King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 673 Highgarden Defense (2)

Dozens of loud bangs mixed with rumbling The tail sound hit the eardrums of the Reach people, causing everyone to tremble in their hearts and shoulders. Fortunately, the terrain around the selected battlefield was flat and could not cause echoes, so the gunshots quickly dissipated without forming a reverberating reverberation that caused a further blow to morale.

(The Night's Watch, which is well-bred by this dog girl, why doesn't she talk about martial virtue?)
Mathis Rowan reined in the frightened horse, grasped the lens that almost dropped from his hand, and slandered angrily. one sentence.

Although the main mission of the striker he leads is to attract artillery fire, it would be too despicable for him to fire first before even setting up the opponent!

But soon Rowan didn't have the heart to greet the enemy's mother, because the projectile of the first round shelling fell into the line of his forwards in an instant, and quickly began to have an impact.

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The Reach first saw artillery strikes at the Battle of Blackwater Rush, about things like what it was like to be hit by artillery strikes, how effective the kill patterns and specific results were, How to reduce casualties and morale blows and other important issues, through the investigation, interviews, summarization and sorting, reflection, discussion, and propaganda of the frontline personnel, we have gained a general and complete understanding.

This time, however, things have changed slightly.

At the Blackwater Rush, the Land Granters' artillery was firing on the north bank of the river, striking the wedding scene on the south bank and covering the river crossing pioneers. The position was separated from the target by the entire Blackwater Rush. Because the distance was too far, Igor The artillery is a medium-angle projectile with the muzzle raised, and the tactical goal achieved by the maximum range. Coupled with the location of the battle - the river bank itself in the dry season also has a certain inclination in the direction of the artillery shells... These factors lead to: in that shelling, there is usually a "floating" or jumping on the solid shells. The bullet effect did not appear at all. If the bullet hits some unfortunate person without good luck after it hits the ground, it will have no choice but to smash a sloping pit in the mud. Never seen the daylight.

The artillery is amazing, but the killing efficiency is average. That's what the Reach folks came up with based on their first experience—not wrong, but not at all.

Today, this artillery battle took place on the flat and endless Reach Plain, and the cannon fodder group with the mission of "attracting firepower" was in confusion again - intentionally or unintentionally, the formation was confronted The position was chosen at the edge of the kill range of the West Expedition Force artillery flat fire.

Igor ordered to fire immediately, except that he didn't care about the bullshit accident of martial virtue. The best target for formidable power!
In the whistling sound, one after another blurred afterimage smashed to the front of the Reach army who was receiving the order. The point where the cannonball landed for the first time had not yet reached the army formation, but the scattered grass blades and water droplets were scattered in all directions. In midair, it bounced back to in midair and continued to fly... Next, the situation turned into a carnage.

Because the shooting angle is just right, the height of the projectile hitting the ground and bouncing is exactly the same as the average height of a person, and this also forms a perfect and bloody ideal: the projectile is in the process of jumping forward. , is always at a height that can cause damage to Reach soldiers - when rolling on the ground "floating", it can tear or break the soldiers' legs, and when it bounces halfway, it poses a threat to the chest, abdomen, and torso, and When jumping to the highest point where the momentum is almost exhausted, it can smash people's faces or lift people's skulls.

The speed of the iron projectile has quickly dropped below the speed of sound after a single touchdown, but the kinetic energy it contains is still completely beyond the range that armor and flesh can block - this is an order of magnitude crushing , there is no reason to say that, even if the fourth and fifth bounces are so slow that the naked eye can be stopped, it can still bring shock to any "warrior" who really dares to try so much that he will regret his life for the rest of his life. . When the iron ball finally ran out of energy, gu lu lu rolled and stopped on the lawn, it had already penetrated the entire military formation... Except for a few cases where it was completely missed or the angle of the shot was wrong, each ball was like cutting butter. As cleanly as a hot knife, he drew a red line across the dark Reach formation, leaving a plowed bloody trench behind him.

This is real blood and blood, the air is filled with a sweet blood mist, broken human bodies and mournful screams are everywhere, Mathis Rowan didn't wake up from the dizzy shock until more than ten seconds later , realizing it wasn't a nightmare.

In just one round of shelling, there were hundreds of casualties!

Didn't you say that the damage caused by the artillery is spot-shaped, how come it becomes linear again on the spot? Isn't this a joke?
There is no table on the battlefield for the angry count to overturn and exhale, he tremblingly realizes that oneself has been fooled by the command, as to whether this is a malicious lie or the command also called Igor to deceive, he has no mood to go now think.

"Spread to the left and right!" he yelled, unawares when the sound was broken. The situation was not going as expected. He should have approached after fully forming the formation farther back - the reason why he didn't do that was not because he was stupid, but deliberately wanted to show Igor a weak spot to lure him. To defeat and chase oneself, only now, the price of this bait is a little too high.

It was too late to temporarily open the distance. With the quality and training of the cannon fodder, even a step back would turn into a big rout without any suspense. All he can do now is make amends.

As long as the lines are arranged well and the front and rear depths are diluted, the formidable power of this linear killing can be greatly weakened!

The bugle, gongs and drums sounded in unison, and the signal flag shook like a pendulum. The logistics staff began to run around the field looking for the rescued wounded, and the front army soldiers, who were splattered with blood for a moment, also held back their hands. Shaking his legs, he began to speed up his steps to expand to the predetermined position...

From "point" to "line", this change in killing mode hit the Reach army forward who had already done "targeted training" A completely unprepared, but in addition to this, there is another reason to add to their perception of "the enemy's firepower seems to be stronger than expected", and that is - the West Expedition Force has indeed become more artillery.

In the month that Igor and the entire Queen camp stayed in the Crownlands after taking King's Landing and seemed to "do nothing", in addition to large-scale material mobilization and logistical preparations, they also relied on From the mature technical team brought by the land grant and the good personnel and facilities in the industrial park, we have done our best to accomplish a feat: built the first artillery production line in the south, and opened training courses to expand the scale of artillery.

The first-generation artillery first equipped by the Land Granters was made of bronze, and the reason is easy to understand: in order to quickly achieve the breakthrough of "from nothing", it is the norm to spare no expense. However, copper is an expensive and scarce resource after all, and there is no stable and sufficient supply until the Seven Kingdoms are not unified. Fortunately, the technology that can cope with this situation has already been secretly rubbed by the engineers of the land-granting Arsenal. Out: iron core copper body gun. This new structure of artillery can withstand similar chamber pressure with lighter materials, while reducing costs, it also reduces weight and improves the use of lifespan. Excellent choice.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the Iron Throne that was melted down.

Although it is completely unqualified to play a seat, the source of raw materials for the production of iron cannon cores is of excellent quality beyond everyone's imagination-if the cannon can be cast with iron lumps fused by Iron Throne core, not only the process and time are greatly saved, but also the reliability can be greatly guaranteed!
With the technology and production line already in place, and only the materials needed to be ready for production, the project leader, Qyburn Maester, made a report to Igor and applied for: temporarily transforming the "Iron Throne into a super cannon" project Put it aside, divert its materials - urgently cast the first small caliber iron core copper body guns for the West Expedition Force!
Igor took the courage to approve the request. As a result, a batch of "King's Landing Type I", which were slightly conservatively improved and whose overall quality was no better than pure bronze, but whose cost was greatly reduced and were more than enough to beat children, were born and successfully rushed to the West Expedition Force. Passing the check-in list before the departure eases the situation of the land-donating artillery regiment after the expansion of the soldiers, and doubles the firepower of the entire West Expedition Force!
As for what will happen to the two cannons owed to the Queen in the future...don't worry about it at all: Unlike Valyria metal, which is divided into low-profile "Valyrian Steel" and high-profile "Dragonsteel", Iron Throne is cast into "kingdom" and "truth" "The very thing about these two super cannons is that the symbolic meaning completely trumps the practical use. As long as the caliber is unified and public opinion is well controlled, even if only a tiny bit of Iron Throne scraps the size of a fingernail is added to the two guns, he can absolutely insist that they were recast with Iron Throne, who has the authority and courage Say it isn't?

The white gunpowder smoke produced by the first round shelling has not yet dissipated, and the second round shelling began.

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(end of this chapter)