Even Huo Gang was so shocked. Not to mention others, Huo Zheng and the others looked at the city wall in front of them with shock. Is such a terrifying injury just from the iron ball that is not much bigger than a human head?

If it were in the past, if you wanted to cause such great damage, you would have to do it with a large stone caster. Small stone caster would not do it! What's even more terrifying is the range. The artillery just now was about 300 meters away from the city wall, and this distance from the defender had no weapons to threaten them.

Even trenchers are not good. The total distance of ordinary small trenchers is about 120 meters to 200 meters, while the total distance of some large trenchers is only 300,500 meters. However, the number of such trenchers is very small, and many of them are built on site when siegeing the city.

More importantly, the stone bombs shot by the stone caster with a range of 300,500 meters are only about 35 kilograms, and absolutely no more than 5 kilograms.

So don't be misunderstood by some magic movies in later generations, such as the perverted stone thrower in the Lord of the Rings. In fact, there has never been a stone thrower in the world that can throw such a terrifyingly heavy rock out of hundreds of meters.

Therefore, the terrifying power of 300 meters is beyond their imagination. What is even more terrifying is the accuracy. Although they don’t know where the other party is aiming, it is already amazing to aim at a 10-meter-high city wall beyond 300 meters to hit the middle of the city wall!

"Myster Chen, can this be shot into the city gate?" Huo Zheng couldn't help but ask.

"It is difficult to get a distance of 300 meters, the size of the city gate, but if the distance is close to 200 meters, or even about 150 meters, it is absolutely no problem to hit the city gate hole directly." Chen Min said simply.

"Then... if we attack the city, wouldn't it be invincible to defeat the battle?" Huo Zheng couldn't help but take a deep breath, "How fast is the firing speed of this artillery?"

"It took about 20 breaths." Chen Min thought for a while and gave a number.

Huo Gang estimated that one breath refers to the time it takes for a person to exhale and inhale. 20 breaths is about one minute, and this speed is already very fast. You should know that ancient artillery fired in history was very slow. Not to mention one shot per minute, it would be good to fire every three or five minutes, because firing a shell requires cleaning the cannon chamber, and cooling is also required.

So a shell per minute can already be said to have a very high practical value.

Moreover, this artillery is much more powerful and convenient than the artillery in history. The first is the material. The artillery at the beginning of history was not up to standard and the weight of the shells fired was limited. In order to avoid blasting and increase the strength of the barrel, the barrel was very thick, and the weight of the artillery was naturally very high.

But now Huo Gang and the others are different. First of all, they have extremely excellent gun steel materials in their hands, which means that the barrel wall of the gun barrel does not need to be made so thick that it can withstand very terrifying chamber pressure. At least the chamber pressure of the black gunpowder is impossible to explode.

With such excellent materials, it is very convenient to transport without adding a particularly long gun barrel. In addition, it uses modern and very advanced gun bolts, and its sealing ability is very powerful, so it naturally increases the power of the gun.

The only one behind here is the shells... Because it is impossible to make a suitable shell for the time being, this means that solid shells can only be used at present. The power of this thing is so touching, even if its power in this era is actually very terrifying.

The artillery developed by Dahan now is actually so weird. If you compare it to later computers, it means that its hardware level is equivalent to 2021, but the operating system is still installed with a Dos system, and there is not even a win95.

"It is already very practical. You can improve the artillery itself in terms of fixing, etc., but there is no improvement in other things, mainly shells and gunpowder. Since you have developed the wood-pipe fuse, the launcher can be ignited with the wood-pipe fuse. Then if the iron ball in the front of the shell is hollow, and gunpowder and countless iron sheets are added to it, and then a hole is reserved on the top. If the wood-pipe fuse is long enough, when the shell arrives at the destination and explodes, it can cause greater power." Huo Gang put forward an opinion.

"Yes... let's test it immediately." Chen Min was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately and agreed.

"Yang Wu, the artillery can be produced. First produce 100 pieces to see the actual effect." Huo Gang said directly. "How long will it take?"

"It won't take long. We currently do not have a special artillery production line. If all of them are produced, it will take about two months." Yang Wu gave a rough figure.

"So short?" Huo Gang was stunned for a moment. This time... was much shorter than what Huo Gang thought.

"It's not too short. Its parts are very simple to manufacture, and the casting of gun barrels is not difficult. The main reason is that the processing and polishing of gun barrels is relatively difficult, so we need two time. If there is a special production line, we can complete the production of 100 guns in about one month." Yang Wu said seriously.

Huo Gang thought about it and found that this cannon has no rifle or something, so the difficulty of production is indeed not difficult.

"Okay, arrange production. How long will it take to complete if 10 doors are produced?" Huo Gang asked again.

"Chief wants to use it now?" Yang Wu was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Yes." Huo Gang nodded.

"We can take out 20 guns in seven days, because we currently have a barrel reserve for such guns, which are for everyone Chen and others to use for experiments. These gun barrels can be turned into new guns at any time." Yang Wu said immediately.

"Huo Zheng." Hearing this, Huo Cong spoke decisively.

"The last one will be there."

"After the military headquarters returned, we will hold a relevant meeting immediately. Before this year's summer harvest, we will prepare to take down the entire Gaochang Kingdom. 20 artillery can be transferred for you to use." Huo Gang said directly.

"Yes!" Huo Zheng agreed immediately.

"Mingyue, your intelligence is up to date. Wu Ping, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can start to issue diplomatic statements to Gaochangguo. Since we already have such an advantage, there is no need to wait." Huo Gang thought about it and spoke directly.

"yes!"

"Wang Luo."

"Subordinate is here."

"Your Ministry of Construction will carry out the road planning of the Tarim River Basin and the planning of arable land. After Gaochang State takes over, most of the people in Gaochang State will definitely migrate to the relevant basins of the Tarim River." Huo Gang said.

"Yes, my subordinates understand that we have not fallen into this plan since last year. Since the beginning of this year, Minister Wang Shan and I have been counting this information. This year, the water flow in the Tarim River basin has increased significantly. According to our survey of the people along the basin, the water flow this year has increased by at least one-third."

"The entire Tarim River Basin has not only restored the river channel that has been injected into Huocihai, but even the river channel from Loulan City to the south has also been restored and increased significantly. At the same time, the water volume of the river basin passing through the middle section of the Tari Desert has also increased greatly."

"We have inspected these places this year to build more than 1,000 villages. If the water flow is stable, the area of ​​the basin that the Tarim River can cover will continue to increase next year. According to our estimates, it can accommodate at least millions of people, and the land that can be planted will exceed hundreds of millions of acres." Wang Luo nodded.

"Well, since that's the case, we now have absolute strength. With the artillery, there is no need to hold back. After we go back, we will hold a combat meeting in Industrial City."

"yes!"

After seeing the cannon, Huo Gang had this idea. He was originally planning to attack Gaochangguo this year, but according to the original plan, he was preparing to take action after the summer harvest. However, since he has an absolute advantage now, there is no need.

After leaving the institute, everyone returned to the Industrial City and held a combat meeting in the lord's mansion built by the Industrial City.

"We just looked at the ordnance station and train. Since we already have military equipment with the advantage of artillery, then our military operations will not be covered. Wu Ping, you asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to directly surrender to Gaochang State. The war between us and the Western Turks has never stopped. They were affiliated with the Western Turks before, and it is normal to ask them to surrender."

"After taking over Gaochang Kingdom, I faced this kind of request in other Western Regions countries." Huo Gang said directly.

"yes!"

"Your military headquarters will formulate the combat tasks themselves and hand over the artillery to the Hu Ben Army. Then, you can directly draw the Hu Ben Army from Yiwu City." Huo Gang added.

"I understand."

"Does other people have any opinions?" Huo Gang looked at the others.

"Let me talk about some of the situations in Gaochang State. According to the information we have collected so far, the king of Gaochang State Ju Wentai has always been dismissive of us. Gaochang State is currently the highest city in the entire Western Regions and the largest city."

"But the entire Gaochang country's people, the families that rely on our big men to make a living account for about two-thirds of Gaochang country. According to our estimates, if we attack, the resistance of each county town should not be too strong."

"The main reason is that the people of Gaochang Kingdom are affected by us. They are very influenced by us and have a good impression of us. At least they are very respectful of us. Therefore, although war is inevitable to die, I hope that when facing ordinary people, I will try not to kill people." Mingyue glanced at Huo Zheng and the others, and then told some of his situation.
Chapter completed!