Chapter 40: The Six-Pound Artillery
These two cannons were originally going to be abandoned, but they were seen by Tesfield, and it was called a desperate reluctance, and then I don't know what kind of magic she used, so she cut off the twisted cannon muzzle, leaving only the back half. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
He dragged away a few more kobolds who were good at drilling holes in the barrel of guns, and hid to the side to tinker.
When she was last seen, she had reworked the chambers of the two twelve-pound guns, and after calculations, this caliber was now capable of firing sixteen-pound shells, but unfortunately the drilling was too hard, and the barrels were too thin.
Xu Ping'an wasn't interested in what she was tucking away - it was nothing more than releasing some magic to those tools, drills, saws, etc., to greatly increase their cutting power.
Since it's processed, don't waste it. Since the barrel has become shorter, let's use it as a mortar. There is nothing difficult about making the barrel thinner, make a clay model, set the two cannons, pour molten iron again, and make the barrel thicker and you can use it.
For the sister, Xu Ping'an was still a little excited at first, but when he thought of the local 'sisters' who had big shoulders and round waists, touched body odor, and could run horses on their arms, he immediately calmed down.
Niu Ida doesn't care, there is no work left anyway, the next thing is to train the gunners.
The job of training gunners seems quite complicated, but in fact, I have a little experience before - kobolds have a crossbow car, a class of twenty dog heads, of which sixteen dog heads use one-handed crossbows, and the remaining four operate ballistas.
Although these ballistas are in the hands of human adventurers, they are just bows and crossbows with a lot of pull, and a strong man can play with them. However, the weight of the kobold is less than twenty kilograms, and one such crossbow has to be wound on a winch, which is very troublesome, and the four kobolds must have a clear division of labor before playing.
This time it was replaced by a cannon, and the number of operators rose to twenty-one dog heads - five loaders, five gunners, and one gun commander.
Loaders 1 and 2 are responsible for holding the shells and kits, loaders 3 are responsible for using the pusher lever to wait for 1 and 2 to put the ammunition into the muzzle, 3 is responsible for pushing them deep into the chamber, and loaders 4 and 5 are holding mops and are ready to clean the chamber at any time.
Behind is the firing tube of the No. 1 gunner, which is responsible for excitation, the No. 2 and No. 3 gunners are responsible for adjusting the height and direction of the gun, and the No. 4 and No. 5 gunners are responsible for calculating the wind deviation and the elevation angle of the gun, and they are also responsible for moving the shells from the rear ammunition truck to the side of the cannon in peacetime.
And the gun commander is responsible for giving orders.
At the same time, a lot of oversized shields should be placed around the cannon to protect the gunner's work from interference.
And all the dog heads, must understand the work of other dog heads, once an unlucky dog head is injured and falls, they must be able to work part-time in other positions, in the most extreme case, there are only three or five dog heads left, but also to be able to continue shooting.
This can only be done with practice day in and day out.
The kobolds' artillery began to practice without bullets, and Niu Ida ran to the other side to observe the training of Brother Long and the others.
On the other hand, after experiments, Brother Long and Tesfir also adapted the team of dog-headed infantry, after all, the arquebus is a bit different from the one-handed crossbow.
An arquebus needs three dog heads to operate, one to aim and take care of the arquebus, and two to load - the barrel is 60 cm, plus the butt of 20 cm, which is taller than the height of the dog head.
At the same time, the bullets were too big - the caliber was up to 20 mm, the lead bullet was a little bigger than a quail egg, and the recoil was a bit unbearable for humans, and it was necessary to make a bipod-like gun carriage, and the butts had to be made three, and then the three dog heads carried the recoil together.
If this kind of big guy can't penetrate the demon's armor, everyone can die.
In line with the guideline of cherishing life, each kobold arquebus team is also equipped with two shields, and there are small brackets under the shields that can stand on their own.
When the time comes, open the bracket and push the shield in front of the musket, which will be regarded as a breastwork and barricade, so that it is easier to escape......
In such a new formation, there are still twenty people in a squad of dog heads, one of whom is the squad leader, and the other is the herald and squad leader escort.
The remaining eighteen men served nine arquebuses, just enough to form a 3×3 squad.
Niu Jingtian: "It seems that your side is about the same, the old man can rest assured." But there's a problem, how do you name kobolds? I just named five kobolds, and I'm tired to death!"
Guan Renxiu hugged a few newborn puppy heads and said, "I forgot to tell you, I named two kobolds, one is called 001 Zhilong and the other is 008 Zhixian!"
Ushiida always felt that the name was strange: "I always felt that something was wrong, as if I had heard it there...... What's their last name?"
Guan Renxiu: "Of course it's a dog!"
Everyone read for a moment: "Dog...... Don't! Just call Zhilong and Zhixian, it's good! Get rid of that dog!"
Ushiida Khan: One powder is better than ten black! How can this be done if a large wave of Korean fans kills it!
Brother Long here can't bear the loneliness: "It's too cunning for you, I'll also get a few, huh...... Teemo, Master Yi, Sinjid, Tedamir, Zack......"
"Stop, stop, stop! Why is this name more ridiculous than the other? It's all the favorite of elementary school students? If you keep talking, you'll be struck by lightning!"
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Over there, Tesfil thought for a long time and said: "I heard the old man in my hometown say that at the beginning, there were a few people who were particularly famous for passing through there, all kinds of weak attacks on the strong, gods blocking and killing gods, Buddha blocking and killing Buddhas, and even the names were particularly domineering, so just borrow them!"
"What's your name?"
"Long Aotian, Ye Batian, Lin Zhentian, Liu Wantian, Mary Sue, Bing Ningxue ......"
Ushiida: "Okami, stop for a moment! Just hearing the name, my legs are a little weak...... It's too ruthless, don't you dare to use it! If you use it indiscriminately, will you be hunted down across the universe?"
Tesfield: "Don't worry, they have a lot of names, not too many." Most of them are long gone, and I don't know if they are dead or where they have gone......"
"You can't comfort me with this, forget it, let's try a few first...... You can't be struck by lightning, right?"
A few days later, Xu Ping'an, whose sleeping face was swollen, finally appeared. As a result, I don't know where I learned about their "naming meeting", and I was very dissatisfied.
"You're not right, although it's a name for the dog's head, but a lot of key things are missing, this can't be this, you will be laughed at when you say it. ”
Everyone: "Is it that serious, what's missing?"
Xu Ping'an: "Amateur, too amateur." Is there Lin Shenhe? No, is there Wang Qinian and Wang Qijing? No, as for Zhong Dajun, Luo Kedi, Duncan, Xiao Bailang, Wen Dehan, Ma Qianzhi, and Zao Slow Xiong, what other auspicious ones were there back then, don't mention him...... Don't you feel empty without these names? Don't you feel lonely? Don't you feel like you can't get up?"
Niu Jingtian slapped his thigh hard: "Emptiness! Emptiness, loneliness and cold! I also feel that something is missing." It's an old driver, and now he's tall! Okay, these names are used. Anyway, how many years have you been reading online articles, and even the big eunuch of Morning Slow Bear has been pulled out?"
While chatting about a few eunuch authors, everyone did not delay the work at hand, and the artillery was prepared.
Sixteen six-pounder guns, two twelve-pounder guns, and two sixteen-pounder mortars, formed an artillery battalion of 500 kobolds, of which there were more than 100 carpenters accompanying the army, if there were no horses to pull the cannons - this was simply a certainty, and 500 dogheads should be strengthened to help pull the gun wagons and baggage, and there was no one to make up this thousand kobolds.
Because it is necessary to leave more than 100 dog heads to guard their hometowns, counting the 500 dog heads in the Northern Lizard Fortress, there are now less than 1,800 dog heads who can take out their hands, and 500 artillery men have gone to 500 dog heads, and then there are 100 dog heads to manage logistics, and only 1,200 arquebusiers can be used.
It may seem like a lot, but the problem is that three dogheads and one gun are only 400 arquebuses.
Niu Jingtian crossed his fingers and calculated, there are more guns and fewer guns, which is worthy of a big bombing!
This bit of firepower, hitting two small castles, feels a bit hanging...... There is a surplus of artillery, and it is a surplus to tear down the wall, but there are too few guns, and if the enemy wants to run, he really can't stop it......
When the old man flies around to see the enemy's situation, there will always be a way!
In the end, Ushiida's reconnaissance plan did not succeed: several people said that it was too unsafe, and if you had three strengths and two weaknesses, this battle would definitely be lost, because our four brains were not as big as yours!
In the end, it was Tesfil who used magic to get the detailed topographical map:
To the south of the Swallowing Rock River, a few days away, is a magnificent castle, the Blackstone Fortress. It is now surrounded by local adventurers and mercenary groups.
Further south of the Blackstone Fortress is the capital of the Kingdom of Trem. There is a string of small castles on the periphery of the royal capital.
There are two castles sandwiched between the Blackstone Fortress and the royal capital, one called the Reef Fort and the other called the Mountain Lion Fortress, which is where the Baron of Calvin asked the kobold to help.
After a brief study of the terrain, Niu Ida said that the problem is not big, and when our army arrives, they will all be crushed into powder!
The weather is getting colder, the grass is yellow, the rain is less, and the sky, which is always leaden gray, is finally a little bluer. In the underground world of the Thousand Caves and Hills, the dogheads are training in full swing, and the one-month cache time has come to an end in the blink of an eye.
"That's the end of the training, if it drags on, it won't be able to do any tricks. Little ones, get ready to go!"
The tactics have been worked out, the kobold has been trained decently, and Ushiida doesn't want to spend it anymore.