Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

The cannon roared, and the orange flames dyed the faces of everyone around them orange.

Then the huge sound spread around, and those who were closer could even feel that their chests felt like they had been punched hard.

Let them have some breathlessness.

Then, the surrounding snow foam was shaken by the huge sound, flying all over the sky, covering everyone's eyes.

"This...is this really a cannon?" The soldier who didn't believe it was an artillery piece at first looked shocked.

He didn't expect, nor dared to think, that this thing was really a cannon.

Moreover, it is so huge. How heavy was the shell he fired?

Frontline, Li Jinji's headquarters. Li Jinji is now in the fortress.

He already knew that the Empire's Thor train cannon was going to test-fire today, so he was in the fortifications early, waiting to see the results of the bombardment.

However, the Thor is more than 30 kilometers away from the main fortress of Suifen Ancient City.

Even for the cannonballs fired by the Thor, it will take some time to fly over this 30-kilometer distance.

During this period of time, data about the Thor train gun also began to appear in Li Jinji's mind.

The Thor train gun has a total combat length of 55 meters, a height of 14 meters, and an overall weight of more than 1580 tons. It has a huge 800mm gun barrel. It can send 7.8-ton artillery shells 45 kilometers away.

It can easily penetrate a 3-meter-thick reinforced concrete fortress.

And its cost is as high as 3 million imperial silver dollars for one car. And the annual maintenance costs alone exceed 2000 million.

It's a big killer plus a gold-eating beast.

With an annual maintenance fee of 2000 million, plus a little more, you can build a Tang-class battleship.

Moreover, this is the maintenance fee under non-combat conditions. If this kind of train gun is used frequently after the war begins, the maintenance fee will increase several times.

With the current financial resources of the empire, it can only afford two Thors at most. If there is any more, the empire's finances may go bankrupt.

The Thor currently being bombarded is the first test vehicle. The second Thor is still being manufactured in the workshop.

Just when Li Jinji was still reminiscing, he suddenly heard the sound of breaking through the air. He knew that the sound of breaking through the air was the cannonball fired by Thor.

A second or two later, he saw a huge orange-red fireball rising from the hills in Suifen Ancient City on the other side.

A moment later, he felt a strong wind blowing across his face.

And in this strong wind, he clearly felt some small gravel hitting his face.

At this time, through the telescope, he could only see the location where he was hit, and a large black smoke appeared, blocking his sight, making it impossible for him to directly observe the effect of the bombardment.

"Send a message and ask the observer if he can see if it hits."

Li Jinji said to the adjutant behind him without looking back. He couldn't bear to miss the spectacular sight of this explosion.

However, he issued the order, but his adjutant did not respond to him, which made Li Jinji a little unhappy.

He turned around and saw that his adjutant was also shocked, with horror written on his face.

"What are you looking at? Come back to your senses!" Li Jinji shouted, pulling his adjutant back from the panic.

"Ah? Sir, what's the matter?" When the adjutant woke up, he realized what Li Jinji had said to him.

But he had been in shock just now and didn't hear what Li Jinji was saying at all.

"I asked you to ask and see if this shot missed!" Li Jinji repeated his order.

"Ah...oh, oh, okay." The adjutant heard clearly this time, and he also heard that Li Jinji was a little unhappy.

So the adjutant hurriedly ran to send a telegram to inquire.

The adjutant came back soon. He told Li Jinji that the impact point of the train gun was [-] meters to the right.

Although the main fortress was damaged, it was still usable and did not achieve the expected goal.

However, this shot blasted out a huge crater with a diameter of more than 150 meters. Among the fortresses, some small fortresses have been destroyed, and the casualties are temporarily unpredictable.

When Li Jinji heard that the shot failed to hit, although he had to be mentally prepared, he was still a little disappointed.

Among the entire Suifen Ancient City fortress group, only the heavy artillery poses a threat to Daxia.

Especially the two 305mm main cannons.

Therefore, Li Jinji wanted to destroy these heavy artillery pieces before launching a ground attack.

Now the first test shot landed at a distance of two hundred meters near the main cannon. This accuracy can be said to be very high.

You know, this shot is just a test fire, and it has the meaning of calibration.

However, the difficulty is that although the train gun is powerful and lethal, its reloading speed is also very slow.

In a twenty-four-hour day, the Thor can only send out a maximum of 17 rounds.

This also means that it takes nearly 2 hours for the Thor to reload.

During this period, the Rakshasa Kingdom over there will definitely take countermeasures.

"Send orders to all ministries and let them act according to the plan they made before!"

"If anyone has a problem, I will personally send him to a military court!" Li Jinji said solemnly.

"Yes!" the adjutant responded and immediately ran to convey Li Jinji's order.

As for the Rakshasa Kingdom, it was just as Li Jinji thought.

The Rakshasa Empire had already reacted when the train bombardment hit the fortress group.

When the Rakshasa Kingdom fought against the Hans Empire before, they encountered the Hans Empire's train cannon. It's just that the Hans Empire's train cannon is not so powerful.

However, according to reports from soldiers who escaped, the Rakshasa Empire knew that there was such a weapon as a train gun.

Nicholas II ordered the Rakshasa Empire to begin developing train guns belonging to the Rakshasa Kingdom.

However, due to the low efficiency of Rakshasa Kingdom, even though several years have passed, Rakshasa Kingdom's train cannon is still just on the drawing board.

As a result, another of their neighbors was able to use train guns in actual combat, which greatly annoyed the commander of the Far Eastern Army of the Rakshasa Empire.

While he was sending a telegram to Nicholas II, he informed him of the current war situation in the Far East.

While ordering the Rakshasa Army stationed in the ancient city of Suifen to launch a full-scale counterattack, it would be best to find the location of the opponent's train gun and destroy it.

If you can't find it, then try to get involved with the Daxia army as much as possible to make the opponent's train cannon useless.

He had never thought about continuing to hide in Suifen Ancient City like this.

What is the purpose of the train cannon? It is specially used to smash the fortress. If you continue to huddle in the ancient city of Suifen, you will only become a target for the other party and be killed by one shot after another.

Rather than being treated as a living target, it is better to fight hard. What if the Daxia army on the opposite side feels that the train artillery is so powerful that it scares them so much that they dare not attack, and thus ignore the defense?

If this is really the case, maybe I can turn defeat into victory!