The Age of Firearms
Chapter 38:The Age of Firearms
The Iron Axe knew he was being held in custody.¤頂點小說,
The hunters who participated in the test explosion that day were all concentrated into a two-story building near the castle.Looking out through the window, you can see a circle of stone walls, and guards at the entrance.
He did not care about this at all, and even felt that his Highness only sent two guards as guards, which was really discreet.
To this day, the iron axe still has the roar of the test of that day in the head - no weapon has ever shocked him so strongly.In the far south, he had seen the orange fire erupting from the ground, which could burn for decades; he had also seen the wind and waves that covered the sky in the endless caps... But the sky was unpredictable, which was the will of the mother of the earth or the sea god, and the iron whip that God used to punish the creatures of all things.
But His Royal Highness, by his own power, stole the authority of the three gods and obtained the power of divine punishment—though far from the true Father’s thunder, it was no longer the realm of human power.
If the participants are still useful in Iron Sand City, they will usually be cut off their tongue.Of course, this is not the safest practice, only the dead will always keep the secret.As for the foreigners?They look at it as blasphemous, and there can never be a foreigner who joins the core of the Mojin.
The prince knew that he was half-diverse, and still allowed him to witness the fire of heaven and punishment, and intended to let him take charge of the Orion team.This trust makes the iron axe heart surging.
In Iron Sand City, he experienced countless betrayals and framing, fled to the south of the gray castle, the people of the sand and the mainland people accounted for half of the blood also let him suffer discrimination, and finally he came to the border town in frustration, intending to rely on hunting for the rest of his life, but did not expect to be favored by the Prince's Highness here.
He had no doubt that, with this new weapon, it was His Royal Highness Roland Wimbledon that would win the royal order.
Thinking of the opportunity to serve the future king, the iron axe was excited.
“Everyone, meet downstairs!”
The iron axe heard the sound, probed it, and found that the man was the chief knight of the four princes, Carter Lannis.
He dressed up for the first time, walked downstairs, and walked up to Carter to stand up.He also participated in the training of the militia team, knowing that His Highness preferred a disciplined and uniform force.The other hunters were much slower, and it took six men about half an hour to line up.
"Old place, come with me," Carter did not care, and took a group of people out of the door and went straight out of the city wall.
It is still the site of the last test explosion, but this time there is no more lifting of the cordon.
In addition to Roland, there were four knights on the scene—all of whom were Carter’s men.The iron axe noticed that His Royal Highness was fiddling with a strange metal stick in his hand, and explained what he was talking to the knight.
Seeing the iron axe and a party, Roland came forward, "How, is the new place still used to live?"
"Thank you, Your Highness for your concern," the people saluted and said that the new residence was very comfortable.
In fact, the newly moved house is much better than the old house before, the iron axe thought, at least will not leak the wind and rain, the roof is not a transparent straw covered, but a complete tile.
"Well then," nodded Roland, "that the present arrangement is for security reasons, and until the end of the demonic month, you will be able to move back in."In addition, the first month's salary has been paid to your family, and you can meet with them every weekend.It was accompanied by a guard.”
“Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness.”The hunters said cheerfully.
This really made the iron axe a little surprised, aside from the iron law of the sand people, even the management of the gray castle army should not be so relaxed.Is it because of personal tolerance?He was vaguely worried that if he wanted to fight for the throne, he had to be ruthless—and he saw too much in Iron Sands.
But when the four princes said they would test a new weapon based on gunpowder, the iron axe immediately put those concerns behind.He blinked not to blink at the prince who brought the two alien iron rods to the people.
"It's called a musket," Roland said. "Next, I'll tell you how to use it."
...
The iron axe took only half an hour to fully understand the use of the new weapon.
The black powder that can lead to the fire of heaven - that is, the gunpowder is poured into the barrel, tucked into a lead pill, stabbed straight to the end with a straight line, and then poured gunpowder into the back medicine pool, aiming at the target and pulled the trigger.
Although he thought he had always had a talent for killing, whether sword, knife, hammer, axe, or spear, was skillful, but that was also a skill that had been mastered after years of training and actual combat.In half an hour to master a weapon, this speed is afraid that only the hand crossbow can be compared with it.
Another gun was put in Carter’s hands.
The chief knight was equally interested in this novel weapon, and took it up and did not want to put it down.
After a few rounds of simulation, Roland asked the two people to test the effect.The target was already ready, and a half-body armor propped up with a wooden stick was erected by the other two knights at a distance of about 30 feet (about 10 meters).
The iron axe and Carter followed the prince's oral shooting method, flattened the aiming and pulled the trigger.
The loud noise at the first fire shocked everyone present, and the iron axe was no exception, but soon there was only surprise on everyone's face.
As a target on the half-body arm, a small hole appeared.The lead pellets fall cleanly and penetrate the thickest part of the chest of the board.
Before the shooting, the iron axe had carefully observed this armor, it is obviously not a workshop to create a inferior goods, the neckline at the hammer and the mark of the iron anvil proves that this is a standard armor from the gray castle blacksmith's meeting, the front edge of the thickest point of about half the finger, enough to resist the direct shot of the hand crossbow at close range.To deal with this iron can, heavy bow, war hammer or long jab is a wise choice.
In such a comparison, the same easy-to-operate musket is at least more powerful than hand crossbow.And its loading speed and hand crossbow are equivalent, and the accuracy is ... the target of 30 feet shows nothing.
“Your Highness, the production of this thing...” Carter asked.
“At present, these two, until the month of the devil, at most produce two expenses.”
The Iron Axe saw Carter visibly relieved.He could roughly guess what the other side thought, if the weapon is easy to manufacture, it would be a simple few days of training to produce a large number of fast-crushing warriors holding muskets.They are not limited to their age, regardless of occupation, or even gender – even if they are weak women, they can pose a huge threat to knights.
Although it was not as shocking to him as the fire of heaven and punishment, it was still a good weapon, and the iron axe thought that the great power made it easy to kill some large evil beasts with solid flesh on the wall.If you had a musket when faced with a mixed seed, the ending might not have been so awkward.
And the scene only Roland knows the real meaning of this weapon.
He opened the fire of the war.
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