Chapter 2251 damp gunpowder
"Why are you all standing there? Why don't you quickly load medicine and fire the gun? The general's side is angry." The personal soldiers who had just rushed back from Sun Youming looked at the gunners who were still dazed, and couldn't help but urge them.
The whistleman who was in charge of these tiger squatting cannons walked forward, grabbed a handful of dough-like gunpowder from the wooden barrel, spread it in front of the people coming and going, and said, "It's not that we don't want to fire the cannon, you
Look at the fact that gunpowder has become this virtue, it is completely useless."
"Then use fire to roast it, fan it with a fan, and no matter what, you must fire the cannon first." The personal soldiers once again urged the other party to fire the cannon.
The whistleman who heard this looked bitter and said, "How can gunpowder be roasted with fire? If it is dried, it will be completely finished."
"I don't care what you do. Anyway, you must fire the gun today, otherwise you guys will wait for the moving house!" The personal soldier pointed at the gunners in front of him and threatened.
The whistleman who heard this looked even more bitter.
Of course he understood that the other party was just the person who passed the message, and these words were what the person behind the other party meant.
"Okay, hurry up and prepare, the general is still waiting." The personal soldier said to the sentry officer in front of him.
The whistleman hesitated for a moment and said tentatively: "These gunpowder really doesn't work. Even if it's dry, it will take a few days. You still have to have enough sunlight. Can you tell the general? Don't use the cannon first.
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"No." The personal soldier immediately refused, then walked to a wooden barrel, reached out to grab a handful of gunpowder from it, and asked, "Is there no such bucket of gunpowder used? Is there anything that can be used inside?"
The whistleman said: "It's hard to say, but looking at the outside layer, it's probably too turbulent inside. Even if some of them are picked out and they can barely be used, there will not be much."
"Look first, let's talk about it. As long as the cannon can be fired, if the cannon cannot be fired, then you can just wait for your head to move!" The personal soldier dropped the gunpowder in his palm and turned around and left.
The whistleman standing there was bitter face.
A pile of tide powder was trying to fire the tiger squat cannon, but it wasn't a life for him.
"Head, are we still opening these wooden barrels of gunpowder?" A gunner asked the motionless whistleman.
After hearing this, the whistleman hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Open it, open it all, I don't believe that I can't find any useful gunpowder."
He also became cruel now.
For the sake of his own head, even if it changes, he will still create some gunpowder.
Several gunners scooped out with handfuls of wooden barrels around them.
All the wet gunpowder was raised next to the wooden barrel just to find the gunpowder that could be used inside.
"You are too slow, come with an axe and smash the wooden barrel from the middle." The whistleman asked his men to get the axe.
If there is still gunpowder that can be used in the wooden barrel, it can only be in the middle of the wooden barrel.
The axe was quickly taken over.
The whistleman raised the axe with one hand, walked to a wooden barrel, raised his arm holding the axe and slashed it down hard, and immediately cracked a wooden board, causing the gunpowder to spill out.
Then he cut a few axes on the wooden barrel, and the wooden barrel was completely crackled open.
The gunner who was waiting bent over and took out the gunpowder scattered all over the ground, searched inside, and finally grabbed a handful of gunpowder and took it to the sentry officer, saying, "Head, there are indeed some that are not so wet inside.
Gunpowder should be barely usable, but its power cannot be guaranteed."
"It's fine to use it, find out all of it. There are a few of you guys, and use an axe to crack the remaining wooden barrels to find out the gunpowder that can be used inside." The whistleman handed the axe in his hand to a gunner next to him.
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Soon, all the remaining wooden barrels were crackled open.
The gunner collected some barely useful gunpowder from it and piled it up separately.
"That's all?" The whistleman looked at the small pile of gunpowder in front of him, looking disappointed.
He thought he could find out how many, but he didn't expect that only a little gunpowder would be enough to fire a few shots.
A gunner next to him smiled bitterly: "This is already a lot. If there are too many heads, there is really no place to get it."
"Okay, I didn't really blame you." The whistleman didn't really blame these gunners. He also knew that it was not easy to get such a little gunpowder, but such a little gunpowder was not enough.
The gunner next to him stepped forward and said, "Head, do you think you should fire as the general said?"
"Yes, fire the artillery first, let the general listen to the sound of the artillery." The whistleman reacted and immediately asked his gunners to prepare for the artillery.
In order to prevent the gunner from wasting gunpowder, he specifically reminded: "Don't install gunpowder when firing, just be able to fire it, do you understand?"
"The tiger thieves are hiding in such a distance, and they can't get enough gunpowder!" said a gunner.
The whistleman who heard this turned dark and said, "You know that the tiger thief is far away from us, so he fills you with gunpowder. Just these few tiger squatting cannons can hit others?"
"Then why are you firing a cannon? We don't have much gunpowder at first, so it's too much waste to firing a cannon. I think it's better to wait until the tiger thief gets closer before firing." A gunner suggested.
The whistleman stared at the talking gunner and said, "Do you think the general doesn't know that he can't kill the tiger thief? The general wants to use the sound of cannons to scare the tiger thief, so that the tiger thief dare not attack easily. You just need to make the cannons move, and other things
You don't have to worry about things."
It is easy for these gunners to make only the noise of firing the gun.
Several gunners took away some gunpowder, and soon the tiger squat cannon was fired from the wall of the fort.
However, because there are not much gunpowder, the sound of cannons is a bit unsatisfactory, but at least it is also the sound of cannons.
The whistleman who managed the gunner glanced at the remaining gunpowder, which was less than half. Once the enemy attacked, it would only be enough to fire two or three guns.
Sun Youming on the other castle wall was very satisfied when he heard the sound of cannons.
He said to his personal soldiers: "Did you see it? If you don't force these people, they will only shirk each other. When they say they want to cut their heads, the tide of gunpowder can also fire up the cannon for you."
He naturally knew that the gunpowder could no longer be used when it was damp, but he did not think that all the gunpowder could not be used. His subordinates must have a way to get the gunpowder that could be used.
He thought he knew the little bit of his subordinates clearly.
"General, I don't seem to have a lot of noise from the cannon, so the amount of gunpowder may not be enough." said the personal soldier next to me.
Hearing this, Sun Youming chuckled and said, "You think they would fire a gun just to scare the tiger thief. Naturally, gunpowder should be saved. Wait until the tiger thief attacks, and then let the gunners in the fort go.
Increase the amount of gunpowder and slam the fuck hard."
"The general is wise." The personal soldiers praised him.
The sudden sound of cannons in the fort really scared Zhao Wu.
He didn't expect there was a cannon on Shicheng Island.
Chapter completed!