The New Civilization of Witches
Chapter 81: Artillery training
Every day the Van'er group had to train for two to three hours with a new weapon,
and even after the training was over, Van'er had to go back to the wall to continue his old, boring job.
One of the men from Van'er's dorm has signed up for a new firearm squad, and now he has a new firearm and stands behind him to show off the weapon.
If discipline had not prohibited dissension, Van'er would have put up his hateful mouth. However, Van'er also thought there was something suspicious.
Didn't my countryman join the firearm squad just a few days ago?
However, they are allowed to directly start their shooting training through fighting against demonic beasts, but what about our artillery team?
We were not even allowed to shoot. Moreover, the cannon was extremely heavy, it was impossible to move it against the wall.
When he looked up at the wall, he could see that the wall was almost full of people standing side by side in pairs.
Normally, everyone was used to running on the inside of the wall-walk. Even if it was steep, it was still better than interrupting the fighting movements of teammates.
As for the cannon.the two wheels alone were wider than the entire wall, and using the cannon to shoot down didn't seem very practical.
Could this ... cannon not be used against demonic beasts?
The next exercise confirmed his conjecture.
Iron Axe brought four artillery teams to the river.
There, Van'er discovers - though he doesn't know when it happened - a
"the real big "ship!
No. .. he wasn't sure if it was right to call it a boat.
The shell appeared to be made of the same gray stone used to build the wall, and was very wide but short in size.
So other than the two bare poles, are there any other similarities with the ship?
On this matter, he and his teammates discussed warmly.
“This is clear pontoon bridge,”
the first to conclude was Jop, who was included in the team that followed the ship that transported the ore to Longsong Fortress.
Because of this, he often considered himself knowledgeable.
“They built the deck so wide to be more stable! During my journey south I saw many of them,
and if this is a ship, then how can it be driven by the wind?
Previously, the river was too wide to wade, and a decade ago the former bridge was washed away by flooding.
Now the former bridge must be replaced with this pontoon bridge.
They would just place a few of them side by side and connect them with the iron chains to make them more stable!
“The furthest place you've ever been is Longsong Stronghold, yet you call yourself knowledgeable,”
scorn Rodney,
“If this is a pontoon, why does it have two poles?
Don't they have to worry about being blown by the wind?
“And when you look to the end, don't you see the steering wheel?
Ponton does not need this.”
Nelson jumped into the frying pan to help Rodney.
These two brothers will take every opportunity given to vent their anger,
“In addition, see the construction between the two poles, isn't that the cabin?
it's not done yet. This is a ship, no doubt about it.
For Van'er, this discussion was not very interesting, he was only concerned with the content of his next training.
For his luck, he immediately got his answer when the Iron Axe asked them to drag the horse pulling the cannon towards the Little City –
yes, this is the name of the ship, personally appointed by His Majesty.
After listening to Iron Axe's introduction, Jop's face suddenly became stiff, while the two brothers instead showed a triumphant expression of –
and then they started dragging cannons onto the deck of the ship.
On the deck there are two groups of pole stops, each group consists of four poles.
This apparently showed that one ship could store two cannons. Well, with this, Van'er is sure that they will not be needed to deal with the demon beasts –
The Chishui River flows from North to South, and there is no great river hidden in the forest filled with demons. .
When they started for the first time, they soon discovered the ship's incredible stability.
Even though the river was rushing around the hull, the ship remained motionless; it felt like it was standing on solid ground.
Only when the horses came to the ship did they feel a slight swing.
Van'er also noted that when a team finishes their shooting practice, Iron Axe will count the time and take notes.
When Van'er saw that there were only two places for the cannon, it was clear that only the two fastest would get a place on the ship.
So, Van'er secretly recounted his discovery to his entire group, which immediately increased their strength, with everyone putting in at least 10 percent more effort into training.
If they were not chosen for the artillery team, after losing a lot of face, their lives would become even more trivial, but the most important thing was that they would not get a better pay!
Van'er had to wait until the seventh day, but he eventually received his first live shooting training.
On this day, His Highness the Prince also came to visit the scene, watching the artillery exercises.
Everyone in the four groups walked with wide chests and big steps.
Due to their training, his group became quite familiar with cannon loading, so it didn't take long until the first shots were fired by Van'er's team.
This was the first time he had seen the power of a cannon.
With a deafening roar, the cannonball shot out and landed about 500m away in the snow, spitting out a lot of snow and mud into the air,
and after that, it bounced once again into the air. With his eyes, it was impossible for Van'er to trace the iron ball.
Seeing this, Van'er wonders how the Prince, managed to make such a terrifying weapon.
If you have to face an artillery barrage, even with body armor, I'm afraid it will be worth it.
After each shot, the group was changed and the Prince ordered someone to mark the landing position.
After that, he let someone measure the distance between the muzzle and the flag.
After four rounds, it was Van'er's turn again, but then he heard the command to change the angle of the cannon.
A scale marked 0, 5, 10, 25, and 30 was placed at the end of the cannon, where the wagon was connected.
Although Van'er saw this scale, he did not understand what it meant, but as long as they just followed the instructions, everything would be fine. Iron Axe shouted,
“Shoot in corner 5!” Hearing this command, Jop, who was the person with the greatest power in Van'er's team, took out the ramrod, put it in his muzzle, and then took it,
wait for them to open the hook holding the barrel at right angles, and press it up until the scale shows 5 and the hook goes in.
Compared to the angle of the barrel at the beginning, where the barrel is rather low, the barrel is now pointed slightly higher.
This shows that the scale marks how high or low the barrel snout points to the sky.
When everything was ready, each group fired one more shot with a new angle, and after each shot, the distance was also measured.
Van'er was gradually able to understand what the Prince was doing.
He recorded the distance of each shot fired, and the higher the angle of the barrel, the higher the iron ball would fly.
This was the point where Van'er could use his experience from shooting with a bow, the higher his goal, the farther the arrow would fly.
The flatter the shooting angle, the earlier the arrow hits the ground.
However, he did not think about it in the case of cannons. Just because it was faster, its flying distance would be much longer.
Suddenly, he got this crazy idea - if the iron ball got faster and faster, could it never stop?
*
On the Chishui River, the testing phase of the Little City was also underway.
Since Wendy will act as the ship's driving force, the ship's personnel must be completely reliable.
So, Roland chose some people who already knew about the witches as the first crew of the Little City.
Carter becomes the captain, the helmsman is Brian, the sailor who has to set the screen is Carter's subordinate, and the correspondent's job falls to Titus Pyne, Nana's father.
These people were in frequent contact with the witches, so coupled with their own mental transformation where they put aside their prejudices towards the witches, there should be no problem.
In the case of Sir Pyne, the case was even smaller, because his favorite daughter was a witch.
