Chapter 201: Artillery Testing
"Prepare for the test gun! There is no one ahead ......"
As soon as Senior Barry shouted as written in the operation manual, he was interrupted by Flandy.
"Wait a minute!"
"What's wrong?Flandy?" said Barry, who was stunned.
"Where's the earplugs? Didn't it say you want to prepare them?" said Frandi, dismayedly.
"Oh, I forgot. ”
Senior Barry hurriedly took out a bunch of earplugs from a small box.
It is said that it is earplugs, but in fact, it is to fold the linen cloth into the size of ears and eyes, and then sew it up for fear of falling apart.
"Dean, I'll give you a pair. Senior Barry took two earplugs and handed them to Flandy.
"You sent a pair to Your Majesty, Prime Minister Don, and several ministers. ”
"Okay, okay" Senior Barry obeyed Flandi's command and handed the earbuds to Gülen and a few others.
Gülen had experienced the deafening sound of a cannon battle, and knew that this kind of artillery movement must be insignificant, so he hurriedly stuffed the earbuds into his ears.
Prime Minister Tang En and the two ministers saw that His Majesty had stuffed this thing called "earplugs" into their ears, and although they didn't know why, His Majesty stuffed them, so they also stuffed them into their own ears.
After everyone present put on the earbuds, Senior Barry began to shout again.
"Prepare to test the cannon! There is no one in front, you can open the cannon! Prepare! Release!"
Frandi felt bad when he shouted to prepare, and before he could stop it, the "put" had already been shouted.
The ten "scientific researchers" were very obedient, and when they heard the sound of "release", they immediately tugged the string they were holding.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
......
Almost at the same time, ten guns opened fire at once, the small one was good, and the large ones on the far right were filled with a lot of gunpowder.
At the same time, a huge wave of fire was heard, even if they were fifty meters away and wearing earplugs, the sound of ten guns still shook everyone's heads.
Only Flandy and Glenn were mentally prepared and were not frightened, and the rest of them only felt the ground tremble, as if someone had slapped their ears vigorously, and their ears were buzzing.
Several people were so frightened by the loud noise that they sat down on the ground, and even one of the "scientists" had obvious signs of dampness between his legs.
Almost everyone pulled out their earbuds and rubbed their ears vigorously.
"Senior Barry!" Flandi was really a little annoyed.
"Huh?" said Barry, who hadn't figured out what was going on.
"Who let you fire ten cannons together!"
"What, Lord Dean, what are you talking about?" Barry's ears buzzed, and he didn't hear what Flandy was saying.
Flandy slapped his forehead, he forgot to write in the manual that he wanted to fire one by one.
After a long while, everyone relented, and there was a hint of awe in their eyes as they looked at the ten cannons.
"Frandy, is this what you mean by artillery?" Chancellor Don looked at Frandy angrily, because he was the only one who was so frightened that he sat on the ground.
The old man, who was already thin, fell and squatted, and was sitting on a small pebble, so that his butt was still aching.
"Ah, Lord Donn, yes. ”
"Is it just a sound to scare off the enemy?"
Prime Minister Don't have a very good eye, and he didn't see the iron ball shot out at all.
"Your Excellency Don't know about artillery, please be quiet for now, and wait for the statistics to come out!"
"Statistics, what statistics?" this made Prime Minister Tang En stunned, he didn't know what data needed to be counted.
"Senior Barry!" Brandi called out again.
"Hey, Flandie, I'm here!" Senior Barry finally heard clearly this time, and hurriedly ran over.
Since the operation manual didn't say that one cannon should be fired, Flandi was embarrassed to scold him again, so he had to say softly: "Next time, you have to fire one cannon at a time, but don't fire ten cannons at the same time." ”
"I know, I will definitely shoot separately, and I can't stand it if I shoot my ears together!" Senior Barry still had a lingering palpitation.
"Alright, let's go to the stats. ”
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Each artillery piece was in charge of a "scientific researcher", and it only took ten minutes for the data to be counted.
The data is mainly to record the charge of gunpowder, the weight of the iron ball, that is, the shell, and the distance of the shot.
With this data, it is possible to roughly estimate how much thrust this black gang drug has.
However, a lot of experimentation is needed to make this data accurate.
Since the muzzle of the gun is at a 45-degree angle, this is the maximum thrust that the gunpowder can act, and as for the accuracy or something, it will be calculated later.
For the first shot, the minimum charge is used, and each subsequent shot is increased by 10% until the gun can no longer withstand disintegration.
After the data were counted, the experiment continued, and the "researchers" continued the previous step by loading an extra 10% of the gunpowder into the barrel and then stuffing the shells.
This time, everyone has experience, not only plugging the earplugs, but also covering the ears with their hands.
"Prepare to test the cannon! There is no one in front of you, you can open the cannon! The first cannon is ready! Release!"
"Boom ......"
The smallest gun had the least charge, and the sound was not as loud as the guns behind it.
"The second cannon is ready!
"The third cannon is ready!
......
This time, Senior Barry did not have a problem, and one cannon after another rang out, which was much stronger than the ten cannons fired together just now.
It's a pity that Prime Minister Don't see the moment when the cannonball flew out.
"Flandy, what the hell are you doing with this cannon?"
"Lord Donn, didn't you see the cannonballs flying out?"
"Cannonballs?
It just so happened that the data for the second time had come out, and the "scientists" were continuing to fill the barrel with gunpowder.
Franky pulls Chancellor Donn over to the cannon and points to a "scientist" who is putting a cannonball inside.
"Look, Prime Minister Don, it's this big iron ball. ”
"This big iron ball is a cannonball?" Prime Minister Tang En, looking at the fist-sized iron ball placed in the smallest cannon, a little disapproving.
"Yes, that's it, the first time it flew out seventy-six meters, the second time it was ninety-two meters. ”
"You can throw it so far, do you want to smash the monster with an iron ball?" After hearing these data, Prime Minister Tang En was even more disappointed with this artillery.
It's quite loud, but it's useless.
"It's just the beginning of experimentation, and you'll find out after a few more experiments. ”
Frandi also did not defend himself, and nothing was most convincing with facts.
"Okay, I'll just wait to see how powerful your cannon is!"
The third test began, and the amount of gunpowder this time increased by another 10%, and after Senior Barry finished shouting, there were ten more cannon shots.
This time, the smallest cannon fired the shell more than 120 meters away, and Prime Minister Don was still very dissatisfied.
As the number of tests increases, the charge also increases, and the sound becomes louder and louder.
And the flight distance of the shells is also getting farther and farther.
One hundred and twenty meters, one hundred and fifty meters, two hundred meters......
Until the tenth launch, even the smallest of this cannon had shells at a distance of more than five hundred meters.
At this time, Prime Minister Tang En paid a little attention to the existence of artillery.
The experiment continued, and by the seventeenth time, the smallest of the guns had flown more than a kilometer.
And the shells of the largest cannon have already flown more than 1,500 meters!
The distance of the test was not how far the measured shell rolled, but the small crater where the measured shell hit the ground, flying 1,500 meters in the air, which had already met Flender's expectations.
However, the maximum endurance of the barrel has not yet been tested, and the experiment continues.
It wasn't until the twenty-third time of the test that Flendy checked the barrel with his mental power and found that the seventh barrel was almost at its limit.
Artillery bombings are no joke, and to be on the safe side, Flandy has everyone jump into a pre-dug bomb pit.
In fact, as early as when the shells of the smallest cannon flew at a distance of more than 1,000 meters, Prime Minister Don had already begun to look at this new weapon called artillery differently.
As the gunpowder increased again and again, so did the power of the shells.
Watching the fire coming out of the barrel after the cannon banged loudly, it was actually quite enjoyable.