Chapter 297: Artillery Drill

I really can't do it, so I can only give that thing, although it is a bit out of place to give this at a wedding, but it is novel, it is not too vulgar, and it is very interesting.

After making up his mind, Franky asked Tom and Jerry to continue to develop the production of the telephone, but he tinkered with all kinds of noises.

Everyone was relieved that the river of life, although turbulent, did not flood in the end.

However, no one knows how the weather will change in a few days, and Flandi still doesn't dare to use his magic seeds to make portals or spawn demon grass.

In order to speed up the harvest, Gülen directly ordered General Conrad Sr. to lead an army to help the peasants outside the city.

Tens of thousands of troops harvested together, so that the rice could be stored in the shortest possible time, but this also frightened the farmers, because there was no precedent in history for the army to help harvest grain.

But when they learned that the soldiers were only helping them with the harvest and did not need any payment, they were overjoyed.

Although the pavement of the main road has been hardened, the country roads are still muddy, and no matter how hard a few construction teams try, it is impossible to harden all the roads around the imperial capital in a short period of time.

So even though the weather was fine, harvesting the ears of rice was still a very troublesome thing, and now with the help of these soldiers, it was a great favor to the farmers.

In particular, the soldiers actually drove several large trucks, which were unheard of and unseen by the peasants, and they were dumbfounded by the goods that one truck could carry.

Compared with the small cart that farmers usually use, I don't know how many times it can be loaded, and the speed is extremely fast, as long as the rice ears are harvested, there is almost no need to think about the transportation problem, and the hill-like rice ears can be transported back and forth.

It usually takes more than an hour to walk with a small cart, and this kind of large truck can run back and forth in ten minutes, which makes the owners of major farms red-eyed.

However, these large trucks are still strategic resources, in addition to the army, there are only a few mines in the Ministry of Industry in the Yiwu Kingdom, and it will take at least a few years to popularize them to the people.

Two days later......

Today is a large-scale verification of the artillery after such a long period of development, and it is also the day when the first generation of artillery is finally finalized.

Artillery is the first weapon developed for war since the establishment of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, not only His Majesty the Emperor, but also the important ministers and ministers of the empire, there are more than 100 people.

For today's artillery exercise, Flandy piloted the "Psal" aircraft in the morning and arranged seven black holes in the sky above the training ground to ensure that it would not rain.

On the left side of the training ground, an audience seat was also built by the earth magician, and a roof was installed on the audience to protect from the rain, so that the artillery placed in the training ground could be clearly seen.

On the right side are 3,000 soldiers, selected from the elite of the garrison, who will learn how to use artillery here and those scientists from today.

For the sake of artillery, Gülen decided to form an artillery unit after consulting with Prime Minister Don and several generals, and these 3,000 people were the first to come and learn.

In the morning, Gülen took the officers to the artillery training ground and entered the audience.

In addition to Gülen and several important ministers who had seen artillery, this was the first official appearance of artillery.

Many ministers didn't know what the iron bumps in the field were for, but they heard that it was a very powerful weapon, and they didn't know what the specific power was, so they were all watching curiously.

It was almost noon when the researchers of the Academy of Sciences took a bunch of earmuffs to distribute to everyone, and Prime Minister Donn, Minister of Industry Dean, and Minister of Construction Gotha all knew that the cannon would make a loud noise, and hurriedly put on the earmuffs.

The others saw that the three were wearing earmuffs, and although they didn't understand why, they could guess what was going on, so almost everyone put them on.

Glenn sat in the middle of the first row, old Peggie and Senior Barry stood on the side in their gowns, they were not qualified to sit, and Flandy sat next to Gülen.

Not only Flandy, but almost all the people from the Magic Tower came, and the first row of the audience was prepared for them, and even Prime Minister Don sat behind them.

In fact, in terms of identity, Ted, Vito, Anne, Lilia, Gustav, Katrina, these young people from Psalal Island are all heirs to the Grand Duke, and sitting in the first row makes it impossible to find fault at all.

Only Shirley, Tom, and Jerry were in the seats, but no one dared to raise an objection.

At noon, Gülen gave the order, and artillery drills began.

There were 10 guns in the training ground, 20 guns of medium guns and guns that fired live ammunition, and 50 guns of the smallest kind.

Almost all the scientific staff of the Imperial Academy of Sciences went into battle, and every two people served a cannon.

Behind the artillery array were a hill of shells.

In these ten days, for this artillery drill, the Ministry of Industry asked thousands of craftsmen to put down other work and all to make shells.

The smelter in the Igo Kingdom officially started, and all the metal produced was used to cast these cannons, which brought the number of cannons to as many as 100 in a short period of time.

Of course, this is also because the current craftsmen are not familiar with the process of artillery casting, and when they are familiar, the speed will be much faster.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, it's a test firing of heavy artillery, please review it. Old Pei Ji stood on the side of the audience and shouted loudly.

Gülen nodded heavily, and then heard Senior Barry shouting from the other side of the audience near the artillery array: "Heavy artillery ready! There is no one ahead, fire the cannon in order! Ready!

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom"

......

Ten loud bangs in a row, each heavy cannon spewed out a meter-long tongue of fire, and before people could react, they only heard a huge explosion three kilometers away.

The wall that was more than ten meters high as the target collapsed, and the wooden stakes erected were also blown up more than ten meters high along with the soil, and for a time the smoke was filled, which was much more powerful than being hit by the "roar of flames" of the fire system.

The ministers who had seen this scene for the first time stood up one after another, and because of the distance of three kilometers, they all raised their eyes and looked into the distance.

It was the first time they had seen artillery fire, and although they were wearing earmuffs and mentally prepared, they were startled by the loud sound of shelling.

Before they could see anything, Senior Barry shouted again: "Heavy artillery ready! No one ahead, a salvo! Ready!"

"Boom!"

Ten guns opened fire at the same time, and a loud bang shook the ground nearby.

Immediately after that, ten shells on the opposite side exploded at the same time, and the power was much greater than the shells that landed just now.

"Your Majesty, the heavy artillery demonstration is complete, now the light artillery is demonstrated!"

Gülen nodded, and Senior Barry began to shout again.

Light artillery was somewhat less powerful than heavy artillery, and it was also a round of bursts and a salvo.

Immediately after that, there was the kind of light artillery with a lengthened barrel, which was named the armor-piercing gun, and it was also a round of bursts, a salvo.

Finally, there was the lightest artillery, which was named a shoulder gun because it accepted Flander's suggestion and did not have wheels at all, but was carried on the shoulder.

The shoulder gun does not need to be placed on the ground, it can be fired directly from the shoulder, and it is the fastest and least powerful gun.

However, this time it was not the scientific researchers who carried the shoulder cannon. Instead, fifty stout men were selected among the soldiers to carry it, and the scientific researchers were only responsible for the launch.

It was the same round of point fire and a salvo, this time much quieter than the previous three, making the ministers in the audience feel that this kind of artillery was useless.

However, the firing of these four artillery rounds was only the first item of this artillery exercise, and the main purpose was to familiarize these officials with what artillery is.

After the shoulder gun drill was completed, Gülen led the people to the shelling site to inspect it.

The "boom, boom" shooting just now, these ministers only felt that it was lively, and they did not know what damage was caused.