"Quick! Reload quickly!"

After a loud bang, in the thick white mist of smoke and dust, the loader Wang Wu, who was originally crouching in the pit, jumped up in a hurry and picked up a round round shell from the ammunition box at the rear of the gun emplacement.

, hurriedly ran towards the artillery to which he belonged.

——According to the artillery combat regulations of the Qiong Navy, a certain "safe distance" must be maintained between the artillery firing position and the ammunition box. Wang Wu could understand that this was to prevent the artillery from causing an accident and killing the entire artillery crew at once. But this also meant that

He has to run a lot more distances every time with a cannonball weighing about ten kilograms. It doesn't matter once or twice, it is definitely a tiring job to go back and forth dozens of times.

However, it had not been long since the war began, and he did not feel tired at all. Instead, his whole body was filled with excitement and excitement - as a man from Liaodong, he could personally fight the Tatars and deliver the revengeful Iron Watermelon.

Is there anything else you are dissatisfied with about the other party?

Wang Wu hurried to the gun position with the shell in his arms, but it was not his turn yet. There was still a series of preparatory work to be done: Cleaner No. 1 raised the bristle brush moistened in the bucket and penetrated into the gun barrel.

Then rotate it out and pull out the remaining medicine packets and debris, and make sure there are no sparks left inside. Then the chamber cleaner No. 2 inserts a dry brush wrapped in cotton cloth and rotates it repeatedly to dry the barrel.

This is the simplest job, without any technical content. All new gunners must start from this step. Wang Wu also worked in this position for more than half a year. Fortunately, by the time the artillery team actually entered actual combat, he had already got rid of this step.

After one position, he became a higher-level loader.

There are also two loaders. The No. 1 loader is responsible for loading the gun barrel into the gun barrel. The medicine bags are quantitatively wrapped with oilcloth. Different quantities are filled according to the required range, but in most cases there is only one bag and

The difference between two packs is that three packs of strong charges will greatly damage the life of the artillery and are basically not used at ordinary times.

The range is mostly adjusted by the muzzle angle, so this job is actually not difficult. Anyway, follow the gunner's instructions and put in as many packs as he says. The trouble with the loading hand is more about physical strength - *** pack

Both the cannonball and the artillery shell are quite far away from the gun emplacement.

Wang Wu, the No. 2 loader, has a more complicated job - he needs to insert the primer into the shell, which is a conical wooden tube with primer placed in advance. The key is that the primer burns

The length of time determines the timing of the explosion after the shell flies out of the barrel.

Of course, this time does not need to be calculated by Wang Wu himself. The parameters on the conical tube are pre-marked, not the time but the distance. Wang Wu also only needs to follow the target distance indicated by the gunner, cut off the conical tube to the corresponding marked place, and then

Just plug it into the shell hole - but this requires the loader to know the numbers and understand the labels. This is exactly what Wang Wu is very proud of.

However, this is also a difficult job to do perfectly - if you can control the time well, it is best to let the cannonballs explode in the air when they fly over the enemy's head. However, this is too difficult. In most cases, it is better to let the cannonballs explode in the air when they fly over the enemy's head.

It is safer to explode after landing.

However, when the artillery shell vibrates violently when it hits the ground or something else, it is easy to cause an accident, causing the primer to go out, and there is a high possibility of failing to ignite the artillery shell. According to what Wang Wu heard from the short-haired master in class: This kind of

The cone ignition method only has a reliability rate of about 80%. This is the result of the short-haired master improving the fuse to ensure that the ignition powder will be ignited when the gun is ejected from the chamber. If it were over there in the West, those barbarians would

If people directly use gunpowder as ignition powder, the rate of fire is even lower, only about 60 to 70%.

Of course, according to the short-haired man, those barbarians are also called a group of people - a single fire tube is unreliable, wouldn't it be enough to add another one? Qiong Haijun is very flexible - Wang Wu has this one There are two round holes in the cannonball at different positions. General Wang inserted the two detonators with the same treatment into them respectively, thus increasing the accuracy to a full 96% - Mr. Shorthair said this was based on Wang Wu didn't understand what "probability" was calculated, but he at least knew that the shells fired like this rarely misfired.

If you are a navy loader, you should also pay attention to the type of ammunition you choose, including solid bullets, arson bullets, chain bullets, etc., there are all kinds of them. However, the army does not seem to have so many changes. Basically, it is all about blooming bullets. You can prepare one or two rounds at most. Iron canned shotshells, but once they are used, it means that the artillery crew members are either preparing to abandon the guns and retreat, or all fight with bayonets, so I hope it is best not to use them.

After stuffing the cannonball into the muzzle and driving it to the end with the loader's long pole, Wang Wu's mission was completed. According to the regulations, he should immediately return to his fighting position - where the ammunition box is, and prepare Deliver the next artillery shell. However, the requirement for shooting speed is not high at this time, the smoke and dust on the position are not too thick, and the line of sight is not blocked. So Wang Wu was lazy for the time being and stayed near the artillery position. I want to see the "fruits of my labor".

The last step before launch was the responsibility of the chief and deputy gunners - they used a plumb hanging near the muzzle to measure and adjust the launch angle, and with the help of two riflemen, they checked and restored the horizontal position of the muzzle. This is the core factor of the entire launch - if the shell cannot hit the target, everything is useless. This has been repeatedly taught to Wang Wu from the first day he joined the artillery team.

But this is also the part that gives Wang Wu the most headache - he still can't understand mathematical terms such as altitude angle and azimuth angle, let alone the complicated calculations that come with it. He can't independently calculate the angle of attack. , you cannot serve as gunner, not even as deputy.

In Wang Wu's view, this actually makes no sense - he really doesn't know how to calculate the angle of fire, but what does that matter? Anyway, the artillery is equipped with a firing table, and you only need to adjust the muzzle to the distance marked on the table. Isn't it enough to adjust the angle accordingly? He can still use a plumb.

For example, now, Wang Wu feels that it doesn't really matter whether there is a chief or deputy gunner - the target they are bombarding does not need to be aimed at at all, it is the surging crowd in front of them. As long as the cannonballs fly out, they will definitely hit a large group of people. .

So the only work that the two gunners need to do at this moment is to insert an iron pick into the fire door, pierce the oil paper inside the medicine package, install the match rope, ask everyone to hide aside, then light it, and then wait to hear what happened. There was a loud noise.

——Who can’t do this job? You can obviously do it yourself, so why do you have to take the math test, which is so difficult and so difficult for people to die?

It's a pity that the short-haired men don't think so. They insist that all these seemingly lengthy and cumbersome steps are necessary and no step can be omitted. Therefore, Wang Wu can only be his senior loader, and for the time being There was no hope of continuing to advance in the artillery ranks—at least not until he passed his math exam.

Under the service of two warriors, two chamber cleaners, two loaders, as well as the chief and deputy gunner, a total of eight strong men, the "Mrs. Green Flower" was finally ready to speak and show off her

The loud voice - yes, according to the requirements of the short-haired gentlemen: every member of the artillery crew must love and care for the artillery as if it were his own wife. They even gave each cannon a girly name, Wang

The sect served by the martial arts team is called Cuihua.

God knows, in fact, in Wang Wu's opinion, such a thick and long pipe has nothing to do with women, so the name should be something majestic and majestic. But then again, Wang Wu

Because I already have a wife, I don’t feel deeply about it. But for those unmarried soldiers who have stayed in the military camp for a long time, they will feel that the old sows have delicate features, even if they think of this copper pipe as a

Having a wife can really boost morale.

——Especially when the short-haired men made a lot of pictures of beauties with few pieces of fabric on their bodies but carrying cannon pipes on their backs, and pasted them on the cannons, it really made many stupid boys stare at them all day long.

I am a hair lover, and I really put a lot of effort into brushing and cleaning. I heard that short-haired gentlemen are used to calling the latest cannons "Miss Seventy-Five", I don't know if it is because of this consideration.

With such inconsequential thoughts running through his head, Wang Wu stood aside leisurely, watching his fellow gunners prepare for firing. The gunner gave him a slightly warning look, including a few guys next to him, but

We don't require these boys to strictly follow the rules.

——There is no rush now. He knows the habits of his superiors. He should not hit too hard at the beginning, so as not to scare the opponent away. In the early stage, he even asked them to deliberately slow down their firing rate, so there is no need to press too hard. Later.

Entering the "rapid shooting" stage is the moment when these guys need to work hard, so take it easy for now.

"masking!"

While he was shouting this voice, the assistant gunner next to him raised a red flag to indicate that the artillery had entered the firing stage and no one could get close. The gun crew members ran behind the bunker and bent down, while the gunner lit the match.

Did the same thing.

There was a loud "bang" and a puff of white smoke rose from the muzzle of the cannon. It is said that some sharp-eyed people claimed to be able to see the shells flying out of the muzzle, but Wang Wu could never see clearly.

He just hurriedly poked his head out and tried his best to look forward. Of course, the view of the artillery position was excellent. Although a large amount of smoke had appeared at this time, it did not block the forward view.

All they could see was that the densely packed flat wasteland in front of them was overwhelmed by countless people crawling forward. It felt like a black tide was surging towards them.

The actual distance between the two sides is still very far, so the pressure on the artillery team is not great now. But Wang Wu looked far into the distance, and the distant skyline was covered by erected spears, flags, and figures on horseback or on foot below. And then,

As the troops in front continued to advance, the following enemy troops continued to emerge from the horizon, seemingly endless.

Since Wang Wu joined the Qiong Navy, he has never fought against such a large-scale enemy. Even though he was extremely confident in his own firepower, he couldn't help but swallow secretly at this moment.

In order to relieve the tension in his heart, he looked up into the air again - the shell itself was invisible, but because the detonator of the explosive shell was in a burning state, it would leave a long white smoke trail in mid-air.

At this moment, all I can see is white smoke criss-crossing the sky, one after another parabolic smoke trails starting from the artillery position here, spreading out in mid-air like petals. And at the end of each smoke trail, there is ultimately
Chapter completed!