Chapter 1455: Loud Boom
There was no conversation that night. Compared to the comfortable sleep, the captives who had breakfast the next day and started working again, Kara, who was also a tribesman, failed to rescue people and lost a group of his men, could not sleep at all.
After a night of sleep, she was now hungry and tired.
She had been scratching her head to figure out what had happened during the day. She had led her men to rescue people, but the captured men didn't want to leave at all? At this moment, the situation was completely beyond her control, and Kara felt annoyed just thinking about it.
But her rumbling stomach forced her to put the matter aside for the time being and turn around to lead the rest of her men to hunt and gather in order to solve their next food problem.
After all, according to the development of primitive tribes, they basically cannot afford to store much food, and they mainly have to rely on hunting and gathering every day to solve the food problem of the entire tribe.
But during the period before, she was in a hurry to gather people to rescue people, and brought out the only food reserves in the camp, which had now been completely consumed.
If he and his men did not go hunting and gathering after being hungry for a whole night, they would be doomed even without the enemy coming to attack them.
Compared to Kara and his friends who still have to run around for food at this moment, the captured tribesmen have successfully lived a life without worries about food and clothing.
These guys were so unruly when they first arrived, but now their enthusiasm for work is higher than another. After a few days, once the shackles were taken off, they completely assimilated with the old people.
What? Run?!
It's impossible to run away. It's impossible to run away in this lifetime.
They could not defeat the wild beasts in the jungle and had to work like beasts of burden for their leader. They dared not say a word even when scolded and could only rely on setting traps to catch small animals or picking wild fruits and digging up tree bark and roots to barely survive.
Here in Da Zhou, they now have food and drink, and can sleep soundly at night without worrying about safety issues, and they also have comfortable bedding.
This is much better than when they were originally in the tribal camp. Now they return to the camp just like going home. They all like it here very much! After listening to the latest report, even if it was a large tribe with three tribal camps, Bai Tu estimated that the population was only two or three hundred at most, and this was when all the elderly, weak, women and children in the tribe were counted.
The other side attacked twice in succession. It is estimated that most of the young and middle-aged people in the tribe are now working as laborers here.
With only the few young and middle-aged people left, it would be difficult to maintain the survival of the tribe's population, let alone cause trouble for them.
Later on, it was only a matter of time to occupy an entire island and capture all the people of the opposing tribe.
This part of the task can be handled by his adjutant Lin Youshu, and Bai Tu's attention in the past two days has shifted to the sea.
Although before landing on the island, he had already prepared himself mentally to survive on the island for a long time and wait for the rescue team from their Great Zhou to rescue them.
But now that he had more energy, he naturally had no intention of just sitting there and waiting for rescue.
As the commander of their Great Zhou pioneering fleet, he must have some coping capabilities. Otherwise, once he encounters a problem beyond common sense, he can only wait for the rescue team to save them, which is somewhat too much of a failure.
Even though the sea seems calm now, there are actually schools of piranhas beneath the surface of the sea surrounding the island. It is no exaggeration to say that there are dangers lurking everywhere.
[The only feasible, and also the dumbest way right now is for me to keep recovering my mana, and then use 'Beast Soldier Control' to make the piranhas kill each other.]
[But according to my previous perception, the size of the piranha school in the sea is simply terrifying. I have no idea how long it will take to kill them...]
[Never mind, a stupid solution is better than no solution. I am trapped on this island anyway. I have nothing to do, so I might as well practice the mantra and improve my magic skills.]
With this thought in mind, Bai Tu went straight to the beach.
[Beast Soldier Control! ]
At the same time, in Da Zhou...
A loud bang resounded in the sky above the Great Zhou Ordnance Testing Ground. At that moment, everyone present felt the air around them shake violently, and their hearts began to beat wildly.
At this moment, they were conducting the latest round of weapons testing of their Great Zhou.
And that weapon was exactly the cannon that Zhou Xu had mentioned to Qin Fen before!
The most terrible thing when doing things is to have no idea what to do. As long as you have a clue, it will be easy to do.
As mentioned in the earlier discussion, the principles of early artillery are similar to those of matchlock guns. In addition, as a modern man, even if Qin Fen has not studied cannons, he undoubtedly has a general idea of what a cannon is.
This has ensured that their artillery research and development projects within the Great Zhou have always maintained a fairly high efficiency.
In order to test the power of the artillery, ordinary targets were obviously not enough, so they specially simulated the fortress's protective wall and built a wall.
Along with the roar of the cannon, the shells flew out of the barrel and hit the target instantly. The horrific impact blew the wall into pieces on the spot, and the accompanying bodyguards were terrified.
If this hit a person, wouldn't it smash the person into pieces? If Zhou Xu knew what his guards were thinking, he would definitely say they were overthinking.
Just like the three-bow crossbow, the main attack targets of artillery at this stage are the enemy's large facilities, not individual soldiers.
This is not just a case of using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito, which is a waste of talent. More importantly, it is a case of not being professionally matched and not working at all.
Now Zhou Xu is so anxious to develop artillery, in addition to replacing the three-bow crossbow in the army, more importantly, to add long-range attack weapons to their Great Zhou Navy.
At present, their Great Zhou has entered the Age of Discovery. With the continued development of overseas expansion, there is no guarantee that they will not encounter some fleets that are hostile to them.
At this time, they are at sea and need a suitable weapon for self-defense and counterattack.
Zhou Xu thought about it and decided that artillery was the most suitable choice!
After a simple test, Zhou Xu looked at the spindle-shaped artillery in the distance and asked Qin Fen...
“Is there any possibility of further improvement in the short term?”
"Your Majesty, this is the result of many improvements. The development of this cannon itself continues the mature ideas we developed for the matchlock gun. It is difficult to make any major improvements in a short period of time."
Zhou Xu nodded after getting this answer, and after thinking about it for a while, he made up his mind...
"Then use this version to build a hundred cannons first."
"yes!"
(End of this chapter)
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