Chapter 710 (2/2)

”Your Majesty, there are just scattered demonic beasts They can be easily solved by the patrol team on the city walls” The man of Sand Nation replied after a standard military salute

”Well, I intend to stage a cannon exercise in the city wall area soon It needs to be impressive, yet also minimize waste”

The commander-in-chief of the First Ar a false one?”

Roland could not help laughing It seeunpowder now He said, ”To be more accurate, it needed to be half true and half false When you display accurate shooting, use real bullets; when displaying fire coverage, use embedded black powder Do you understand?”

”Yes, Your Majesty” Iron Axe nodded immediately

Empty ammunition was commonly used in exercises, for it was not necessary to waste the precious howitzers just to inited by electric wires could also create a shocking effect or even a better one

Roland briefly outlined the idea in his h For that you can prepare unpowder”

”Your Majesty, this may affect the operation of the artillery battalion”

Roland shook his head and said, ”It doesn't matter In fact, I intend to phase out the black poeapons, such as the 12-pound field artillery, which is no longer suitable for the fight in the future”

Its heavy barrel, slow launch speed, and small power of the solid balls had restricted its further usage The battle under Coldwind Ridge fully demonstrated the limited lethality of the field artillery, especially in the face of dispersed-attacking and quick- enemies Most of the soldiers of God's Punish Cannons, while only about 100 unlucky ones were smashed by the iron solid balls

In addition, it was so difficult to transport the cannons that they could not be used to coordinate with the infantry attack or urban warfare, which further restrained its usage The revolving rifles could still be used for a while After all, the gunpowder consumption of the bullets was much smaller; even if they used half of all the bullets, it would not have unpowder

With the help of the Dream World, Roland's new chemical reform plan was already in preparation The steady increase in the production of double base gunpowder had enabled him to eliminate the black poeapons

Iron Axe's eyes brightened and he said, ”Have you designed a new alternative weapon?”

Roland smiled and took a piece of paper out of the drawer and spread it on the desk He explained, ”It's a type of rigging-angle cannon which can shoot at short distance or long distance It can be disassembled to be carried by several people, and has excellent power It's also easy to manufacture and operate What do you think of it?”

Iron Axe bent down to carefully read the drawing for a while before he said, 'Er I'ure out its appearance it looks like an iron pipe, but can it really launch shells with such a thin wall?”

”Of course, the key is the specific shell However, it's still much easier to manufacture than a 152mm howitzer”

”Does the neeapon have a name?”

”You can call it a mortar,” Roland replied