet is only a hundred feet." A general next to him couldn't help but gasped.

"Generally speaking, if it is on the battlefield, we will adjust the shooting angle according to the distance of the enemy. Generally, the most commonly used ones are direct shooting, five-degree angle shooting and ten-degree angle shooting. Like these twelve Jin Yuanyou The Shenwei cannon is about 250 feet for a direct shot, about 290 feet for a five-degree angle, and about 330 feet for a ten-degree angle..."

"Its range is far greater than all the long-range weapons of our Song Dynasty. However, how powerful is it, and how should we test it?" Zhong Shidao no longer had the half-belief before.

Just the range alone has refreshed the three views of Liaodong Army officers and soldiers, including Zhong Shidao.And at this time, the soldiers of the Liaodong Army, who were so frightened and staggered, finally returned to their respective teams amidst the generals and school's scolding.

At this moment, the eyes looking at those shiny gun barrels are no longer curiosity, but a kind of hidden fear, and a kind of excitement called anticipation.

After all, this kind of weapon, which is so terrifying just because of its roar, actually belongs to our Da Song, which also strengthened their confidence.

"Marshal, please let us prepare one or two..." Guo Yan smiled confidently, and with the approval of the teacher, he inserted the haystacks that were processed overnight at a distance of ten from the five cannons. From Zhang to fifty Zhang.

Soon, Guo Yan ran over again, and saluted Mr. Zhong with a little embarrassment. "Marshal, I don't know if there are discarded leather and iron armors here. We need to put these discarded leather and iron armors on these dummies to test the cannon."

"How many do you need?" A general next to him asked curiously.

"I'm afraid it will take fifty or sixty pieces. There are so many dummies, otherwise, it would be difficult to test the power and attack range of these artillery dummies." Guo Yan explained as he turned his head and pointed to the shooting range.

"Also, it's better to provide some shields."

"It's no problem, let's do it quickly..." Zhong Shidao nodded, then turned his head and ordered.

In a short time, more than 40 pieces of leather armor were brought, and almost ten pieces of iron armor were put on those dummies. In addition, under Guo Yan's arrangement, at the farthest eighty feet, erected more than a dozen shields.

And here, the five [-]-pound cannons have also been reloaded with shotguns. This time, many soldiers were mentally prepared. When Xu Zhao shouted loudly, they immediately covered their hands with their hands Ear.

The huge roar shook the dry ground with smoke and dust, and everyone could clearly see that the shooting range where nearly a hundred dummies stood up seemed to suddenly become a little blurred.

(End of this chapter)