Teach the royal sister to use a telescope first. In front of everyone's eyes, the veil was hazy, but when Guan Beile leaned down and taught the Queen Mother how to rotate the lens barrel hand in hand, his chin seemed to have touched the ...... of the Holy Lady Forehead? Uh, this ......

The vague vision in the mirror suddenly became clear, and the mounds and flags rushed to the face, and the white lines on them were clearly visible. The royal sister was startled, and let go of her hand softly. Fortunately, Guan Zhuofan was prepared, with a support in his right hand and a pinch in his left hand, the two Rouyi of the royal sister were in control, and she held the "clairvoyant mirror" for her.

The royal sister raised her eyelids, the autumn waves rippled, and went around Guan Zhuofan's body, and then turned back, the corners of her lips were beautiful, and her appearance was slightly crimson.

At three o'clock in the morning, Anderson, commander-in-chief of the "artillery exercise" and commander of the artillery division of the Songjiang Corps, asked for an order. Like a military parade, Kwan Zhuofan pretended to "respectfully ask for mercy" and then issued an order to "start the exercise."

Anderson waved the flag, and the gunners immediately went into action.

The artillery arrays were arranged in a line from north to south, firing from east to west. Now that winter is now on, the wind is northwesterly, and taking into account the effect of the wind on the smoke, thirty-six cannons, from left to right - from south to north, are fired one after another.

On the first gun position on the left, eight gunners moved first.

The gun commander shouted loudly, and the stands were still quite a distance from this gun position, but the Queen Mother still heard it clearly: "One solid bullet, the target distance is 750 meters!" ”

Guan Zhuofan explained to the royal sister: "Cannonballs are divided into 'solid bullets' and 'flowering bullets'; '750 meters' is a foreigner's saying, which is about one and a half miles of ours." ”

The gunner, who was standing next to the ammunition car, immediately found the corresponding number jù on the lid of the ammunition box. also shouted loudly: "4 degrees 30 minutes!" ”

"Empress Dowager. This refers to the 'angle of shot'. ”

The gunner picked up a gadget that couldn't be seen clearly. Standing in front of you, facing the mound in the distance, gesturing back and forth, I don't know what I'm doing?

"Back to the Queen Mother, the thing in his hand is called the 'quadrant', which is used to correct whether the 'angle of fire' reported by the gunner is accurate?"

Actually, the shooting horns of the horse. It has been corrected countless times beforehand. 750 meters is a very moderate range, and the weather is so good today that you can't miss it with your eyes closed. The reason why it is so solemn is, of course, the requirements of the discipline; Second, it is to "act" for the royal sister.

Of course, the royal sister can't understand it. But it doesn't matter, she doesn't know how to feel it - it is precisely because she can't understand it that she feels that this program is even more "high".

After the angle of fire is determined, the gunner on both sides of the breech checks the inclination of the gun if there are any differences. It is necessary to quickly operate the hand rod at the end of the gun and adjust the inclination angle of the gun body in place. After the check. The breech gunner shouted: "The inclination is correct!" ”

The gunner next to the ammunition box takes out the shell.

Guan Zhuofan said: "Empress Dowager Qiyu, our cannonballs are called 'fixed ammunition', that is, the medicine bag and the cannonball are bundled together, which is convenient and safe. When the Xuan Army was in the United States, many of the ammunition of the southern rebellion were still separated. Well, the minister estimates that even now, not all the artillery of the Western powers has been reequipped with fixed-loading ammunition. ”

The royal sister nodded again and again. Hongu doesn't know what a "fixed load" is, but it sounds cool! Well, it's still the same sentence: I don't know how to feel it.

The ammunition was inspected and confirmed to be in good condition and handed over to the gunner, who was responsible for loading, standing next to the muzzle. He immediately pointed the cartridge towards the tail of the gun and loaded the ammunition into the chamber.

Then, the gunner, standing on the other side of the muzzle, holding a long pole, pushed the shell to the bottom of the chamber.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the long pole that the gunner is holding is called a 'bullet pusher'."

After the shell was loaded, the gunners on both sides of the breech moved again, inserting a long awl into the bore through a small hole in the upper body of the gun. Then, a thin tube was inserted into the barrel through the hole.

"Empress Dowager Qi, that small round hole is called 'Fire Gate'. Inside the barrel, under the 'fire door', is the medicine bag. The thin tube, called the 'fire pipe', is used to detonate the packet. The gunner punctures the cartridge with a long cone, and then inserts the 'pull pipe' through the guò 'fire gate' into the kit, ready to deactivate the burst. ”

The royal sister was slightly dizzy when she heard it, but the last sentence "prepare to trigger a burst" was understood, and her heart immediately lifted.

A roar was heard in the distance: "Ready!" ”

"Launch!"

In the telescope, a long tongue of fire erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, and then a loud bang was heard, and the cannon and gunner were enveloped in white smoke. At the same time, the heavy artillery slid several meters to the rear.

At the same time, the entire stands trembled.

Guan Zhuofan was thinking: "Shall I explain, that is called 'recoil'?" Then he heard the royal sister say "ah" in a low voice, and the corner of his eye was in the corner, but he saw that the flower was already discolored.

The weather was fine, and the naked eye could clearly see that the burning trajectory cut a long arc of gray-black smoke trails in the air, flying towards the mountainside in the distance. Then, a mound on the far left of the mountainside was suddenly lifted up and thrown into the air. The sound of cannons and explosions echoed in the valley one after another, rumbling incessantly.

When a solid shell hits a target, it would not have had such a spectacular visual effect - explosives were buried in the mound in advance, and the shell would cause an explosion after hitting it, and the entire mound would be lifted off.

However, there is no need to explain this to the royal sister.

Cixi's body trembled slightly, her heart beat wildly, and with such a shot, the palm of her hand holding the "Clairvoyant Mirror" was already oozing sweat.

For the first time in her life, the royal sister personally experienced the power of destroying the city and destroying the country with strong weapons, and her mouth was dry for a while, and countless thoughts came to her heart.

Before he could discern it, a series of roars came again, followed by a loud bang, and a second cannon went off.

This time, Cixi even felt as if she had seen the 12-pound solid iron ball flying in the air at a speed of 305 meters per second, dragging a gray-black smoke trail into the second mound from the left halfway up the mountain. Suddenly, a violent explosion tore the mound to pieces and threw it into the air, and huge smoke and dust rose into the air.

A thought became clear: no wonder Britain and France committed crimes, and they were like bamboos! In the great China, there was no choice but to flee to Rehe!

The cannons roared one after another, and with each firing the earth shook with it. On the mountainside in the distance, drums corresponded, mounds exploded one after another, and fireworks rose. In front of the stands, thick white smoke, from south to north, slowly flooded the artillery array.

Cixi felt as if she was standing on the shore, raging like a raging wave, one huge wave after another, smashing against the reef beneath her feet. The smoke was filled, like a wave wetting the head and face, a wave retreated, just wanted to take a breath, wipe a face, and another wave smashed over!

Another thought became clear: Since such a divine weapon has been used by me, what can I not do in the world? What else is worth looking ahead to?!

Cixi felt that her heart was grabbed by a big hand, and the tighter she clenched, she held back a hot and sour breath around her chest and abdomen, and it squeezed more and more.

Thirty-six cannons, all of which finally fired one round, thirty-six mounds, all blown up, without exception. Halfway up the mountainside, a cloud of smoke and dust filled the air.

This grade, well, is passable.

The Queen Mother turned her head towards Guan Zhuofan, Guan Zhuofan hurriedly stepped forward and leaned down slightly.

I saw that the royal sister was no longer the flowery appearance she had at the beginning of the shelling, her eyes were fiery and bright, and her face was flushed—not shy, but excited.

The royal sister lowered her voice, but said clearly: "It's so happy!" ”

It's so exciting?!

Belch...... Your reaction is really beyond my expectations!

After a round of shelling, the gunner used a long cannon brush to clean the barrel, Guan Zhuofan explained to the royal sister: "The medicine bag is wrapped in silk or cotton cloth, and sometimes it cannot be completely burned. ”

Anderson waved the flag again, only to hear the roar from the southern end of the artillery array through the white smoke that gradually dispersed: "Change the shotgun!" ”

Guan Zhuofan said: "Empress Dowager Qi, this shotgun is quite different from other shells. A shotgun contains sixty-eight iron pellets, and after being fired, the body of the bullet bursts open, and the iron pellets shoot out. ”

The royal sister gasped slightly.

With a loud bang, in the "clairvoyant mirror", the muzzle of the cannon burst into flames, and almost at the same time, half a mile in front of the cannon, the thirty "wooden people" flew into pieces, and many "wooden people" were cut off by the waist, rolled in mid-air one after another, and fell far away. The smoke cleared, and the thirty "wooden figures" were shattered, and almost not one was left intact!

Only then did the royal sister know what these wooden figures were for.

In other words, if these thirty wooden figures were thirty enemy soldiers, they would have all been reimbursed at this moment!

On the opposite side there were one thousand and eighty wooden figures, that is, one thousand and eighty enemy troops. Thirty-six cannons, one round of fire, one thousand and eighty enemy troops - this must have two battalions, right? And they were all wiped out!

With such a sharp weapon, who can fight against it?!

*(To be continued......)