12 miles away~"

"Wind speed level 4~"

On the 'Great General', Li Yuanshan came to the deck where the artillery was arranged, took the binoculars, and used the knowledge he had learned here at the Maritime Academy to quickly calculate the many small Japanese ships that were rushing towards him.

"Gunpowder 10 into ~"

Then he calmly gave the order to reload the gunpowder.

"Captain, 10 into gunpowder, will it explode?"

It's just that as soon as his order was issued, someone next to him immediately said worriedly.

"Don't worry, this is a cannon made by Miyun Iron Works."

Li Yuanshan said very confidently, his eyes looked at the more than a dozen artillery pieces lined up on the deck, these dozen artillery pieces, it is very different from the artillery used by the Ming Dynasty army now.

These cannons were modified by Liu Jin according to the naval cannons widely used in Europe in the 17th century, and this kind of cannons also has a popular name called Hongyi cannon.

This kind of long cannon has many advantages, such as a long barrel, thick pipe wall, large caliber, and the overall shape gradually thickens from the muzzle to the tail of the gun, which conforms to the principle of high to low bore pressure when gunpowder is burned.

There are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body, and the gun can adjust the firing angle with this axis and change the firing range according to the amount of gunpowder; It is equipped with a front sight and a light gate, and the trajectory is calculated according to the parabola, with high accuracy, and the range is very long, theoretically up to 20 miles.

The most important thing in casting artillery is naturally the material.

Some people are worried about blowing up the chamber, which is not unreasonable, especially the artillery of the Ming army, because the military expenditure is deducted layer by layer, and the armament is slack, so the artillery manufactured is good, the quality is extremely poor, and the chamber is often blown up, so when the gunners are shooting, they often only dare to load a small amount of gunpowder when they are shooting, and they are afraid that the chamber will blow themselves up.

But the artillery made by Miyun Iron Factory is completely different, all these cannons are manufactured under the guidance of Liu Jin, which is directly made by Liu Jin using abrasives and pouring them with molten iron at one time, and all of them are made of the best steel.

Hearing Li Yuanshan's words, the people in charge of controlling the artillery looked at each other, and without any further hesitation, ten percent of the gunpowder was loaded in, and the artillery was quickly ready, and it could be fired at any time.

"Ignition~"

Li Yuanshan calculated slightly, and coldly gave the order to ignite the fire.

"Boom~~"

With the burning of the fuses, the muzzles of more than a dozen guns instantly erupted into flames, and at the same time, a deafening loud sound sounded.

"Buzz~Buzz~"

The ears of the people who were beside the artillery roared.

"I'll go~ This cannon is too powerful."

"It's not like I haven't fired artillery before, and the sound is no different from this one."

People who know the goods can't help but pluck out their ears and can't help but exclaim.

Just by listening to the sound, you can hear that the quality of this artillery is very good, ten percent of the gunpowder is added, this artillery has nothing to do, and the sound emitted is deafening.

"Knock~Knock~"

More than ten miles away on the sea, many Japanese ships that were moving rapidly here, accompanied by iron pellets falling from the sky, instantly rose on the sea surface one after another huge water columns.

"What a powerful artillery~"

A group of Matsuura Takanobu, who was paying attention to his every move on the battlefield, was taken aback, such a distance, the opponent's artillery was able to hit it, and it seemed that it was very accurate, and just a few of them almost hit.

"What kind of cannon is this?"

Matsuura Takanobu asked directly at what Wang asked.

"I don't know, as far as I know, the quality of the artillery on the Ming army's side is very poor, and it can only hit a few hundred meters."

Wang Zhi thought about it and shook his head and said.

"Just a few hundred meters?"

Takanobu Matsuura had a vague premonition.

"Who fired the cannon?"

"How can you hit someone far away?"

On the 'Huo Qu Sick', Dong Mu, the leader of the advance team, heard the huge sound of cannons, and immediately roared angrily.

"It's the cannon fired by Vice Captain Li~"

The people under him took a closer look and hurriedly replied.

"Mess around, no matter how far away, firing artillery will not hit the enemy at all, it will only waste gunpowder."

When Dong Mu heard this, he couldn't help but say, he still knows something about this, how far the Ming artillery can shoot, he knows very well.

However, his words fell, and in his field of vision, he saw huge columns of water rising from the sea on the side of the Japanese Invaders.

"This~"

He hurriedly came to the gun shooting deck of his ship, carefully looked at the dozen or so guns in front of him, and then groped around on them.

"What the hell is this?"

"The range is so far~"

Dong Mu was dumbfounded, the artillery in front of him was completely different from the artillery he had seen before, longer, thicker, and the artillery was very smooth, without a trace of potholes, and more importantly, this artillery, its barrel could not see a single gap, and at the same time, there were crosshairs and doors on it, and there were many numbers depicted on it.

"This is the Miyun cannon cast by the Miyun Iron Factory~"

On the side, the person in charge of directing the design was a person named Duan Ping, who was also a graduate of Tianjin University, and at this time he was holding a pen and a notebook in his hand, and a lot of numbers were recorded on it.

"Miyun Cannon?"

"This cannon is amazing."

After listening to this, Dong Mu nodded and said.

"Captain, may we open fire?"

Duan Ping asked.

"Open the cannon, kill these widows~"

Dong Mu nodded and ordered, and then said: "Send the order to all ships, and fire immediately!" ”

"Yes~"

The herald on the side immediately replied, and then the flag speaker began to convey Dong Mu's order with several flags of different colors.

"Boom~"

Dong Mu had just finished conveying the order, and more than a dozen artillery pieces on the 'Huo Quai' had also been fired.

Dong Mu's brain buzzed with a huge sound, and the whole person was a little dumbfounded, but he quickly picked up the telescope and looked at the sea in front of him.

"Knock~Knock~"

In the first round of shooting, one shot missed.

It is definitely not an easy task to shoot a moving ship on the rough sea, not to mention that there are still more than a dozen miles between the two sides.

"The distance is 11 miles, the wind speed is 4 miles, and the angle is lowered by one point~"

"Ten percent of gunpowder~"

Here, Duan Ping also held a telescope, carefully observing the first round of artillery shots, and then quickly took a pen and paper to write and draw, and calculated.

After calculating the corresponding data, he immediately gave a very calm order.

As soon as the gunner heard this, he began to operate with his face, reloading the gunpowder and adjusting the angle of fire.

"Shooting~"

As soon as the flag in Duan Ping's hand waved, more than a dozen artillery pieces roared again.

"Knock~Knock~"

On more than a dozen ships, a cannon began to roar.

All the people in charge of directing shooting on each ship are graduates of Tianjin Maritime College, and they are also very good students in mathematics.

Calculating data, calculating distances, these are basically what they must learn, and this is the right time to use.

"Kill~"

"Rush~"

On the sea, hundreds of Japanese ships rushed towards more than a dozen large ships, and the Japanese pirates on board were excited one by one.

"Knock~Knock"

Projectiles continued to fall towards them, rising huge columns of water on the surface of the sea.

"Boom~"

An unlucky Japanese ship, a cannonball fell on it very accurately, instantly smashed the small boat out of a huge hole, and the Japanese pirates near the hole suffered heavy casualties at once.

"Ah~"

The pirates and pirates let out screams of pain, and then began to panic, for the small ship had been hit by this cannon, and a large hole had appeared, and the sea water began to pour in far and wide.

"Rub~"

Before they could react, a crisp sound sounded, and the small boat broke directly into two, and the remaining pirates and pirates on board all fell into the sea at once, and began to struggle desperately.

"That's too accurate!"

Matsuura Takanobu wiped his eyes and looked at it with some disbelief, the second round of attacks just now directly destroyed 3 of his own ships.

3 ships are nothing, but the key is that the distance between the two sides at this time is more than ten miles, and it is a bit terrifying that the other party can hit at such a distance.

"Speed up and rush over~"

Matsuura Takanobu immediately roared angrily, as long as they were close, he believed that with the bravery of his men, he would definitely be able to easily take down the other party's ships.

However, the nightmare has only just begun.

After the first and second rounds of shooting, the person in charge of directing the shooting had a general understanding of the range, elevation angle, and parabola of the artillery.

Then it's time to really show off the technology.

"Target, 10 miles, wind speed level 4, angle down 2 squares, ten percent gunpowder~"

"Shooting~"

On the ships, the person in charge of directing the shooting kept calculating, and immediately ordered the attack after the calculation.

"Boom~"

With a deafening loud sound, one after another shells attacked the side of the Japanese group.

"Beautiful~"

Dong Mu has been looking at the group of Japanese ships with binoculars, and in his field of vision, under the third round of attacks, several Japanese ships were hit, directly punching huge holes in these ships, and the dense Japanese and pirates on the ship suddenly flew with flesh and blood.

"This cannon is too accurate!"

Dong Mu clenched his fists excitedly, it was incredible that he could shoot so accurately at such a distance.

This made him can't help but look at Duan Ping on the side, don't look at his age, only eighteen years old, and he was born with mud legs, holding a pen and a notebook, writing and drawing on the notebook, and directing the artillery bombardment so accurately, this is incredible.

"Attack~Attack~"

"Keep Shooting~"

"Kill this group of dog-raised widows~"