Chapter 1303 Giant Beast Cannon
After the scattering court, Chen Chu accompanied Lu Su to the Wushang Institute outside Luoyang City. The current Wushang Institute is more than ten times larger than that of the year. In terms of area alone, it is larger than Luoyang City, spanning the two sides of the Luoshui River. The weapons responsible for the development include individual weapons, heavy siege equipment and warships, etc., and some special combat equipment, such as folding crossbows. These things are generally not for the army, but for special armed forces such as the Shadow Force. In addition to these military equipment, the Wushang Institute also develops civilian equipment, including new ploughs, etc., and the development of these is a separate department of the Wushang Institute, the Civil Research Institute.
Chen Chu looked at the wall that stretched like the Great Wall in front of him and couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect that this place has been so big in two years!"
Lu Su smiled and said, "With the strong support of the imperial court, and the scope and categories of research of the Wuhan Research Institute have been expanding, so the scale has become larger and larger!"
Chen Chu nodded and couldn't wait to say, "Go in and take a look!"
Chen Chu and his group entered the gate of the Wushui Academy. The heads of the Wushui Academy who had just received the news came trotting from the front. The leader was the head of the Wushui Academy, the kid whom Chen Chu met a few years ago.
"I am here to pay homage to Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!" Ganfu and other leaders of the Wushu Research Institute bowed and bowed.
Chen Chu jumped off his war horse, helped his godhusband up, and said to everyone: "Get up!" "Thank you Your Majesty!" Everyone stood up, all of them looking very excited.
Chen Chu held his dry palm and walked towards the front, and everyone followed closely behind.
"Husband, you are much older than a few years ago!" Chen Chu said with some emotion.
The Ganfu clasped his fists excitedly and said, "Thank you for your concern!"
Chen Chu smiled and glanced around. The surrounding houses were arranged in an orderly manner. Although they did not have the magnificent and luxurious taste of Luoyang City, they showed a kind of orderly beauty. Chen Chu nodded and exclaimed: "Grandhu, you did a good job! You did not disappoint the expectations of the empire!" Ganfu said excitedly: "I am willing to be the empire and your majesty!"
Chen Chu said seriously: "Because of you, the empire has its current grand occasion!"
The group was led into a hall by the godhusband. The hall was large in area, but the furnishings were very simple. There were more than a dozen drawings hanging around it, which were maps, or more precisely, construction maps.
Ganfu introduced: "Your Majesty, this is where the entire plan is made by the Wei-My minister and all the technicians!"
Chen Chu took a look at it and said approvingly: "No wonder it is well organized here! You are doing a good job!"
"Thank you for your praise!" The man thanked the man with his fists, and the others were also very happy and excited.
Chen Chu asked: "I heard from Zijing that you have developed a new cannon with a range that is twice that of the General's cannon. It is extremely powerful?"
Ganfu quickly replied: "It's on the test ground by the river! Do your Majesty want to see it?"
"Of course! Take me there!" "Yes!"
A moment later, Chen Chu and his group came to an open land by the Luo River. This grassland spans the banks of the Luo River, and is seven miles long from east to west. The Luo River passes through this open land from south to north from the middle. Although it is very flat, there are several mountains around it that wrap it up. The mountains are surrounded by walls and guard posts.
Chen Chu was asked by his kid to walk on a high platform on the west side of the open land. Chen Chu searched for a look and asked, "Where is the cannon?"
The Ganfu smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, please wait!" Then he ordered an assistant beside him to drag the cannon out.
A moment later, hundreds of people shouted trumpets to drag a heavy cannon out of a large warehouse under the high platform. Chen Chu's eyes lit up. The heavy cannon body was about ten meters long, twice as long as the previous general cannon, and the caliber was a circle larger than the general cannon. The base was made of iron-clad wood structure, with the wheels on both sides exceeding one meter in diameter. When they were pulled, it made a sound of muffled thunder, just like a terrifying giant beast roaring.
"Be good! It's so damn big!" Dian Wei, beside Chen Chu, said with wide eyes.
Chen Chu came to his senses and asked the Ganfu beside him with some confusion: "How should such a heavy artillery be loaded?"
The man clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry!" Then he pointed to another wooden vehicle that was pulled out of the cannon and said, "Your Majesty, this 'trolley' is specially used to load ammunition for it!"
"Trolley?"
"That's right! This 'trolley' has a gear lifting structure that can help the sergeant load ammunition!"
Chen Chu nodded and said impatiently: "Let them have a shot!"
"Yes!" Ganfu replied excitedly, and then he showed a look of embarrassment.
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Chen Chu asked.
The Ganfu hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, the sound of this 'big beast cannon' was too huge when it was fired, I'm afraid ~~!"
Chen Chu smiled indifferently, "It's okay! You guys just go and do it! 'Beast Cannon'! Well, the name is very good! Just call it this name!"
"Thank you for your name! But I wonder what kind of goal your Majesty wants to hit?"
Chen Chu looked around the other side of the river. There was a wall specifically used as a target on the other side of the river about five miles away.
Chen Chu pointed to the city wall and asked, "Is that city wall a target?"
The Ganfu looked in the direction of Chen Chu's finger, clasped his fists and said, "Yes!"
"Just hit it! I want to see how powerful this 'big beast cannon' is?" Chen Chu looked a little excited.
The Ganfu said with a look of distress: "Your Majesty, this goal is too far. It is afraid that it will be difficult to hit the maximum range of the 'Beast Cannon'!"
Chen Chu smiled and said, "It's okay! If you don't hit, just hit again!"
"Yes!" Ganfu responded and ran down to pass the order himself.
A moment later, the "Beast Cannon" was pushed to the firing position, and the non-busting gunners immediately ran down. The "Trolley" was pushed near the muzzle, and then six strong men were divided into two groups to shake the rocker on both sides of the "Trolley". The platform on the "Trolley" held two people and a large bucket of gunpowder. Someone held such a large solid shell and rose up. When the muzzle was equal to the platform, a person on the platform shouted, and the strong men with six rocker stopped immediately. Then the two on the platform poured the gunpowder into the gun.
At the same time, someone used a special long pole instrument on the 'trolley' to tamp the gunpowder, and at the same time someone installed an ignition line on the back of the gun. Then the two on the platform worked together to push the solid shell into the barrel, and some used the long pole to tamp it. One of them shouted: "Okay!" The six strong men immediately shook the rocker again, but this time it was the opposite direction, and the platform gradually lowered. Then everyone pushed the trolley away from the muzzle, and the few people in charge of operating the gun corrected the shooting angle and direction. "Okay!" One of them shouted loudly.
The kid reported to Chen Chu: "Your Majesty, OK!"
Chen Chu nodded, "Start!"
"Yes!" The Ganfu turned around and shouted to the lower body: "Your Majesty has an order, launch!"
The people near the cannon immediately retreated, and then one of them walked to the tail of the cannon with a torch in his hand, his expression a little pale.
He carefully ignited the cannon and immediately ran for more than ten meters behind and squatted down.
"Boom!" With a earth-shaking sound, the whole air seemed to shake violently, and a huge shock under his feet, and a circle of shock wave-like ripples around the giant cannon suddenly rushed away.
Chen Chu couldn't help but shake and looked at the target, but unfortunately he didn't hit the target directly. The huge projectile fell more than twenty steps in front of the city wall, causing dust to rise up and roar towards the city wall. It hit the city wall violently, and a large piece of the city wall collapsed, forming a slope leading to the city wall.
Chapter completed!