The pirate captain touched his beloved bronze cannon.
That cannon is just a barrel.
Plus a gun mount that can move up and down slightly.
The movement of the gun mount is achieved by stuffing wood into it.
The muzzle does not look thick, only the bottom of the bowl is thick.
It can also shoot a very small projectile.
There are also many iron hoops on the barrel.
It is said that it should be an iron cannon.
It just happened to be a bronze cannon.
Bronze cannons have good ductility and generally do not require iron hoops.
And this cannon was dug out from the sea and salvaged.
At that time, I was attacked by a shark and suddenly hit a reef.
I don’t know how I found this cannon in the crevice of the reef.
This pirate captain is also a modern man.
He naturally recognized this cannon from the Middle Ages.
It's actually not very powerful.
The key is the difference in gunpowder.
And there was no gunpowder to be found.
He originally thought of building cannons on the ship.
It's just that there has been a lack of enough steel and gunpowder.
When he first discovered the cannon, he didn't hold out much hope.
Just use it as a deterrent weapon.
In a real fight, what use would a cannon be?
Don’t forget that in modern century naval battles, a first-class battleship had hundreds of cannons!
And they are all large diameter.
In this way, it is not easy to sink the opponent's wooden ship.
It still depends on luck.
Otherwise, hit him in the face.
It can be as close as only a few tens of meters, or more than a hundred meters.
Both sides fired fiercely.
It depends on who is unlucky and dies first.
But when he lit the fire casually, the cannon started to fire on its own.
Then he hit him.
The result surprised him.
This cannon only needs projectiles.
As for gunpowder, it's not needed.
In fact, this is of course impossible.
Thermal weapons in Mount and Blade also require gunpowder projectiles.
And the range is very far.
The most surprising thing is that the ballistic trajectory is actually a straight line!
Where is this bronze cannon?
How is this a medieval cannon?
This is clearly a 20th century flat-fire gun or anti-aircraft gun.
Anyway, it can be said that it is direct firepower, hitting wherever you point.
And its range is also very long.
In short, it can hit wherever you see it.
It was precisely because he had this cannon.
Only then did he dare to do something big.
Go challenge that so-called island raft.
In fact, no one knows why he summoned tens of thousands of pirates in bulk, a bunch of rubbish.
In fact, it was to cover his cannon.
In other words, just as Wen Rensheng thought, what he wanted to do was not to attack, but to defend.
So he wants to put himself in the middle.
There are also several sea routes for escape.
Don't let people block you.
On the outside, there are layers of pirate rafts surrounding him.
If an enemy comes, he can get early warning.
Then use your own direct-fire cannon to directly destroy the opponent.
Of course, even though it is a straight line, it is not easy to aim.
Because this is at sea.
The raft is bumping.
Although his raft has been built into a pirate ship.
But bumps are inevitable.
Unless it's as big as an island raft, you won't have to worry about bumps when anchored.
Wen Rensheng was absolutely right.
The pirate captain was thinking about himself from beginning to end.
At this moment.
He shouted to his subordinates, the wavering pirates:
"You idiots, that so-called city wall is just a piece of wood!"
"You can only look good, but you can't hit people!"
"Look, I have a cannon, what are you afraid of?"
That's what he said.
But at this time, someone still retorted: "Tieyan, but your cannon is just a medieval cannon. I heard that medieval cannons are very weak."
"Yes, you can't break the city gate at all, let alone the city wall. At most, you can hit the opening and hurt a few people."
"That's right, hundreds of them need to be used together to suppress the opponent."
"And it's better to attack the infantry, not the city wall. If you want to break the city wall, you need the later heavy artillery. The cannonballs must be as big as wine jars to break the city wall." Someone else added.
He looked at everyone with disdain and began to prepare to test fire at the city wall.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn’t believe it.
"Just wait, I'm going to knock down their tower!"
Everyone shook their heads.
Now we are still more than ten miles away from the island.
At this distance, even a modern gun requires an experienced gunner and a computerized fire control radar.
Because it’s the sea now…
However, the next moment.
The pirate captain lit the fire directly.
Hit it with one shot.
There is a tower on the third floor of the city wall right in the middle.
I saw a sudden shaking on the tower, and several stones fell down.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this.
"Impossible, it's so far away, how did you hit it?"
"Yeah, when we looked over, it was just a small dot, but you were able to hit it?"
In fact, this is the sea, the view is good, there is no obstruction, and you can see things ten miles away.
On land, the terrain is undulating and there are woods, which have long been lost to sight.
The island captain thought to himself, I wanted to hit the tallest one, but I hit someone else.
Sure enough, this cannon was not actually used on ships.
It's such a waste. It should be on land, where it can hit whomever it points to.
It doesn't work on a boat. One second I pointed it, and the next second the boat was heaving.
That’s not allowed.
He read some information and said that naval artillery must learn to grasp the ups and downs of the ship and fire at the highest or lowest point each time, because at this time the ship's posture is stable and the shooting parameters are relatively fixed.
I didn't expect that I could hit it this time, which is pretty good.
"This is impossible!"
"After nearly ten miles, a shot hit me. Boss, what kind of weapon do you have?"
"What kind of artifact is this?"
No one believes that such an artifact exists in this raft world.
"Haha, you can't believe it. This is one of my trump cards. The reason why I think we can capture this big island is because of it!" The pirate captain boosted morale with one shot.
"No matter how far away their defenses are, they can't hit me!"
"And we can hit them!"
"How do you think their morale will drop?"
indeed so.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this moment, seeing this scene, the soldiers on the city wall were shocked.
And at this moment someone suddenly said:
"In that case, we are the defenders. We must prevent them from rushing out and destroying your cannon or ship."
"Haha, don't worry."
The pirate captain had already taken aim.
"They have been training on defense and basically not much on offense."
"Their island is originally very big and moves slowly, but my ship is specially designed to be very fast. Besides, there are so many small rafts around here to block the opponent."
"In this case, I don't have to worry about them sneaking up on me."
"That's right. If the enemy's ship wants to come over, it must first pass through the small rafts around us, and it must first knock over the small rafts."
"That's right, you can use this cannon to blast right through it at this time, and sink whoever you see!"
The pirate captain laughed loudly when he heard this.
He knew that after seeing this, those people would be truly convinced.
Before, I just wanted to fish in troubled waters.
He may be used as a proxy at any time!
It suddenly dawned on me.
I saw that the morale of the pirates suddenly increased.
They have such cannons, and they just need to slowly bombard the city walls.
Anyway, the logistics depend on raft fishing, so don’t worry.
Just stay for a few years.
There is no need to be afraid of being defeated by the enemy.
In this way, they can defeat their opponents smoothly.
Even directly destroying the opponent's morale until it collapses.
View from here.
This pirate captain is indeed a very cunning man.
Of course it can also be said to be very smart.
It is by no means comparable to ordinary people.
One cannon allowed him to turn around magnificently from a difficult position on the offensive side.
He does not need to face so many rows of defensive measures just now. On the contrary, his opponent has to give up so many defensive measures with a headache.
We had to fight an offensive battle out of the city with the enemy at a disadvantage.
This is the strategic change brought about by weapons.
Just a cannon with an extremely long range turns a strategic advantage into a strategic disadvantage.
I had to choose to leave the city.
That means huge casualties.
When defending a city wall, an ordinary young man could lift a stone and kill a white-armored soldier, one of the strongest cold soldiers in modern times.
Triple armor will only kill you faster.
Because my body is not flexible, I cannot avoid the stone.
This is why you can use traitors when you can, and elites will not attack the city from the beginning.
The civilians must be driven away to completely consume the reserves of stones and logs on the opposite side.
After seeing this, everyone sided with the pirate captain.
"What's on the other side, do you see it?"
"You should surrender quickly. We have this invincible mighty general. How can you be my opponent?"
"Surrender now, and I'll spare your lives."
"Yes, after all, after destroying these city walls, it will be very troublesome for us to repair them."
Now they keep talking, as if one cannon has decided the outcome of this battle.
At this moment, in their eyes, the island raft has become their property.
They were all very proud of themselves.
They were all there laughing at the island's rafting walls.
It's a joke that they are a pile of junk and useless.
At this moment, the soldiers who were setting up defenses on the raft city wall of the island were already shocked.
Many people have just reacted.
"No, it's impossible. How could there be such a weapon that goes against the laws of nature?"
"Yes, someone is cooperating with the pirates, right?"
"It should be, someone blew it up with explosives."
Suddenly someone said: "Actually, if you think about it carefully, this is quite normal."
"Think about it, have we ever seen incredible things?"
"You're right. You'll know after thinking about it. It's true." Someone else suddenly realized.
Everyone nodded.
Because they thought of a little red horse on their own island.
You can swim in the water and run on the sea.
You can even hunt sharks.
And the opponent fired a cannon with a long range and very accurate shooting, which is normal.
Of course they didn't notice that it was a straight shot.
Otherwise, it would be even more terrifying.
Everyone nodded.
At this time, someone asked again:
"So what do we do now?"
"It seems to me that we can't beat them."
"Yes, the other side has artillery and logistics, so we can attack slowly, but we can only passively take the beating."
"If we really want to attack, we usually don't have that much training."
"That's true."
"It seems that the city may be breached. Those pirates are very cruel!"
"It seems to be true."
"Look at how powerful the other party is, and look at us, have you never killed anyone before?"
"It's OK on defense, but not OK on offense."
Everyone was also speechless.
Yes, in their eyes, the pirates who are killing everyone are indeed very powerful.
Now it seems.
It has become difficult for them to easily defeat each other at a small cost.
I thought I could have a hearty defensive game.
It turns out that the pirates are not stupid either.
It's actually normal.
After all, these pirates are also modern people.
Just distorted modern people.
Then some people finally began to waver.
They looked around as if looking for their raft.
In their hearts, they have chosen to escape.
And more people choose to wait and see.
But those old people still think it doesn't matter.
"As long as our island owner's father doesn't take action, we don't have to worry about losing again."
Some people were immediately relieved when they heard this.
He nodded repeatedly.
"That's right, you woke us up with one word. You are right."
"After all, the island owner still has a rare skill that he hasn't used yet."
"The ability to summon your biological father."
So they won't be scared away so early.
For a while, the atmosphere among the people stabilized again.
It would be useless to wait for the island owner to call daddy at any time, it would not be too late for them to run away.
Otherwise, the island raft won the battle, but they ran away.
There is only one outcome, expulsion.
Become a savage like those pirates.
Depend on God for food.
Relying on the sky for a living is looked down upon.
The simplest thing is that in the marriage and love market, people who have relied on heaven for a living have had difficulty finding a wife since ancient times.
The best thing is the iron rice bowl.
Working for the imperial court.
I have to say, these people are really very smart.
only.
At the same time, the pirates don't know this skill yet.
They gradually learned that their side actually had an artifact cannon!
Everyone's morale was greatly boosted.
They continued to laugh wildly.
"Haha, if you keep pretending and pretending to us, what's the use of your city wall?"
"Have you seen our cannons? No matter how powerful your defenses are, their range is not as far as ours. They are just waiting to be hit by us."
indeed so.
The soldiers on the city wall looked helpless at the cannons ten miles away.
Because what the opponents say is true.
Their range is just not as far as the other's.
You can't hit the opponent at all.
He can only be beaten passively.
At this time, the second and third guns appeared one after another.
It just didn't hit accurately and hit the city wall.
Some wooden fortifications were broken.
"Do we have no choice but to escape?" someone said reluctantly.
"I don't want to keep running away."
"I'm really unwilling."
You must know that they worked hard to pass various eliminations and then settled on this island.