Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 277

[Chapter 277 Breaking Armor]

South Camp.

At this time, a hundred wooden frames were erected on the school field.

On the wooden frame, everyone was covered with silver plate armor, forming a horizontal line.

After deciding to shoot, Zhao Xu asked Chang Wei to prepare like this.

At the same time, five hundred soldiers were drawn out to form an array.

The number of armors on wooden frames in each row is exactly one hundred.

He asked Wang Ying to distribute the flintlock guns to the soldiers.

Everything was ready, Chang Wei and other generals stood behind Zhao Xu.

They will personally observe King Yan commanding the five hundred soldiers to test fire.

After all, it was the first time they saw this new type of firearm, so they couldn’t figure out the way.

“Now, let’s take a closer look at how this king does it.” Standing in front of five hundred soldiers, Zhao Xu said loudly.

“Yes, Your Highness.” The soldiers answered loudly.

It is undoubtedly an honor for King Yan to guide them personally.

They could feel the envious eyes of other soldiers on the school field.

Zhao Xu nodded.

During this period of time, the soldiers were only training to walk in formation and practice formation.

But never trained to fire a flintlock.

Clearing his throat, he said, “All sit down.”

Hearing Zhao Xu’s order, the soldiers sat cross-legged on the ground, and everyone could see King Yan in front of them.

Zhao Xu took a flintlock gun from a soldier.

He did not directly load and test fire, but first explained the structure of the flintlock gun to the soldiers.

After all, if soldiers don’t even know the weapons they use, how can they use their weapons well?

It is also for this reason that soldiers in the contemporary army have training subjects for disassembling and assembling weapons.

“This thing is called a bumper, and the groove under the bumper is called a medicine pool.” Zhao Xu said, “You can put gunpowder in it when you lift the bumper

. This thing is called a cleaning rod.” Zhao Xu took out an iron rod fastened on it from under the flintlock gun, “After the gunpowder is loaded into the muzzle of the gun, it needs to be compacted repeatedly with a cleaning rod.”

“…”

Compared with the real thing After Zhao Xu’s explanation, the soldiers became concerned, and their faces were no longer full of confusion.

Chang Wei and the generals also listened carefully.

After King Yan’s introduction, they basically understood how to use the flintlock.

“Now, take a closer look at this king’s complete set of operations.” Zhao Xu turned sideways to the soldiers.

First, he held the flintlock Gunslinger with his left hand, put the butt of the gun against his right waist, lowered the chicken head with his right hand, and lifted the iron at the same time.

Then he took out the gunpowder and poured a little into the medicine pool, and reset the striker.

Then he stood the flintlock upright on the ground.

First, gunpowder was poured into it, then the lead bullet was stuffed in, and the cleaning rod was taken out and tamped repeatedly.

Finally, he picked up the flintlock, the butt level with his shoulder.

Taking a deep breath, he raised the flintlock and pulled the trigger.

“Bang…”

There was a blast like a firecracker, and white smoke of gunpowder emitted from the muzzle of the flintlock.

The moment the gun rang, all the soldiers sitting on the ground trembled.

Now startled by unexpected noises.

They were recruits, and they were just villagers farming in the countryside before. They had never been exposed to this before, so it was unexpected.

Chang Wei and the others were much calmer, after all, they had seen artillery before.

The sound was nothing to them.

“Excellent, this is a small cannon you can hold in your hand.” Chang Wei sighed softly, and the others nodded repeatedly.

Thinking that this kind of thing will be equipped for 30,000 soldiers, they are excited when they think about it.

Zhao Xu ignored the generals.

He returned the flintlock to the first soldier, and said to the soldiers: “Stand up and obey the king’s orders.”

At this time, they were more than two hundred meters away from the wooden frame with armor.

After all the soldiers got up, he said, “Put the guns on the shoulders.”

After receiving the order, the soldiers lifted the flintlocks and leaned them on the shoulders.

“Go forward, one, two, one…”

Zhao Xu shouted the chant, and he usually let the generals chant the chant to practice walking.

The reason is that the soldiers walked neatly during the war.

Due to the daily training during this period, the soldiers were methodical.

At a position 100 meters away from the wooden frame, let his soldiers stop.

“Reload!” He shouted loudly at this moment.

The soldiers immediately loaded the ammunition in the order they had just learned.

But they are the first time after all, many people do it very clumsily.

If they encountered a regular musket army on the battlefield at this time, they might be beaten into a sieve.

After the soldiers were all loaded, Zhao Xu said, “Shoot!”

“Bang bang bang…” The

first row of soldiers fired a volley.

“Squat down, the second row of salvo!”

“…” After the

five rows of soldiers finished shooting, Zhao Xu said to the accompanying generals, “Let’s go, let’s see how effective this flintlock gun is.” The

generals at this time Still in shock.

Originally, when King Yan was just testing the gun alone, they still felt normal.

But a hundred soldiers fired a volley, and they suddenly felt a little shocked.

After recovering, they hurriedly ran to the wooden frame.

Zhao Xu also walked over slowly.

Before he got close, he saw that the generals looked like they had seen a ghost, with disbelief on their faces.

“It’s pierced through! It’s such a big hole.” Chang Wei lifted up a plate armor breastplate, his hands trembling easily.

Xu Lie has been serving Zhao Xu, he looked at the bow and arrow in his hand, and opened his mouth.

When the plate armor came out, he personally tested it.

Not to mention fifty meters, his arrows couldn’t pierce within thirty meters.

And the flintlock punched such a big hole in the plate armor from a hundred meters away, its power can be imagined.

For him, the only disadvantage of flintlock guns compared to bows and arrows is that the reload time is slow and the accuracy is poor.

However, these soldiers with flintlock guns can shoot just by watching King Yan do it.

Being able to go to the battlefield so easily is much easier than training archers.

Although he didn’t want to admit it, he had to admit a fact.

After the appearance of this thing, no one really wants to waste time training archers anymore.

The archer may be exhausted in one battle, but this thing can be filled by pulling someone over, it is almost endless.

“Now do you believe it? Isn’t Xiliang’s Iron Buddha Tu called invincible? Then use this to let them have a taste of its power.” Zhao Xu laughed.

The generals were still staring at the hole in the plate armor in a daze.

After five rounds of shooting, the hundred plate armor basically had holes.

They vaguely understood why King Yan asked them to practice those formations.

“I believe it, I believe it, this time the Xiliang people have suffered.” Chang Wei’s smile was filled with uncontrollable excitement.

The royal army first had artillery, and now they added this flintlock.

Cannons paired with muskets are simply the treasures of the prince’s family.

With this thing, he sprouted unprecedented confidence.

In the past, the situation in the four northern counties was basically hopeless.

But now, these new firearms gave King Yan hope to break out of the encirclement.

(end of this chapter)