Chapter 178 ·Suitesen’s special cannon

  The unexpected guest in the lord’s castle is Olasif Piazza, the wood elf woodland lord.

The guy who used to be arrogant and arrogant has become more and more calm now. Although he is still a little arrogant and arrogant in his demeanor, Olasif has restrained a lot. too impressed.

The woodland lord rides on a stag, wearing fine scales made by wood elves, a luxurious cape draped over his shoulders, and the stag helmet worn by Olasif is shimmering green, symbolizing the enchanted forest. With the blessing of Lauren Loren, he and his entourage stood in the courtyard. Each of these Acelai was carrying a recurve longbow and a dagger around his waist, constantly looking at the changes in the human gathering place.

   Seeing that Baron Draco was back, the woodland lord took the initiative to say hello. He stretched out his right hand: “We meet again, Lailun.”

“Good noon, Draco’s friend, Olasif, what happened when you came to my territory?” Lailun dismounted and shook hands with Olasif. He noticed the wood elf standing behind the woodland lord. They, their faces are a little young and immature, and they have obviously not experienced the baptism of war.

“The Woodland Council responded to your request for assistance. Queen Marist specially ordered me to lead a team to come to support. This is Her Majesty’s hand letter.” Olasif explained to Lailun: “The army that came with me, three A team of Woodland Guards, two teams of Eternal Guards, a team of Woodland Riders, and three Rangers.”

While speaking, behind Olasif walked out three wearing deerskin cloaks and exquisite scale armor made by wood elves, with dark green scarves on their faces, and only a pair of eyes could be seen. They nodded slightly and expressed their respect to Xiang Lailun. .

“The rangers work for the Woodland Council, and in the forest are responsible for cleaning up some of the corrupt, evil, and vicious dryads that are hostile to Athrai…. In short, the three of them can provide a great deal of Great help.” The woodland lord introduced Lailun.

   “Well, I see…” Lailun narrowed his eyes, focusing on Ace Lai’s army.

   They looked too young, and they seemed to be young wood elf recruits who had just been trained for a few years. Lailun was very surprised.

What did the   wood elves take the offensive he prepared?

   A friendly outing?

The wood elf woodland lord was keenly aware of the change in Lailun’s expression, he coughed lightly, and said half-heartedly: “Lord Lailun… In order to celebrate your canonization as a baron, the Woodland Council has also prepared several gifts for you. , as a token of your friendship with Lauren Loren, and the Woodland Council expresses its full cooperation with you in this operation.”

   “Well, no problem, with the addition of Ace Lai, at least the beastmen in the forest can’t play hide-and-seek with us.” Lai Lun’s tone was very calm: “We will cooperate with each other to eradicate the threat in the forest.”

“…That’s it, I’ll leave first, Lailun.” Olasif nodded, then took his entourage to the Wood Elf trading post north of Oak Town, where the camp of Ace Lai’s army was stationed there.

   In late September, the temperature is no longer as warm as summer, and the cold wind blows across the boundless fields.

   “My lord, I have observed the army of wood elves these past few days.” Nikas Francis snorted coldly: “Hmph~ They really have a good plan!”…

“The wood elves use the war we launched to train new recruits.” Adrian also complained, but he remained calm and said nothing in particular: “The wood elves want the recruits to get the training of the war, but they are afraid of losing them. These recruits, so they will actively join us in this fall war, so that their recruits can both be trained and avoid a lot of losses, and they can be trained well before winter at the latest.

   “Yes, yes.” Hector, who was standing beside him, felt the same way.

   Forest warfare is the home ground of the Wood Elves. This time, they fought together advantageously. Even if they encountered a threat, they had no time to retreat to allow the human army to reach them and suffer the greatest casualties. It simply brought the characteristics of dragging the thighs of allies to the extreme.

   Three of Draco’s sergeants stood behind Lailun. They had chosen a test gun location in the field, waiting for the demonstration in the middle of the field.

Eight heavy artillery pieces are lined up, including four cannons, three mortars, and one with a strange shape, more like a repeating gun that has been magnified several times. There are nine small barrel artillery, these artillery pieces. All were placed on a drag wagon, with huge cast-steel wheels allowing them to move faster.

   Several human apprentices arranged the artillery positions, while washing the gun chambers, loading black powder packets and solid shells.

And the human engineer Benny Sutson, wearing a pair of crystal observation glasses and a slanted kite hat, and the dwarf engineer Kager, one person and one dwarf adjusted the elevation angle of the artillery without haste, and measured them one by one with precision instruments. The optimum angle has been reached to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

A few minutes later, with the sound of Sutterson’s drink, the rest of the artillery crew retreated behind the artillery, leaving only eight gunners responsible for igniting the leads, while the human engineer and dwarf engineer walked to Lailun’s side, Taking off his hat, he said, “Baron Lailun, I have made four cannons, three mortars, and one **** chain shock cannon for you.”

“Human boy, if it weren’t for the help of our dwarves, just based on the drawings you gave, I dare to swear with my beard, no one can help you cast it!” Kag, who was standing by the side, snorted dissatisfiedly, Su Tesson scratched his head and smiled.

The dwarves of the Bronzebeard clan helped him a lot, otherwise he would not be able to successfully forge artillery in a short period of time, even in the most advanced Nunn Gun Factory, a batch of ten artillery pieces were forged, and they could finally be put into use. No more than five doors at most.

“These cannons cost me more than 800 gold coins. My engineers, the baron’s last remaining money has been emptied.” Lailun smiled and said, with no more income. Next, only basic maintenance gold coins remained in the vault of the Baron Draco.

   From nearly ten thousand gold coins at the beginning of the year to almost no money available now, all the money has been thrown into the development of the territory, but the benefits brought by continuous investment are also obvious.

“Although the cost is a little more expensive, my baron, the quality of these artillery pieces is definitely more reliable than other places!” Sutterson said with a smile: “You get what you pay for, my baron, you will find it worth your money. !”

   “I also believe that will be the case.” Lailun smiled bitterly. He walked past the artillery pieces one by one and looked around. …

  Cannons and mortars are the most basic artillery pieces, and everyone present is familiar with them. The largest cannon in the old world is Middenheim’s moat cannon “Urik’s Thunder”, and the loaded shells need a giant to carry it.

  Lailun came to the end, in front of the special cannon with nine barrels, and he asked with interest: “But then again, Sutersen, what is this special cannon?”

   “This is the only **** chain shock cannon I just mentioned, Baron.” The engineer reached out and touched the pitch-black body of the cannon, “My proud work.”

“Hell Chain Shock Cannon?” Lailun carefully observed this special cannon. Its nine barrels were divided into three salvo arrays, which revolved around a main axis. Three hammer-bearing gryphons stood behind the cannon. shaped excitation device.

   Just looking at the appearance, it is difficult to associate it with the word “hell”.

“The Hell Shock Chain Cannon was a deadly invention of the crazy engineer Von Meinhopt decades ago. I added some key components to his finished drawings and improved a lot.” Sutersen revolved around this He began to explain the special points of the serial shock gun: “Compared with the cannon, the barrel of the serial shock gun limits its range, and it does less damage to buildings, and the hit rate has always been a big problem.”

   “It doesn’t sound like it’s good at all, Mr. Sutterson.” Francis frowned subconsciously.

   “Please listen to my introduction first, Sir Francis.” The human engineer raised his hand to indicate that he had been in the Baron of Draco for more than a month, and he was already familiar with each other of these baron’s esteemed sergeants.

“Of course there are disadvantages. It has a short range and less power, but it has greater firepower coverage and salvo power.” Suterson explained in earnest: “The three groups of salvo arrays rotate around a main axis, which makes The artillery can quickly unleash a deadly storm of lead bullets on the enemy. The artillery crew can fire all three groups of artillery arrays, or take turns to fire. As long as the timing of the operation is right, it is entirely possible to knock down a whole team of enemies with a single salvo. !”

“I understand, the serial shock cannon is similar to the musket, but the effect and firepower are far better than the musket, and it will have unexpected effects on the enemy equipped with heavy armor.” Lailun immediately understood the stakes: “Volley, take turns shooting , acts to contain the charge and efficiently destroy the enemy… Since this is the case, in the battle, the chain shock gun needs to be placed in the front or middle position of the position.”

   “That’s right, Lord Lailun, you have already understood its advantages.” Suterson nodded again and again.

   “Not much to say, let’s start the test firing, let’s see how powerful the artillery is.”

“no problem!”

   Several stone houses as targets stood at the end of the test firing range, with a range of about 450 meters. The first test firing was four cannons.

While commanding the gunner, Sutterson explained his improvements: “You must be careful when using black powder and the war machine it drives. I have seen too many accidents in engineering school, and there are many reasons that lead to a Accidents, such as a problem with the powder mixture, it may fail to ignite, or detonate prematurely, with devastating consequences for anyone nearby. If the barrel is not cast to standard, or it may fail due to poor maintenance If it ages or cracks, it will explode.”…

“So, in order to reduce the risk of a series of accidents such as blasting the chamber, I used the concentrated black powder developed for many years, and each gun is equipped with fixed-load powder. The advantage is that the combustion is more thorough, the power is stronger, and the loading It’s also a lot faster.”

   “Fire!”

   “Boom boom boom—”

The test firing of the cannon made Lailun very satisfied. Several stone houses that were used as targets were blown into ruins by solid cannonballs. One of the cannonballs was slightly shifted, and the cannonball landed far more than 600. In the woods meters away, several large trees were smashed, causing a burst of dust.

   “Taal’s teeth are so powerful…” Francis’ Adam’s apple stirred, and Adrian and Hector beside him nodded in agreement.

   “Very good, very good!” Lailun sighed approvingly.

   With the direct firepower of the cannon, the several dwarf ballistas that I made earlier are now completely useless.

   “Don’t worry, Lord Baron, there is also the test firing of the special mortar.” Sutsen was very satisfied with the test firing of the cannon.

  The three mortars on the field finally adjusted their positions, and the gunner was ready to fire.

“These three are my highest achievements, each of their cannonballs is engraved with the mark of the Holy Hammer Gaelmara, the silver of the triple blessing.” Sutersen continued: “The improved shooting arc, The cannonballs can be bombarded farther and nearer, and the cannonballs blessed by the priest have unexpected power on those desecrated creations.”

   “Peng-Peng-Peng-”

As Sutterson said, after the gunner ignited, the cannonball fired from the muzzle was impartial and landed in the circle drawn 300 meters away. The targets on the armor, the shrapnel and the steel **** hidden in it will tear the armor to pieces.

   “The effect is good, the role of the catapult was completely replaced by the mortar.” Lailun nodded.

“Of course, Brother Lailun, the old machines like catapults should have been eliminated long ago!” Kaggar-Bronzebeard said with a smile: “My baron, these cannons are enough to solve the trouble! Rest assured, leave it to us. Come on, whoever you ask us to hit, we promise to kill them!”

“Well, I’m very happy to hear this.” Lailun nodded again and again, “Not only the artillery, but also the gunners who operate the artillery, they are also very important, Suterson, Kag, the gunners of the artillery group you handed over to you are well trained. How’s it going? Can you keep your composure on the battlefield and make no mistakes?”

“It will take some time, my baron.” Suterson answered Lailun’s question: “A qualified gunner needs to fire at least ten times with live ammunition. The battlefield changes rapidly, and everyone has the possibility of accidents, so the artillery crew The skills that members need to master include: emergency maintenance, loading, field observation, etc., to ensure non-stop fire.”

“Okay, I’ll give you two weeks to get used to and run in. After two weeks, these eight artillery pieces will become the key to the war.” Lailun did not rush to rush. There is still some preparation time for the autumn war, which is enough for the artillerymen to be skilled. : “Don’t worry, the artillery position will be protected by the halberd company, and try to protect your flanks as much as possible. My request is only one, fast-accurate-ruthless!”

“clear!”

   “Haha~ no problem!”

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