Chapter 80 Artillery Team

After the cement ship was left in the maintenance room for a week, it was finally time to be put into the water and put out.

The workers who were called were stunned. When the prince tried to push the bathtub that he had finally made into the water, everyone doubted whether they had heard it wrong.

However, Roland's orders were indeed the case.

He asked someone to temporarily dismantle the shed and then dig a slope at the bottom of the cement ship to lead straight into the river.

This part must be done with great care, because cement products have extremely poor tensile and earthquake resistance, and it is still a small matter to have a few cracks. If they hit the ground, it would be a waste of time.

Roll the wood up and tie the rope to control the sliding speed. When everything is ready, the workers bypass the hemp rope as thick as their wrists around the newly dug stakes and pull them into a straight line.

With the commands, the rope was slowly loosened, and the bottom of the boat slid on the rolling wood, making a harsh friction sound.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly. Roland saw the cement ship gradually falling into the river. The entire ship drifted about half a meter deep, and the wall of the ship was still about one meter exposed to the water.

The workers were surprised to see that this thing that was even heavier than a stone did not sank into the bottom of the river, but floated on the water like leaves.

Quickly wrap the rope around the wooden stake a few more times, and then tie it tightly!Roland directed.The hemp rope tied to the hull cannot be untied, otherwise the cement ship will float south with the river.

Although Nightingale did not show her appearance, her incredible tone revealed her shock: Why can it float?

Uh... Simply put, its average density is lower than that of water, so it can float on the water. Roland thought for a moment and replied that it has little to do with whether it is iron or cement.In fact, when you see a sailboat, you should understand that such a big boat is much heavier than a stone.

The voice did not sound again, and he guessed that the other party had been in pain.Even Anna may not be able to react immediately.Roland smiled and continued to direct the workers to the next step.

The subsequent outfitting period was a long time. When it was snowing heavily, the work had to stop. Only when the snow was low could we rush to do it for a while.

The main content of the installation is to lay the deck, and the wooden boards that plan out the entrance are installed on the ship. There are many short wooden piles standing as support in the gap between the deck and the bottom of the ship. Although it is a bit of a waste of space, considering the main purpose of the cement ship, it doesn’t matter so much.

Next is anti-corrosion treatment.

The carpenters knew exactly what to do. They first painted the deck with a pungent smell of oil, and after it was consolidated, they repeatedly applied several layers of red paint.

After everything is finished on the deck floor, the outfit enters the superstructure installation stage.

The so-called upper part is nothing more than a wooden shed standing between two masts to store artillery and ammunition.

When it rains, the crew can also have a place to shelter from the rain.

There is also a platform specially installed on the top of the wooden shed for one person to stand, which is obviously prepared for Wendy.

As long as she stands on the roof, her ability to display her ability can cover the sails up and down.

The rudder at the stern is melted from pig iron, which is a bit troublesome when installing. You need to pass the tiller through the reserved hole underwater to expose it to the deck, then put the iron ring on the deck and weld the snap.

The snap is a right triangle iron plate with long sides welded to the tiller, and the short sides can be freely rotated in the groove reserved by the iron ring.

The welding work was naturally handed over to Anna. After expressing her shock and confusion at the stone bathtub that could float on the water, she asked the exact same question as Nightingale.

Roland repeated the answer and saw Anna squatting aside and pondering.

Well…there is a long way to go to popularize education.

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On the other hand, Vanne hesitated to join the artillery or the muskets.

Everything starts with the order three days ago.

His Highness the Prince decided to transfer the outstanding performers from the Militia Team 1 and Militia Team 2 to reorganize a special team, and Vanne was very happy to hear his name among them.

But when Iron Axe asked him whether he joined the artillery team or the musket team, he was confused.

He knew that the city was quick and neat to deal with evil beasts, and his penetration was much stronger than the crossbow.

Currently, only Iron Axe, Chief Knight and several hunters can use such fierce weapons.

Vanne should have joined the Muskets without hesitation, but he asked a little more, what is the artillery?

When he learned that the musket that had been magnified ten times was a hundred times stronger than the musket, he was in a dilemma.

Obviously, the more powerful weapons he can use, the more he proves how much His Highness valued himself. Joining the artillery team seems to be a better choice than the musket team, but carrying the straight musket, he walked through the streets of the town and attracted everyone's attention. This is the scene he has always dreamed of.

Although the cannon is powerful, it will definitely not be able to carry it away after it is enlarged ten times, right?

Until the deadline for the last day, he gritted his teeth and chose the artillery.The last straw that overwhelmed the camel was the monthly salary of 5 silver wolfs above the musketeer.

Then the rigorous training began.

A cannon requires five people to operate, and Vannah is divided into a group of grapefruit, cat claw, Nelson and Rodney.Vanne was appointed as the cannon leader because he served as deputy to the Spear Team.

Compared to muskets, this thing is more than ten times more troublesome to serve!

For more than a month, he had secretly observed the process of the iron axe operating the musket, thinking that he had already made it through.

However, the artillery just needs to go through a tedious operation when it is converted from a marching state to a preparatory shooting state.

Stop the horse, pull out the pin, pull up the buckle, move the gun mount, push to the shooting point, and drop the support. These procedures require five people to coordinate. For example, when pulling up the buckle, others must immediately push the artillery so that the buckle and the tractor are separated, and four wheels are transformed into two wheels to drop the support.

During the conversion period, you must cooperate skillfully, otherwise the heavy gun mount will be difficult to remove from the tow truck.

After the landing is completed, the ammunition is loaded and the shooting is ready.

This part is very similar to a musket, except that you need to use two brushes to stab it in turn once when cleaning the barrel. The gunpowder is also packaged and can be directly loaded into the barrel.

The ignition method uses a medicine line to ignite it, and it seems that it is difficult to exert its power when it rains, Vanne thought.

Fortunately, the gunman most of the time he only needs to command other people on the side, and he doesn't need to spend too much effort.

In the first three days, the four artillery groups selected had only one cannon for training.

So under the command of the Iron Axe, a group of people loaded the gun rack into the vehicle, unloaded it, prepared to launch it, and then rewind it to load it into the vehicle.

These two steps were repeated, and Vanne suspected that the barrel was cleaned continuously, perhaps much cleaner than his face.