our family is gone

Chapter 330 Helpless Artillery Training

After dealing with the sudden appearance of the Devourer, everyone who had rested for several hours had recovered.

Lance naturally asked to continue the strategy and scout out the situation of the beast den as much as possible.

However, Lance was more surprised by the structure of the sewer, the deeper it went, the more it extended in all directions, and the nodes connecting the passages were also different, some had a lot of space, while some were separated by a rusted gate. Come.

The deeper it went, the more complicated it became. The map in Lance's hand had been drawn to the point where there was no place to draw it, and the dagger with the lettering had been worn out.

Lance also couldn't understand why a sewer was built like this, and he even had a feeling that the ancestor expanded and remodeled it.

Even here is a part of the dungeon, following these passages it is possible to reach the darkest...

But before that they were unlucky.

"Why did it collapse again!"

Disma felt dissatisfied when he saw that the road ahead was blocked by bricks and stones. It was not just this time, but many times along the way.

If there are other passages, you can find a way to go around, but if you can't avoid it, there is only one way - digging.

Lance pried open the brick with a shovel and explained with a smile.

"The channel is not finished after it is built. Although it does not withstand the wind and rain on the ground, it also has to withstand the squeeze of the earth.

All need frequent maintenance, otherwise water seepage, landslides, and ground subsidence are very common things, not to mention that these are places that have been abandoned for many years. "

Lance took the lead in everything, and was the first to go up when encountering a battle, and took the lead in cleaning up the bricks and stones that blocked the passage when encountering a collapse.

A few other people have no objection, after all, the boss has taken the lead, so it's okay to complain, and you still have to do it.

Soon the masonry was cleared away. In fact, it was just a little bit of digging, and it was enough to pass people through. It was not a big project.

But what's interesting is that Lance found something. There were corpses under the collapsed masonry.

"Quickly dig." Lance continued to dig.

With the help of everyone, several corpses that had already turned into dry bones were quickly cleaned out from the bricks and stones.

One was human, and the human corpse looked unusual, because what covered the dead bones was a pair of thick scale armor, and a metal helmet that had been dented and deformed. Before he died, he still firmly grasped the ax in his hand.

From these equipment alone, it can be seen that this man was definitely not an ordinary person in his life, at least he was also a skilled mercenary or something.

Lance probably also guessed that the cause of this collapse was that this person encountered several pigmen, and then accidentally attacked the surrounding walls during the battle. These places were originally in disrepair, so they naturally collapsed. Then buried them all below.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, this human is a member of the team. After encountering the pigs, he couldn't beat them. In the end, he stayed behind to cover his teammates. In the end, he didn't know whether he caused the collapse intentionally or unintentionally, and died with the pigs. .

As for why he came out and why did he die?
The truth has long been turned into dust with time, and Lance is not the kind of person who is entangled with the situation back then.

The real reason he dug up the body was the equipment.

In this era of low productivity, it would take at least three months for a blacksmith to complete a complete set of armor, but now this set can be used after taking it back for repairs, which is equivalent to picking it up for nothing.

Lance cleaned out the armor, but he didn't expect to find that there was a pendant in the shape of an eagle's claw hanging on the waist of the corpse, emitting a faint spiritual light.

If this set of armor is cheap, then this piece of extraordinary equipment is pure luck.

An uncontrollable smile appeared on Lance's face, and he quickly picked up the eagle claw pendant and looked at it carefully.

Sure enough, it is extraordinary equipment, it has not changed at all after being put here for so long, it just returns to its original state after being washed with water a little.

The eagle's claws were slightly drawn, and there was a circle of black metal fixed on it, with complex incantations engraved on it, and two black feathers tied to the rope.

Lance carefully felt the power contained in it, and Disma and the others realized that this thing was not simple when they saw the lord treat it so solemnly.

"Agile claws, under the blessing of the extraordinary power contained in it, can make the body's reaction more sensitive."

The joy on Lance's face was undisguised, because this is not only a piece of extraordinary equipment, but also has no side effects at all, that is, it can be used by them.

"Tardif, you take it first." Lance didn't hesitate too much. He didn't need this piece of equipment, and Disma was also very fast. As for Boudica wearing the [Legendary Bracer], Lance didn't care too much. Dare to give it to her rashly, because she has just adapted to the current state, and it is a taboo to re-adapt in actual combat.

Tardiff didn't quite understand it, but he could tell that it was a good item, but he didn't expect the employer to let him equip it.

However, his character is not entangled with anything, and he just reached out to take it. At this moment, he felt the power of the equipment on his body.

He was silent, but he could also feel the inexplicable trust.

Disma and Boudica didn't react at all. They believed that there was a reason for Lance to do this, not to mention that the management of the extraordinary equipment indicated that it was not given to him, and it would still have to be recycled after the mission was over.

Lance continued to dismantle the armor, tearing apart the leather bag that had decayed long ago at his waist, and all sorts of messy things fell out of it, but the most clear sound was the sound of the gold coins colliding.

It immediately attracted everyone's attention, and Tardif didn't care about the [Agility Claw] in his hand, and quickly turned his attention to it.

Gold coins, even in such a dirty environment, still maintain a golden luster that never fades.

Not only these dozen or so gold coins, Lance actually found some cut yellow crystals among them, which looked like faded hope.

There are also scattered irregular shaped jade stones, the dull green color is like rotten meat.

But that makes no secret of the price tag, and there are people out there who love these things.

These gains are real, Lance didn't talk nonsense, and directly divided the dozen or so gold coins.

"Come and come, everyone who sees has a share."

Disma and Boudica were used to this kind of treatment from the lord, but Tardiff was not happy with the gold coins, but rather panicked.

"This... is against the rules~"

"A lot!" Disma frowned, seeming dissatisfied with Tardif's greedy attitude.

It's just that Tardiff didn't get angry, but explained something.

"The bounty is negotiated, but it is calculated on a head-to-head basis. Now that I have nothing to do, how can I get the money?"

"That's the basic bounty, more work, more pay, now it's a commission, our rule is to share a certain percentage of the mission income with everyone." Lance waved his hand with a smile when he heard this, "Let you come in with me to die, always Can’t really rely on that fixed bounty?”

Tardiff has also been a bounty hunter for a while, and even went to prison for further training, but he has never heard of such a rule.

He took the money, but it also felt a little hot, he had to kill a few more pigmen to get it safely.

Lance raised his hand to sacrifice those wreckages, but he didn't think that there was no reaction at all. He didn't need to think about it. It's been too long, and the power of flesh and blood contained in it, that is, the spirituality, may have already entered the pocket of the ancestor .

But he didn't pay too much attention, and quickly cheered up.

"It seems that this place may not be as barren as it looks. Maybe there are still many good things waiting for us."

All ideals and beliefs are false, and profit is the core driving force to promote the mission. Lance leads the team to go deep in, and Zhuzhu is going to be unlucky.

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According to the Totnes Gun Academy's code of practice for the use of artillery, at least 7 cannons are required for a cannon to function properly.

The gunner responsible for aiming and correcting the trajectory is usually served by a sergeant, one is responsible for wetting the barrel, one loader is responsible for compacting the ammunition, one or two is responsible for handling the charge and shells, and one muzzle operator is responsible for piercing the gun. The last igniter is responsible for igniting and completing the launch.

If there is only one person carrying ammunition, the remaining person will stand by behind the horses and the "front cart" and wait for orders.A lieutenant was in charge of every two guns, and the entire battery was headed by a captain-commander.

Patton used to be that captain, leading a powerful artillery company.

But that's all in the past. What he needs to do now is to train an artillery unit from scratch for Hamlet as quickly as possible.

At this time, he was on the training ground, and a large group of students were divided into five groups, each of which was a complete artillery squad.

If it was back in the gun academy, he would have shot desperately, but now he seemed a little embarrassed, so many people were facing a cannon.

Fortunately, the lord didn't skimp on the consumption of shells and gunpowder, otherwise it would be even more difficult for him. He couldn't teach them how to shoot cannons out of thin air.

1. Use a vortex-shaped hook to remove the remaining paper or fiber in the gun bore (because the gun charges were all wrapped in paper or sackcloth at that time).

2. Dip the gunbrush wrapped with wool on the top into the wet gun bore to extinguish the residual sparks in the gun bore, and then wipe off the residual moisture in the gun bore with a dry gun brush.At the same time, the burner operator needs to hold down the burner with something. (This is because the temperature in the chamber will drop rapidly after firing, the chamber pressure will decrease, and the air will be poured into the gun chamber from the ignition port. If there is unburned gunpowder, there will be residual sparks in the chamber, which will damage the gun being dipped. wet work gunner.)
3. The two carry the ammunition package and the projectile respectively and put them into the artillery, and the loading hand compacts the ammunition with the loading rod.

4. Use an awl to poke through the ignition port with your hand, break the charge bag here for easy ignition, and then insert the fuze into the ignition port or fill it with gunpowder.

5. The ignition hand ignites the fuze to launch.

The relevant manuals on artillery firing are also basically copied from the gun academy, which is quite cumbersome, but there are no redundant steps, because they are all perfected at a heavy cost.

Here are the steps of continuous firing. If it is the first start, the first two steps can be omitted, and the ammunition can be directly loaded and fired.

In the standard operation, the steps of aiming and ballistic correction are omitted, because the artillery produced by Totnes is too bulky and there is not much room for adjustment.

Basically, it is fired in a straight line. Whether it can hit or not basically depends on the experience of the gunner. Even Patton himself fires by feeling, and rarely uses calculations.

"Ready—let it go!" The gunner aimed at the target, then slammed down the red flag in his hand and shouted loudly.

The lighter was ready a long time ago, and when he got the order, he lit the lighter stick on the burner, and the fuse was ignited.

"Oh!"

Soon there was a deafening loud noise, and the wheels on the base connected to the cannon retreated as if unable to stop, and the vibration even stirred up the dust on the ground.

Fist-sized solid metal cannonballs spewed out with the gunfire. The powerful force even tore through the air with a whistling sound, and flew a hundred yards away in the blink of an eye.

This Totnes eight-pounder was a light gun, with a range of about eight hundred to one thousand yards.

This range does not mean that the shell can directly hit an accurate target hundreds of yards away, but actually means that the shell has sufficient lethality within this range.

The trajectory of a solid shell is bouncing forward. For example, the shell may have fallen to the ground when it is [-] yards from the chamber, but at this time the shell still has a strong kinetic energy, and it will jump again after touching the ground. After jumping, the kinetic energy is completely lost before stopping.

It's like throwing water, but the power contained in the shell will destroy everything in its path, and it can even plow directly across the span of an entire infantry regiment.

The cannonball was shot out, hitting the ground and splashing mud, but it didn't stop, but continued to roll forward.

But the target standing in the distance was unscathed.

Barton was also quite helpless when he saw this, so he could only wave his hands.

"The next group, target No. [-]."

The team that missed the goal could only leave their posts and pass to the next group. It is actually normal for them to look disappointed.

Because the training is to record the results, and according to the usual practice, there are generous rewards for excellent results. Similarly, if the results are too poor, additional training will be given, and if the results are too poor, the gunner qualification will be disqualified.

This kind of system is actually very normal, because the resources consumed by the artillery training are very exaggerated. The one shot just now paid out a person's salary for a few days. This is still on the premise that the solid metal shells can be recycled.

If you can't do it in actual combat, it's useless no matter how good you are in theory, you might as well change your job to become a teacher.

It was another shell, but it also missed the target, causing the group to howl.

Barton didn't react too much,

"Stop, wait for the barrel to cool down, what do you think of the first group of gunners? Target No. [-] is obviously within the range of the first ricochet..."

Basically, the gun barrel will overheat if it is fired two or three times in a row. If you continue to shoot, it is also possible, but you have to bear the risk of blasting the barrel at any time, so a gunner must be able to judge the state of the artillery.

And Patton will take the opportunity to explain to the artillery the mistakes just now, how to calculate, and how to aim.

(End of this chapter)