Chapter 578: Cannon Roar (Part II) (Calling for a Monthly Pass)

"Really? Come on, Chen Liang, what do you think, just say it and listen to it. "Now I'm interested, although I also have a trick, but what I hope more is to cultivate the ability of my subordinates and students to use their hands and brains.

Chen Liang smiled very honestly: "Actually, it was also collided, the last time the students were testing the gun, there was a time when hitting a target within a kilometer, but the barrel of this artillery is oblique upward, so it can't be hit, at that time, the small one thought, the muzzle velocity of our artillery is much faster than that of the mortar, can we flatten it, and then we used mud to raise the back of the barrel, and sure enough, the target was knocked out within a straight line, but the cannon shrugged back, and the students felt that in this way, The recoil should not have an effect on the deck. ”

"Good boy! Goblin, yes, that's a good idea. "I was delighted to slap this guy. Turning his head to look at Zhang Liang, the chief manager Zhang was about to ask him to borrow something, but Liu Renliang's eyes lit up on the side, and he opened his mouth first: "General Fang, wait a while, and the lower official will send someone to bring some sandbags from the bottom bilge." ”

"Great, if we had sandbags, we wouldn't have to think of other ways." I said happily, at this time Zhang Liang came over, and discussed with me with a happy face, he meant that he wanted me to let all the ships loaded with artillery and mortars shoot, which was exactly what I wanted, I signaled to the artillery standard-bearer: "Immediately notify the gunners of the military academy of each ship, ships with artillery, do as such, in addition, other warships without artillery, only mortars, can be placed on two or three mortars, let them also practice, remember, each cannon is only allowed to put three cannons, except for the first cannon to use flowering bullets." , the second and third shells are solid, and don't run out of shells for me. "I solemnly ordered that this time I came in a hurry, and since it was a hurried march, I didn't have many shells, so I had to save some shells to kill the capital of Goguryeo.

Soon, the order was given under the passing of the artillery standard-bearers, and soon with the help of the sailors, the tail of the bronze gun was raised with sandbags, and the rear of the gun was padded higher on the left and right, so that even if the gun exploded, it would not hurt the deck and the surrounding crowd, and Chen Liang seemed not satisfied with only a small angle of inclination, he kept observing the ruler on the artillery, and instructed the deputy gunner on the side to adjust the sandbag.

---------------------------------------------------- in the end, he simply opened a hole in the top sandbag, dug out some sand, adjusted the angle of the cannon little by little, and after a cup of tea, Chen Liang finally stopped his movements with satisfaction. Soon, the artillery flag-bearers on dozens of battleships raised the green flag in their hands, which means that all the artillery units are ready and on standby.

At this time, the Goguryeo battleship on the opposite side was also approaching, "1,500 meters...... 1,400 meters, 1,300 meters......" The artillery rangefinder kept reporting the distance between the two sides, but the other party stopped advancing when it was about 800 meters away from the Tang Dynasty Navy, and seemed to have set up a dense formation for the Tang Navy, and then stayed motionless, neither making a posture of responding to the battle, nor having the intention of retreating, which must have made the commander of the Goguryeo Navy feel puzzled.

So they stopped more than a mile away, a distance that might have been a very safe place for them before, but now it gives us an excellent opportunity for shelling.

However, this distance is already enough for our artillery. They only need to adjust the angle slightly, and they can blow up the dense naval army of Goguryeo.

At this time, the soldiers of the Military Academy, Su Dingfang and the others, who had just been embarrassed by seasickness, had forgotten all the discomfort and widened their eyes, wanting to see how the artillery would display its tremendous lethality and destructive power on the sea.

When the artillery standard-bearer reported to me that all the guns and mortars on the ships were ready and on standby, I walked up to Zhang Liang, the commander of the naval army, and saluted: "General, all the artillery of my Datang Military Academy has been put in place, can I attack the enemy now?" ”

Zhang Daliang patted me on the shoulder: "Okay, virtuous nephew, do a good job, let the old man open his eyes, and let the water ducks of Goguryeo see the power of my Tang artillery." ”

"The last general will take the order!" I nodded confidently, turned around, and looked at Duan Yunsong, Duan Yunsong put his legs together in front of me, maintaining an upright posture and puffing out his chest muscles: "What does the general command?" ”

"Tell all the gunners who are ready to fight, from left to right, divide the first row of enemy ships and count them, and then the gunners aim at the corresponding number of Goguryeo battleships according to their positions." I pointed to the opposite side and said to Duan Yunsong, after Duan Yunsong received the order, he immediately conveyed it to the standard-bearer, and soon, the news that he was ready again came back.

At this time, there was movement in the Goguryeo fleet, and I picked up the telescope to look, and the decks of Goguryeo's warships were flooded with a large number of Goguryeo soldiers with swords and bows, and then, under the command of a man who seemed to be a general or a leader, more than 100 Goguryeo warships let out a chaotic roar.

I smiled contemptuously, damn, the rabble, even shouting slogans are not neat, I looked ahead, and silently recited in my heart no less than ten times Sanqing Daozun blessed to be able to hit with one blow, and raise the artillery power of my Datang Military Academy, if I want to achieve my wishes, after returning to Chang'an, I am willing to go to the Loyal Soul Temple to worship more, and then look back and nod to the artillery standard-bearer, and the red flag in the hand behind the flag waved down.

I felt that the ship carrying itself shook slightly, and then there was a crackling sound of the sky and the earth cracking, and then one after another roared in the ears kept exploding, dozens of Datang warships were rising clouds of white smoke, accompanied by the scream of cannonballs flying in the sky, and then, the tall hull of the Goguryeo battleship that was facing us that was gently swinging with the waves suddenly seemed to be immobilized, and then, A fiery red flame completely surrounded the mainmast of the ship, and then I saw in the telescope that the stump and broken arm were flying in all directions, and the tall mainmast trembled for a while as if it was overwhelmed, and it fell diagonally, and even overturned a small boat that came out of nowhere, and the Goguryeo people standing on the deck with swords in their hands didn't seem to have reacted to how all this happened, and they didn't even understand that this was just a dessert given to them by the Tang artillery. The second shell of the cannon came out of the hideous muzzle with white smoke and fire, and with the angry roar that burst out of the muzzle, screamed, and again fiercely, towards a terrible big fist, viciously smashed a huge hole directly into the front of the Goguryeo battleship, and pierced into the darkness.

---------------------------------------------------- all the Tang Dynasty naval officers and soldiers scrambled to watch this scene, the more than 100 Goguryeo warships on the opposite side no longer had the momentum of seeing death as if they were at home, and there were ships constantly swinging towards and then colliding in a panic, Goguryeo threw down the weapons in his hands and ran around on the deck with miserable screams and shouts, and some ships had already ignited flames to the sky. The huge sails are just the fire demons' favorite delicacy.

The Goguryeo battleship, which was hit by Chen Liang's excellent gunner with three shots, and the first two shots were already crooked into a terrible angle, sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. Countless Goguryeo people jumped into the sea from the burning and subverting ships, looking helplessly at their shelter before being swallowed by the flames and boundless water...... "We haven't fought with them yet, not even a rocket has been fired...... a naval general said.

These words made several naval generals on the side also look angry. "Unexpectedly, the old man really can't think of it, just a few shots, the courage of the Goguryeo people has been destroyed, hehehe, virtuous nephew, it seems that if my Tang Dynasty sailor can be invincible in the world, he can use it, and he will be this sharp weapon!" Manager Zhang stroked his long white beard, shook his head and sighed.

"Order the whole army to march forward and speed up the pursuit of the defeated enemy of Goguryeo, the Goguryeo people in the water, they are born by themselves, our whereabouts have been discovered by the sailors of Goguryeo, if they are allowed to escape ashore, it will be much more difficult for our partial division to take the capital of Goguryeo."

I nodded, now that my task has been successfully completed, I put down the telescope and let out a long breath, my mood finally regained my calm, turned around, and walked towards the artillery that had dissipated the gunsmoke, the sandbags on both sides were intact, but the dozen or so sandbags weighing nearly 100 catties behind were retreated a few feet by the tail of the cannon, it can be seen that the clumsy force of the artillery is still quite huge, Chen Liang raised his hand to me with some annoyance: "Report to the Academy, the third shot of the student failed to hit." ”

"It's okay, being able to hit two cannons has exceeded my expectations, very good, practice more in the future, I hope you had better write down your experience in using artillery and write it into a notebook, when the time comes, if you graduate from the Datang Military Academy, you can also leave valuable information and spiritual wealth for the younger generations of the academy." I patted him on the shoulder and Yan said in relief.

(To be continued)