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Xiao Tianjian led the generals to the front of the cannon, and everyone saw at a glance that a yellow bronze cannon was placed in the artillery place, and the gun carriage had been installed, and it was already a complete copper cannon. （）

As soon as Gao Su saw Xiao Tianjian coming, he immediately saluted Xiao Tianjian and the generals with a smug smile, Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and didn't have time to take care of him, so he immediately walked to the side of the bronze cannon and carefully looked at the newly cast bronze cannon.

Needless to say, the gun carriage of this cannon was designed by Xiao Tianjian last year in order to transform the Furlong machine gun captured from the hands of the official army, which was much more convenient than the gun carriage of this era, whether it was carried or laid for aiming, so Gao Su did not hesitate to place the bronze cannon he cast on this new type of gun carriage after looking at it.

And Xiao Tianjian's attention is all on this bronze cannon, this cannon Gaosu is cast by the lost wax method, after casting, it has been carefully polished, so that the cannon body is smooth and shining, very beautiful, the gun body is about a little more than one meter long, the whole gun body from back to front, gradually tapering, cone-shaped, the tail part of the gun is the thickest place, so that it is in line with the gradual reduction of the barrel bore pressure, which not only ensures that the gun will not explode, but also effectively reduces the weight of the gun.

The position of the barrel in the mouth has been thickened a little, increasing the strength of the muzzle, which can effectively avoid the muzzle from collapsing when the gun is fired, and then look at the inner diameter of the gun chamber, the diameter is roughly more than 50 mm, and if you look closely, you can see from the position of the gun that the inner wall of the gun chamber has also been carefully polished to make it very smooth, and the main door gun looks like there is basically no flaw on the surface, it is very beautiful, so that people have a feeling of love when they see it, which fully reflects the fineness of the cannon caster. It's almost a work of art.

Although the size of this cannon is not much larger than the medium-sized Furlong cannon currently used by the Xingtian Army, it still belongs to the category of light artillery, but the thick wall of the cannon chamber indicates that this kind of copper cannon will be much more powerful and range than the ordinary Furlong cannon, which is exactly what Xiao Tianjian wants.

And the other generals also surrounded one after another, carefully watching this first cannon made by the Xingtian Army up and down, and their saliva was almost dripping down, although they had not seen the effect of this thing when it was actually used, but just looking at such a casting process, it had to be convincing, and there was no doubt that it was a good killing weapon.

Xiao Tianjian looked at this cannon, and then carefully observed the accessories on the gun mount, a cannon wants to be used, but also equipped with a brush for clearing, a cane for loading ammunition, and a kettle to extinguish the embers in the gun chamber, etc., only after these things are equipped, this cannon can be regarded as a usable artillery, and now it seems that Gao Su is also ready, there is no shortage of anything, they are all placed on the gun carriage, and they can be used by the operator at any time.

"Gao Su!" After Xiao Tianjian straightened up, he beckoned.

Gao Su immediately joined his legs and shouted: "Here!" ”

"Have you already tested this gun?" Xiao Tianjian immediately asked him.

"Report to the General, I have already led people to test fire many times the day before yesterday, and I can ensure that this cannon will not be blown up! You can use it with confidence! The range and power were also satisfactory, and the general could now watch the test launch for himself! Gao Su replied confidently.

And Yang Changshou also came over, standing far away, and the expression on his face couldn't tell what mood he was, but obviously, he also liked this bronze cannon made by Gaosu, and there was some jealousy in his expression.

Xiao Tianjian immediately nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then let's not delay, where is the place here suitable for testing guns?" ”

Zhang Chao, who followed over, immediately replied: "General Qiyu, it's still in the place where the last general tried guns, Gao Su has already set up a target there, just wait for the general and the brothers to come!" ”

Xiao Tianjian immediately nodded and said, "Then what are you waiting for?" Gao Su, hurry up and arrange for someone to push the cannon over, I want to see how this cannon is! ”

So everyone immediately took action, pushed this cannon around the cannon, and came to the open ground where Xiao Tianjian had tested the new bird gun in the back mountain, and placed the bronze cannon there.

As the cannon caster, Gao Su asked Xiao Tianjian and others to give up their positions, and took a few of his subordinates to work around the cannon, according to the practice of the Xingtian Army, Gao Su had already prepared the customized medicine pack, and prepared all kinds of shells in advance, just waiting for Xiao Tianjian to demonstrate the power of the cannon he cast today.

This experimental field has been cleaned up by Zhang Chao again, cutting down a lot of trees, freeing up a larger open space, so that the length of this field has reached a distance of 300 meters, and in the open space, a lot of wooden targets have been erected, each target has been firmly fixed on the shelf, and the targets are made of fine wood, each of which has the size of a door panel, and the thickness is more than an inch.

Xiao Tianjian directly pointed to the farthest target, and said to Gao Su: "Hit the farthest one first!" I'm going to see if the effective range of this gun can meet the requirements! ”

After Gao Su visually measured the distance, his expression was slightly embarrassed, and he said to Xiao Tianjian: "Report to the general, that target is three hundred meters away, although there is no problem with the range, but I'm afraid it is not easy to hit!" ”

Xiao Tianjian said with a smile: "If you can't hit such a big target, wouldn't you be disappointed by your artillery background?" Just fight! If one shot doesn't work, just two shots! Until it hits! ”

Gao Su's face was a little unbearable, although this kind of target is the size of a door panel, but three hundred meters away, it is impossible to easily hit such a target with this kind of cannon, Xiao Tianjian is obviously a little embarrassed for him, but he rolled his eyes, and immediately ordered his craftsmen: "You guys hurry up and run over, and set up a few more targets!" ”

Several of Gao Su's subordinates immediately understood what he meant, and quickly took the wooden target, carried it and ran over, next to the farthest target, several more targets were erected one after another, one is not easy to aim, then come a few more, always hit one!

Xiao Tianjian naturally understood Gao Su's ghost idea, but he also knew that his request was a bit excessive, three hundred meters away, with the current artillery, it was indeed difficult for Gao Su to hit a target the size of a door panel, not to mention that the current artillery is not good, even if an ordinary rifle is used in later generations, if he wants to hit a target of this size, a shooter with a poor level will probably shoot the bullet away.

So he did not interfere with Gao Su's arrangement, and after a busy job, the arrangement was finally completed, and Gao Su also commanded his subordinates to complete the loading of the artillery.

Then Gao Su personally operated the cannon, and through the light door and crosshair on the cannon body, he carefully adjusted the muzzle pointing and aimed at the target in the distance.

"Bring the torches!" After Gao Su completed aiming, he immediately shouted to his subordinates, and someone immediately handed the torch into his hands, because when testing the cannon, the gunsmith has the right to open the cannon, which is also an honor for the gunsmith.

Gao Su once again observed the aiming situation through the crosshairs of the door, and then stood sideways on the side of the gun mount, and asked everyone to get out of the way behind the gun mount, and then he shouted in the language of their country, and raised his hand to press the torch on the fire door at the end of the gun.

Everyone first felt a sudden shock under their feet, and then they heard a roar, and the bronze cannon spewed out a ball of flames, and then a thick cloud of smoke rose from the muzzle.

Xiao Tianjian didn't blink his eyes, staring at the target in the distance, only to see a cloud of smoke and dust suddenly rise from a few meters on the ground in front of the target, and then the projectile jumped up and hit one of the targets directly, and the target was knocked down.

Xiao Tianjian only then knew that Gao Su still played a slippery head when he was operating aiming, afraid that the muzzle of the cannon would be raised too high and the shell would be blown away, so he used the tactic of ricocheting to make the shell fly a little closer to the ground, and then jump up with the help of the ground to hit the target.

After Gao Su opened fire, he immediately looked in the direction of the target, and when he saw that a target was knocked down, he immediately grinned, the expression on his face was even more proud, and his chin was raised higher.

And everyone looks at this cannon again, after firing the cannon, the recoil pushes the gun carriage backwards a little distance, it can be seen that the recoil of this cannon is still okay, at least it will not kill the people behind, this is also very critical on the battlefield, there are often gunners standing behind the tail of the gun, and when the gun carriage is recoiled, the accident of being hit to death, and the kind of gun carriage used by the officers and soldiers is inconvenient to transport, and after the cannon is fired, the gun body beats very strongly, and even sometimes after the cannon sounds, The cannon was overturned on the spot with the gun carriage, so the gunners who operated the cannon were very afraid of firing the cannon and would cause self-injury from time to time, so when charging, try to load as little as possible to avoid the situation of exploding or overturning.

At present, this kind of artillery carriage used by the Xingtian Army is still quite good, at least it is very stable when firing the cannon, whether it is transported or laid out, it is also very convenient, and it also verifies the reliability of this artillery carriage designed by Xiao Tianjian, which can fully withstand the vibration of the artillery when it is fired.

When everyone saw that the targets were knocked down so far away, they also applauded, and their faces were full of joy.

After everyone rushed over to check the wooden plank that was hit, they all laughed from ear to ear, and at a distance of more than 200 steps, this cannonball not only hit the target, but also punched a transparent hole the size of a sea bowl out of the pine plank several inches thick, which shows how powerful this cannonball is after hitting so far, and after everyone bypassed the target, it took more than 20 steps to find the cannonball, which shows this kind of artillery. Compared to the Furlong machine and the Tiger Squat Cannon they used before, it is much more powerful, so it is no wonder that everyone is unhappy!