Chapter 384 Bombarding the city wall!
"Yes, sir!"
Ike responded and quickly ran to the warhorse beside him.
I saw a wooden frame behind the warhorse, and the wooden frame was connected to a large bulging object at the back.
This object was currently covered with thick cowhide cloth. Although the group of little nobles were very curious about what it was, they were unable to find out for the time being.
Ik came to the warhorse, pulled the reins, and slowly pulled the warhorse in front of Gervis and a group of minor nobles.
Without saying a word, Gervis lifted the cowhide cloth behind the warhorse in front of everyone's expectant gaze.
Wow!
The first thing that caught my eye was a thick iron rod!
That’s right! The little nobles used the iron rod to describe the little steel cannon because they didn’t know what the little steel cannon represented.
The whole body of the small steel cannon is black. This is for the purpose of corrosion prevention and concealment. Gervest specially asked the craftsmen to paint it with black wood paint. Otherwise, the original appearance of this small steel cannon is silver and shiny.
The muzzle of the small steel cannon is the size of a bowl, pointed at the top and wide at the bottom, and the tail of the barrel is slightly raised. This is to increase the strength of the small steel cannon. Although it is also forged with mithril, in order to ensure its long-term use, Gervis still slightly thickened the bottom barrel.
The small steel cannon weighs more than 400 kilograms and is now fixed on the simple gun mount designed by Gervis.
This gun carriage is made of a mixture of wood and iron, with two large wheels on the left and right sides for easy transportation.
At the rear of the gun carriage are two pillars that can be closed or opened to form an eight-shaped shape.
This gun mount was also drawn by Gervis according to his impressions from his previous life, and then completed and made by the blacksmith and carpenter of Tiangong Stone House.
"Gervis, what is this? Is it a large musket?"
Alice had carefully observed the structure of the matchlock gun, so when she saw that this small steel cannon was much thicker but hollow in the middle, she immediately thought of this possibility.
"Large musket? Haha, that counts as well! Alice, you'll know soon!"
Hearing his cheap wife's question as if she had never seen the world, Gervis blinked and laughed. This is the best experience for a time traveler. Everyone is ignorant, but I am the only one who knows!
To put it simply: it’s time to show off again!
As soon as Gervis finished speaking, Ik had already taken out the gunpowder and shells that had been prepared long ago and began loading them.
Although they had never used cannons, they were very skilled in using muskets, so there was no need for Gervis to do it himself, and they quickly loaded the cannons.
Finally, Gervis personally poked the small hole reserved at the end of the cannon with an iron rod, and then inserted a fuse about ten centimeters long.
During this time, a group of small nobles unconsciously moved their feet and approached the cannon, wanting to see what was going on.
Code and Pat were even more suicidal. They curiously ran to the front of the cannon and stretched their heads to look inside the barrel with curiosity.
"Brother, you two need to change this habit!"
Gervis was too exhausted to complain.
"Okay, everyone, please stand back now, and cover your ears. Don't blame me if you get scared later!"
Gervis waved his hand and started to drive people away, especially Fatty Pat and Kurt, the two suicidal people!
The group of young nobles watched for a long time but couldn't figure out what the little cannon was up to. After hearing what Gervis said, they cooperated and quickly retreated four or five meters.
Gervis ignored them and walked to the back of the small cannon and started aiming.
To be honest, Gervis had never fired a cannon before, so he was only aiming in a precise direction. As for the angle of the cannon, he could only make a rough estimate.
The direction is easy to control, but the height of the artillery muzzle will definitely require a few shots to calibrate.
Because the catapults on the city walls were all placed on the inside, it was impossible for the Gerves cannon to hit the catapults if it fired directly.
In order to hit the trebuchet, the artillery projectile must form a parabola.
“This angle should be about the same!”
After adjusting the angle of the small cannon while muttering, Gervis clapped his hands and walked to the side, about ten meters away from the small cannon.
"Again, everyone, stand back and cover your ears! I'm about to fire!"
When the little nobles heard what Gervis said, they were curious but indifferent.
Gervis didn't remind him anymore. Seeing Alice came to his side and covered her ears as he reminded her, he smiled at her and gave orders to Ike.
"Ike, fire!"
"Yes, sir!"
Ike immediately responded respectfully, took the torch from Alex's hand, and put the torch to the fuse of the small cannon!
hiss……
Boom!
As the fuse burned rapidly, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of petty nobles, Gervis's freshly-baked little steel cannon finally let out its first roar!
The sound of the gunfire was so deafening that even Gervis and the others, who covered their ears, could still feel a buzzing in their heads.
At the moment the small cannon exploded, those little nobles took several steps back in groups, looking somewhat ugly.
The amount of explosives in this small steel cannon is equivalent to several enhanced grenades! You can imagine the explosion.
"It turns out that Viscount Gervis was not exaggerating. Such a momentum will surely cause great damage to the city, right?"
At the beginning, the Earl told everyone that Gervis had a plan to capture the city and asked everyone not to worry, but everyone was skeptical.
But now everyone believes it a little!
As the smoke slowly dissipated, a group of minor nobles stretched their necks to look towards the city ahead.
Such a loud noise is more frightening than that of a large catapult. I'm sure the city wall must have suffered considerable damage!
"???"
However, when everyone stared hard at the city wall, they did not find even a trace of something unusual on it.
The defenders on the city wall were vaguely visible, all pointing in this direction, but they did not seem to be in a panic.
The young nobles were standing behind the artillery, their vision obscured by the rising smoke, but Gervis and Alice, standing on the side, could vaguely see that the cannonball should have flown over the city wall and landed in Baiyan City!
"Ahem! The angle is a bit high! Let me lower it!"
Although Gervis's shot was originally intended for calibration, looking at the expectant eyes of those little nobles and the flashing beautiful eyes of his cheap wife, Gervis felt a little embarrassed.
This is really embarrassing for the president! I hope that the next shot can save my reputation as a time traveler!
After the first shot was fired, Ike and others quickly stepped forward, took tools and began to clean the barrel. After the barrel was cleaned, they began to load ammunition.
Gervis walked forward slowly, waited for them to finish reloading, and then adjusted the angle of the cannon again.
"I have to hit it this time, otherwise it will be embarrassing and my gunpowder is precious!"
Gervis muttered silently, then quickly adjusted the shooting angle again.
This time, there was no need for Gervis to remind them, as the group of little nobles had already run far away, dozens of meters away from the small cannon.
Obviously he had learned from the lesson just now, and he also wanted to see what other uses this small cannon had besides making loud noises and producing smoke.
"fire!"
Boom!
As flames spurted and thick smoke filled the air, the little cannon showed its power again.
Bang!
Suddenly, before the rumbling sound of the small cannon had faded, there was a place on the city wall more than 500 meters away where stone chips flew everywhere and people and horses fell to the ground.
"good!"
Gervis spoke loudly, and this attack actually hit the city wall accurately and actually destroyed a small catapult, which finally saved him a lot of face.
After cheering, Gervis silently noted down the angle he had just adjusted.
"Ike, keep reloading!"
Gervis was ready to strike while the iron was hot, and cleared the catapults on the city wall one by one.
The dam will be completed by noon, and the water level in the river in the distance can be clearly seen to be dropping.
Gervis planned to eliminate the dozens of catapults on the city wall before noon, so that he could wade across the river in the afternoon to carry out his siege plan.
Thanks to "追风书生" for the reward!!!
(End of this chapter)
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