Inside a secret base on Zhoushan Island.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Xu Da and others' mysterious secrets, he seemed to be very serious and could not help but look despised in his heart.

Just artillery, what can you make a fuss? These facts are a bit rare and weird.

At this moment, a thick officer stepped forward to Li Jin and others.

"Bang!"

A standard military salute, the officer shouted:

"I have seen the garrison of the artillery base, please give me instructions."

Li Jin nodded with satisfaction, replied with a military salute and said:

"Go and pull out the Italian cannons in the camp for me to let the guests see."

"yes!"

The officer turned around and left without saying nonsense.

After the officer left, Li Jin saw Zhu Yuanzhang's puzzled eyes and explained:

"This man is named Sun Dapao, who is specialized in the development and management of artillery."

"He is responsible for managing this secret base."

"This man not only has a good research on artillery, but also a great artillery. I'll let you see it later."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked ugly and shouted:

"We don't care how he fires a cannon. We are going to ask you, what the hell is that Italian cannon?"

Li Jin suddenly realized and said:

"That Italian gun was improved based on artillery coming from the West."

"I named him Italian cannon."

"This kind of artillery is very fierce. After our transformation, it not only has a long range, but also has great power. Most importantly, this kind of artillery is relatively convenient."

"The carriage can be pulled, install two wheels underneath, and a horse can be pulled."

"In the near future, this Italian cannon will inevitably become a weapon on the battlefield, so that everyone can see the power of Italian cannons."

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless when he saw Li Jin's awesomeness.

How powerful can a cannon that can be pulled with a carriage? Just think about it and know that the tonnage of this kind of cannon will not be too large.

Without tonnage, it means that there is no caliber. How far can a cannon without caliber can shoot? It is purely self-deception.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang sneered in his heart, he saw the cannon he disdained.

I saw a group of artillery soldiers coming out from a barracks below, with five or five soldiers surrounding a carriage.

On the carriage, the Italian cannon that Li Jin just mentioned was suddenly put on.

I saw that the Italian cannon was dark all over. Compared with ordinary cannon barrels, the cannon barrels of the Italian cannon looked more slender.

In addition, the Italian cannon seems to be made of stainless steel, rather than traditionally made of copper.

"Li Jin, why is the barrel of this kind of artillery not made of bronze?"

"The cannon barrel made of iron is not useful at all, don't you know?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very confused and could not understand it at all.

You should know that cannons made of pig iron not only have poor thermal conductivity, but the most important thing is that although pig iron is hard, its flexibility is not enough.

If ordinary artillery fires no more than five times, the barrel made of pig iron may explode.

This is why artillery cannons are made of copper.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang actually saw an iron-cast cannon here in Li Jin, which was simply a joke about the lives of soldiers.

Li Jin did not answer, but said mysteriously:

"Old Huang, don't borrow it, look back slowly."

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more curious. Does Li Jin have any secret methods?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang had to wait and continue looking downward.

I saw that with the help of horses, these artillery soldiers quickly moved the artillery to an artillery position.

There is a shooting range nearly eight or nine miles outside the position.

On the shooting range, some cattle, sheep, scarecrows, horses, etc. were placed to simulate the real battlefield environment.

This shooting range covers an area of ​​about two miles and looks relatively spacious.

There are ten artillery guns in the artillery position. Now, under the command of Sun Dapao, all artillery soldiers have begun to adjust their direction and angle nervously and busy, and it seems that they are preparing to launch artillery bombardment on the shooting range.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the observation deck and could clearly see every move below.

He watched the soldiers below aim at the distance of about seven or eight miles with cannons.

"This...what does this mean?"

"What does it mean?"

Li Jin rolled his eyes and said:

"Come on fire, can't you see it?"

"Call the gun?"

Zhu Yuanzhang wished he could dunk Li Jin's head. At such a long distance, he still shot a cannon?

"This is at least eight miles away. What do you tell us about what they plan to play?"

"You should let them go about five miles."

"You are a waste of time like this, and you can easily explode the cannon like this."

"So many artillery fire together is simply a joke about the lives of soldiers. Please stop them quickly."

Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that Li Jin was mentally retarded.

You should know that even the cannons on the city walls will not be more than five miles away.

Now on the mountain, shooting from bottom to top, Li Jin actually asked them to shoot at a distance of more than eight miles. Isn't this a joke?

Moreover, the dark cannon is very unsafe at first glance, especially the thin and long barrels, which must be very weak.

Once the gunpowder explodes, it is afraid it will explode in an instant.

Li Jin, this dog, doesn’t take human life seriously at all!!

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was gritting his teeth, Xu Da next to him had already asked the messenger behind him to wave his flags and issue flags to prepare for firing.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's stunned, the soldiers below adjusted their angles and returned to the back of the cannon.

After fixing the base of the artillery, the two soldiers knelt on one knee and began to load the shells into the barrel.

After all the shells were loaded into the barrel, the two soldiers immediately stood up, turned around and saluted the officer behind them, and reported loudly:

"Report, all the elements have been calibrated, please instruct."

The officer nodded, and then all the soldiers who had loaded saluted the officer, indicating that Zhu Yuan had aimed and was ready to open fire at any time.

The officer shouted:

"The gunner is ready."

Then the remaining three soldiers in each team all stood at the position of firing cannons and were ready to fire at any time.

After seeing that everyone was in their place, the officer looked at Li Jin and waited for Li Jin's order to open fire.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the orderly drill below and did not say anything to stop him. He just looked at Li Jin.

Seeing this, Li Jin smiled slightly and took a deep breath.

Then, he shouted suddenly:

"fire!"

"fire!"

The officer's orders were issued simultaneously, and what followed was a thunderous explosion.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Thunder broke out in the flat ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly shocked by the thunderous sound, but the scene on the shooting range below made his pupils suddenly dilate.

I saw that on the shooting range eight miles away, the cattle and sheep, and the old horses, who were leisurely eating grass and enjoying the wonderful time, were all corpses on the spot.

The shooting range within two miles was even more like a storm of wind. None of the scarecrows originally placed inside was intact, and no one could stand up.

With the shooting range as the center, all small trees within a radius of 5 miles were blown down by the air waves caused by the explosion. Various bricks, stone tiles and even countless iron nails on the big tree, which looked extremely miserable.
To be continued...