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785 Artillery Wang Wu

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    "Quick! Reload quickly!"

    After a loud bang, in the thick white mist of smoke, the loader Wang Wu, who had been crouching in the pit, jumped up in a hurry and picked up a round round shell from the ammunition box at the rear of the gun emplacement.  , hurriedly ran towards the artillery to which he belonged.

    ——According to the artillery combat regulations of the Qiong Navy, a certain "safe distance" must be maintained between the artillery firing position and the ammunition box. Wang Wu could understand that this was to prevent the artillery from causing an accident and killing the entire artillery crew in one fell swoop.  But this also means that he has to run a lot more miles every time with a cannonball weighing about ten kilograms.  Forget it once or twice, going back and forth dozens of times is definitely a tiring job.

    However, it had not been long since the war began, and he did not feel tired at all. Instead, his whole body was filled with excitement and excitement - as a Liaodong man, he could personally fight the Tatars and deliver the revengeful Iron Watermelon to the enemy.  Is there anything else you are dissatisfied with about the other party?

    Wang Wu hurried to the gun position with the shell in his arms, but it was not his turn yet. There was still a series of preparatory work to be done: Cleaner No. 1 raised the bristle brush moistened in the bucket and penetrated into the back of the gun barrel.  Then rotate it and pull it out, pick out the remaining medicine bag cloth and debris, and make sure there are no sparks left inside.  Afterwards, Chamber Cleaner No. 2 used a dry brush wrapped in cotton cloth to reach in and turn it repeatedly to dry the barrel.

    This is the simplest job, without any technical content. All new gunners must start from this step. Wang Wu has also worked in this position for more than half a year.  Fortunately, by the time the artillery team actually entered actual combat, he had already gotten rid of this position and became a higher-level loader.

    There are also two loaders. The No. 1 loader is responsible for loading the gun barrel into the gun barrel. The medicine bags are quantitatively wrapped with oilcloth. Different quantities are filled according to the required range, but in most cases there is only one bag and  The difference between two packs is that three packs of strong charges will greatly damage the life of the artillery, and are basically not used at ordinary times.

    The firing range depends more on the muzzle angle, so this task is actually not difficult.  Anyway, follow the gunner's instructions and put in as many packs as he says.  The loader's trouble lies more in physical strength - the gun bag and shells are quite far away from the gun position.

    Wang Wu, the No. 2 loader, has a more complicated job - he needs to insert the primer into the shell, which is a conical wooden tube with primer placed in advance. The key is that the primer burns  The length of time determines the timing of the explosion after the blooming bullet flies out of the gun barrel.

    Of course, this time does not need to be calculated by Wang Wu himself. The parameters are pre-marked on the cone tube, not the time but the distance.  Wang Wu also only needs to follow the target distance indicated by the gunner, cut the cone tube to the corresponding mark, and then insert it into the shell hole - but this requires the loader to know the numbers and understand the marks, which is exactly what  Something that made Wang Wu very proud.

    But this is also a difficult job to do perfectly - if you can control the time well, it is best to let the cannonball explode in the air when it flies over the enemy's head.  However, this is too difficult. In most cases, it is safer to let the shells fall to the ground before exploding them.

    "However, when the shell vibrates violently when it hits the ground or something else, it is easy to cause an accident, causing the primer to go out, and there is a high possibility of failing to ignite the shell.  According to what Wang Wu heard from the short-haired master during the class: This cone-type ignition method is only about 80% reliable. This is because the short-haired master improved the fuse to ensure that the ignition powder will be ejected from the chamber when the gun is ejected.  The result of ignition.  If over there in the West, the barbarians directly used gunpowder as tinder, the gunshot rate would be even lower, only 60 to 70%.

    "Of course, according to Mr. Shorthair, those barbarians are also called Yitong - a single fire tube is unreliable, wouldn't it be enough to add another one?  Qiong Haijun was very flexible - the shell in Wang Wu's hand had two round holes in different positions.  Wang Wu inserted two similarly treated fire tubes into them separately, which could increase the accuracy to a full 96% - the short-haired man said this was calculated based on some "probability theory", Wang Wu didn't understand, but  He at least knew that the shells fired in this way rarely misfired.

    If you are a naval loader, you should also pay attention to the type of ammunition you choose, including solid bullets, arson bullets, chain bullets, etc. There are many kinds.  However, the Army does not seem to have changed that much. It basically uses explosive shells to conquer the world. At most, one or two iron canned shotguns are prepared. But once that thing is used, it means that the artillery crew members are either preparing to abandon the artillery and retreat, or all  Fighting with a bayonet, so I hope it's best not to use it.

    After stuffing the cannonball into the muzzle and pushing it through with the loader's long pole, Wang Wu's mission was completed.  According to regulations, he should immediately return to his fighting position - where the ammunition box is located, and prepare to deliver the next artillery shell.  However, the requirement for shooting speed is not high at this moment, the smoke and dust on the position is not too thick, and the line of sight is not blocked.  So Wang Wu was lazy for a while and stayed near the gun position.??, I want to see the "fruits of my labor".

    The last step before launch was the responsibility of the chief and deputy gunners - they used a plumb hanging near the muzzle to measure and adjust the launch angle, and with the help of two riflemen, they checked and restored the horizontal position of the muzzle.  This is the core factor of the entire launch - if the shell cannot hit the target, everything is useless. This has been repeatedly instilled in Wang Wu from the first day he entered the artillery team.

    But this is also the part that troubles Wang Wu the most - he still can't understand mathematical terms such as altitude angle and azimuth angle, let alone the complicated calculations that come with it.  If you can't independently calculate the angle of fire, you can't serve as the gunner, not even the deputy.

    This makes no sense in Wang Wu's opinion - he really doesn't know how to calculate the angle of attack, but what does that matter?  Anyway, the artillery is equipped with a firing table. I just need to adjust the muzzle to the corresponding angle according to the distance marked on the table, right?  He can still use a plumb line.

    For example, now, Wang Wu feels that it doesn't really matter whether there is a chief or a deputy gunner - the target they are bombarding does not need to be aimed at at all, it is the surging crowd in front of them. As long as the cannonballs fly out, they will definitely hit a large group of people.  .

    Therefore, the only work the two gunners need to do at this moment is to insert an iron pick into the fire door, pierce the oil paper inside the medicine package, install the match rope, ask everyone to hide aside, then light it, and then wait to hear what happened.  There was a loud bang.

    ——Who can’t do this job?  Why do I have to take the math test, which is so rare and difficult for me, when I can obviously do it myself?

    It’s a pity that the short-haired men don’t think so. They insist that all these seemingly lengthy and cumbersome steps are necessary and no step can be omitted.  Therefore, Wang Wu could only continue to be his senior loader, and there was no hope for the time being to continue to improve his status in the artillery team - at least not until he passed the math test.

    Under the service of two warriors, two chamber cleaners, two loaders, and the chief and deputy gunner, a total of eight strong men, the "Mrs. Cuihua" was finally ready to speak and show off her  The loud voice - yes, according to the requirements of the short-haired gentlemen: every member of the artillery crew must love and care for the artillery as if it were his own wife.  They even gave each cannon a girly name. The one served by Wang Wu's team was called Cuihua.

    God knows, in fact, in Wang Wu's opinion, such a thick and long pipe has nothing to do with women, so it should be named something majestic and majestic.  But then again, Wang Wu himself didn't feel deeply because he already had a mother-in-law.  But for those unmarried soldiers who have stayed in the military camp for a long time and look at the old sow, they will feel that they are pretty and pretty. Even if they mistakenly think that this copper pipe is their wife, it can really boost their morale.

    ——Especially when the short-haired men made a lot of pictures of voluptuous beauties with few pieces of fabric on their bodies but carrying cannon pipes on their backs, and pasted them on the cannons, it really made many stupid boys look at them all day long.  I am crazy about hair, and I really put a lot of effort into scrubbing and cleaning.  I heard that short-haired gentlemen are accustomed to calling the latest cannons "Miss Seventy-Five". I don't know if it is because of this consideration.

    With such irrelevant thoughts running through his head, Wang Wu stood aside quite leisurely, watching his fellow gun crew members prepare for firing.  The gunner gave him a slightly warning look, including the guys next to him, but he didn't ask these guys to strictly follow the rules.

    ——There is no rush yet, he knows the habits of his superiors, and he should not hit too hard at the beginning, lest he scares his opponent away.  In the early stage, they were even asked to deliberately slow down their firing rate, so there was no need to press too hard.  The "rapid shooting" stage will be entered later, which is when these guys need to work hard. For now, just take it easy.

    "Cover!"

    While he was shouting this, the deputy gunner next to him raised a red flag to indicate that the artillery had entered the firing stage and no one could get close.  The gun crew members ran behind the bunker and bent down, and the gunner did the same thing after lighting the match.

    There was a loud "bang" and a puff of white smoke rose from the muzzle of the cannon. It is said that some sharp-eyed people claimed to be able to see the shells flying out of the muzzle, but Wang Wu could never see clearly.

    He just hurriedly poked his head out and tried his best to look ahead.  The view from the artillery position was of course excellent. Although a large amount of smoke had appeared at this time, it was not enough to block the forward view.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The densely packed flat wasteland in front of us has been overwhelmed by countless people crawling forward.  It felt like a black tide, surging towards them.

    The actual distance between the two sides is still very far, so the artillery team is not under much pressure now.  But Wang Wu looked far into the distance, and the distant skyline was covered by erected spears, flags, and figures on horseback or on foot below.  Moreover, as the people and horses in the front continue to advance, the people in the rear??Enemy troops are still emerging from the horizon, seemingly endless.

    Since Wang Wu joined the Qiong Navy, he has never fought against such a large-scale enemy. Even though he was extremely confident in his own firepower, he couldn't help but swallow secretly at this moment.

    In order to relieve the tension in his heart, he looked up into the air again - the shell itself was invisible, but because the detonator of the explosive shell was in a burning state, it would leave a long white smoke trail in mid-air.

    At this moment, all you can see is white smoke criss-crossing the sky, and one parabolic smoke trail after another starts from the artillery position here, spreading out in mid-air like petals.  At the end of each smoke trail, it eventually fell into the gray and black tide, and a puff of red fire rose up on the ground.
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