Chapter 138 Test

Xiao Tianjian took the future to the front of the cannon. At a glance, everyone saw a yellow copper cannon placed in the cannon, and it had been equipped with a gun rack, which was already a complete copper cannon.

As soon as Gao Su saw Xiao Tianjian coming, he immediately smiled proudly and saluted Xiao Tianjian and the generals. Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and had no time to talk to him. He immediately walked to the copper cannon and carefully looked at the newly cast bronze cannon.

Needless to say, Xiao Tianjian personally participated in the design of this gun rack in order to transform the Fran machine gun captured from the officers and soldiers last year. It is much more convenient than the gun frame of this era, whether it is carrying or aiming, so Gao Su did not hesitate to take the green he cast. The copper cannon is placed on this new type of gun rack.

Xiao Tianjian's attention is all on this bronze cannon. This gun is made of lost wax. After casting, it has been carefully polished to make the gun body bright and beautiful. The gun body is about a little more than one meter long, and the whole gun body gradually becomes thinner from back to front, conical. The tail part of the gun is the thickest place. In this way, it is in line with the gradual reduction of the internal pressure of the barrel, which not only ensures that the gun will not explode, but also effectively reduces the weight of the gun.

The position of the barrel at the mouth is thickened, which increases the strength of the muzzle, which can effectively prevent the muzzle from collapsing when firing. Looking at the inner diameter of the turret, the diameter is about 50 mm. After careful observation, it can be seen from the muzzle position that the inner wall of the turret has also been carefully polished, so that It is very smooth. The front door gun looks basically without any flaws on the surface. It is very beautiful, which makes people feel that they can't put it down as soon as they see it. It fully reflects the fineness of the caster, which can almost be said to be a work of art.

Although this gun is not much larger than the size of the medium-sized Fran machine gun currently used by Xing Tianjun, it still belongs to the category of light artillery, but the thick munition wall indicates that this kind of copper cannon will be much more powerful and range than the ordinary Fran machine gun, which is exactly what Xiao Tianjian wants.

And other generals also gathered around one after another. They watched the first cannon made by Xing Tianjun carefully, and their saliva almost flowed down one by one. Although they had not seen the effect of actual use, they had to be impressed just by looking at such a casting process. There is no doubt that it is a good killer.

After looking at the gun, Xiao Tianjian then carefully observed the accessories on the gun rack. If a gun wants to use it, it also needs to be equipped with a brush for clearing the chamber, a stick for filling ammunition, and a kettle to extinguish the residual fire in the gun chamber. Only after matching these things can this gun be regarded as a useful fire. Cannon, and now it seems that Gao Su is also ready. There is nothing missing. It is placed on the turret and can be used by the operator at any time.

"Gao Su!" Xiao Tianjian straightened up and said hello.

Gao Su immediately took his legs together and shouted, "Yes!"

"Have you tried this gun?" Xiao Tianjian immediately asked him.

"I would like to report to the general that I have taken people to test many times the day before yesterday, which can ensure that this gun will not have a bomb accident! You can use it with confidence! The range and power are also satisfactory. The general can watch the test shot in person now!" Gao Su replied confidently.

And Yang Changshou also came with him. He stood aside from afar, and the expression on his face could not tell what his mood was, but obviously, he also liked the bronze cannon made by Gao Su, and his expression was more or less jealous.

Xiao Tianjian immediately nodded and said, "In this case, let's not delay. Where is the right place to test the gun?"

Zhang Chao, who followed him, immediately replied, "General Qi, it's still in the place where the general tried last time. Gao Su had already arranged the target there, just waiting for the general and his brothers to come over!"

Xiao Tianjian immediately nodded and said, "What are you waiting for?" Gao Su, quickly arrange someone to push the cannon over. I want to see how this cannon is!"

So everyone immediately took action, pushed the cannon around the cannon, came to the open ground where Xiao Tianjian had tried to shoot the new bird gun in Houshan, and placed the copper cannon there.

As a cannon caster, Gao Su asked Xiao Tianjian and others to give up his position and took a few men to work around the cannon. According to the practice of the Xing Tianjun, Gao Su had already prepared a fixed medicine bag and prepared all kinds of shells in advance, just waiting for Xiao Tianjian to demonstrate the power of the cannon he cast today.

This experimental field has been cleaned up by Zhang Chao once again. A lot of trees have been cut down and a larger open space has been vacated, so that the length of the site has reached a distance of 300 meters. In the open space, a lot of wooden targets have been erected. Each target has been firmly fixed on the shelf. And the target is made of good wood, each of which is the size of a door panel and more than an inch thick.

Xiao Tianjian pointed directly to the farthest target and said to Gao Su, "Fight the farthest one first!" I want to see if the effective range of this gun can meet the requirements first!"

After Gao Su measured the distance, his expression was slightly embarrassed. He said to Xiao Tianjian, "General, the target is 300 meters away. Although there is no problem with the range, I'm afraid it's not easy to hit!"

Xiao Tianjian laughed and said, "If you can't hit such a big target, isn't it against your artillery? Just hit it! If you can't make one shot, just make two rounds! Until it hits!"

Gao Su couldn't hang on his face. Although this target is the size of a door panel, it is impossible to hit such a target easily with this cannon 300 meters away. Xiao Tianjian is obviously a little difficult for him, but he turned his eyes and immediately told his craftsmen, "Run over quickly and then Put up a few targets!"

Gao Su's men immediately understood what he meant. They quickly took the wooden target and ran over. Next to the farthest target, several targets were erected one after another. One was not easy to aim, so there were a few more pieces. You always have to hit one!

Xiao Tianjian naturally understands Gao Su's idea, but he also knows that his requirements are a little too much. Three hundred meters away, it is really difficult for Gao Su to hit a goal the size of a door panel with such an artillery. Not to mention that the current artillery is not good, even if future generations use ordinary rifles and want to hit such a size. I'm afraid that the poor shooter will also shoot the bullets.

So he did not interfere with Gao Su's layout. After a busy work, the arrangement was finally completed. Gao Su also commanded and completed the loading of the artillery.

Then Gao Su personally operated the gun, carefully adjusted the muzzle pointing through the door and sight on the gun body, aiming at the distant target.

"Take the torch!" After Gao Su finished aiming, he immediately shouted to his opponent. Someone immediately handed over the torch to him, because when testing the gun, the casting master enjoyed the right to fire the gun, which was also an honor for the casting master.

Gao Su once again observed the aiming situation through the sight of the gate. Then he stood sideways on the side of the gun rack and let people get out of the way behind the gun rack. Then he shouted in the language of their country and raised his hand and pressed the torch heavily on the fire gate at the end of the gun.

Everyone felt a sudden shock under their feet first, and then they heard a roar. The copper cannon spewed out a flame, and then a thick smoke rose at the mouth of the gun.

Xiao Tianjian didn't blink his eyes. He stared at the target in the distance. He saw a mass of smoke suddenly rising a few meters above the ground in front of the target, and then the projectile jumped up and directly hit one of the targets. Even if the target was knocked down.

Only then did Xiao Tianjian know that Gao Su still played a glide when aiming. He was afraid that the gunshot would be raised too high and hit the shell, so he adopted the tactic of bouncing bullets to make the cannonball fly to the ground a little closer, and then jump up and hit the target with the help of the ground. This move is quite good, at least not He will be asked to fly this shell.

After Gao Su fired the gun, he immediately looked in the direction of the target. When he saw that a target was knocked down, he immediately grinned and laughed. The expression on his face was even more proud, and his chin was raised higher.

And everyone looked at the cannon again. After firing the gun, the recoil pushed the gun rack back a little distance. It can be seen that the recoil of this kind of gun is still okay. At least it will not kill the people behind. This is also crucial on the battlefield. Among the officers and soldiers, there are often gunners standing behind the tail of the gun. As a result, they are seated behind by the gun rack. At that time, the accident was killed alive, and the kind of gun racks currently used by the officers and soldiers were inconvenient to transport, and after firing the gun, the gun body beat very hard. Sometimes even after the gunshot, the cannon and the gun racks overturned on the spot. Therefore, the gunners who operated the gun were very afraid of firing the gun and would cause self-injury from time to time. Therefore, when loading the medicine, try to install it as little as possible to avoid explosion or overturning.

At present, the gun rack used by Xing Tianjun is quite good. At least it is very stable when firing. It is very convenient to transport and set up. At the same time, it also verifies the reliability of this gun rack designed by Xiao Tianjian. This kind of gun rack can fully withstand the vibration of the cannon when firing.

When everyone saw that the targets were knocked down so far away, they also shouted one after another, with joy on their faces.

After everyone rushed to check the hit board, they all laughed. At a distance of more than 200 steps, the shell not only hit the target, but also made a transparent hole the size of a sea bowl on the pine board several inches thick. It can be seen that after the shell hit so far, How powerful it is, and after everyone bypassed the target, they found the shell more than 20 steps away, which shows that this kind of artillery is much more powerful than the French machine and tiger squat gun they used before, so it's strange that everyone is not happy!