"Loading... compacting... placing the iron bullet... checking the fuse..."
Liu Yi personally supervised every step, his voice a little hoarse due to nervousness.
At his command, the gunner lit the fuse with a torch.
"laugh…"
"boom!"
A dull roar like thunder suddenly exploded, and the earth seemed to tremble.
Huge flames and thick smoke spewed out of the muzzle.
A heavy solid iron bullet flew out with a whistling sound and slammed heavily into the thick earth wall that was deliberately piled up in the distance.
In an instant, soil and rocks flew everywhere, and a huge dent appeared on the wall.
"Success! Twenty steps farther than last time!" a young craftsman shouted excitedly.
Liu Yi, however, did not show much joy. He quickly stepped forward to inspect the cannon:
"The barrel is intact, but the mounting is cracked... The recoil is still too strong. Also, the accuracy is too poor, so I can only aim roughly."
He turned to the fireworks craftsman beside him who was brought by Tang Yanhai from Jinyang. "Record: The mount needs to be reinforced with iron hoops, and try to cast a thicker barrel."
"Also, how's the research on the schematics for that 'shrapnel bomb' the general mentioned going?"
Despite the numerous problems, Liu Yi looked at the curling smoke and the damaged earthen wall with a blazing fire in his eyes:
"If this thing is completed, any fortified city or fortress will be reduced to dust! The general is truly a god sent from heaven, and will lead us to a new era of war!"
The three units of the Modao Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion and the Shenji Battalion, plus Tang Yanhai's Scout Battalion, have a total strength of 3,600 people. They are the elite among the more than 10,000 elite troops under Zhao Muyun's Zhenbei General's Mansion.
Especially the Shenji Camp, which will be Zhao Muyun’s most powerful support in the future.
If it is not possible to cover the entire world, then covering the entire battlefield should be no problem.
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