wild trail

Chapter 338 Firearms
Zhao Yun sighed, and said: "Not long after we entered the jungle, we were attacked by monsters. Those monsters descended from the sky and attacked us. We were stunned and couldn't resist effectively. Those things moved too fast. , we can only escape all the way here.”

"What monster?" Li Feng asked.

"A spider about the size of a human head." Zhao Yun said.

Hearing this, Li Feng frowned. What they encountered just now were millipedes that had been magnified countless times, and Zhao Yun and the others encountered a big spider. This place does not know how many of these terrifying insects are hidden.

Compared with ferocious beasts, these terrifying-looking bugs bring a sense of fear to humans far stronger than ferocious carnivores.

"Take a good rest, you and we go back together, the general will not abandon us." Li Feng comforted.

After spending the night in fear, at dawn, the soldiers took the wounded on simple stretchers and hurried back to the camp.

Along the way, everyone's hearts were suspended, and they stared at the surrounding bushes with great vigilance. These terrifying big bugs would emerge from nowhere.

"Boss, the front is where we met the spider, be careful." Zhao Yun reminded.

Li Feng nodded and put the soldiers on alert, focusing their attention on the tall treetops.

"Kick!"

There was a tooth-stinging grinding sound, which immediately made everyone turn pale with shock.

On the tall treetops, countless black spiders the size of human heads quickly climbed down the trunk.

"Run!" Li Feng shouted in horror.

There are so many spiders that humans can't resist at all. Li Feng was so frightened that he quickly ordered all the staff to retreat, without any intention of fighting against them.

The soldiers ran as fast as they could, and when the spiders saw the group of delicious prey and wanted to escape, they jumped down from the tree trunk like it was raining, "Zhi Zhi" screamed and rushed towards the crowd, eight like iron bars En's legs were swinging rapidly, and the speed was almost the same as that of a human running at full speed.

Li Feng glanced back, his ghosts sprang up, urging everyone to speed up in horror.

And the group of spiders seemed not to give up until they killed the group of prey, chasing after them, the strange sound of "squeaking" made the scalp numb.

Fleeing for their lives in a hurry, the exhausted and panting people finally rushed out. Seeing the spacious beach and the camp not far away, Li Feng hurriedly shouted: "General, help!"

Li Mu, who was staring at the forest and hesitating, saw the people running from the forest in a hurry, and he was already in his heart. Although he didn't know what danger they encountered, he immediately sent people to meet them.

The dense group of spiders behind them chased to the edge of the jungle, stopped, and raised a pair of front legs to watch the prey escape unwillingly.

Back at the camp, everyone who escaped by chance was still in shock.

The wounded were carried down by the doctors accompanying the army for treatment, and Li Feng and Zhao Yunzhi were called over by Li Mu.

"What happened to you?" Li Mu asked.

The two recounted what happened yesterday, and their eyes were full of horror.

Li Mu was shocked after listening to their narration, this seemingly ordinary jungle did not expect to be so terrifying.

Send someone to call Nan Guxiang and ask, "Guxiang, have you ever been to this place before?"

Nan Guxiang shook his head and said: "General, this place is too far away from the place where my tribe lived before. I have never been here before."

"Then do you have these horrible bugs over there?"

"No, if there were these bugs, I'm afraid the humans there would not be able to survive." Nan Guxiang said slowly.

Li Mu nodded and let him back down.

"General, let's go quickly, this is not a place to stay for long." Li Feng suggested.

"After breakfast, we will leave. Remember this place. There is no place for these monsters to survive in our Great Xia territory. After completing our mission, we will send people to level this place." Li Mu said coldly.

"Yes!"

Li Feng and Li Feng said in unison, this place frightened them terribly, if they can level this place in the end, they would naturally wish for it.

After repairing for a while, the navy took supplies and left here in a hurry.

At this time, in an open space outside Yancheng, civil and military officials accompanied Wang Lang to watch the test firing of new weapons.

While the craftsmen were preparing, Lin Huo asked, "Your Majesty, is this cannon really as amazing as you said?"

Wang Lang said with a smile: "It's natural. If the artillery made by the Ministry of Industry is really successful, it will change the mode of war. This thing will be the god of the battlefield."

Lin Huo was a little excited when he heard the words. If it was really as amazing as Wang Lang said, then he might not be able to fight against the possible attack of the dinosaurs.

After the craftsmen finished their preparations, they asked Wang Lang if he could start.

After Wang Lang's consent, for the sake of safety, the fuze of this experimental artillery was made very long.

The officials hid far away, watching the test launch through the binoculars in their hands.

The flames of "Zizi" burned rapidly, and the air was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder.

"boom!"

The violent rumbling sound seemed to shake the ground, fire snakes spewed out from the thick muzzle, and a solid iron bullet roared and drew a parabola in the air and flew into the distance at a fast speed.

The simple earth wall temporarily built in the distance collapsed instantly under the impact of the iron bullet, and the undiminished bullet bounced on the ground several times before stopping.

Everyone was stunned when they saw the power of this cannon. This small iron bullet was even more powerful than a trebuchet.

"Your Majesty, this... this... is this the power of artillery?" Lin Jian said dumbfounded.

Wang Lang smiled and said: "This is the artillery, the god of the battlefield in the future. This is a small-caliber artillery with a range of about 500 meters. This kind of artillery is used for field battles. In the future, we will make artillery with a larger diameter. Then I estimate that it can hit 1000 meters, and if you use this thing to defend the city, it must be very difficult to break through the city."

Listening to Wang Lang's explanation, everyone was deeply shocked by this humble artillery. With this thing, who else in the world is their opponent? .

At this moment, Mu Feng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to the cannon test firing, we have made another weapon today."

Wang Lang raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "What weapon?"

"I call this thing the Ten Thousand Arrow Chariot. It can shoot a large number of arrows at a time, and its power is not inferior to that of a longbow." Mu Feng said confidently,

"Could it be..." Wang Lang was startled, and had a rough guess.

Hastily said to Mu Feng: "Quickly get someone to take it out, let me see how powerful this Ten Thousand Arrow Chariot is."

"Yes!"

Mu Feng waved his hand to signal the craftsmen to start preparations.

Several craftsmen slowly pushed the Yiliang square two-wheeled vehicle on the open space, and took off the khaki cloth covering it, revealing the true appearance of the Ten Thousand Arrow Vehicle.

The first time he saw the Ten Thousand Arrow Chariot, Wang Lang immediately confirmed his guess, and secretly said: "It really is this thing."

This square carriage was loaded with densely packed bamboo tubes, and each bamboo tube contained two or three arrows, with no tail feathers attached to the end of the arrow shaft, and its appearance was exactly the same as the Shenji arrows in his impression of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, this thing is the Ten Thousand Arrow Chariot." Mu Feng said.

Wang Lang nodded. Although this thing was a partial weapon in the early firearms era, its power should be regarded as a weapon of mass destruction in this era.

"Let's see the power of this Ten Thousand Arrow Chariot." Wang Lang said with a smile.

When Mu Feng heard the words, he quickly signaled the craftsmen to make preparations.

The operation of this weapon is not complicated. After the craftsmen adjusted the angle, they ignited the fuze.

"Whizzing!"

As the fuze burned out, the arrows in the bamboo tube flew out obliquely like fireworks.

Looking at the arrows all over the sky, Wang Lang estimated that there were hundreds of arrows in this car.

The thrown arrows were inserted into the soil more than 100 meters away after falling. The effect of this round of attack was almost the same as that of a bow and arrow battalion's salvo.

A group of officials have opened their eyes today, whether it is artillery or magic arrows, they have subverted their perception of war.

If this kind of gunpowder weapon is on the battlefield, it will be a nightmare for the enemy. The power of gunpowder is not something that flesh and blood can resist.

"Your Majesty, this Ten Thousand Arrow Chariot is comparable to hundreds of archers. As long as our army is equipped with this kind of weapon, we will not be afraid of the enemy forming an array to fight. It can cause great damage when combined with artillery." Mu Feng spoke eloquently. talk.

Wang Lang nodded, and was very satisfied with the performance of the Ministry of Industry. This magical arrow was made without his own participation, which shows that the creativity of the craftsmen is worthy of recognition.

Looking at this alien version of the magic arrow, Wang Lang said: "In the future, the firearms department will focus on producing these two weapons. As for the artillery, try different calibers. It is so small that one person can carry it, and it is so big that it can fire projectiles weighing tens of kilograms." .”

"Your Majesty, why are there so many kinds of cannons? The current one is extremely heavy, and it is very inconvenient to move. It takes seven or eight people to lift it. If it is made to be carried by one person, it probably won't have much power. It has no power at all. Any use!" Mu Feng asked differently, he didn't think Wang Lang didn't even think of such a simple loophole.

"The current cannon is only a bronze cannon body, which is inconvenient to move. Don't you add wheels to it? It's not easy to pull something that weighs several hundred kilograms with livestock. This requires you to study carefully to see where the problem is. The power of the current artillery is good, but in my opinion, the power is still a bit insufficient. With the specifications of this artillery, it can hit at least 900 meters. I don’t know how to improve the distance, but you need to study it yourself.” Wang Lang said slowly.

Wang Lang's words made Mu Feng stunned for a while, looking at the cannon on the mound, he was overwhelmed by Wang Lang's idea of ​​adding wheels to the cannon, he didn't think of such a simple thing, secretly thinking that he was extremely stupid.

However, Mu Feng was a little speechless about what Wang Lang said about increasing the power of the artillery. In order to develop these artillery, the Ministry of Industry invested a lot of manpower and material resources to force out a fairly mature sample. It is simply the power of a god, but Wang Lang is still dissatisfied with this thing, he really doesn't know where to improve.

Wang Lang ignored the extremely tangled Mu Feng, walked to the cannon, carefully observed the cannon body, and saw that the test shot just now did not cause damage to the cannon body, so it seems that the cannon can be Into the actual combat.

Carefully touched the cannon body, although it had been cooled for so long, the cannon body was still a little warm, Wang Lang put his hand into the cannon barrel, and carefully groped along the inner wall.

Most of the inner wall of the gun barrel is very smooth, but occasionally there are some protrusions and depressions in some places.

Wang Lang frowned slightly. It seemed like a miracle that such a cannon hadn't exploded just now.

Seeing something wrong with Wang Lang's expression, Mu Feng quickly asked, "Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with this cannon?"

Wang Lang pondered for a while, and did not answer Mu Feng's words, but said: "Clean the barrel, and try firing again, with the same amount of charge as before."

Mu Feng looked at the cannon suspiciously, and called the craftsman to reload it.

Having seen the power of the artillery just now, there is no danger except for the earth-shattering sound. This time, they will test fire again after seeing it. The ministers want to watch the artillery firing at a close distance this time.

But their idea was quickly vetoed by Wang Lang. What a joke, if you want to watch a gun of this quality up close, you simply think your life is too long.

Under Wang Lang's compulsory request, the ministers had no choice but to retreat to their original places and watch with the binoculars in their hands.

Soon the craftsmen cleaned the barrel, loaded the shells, and after more than ten minutes of preparation, the long fuze was ignited.

"boom!"

The huge roar sounded again, this time the effect was almost the same as before, the artillery remained intact on the mound, and was not blown to pieces as Wang Lang imagined.

Wang Lang touched his chin in doubt, and said to himself, "Could it be that I'm thinking too much?"

After pondering for a while, he called Mu Feng and asked him to order the craftsmen to continue the test firing. If he could withstand firing ten rounds without exploding the barrel, then it proved that the unevenness in the barrel was not a serious problem.

The loading process of the front-mounted artillery is extremely slow, and it takes about 10 minutes to prepare for each shell fired. Although the speed can be improved when the artillery is formed in the future, for Wang Lang, who was born in the information age, this speed is too much. It's too slow.

When the sixth shot was fired, there was a deafening explosion, the gun exploded, the heavy gun barrel was thrown up by the huge explosion, the gun body was shattered and scattered everywhere, and the mound of the gun was almost razed On the ground, the scene was a mess.

Seeing such a horrific scene, everyone was very grateful. If Wang Lang hadn't ordered him to stay away from the artillery, he would have already flown into the sky and stood side by side with the sun by now.

(End of this chapter)