[Maggit Island]

[Defense Forces Position]

Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Montecukoli was counting the fire of rebel cannons.

All four six-pound cannons on the island were in place, and the artillery soldiers pushed and carried them all, and it took great effort to transfer the cannons originally deployed in the north to the new position chosen by the lieutenant colonel.

However, Montekukoli did not issue any recharge orders, and even failed to issue a loading order.

The appearance of the rebel artillery has completely changed the rules of the game.

The new position chosen by Montekukoli is located in the northeast of the rebel landing point, facing the battlefield diagonally, with a little height and a good view.

Looking out from his location, the pontoon bridge, the destroyed water fence, the landing point of the rebels, and the positions of the Lodvek tribe.

Beside him, his subordinates were racing against time, racing against time to build bunkers for the cannons.

In the distance, the illuminated rockets roared into the air from behind the defense line of Lodvek. The bloody light dispelled the darkness, leaving the rebels in the shallows nowhere to escape.

The condescending musketeers of the Lodvek tribe killed exposed rebel soldiers one by one like shooting a target.

The cannons on the other side of the river immediately opened fire and violently bombarded the defenders' chest walls.

The rebels in the trench also released smoke to cover the landing of friendly forces.

However, due to the wind direction, the thick smoke overflowing from the trench was pushed towards the defenders, which gave the Lodveck army the opportunity to assault the beachhead.

In the previous battle, Lieutenant Colonel Lodweck successfully divided the rebels guarding the trench by forcibly approaching and throwing "liquid fire".

When the smoke spread between the trench and the chest wall became thicker and thicker, not only obstructing the sight of the defenders' musketeers, but also hindering the sight of the rebel cannons, the soldiers of the Lodvek team once again pulled out the chest wall, in a loose formation, and at the same time launched a counterattack towards the landing site and the rebel-controlled position at the southern end of Magit Island.

If Montecukoli could stay out of the matter, he would definitely applaud Lieutenant Colonel Lodweck's decisive quarrel.

Unfortunately, he was in it, so Montekukoli was thinking about his cannons... and the rebel cannons.

A row of hourglass was placed at his hands, and with every roar sounded across the river, he flipped one.

In the ears of laymen, gunshots and cannons are just a kind of noise. The difference between the two is that gunshots are smaller and cannons are louder.

As for judging the specific model of the gun based on the sound of the launch, it is even more fantasy.

But for Montekukoli, the artillery expert, different types of cannons are like the same type of musical instruments with different ranges.

Musicians will not mess with large, small and trombones, nor will Montecukoli admit that they are equipped with artillery in the Republic's Army.

The roar that sounded first was rough and majestic, with a thick and powerful tail sound, which never dissipated for a long time, causing the listener's chest to tremble unconsciously.

There is no doubt that only heavy artillery with a large charge can make such sounds.

Like before, the roar of heavy artillery came seven times, with a short interval, indicating that the "rebels" deployed at least seven heavy artillery pieces on the other side.

Based on the information accumulated in his mind, Montekukoli judged that the seven heavy artillery currently exposed by the rebels should be a certain type of siege cannon cast during the sovereign war.

Because the country of Racing Horses had no record of mass production of artillery in the past, and now there is no ability to mass production of artillery.

The artillery held by the Palatou Army was either the "legacy" obtained when the Alliance Army split thirty years ago, or it was purchased from the United Provinces and Veneta after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The Palatou Army has never attached importance to artillery construction. After the victory of the Sovereign War, the Palatou people only imported a small amount of light artillery from allies to decorate the facade and maintain the theoretically existing artillery organization. There has never been a record of ordering heavy artillery.

Moreover, the shooting sounds of the seven heavy artillery on the other side were uniform and coordinated, as if they were hit on the same drum seven times in a row, indicating that although they were old, they were not real "antiques".

Because of the real antique cannon, each of which is cast separately, and without specifications, it is naturally even more impossible to have a consistent "tone".

Then the answer has actually been revealed: only the 32-pound bronze cannons that met the above conditions were cast by the Victory Arsenal in 528. It was also the first time that the Victory Arsenal mass-produced heavy artillery.

Due to insufficient manufacturing experience, there are many unreasonable aspects in the design of this heavy artillery. For example, due to too many invalid structures, this type of artillery is extremely bulky and has an astonishing difficulty in transporting.

In the United Provinces, the same thirty-two-pound cannons produced in the same batch were either sealed or placed outside an important gate as a ritual vessel, or viewing the sea in a fort at a port.

Montekukoli could imagine how much effort the rebels spent and how much they were exhausted to get rid of animals before they could "invite" these old predecessors to the front line.

However, it was precisely because he had seen through the other party's true body that Montekukoli was not very worried about them.

Because although these old seniors are amazingly powerful, they are extremely troublesome to use.

The purpose of casting them is clear, not for field war fronts, but for the purpose of smashing castles and high walls of the old era.

These old-fashioned siege cannons continue the design idea of ​​stone shooting cannons, pursuing the ultimate destructive power, and attempting to cause irreparable structural damage to the city walls with one shot, and sacrificed the rate of fire, accuracy and transportability for this.

So at this moment, both sides of the Shijian River are not a battlefield suitable for them.

Even the "pursuing single-shot damage" has been confirmed by the Artillery Teaching and Research Department as a wrong concept.

Moreover, in the 528 years since they were produced, the artillery casting process of Victory Arsenal was not yet mature, so when using them, you have to beware of blown-ups at all times.

Therefore, Montecukoli is not afraid of these "old seniors".

What really made Montekukoli's alarm bell ringing in his heart were several light artillery fired on the rebel positions following the heavy artillery group.

Although the firing sound of those light cannons is not as deafening as the sound of heavy cannons firing, it is clearer, transparent, and has a sense of crispness.

The reason why Raymond Montecucoli felt dangerous, even surprised, angry, and had a chill on his back was not because of the unfamiliar shooting sound, but because he was extremely familiar with the sound.

Because he has heard this unique "clear" shooting sound countless times on the shooting range.

He was even familiar with this sound and could directly call out which model the sound came from - the six-pound field gun that the Victory Arsenal was put into production in 553.

The appearance is ordinary, but it reaches a balance in weight, ballistics, productivity, etc., which is enough to be called the crystallization of the Victory Arsenal's thirty-year cannon casting technology.

The artillery he is using at the moment.

It was also a cannon designed by him.
Chapter completed!