Chapter 256: Artillery and Repeating Firebolts
Zhao Sanpao?
I used to be a hundred cavalry commanders of Shenwuwei, but I haven't seen him for a long time, and I actually took office and became a general of Shenwuwei!
If Li Yuanba hadn't known that this Shenwu Weizhong was judging his position by his ability, he would definitely think that Su Dingfang would have promoted Zhao Sanpao because of his own reasons.
No matter what Li Yuanba thought, hearing Li Yuan's question, Zhao Sanpao trembled.
He didn't expect Li Yuan to know him, and after being stunned for a while, he said: "Emperor Qijuan, the last general served as a guard in the Wuwang Mansion two days ago, when the five surnames and seven wangs were plotting rebellion!" ”
"Oh! Did you have that day? Li Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and after thinking about the situation that day, he really remembered this swarthy man, coupled with the purpose of coming this time, his heart moved, and said:
"On that day, the soldiers and generals of your Divine Guard, were they the firearms developed in this Divine Machine?"
"His Royal Highness the Emperor Qiqi, exactly!" Zhao Sanpao replied again.
Hearing Zhao Sanpao's answer, Li Yuan suddenly glanced at Li Yuanba next to him, and there was a hint of smugness in his eyes, obviously this old man thought of something.
Sure enough, I heard him say: "General Zhao, I just listened to the words of the young general of the Yellow Gate, you came to the Shenji Mansion this time to replace and receive firearms, I don't know if it is or not?" ”
This is not a secret, naturally there is nothing to hide, so I heard Zhao Sanpao reply: "If you return to the emperor, the last general will come to the mansion to replace firearms and replenish ammunition!" ”
"Then you must be proficient in the new firearms in this house, right?" Li Yuan asked.
Zhao Sanpao straightened his chest and said, "The last general is not talented, I know a little bit about it!" ”
"Good!"
Li Yuan clapped his hands and said, "I heard that a new cannon has been developed in this Divine Machine Mansion, called artillery, and its range is far beyond that of catapults. Can you show me a demo? ”
In the small talk, Li Yuan had already heard Li Rui talk about the newly developed firearm in the Shenji Mansion, and heard about its various miracles, Li Yuan's heart was like more than a hundred kittens grinding their claws, and he was already curious.
Now that he heard Zhao Sanpao say this, he was even more moved, and he couldn't wait to demonstrate it.
Hearing this, Zhao Sanpao first glanced at Li Yuanba hesitantly, and when he saw Li Yuanba bowing slightly, he said: "In this way, please also ask Your Majesty to move the test site!" ”
Li Yuan's eyes lit up. Following Li Rui, who was the leader, he thought about walking to the test site.
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When Li Yuan's father and son rushed to the test site together, Zuo Lingwei's soldiers had already prepared ten steel guns.
The artillery pieces were just over a meter long, half a man high, and all of them were pitch black.
Ten cannons were lined up, and the swarthy muzzles of the cannons pointed diagonally at the sky, although they were all dead things, but in the eyes, they looked like a vicious wolf. People can't help but feel a feeling of heart palpitations.
"This, is this a cannon!"
Li Yuan took a few steps forward and gently stroked the swarthy, thigh-thick barrel of an adult's thigh. Said: "It looks quite bluffing, but there is still some gap between it and the catapult you saw in your house that day." This thing is more powerful than that catapult? ”
Li Yuan's words were full of suspicion, but those tiger eyes were full of essence. It's as if you really saw how these cold and ruthless dead creatures crisscrossed the battlefield, and how they killed the enemy like a bag.
I saw my father groping up and down, studying the ten cannons. But Li Yuanba aimed his eyes at the Shenwu guards who were standing in a column on the side.
These Shenwu guards were all originally trained with Li Yuanba, and they were originally from the Zuo Wuwei Thousand People's Team. They are outstanding in the Shenwu Guard, and they are crazy to death when they train one by one.
Therefore, Li Yuanba gave them the task of changing, receiving, and replenishing ammunition every time he came to the Shenji Mansion.
It's a trust, but it's also a responsibility!
And Li Yuanba himself has never seen the firearms in the hands of these Shenwu guards, this firearm is similar to the appearance of the original bird gun, but it lacks a fuse, an extra trigger, an extra push wrench, and both the gun and the handle used for grip strength are much shorter.
This overall style is very similar to the double-barreled shotgun of later generations.
"What is this firearm called?"
Li Yuanba took one of these firearms from the hand of a Shenwu guard and asked softly.
"Report!" The soldier shouted loudly, attracting everyone's attention, and he said: "This firearm is called a repeating gun, a repeating gun, and it uses a small magazine to replenish ammunition, and there are five rounds of conical ammunition in the clip. Launching a burst of guns, no need for a fire line boost, but a smoothbore design, the highest range of 100 zhang, the accuracy of 90%! ”
To put it bluntly, isn't this repeater a double-barreled shotgun?
Although it is worse than a double-barreled shotgun in terms of range and has a rougher appearance, it is exactly the same in terms of function and ease of transportation.
Such a burst saves time for ignition and firing, and the replacement of ammunition is just a matter of replacing the magazine, and this firearm can be used for hundreds of years without being obsolete.
At this time, Li Yuan was also hooked by the words of this Shenwu guard...... Attracted over, he looked at the repeating hair gun that Li Yuanba held in his hand, and said:
"After talking about it for a long time, what about the ammunition? Don't you say that if this firearm has no ammunition, it is a useless thing in your hands, even if it is a sticker! ”
"Father, don't be impatient!"
Li Yuanba persuaded Li Yuan to say a word, and then clapped his hands.
In just a dozen or so breaths, there were ten soldiers of Zuo Lingwei, in groups of two, each carrying an extremely heavy looking box.
"Squeak!"
The box was opened, and suddenly two boxes of swarthy shells, a box of watermelon mines covered with small grids, a box of heavy grenades, and a box of yellow and clear bullets longer than a little thumb were presented in front of Li Yuan.
"This ...... Is this the ammunition used to fire these two things? How do I use this thing? ”
As he spoke, Li Yuan picked up a black cannonball with both hands, looked left and right for a long time, and suddenly his heart moved, holding the cannonball and gesturing on the barrel of the artillery.
"This nameless cannonball, which is the ammunition of this artillery...... So be it, Majesty! Let's show you first, what do you think? ”
Zhao Sanpao was startled when he saw that the Emperor Taishang picked up a cannonball and held it in his arms, for fear that he would throw the cannonball out like that. (To be continued......) R1292