Chapter 301 Test Firing Aiming
It’s hard to explain intuition clearly, especially for a veteran general like Kingdom Tiger who has been in the military for half his life. His intuition on the battlefield is likely to be terrifyingly accurate.
It is obviously no coincidence that both sides acted at the same time.
Although the port in Leon's territory is small, it can still dock ships. Princess Viola is likely to get in touch with Sailing City, and the two parties have agreed on a time to act together.
It has to be said that their timing was very accurate. The army of the Demonic Kingdom of Subia was not adapted to the climate of the North, and the supplies were not in place, so they were in the weakest state of being unable to move.
Kingdom Tiger speculated that Viola's months-long hibernation was probably just for today.
But then again, although the Subia Demon Kingdom's army is indeed in its weakest state, and although both sides act at the same time, which is equivalent to a two-sided attack, in terms of combat effectiveness, the Subia Demon Kingdom still has an absolute advantage.
Qihang City's army is not good at field battles, and its number is only twenty or thirty thousand at most. This number includes all urban management personnel.
There were even fewer on Viola's side. The scouts reported that there were only four to five hundred cavalry.
With this, even if the whole army attacks, if they want to be flanked by two sides to deal with the 120,000 soldiers of the Subia Demon Kingdom, it will be a little bit like hitting an egg with an egg against a stone.
However, Kingdom Tiger does not think that Viola is a fool. The other princesses in the Demon Kingdom are all delicate boudoirs, but Princess Viola is a princess in military uniform in the literal sense. She can lead two thousand remnants through the four-nation alliance. The siege ran into Leon's territory. This cannot be explained by pure good luck.
Since they dare to come, they must be certain, and now is the time to show off their tactics.
After thinking for a moment, the tiger of the kingdom ordered:
"Let the 3rd, 5th, 6th and 3rd regiments step forward to stop the troops in Sailing City. Isaac, you can supervise them."
Perhaps because he wanted to train his grandson, Kingdom Tiger asked Isaac to stop the army in Qihang City.
Isaac was obviously very happy to be entrusted with an important task at a young age. Although he wanted to fight Viola again, this thought was nothing compared to being able to lead three regiments.
After Isaac left the tent happily, the Tiger of the Kingdom said to the staff:
"Princess Viola is keeping close surveillance. I think the army in Sailing City is a feint attack, and the princess is the main force."
"But Princess Viola only has four to five hundred cavalry, which is not enough to pose a threat to our army..."
"It's not that simple."
The Kingdom Tiger shook his head. For some reason, his mind suddenly recalled the thunderous sky he saw across the Spine of the World Mountains a few months ago.
No reliable explanation has yet been found for that terrifying power. Princess Viola dared to lead hundreds of cavalry to charge directly at an army of 120,000 people, which may have something to do with it.
So, assuming Viola is the main character, what is her goal?
Grain?
Supplies?
Or...
The Tiger of the Kingdom pressed his temples and touched the hilt of the sword at his waist.
He realized that Princess Viola's target was probably the Tiger of the Kingdom himself.
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At the same time, outside the army camp of Subia Demon Kingdom.
The cold wind carried scattered snowflakes and blew over my cheeks. The feeling it brought was not cold, but pain.
Patrolling at night like this is hard work, but the army is very particular about orders and prohibitions. Not to mention the cold wind, even if there is a knife from the sky, you must go out to patrol when there is a military order.
From a distance, dazzling fire could be seen coming from the direction of Qihang City. The patrolmen knew at a glance that it was soldiers from Qihang City who had launched an attack at night.
This kind of thing has not happened before. Even the patrols know that there are not enough soldiers in Qihang City, and they have already tried their best to defend, and the offensive will be repelled soon.
Besides, if the situation was really critical, a messenger would come to notify them soon, so the patrol just stopped for a moment to watch, and then continued to move forward according to the planned route.
About ten minutes later, the wind became stronger and stronger, and the snowflakes seemed to become bigger and bigger. Large flakes of goose feather snow mixed with fine powder snow fell from the sky, making it difficult to tell whether it was really snowing or whether it was snowing from the outside of the world. Blow down from the Ridge Mountains.
The members of the patrol team took out the flat wine flasks from their arms, intending to use strong wine to drive away the cold.
At this time, they heard a muffled banging sound, mixed in the cold wind. It was not loud, but they could easily distinguish it. Several people looked up and looked around blankly, unable to find the source of the sound.
"Did a rock fall from the mountain?"
"No way, that's not the sound of a falling stone."
It was like a muffled sound that sounded far away.
At this time, there were three more muffled bangs and bangs, and this time the soldiers were able to distinguish that the sound came from the Spine of the World Mountains to their right.
They also immediately realized that this sound was obviously caused by human factors. Although they did not know why, they had to report the matter.
At this time, the soldiers discovered something sparkling and slowly falling from the sky. Because the fire was very conspicuous in the dark night, they could see it even if there was wind and snow blocking it.
Then there was a loud bang, and something exploded, sending out large colorful sparks. Some of the sparks ignited the tent covered with thick fur.
With such a big movement, the soldiers who were sleeping all woke up one after another, and at the same time, explosions were heard one after another around them.
However, the scope of the explosion was not large, and there were very few materials ignited. The fire could be extinguished easily, and it was far from causing chaos.
But at this time, the muffled banging sound appeared again, and it was far more intensive than before, maybe dozens of times.
This gave the soldiers a strange thought. The previous shots were just test firings of the cannon...
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At the same time, on the mountain range at the southern foot of the Spine of the World.
After early investigation, we found a relatively flat piece of land filled with metal oil barrels, which were like the barrels of cannons pointing towards the Subia Demon Kingdom's army camp that was burning sparks below.
There are cannons in this world, and their technical level is probably similar to early smoothbore cannons, which can only fire solid projectiles.
However, due to problems with casting technology, only the dwarves who are best at casting cannons can stably produce qualified cannon bores. The output of cannons is not high, and the cannon bodies cannot be made too large, let alone fire large projectiles.
Therefore, generally cannons are only used on city walls or warships. The field environment is too complicated, and due to the existence of unscientific things like magic, enchanted city walls are too powerful for primitive cannons, so they are not used to the extent in the army. Not high.
For Viola, cannons were something she couldn't even think about. This was completely beyond the capabilities of the blacksmiths in Leon's territory.
There is no real cannon, but we can think of other ways, such as using gasoline barrels as barrels.
What it fires is not a real cannonball, but a packet of explosives.
Wendy wrapped herself into a ball, stretched out her hand to measure the distance with her thumb, and referring to the explosion positions of the previous test rounds, issued an order: "Raise the elevation angle, 5 degrees, and fire in one round! "
The gasoline barrel made a series of muffled bangs and bangs, and the explosive packets were thrown out.
The range of this kind of cannon is not far, usually only about 100 to 200 meters, but because the commanding heights are reached in advance of the battle, the range is much wider than on the flat ground.
And they also used a little trick, tying a small parachute to the explosive package and extending the fuse.
This operation is the same as that of fireworks called "parachute", which increases the range through the glide of the parachute.
"Is this really reliable?"
Aldai, who was next to her, looked at the fire exploding below, tightened her collar and said:
"Although I provided the propellant and technology, I still don't think it's good enough."
"Don't say such derogatory words when the war begins!"
Wendy felt a headache.
I caught a cold again recently. I don’t know what it is, but I feel very uncomfortable. I feel like my brain is about to freeze. Please pay attention to your health
(End of this chapter)