After listening to the command in the wind, the gun commander of the No. 1 gun position repeated it, and the gunners immediately moved, and the four gunners cooperated, each performing their duties, busy but not chaotic.

Gunner No. 1 stuffed the barrel with four packets of gunpowder made of nitrocellulose, gunner No. 2 pushed the cartridge into the chamber with a cartridge lever, gunner No. 3 inserted the fuse, and gunner No. 4 inserted the shell with a wooden butt and woodpipe fuse through the muzzle, and the preparation for firing was completed.

Although the process of loading the gun is complicated, it actually takes only about three breaths, which is already very fast.

And when the gunners were loading, the gunner was already ready to light the fire incense, and as soon as the loading was completed, he immediately said loudly: "One shot is good." ”

Fengji shouted: "Ignition, fire." ”

Without hesitation, the gunner put the head of the incense to the fuse and lit it.

"Hiss...... Tong...... Boom ......"

The fuse only burned for less than two breaths before a loud bang was heard, and even the battleship was shaken, and a puff of fire and smoke soon rose from the distant target position, and the explosion was heard in the distance.

From the time Mao 18 sent the signal to the time the shell hit the target, it took less than ten breaths, and Yang Yifei was quite satisfied with his training results.

It is worth mentioning that the actual finished flowering shell that came out was not the kind of shell that Yang Yifei first envisioned, which needed to ignite the fuse.

After several test shots, he found that the shells were very dangerous, although easy to make, quick to produce, and less logistically stressful, so he used a more advanced detonation method at the expense of production.

The first flowering shells need to ignite the fuse of the cannonball, and then ignite the projectile fuse of the gun, and then shoot it out, which is very dangerous.

After the shell fuse is ignited, it is okay to launch it successfully, even if the length of the fuse is not calculated accurately, it does not matter whether it is blown up early or late, at least it will not blow up your own people.

But once the shell fuse has been lit, but the propellant fuse has not been successfully ignited, or the fuse has not ignited the gunpowder, then the calf is finished, the shell will explode in the barrel, and the phenomenon of exploding will occur, not only will a gun be lost, but the gunner team will also bury the artillery.

So Yang Yifei made another slightly more complicated, but also safer, shell, which uses a woodpipe fuse and adds a wooden stock.

This kind of fuse does not need to be specially ignited, and can rely on the gas of the propellant to ignite the shell fuse, and the shell is ignited at the same time as the moment it is fired, which is very safe.

Of course, this is only theoretically safe, since the shell is spherical, and friction with the inner wall of the barrel during disemboweling forms a roll.

What happens when a shell rolls to the mouth of the fuse against the explosive charge? The only result was that the wooden tube was pressed into the body of the projectile, which in turn detonated the shell directly in the chamber, which was also the result of the explosion.

So in order to solve this problem, the wooden butt is the key of the key, the wooden butt can make the shell no longer roll around, so that the fuse is always facing the muzzle during the ejection of the gun.

In addition to this benefit, the wooden butt can also effectively seal gas leakage, and the "badminton principle" self-stabilizing structure due to the lightweight wooden butt makes the trajectory more accurate.

The famous "Hotchkiss grenades" and "shrapnels" of the American Civil War were built in this way, and yes, they were two hundred years ahead of their time.

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On the other side, after Mao 18 sent out the signal flare, everyone waited with bated breath for that moment to come.

Although they had tested artillery many times before, they had seen many times when calculating the length of the signal tube required for each charge.

But they had never seen a shell fall on land before!

"Whew......"

The speed of the Napoleonic cannon was 439 meters per second, which exceeded the speed of sound, and they had not yet heard the roar of the cannon when it was fired, and a scream was already ringing in the sky.

"Boom ......"

There was a loud bang, and everyone felt that the ground under their feet shook slightly, and a cloud of fire and smoke rose from the mountain peak one hundred and fifty or sixty meters ahead, and a large crater appeared at the point where the bullet hit.

Looking at the destructive power of the cannonball, everyone felt that their hearts were pounding, and they even breathed rapidly, because they saw not only the power of the artillery, but also the hope of the success of the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Yifei grinned and said in a loud voice: "Brothers, this cannon is probably not enough, I'm afraid that Hong Antong won't be able to react, let's give him another round of lively, musket team, give me a round of guns on the mountain." ”

"Yes."

As soon as they heard Yang Yifei's order, the musketeers on both wings immediately came to their senses, and the musketeers on both wings were all in a row of ten, half a meter apart, divided into five rows.

In battle, when the first row of musketeers finished firing, they immediately turned around and withdrew from the gap in the queue to the back to reload, the second row was connected, and then the third, fourth, and fifth rows came forward and opened fire.

By the time the fifth platoon finished firing, the men in the first platoon were almost loaded with ammunition, and so on and so forth, to maintain the continuity of firepower.

At this time, Yang Yifei gave an order, and the musketeers in the first row immediately broke the hammer and pulled the trigger on the peak.

"Bang bang ......"

The sound of gunfire rang out rhythmically, and after five rounds in a row, it was quiet again, and the mountain was quiet, but the mountain was already full of chickens and dogs.

Qi Qi was startled when the cannon rang out, but they didn't react to what was going on, and they were still asking each other.

But Hong Antong, who was about to eat breakfast, heard this loud noise, but his face changed greatly, and the disciples couldn't hear it, how could he, a guy who had been in collusion with the Rakshasa Kingdom for many years, not hear it?

Su Quanhua asked with a disgraced expression, "Sect Master, what kind of voice is this?" ”

Hong Antong said with an ugly face: "It's artillery, could it be that someone has come to attack Shenlong Island?" ”

"Bang bang ......"

Immediately followed by the sound of cannonballs, there were five dense salvos of muskets, Hong Antong's face became even more ugly, "Muskets, sure enough, someone is attacking Shenlong Island, I heard that the sound has reached the bottom of the mountain, Madame go quickly and leave the house, so as not to collapse the house." ”

Su Quan hurriedly got up with Hong Antong and rushed out of the house, and as soon as he arrived outside the door, he saw the five dragon envoys coming quickly, and saw the two of them hurriedly bowing and saluting.

Qinglong made Xu Xueting hurriedly said: "Sect Master, I don't know when, a fleet appeared on the northeast sea, and the ship fired a cannon at the station, and there was a dense sound of muskets at the bottom of the mountain, please ask the sect master to decide." ”

Hong Antong said in a deep voice: "Quickly send someone to find out who is coming to attack Shenlong Island, how many people have come, and order the sect members to find a place where they can hide and not enter the house." ”

"Yes."

The five dragon envoys led the order, Hong Antong quickly ran to the northeast, Su Quan hurriedly followed, although she was always eager to kill Hong Antong, but obviously following him at this moment could bring her some sense of security.

When he arrived at the cliff in the northeast direction, Hong Antong hid behind a big rock, looked out, and saw four sea boats and more than a dozen small boats parked on the sea, but the distance was too far to see the specific situation on the boat.

"Strange, why did they stop with just one shot? There are no followers under the mountain, why did the other party release the gun for no reason? Hong Antong frowned and muttered to himself.

After Su Quan got through the initial panic, he had calmed down at this time, and after listening to Hong Antong's words, his heart moved, and said, "Sect Master, could it be that the other party is not here to attack Shenlong Island?" The guns were fired just to knock the mountain and tell us they were coming. ”

Hong Antong's eyes showed a sudden look, and he praised: "Madam is really smart, it is very likely that this is the case, let's go, let's go back first and wait for the five dragon envoys to return." ”