Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 398 The First Generation Matchlock Cannon
Ten miles outside Gaochang City, in a valley surrounded by cluttered rocks, it was surrounded by [-] elite Turkic cavalry, within five miles no one could approach.

Feng Daiwen, Duan Zhixuan, Li Chunfeng, Li Ke, Li Tai, five people and 800 people are located in the valley.

Diagonally in front of them were five huge steel cannons with two-foot-long barrels and muzzles larger than a human head. They were as dark as black holes, which could attract people's eyes into them.

The steel cannon is fixed on a steel frame, and there are big wheels made of Eucommia gum under the steel frame, which is not only convenient for transportation, but also helps to absorb shock when firing the cannon.

Several craftsmen are doing the final inspection and filling. Although the Xuanjia Army has fired many times, it will still be intensely inspected and inspected.

Until a captain raised a flag and waved it towards Feng Dawen, the artisan began to retreat.

"General Duan, from now until there is a new appointment in the Holy Spirit, you will be in charge of the artillery and spearmen. You should give this order." Feng Daiwen said with a serious Duan Zhixuan. After speaking, he took Li Ke and the three of them back Going to the side, he called the guards to raise their big shields, and guarded in front of Li Ke and others.

Duan Zhixuan nodded vigorously. He has seen the scene of gunpowder explosion, which can be said to be quite powerful. He is still a little afraid of this thing called steel cannon made of so many steel materials.

"Command, fill with solid bullets, target the mountain in front of you." Duan Zhixuan swallowed hard, and passed the order to the guards around him.

When the personal guard heard this, he immediately blew his whistle vigorously and waved the command flag in his hand.

This set of passwords is a set of instructions designated by Duan Zhixuan after repeated research, including command flags, specific colors, and a fixed number of times to wave them.

"Solid bullets!" Xuanjia army gunners and team commanders shouted loudly, and the gunners immediately got busy.

"Let go!" Seeing that the filling was completed, the team commander raised the command flag in his hand and swung it down violently.

Someone next to him immediately stepped forward, lit the fuse with a huge incense, and then quickly retreated behind.

"Bang! Bang!" There were five consecutive loud noises, and a puff of smoke rose from the battlefield.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!" There were also several muffled sounds from the mountain, and the stones continued to slide down.

Everyone stared dumbfounded at everything in front of them, including Feng Daiwen. He had seen it on TV before, but it was the first time that he fired a cannon right in front of his eyes. The loud sound and the rolling stones on the mountain showed its extraordinary power. Speaking of the distance of thousands of meters, this is the effect that catapults cannot do.

"Let's go and have a look." When no quintessence stone fell, Feng Daiwen came to his senses first, waved his hand and led the way.

"Okay, that's amazing." Li Tai said in surprise as he looked at the iron egg embedded in the stone.

"It's not bad!" Feng Daiwen took a closer look. It's not bad to be able to hit a stone into a large hemisphere of iron. Although it's not as good as the later generations, as the first generation of cannons, it is already very good.

"It's so powerful, why don't you just say it? Then what should I do?" Li Tai turned back and asked in disbelief.

"It depends on the follow-up research of the scientific research institute. If it is done to the extreme, it can open mountains and crack rocks with a single shot, and there will be no survivors in a radius of several feet." Feng Daiwen recalled and sighed.

"Subordinates must work hard and try their best to improve." Li Chunfeng said excitedly when he saw that such a powerful weapon came from his own hands, and also heard that it could become so powerful.

"People on leave, let's try a bomb." Feng Daiwen greeted Duan Zhixuan who was still looking around, and continued.

"Go, go..." Duan Zhixuan couldn't wait to greet him.

As the few people retreated, soldiers immediately excitedly led a hundred sheep and tied them loosely at the target place.

All of them looked excited, and kept looking at the mountain that had been shelled. Obviously, they were extremely looking forward to the fact that they were about to control such a magical weapon. Fortunately, they had good training so that no one would talk about it.

"Bang! Bang!" Two bangs, because it was an experimental bomb, only one cannon was used, one sound was fired, and two bangs exploded.

I saw the flock of sheep fell down in an instant, some were screaming, and some were struggling crazily.

Now there is no need to greet, Duan Zhixuan, Li Ke, Li Tai immediately ran to the flock, Feng Daiwen and Li Chunfeng also quickly followed.

"It's miserable! It's so miserable!" Li Tai looked at the fallen sheep, shook his head and sighed, but couldn't hide his excitement in his eyes.

I saw that many sheep were directly pierced by iron beads, the worst ones were like honeycombs, and some were bleeding from the seven orifices, but there were no scars. They were shocked to death by loud noises or frightened to death.

"Exciting, really exciting!" Duan Zhixuan praised repeatedly with a smile on his face.

Feng Daiwen looked at the smiling Duan Zhixuan, and understood his feelings. There is no general who would not like such a powerful army, and Li Shimin must let him lead, at least some of the troops will belong to him.

"Cross release, play a few rounds and see if there is any problem." Feng Daiwen calmly ordered.

"Of course!" Xuanjia soldiers replied loudly excitedly, and immediately took action.

For a moment, the valley remembered the continuous booming sound, and the pure stones on the cliff kept falling down.

After waiting for half an hour and more than ten rounds, it stopped. Everyone could feel the buzzing in their ears and their brains were swollen.

After stopping for a while, the valley filled with gunpowder became clear, but it was still filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Everyone shook their heads involuntarily, looking at the devastated cliffs in a daze, and some rubbed their eyes vigorously and swallowed their saliva in disbelief.

After waiting for a while, Feng Daiwen asked everyone to rest in place for an hour, and then carried out the musket experiment.

After enough rest, basically everyone calmed down, and only thirty musketeers lined up.

30 people, divided into three rows, shoot in three stages like archers, the first row squats to aim, the second row prepares, and the third row stands by with guns.

The first row of guns retreated to reload, the second row stepped forward to fire, then continued to retreat, and the third row stepped forward.

In actual battles, basically the shooting will not be too intensive, and the interval will be longer, because the first row has already brought down the enemy, and you need to wait for the enemy to charge up, and then fire the second shot, or rush past, and then fire the second gun.

After firing several rounds of the gun, the result was very satisfying. The iron balls released had a wide attack range and good penetration, and the barrel was not considered hot, just normal heat.

The same is true, the steel cannon experiment is also very good, there is no phenomenon of bombing or burning, and dozens of cannons have been fired, and there is no squib.

"Very good, clean up the battlefield and go back to celebrate. I will leave it to General Duan. Shaojian Li and I will go back and study it to see if there is any improvement." Feng Daiwen nodded in satisfaction and said to Duan Zhixuan.

(End of this chapter)