Chen Xun is also an old fur dog, and he has seen quite a lot of cannons in his life, even if it is a Western cannon, he has seen and touched it, but today when he saw the No. 3 cannon of the sea wolf, he immediately drooled greedily.

Although this six-pounder cannon did not look as big as some Western cannons he had seen, it was not majestic enough, but after he carefully observed the situation of the cannon body and the barrel, he still found that this cannon was very well cast, compared with the craftsmanship of Western cannons, it was only strong and not weak, there was no cracks or pores and other defects throughout the body, and the polishing was also very perfect, and the maintenance was impeccable.

Compared with the guns on their ships, their rusty cannons should have been thrown away, although this cannon is not big, but it gives people a feeling that it should definitely be very powerful.

Yu Xiaotian took advantage of Chen Xun's efforts to drool while lying on the cannon, and quietly gave instructions to the captain on the ship, who immediately nodded and quietly went down to start arranging.

"Third Brother Chen, are you still satisfied with this cannon? Among the cannons I gave you this time, Western-style cannons are basically this kind of cannons! Yu Xiaotian walked to Chen Xun's side, where his saliva was about to flow, and asked Chen Xun.

Chen Xun hurriedly got up and replied, "Satisfied, so satisfied!" Pretty! This is the most beautiful cannon I have ever seen in my life! It's just that I don't know how powerful this cannon is! When Chen Xun spoke, his eyes never left this cannon, and his soul was about to be hooked by this cannon.

Yu Xiaotian smiled a little proudly: "It doesn't matter, Brother Chen will be able to see the power of this cannon in a while!" Alright, it's almost there, get ready! ”

Hearing the sound, several gunners immediately rushed to the side of the gun carriage, politely invited Chen Xun aside, and began to load the gun.

However, in front of Chen Xun, these gunners did not use a fixed charge package, but used bulk gunpowder, but these gunpowders were also divided in advance, so there was no need to worry about the amount of gunpowder, but Chen Xun couldn't see it.

The gunners on the ship used dazzling movements and cooperated with each other to quickly complete the loading of this cannon, and at this time, the small island that they used as a shooting range had also appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Boss, the artillery is loaded, please indicate the target!" After observing the distance of the ship to the shore, the gunner shouted to Xiaotian.

"That big reef on the shore of the target! Aim and fire! Yu Xiaotian visually measured the distance between the ship and the island, about four hundred meters, just within the effective range of the three-pounder gun, if you want to shoot accurately, it is quite difficult, but he still has considerable confidence in his own gunners, so after glancing at it, he chose a reef on the shore as the target for their cannon.

The size of that reef was quite small, almost the size of a large ship of two or three hundred materials, but at a distance of four or five hundred meters, it didn't look very big, but anyone who had never been in contact with the Hongyi cannon had never thought that it would be possible to hit such a distant target at this distance.

Chen Xun stared at the reef on the shore with wide eyes, he was a little skeptical that this cannon could hit so far, not to mention that it could hit and miss, as long as it could hit so far, it was already quite powerful.

After the gunner received Yu Xiaotian's order, he immediately began to operate the cannon, and the ship also began to cooperate with the action at this time, adjusting the course, so that the side of the ship was aimed at the reef on the shore, making it easier for the gunner to adjust the muzzle pointing.

Today, the wind on the sea is not strong, the waves are not very large, and they are relatively gentle, but the ship is in a kind of dynamic, with the waves rising and falling slightly, and continuing to move forward.

If it was on the shore, shooting at such a large target from a distance of 400 meters with a six-pounder gun would not be a problem for the gunners of the Seawolf, but today they were shooting from a ship, and this distance was quite a test of the skill of these gunners.

After receiving the instructions, the gunners immediately began to get busy, pushing the guns to the side of the ship, cooperating with each other to fine-tune the muzzle pointing, gradually aiming the muzzle at the large reef in the distance, and adjusting the elevation angle of the muzzle until the gunner confirmed that the aim was correct.

At such a distance, the aiming target must be fired immediately, because if there is a slight delay, the fixed shooting elements may fail, so that the shell misses the target, and today is just a demonstration of the accuracy of the shelling, and there is no need for the fleet or the ship's artillery to fire a salvo, and Yu Xiaotian has already given them instructions, they only need to aim and fire.

Therefore, the cannon commander shouted: "Prepare to fire!" The rest of the gunners surrounding the cannon immediately spread out to the sides, avoiding the area around the end of the gun, and one of the gunners in charge of ignition had already prepared the firebolt, and without hesitation put the red firebolt on the tail fire door.

Everyone only felt a violent vibration under their feet, and then they heard a roar in their ears, and immediately a ball of flames erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and the smoke of gunpowder spread near the muzzle.

The smoke of black powder is very large, even if it is the best formula of black powder, the smoke is only light in color, and there are fewer relatively poor gunpowder, but it is far from being smokeless gunpowder, at present, Yu Xiaotian has no ability and no technology to support a complete set of chemical industry, so he can only continue to use this black powder, and try to improve the formula of black powder as much as possible, so that it can exert the maximum power It is good.

After the cannon fired, it shook violently, and instantly sat far behind the gun position, and there were gunners among the sea wolves who were careless and stood in a position where they should not stand, but as soon as the cannon sounded, the person standing behind the cannon tail was hit by the gun truck and flew away, and the tendons were broken and fractured, and the worst was vomiting blood and died on the spot.

But now the Seawolf gunners have developed a complete set of design specifications, coupled with rigorous drills, so that such accidents have basically been eliminated.

But at this time, Chen Xun didn't have time to pay attention to these things, his eyes looked directly at the island in the distance, but because the smoke from the cannon fire hindered their observation, now everyone was white in front of them, and after the sea breeze blew, the smoke was blown away, and they vaguely saw the target in the distance.

The cannonball flew across the sea and slammed into the huge reef, but it didn't hit the target, and the cannonball landed not far from the reef.

Although this cannonball did not hit the target accurately, but in Chen Xun's opinion, it was already quite satisfied, such a distance, what he just thought about was whether the cannonball could hit such a long distance, and he didn't think about whether it could hit at all, and now when he saw that the little Hongyi cannon of the sea wolf really hit so far, and the landing point of the cannonball was not far from the target, he was surprised and let out an exclamation.

"Rubbish! Reload, reload! Yu Xiaotian felt very unhappy, although Chen Xun was very satisfied, but he was not satisfied, today he was going to show Chen Xun a nose, but the first shot was lost, which made him feel very faceless, and he snorted angrily and reprimanded these gunners.

The gunners also felt very faceless, although they thought that today's first shot was not bad, even if it didn't hit the target, at least it was a close-arrow shell, but they also knew that today they were the big boss to show their faces to this guy surnamed Chen, and if they didn't hit the target, they would lose the face of their big boss, so they were all very uncomfortable.

After receiving the order, these gunners flew up, and once again used a set of dazzling movements, cooperated with each other to quickly complete the reloading, and pushed the gun back to the gun door, this time the gun commander lay on the gun mount, and began to aim carefully with all his might.

Although it was a cold day, these gunners were sweating on their foreheads, and everyone held their breath and watched these gunners operate the guns.

"Shoot!" After the gunner took aim, he jumped up and jumped to the side, and the rest of the gunners quickly dispersed, and then the gunner shouted.

The hull shook again, the cannon mount smacked back again, and the smoke of gunpowder once again filled the side of the ship, and was blown away by the sea breeze.

Everyone looked at the reef on the shore in the distance, only to see that this time a piece of gravel suddenly rose in the middle of the front part of the reef, and everyone immediately cheered: "Hit!" Hit! ”

But Yu Xiaotian didn't join the cheering crowd, glanced at a few gunners, nodded slightly, and said, "It's not bad, write it down, report to the council hall, and give a reward!" ”

After hearing Yu Xiaotian's words, several gunners immediately knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Thank you, big boss!" ”

Chen Xun's jaw was about to fall to the ground, this was the most accurate artillery bombardment he had ever seen, the key was that at such a distance, the sea wolf's gunner actually hit the target, which he couldn't think of before, but today he saw it with his own eyes, these two shellings made him completely understand the power of the sea wolf.

In addition, he also saw that the sea wolf's gunners were extremely well trained, not at all like their subordinates, and the people of the sea wolf obviously paid great attention to training on weekdays, just from the actions of the people's guns, as well as the accuracy of the shelling, it was enough to show their strength.

Thinking that some time ago, they regarded the sea wolf as an opponent, and some people even proposed that they would break with the sea wolf, grab some territory with the sea wolf, and take advantage of the time when the government and the sea wolf were in trouble, give the sea wolf a knife in the back, and take advantage of their own care, simply take them down from Tamsui Village.

Fortunately, Yan Siqi did not agree to their proposal at that time, and ordered them not to talk nonsense outside, which suppressed them, and now when he saw the performance of the Sea Wolf Tribe, Chen Xun unconsciously felt a layer of cold sweat behind his back.