Chapter 22 Inspection

Chen Xun is also an old fur seal dog. He has seen quite a lot of cannons in his life. Even Western cannons have seen and touched them, but today when he saw the sea wolf's No. 3 cannon, he immediately drooled all over the ground.

Although this six-pound gun does not look as big as some Western cannons he has seen and is not majestic enough, after carefully observing the situation of the gun body and the gun room, he still finds that the cannon is very well cast. Compared with the process of the Western cannon, it is only strong or weak, and there are no cracks or pores on the whole body. The polishing is also very perfect, and the maintenance is impeccable.

Compaed with the cannons on their ship, their rusty cannons should be thrown away. Although this cannon is not big, it gives people a feeling that it should definitely be very powerful.

Yu Xiaotian quietly ordered the captain of the ship while Chen Xun was only concerned about lying on the cannon and drooling. The captain immediately nodded and quietly went down to start arranging.

"Brother Chen, are you satisfied with this gun? Among the cannons I gave you this time, the Western-style cannon is basically this kind of cannon!" Yu Xiaotian walked to Chen Xun, who was about to drool and asked Chen Xun.

Chen Xun quickly got up and replied, "I'm satisfied, so satisfied! Beautiful! This is the most beautiful cannon that Chen has ever seen in his life! I just don't know how powerful this gun is!" When Chen Xun spoke, his eyes never left the cannon, and his soul was about to be hooked by the cannon.

Yu Xiaotian smiled proudly and said, "It doesn't matter. Brother Chen can see the power of this gun in a moment! All right, it's almost there. Get ready!"

When several gunners heard the sound, they immediately rushed to the side of the gun rack, politely invited Chen Xun aside and began to fill the cannon.

However, in front of Chen Xun, these gunners did not use fixed medicine bags, but used bulk gunpowder, but these gunpowder were also distributed in advance. There is no need to worry about the amount of gunpowder, but Chen Xun can't see it.

The gunners on the ship completed the loading of the cannon with dazzling movements. At this time, the island they used as a shooting range also appeared in front of everyone.

"After the artillery is loaded, please indicate the target!" After observing the distance of the ship to the shore, the gun commander loudly asked Xiaotian for instructions.

The big reef on the shore of the target! Aim and fire!" Yu Xiaotian looked at the distance between the ship and the island, about 400 meters, which was just within the effective range of the three-pound gun. It was quite difficult to shoot accurately, but he still had considerable confidence in his gunners, so after a glance, he chose one. The reefs on the shore were targeted by their artillery.

The reef is quite large, almost the size of a large ship of two or three hundred, but it doesn't look much beyond 400 or 500 meters away. Anyone who has never come into contact with the Hongyi cannon has never thought that they could fire at such a far target at this distance.

Chen Xun stared at the reef on the shore. He doubted whether the cannon could hit so far. Not to mention whether it could hit it, as long as it could hit so far, it would be quite powerful.

After the gunner got Yu Xiaotian's order, he immediately began to operate the cannon. At this time, the ship also began to cooperate and adjust the course, so that the ship's side was aimed at the reef on the shore, making it easier for the gunner to adjust the muzzle direction.

Today, the wind on the sea is not strong, and the waves are not very strong and relatively gentle, but after all, the ship is in a dynamic situation, fluctuating slightly up and down with the waves and continuing to move forward.

If it is on the shore, shooting such a large target 400 meters away with a six-pound gun, there is no problem for the sea wolf gunners, but today they are shooting on the ship, which is quite a test of the level of these gunners.

After getting the order, the gunners immediately began to be busy, pushing the gun to the side of the ship, cooperating with each other to fine-tune the muzzle pointing, gradually aiming the muzzle at the big reef in the distance, and adjusting the elevation angle of the muzzle until the gun commander confirmed that the aim was correct.

At such a distance, the target must be fired immediately, because with a slight delay, the installed shooting elements may be invalid, causing the shell to miss the target. Besides, today is just a demonstration of the accuracy of the shelling. There is no need for the fleet or the ship's artillery to fire together, and Yu Xiaotian has given them instructions. They only need to aim. Just fire when it's accurate.

So when the cannon grew up and shouted, "Prepare to fire!" The rest of the gunners surrounded the gun immediately scattered to both sides, avoiding the tail of the gun. A gunner in charge of ignition had already prepared the fire and put the red gun on the tail fire door without hesitation.

Everyone only felt that their feet vibrate violently, and then they heard a roar in their ears. A flame immediately erupted from the muzzle, and the smoke permeated near the muzzle.

*'s smoke is very large. Even if it is the best formula*, the smoke is only lighter in color. Relatively, there is less crude gunpowder, but it is far from being like smokeless gunpowder. At present, Yu Xiaotian does not have the ability or technology to support a whole set of chemical industry. He can only continue to use this *, and try to * It's good to improve the formula so that it can exert maximum power.

After the cannon opened fire, it vibrated violently and sat far behind the gun position in an instant. Previously, there was a gunner in the sea wolf who was inadvertently standing in a position that should not stand. As a result, as soon as the cannon sounded, the person standing behind the tail of the gun was hit out by the gun car, and his tendons were broken, and he vomited blood on the spot. .

But now the sea wolf gunner has formulated a complete set of design specifications, coupled with rigorous training, which has basically put an end to such accidents.

But Chen Xun didn't have time to pay attention to these things at this time. His eyes looked straight at the island in the distance, but the smoke generated by the gunfire hindered their observation. Now everyone's eyes are white. After the sea breeze blows and blows away some of the smoke, they faintly see the target in the distance. Things.

The shell flew across the sea and hit the huge reef heavily, but it did not hit the target. The shell landed not far from the reef.

Although this shell did not hit the target accurately, in Chen Xun's view, he was quite satisfied. At such a long distance, he just thought about whether the shell could hit such a long distance, and he did not consider whether it could hit at all. Now when he saw the sea wolf's little red cannon, it really hit It was so far away, and the landing point of the shell was not far from the target, so I was surprised and let out an exclamation.

"Waste! Reload and type again!" Yu Xiaotian felt very unhappy. Although Chen Xun was very satisfied, he was not satisfied. Today, he was going to show his nose to Chen Xun, but the first shot was actually lost, which made him feel very faceless. He rarely snorted angrily and scolded these gunners.

The gunners also felt very shameless. Although they thought that the first shot today was not bad. Even if they didn't hit the target, at least it was a close arrow, they also knew that today their big boss wanted them to show their faces to this guy surnamed Chen. If they didn't hit the target, they would fall down. The face of the head, so everyone is very uncomfortable.

After receiving the order, the gunners flew up and once again cooperated with a set of dazzling movements to complete the reloading again and pushed the gun back to the gun door. This time, the gunman lay on the turret and began to aim carefully.

Although it was a cold day, these gunners sweated on their foreheads, and everyone held their breath and watched these gunners maneuver.

"Point the cannon!" After aiming, the gun commander jumped up and jumped aside, and the rest of the gunners quickly dispersed, and then the gun commander shouted loudly.

The hull vibrated again, and the gun rack of the cannon sat far away again, and the smoke once again permeated the side of the ship and was blown away by the sea breeze.

Everyone stared at the reef on the shore in the distance. This time, a piece of gravel suddenly rose in the middle of the front part of the reef, and everyone immediately cheered: "That's it! I got it!"

However, Yu Xiaotian did not join the cheering crowd. He glanced at several gunners and nodded slightly and said, "This is not bad. Write it down and report to the director's hall to reward!"

Several gunners shot a good shot, and each of them suddenly became happy and raised their eyebrows. After hearing Yu Xiaotian's words, several gunners immediately knelt down on one knee and shouted, "Thank you, the big head!"

Chen Xun's chin was about to fall to the ground. This was the most accurate shelling he had ever seen. The key was that the sea wolf's gunner actually hit the target at such a long distance. In the past, he didn't dare to think about it, but today he saw it with his own eyes. These two shellings made him completely understand the power of the sea wolf.

The light red cannon of the sea wolf is really sharp, fiercely and accurate. In addition, he can also see that the sea wolf's gunners are extremely well trained, not like their subordinates at all. The sea wolf's subordinates obviously pay great attention to practice, just from these actions of others and shelling. Accuracy is enough to show their strength.

Some time ago, they regarded the sea wolf as their opponent, and some people even proposed to break up with the sea wolf and grab some territory with the sea wolf. When the government and the sea wolf were in trouble, they gave the sea wolf a knife in the back and simply took down their freshwater village when they were too busy.

Fortunately, Yan Siqi did not agree to their proposal at that time and told them not to talk nonsense outside, which suppressed them. Now when he saw the performance of the sea wolf, Chen Xun unconsciously sweated behind his back.