Chapter 1193: The sky is falling apart
"The distance is seven hundred paces, if you are condescending, the position of the muzzle is inclined to thirty-five degrees, considering the wind speed and altitude difference, and it can be reached by filling eight and a half catties of medicine. Unless the barrel can't withstand it,"
Guo Kun asked nervously, "Brother-in-law, will this work?" ”
Lin Jue didn't answer, but kept saying to Liang Qi: "Move, move." The barrel is three inches lower, yes, yes, it looks like this. ”
Guo Kun turned his head helplessly and looked at the people around him. Everyone was also confused, and they didn't know the bottom of their hearts. The firing range of this Shenwei cannon is only 500 steps, and it should be no problem to fight 700 steps from a high position. But it stands to reason that the muzzle of the cannon should be aimed at the target, Lord Lin wrote and painted for a long time, and insisted on pointing the muzzle of the cannon at the sky, no matter how you look at it, it looks like hitting the air. The crowd didn't understand. Originally, Lord Lin proposed the idea of bombarding the flame car in front of the battle with the only Shenwei general cannon, but everyone still thought it was feasible. Now there is no bottom in my heart.
Lin Jue didn't have the time to care about their thoughts, Shenwei Cannon spent a lot of manpower to move from the back mountain of the West Mountain to the eastern slope of the East Mountain, and finally found a flat ground to settle on, and he was busy calculating the trajectory, so he had no time to care about what everyone was thinking. Because of the distance, Lin Jue had to rack his brains to recall what he had learned on the earth back then, and Lin Jue had to ensure that one shot hit, otherwise he would not have a second chance in the future.
"Strategist, get ready. To get started? Liang Qi said profusely. Although he did not understand why the muzzle of the gun was pointing upwards, he did not question the opinion of the military advisor.
"Okay, the charge is eight and a half pounds, and everyone evacuates to prevent the explosion." Lin Jue shouted.
Everyone even rolled their eyes, and they still had such worries, which shows how unreliable this method is.
Gunpowder was poured into the compartment, and huge real-life iron ball shells were filled into the barrel. Lin Jue shouted: "Light the fire." ”
Liang Qi lit the fuse with a fire fold, and suddenly green smoke shot out and sparks flew up. After the snort fuse burned out, there was a bang, as if the sky was falling apart, and it was like a thunderclap above the valley. A cloud of smoke rose from the mountainside field, and a tongue of fire rushed out of the barrel, and everyone's ears were buzzing, and they were almost deafened.
The next moment, the ninth of the flame cars below from north to south roared, and a large iron ball the size of a sea bowl fell from the sky with a roaring sound, and smashed into the body of the flame car's iron can. This time it can be said that the force is strong, the iron tank car is penetrated by the crossbow arrows of the design city defense, and it is the bombardment of the most powerful iron-tipped bed crossbow, so the iron can is as thick as an inch. But there is no such thing as preventing dozens of pounds of big iron balls from falling from the sky in this design. The huge iron ball smashed down, and immediately smashed the corner of the iron tanker into collapse. There was still half a jar of fire oil inside, and it immediately spilled out.
"Beautiful!" There was a cheer on the hillside.
"Signal, quick!" Lin Jue shouted loudly.
A flare rose into the air, and the next moment, a row of human heads emerged from behind the thorny rocks below the hillside, all of whom were the best archers, and could pull the bow. It was about one hundred and twenty steps down the mountain, which was exactly the range that the powerful arrow could cover. A rocket flew like a meteor and headed towards the flame car at the bottom of the mountain. The direction in which all the rockets fired concentrated was the No. 9 flame car that had been smashed and leaked oil.
Although many of the arrows were deflected by the wind, more than a dozen arrows landed on the left side of the Ninth Flame Car.
That's enough, in fact, as soon as a rocket hits the spot, it can be declared done. The moment the rocket fell, a fire burst into the sky. The No. 9 Flame Car was caught in flames in an instant. Black smoke billowed into the sky.
"Fight the fire, put out the fire!" The officers and soldiers were in chaos. Someone shouted.
"Save the fire of the fart, run away, or you will be crushed." There are still people who understand that they know what it means for a fire tanker to catch fire.
Just when everyone was panicking, a loud bang sounded like earth-shattering thunder. There was a violent explosion in the No. 9 flame car. The flames soared into the sky, and the clouds of smoke reached a height of a hundred feet. Heavy rain of flames fell on the surrounding flame carts. The surrounding flame cars, which had not yet closed the valve of the fire oil, were also caught in the fire in the next moment.
"Boom! Bang! A series of explosions sounded, and one after another the flame cars began to explode, and black clouds rolled into the sky. Countless debris rained down within a radius of 100 steps, igniting the plants and trees in the valley and the hillsides.
"Boom! Bang! "The sound of the explosion continued, and the power of the explosion seemed to be felt from tens of miles away. Not to mention the officers and soldiers in this valley on the nearby hillside. A huge shockwave swept away with a pungent heat wave, sending sand and rocks flying on the ground. The entire valley and the slopes of Higashiyama were shrouded in black smoke, as if suddenly a demon had descended on the world and the end of the world had come.
It was as if the endless explosion lasted less than a cup of tea, but for everyone who faced this situation, it seemed as if it was longer than a lifetime. When Guo Xu's ears buzzed and he poked his head out from behind the rocks in the distance, what he saw was a chaotic formation of the army in front of him. The men and horses rushed in a hurry, and everywhere there was the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howling. At the foot of the mountain, more than a dozen flame trucks were blazing, and the ground around them was also full of fire.
"What's going on? What's going on? What the hell is going on. Guo Xu's face turned pale and shouted loudly.
"Emperor Qi, let's follow the path of the Luoyan Army. Eighteen flame cars all caught fire and exploded. The front team suffered heavy casualties. The minister suggested that the emperor retreat outside the canyon and let the minister clean up the mess. Zhao Yuankang said in a trembling voice.
Guo Xu was stunned for a long time, and said angrily: "How is it possible? How so? You bunch of waste, I raised you bunch of rubbish, can this also happen? Lin Jue must be Lin Jue's guy, this kind of ghost idea is only he can come up with. If I don't leave, I'm going to slaughter him with my own hands, this dog thing. I'm going to cut him with a thousand swords."
All the generals were silent, and all they answered Guo Xu was the sound of whirring wind and crackling flames.
There was also a fire on the hillside, and the flames of the explosion fell on the hillside, igniting some of the dead grass and trees. However, the oil was not completely sprayed, and a large fire broke out within a few dozen paces of the hillside, and the fire was not too violent when it spread upwards. In addition, after several firewalls and fire belts and manual firefighting, the fire has become a few small fires on the mountainside.
Under the beating of thousands of civilians who had been specially organized to fight the fire, the fire could no longer pose a threat. Although a certain amount of damage was caused, the main fortifications on the hillside were not burned, and above the mountainside, the soldiers of the defending Luoyan Army still held on to the fortifications and arrow towers, and were ready for battle.
Below the hillside, the explosion of the flame cart lasted for more than an hour. From the hour until it was close to noon, the fire was slowly extinguished. But the surrounding ground rocks were already burning, and it was impossible to get close within a radius of 100 steps.
The smoke and dust cleared, and looking at the place where the explosion and fire started from a distance, the soldiers and horses on both sides were dumbfounded. The ground below the hillside had left a dozen huge deep craters. That was the terrible consequences of the explosion of the flame car. The huge craters on the black ground where no grass grows seem to be the strange and terrifying scene caused by the attack of meteorites outside the sky. The rocks near the left were burned and collapsed, and in the process of cooling, a huge rock collapsed, revealing the white lime inside. The whole house is large
The small rocks were burned to lime.
The flame-car's iron carriage was burned and melted, twisting and grotesquely lying across the ground. The horses pulling the carts and the huge chariots had long since burned out and nothing could be seen. The ground around the crater was a mess, with debris falling from the explosion and hundreds of charred corpses that had not yet taken human shape. These were all officers and men operating the flame trucks, and the explosion happened so fast that they did not have time to escape from the safe area, so they were poured on their bodies by the rain of fire, burned alive around them, and became charcoal.
The power of this explosion exceeded the expectations of everyone present, and it was simply terrifying and shocking.
But in any case, the flame car was destroyed, and even if the imperial army still had some fire oil, it could not be used for arson. Without the Flame Car, they would not be able to spray the oil on the trees. And now, even if there is a flame car, no one dares to let the flame car move forward.
On the hillside, although the soldiers of the Luoyan Army were shocked by the scene of the right talent, it was a shock of joy. The problem that everyone was worried about was really solved by Lin Jue. Who would have thought that the almost scrapped Shenwei General cannon actually performed a miraculous feat, and with one hit, it destroyed all the opponent's flame vehicles. People's admiration for Lin Jue is simply indescribable.
The words and actions that preceded the firing of the shells, writing and calculating various ballistics, calculating various distances, and saying what wind resistance angles were were not pretentious. It was because of those actions that one shot was able to hit the flame car on the mountainside seven hundred paces away. It can be seen that what Lin Jue is thinking about in his head is no longer beyond the comprehension and reach of his own group. Some people even regard Lin Jue as a god-like figure in their hearts, in awe and admiration.
When everyone was happy, Lin Jue's mood was a little bit disappointed. That's because he checked the General Kamui cannon not long ago, and found that the barrel of the General Kamui cannon had been twisted, and the cannon had been scrapped. I have just discovered the purpose of this Shenwei cannon, which can kill the important facilities and targets of the enemy, but I found that it has been scrapped, and this feeling is complicated and regrettable.
Since the cannon was built, it has actually only fired two cannons. One was the test firing in Xishan that day, and the other was the earth-shattering shot today. Although, it reversed the fate of the cottage to some extent, but the life span was too short. Lin Jue knew that if the problem of process materials was not solved, it would be wishful thinking to create a real cannon. This is obviously a problem with the material of fine iron, which cannot withstand the impact of gunpowder.
However, this launch was actually beyond the ability of General Kamui, and it was only by increasing the amount of gunpowder and accurate calculations that he hit the target. It was fortunate that the overload was fired without exploding, and after the iron projectile was fired, the cannon body could not withstand it and deformed after all, which was already a blessing in misfortune. To some extent, it was he who hastened the scrapping of General Kamui, and if the charge was fired normally, it may be possible to fire many times, but it will never be scrapped now.
Lin Jue knew that the casting of an experimental cannon like General Shenwei would not be carried out again for a long time. Materials and costs are unaffordable, and we have to pay attention to cost performance. This means that the Kamui General Cannon has become a masterpiece to this day. There may be a chance to recast it in the future, but it must be something that can only be done if you have developed a more suitable material and have a lot of materials. But in any case, this Shenwei General Cannon was born, although it only fired two cannons, but it has already amazed the world. The short splendor is enough to make it a legend and remain in people's memories.
Lin Jue decided to keep this Shenwei General Cannon and not melt it, and find a special place to put it in the future to let the world know the story of this Shenwei General.