The group soon came to the firearms bureau located on the Gobi Desert, which is now green, and there is a feeling of relaxation and joy when you see it.

The Firearms Bureau is now in a completely safe place, guarded by at least one division of troops!

When he came into the Firearms Bureau, listening to the sound of one, two, three, and four passwords around him, Li Yao seemed to have returned to his original days in the army, which was really incomparably kind!

Pulled the Ouyang artillery from the Firearms Bureau to the Gobi Desert, this artillery was introduced by the craftsman king, and it probably weighed a thousand catties, which could beat a one-pound iron egg to a place two miles away!

Everything is ready, and the test cannon begins, Li Yao watched as those workers first stuffed the gunpowder into the cannon barrel, compacted it, and then loaded the iron ball, it took a quarter of an hour to complete all this, Li Yao shook his head, this filling speed is too slow!

Li Yao said: "Next time, put the gunpowder into the silk and compact, and when the time comes, you can directly stuff the silk bag into it, and then fill it with the projectile and launch it directly, the speed is at least three times that of yours!" ”

The craftsman king nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable, I will let my subordinates make it later, although I have never fought, but I know that time on the battlefield is really extremely important!" ”

Li Yao nodded, then let's start the test shot now!

The Craftsman said, "Launch! ”

The man with the torch lit the fuse on the cannon, and with a loud bang, a projectile was ejected, and the cannon was pushed back two or three steps!

Seeing that the projectile landed two or three miles away and smashed a huge crater on the ground, Li Yao nodded. said: "The power is not bad, can this cannon attack the city?" ”

Ouyang Yi was a veteran who had been immersed in weapons for many years, and when he saw the power of this artillery. It must have been associated with attacking the city, so he smiled and said, "I did an experiment, you come with me!" ”

As the king came to another site, there were more or less sections of the city wall, some of which were set up at intervals of 200 steps, some at intervals of 300 steps, and some at intervals of 500 steps.

The craftsman said: "This site is the siege test site for us to simulate Ouyang Cannon!" ”

Li Yao looked at these city walls. He asked, "Can Ouyang Cannon break these city walls?" ”

The craftsman king smiled and said, "A two-hundred-step city wall needs five cannons to penetrate, and a three-hundred-step city wall can be penetrated by eight cannons." Those who take 500 steps can only hit the city gate, and the city wall is not easy to beat! ”

For the newly built artillery to have such power, Li Yao was already very satisfied, after all, when attacking the city wall. Requires lightning canister fire support. When the city was attacked for the first time, no one knew what this cannon was for, so it was estimated that no one would guard against it, but as long as the people who had suffered losses would definitely take precautions, the most powerful eight-bull crossbow on the city wall could throw crossbow arrows like spears a mile away, and the lethality was really not to be underestimated, so only use artillery to remotely suppress the place with eight-ox crossbows, and then the flying thunder barrel quickly broke through, and set up the flying thunder barrel two hundred steps away from the city wall. As long as the lightning canister is successfully erected, the troops on the opposite wall will be too vulnerable.

The projectiles of the Thunderbolt are all explosive packs. The explosive bag was stuffed with metal objects such as iron balls and angle iron, and once it exploded, the city wall was guaranteed that there would not be a single corpse of a whole person.

As long as the Flying Thunder Barrel brings a devastating blow to the troops on the city wall, then the Ouyang Cannon can advance, blast through the city wall at close range, and the city can be captured.

This is the gap between firearms and cold weapons, for power, the eight-bull crossbow on the city wall is really not good, that is, in terms of distance, the eight-bull crossbow can have a little advantage, but for the Ouyang cannon with twice the range, the eight-bull crossbow can also be regarded as a complete defeat!

The only thing that is desirable is that the Eight Bull Crossbow is fired more often, but the Eight Bull Crossbow is made of wood after all, and once the explosive package of the Flying Thunder Barrel falls on it, it will be immediately blasted into slag! A smashed-up eight-bull crossbow won't work!

Li Yao said to the craftsman king: "Let's start the experiment, I want to see how the Ouyang artillery smashed the city wall!" ”

The craftsman king smiled: "Start the experiment!" ”

The artillery began to be reloaded slowly, and after the reloading was completed, Li Yao suddenly thought of something and asked, "Grandpa Craftsman Wang, how long can our artillery be used?" ”

King Craftsman smiled bitterly: "I also thought of this when I first started the test, so I did the test, and the conclusion was that there were fifty cannons, and after fifty cannons, the barrel of the cannon was broken, and it exploded in one shot!" ”

"Fifty shots!" Li Yao shook his head and said, "No, the cost of this cannon is too high, if you only shoot fifty cannons and scrap it, you really can't afford it!" It seems that it will be improved in the future! ”

The craftsman king also nodded, and said: "Master Hou, you are right, I didn't think it was original, but now the more new things are invented, the more I feel that there is a shortage of talents, and we all lack innovation, so if you just eat the old book, it will definitely not work!" ”

Li Yao nodded, yes, I agree with your point of view very much, it is better to master Grandpa Wang, you will first conduct a pilot project in the Firearms Bureau after a while, and pass on the experience in a unified manner, and then focus on teaching the studious and diligent people, and strive to cultivate more talents! See how it goes!

King Craftsman also agreed: "I think so too, these are professional talents, and recruiting them from the outside is not as fast as cultivating them themselves!" ”

Then it's hard work Grandpa Wang, you know a lot about this, you have full authority to do it!

The craftsman king promised: "Okay, don't worry, I'll definitely do it for you, then let's take a look at the Ouyang artillery siege test first!" ”

Well, Li Yao said expectantly.

The torch lit the fuse, and with a 'bang', the projectile that flew out smashed into the city wall, and the city wall shook, and the projectile smashed directly into the city wall!

Li Yao was quite satisfied with the power of the artillery and nodded with satisfaction.

Then the second shell began to be loaded, because the city wall was 200 steps away from the artillery, to ensure that the second shell hit the landing point of the first shell, it required accurate adjustment, and a group of workers debugged for a long time before starting to fire the second shell!

Another shell was fired, and the landing point of the second shell was indeed on the first shell, Li Yao called the gunner over and asked, "I see that your artillery skills are very powerful, what is your name?" ”

The gunner scratched his head, embarrassed to speak.

The king of craftsmen hurriedly said: "This child is called Erwa, and he doesn't have a name yet!" ”

Oh, Li Yao thought about it for a while, then what is his surname?

Erwa hurriedly said: "I believe Chen!" ”

Li Yao smiled: "Then I'll give you a name!" ”

The second baby nodded hurriedly: "Thank you for the name!" ”

Li Yao said casually: "In the future, I will call you Chen Cannon!" Well, that's a good name! ”

Erwa nodded hurriedly and said happily: "Then I will be called Chen Dacang in the future, this name sounds really loud!" ”

King Craftsman said: "Erwa's artillery shooting skills are really good, he has done many shots, and he can hit the second shell to the landing point of the first shot, and he is the only one in the whole firearms bureau!" ”

Li Yao also smiled: "I think this kid is also quite talented, teach him more in the future, and strive to train him to become a good artillery shooter!" ”

(To be continued.) )