The sound of rumbling cannons began to sound on the shooting range, and the casting quality of this Caron gun was no problem, and after a few tests, the gun body did not have any cracks, and it could fully withstand the bore pressure when the gun was fired.

After such a long period of exploration, the gun's skills in casting cannons have been quite mature, and the iron fan casting method and the water-cooled casting process of the inner mold have also been adopted, and the casting quality of the cannon body is quite passable, even if it is a thinner cannon wall, it is enough to withstand considerable bore pressure without exploding.

The difference in craftsmanship has caused the sea wolf's cannon to be much lighter than the Hongyi cannon of the same caliber imitated by the local government of Daming on land, or even only one-third of their weight, but the safety is still far more than the official imitation of the Hongyi cannon a lot, which is currently not even a Western gunsmith, can not reach the level of the sea wolf, and it is a big difference with the level of the sea wolf's casting cannon.

After a few shots, the crowd checked the condition of the first simulated platform, which was built according to the platform on the deck of an ordinary ship, and the bearing capacity was not strong.

After several gun test firing, the deck of the platform showed serious cracks, which shows that this kind of cannon cannot be used on ordinary ships without modification and reinforcement.

So the people immediately used the boom to lift the cannon onto the second platform, which was made on the basis of the first platform by the method of reinforcement, simulating the reinforcement method used by the Seawolf to transform the old ship, in order to test whether the modified platform could carry the gun and withstand the recoil of the fire.

After three more shots, everyone checked the platform, and there were basically no major problems on the deck of this platform, some of the decks were a little cracked, but the problem was not big, and it only needed to be strengthened again, and it should be able to carry this kind of caron gun.

As for the third platform, it is the deck of the seawolf's own schooner, which has a strong structure and can carry Caron guns without any problems.

However, the accuracy of this Caron cannon is a bit problematic, because the gunner has not yet mastered the performance of this kind of gun, and he does not know how to aim at the gun, so he does not know how to adjust the barrel in place when he is operating the gun, so he can only grope for test firing.

After the test firing of more than a dozen shells, the general public has a preliminary understanding of the performance of this kind of Caron gun, the direct aiming distance of this kind of gun, no more than 100 meters, roughly about 80 to 90 meters, can be directly aiming, slightly increase the muzzle elevation angle, within 120 meters to 150 meters, can basically ensure the accuracy of shooting, but beyond this distance, the shooting accuracy is very poor.

Moreover, the maximum firing range of this cannon, when the elevation angle is 45 degrees, is only less than 400 meters, but the accuracy of the longest range is very poor, and there is no guarantee that the shell can hit a target the size of a ship.

As for the power, there is no need to say anything, the power of the 32-pound shell is quite abundant, a masonry structure of the masonry structure that was previously built as the target of the shelling was actually hit by the gunner's shit luck, the 32-pound shell, although it was only a solid shell, but it also hit the gun barrier on the spot, and it was forcibly demolished on the spot, which was more powerful than the chengguan.

As for the ship, if it is to be hit by such a 32-pound cannonball, the Chinese ship does not need to think too much, even if it is the most practical canton ship made of iron and wood, it will not be able to withstand three or four blows, and it will definitely be crushed, and the average bird boat and double canopy boat is estimated to be able to withstand two at most, and even if it does not sink, it will lose its combat effectiveness.

For such power, the big guy naturally has nothing to say, even if this cannon is used to attack the city, as long as it is close to the city, it is estimated that dozens of cannons will be able to collapse a section of the city wall.

However, Chen Sheng was not very optimistic about this cannon, and when Yu Xiaotian asked him complacently how he felt about the power of this cannon, Chen Sheng immediately bowed down and replied: "Great master!" I thought that although this cannon was powerful and powerful, it was really powerful, but I thought that the range of this cannon was really too short, and it was not easy to aim, so far, if you want to shell enemy ships, you must at least get close to within 100 steps to be effective!

If the range could be increased a little more, this cannon would be better used! This is just the point of view under the mark, right or wrong, I hope the big boss will forgive me! ”

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said, "Chen Sheng, you observed well, this cannon is powerful, needless to say!" But you said that this cannon is not easy to aim, this is because this kind of cannon has just been produced, the gunner has not yet mastered its performance, and in addition, the cannon table has not been made, so it is naturally not easy to aim!

As for your statement that the range of this cannon is too close, I don't dare to agree!

It is true that the direct firing distance of this cannon is shorter, mainly because the barrel of this cannon is shorter, the charge is less, and the shell of 30 catties is only loaded with 3 catties of gunpowder, so it is naturally not far away!

But as the commander of the sailor training camp, you naturally know that now that you are fighting the enemy at sea, we Seawolves stipulate that unless there are special circumstances, even if you use a twelve-pounder cannon, you must get closer to within 200 paces before you can fire!

Moreover, you have participated in many naval battles, and you know that in most naval battles, if you want to effectively hit the enemy ship, the best shooting distance must be within 100 paces to ensure the hit.

And this kind of artillery was born for naval warfare, with its heavy shells, in close conditions, accurately bombarding enemy ships, ensuring hits and effective destruction!

I don't dare to say that it will be very useful to use this cannon against the large plywood ships of the Westerners, but if it is against the warships of the same peers or the officers and sailors, you can think about it, even if the range of this cannon is short, will the enemy have a chance to fight back?

There are a lot of medium-sized Francophone guns in the officers and soldiers, but the bullet is only three catties, and the direct firing distance is only 200 paces. But if they take a beating of our cannon, it will basically be equivalent to directly dismantling the ship for them!

The most important thing in naval warfare is to effectively hit and effectively destroy, otherwise no matter how far the range is, it will not be able to hit the enemy, and it will be in vain, the ship is turbulent at sea, although the range of the twelve-pounder cannon is not close, and the effective direct fire distance is at least five or six hundred paces away, but it is also very difficult to hit the enemy ship beyond three hundred paces on the ship, which is why I stipulate that in a battle with the enemy at sea, you must not fire at a distance of 400 paces, and under normal circumstances, you are required to fire at about 200 paces, that is, you can shoot accurately.

But it is not accurate to hit alone, the range of the six-pounder gun is not close, the shooting is also very accurate, it is easy to handle the gun, the recoil is small, and the operation is labor-saving, but why don't you like to use it? It's because although it hits accurately, it doesn't hit hard! Even if you hit an enemy ship, you only dig a hole in the enemy ship, and sometimes you can't even hit the board of the enemy ship!

And this new cannon, one shot counts as one shot, even if the range is closer, but it is also similar to the range of those guns used by peers, in the bombardment, you can think about it, our ship can take a few shots from them, but it can't help us at all, but as long as we hit them with a shot, then you can think about what will happen to their ship!

In addition, you don't know much about this new cannon, in addition to being able to disembowel the enemy with solid bullets, this new cannon has a very powerful point!

Come on, get ready for shotguns! ”

As soon as the gunner heard this, he immediately brought over a large barrel of standard shotguns for the Seawolf cannon, these shotguns are about the size of the belly of the fingers, and after the specifications are unified, they will be standardized for production, unless it is necessary or helpless, they will use local materials and use things like stones instead of standard shotguns.

According to Yu Xiaotian's request, the gunner filled the Caron cannon with gunpowder, and then filled the chamber with more than 300 shotguns.

When Chen Sheng saw it, he felt that his scalp was numb, this cannon was actually loaded with so many shotguns at once, if this cannon exploded, it would be like a heavy rain, wouldn't it sweep everything?

With a roar, hundreds of shotguns flew out of the barrel of the cannon, and it suddenly rained like a torrential rain in the shooting range, and a large cloud of dust was raised on the ground in the distance.

Everyone exclaimed, this cannon passed, caught up with the barracks with musket salvo, almost enough for a squadron of two hundred and fifty musketeers to fire a salvo together, if placed on land, against the oncoming enemy dense formation, come to such a few cannons, it is estimated that this battle does not need to be fought, the enemy can collapse on the spot, but unfortunately the weight of this kind of artillery is a bit large at present, relying on manpower to drag the field, it is estimated that it will be more difficult, unless the problem of horses is solved, this kind of artillery may be used in field battles.

Yu Xiaotian was very satisfied with the effect of this shelling, turned his head and said to Chen Sheng: "See, this is another function of this new cannon, isn't the big plywood ship of some Westerners strong?" Then it doesn't matter, use this cannon to give him a big disembowelment, and then another cannon at the disemboweling enemy ship, so that they can almost wipe out the people on their deck.

If it is directly against the ships of our peers, then you can directly use this cannon to clean up the people on their deck first, and then wait for the gang to seize the ship! It is estimated that after a cannon passes, the people on the other boat will almost die, and now you still think this cannon is not very easy to use? ”

The Caron Cannon has historically been known as the "Smasher" and "Devil Cannon", and its ability to burrow and clear decks on enemy ships is very good, making it ideal for today's sea wolves.

Although the Caron cannon has the defect of short range, it is a little bit many, one is light weight, the other is powerful, the third is easy to operate and load, and the firing speed is fast, although it cannot be denied that the cannon of the same caliber is better and more powerful, but where is the weight of the cannon of the same caliber, it is at least three times heavier than the Caron gun of the same caliber, which is enough to make the sea wolf sigh.

The Seawolf does not have large Western-style warships now, and it is not easy to place heavy cannons on Chinese-style warships, although they can now cast 24-pounder cannons or even 32-pounder cannons, but this kind of cannon can only be used as shore guns at present, except for a very few ships that can be equipped with one or two.

And in the short term, to improve the firepower of the Seawolf warship, this Caron gun is undoubtedly a very good choice, three hundred to four hundred materials on the upper deck of the Chinese warship, as long as it is strengthened, at least two can be arranged, plus the twelve-pounder gun loaded under the cabin after the transformation, the firepower can be increased several times, even if it is placed against the opponent of those large plywood ships in the West, but as long as the number is superior, they can still be beaten all over the ground looking for teeth!

Chen Sheng didn't have any opinions at this time, he thoroughly understood the power of this new artillery, and nodded again and again: "Listening to what the big boss said, I understand the mark, this new cannon is really powerful!" In the future, if we have this new cannon, this sea will be enough for us to go sideways! Hehe! The big boss is amazing! ”

Yu Xiaotian was very proud to bear Chen Sheng's sycophancy, because he felt that he deserved such praise from them, and he would have new things to play with these guys in the future, and this was all a piece of cake at present!