Five days later, the test launch site was still the original test launch site, but this time there were a few more old men who came to watch the test, such as His Majesty Li Er, such as Qin Qiong, and such as Old Lieutenant Chi.

Li Chengqian was by the side of several old men, and Tang Shanzhi was the same, but compared to a few days ago, Xiao Tang was apprehensive this time, for fear that there would be a problem again.

"Prince, why haven't you started yet?" His Majesty Li Er waited for a long time and didn't see any movement outside, so he gave up Qin Qiong, who was chatting with him, and asked Li Chengqian.

"Father, please wait, the outside will be arranged soon." Li Chengqian bent down slightly, leaned over and said in the old man's ear.

"Well, quicker." The old man nodded.

In this test, I heard that there were several new weapons, as well as the Zhenguan cannon that could shoot 6,000 meters, although the old man was skeptical, but in the end he couldn't suppress his curiosity and came to watch the test in person.

After a while, just when the old man was waiting a little impatiently and was about to ask questions again, there was a knock on the door of the suspected earth defense artillery hole, and a voice shouted outside: "Report, the test launch is ready!" ”

"Let them start." Li Chengqian was waiting for this sentence, and said after giving Xiao Tang a look.

……

I have to say that the Tang Dynasty army at this time is completely different from before, a camouflage uniform close to modern will arm the soldiers very heroic, although there is no armor on the body, but it still makes people feel the fierce evil spirit.

His Majesty Li Er and several old men each occupied an observation hole, looked outside, and made a comment from time to time, making Li Chengqian's face unconsciously show such a proud smile.

Although every style of military uniform was copied by him from later generations, who can know in Datang, and it is better to treat himself as original.

"Hey, here, here, look at that little cylinder, that's a mortar." Tang Jian, the old man, is very proud now, after all, all the weapons here are from his son's handwriting, if this old man is unhappy, it is fake.

What the? You said that Old Tang's son became the head of the craftsman, how could Old Tang be happy?

This is a big mistake, you must know that the current craftsmen of Datang are completely incomparable with the past, and the development of industrialization to this day, it can be said that everything is inseparable from craftsmen.

And the craftsmen also have to divide what craftsmen do, blacksmiths and other things, it goes without saying, there are still a few, and the status has not improved too much.

But like Xiao Tang, it is said that he can be called an engineer, which means that Xiao Tang is considered a leader among craftsmen, and has gone out of the scope of low-level craftsmen and risen to the level of a teacher.

What's more, the projects that Xiao Tang is focusing on are now the most advanced things in Datang, such as ironclad ships, artillery, and the like.

With these things, it is not difficult for Xiao Tang to mix up with a duke or something.

In addition, the relationship between Xiao Tang and Li Chengqian is completely the descendant of His Royal Highness the Prince, which means that even if Old Tang dies immediately, there is no need to worry about the future of the Tang family.

So Lao Tang was very happy at this time, and for a while he even caught someone talking to someone about how the fifth son could have a chance, and the ears of the old guys listening to it were about to come out of the calloon.

So although Old Tang was very excited, no one paid attention to him, and everyone who heard him speak looked at him with contempt, including Li Er, who made Tang Shanzhi embarrassed.

……

The mortar was quickly assembled by the shooter, and a set of ten-round shell boxes were placed on the gun emplacement.

Then there was no preparation, and a gunner took a very strange-looking shell directly from the box, and the shell with the tail was stuffed into the barrel.

As soon as the hand was released, there was a "tom", and the cannonball flew out.

It's just that unlike the last time, after the cannonball flew out this time, a scream immediately reached everyone's ears.

The "boom" whistle faded away, and a cloud ......of smoke rose from the back of the range in the distance.

"Hit crooked?!" Old Tang, who had just bragged, glanced at Xiao Tang quickly.

"Well, father, that's a test shot, it's used to adjust the angle." Xiao Tang hurriedly explained.

At this time, if it affects the old man's mood to show off, even if he is married and his son is three years old, Xiao Tang still can't escape the fate of being pumped.

"Humph! Be on time next time. Sure enough, Old Tang's face was a little unsightly, but seeing that Xiao Tang's explanation was acceptable, he didn't say much.

"Hurry up and see, another shot, this is really fast." Just when the Tang family's father and son were talking, an old guy next to Old Tang stabbed him.

And when Tang Jian put his eyes on the telescope again, he had already heard a 'tom' sound in his ears again, followed by a piercing scream.

"......Boom" This time, the shell hit exactly where it was supposed to go.

But despite this, none of the old fellows spoke.

Looking from the side, all the old men put the binoculars on their eyes, and the boss with his mouth open, especially the old lieutenant Chi, even drooled out.

After a long time, the old guy finally came to his senses and muttered, "This, this is too powerful, right?" What the hell is this, what the hell is this? ”

As the saying goes, if you don't know if you don't see it, you will be startled when you see it, the straw men on the shooting range that were arranged according to the previous Tang Army formation have been missing a lot after the explosion, and there are about forty or fifty straw men that have been blown up.

This is no longer the cannon in the old guys' concepts, and it seems that the old men can't think of anything more powerful than this except divine punishment.

So the old men barely watched the next eight test shots, because they didn't have to look to know that those straw men would not escape being blown to pieces.

……

However, the surprise that left the old man clearly did not stop there.

When the artillery, which could reach a maximum range of 6,000 paces, was dragged up, there was only one thought in the hearts of the old guys.

Either they are crazy, or the person who designed this cannon is crazy.

Just now, the cannonball with a half-foot-long forearm can already blow up dozens of straw men, and now this cannonball thicker than a thigh and longer than a thigh is what the hell is it going to do? Is this used to beat people? Who can get this!

Even if this thing doesn't explode, it can smash people into pulp if it falls on people's heads, right?

And most importantly, the firing procedure of this cannon turned out to be smashed with a sledgehammer, just like the previous trebuchet, which is too strange, right? It doesn't match the height of the cannon body at all.

(End of chapter)