C2504 An epoch-making cannon (2/2)
Following Mr. Krupp's order, dozens of artillery soldiers ran over at the same time. Shua shua shua opened up the hidden tarpaulin. The six cannons brimmed with killing intent were lined up in a row in the wilderness.
Immediately following that, ammunition was loaded onto the horse carriage as it delivered 18 rounds of artillery shells. The live ammunition shooting exercise had officially begun!
Boom
The scarlet flame shot out a full foot long from the muzzle of the turret! The loud noise shook everyone's ears! The shell tore through the sky with a rumble like the rumble of a train.
Black smoke and flames rose from the horizon in the distance, and the sound of explosions shook the surrounding birds and beasts, causing them to wail.
None of the Chinese military officers were looking at the huge explosions, nor were they looking at the trajectory of the artillery shells in the sky. All of their eyes were firmly fixed on the tail of the artillery, which was to say, the movements of the gunners.
Luo Huo turned pale with fright. He could not help but shout, ”It's too fast, it's too fast!”
Prussian gunners are flying! He unscrewed the cannon latch, and after that, the reloader filled the ammunition. Then, he quickly closed the gun latch, and used the momentum to quickly pull the fuse.
With a bang, flames more than a foot long rushed out of the muzzle of the cannon and the artillery shell flew off into the distance. The huge recoil from the cannon shook the earth, causing dust and dirt to fly into the air.
”Good heavens! Too fast. It only took 25 seconds to load and fire a shell. Oh my god! Can you load and fire a cannonball in 25 seconds? ” Bing Tai screamed in disbelief while holding onto his pocket watch.
”Unbelievable, truly unbelievable! Triple Shot only took 1 minute and 20 seconds! ”
The entire Chinese observer mission was in an uproar. Everyone was scrambling for the binoculars in their hands, looking at the distant gunner in disbelief, their hands moving as fast as lightning.
”No tail flames!” Everyone, look! There is really no leakage of the tail flame! All of the fucking gunners are safe! They were all safe! ”Quick, look …”
The excited officers patted each other on the shoulders. They could not believe what they were seeing. What a revolutionary moment! They could imagine how desperate the enemy would be if the cannons were placed on the battlefield!
Proud Krupp raised his head with her hands behind her back. These are just ordinary runaways! If the most elite artillery veterans of the army were to operate it, the third company could definitely enter for 60 seconds! ”
”At this time, the enemy's front-loaded artillery can only fire once, but we can fire three times, and the firing rate is more than three times faster!”
”Ha ha-ha, this is an epoch-making revolution!”
At this moment, a horse suddenly came running from the faraway observation post. The Prussian rider on the horse shouted excitedly, ”The data is out, the data is out...” ”The range data has been released …”
”The average range of an eight-pound cannon is 2,300 meters!” The range of a 12 pound cannon exceeds 4,500 meters! ”
”Oh my god, it's actually twice the distance of a previous cannon. Is its range that far?”
Seeing this, Xiao Letian did not hesitate anymore. He grabbed Mr. Krupp's hand and said, ”Esteemed sir, let's talk about our cooperation. I hope to be able to open a branch factory with you in Ryukyu.”
”Let us work together to produce this advanced weapon. This will be a very profitable business!”