Chapter 512: Bunker

An error of a few meters, in fact, is not small for artillery.

Although Luo Ming's bronze cannon has been improved recently, there will still be certain errors in itself.

The target that Luo Ming wanted to shoot was 195 meters away, and if he fired a single ordinary solid bullet at this distance, even if he aimed at the body of a van, he might hit the rear or front of the car.

What's more, the battlefield is now full of enemy troops, and it is impossible to aim directly, but only indirectly based on Luo Ming's observation data.

However, he could increase the number of artillery fired, as well as the number of shells, to deliver a covering strike.

He refurbished most of the Tiger Cannons and recast a new type of bronze cannon that added little weight and sacrificed a bit of close-range shotgun power for longer range and accuracy.

Of course, it is naturally not comparable to a mountain howitzer with a larger tonnage and a longer barrel, but there is still a range of several hundred meters.

And such light artillery, Luo Ming brought a total of four this time.

Thirty seconds later, all five guns adjusted their orientation and angle, and with Luo Ming's order, they spewed out flames and smoke along with ten heavy arquebuses.

And those deadly scorching metal projectiles.

To be honest, Luo Ming also wants the artillery to fire shotguns and smash them - if the limit charge is used, at 200 meters, the shotguns can also pierce armor and kill people, and the number of shotguns is too many ants to bite the elephant.

But there are still a lot of enemy troops blocking along the way, and solid shells can continue to fly or roll after penetrating a few people, and the shotgun will be blocked if it penetrates one or two people.

One hundred and ninety-five meters away, the mage regiment of the Belan Federation Army was preparing the next wave of spells to continue cleaning up those annoying grenadiers.

At this distance, the bow and arrow are difficult to shoot accurately, and even if they can be shot occasionally, they are the last of the strong crossbows, and only a simple layer of protective arrow spells can block these few arrows with weakened strength.

As for what to say with a strong bow and a crossbow...... If it's not a strong bow and a hard crossbow, it's hard to reach this distance.

Of course, it is definitely not easy for mages to cross such a distance to cast spells and kill people, they have specially practiced cooperation and coordinated spell casting to achieve such an effect.

But if you are a little tired, you can fight the enemy army without danger, and you can get a high salary for the mage afterwards, which is actually a good errand.

However, a warning sign suddenly struck me.

The mages have some experience in this, and those who are inexperienced have at least been warned by their colleagues and division commanders - occasionally there will be magic arrows enchanted or vindictive, or attacks from siege equipment, or counterattacks from other mages, which can cross this distance and have extremely strong lethality.

At this moment, of course, the defense was strengthened, and they immediately activated the talisman magic weapon, or silently cast a defensive magic.

Generally speaking, this is in time - the alarm does not necessarily occur after the attack is sent, but it may also be a moment before the attack is sent, with a little time buffer.

Just like Luo Ming's master on the earth performs dodging bullets, of course, it is not a race with a physical mortal body and bullets, but a sense of it at the moment when the enemy exudes killing intent and is about to move his finger to pull the trigger, and then begins to dodge.

The higher the cultivation, the stronger the perception of this kind of thing, although the mage is not necessarily physically good, but his mental power is superior and sharp enough.

Unfortunately, the speed of the cannonball is far superior to that of bows and arrows and ordinary spells, and the huge power is definitely not something that can be intercepted by a spell that is cast in a hurry.

At the same speed, the kinetic energy of an artillery shell will be at least dozens of times higher than that of an arrow, and the kinetic energy of a mountain howitzer's shell is even more than that of an arrow by a hundred times.

In this round of firing from five guns, only two shells hit, but they were also quite impressive:

A shot from a mountain howitzer directly broke a mage in two, and then scraped a mage behind him, twisting and deforming his arm just by rubbing it.

The other was a light artillery shell, although the speed had been reduced a lot after nearly two hundred meters of flight, but it was still comparable to the full force of a sword master's blow, breaking the shield on a mage's body, and flying past his waist.

A large chunk of flesh vanished, his intestines flowed out along with the blood, and he immediately fell to the ground.

As for the heavy arquebus, although it knocked down a few soldiers in its way, it still didn't hit a single mage at this distance.

However, Luo Ming let the arquebus fire together, which was originally just to confuse - the arquebus will also emit gunsmoke and make a sound, which can make the enemy misjudge to a certain extent.

"Hurry up and reload your shotguns!" he shouted, and just then, several spell rays flew in.

Luo Ming and Grant each released their sword qi to block a spell in mid-air, and Pelodiana also helped to stop one, but there was another one that was intercepted by no one and hit directly on a gun position.

Two artillerymen fell, but they shook their heads and got back to their feet.

Luo Ming specially experimented with the production of pillboxes, or artillery fortifications, which were made of a mixture of civil and engineering to basically enclose the gun emplacements, leaving only the mouth for observation and shooting.

Ordinary bows and arrows are naturally useless, and even if they are hit by magic, it is possible to defend against them - a large crack appeared outside the pillbox that was hit, and a small piece was blown away, but there was no sign of collapse.

The two fallen artillerymen were only knocked down by the air wave, and were not directly hit by the spell.

And the artillery itself was okay - of course, there could be a crack if it was hit directly, but it had already been pulled into the fortifications, and the artillerymen began to clean the chamber and reload, so it was only blown by the aftermath and was unscathed.

Soon, the gun was reloaded, and the smoke had not yet cleared, but there was no need to aim at the moment.

The enemies are all mages, so naturally it is impossible to stay where they are and wait for the second round of shooting, but they will dodge and disperse, Luo Ming also knows this, and directly let the soldiers reload the shotguns.

Shotguns were far less accurate than solid round rounds, and this time they were dealing with enemy infantry at close range, so the guns were quickly adjusted.

Then, a large amount of lead pellets were sprayed like raindrops.

The light cannon Luo Ming is using now is slightly weaker than the previous Tiger Squat Cannon in firing shotguns, but no matter how weak it is, it can still cause damage.

A total of more than 600 lead pellets flew out, although to be precise, these lead pellets will spread out in a conical trajectory, and only some of them can hit people's bodies, but that is also a considerable number.

In an instant, more than forty soldiers fell, and some of the hapless ghosts were even injured by shotguns that pierced their companions' bodies.

Although the penetration of a shotgun is certainly not as good as a solid round bullet, it is still difficult for a person's flesh and blood to stop its advance, Luo Ming has done experiments, at a very close distance, it is possible for a shotgun to completely penetrate two people and injure a third.