Warlord: King of All Clans

The gun barrel was three meters long and as thick as a man could hold. It was secured in the middle of the carriage by a sturdy wooden frame to prevent it from rolling during transportation.

In order to deliver it, Ivan used six strong draft horses to pull the cart.

The mid-level wizard Morse's alchemy mainly focuses on pharmacy, and he is not good at mechanical manufacturing.

Moreover, he was more interested in precision instruments such as steam engines, generators, industrial machine tools, and clocks, and was not very keen on these simple and primitive firearms.

But after participating in the defense of Gravel Fort and witnessing the destructive power of artillery, Master Morse suddenly realized that the prospects of firearms far exceeded his imagination, and he became interested in this weapon of war.

In the past, the firearms of the Orlantis Empire had always remained in their infancy and were suppressed by the cold weapons that had developed to their peak. Even industry innovators such as Master Freeman were only willing to focus on developing firearms into extraordinary weapons, while ignoring the prospects of the firearms themselves.

Master Morse's knowledge reserve is countless times higher than that of the craftsmen in Hewan. He can calculate the cannon-making experience that requires artillery craftsmen to conduct countless actual tests to figure out with the help of pen and paper.

After studying for half a year, he had the drawings and casting method of this "Ten Thousand Men" in his hands.

When the portal was opened, Leo obtained a large amount of metallurgical equipment from the imperial capital and kidnapped a goblin master craftsman, and the "Ten Thousand Captains" was officially cast.

Ivan was also a fan of artillery. He watched the production of the "Ten Thousand" the whole time, and happened to see Schicks attacking Buck Fortress. It can be said that the barrel of the "Ten Thousand" was still warm when he brought it from the artillery workshop.

This "Ten Thousand Man" cannon is also honored as the Morse Cannon by Hewan artillery craftsmen.

Because only Master Morse and his group of mages personally participated in the casting, the artillery workshop in River Bay could cast gun barrels of such a large caliber.

The Centurion in Strong's hand was not even a six-pounder in caliber, and the barrel weighed less than two hundred pounds.

Because the barrel was not straight enough and the bronze ratio was poor, it could not effectively fire solid shells and could only fire shotgun shells at close range and was used as a mountain cannon.

The Hewan's Thousand-Man Cannon is equivalent to the early twelve-pounder cannon. The barrel weighs fifteen hundred pounds. In addition to firing shotgun shells, it can also fire a dozen solid shells to break through the formation from a long distance.

But this ten thousand-man cannon weighs four thousand pounds and is an alien version of the Red Cannon.

Its theoretical effective range is up to one thousand meters, its maximum range is two thousand meters, and it can fire solid shells weighing thirty pounds.

However, these data have not yet been tested.

Ivan didn't care about all this. As Leo said, practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Whether this cannon is useful or not can be moved to Fort Buck and fired at the city gate, and then it would become clear.

When he arrived at Buck Fortress, Ivan felt it was a pity to see that the fortress had been captured by the gnolls.

In addition, another carriage was carrying ten thousand-man city defense cannons, which were all the new cannons cast by the Hewan Artillery Workshop this year.

The amount of copper and iron ore mined in Hewan has doubled every year, half of which is used for casting guns and cannons. However, the amount of copper and iron consumed in casting cannons is enormous, and the manpower and material resources consumed are also enormous.

The entire artillery workshop was working in full swing, and there were only these eleven cannons produced in the first half of the year.

Leo dragged the huge gun barrel off the carriage, and the entire truck was immediately crushed and lost its balance, tipping over backwards.

He lifted the cannon and put it on his shoulder. He took two steps and exhaled, "It's so heavy! Uncle, come and help me!"

Ivan next to him was stunned. Although he had long been promoted to a low-level extraordinary person, his strength was far beyond that of ordinary heavy-armored elites. He could carry a centurion weighing more than a thousand pounds and move freely.

But he had difficulty dragging this 4,000-pound captain.

Knight Solovie couldn't help but envy Leo's extraordinary strength, so the two mid-level extraordinary people, carrying cannons in front and behind, slowly walked up to the city wall.

The stone steps built on the walls of Buck Fortress were only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, and were so steep that even ogres wearing bronze armor could not climb up.

Two men carried the gun barrel to the city wall and placed the muzzle on the parapet. Several pieces of the hard stone parapet were immediately shattered.

The accompanying gunners have already begun selecting a suitable location for the Morse cannon and building a base.

The original rammed earth and floor tiles of the fortress walls could not withstand the recoil of the cannon.

Ivan and Leo whispered around the cannon, imagining its power and caressing it gently.

Ivan touched the gun barrel and clicked his tongue, "If this shot goes down, even a high-level extraordinary person will have to kneel down!"

Leo pointed at him and snickered, "You, you!"

“Hehehehe!”

The two of them laughed obscenely together.

At this time, Strong also followed the scent of artillery and saw the Morse cannon. He mooed excitedly, "What a big cannon!"

He was even more obsessed with the artillery than Leo and Ivan. He lay on it with his tall body as if hugging his cow-wife.

The Kobolds' artillery workshop can only barely forge qualified Centurions. If you want to own a Thousand-Man artillery, you must go to the Riverbend House to find Leo to apply.

But no matter how lenient Leo was to the Gnoll Tribe, he would not easily hand over such a weapon of war to them.

Up to now, only two thousand-man artillery guns have been installed on Strong's mammoth, and the rest are all reserved for Hewan to form regular artillery.

The ogre artillerymen could not even imagine forging such a commander of ten thousand men, let alone forging one.

Seeing Strong's excitement, Leo poured cold water on him, "Don't be greedy. A cannon like this can only be used to defend the city now, and can't be used in field battles at all. This one is just for demonstration."

Such a cannon would require Master Morse to lead the mage corps to participate in the entire casting process, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and material-intensive. It would be better to let the artillery craftsmen in the river bend continue to cast a large number of centurions and hone their casting techniques.

If another lord saw the power of artillery, he would definitely demand the larger the caliber of the artillery, even if it meant spending all his fortune to cast a few ten-thousand-jin artillery pieces.

But Leo knew very well that the heavier the artillery was, the better, nor was the larger the caliber, the better; practicality was the first requirement.

Moreover, Hewan's metallurgical casting technology is advancing with each passing day. This 4,000-pound Ten Thousand Man Cannon may seem invincible now, but in a year, its performance may be surpassed by lighter artillery.

After all, this is just an early muzzle-loading smoothbore cannon, and there is still a lot of room for optimization.

Si Zhuang was not discouraged at all, and said, "It doesn't matter. If there is no one this year, there will be one next year!"

Leo scolded him, "As long as you listen, you will get your share sooner or later. If you act on your own again, you will lose the position of captain."

Strong Bull nodded his head vigorously, "I'll obey you! I'll obey you!"

After Leo and his group had seen the latest model of River Bay Cannon and dispersed to other places to set up, a group of Gnoll artillerymen sneaked up onto the city wall.

They surrounded the commander Morse, prostrated themselves in prayer, and then offered their treasured candies and biscuits.

A black-haired dog-headed man gunner, as if guided by the gods, sang and danced in front of the cannon, and then announced loudly, "Woof woof woof! Morse, the Ten Thousand Man Commander, the new god of cannons, will grant me strength!"

Then his body hair became fluffy and emitted free fire elements, thus completing his extraordinary awakening.