Chapter 2819 God's special flying thunder cannon is more powerful than bombing a city...
Chapter 2819 The god-damn flying thunder cannon is more powerful in destroying ships than cities... (Please subscribe and vote)
From one bullock cart to another, long cylindrical metal barrel-shaped objects were moved down.
Then, the simple crane that had stood next to the pier lifted them up, and then carefully placed them through the large hole in the deck.
Wu Zhonglang moved closer to Li Ke, who was standing leisurely not far away admiring the sea.
"Your Highness, what are these? They look so weird. They are neither crossbows nor bows."
Li Ke couldn't help but tremble when he heard this question, and raised his hand proudly.
"What are you talking about? This thing is called a cannon, but it's not the cannon next to the word "stone", but the cannon next to the word "fire".
"..." Wu Zhonglang stared blankly over there, regardless of whether it was next to the word "stone" or the word "fire". Does this have anything to do with him?
"Do you think that, regardless of whether it is next to the word "stone" or the word "fire", how the word "gun" is written has nothing to do with what I said?"
Li Ke's next words immediately made Wu Zhonglang laugh and cry.
"Actually, the reason why fire is used as the radical is precisely because this cannon is related to fire. I guess you, Wu Zhonglang, should also be aware of the changes in Luoyang, right?"
As soon as he said this, General Wu Zhonglang suddenly reacted, his expression looking a bit unbelievable.
"Could this be the thunder cannon that little Taibao Cheng used to blow up Luoyang City?"
"Haha, even if Wu Zhonglang's words are not true, they are not far off. When Taibao Xiao Cheng blew up Luoyang City Gate Tower and Luoyang Imperial Palace by himself, the caliber of the flying thunder cannon he used was much exaggerated than this."
"...alone?" General Wu Zhonglang looked at His Highness the Prince of the Tang Dynasty with a slightly crooked look.
"The general thought that one person destroyed a city before was just hearsay. From what His Highness thinks, is he really the one who did it?"
Li Ke nodded matter-of-factly, and when he got angry, he couldn't control it.
"That's natural. When the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth were blown up outside Luoyang City, General Zhao who was beside my father witnessed it with his own eyes, and when the gate of Luoyang City was blown up, Gu, His Royal Highness and others witnessed it with his own eyes.
When the palace was blown up, my father and all the civil and military officials were all present, witnessing with their own eyes that Brother Chu Bi blew up a long section of the palace with one shot..."
"..." General Wu Zhonglang and the Dengzhou Navy commander behind him were all silent, looking at each other, speechless for a long time.
It seems that the bombing of Luoyang City into such a horrible state is not a rumor, but a reality.
But if you think about it more carefully and deeply, during the Luoyang Incident, Taibao Xiao Cheng wreaked havoc inside and outside Luoyang City, blowing up the entire city.
This destructive power is all due to the thunder cannons he invented, and the cannons in front of him are being hoisted onto the modified warships.
Although according to Qi Wang Li Ke, these things are not as powerful as the flying thunder cannon, but in the hearts of the Dengzhou navy.
What our navy has to deal with is the enemy's warships. Warships are naturally not as strong as city walls.
One shot can destroy the tall and honest palace city. Even if it is a hundred times less powerful, wouldn't it be more than enough to destroy an enemy ship?
Li Ke couldn't help but feel happy and secretly proud when he saw the reaction of the Dengzhou navy, which had been in a sad and resentful mood at the beginning.
Look, isn’t this the power of Brother Chu Bi’s often gibbering mouthpiece to guide public opinion?
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Cheng Chubi stood there with his hands on his hips, looking majestically at the first battleship that was finally loaded with artillery.
Although this old building ship was very strong, for the sake of safety, Cheng Chubi carefully reduced the original idea.
This building ship was divided into three floors, but in the end only the first and second rooms below were equipped with artillery, with five cannons on each floor. In addition, there was one each at the bow and stern.
These artillery pieces are movable rather than fixed. In this way, this kind of non-professional gunboat will not cause accidents because the deck's load-bearing capacity cannot be reached.
In addition, all these artillery pieces are equipped with special bases to ensure that these artillery pieces can shoot at elevation angles within a certain range, or shoot directly, or even shoot at negative angles.
After all, naval battles are dynamic, and the positions of both your own side and the enemy will change at any time.
Especially for some small boats, once they approach a certain angle, the artillery cannot fire at a negative angle, which means they are out of reach.
A group of martial arts disciples also seemed quite excited today. After all, on the day they arrived here, Cheng Sanlang came up with a method of drying salt.
He proudly told everyone that he still had a great achievement, but he was just waiting for the results to come out before he could draw lots to share.
But today, after seeing the artillery placed on the ship, a group of martial arts disciples finally understood what Cheng Sanlang wanted to do.
If the navy of the Tang Dynasty could use artillery, what else would they need? What kind of ballistae would they need? Those miscellaneous water warfare equipment could almost be wiped out.
All you need to do is install this thing on a warship, directly out of the attack range of the enemy warship, and fire it one shot after another.
The opponent's warships were turned into fragments, and they were probably not even able to damage the Tang Dynasty navy at all.
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Li Ji, who led two thousand elites to join the Qingzhou Governor, rode his horse to the gate of Dengzhou City.
I wanted to order the team to camp first and go into the city myself to have a good chat with Li Ke and Cheng Sanlang.
As a result, after a random question at the city gate, the gatekeeper guarding the city gate told Li Ji directly.
His Highness King Qi, Taibao Xiao Cheng and a group of martial arts disciples left here early in the morning, saying that they had important matters to attend to in Dengzhou Navy.
"Did they say what the big deal was?" Li Ji's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked.
"Your Excellency, I don't know much about it, but I heard the young masters talking about what kind of thunder cannon was used to blow up the ship. It must be more powerful in blowing up the city."
"???" Li Ji's whole body felt bad. The god's flying thunder cannon was more powerful in destroying ships than destroying cities...
These little bastards, do they have hair on their guts, or do they have the wrong brains?
A picture suddenly flashed in Li Ji's mind. Cheng Sanlang, Li Ke and other dandy boys were holding incense sticks and lighting up the flying thunder cannons one after another.
Then the warships of the Tang Dynasty navy in the naval berth were already in pieces, and the navy officers and soldiers were crying and beating their chests and feet.
Thinking of this, Li Ji couldn't help but trembled, turned his horse's head and shouted loudly. "Follow me and rush to the Dengzhou Navy Station immediately, hurry!"
Accompanied by the obviously extremely angry roar of this famous general of the Tang Dynasty, the generals around him immediately became hairy. They quickly shook their reins, drove their mounts, and chased Li Ji's back desperately.
The group of people rushed towards the direction of the Dengzhou Navy...