When the second shot was fired, Agatha covered her ears in advance.
Then she saw an incredible scene.
There was no long charging work as she had expected. The long metal tube, which seemed to be huge, showed a lightness that was completely inconsistent with its size. Every shot seemed to shake the earth, but the base did not move at all, as if the two had nothing to do with each other. Every time the long tube retreated and repositioned, it was fast and accurate. This process did not even require human control. Only three of the four operators were busy, and the commander called Iron Axe just stood aside and gave orders.
She removed the metal block, slid down the copper shell, inserted a new bolt, and fired again... Repeating this cycle, Agatha could feel the earth-shattering fury of thunder almost every ten breaths, and the close-range shooting also allowed her to witness the continuous snow pillars and mud princes from two miles away. Agatha was not lying. This weapon had indeed fired the bolt, and the speed was so fast that it could not be seen with the naked eye. Judging from the time it took to fire the snow pillars, even a Transcendent would not be able to avoid its attack!
Agatha looked at this silver-white long-barreled weapon and could not help but be a little stunned.
If... if the Taquila had such a powerful weapon at that time, they might have been able to stop all the terrible demons under the city wall, so that the city wall would not have been destroyed and they would not have fallen into the quagmire of a war of attrition.
"Is this a weapon made by witches?" After a while, she swallowed and asked in a low voice. Judging from its smooth and shiny appearance, it was by no means made by the hands and hammers of mortals.
But the prince's answer greatly surprised her.
"It's a masterpiece of witches and mortals," he said with a smile. "The Longsong Cannon was made by witches from smelting to casting, and the cannonballs were fired by alchemists. By the way, except for Anna, the witches who participated in the production are what you call assistant witches. "
Agatha suddenly felt a crack in her long-formed concept. She had thought she was tolerant enough to mortals, and was even ostracized by the Quest Society because of this. But now it seemed that what she had done was far from enough?
Was the Union wrong from the beginning to the end? Could it be that what the prince said was right … that mortals could defeat demons?
But if the cooperation between witches and mortals could produce such a powerful force, why did the first Battle of Divine Will end in a fiasco?
Questions constantly emerged in her mind, and Agatha felt extremely confused.
…
When the Longsong Cannons continued to spew out flames, Tilly was equally shocked.
Although she had witnessed the scene of the cannons bombarding the demonic beasts on the city wall, the shortcomings of those firearms were also very obvious. It was difficult to hit the demonic beasts from a distance, and it was impossible to attack them from a close distance. They could only exert their full power from a medium distance. However, the reloading speed was relatively slow. When dealing with the agile hybrid demonic beasts, it was very likely that the enemy would have already rushed to the foot of the city wall before the fire was ignited.
In addition, in order to quickly load and fire, a cannon team needed five to ten people to operate. As long as there was a problem in one link, it would affect the operation of the weapon. Furthermore, someone had to look after the source of the fire when igniting the fire. When the heavy rain came, the field artillery might not be able to play any role.
However, Roland's newly developed Longsong Cannon did not have these shortcomings.
Charging from the rear could make the muzzle lower than the breech, which greatly increased the short-range shooting range, and the firing speed was several times higher. However, the number of people was reduced to three. At the same time, there was no need for open fire, which meant that it could be used in bad weather. In addition, the attack range was far greater than that of a catapult. It was completely worthy of the word "epoch-making weapon" mentioned by Roland.
Although it could only be produced by witches at present, Tilly believed that this was only a temporary situation. Sylvie's observation could be used as proof: the continuous firing weapon that used to be equipped with only the Chief Knight had now been distributed to every soldier. Anna only needed to make a batch of specialized equipment to produce the weapon, and the specific casting and assembly could be done by the workers themselves.
Looking at the expressions of Ashes and Andrea, she knew that the Longsong Cannon was also an unimaginable thing for them.
It was really a good thing to have such an ally, but as an elder brother, she felt that he was even more distant.
She even felt that he was far ahead of her.
This feeling made Tilly feel slightly disappointed.
If only he could be a little more honest.
...
Roland's heart ached when he saw that the shells that he had painstakingly gathered were used up in the blink of an eye. Even so, he still had to pretend to be unfathomable in order to conceal the reluctance in his heart.
This was not a real test of the new cannon.
In order to achieve a smooth demonstration effect, he asked Iron Axe to transfer a team of elite artillerymen from the Artillery Battalion. They started the simulated shooting practice a few days in advance, during which they also conducted two live shots. This time, it was just a show of power for the witches.
The shooting process was very smooth, and the result was also ideal. At least from Agatha's shocked expression, the performance of the cannon was beyond her imagination.
However, for Roland, the live shooting effect of the Longsong Cannon was far from satisfactory.
Except for the sacred caliber of 152mm, the other parts were far from the real 152mm. With Anna's precision processing ability, Lucia's element purification, and finally Sylvie's metal flaw detection, in theory, he could produce a real modern mature cannon, not a replica with a range of only seven or eight kilometers.
The key was in the details.
From the looks of it, its medicine room was too small.
Considering the weight of the fixed shell, Roland deliberately reduced the volume of the chamber, which led to the lack of charge. Although it had a slender barrel with a diameter of 40 times, the range was still not ideal.
The other problem was the propellant.
Because the nitroglycerin was still in the trial, the shells were all filled with nitrocotton, which was also the reason why Roland was distressed. The nitrocotton consumed by several shells was enough to fill thousands of bullets. In addition, the smokeless propellant was not gelatinized, which was equivalent to further reducing the charge.
Finally, the shell itself was still an enlarged version of the bullet. The warhead was not charged, and its lethality was completely based on kinetic energy. If it missed the target, it would mean zero damage. At present, it could only be used to attack some slow enemies.
In short, there was still a long way to go to achieve the scene of covering the whole area with bullets and cannons.
However, Roland felt that he might not have as much time as he initially expected.
Since he knew that the transformation of the Magic Stone originated from the demons, the warning in his heart became more and more intense.
If the demons also had their own technology, would there also be a phenomenon of technological advancement in a certain period of time?
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