Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 312 Enhanced Italian Cannon

"My lord, my two brothers are incompetent! They were defeated by Cao Mengde!"

In Yuan Shao's mansion in Yecheng, Jizhou, Yan Liang and Wen Chou knelt in front of him and pleaded guilty.

"It doesn't matter, Cao Mengde still has some strength. It is impossible to defeat Cao Mengde with only one hundred thousand troops, otherwise he would not be Cao Mengde!"

Yuan Shao continued to draw without raising his head in front of the table, as if he didn't pay attention to Cao Cao at all.

"Have you found out the reality of that fellow Cao Mengde?"

Yuan Shao asked again.

"We've found out, we've found out! Bandit Cao's soldiers are not too elite, and they are not much different from our army, so we fought head-on. Brother and I defeated Cao Cao several times!"

Wen Chou answered.

"It's all written in these battle reports. What I want is the key point, the key point!"

Yuan Shao threw down the brush in his hand, then stared at Yan Liangwenchou in front of him, and shouted loudly.

"Well, yes, yes, Cao Mengde can mobilize no more than 20 horses, and Cao Cao is good at using tricks. As long as the lord is careful and does not give Cao Cao a chance to use tricks, he will definitely defeat Cao Cao and win Yanzhou!"

Yan Liang quickly replied.

"Well, okay, then after the autumn harvest next year, I will mobilize all my troops to attack Yanzhou. After defeating Cao Mengde, I can take Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou. By then, there will be seven states in the fourteen states of the Han Dynasty. In our hands, who else in the world can fight against me at that time, hahahaha! Hahahaha!"

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha!"

Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked at each other and laughed.

Liaozhou, inside the Liao Palace.

"My lord, Jin Yiwei has sent a secret guard. Yan Liang Wenchou, who was sent by Yuan Shao to attack Yanzhou, has retreated back to Jizhou."

Yang Jindao reported to Liu Wei with a secret report.

"Hehe, it's expected, but it's unexpected that Yan Liangwen and Chou survived!"

After Liu Wei finished listening, he turned around and said in a low voice.

"What? My lord, what did you say?"

It was unexpected that Yan Liangwen Chou didn't die, but Yang Jindao didn't catch it.

"Oh, it's okay. Since Yuan Shao is determined to fight Cao Cao to the end, if we don't do something when they start the war, I'm really sorry for the opportunity they gave me."

Liu Wei pondered for a moment, and asked, "How is the matter of installing the wheels for the Italian cannon going?"

"My lord, it's useless for you to ask me about this, you have to ask Master Ma Junma!"

Yang Jindao waved his hand and said helplessly.

"Okay, let's go, let's go to the arsenal with me, I just happened to see how powerful the large-caliber artillery is!"

After speaking, Liu Wei brought Yang Jindao and Hubenwei to Xiangping Arsenal.

"Subordinates see the prince!"

Seeing Liu Wei's arrival, Li Yong and Ma Jun hurriedly knelt down to salute.

"No, get up!"

Liu Wei waved to the two, and then continued, "Where's my Italian cannon?"

"My lord, this way please!"

With a mask on his face, Ma Jun led Liu Wei to an open space, where there was a big guy wrapped in a black cloth.

Ma Jun no longer stutters, and speaks very fluently. Ma Jun said: "My lord, this is the enhanced version of the Italian cannon. Please look at it, my lord!"

As he said that, Ma Jun lifted the black cloth covering the enhanced version of the Italian gun, and then introduced: "Please look, my lord, the Italian gun has an enlarged bore, a thicker wall, and a larger barrel than the original standard. It has also been lengthened, this Italian cannon weighs a full three thousand catties!"

Liu Wei looked at the dark cannon and nodded in satisfaction. He knew that the Hongyi cannon used in the Qing Dynasty was only 250 catties, but this cannon weighed [-] catties, so it was really difficult to transport.

Liu Wei walked to the cannon, patted the strong body of the cannon, felt very good, and then asked, "How powerful is this guy?"

"Hey, my lord, I dare not say this. After all, I haven't tried a gun yet. No one can say for sure, but I guess the effective range you mentioned can reach this number!"

As he spoke, Ma Jun stretched out five fingers.

"500 meters? Well, that's about the same. Pull it out and show me how powerful it is!"

After Liu Wei finished speaking, soldiers came in immediately, came to the side of the cannon, and wanted to push the cannon out.

"One, two, three, hey!"

The group of soldiers chanted and pushed hard, but unexpectedly the cannon was not pushed.

"Stupid, this thing is not pushed like that!"

Ma Jun came over, and then ordered someone to bring a pair of wheels, put them in front of the cannon, leveled the tilted cannon, and added a pair of wheels from the back, a total of three pairs, six wheels.

Pushing again this time, it is really much easier, but it is still slow. After all, it is a big guy weighing more than 3000 kilograms. Can you pull it without wasting your strength?These more than 30 soldiers exerted all their strength and pulled forward desperately.

After a long time of hard work, the cannon was finally pulled out and placed on a flat ground.

"Gao Qiang, I'll leave the rest to you!"

"Here!"

Liu Wei handed Gao Qiang the enhanced version of the Italian cannon, and Gao Qiang led his men to rush up. First, he set the cannon at an angle, and then studied the dosage of the cannon.

After working for half an hour, it was over.

After finishing his work, Gao Qiang raised the green flag to indicate that Liu Wei had finished loading.You can give the order to fire.

Liu Wei nodded to Gao Qiang, indicating that he could start.

"preparation!"

Gao Qiang raised the small red flag, waved it down, and shouted, "Fire!"

"Chucky!"

The artillerymen ignited the fuze and made a chirping sound.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the green smoke, there was a huge roar, and Liu Wei stared closely at the shells ejected after the flames passed.

I saw that the shell flew more than 600 meters and nearly 700 meters.

Liu Wei clapped his hands and applauded. This is a big killer. If the distance is within 500 meters, it is estimated that two or three cannonballs can blast open the city gate.

Liu Wei is still very satisfied with the power of this cannon. After all, the effective range of the Fran cannon in the Qing Dynasty was less than 2000 meters. He, a layman and Ma Jun, can produce a cannon with an effective range of 500 meters, which is already very good.

"Okay, how long will it take for this guy to make one?"

Liu Wei asked Ma Jun.

Hearing Liu Wei's question, Ma Jun immediately showed a bitter expression, and said, "My lord, we still need to make weapons, armor and agricultural tools from our steel, and the molds for these things are not easy to make. It took me nearly a year to build a cannon, and it failed three times before it was built, and all the craftsmen put down their other work to build it together."

"Oh, that's it! That's fine, let's not make it for now, this one is enough for the time being, but you don't have to cast this cannon at once, you can try to disassemble the barrel Cast it, then put it back together!"

Liu Wei forgot that this was Ma Jun's first time working on this thing, and he almost didn't know anything about it, and he made it entirely by the hints he gave him.

(End of this chapter)