Chapter 1778 try again
Five days later, the test booth was still the same as the original test booth, but this time, there were a few more old men coming to watch the test, such as His Majesty Li Er, Qin Qiong, and Lao Yuchi.
Li Chengqian was with the old men, and Tang Shanshi was the same, but compared to the previous few days, Xiao Tang looked nervous this time, for fear of the last problem.
"Crown Prince, why haven't you started yet?" His Majesty Li Er waited for a long time but saw no movement outside, so he gave up Qin Qiong who was chatting with him and asked Li Chengqian.
"My father, please wait, and the outside will be arranged soon." Li Chengqian bent over slightly and said in the old man's ear.
"Yeah, hurry up." The old man nodded.
This time, I heard that there were several new weapons, and the Zhenguan Cannon that could fire six thousand meters. Although the old man expressed doubts about this, he could not suppress his curiosity and came to watch the test in person.
It was time to pass again. Just as the old man was waiting a little impatient and was about to ask questions again, he suspected that the door of the earth-proof gun hole was knocked on. A voice shouted outside: "Report, the test shot is ready!"
"Let them start." Li Chengqian was waiting for this sentence, and said after giving Xiao Tang a wink.
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It has to be said that the Tang army at this time was completely different from before. It was wearing a camouflage uniform that was close to modern times, arming soldiers with heroic weapons. Although there was no armor on them, it still made people feel the sharp evil spirit.
His Majesty Li Er and a few old men each occupied an observation hole, looked outside, and made a comment from time to time, making Li Chengqian's face unconsciously reveal a hint of arrogant smile.
Although he copied every style of military uniform from later generations, who can know about it in the Tang Dynasty? Just treat it as the original one.
"Hey, here we are here, look at that little cylinder, that is a mortar." Tang Jian, the old man, was very proud now. After all, all the weapons here were written by his son. It would be fake to say that the old man was unhappy.
What? You said that Lao Tang’s son became the leader of a craftsman, how could Lao Tang be happy?
This is a big mistake. You should know that the craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty are completely incomparable to those in the past. Since industrialization has developed to this day, it can be said that nothing can be separated from craftsmen.
Moreover, craftsmen also have to divide the craftsmen into what they do. Needless to say, blacksmiths, etc., and their status has not been improved much.
But people like Xiao Tang can be called engineers, which means that Xiao Tang is considered a leader among craftsmen and has left the scope of low-level craftsmen and has risen to the level of a teacher.
What's more, the projects led by Xiao Tang are now the most advanced things in the Tang Dynasty, such as iron armored ships, artillery, etc.
With these things, it is not difficult for Xiao Tang to become a duke or something.
In addition, the relationship between Xiao Tang and Li Chengqian is now completely the direct line among the prince's direct line. In other words, even if Lao Tang dies immediately, there is no need to worry about the future of the Tang family.
So Lao Tang was so happy at this time. For a while, even someone even mentioned the fifth son to whom he had a good future. The old guys were almost calling out their ears.
So although Old Tang seemed very excited, no one paid attention to him. Everyone who heard him talked looked at him with contempt. Li Er, including Tang Shanshi was embarrassed.
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The mortar was quickly prepared under the assembly of the shooter, and a set of ten round shell boxes were also placed on the cannon position.
Then there was nothing wrong with it. A gunner took out a piece from the box and looked very strange. The shell with a tail wing was stuffed into the barrel.
With a loosening of his hand, the shell flew out with a "bang".
But unlike the last time, after the shells flew out this time, a scream immediately came into everyone's ears.
"Boom..." Xiaoyin gradually faded away, and a cloud of smoke rose from the back of the shooting range in the distance.
"Is it a mistake?!" Old Tang, who had just bragged, looked at Xiao Tang quickly.
"Uh, father, that's a test shot, used to adjust the angle." Xiao Tang quickly explained.
If the old man's mood of showing off at this time affects the old man's show-off, even if he is already married and his son is already three years old, Xiao Tang still cannot escape the fate of being beaten.
"Hmph! Next time, the right time." Sure enough, Lao Tang's face looked a little bad, but seeing that Xiao Tang's explanation was quite reasonable, he didn't say much.
"Look at it quickly, another shot, this speed is really fast." Just as the conversation between the father and son of the Tang family was in the air, an old guy next to Old Tang stabbed him.
When Tang Jian put his eyes on the telescope again, he heard a "bang" sound in his ears again, and then another harsh whistle.
"Boom..." This time, the shell hit the right place it should go.
But despite this, no old guy spoke.
From the side, all the old men pressed the telescope tightly against their eyes, and the boss with his mouth open, especially Old Yuchi, even his saliva flowed out.
After a long time, an old guy finally came to his senses and murmured: "This, this is too powerful, right? What is this?"
As the saying goes, I don’t know if I don’t look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. The grass man on the shooting range, which was placed according to the Tang Dynasty military formation in the past, was missing a large area after the explosion. It was estimated that about 40 or 50 grass man were blown to pieces.
This is no longer the cannon in the concept of the old guys. It seems that besides the divine punishment, the old men could not think of anything more powerful than this.
So the old men didn't look at the next eight test shots, because they didn't have to watch them and knew that those straw men would definitely not be able to escape the end of being blown into pieces.
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However, the surprise left to the old men is obviously more than that.
When the cannon with a maximum range of 6,000 steps was dragged up, the old guys had only one thought in their minds.
Either you are crazy or the person who designed this cannon is crazy.
The shells half a foot long forearm were just now able to blow dozens of straw men away. Now, what are the shells that are thicker than their thighs and longer than their thighs? Is this used to hit people? Who can get this thing!
Even if this thing doesn't explode, it can still smash people into meat paste, right?
And most importantly, the launch procedure of this gun was actually smashed with a sledgehammer, just like the trencher before. This is too weird, right? It has nothing to do with the tall and dignified gun body.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!