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Paired with gunpowder was a bronze cannon

Barrels made of bronze (essentially alloy copper) are more corrosion-resistant, and copper has a low melting point and is easy to process.

Wei Xi is short of copper, and the shortage is quite severe.

Copper coins are one dollar, two yuan, five yuan, and ten yuan, and they are used the most, while money is equal to one hundred yuan, and silver money is equal to twenty yuan and fifty yuan, although the value is high, copper coins are more popular.

Wei Xi has waged war for a long time, and the lack of copper coins is inevitable, but he still gritted his teeth and cast, but he only cast naval cannons, not infantry cannons, after all, his cavalry is the first in the world, and no one can stop him in the field.

As for the siege, directly put gunpowder to blow up, the power of the bronze cannon at that time, the casting was small, and the power of the trebuchet was great, and the casting was large, and the copper used could make Wei Xi bankrupt!

It takes a lot of time to make a trolley-type copper cannon, install it on a ship, test its recoil and how to use it, etc., as well as design a gunboat, in fact, as far back as three years ago, gunpowder and artillery have been introduced, but they have been experimenting, and finally a "user manual" has been produced, according to which the gunners are trained, which is fast and convenient.

Almost all the gunners from the east were sent to the west, and today's cannon cry was tried for the first time, and it immediately shocked the big cannibals!

The successive bombardments filled the cabin with smoke, some people coughed, and the loud noise made everyone roar in both ears.

But everyone was excited, excited by the power of the artillery.

When the shell was fired, the cannon retreated, and there was a strap on the left and right sides of the gun, tied to the iron bars on the hull, and the hull kept shaking!

Each gun was operated by twelve men (in fact, two guns on the port side were operated at the same time, but it was rare that both guns were fired at the same time), ten of whom were responsible for moving the fired guns back into place, and two were responsible for loading and firing.

One after another, the shells roared out, some of them landed on the water, causing a large splash, and some of them hit the hull of the enemy ship, making a hole, causing the enemy ship to shake for a while, bringing a burst of false alarm.

The best thing is to hit the deck wall of the enemy ship, so that the sawdust will fly sideways, killing and injuring the big cannibals, and blowing them to the ground.

Standing on the side of the big cannibal, it was very scary to see the Tang Dynasty military ship, they had a total of two decks on the hull, each deck had more than ten gun muzzles, constantly spitting fire and spitting smoke, and the shells dragged a long trajectory, quickly rowing on the water between the two fleets, and landing on the big food boat, it was all kinds of explosions (no explosions) and screams.

The gunners were well-trained and could fire a shot every two minutes.

Most of the shells were solid black powder shells, which hit enemy ships, and there was also a kind of shell that, when hitting enemy ships, burst violently and projectiles flew everywhere.

"Ahh Yes! Yes! ”

Flowering shells are used to kill and injure unprotected ship decks, which is a quasi-explosion.

The projectiles were raging, the big cannibals were scurrying, a flowering cannonball exploded in the bow of the ship, they fled to the stern, and when the stern was attacked, they fled to the bow of the ship, and if they were attacked at the same time, then jump!

The Tang ships concentrated their fire on the vanguard flagship of the Great Cannibal, which was a particularly large ship with three decks and became a significant target.

In the midst of the fire, shells kept falling on the ship, the ship shook violently, several big cannibals fell into the water in the violent shaking of the hull, and the buildings on its deck were bombarded into a mess, not like a ship, and the main mast in the middle, unlucky to hit a cannonball, actually broke it!

There were quite a few people on board, and they screamed, and many of them were so stunned that they hit the cannon and their heads went blank.

In fact, there were trebuchets and bows and arrows on the big food boats, not to mention fighting back, and they jumped into the sea to escape, some of them were infantry on board, followed by diving, and most of them drowned.

But if you don't jump, you can't do it, you can't keep shelling, and there is no way to hide on the deck.

It was even worse to hide in the cabin, where from time to time shells pierced the hull and fell into the cabin, which terrified them.

The president of the Great Cannibal Fleet, led Monzil, held his binoculars and watched, silent!

The Great Cannibals, on the other hand, were completely stunned, and exclaimed, "Devil's weapon, devil's weapon!" ”

They were in a hurry, the original orderly work stopped, the speed of the ship suddenly decreased, and they all became live targets!

The cannon light flickered, the cannon roared, and it was heard far away on the water, and many large food boats were beaten into hornet's nests, debris flew sideways, and the people on board were in confusion, and the only thought was to leave this living hell quickly and jump ship!

Falling into the water, some people grabbed the dinghy and propped it up, while others were lucky enough to pick up a wooden plank and float on the water, and more human bones sank down.

As soon as the Tang ship wanted to open fire on the big food boat, the personnel on the big food boat immediately jumped into the water and abandoned the ship to escape, without exception.

At this time, the boats with small bridges behind the Don ships suddenly drove over, looking for the people on the bridge with the big food boats, they had no interest in capturing the ships alive, driving the people away (basically all of them escaped), destroying the rudders, cutting off the masts, sawing them off, and then withdrawing back to the ship.

Like a whirlwind of clouds, the hundred ships of the Great Cannibal Vanguard were blown to the ground.

And behind them, the even larger fleet of one hundred and fifty ships gave up the battle and sailed to the already army in disarray.

Thirty gunboats of the Tang Army, fighting small and big, chased after them, chasing rabbits like hunting dogs!

On the command deck of the flagship "Shenhuo", people laughed and laughed, ridiculing the great cannibals for their braveness.

"Doesn't it say that those who believe in God are the least afraid of death? Why did you run away without a fight, hahaha! ”

"Where can we escape, our ship will catch up with them in minutes!"

People also complimented Liu Qifeng for becoming famous in the first battle, and Liu Qifeng ordered: "Replenish in batches, and let one-third of the ships replenish coal and artillery shells first." ”

The ten ships in front slowed down, and the twelve coal carriers in tow in the back also acted as supply ships, feeding them with coal and shells in a much way that was almost one after the other.

But there is no transportation machinery, everyone is tied together, all by hand, shoulder-to-shoulder.

Everyone is full of energy, and they are all racing against time.

And Liu Qifeng only had to chase down more than seven times his fleet with only 20 ships, and single-handedly chased and killed more than seven times his fleet, shaking ten enemy ships in a row, all of them after a single shot, and all the people on the enemy ships dived!

Constantly pursuing, the big cannibal was really frightened, Montzil once ordered fifty boats to intercept the Tang boats, but none of the boats were on order, and no one wanted to face the devil's weapons!

Whoever wants to die will go, and everyone has the idea that as long as I can escape faster than them.

In such a situation, Montzier's big ship became a burden, and it was surrounded by Tang ships!

Monzir was so angry that he cursed and had to hide in the cabin.

The five Tang boats circled around the big ship like vicious wolves, constantly pouring artillery fire on it, blowing it up and scarring, but it just didn't sink.

At this time, Monzier, who was hiding in the cabin, returned and awoke violently: "Although the enemy's attack is fierce, it has not sunk a single ship!" ”

Unfortunately, his awakening came too late.