bloodnovel Chapter 204 Information About The Pirates [3/7]
Chapter 204 Information About The Pirates [3/7]
"Have you tried it before? How far is the shooting range? Will there be any mistakes in the test in the inner palace?"
Su Chen frowned and looked towards Mocheng Rail.
"It was tested before. The range of this small trebuchet is only a dozen meters, and the circumference of this school field is 100 meters, so there will be no mistakes."
Mocheng Gui cupped his hands at Su Chen and said.
"No, it's still too dangerous, change the test site."
Su Chen looked at the school grounds. There were many Habayashi sergeants guarding the school grounds. Although it was empty, there were still many palace buildings in other places.
Although he also knows that it is unlikely to make a mistake, just in case.
Mocheng Rail had no choice but to respond and asked people to change the test site.
Soon, a new test site was selected.
right at the port.
Launched into the sea.
Three small trebuchets lined up, facing the sea.
Su Chen looked at the vast sea, nodded, and said: "990 sea is a wonderful weapon testing site."
"Place the target."
"Yes.
"Put the target!"
Mochenggui waved his hand, and immediately a few navy soldiers rowed three small boats to the sea, and there were similarly sized boats hanging behind the three small boats.
It is only sixty or seventy meters away from the shore of the port, which is a very short distance.
After parking the three small boats at sea, the navy soldiers rowed the remaining small boats back to the shore.
"Prepare to cast. Adjust aim.
With an order, the naval soldiers operating the small trebuchet placed the jars filled with kerosene on the trebuchet.
After a period of adjustment, there are junior mathematicians such as Zhao Qing to help calculate the parabola, and when it is ready, it is an order.
"emission!"
A naval soldier holding a torch next to him immediately ignited the burlap stuffed on the mouth of the jar (bbaj).
The blocked mouth of the jar was ignited, and the next moment, several navy soldiers simultaneously pulled a rope connected to the mechanism on the small damper.
"Wow!"
Along with the rotation of the catapult rotating rod, the flame-stained pot above was thrown out.
A tail flame of fire was pulled out in the air, and it was accompanied by the sound of the flame being constantly blown by the wind.
Three pots dyed with flames fell into the sea in a parabola.
There were three splashes of water.
Su Chen frowned. The accuracy of the trebuchet was indeed a problem.
"My lord, this is not a problem."
The Mocheng rail next to him smiled slightly and said.
"Although the shooting range is only a few tens of meters, you can shoot directly into it during naval battles. If you throw more than a dozen cupping cans in a round, there will always be a hit."
"Furthermore, according to Captain Chen Ming's pursuit of the pirates, most of the pirates' ships were very slow, not comparable to the warships we Zao went to lead.
"Thus, it is like flying a kite, projecting and moving at the same time."
"Those pirate ships can only be beaten in vain, and this also prevents the ignited pirate ship from hitting our ship and causing our warship to burn."
The Mocheng rail has obviously been studied. Before that, he had asked in detail the situation of the naval soldiers who were chasing the pirates.
Most of those pirate ships are very slow, even above the sea, there are many oars below for rowing.
There is no comparison with the warships of the Yanyun Port Navy.
"emission!"
While talking on Mocheng Rail, three small trebuchets were ready to launch again. This time they adjusted their orientation, and following the order, three flames shot into the sky again.
Draw three arcs of flames in the sky, this time with good luck, one of the three clay pots was hit and used as a target for the boat.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the clay pot shattered on the boat, the kerosene inside splashed everywhere, and was instantly ignited by the flame that was already burning at the mouth of the pot.
""
In almost an instant, the raging flames suddenly rose.
It directly turned that small boat into a boat carrying flames.
Su Chen looked at the blazing flames on the sea, and nodded.
Range, accuracy, this is not a problem.
As long as the Yanyun navy has such a weapon, it will be fine.
"Okay, then it's the Ministry of Heralds."
"Let them quickly build small trebuchets and install them on warships."
"A warship must have at least ten such small trebuchets.
Su Chen nodded and said.
"Yes, sir."
A clerk from the Ministry of Industry also followed, and he used the charcoal pencil and wooden slips he had been holding in his hand to write down the minimum quantity to be built.
Two hundred and fifty small trebuchets.
This is the minimum quantity to be built, and they will be installed one by one on the warships of the Yanyun Port Navy.
June 10th of the first year of the matrix.
A ship sent by Chen Ming returned to Yanyun Harbor and brought Su Chen information about the Black Sea Islands.
And this, let Su Chen know that around June 20th, the pirates from the Black Sea Islands will form a fleet and set off to attack Yanyun Port.
At the same time, the number of pirates made Su Chen frown slightly.
According to Chen Ming's report, there will be one or two hundred pirate warships attacking at that time, with five or six thousand troops. .