Gao Shixin placed the buttstock of the bird gun on the ground, with the muzzle facing upwards, bit the tail of the paper shell, then stuffed the entire paper shell bullet into the muzzle, picked up the strip, pushed the bullet to the bottom. Then he turned the bird gun, opened the cover of the medicine pool, took out the medicine pot, injected the medicine pot into the medicine pool, and then closed the cover of the medicine pool.

The final step is to hang the lit fuse on the hook of the bolt, and then all the loadings are completed.

However, this tedious movement all day, under his lightning-fast operation, the filling was completed in a short time. Shi Daxuan looked at the second hand on the pocket watch and walked for only twenty seconds, and exclaimed: "It's only twenty breaths! It's too fast!"

Gao Shixin picked up the bird gun, aimed at the target fifty steps ahead, and gently pulled the trigger. While driving the iron hook forward, the linkage bolt also opened the cover of the medicine pool. After the cover of the medicine pool was completely opened, the fuse clamped by the iron hook just pressed into the medicine pool, ignited the lead-in medicine, and then ignited the launching medicine in the gun chamber.

"Boom" a flame tongue spurted out from the muzzle, and fire light also spurted out from the medicine pool. The fuse bounced open under the action of a huge impact force, and the white smoke filled the muzzle and the medicine pool respectively.

"Just hit the bull's eye!" The soldier who reported the target came back to report.

Gao Shixin handed the bird gun to a soldier: "Please follow my steps to try."

The soldier took the bird gun and looked at the Gao Shixin: "Brother, you were moving too fast just now, and I didn't even see it clearly."

Gao Shixin poured the soldier step by step. The soldier was also nimble and learned it after teaching it. He imitated the movement that Gao Shixin had just done, first bite the tail of the paper shell, then stuffed the paper shell into the robbery, compact it with a strip, then opened the cover of the medicine pool and squeezed it into the lead, and then hung the fuse.

"Thirty-five breaths." Shi Daxuan looked at the pocket watch and said.

The loading was completed in thirty-five seconds, and the speed was not slow. Originally, a skilled bird gunner took about one minute. Now, he used a fixed-load paper shell bullet, which shortened nearly half of the time.

"Corresponding bullets are really useful!" Shi Daxuan laughed, "The fire of the musket is fast, I don't know how the cannon is? Come on, let's go test the cannon."

Shi Daxuan brought a group of people and brought a fixed-pack of launching medicine bags used to fire Red Barbarian cannon shells, and climbed a small hill by the sea. The hill was surrounded by green shade, and a fort was faintly hidden under the towering trees.

After stepping onto the fort, I found that the location of the fort was very good. The fort was hidden in the dense green shade. It was difficult for ships coming from the sea to find this fort. When I looked over from the sea, I could only see a forest. However, standing on the fort, I could see a clear view of the sea and had a very broad vision.

A huge red cannon was placed in the middle of the turret. Judging from the size of the cannon, it was at least a heavy cannon of more than 24 pounds.

After listening to Shi Daxuan's introduction, this cannon was really a twenty-four-pound red-brand cannon, firing twenty-four-pound shells. The largest caliber of the Ming army in Liaodong was only 18 pounds. The most common Liaodong red-brand cannon was only between eight and twelve pounds, and none of this cannon was larger than that.

The Red Cannon was originally a kind of naval gun, with a caliber size ranging from eight pounds to thirty-two pounds. This kind of cannon is actually not suitable for use in field battles. In addition to acting as a naval gun, it is the most suitable for use as a turret cannon.

Originally, the loading method of the Red Armor cannon was very troublesome. After firing one shot, it was necessary to pour water into the cannon chamber to clean and cool it down, then pour out the water, then wipe the chamber with a dry mop, then stand up the entire cannon barrel, pour the gunpowder powder in, then staple a wooden board and compact it, finally stuff the shell into the muzzle, push it to the bottom, then lay the cannon flat, put it on the gun stand, and finally insert the fuse through the fire door, and then complete the loading. This series of actions continued for more than ten minutes.

Gao Shixin adopted a fixed-loading medicine bag, and the filling process was much simpler. The gunpowder in the fixed-loading medicine bag had been compacted, and then tied with a cloth bag. It was not necessary to compact it in the barrel.

On the sea, the target ship was ready. It was a dilapidated small sampan, parked on the sea a mile away.

"Prepare a stove, put the shells in the stove and heat them, and then fill them in when the shells are burned red." said Guss.

Shi Daxuan asked him to prepare the stove.

After a while, someone came with the stove. Then someone put the shells into the stove and burned them. After a while, you could see that the shells were burning red.

"Start loading." Shi Daxuan took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, shouting.

Gao Shixin opened a wooden box and took out a fixed-pack of medicine bags from it. He put the gun barrel in the muzzle. He didn't even need to stand up and stuffed it directly. He then simply pushed the bullet rod with a push rod to ensure that the medicine bag entered the tail of the gun barrel. Then he nailed a thick wooden board into the gun barrel to kill the bullet rod. Then a soldier took the iron pliers, picked up the burning red shell, stuffed it into the muzzle, and then pushed the shell to the bottom with an iron rod.

The soldiers standing behind the cannon were ready to stab a thick iron wire through the fire door, pierced the medicine bag, and then inserted a fuse into the fire door.

"Immediately fire!" shouted Gao Shixin.

The gunner holding a torch lit the fuse, and several gunners around squatted on the ground, covering their ears with their hands.

"Boom" a tongue of flame spurted out from the muzzle, and white smoke spurted out from the muzzle and the fire door. The heavy red cannon retreated violently, and the four-wheeled cannon mount retreated several steps until it encountered the blocking stone behind it and stopped.

The fiery red shells flew out, and the sea surface that had been flying for a mile, landed in the sea water more than ten steps behind the target ship, and a white water column soared into the sky.

"Oh, I didn't hit it." Gao Shixin sighed.

Shi Daxuan comforted, "The range of this gun has increased a lot, and it is more accurate to hit. It is only one mile away, it is difficult to hit the target. Brother Zhang Sheng, it is already very accurate to make an error of only more than ten steps."

The whole process of loading the shells just took only two minutes, which made Shi Daxuan feel very satisfied.

After firing the shells, Gao Shixin was about to load them again. The gunners carried wooden barrels and poured two large buckets of water into the barrel chamber. While cleaning the barrel, they also cooled the barrel. Then the gunners lifted the barrel from the tail, let the barrel face down, poured all the water in the barrel, and then put them into the barrel chamber with a dry mop, wiped the barrel dry, and then started loading the shells.

The loading speed has been significantly improved. Originally, it took more than ten minutes to load the second shell. After using the fixed charge pack, the first shell was fired, and the barrel was cleaned and the ammunition was loaded. It was loaded in about three minutes.

The second shell roared out and accurately hit the target ship. The wooden boards on the sea surface broke, the shells penetrated the bottom of the ship, and fell into the sea water. Looking from the cannon, I saw the wooden boards in the middle of the boat flying across, and a water column soared into the cabin. Then the boat fell apart and turned into a pile of broken wooden boards floating on the water.

"It's really good!" Shi Daxuan smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Brother Zhang Sheng, you can wait here with peace of mind. Our elder brother has gone to Dongfan Island and will not be back in a few days. When he comes back, he will definitely come to summon you!"

"Thank you, Chief Shi, for your help!" Gao Shixin replied.
Chapter completed!