Chapter 15 Firearms Demonstration
"How many years have you not been back? More than ten years, right?" The old knight looked at his hometown of Huxin Town with the fading sunset.
The servant next to him smiled and said: "Haha, Master Schroeder must be impatient, right?"
"I was very excited just now, but suddenly I thought that except for those old people who occasionally communicate with each other, Do you know if any other neighbors remember you?" The knight suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart, and the horse seemed to feel the owner's thoughts, and its speed gradually slowed down.
The young retinue comforted: "After all, it has been more than ten years. Even if you don't remember, there is nothing you can do about it. Anyway, you will not leave in the future. There will be plenty of time, and they will accept you again."
"You're right, Joyce, it's useless no matter how sad you are, just face it. Drive--" The knight got rid of his inner melancholy, shook the reins, and the horse began to trot happily again.
"You, on the other hand, don't you regret following an old man like me to a rural place like this?"
"If so, I still need to learn a lot from you! Before I put your I won’t leave until the knowledge at the bottom of the box is completely empty.”
“Oh? That depends on your ability...”
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"Knight Bryce, oh no, it should be Battalion Commander Bryce. He went to conquer the pirates with the Lord. He hasn't come back yet." Bryce's neighbor said.
"Thank you."
After Schroeder thanked him, he turned to his subordinates and said: "It seems that the pirate problem here has revived again! Forget it, let's go back to the old house and clean it up first. Let’s wait until Bryce comes back to visit.”
So they walked to the Schroeder family’s old house.
Along the way, Schroeder looked at the streets of his hometown. He was in a hurry and didn't look carefully. Now he looked carefully. Although the basic layout has not changed much, it has become quite neat. Every distance There are also things marked "trash cans", probably used to collect public garbage.
Regardless of anything else, in terms of cleanliness, even the royal streets of the royal capital are no more than this.
"Huh? What is that? 'Open Water Shop', what does it do? Is it a unique shop here?" Follower Joyce discovered a shop he had never seen before.
“I don’t know, I’ve never seen a shop like this in my memory.” The old knight was also very surprised.
At this moment, they found a team coming up from the pontoon. After arriving at the island in the middle of the lake, they did not come towards the town street. They turned and took another path and disappeared.
"Hmm... It seems that the results of the crusade against the pirates are not optimistic." The knight and the retinue looked at each other and thought in unison.
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"In this way, your grandfather paid off my family's debts, and also sponsored me to go to the royal capital for further study. Later, he recommended me to join the Northern Army at Changling Fortress."
< br>In the castle hall, Knight Schroeder ended his introduction.
"Then why did you return to Huxin Town...?"
"Once people get older, they want to return to their roots, so I resigned from my position in the army and returned to my hometown. Settle.”
Knight Schroeder's words touched Paul a little. Yesterday's failure made his excitement as a time traveler drop by half. He didn't know if he could ever go back to his previous "hometown". .
"Your family has been kind to me. I heard what happened to your father, and I felt deeply saddened in my heart. Please allow me to join your team to avenge the old count and the people of my hometown. Please help An Ning."
Speaking of the old earl, the old knight's face showed a look of sadness and anger. The old earl had praised his body in the letter before, but now he was gone all of a sudden. Damn pirates.
Bryce said happily: "Master Schroeder has rich military experience. His joining will definitely help us get over yesterday's failure."
Looked at it with dissatisfaction Bryce's glance showed no alertness at all. How could military secrets be revealed casually in front of outsiders? It seems that confidentiality education needs to be strengthened in the military.
But having said that, he really needs a general who is familiar with the military system of the current era. Although Bryce and the others are loyal, it is obvious that dealing with pirates is the limit of their current abilities.
"Knight Schroeder, welcome to join my army." He stood up and extended his hand to the old knight.
Schroeder held the little earl's hand and said: "Due to some reasons that you should already know, I cannot swear allegiance to you openly, but time will prove my intention."< br>
Paul expressed his understanding, and he did not want to use the personal dependence of the feudal era to ensure the loyalty of the army.
Accompanied by everyone, Knight Schroeder went to the family cemetery to visit the old count who had been sleeping for a long time. After that, he made a request to review the current territorial army. In the afternoon, four companies assembled on the military camp playground. Knight Schroeder was surprised to see the speed and stance of the soldiers gathering.
"Soldiers are good soldiers. Even His Majesty the King's army cannot form such a fast formation and such a uniform pace."
Hearing what the old knight said, the little earl stood up. He puffed up his chest and felt very proud, as if he had forgotten the defeat he had just suffered.
"But the momentum is much worse."
"Well...after all, most of them are new recruits, and they have a bad start. However, we have a powerful secret weapon, and we are here now Demonstrate it in front of the whole army, this is the first time.”
Then he shouted to the soldiers: "The whole army listens to the order and take a rest."
"Soldiers, don't be discouraged by yesterday's failure! I have ordered people to fetch the secret weapon we developed in a surprise attack. Now we will Show their power. With them, we can definitely avenge our shame. First, I will show you the grenades and the grenadiers."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of soldiers carrying packages ran to a place far enough in front of everyone to form a horizontal line, facing some thick wooden stakes that had been inserted into the ground. These soldiers were wrapped from head to toe. Thick cotton coat.
First they took out the bamboo fire tube they carried with them (a thing similar to ancient Chinese fire sticks), opened the lid and blew up the fire, and then took out a strange-looking cylinder from their backpacks. , everyone guessed that this was the grenade that the Earl mentioned. A wooden handle could be vaguely seen protruding from the bottom, and a thin rope was wrapped around it. After the soldiers untied the rope, they held the wooden handle tightly.
I only heard the little count's order: "Drop the bomb."
The demonstration soldiers immediately used a bamboo fire tube to light the thread on the object in their hands. After burning for a while, they all threw the objects in their hands towards the wooden pile with all their strength.
I saw the "grenades" that were thrown over exploding among the wooden piles one after another, making loud noises. Some exploded after landing, and some exploded before they even hit the ground. The fragments of the explosions were scattered in all directions. Shoot, a large cloud of white smoke rises from the wooden pile.
People who had not participated in the development of new weapons were shocked by the explosion, and then they realized that the explosions often heard during recruit training were caused by this kind of thing.
A soldier in heavy armor checked the piles and confirmed that there were no unexploded bombs. After making a gesture to indicate safety, Paul ordered the formation to be disbanded and let the officers and soldiers come to visit the new building. Weapon effects.
Everyone covered their noses and endured the pungent smell when they came to the wooden pile. They found that there seemed to be a huge force that smashed the debris after the explosion (mainly the nails inlaid on the grenade). Embedded in the wooden pile, everyone made exclamations. If this was thrown into the crowd, a person with scanty clothing would die if it was hit. If someone was unlucky enough to be smeared on his face, the picture would be so beautiful. I can't imagine it.
Knight Schroeder sincerely admired: "It will be very useful to deal with those soldiers who have been temporarily recruited. Throwing a few pills will make them disperse in a hurry."
"The next show is the second one. As long as you hold it, even a farmer who has just put down his hoe can kill a well-trained warrior without any effort." Paul clapped his hands loudly, attracting everyone's attention, and said something proudly. Very appetizing words.
Two thick iron plates were fixed to the ground, and then two soldiers holding matchlock guns came up. Everyone was quickly attracted by the strange weapons in the hands of the soldiers.
The two soldiers stood 10 meters away from the steel plate. Following the steps they had already practiced, they took out a small bottle for storing gunpowder. After opening it, they first filled the medicine pool behind the barrel with some gunpowder and combined it. Cover the medicine pool.
Then he stood up the gun body, poured all the remaining gunpowder in the vial from the muzzle into the barrel, then took out a lead bullet and put it into the barrel, and pulled out the purge bar from under the barrel. , reach into the barrel to compact the gunpowder and projectiles.
Finally, the burning end of the match rope is fixed on the match rope clip at the head of the serpentine rod of the bolt. Due to the existence of the lid of the medicine pool, it effectively prevents the match rope from accidentally touching the primer in the medicine pool and causing a misfire.
“Aim!!!”
After hearing the order, the two soldiers pointed their guns at the iron plate in front of each other, making a posture similar to that of a crossbowman when aiming in the eyes of everyone.
“Fire!!!”
The soldier closed his eyes and pulled the trigger. Under the push of the trigger, the lid of the medicine tank opened, and at the same time, the head of the snake-shaped rod quickly fell towards the medicine tank. , causing the match rope to ignite the primer, which burned rapidly and ignited the propellant in the barrel.
With a "touch" sound, the barrel of the gun emitted a burst of fire and smoke. Everyone looked in the direction of the gun's aim and saw a terrifyingly large hole in the two iron plates.
"Oh...!!!" People who had not participated in the development of new weapons were dumbfounded. Someone said indifferently: "Is this...is this magic?" Such a small projectile, Penetrate an iron plate.
The terrible power of the musket set off huge waves in everyone's heart, especially the Schroeder Knight, who had decades of military career. When he just saw the power of the "grenade", he just admired it, but The feeling the musket gave him could simply be described as horror.
I have practiced martial arts for decades. With the same weapons, it is not difficult for me to challenge a dozen ordinary people at close range. But if the opponent has a weapon like a musket, even one Even stronger children can easily kill themselves.
He suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked: "Your Majesty, please strictly control the use of this weapon, otherwise there may not be any trouble."
The little earl said with a smile: "Of course, Knight Schroeder, I don't want to have a big hole suddenly opened in my chest."
(End of Chapter)