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This giant cannon prepared to pry open the defense of the Xiangjiang River is a knockoff imitated by Luo Zhengdao with reference to the old world Urban cannon, due to the relatively hasty preparation time, it is not as exquisite as the urban cannon of the other world in terms of processing details and workmanship, but it is not inferior in terms of performance.

The raft was used to carry the cannon with a single thick log, and the wooden gun carriage was tightly connected with the raft with shiny copper metal fasteners and arm-thick ropes, ensuring that the recoil of the cannon could be evenly transmitted to the raft below, so that the huge recoil would not be overturned into the sea by the huge recoil after a shot.

He never planned to use his own warship to fight the heavy fortress cannon in Xiangjiang, Luo Zhengdao had high hopes for this giant cannon, and made careful and meticulous preparations in advance, so as to ensure that every detail of the operation was as foolproof as possible, but this huge cannon was really not easy to serve.

Just talking about the thick barrel with a length of nearly 10 meters, the regular amount of stone pine powder that needs to be loaded, and the huge and heavy giant stone projectiles, it is not without the challenge of ammunition reloading, and the actual combat firing of this huge cannon is only 10 even under the most ideal shooting conditions. It is used to attack moving targets, and the effect is by no means described by the word "sorrowful", and it is probably too late to even turn the muzzle to aim, and it is easy to be responsible for hammering dead targets such as the battery.

"Crosswind correction, one from the left, forty rulers, three-quarters of the charge, ready for test firing."

In order to ensure that the attack on Xiangjiang was foolproof, Luo Zhengdao personally led the team on a raft to supervise the battle, several light and swift armed dinghys cruising back and forth in the waters near the left with a spinnaker, and not far from the rear was the flagship Avenger anchored. Vina Dubov was in charge of the position of artillery commander, so naturally she would not be absent from this operation, and the Yaling Overseer Salyl Byrne followed behind Luo Zhengdao silently as usual, as if she was a silent shadow, anyway, she had no intention of interfering in more affairs except for Luo Zhengdao's life. Captain Brando Scarlet was appointed as the temporary commander of the fleet, and took the rest of the pirate ships around the nearby waters to guard against the possible backlash of the dogs on the Xiangjiang side.

The veteran Zola Hegel was instructed to command the fastest warship, the Yangwei, to patrol the open sea to prevent the privateer fleet from being copied by the goblins.

After completing all the aiming procedures, a gunner with an igniter approached the cannon from the side, and after a light touch, the stone pine powder in the medicine pool at the top of the cannon began to burn and emitted wisps of white smoke. Having already seen the terrifying scene of this big man in the previous training in the 6 places, the gunner who quickly retreated eagerly put the earbuds into the ear holes, and loudly reminded his companions:

"Everybody plug their ears and open their mouths."

"Boom-"

Suddenly, the excessively muffled sound of the cannon came into the scene, and at close range, the sound of the cannon did not have the crisp feeling that a firearm should have, but it was like being next to a ringing bell, so that people could not hear the bell and could only feel the almost substantial shock wave transmitted to the whole body, so that even the teeth could not help but "rattle and rattle" sharply.

"Hit! The battery has collapsed! Banzai! ”

Just a few seconds later, the large-scale special stone projectile crossed a parabola with a graceful arc in the air, and hit the Xiangjiang No. 4 fort made of boulders impartially. The moment it was hit by a stone bullet, the seemingly impregnable artillery barrier was like a building block that had been slapped down by a naughty child, silently disintegrating into countless stones and dust that flew into the air.

Seeing this scene, the gunners of the merchant group stationed in several other forts were undoubtedly frightened, and an officer from the son of the joint boss of the Xiangjiang Chamber of Commerce nervously scolded his subordinates and said:

"Bastard, why don't you shoot back?"

Hearing this, the gunners under him who still had some common sense were about to cry, and the commander of the battery explained:

"Sir, the distance here is too far, we can't hit it that far with a double charge!"

"Then reload triple the ammunition and return fire at once, what do you mean by shaking your head? You kid must be collaborating with the enemy! ”

Seeing that the officer's saber was already on his neck, this ordinary-looking artillery commander dared to say one more word, it would definitely be a death!

Forced into desperation, the gunners trembled and filled the 48-pounder fortress cannon with more than twice the normal amount of lycopodium spore powder, and they were praying for the blessing of the gods in their hearts.

"Boom-"

After a roar, even the 48-pound shell fired with a strong charge could not reach the raft on which the cannon was located a little and a half nautical miles away, and the distance was more than five hundred yards, and the shell lost power and fell into the sea, leaving no movement but a splash.

Seeing this, the battery commander's eyes were red, and he roared sharply and shouted:

"Fill four times the amount of stone pine powder, and if you hear it, you will do it immediately."

The top boss of his own family is undoubtedly a two-hundred-and-a-half-year-old man, and the following gunners are considered professionals no matter how poor their level is, of course they know that the charge of the cannon is not easy to change at will, and if it is not good, it will kill people. Dear, just now they used a triple charge that was already gambling on character, and now they can not die, it belongs to the miracle of the world with green smoke on the ancestral grave, and then try to quadruple the charge, I bought a watch last year, which clearly shows that the old birthday star eats arsenic, you are tired and crooked!

"Whoever loves comes, Lao Tzu will not serve."

At this time, the earth-colored gun commander put his hand on the gunner's dagger he carried with him, and if this stupid boss did not know how to restrain himself, then he would rather have a white knife in and a red knife out, which was better than being killed by his own cannon. The gunners who were surrounding them also adopted a passive attitude of withdrawing from the sidelines, their faces gloomy, their eyes looking up and down at the commander, and the cold eyes looked quite unkind.

Just when a bloody case was about to explode, the Second Ancestor Commander realized that although he was very stubborn, his IQ had not degenerated to the point where he could only shout who my father was. Immediately, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly said with a smile:

"Quadruple the charge, hit one, reward one hundred gold coins, who wants to try?"

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and in the face of a huge bounty that can make his family live a comfortable life for twenty years, after a short silence, someone is really moved. After a short time, several daredevils filled the barrel with four times the amount of lycopodium spore powder, and the gunner in charge of igniting the fire deliberately improvised a size-long fuse and inserted it into the medicine pool.

"Bang! Rumble ......"

With a loud bang, golden flames as blazing as the midday sun swept across the top of the battery, and the raging waves of fire were like volcanic eruptions, which ignited the ammunition barrels that were stored on the lower floor of the zài fort, and an even greater disaster followed. In an instant, a gray-black mushroom cloud rose up and engulfed the entire battery, and those bronze cannons weighing hundreds of kilograms were like pieces of paper that were blown into the sky by the flame storm set off by the explosion, and no one could survive such a tragic explosion unless he also hung up.

Seeing the tragedy of their own forts, this tragic scene fell in the eyes of the defenders of several other forts, and suddenly their confidence in winning was a little less. An officer paced back and forth with extreme anxiety and muttered:

"Our artillery does not have enough range, what to do? What to do? ”

This problem is not only that the soldiers and officers on the front line feel that their eyebrows are burned, and when they learn the news of the attack of the pirate fleet, and know that they are using large-caliber cannons to clear their own batteries one by one, the leaders of the Xiangjiang Merchant Group are not so anxious that they are like a group of ants on a hot pot are circling around the council hall! If someone can come up with a good way to break the siege at this time, asking for 100,000 gold coins, no, even 1 million gold coins, they will buy it without even blinking an eye, the key is that no one can do it!

"Fire Attack Ship! Yes, we still have fire attack ships, send all fire attack ships out at once, and be sure to blow up that damn cannon. ”

Like a desperate overboard trying to grasp the last straw, the merchant group united the nominal prime minister, while taking out a silk handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, while talking about the last trump card they held in their hands with a frantic expression.

That's right, the strength of the merchant group joint private fleet stationed in Xiangjiang Port is weak, except for a limited number of old battleships that act as the queen of the dock all year round, full-time to support the scene for the master, and by the way to scare those brave bandits, the warships jointly equipped by the merchant group are light and fast ships such as cruisers and frigates.

No matter how much the Goblin Second Empire pretends to be deaf and dumb, it can't watch Xiangjiang Port accumulate a powerful fleet, God knows if one day the merchant group will feel that their wings are stiff, and they will have other thoughts, and then the goblins will not lift a stone and shoot themselves in the foot, it will really become a big joke.

It is said that the Xiangjiang fleet jointly raised by the merchant group is also used to expel pirates, but it is a pity that Luo Zhengdao is a traverser and has never taken an ordinary path.

The privateer fleet created by Luo Zhengdao is not set up with reference to the standard of ordinary pirate gangs going out to plunder, it can be said that it is a regular fleet without a regular navy number, and it is ignorant to bump into him, an opponent who does not play according to the routine, and it is not uncommon for the merchant group to fall into bad luck this time. Let's imagine that a fifth-class battleship with four sixth-class battleships would go for a ride, and it would be rare for a small country's navy to have such a luxurious configuration of a subfleet. The use of such a powerful detachment for miscellaneous tasks such as patrolling the coastline and chasing down pirates is a waste of precious naval resources, and when it comes to the decisive battle against the ocean, it is really too small to be used by these warships.