The Release That Witch
Chapters 81's

Every day Van'er's group had to train for two to three hours with new weapons, and even after the training was over, Van'er had to go back to the wall to continue his old, boring job. One of the men from Van'er's dorm had signed up for the new firearms squad, and now he had a new firearm and stood behind him to show off his weapon. If discipline did not prohibit dissension, Van'er would have shut his hateful mouth.

However, Van'er also thought that something was suspicious.

Didn't my comrades join the firearms squad just a few days ago? However, they were allowed to directly start shooting training through the fight against the demonic monsters, but what about our artillery team? We're not even authorized to shoot. Moreover, the cannon was extremely heavy, it was impossible to carry it to the wall.

When he looked up at the wall, he could see that the wall walk was almost full of people standing side by side in pairs. Normally, everyone was used to running inside the wall-walk. Although it was steep, it was still better than interrupting the fight movements of teammates. As for the cannon ... Both wheels alone were wider than the entire wall-walk, and using the cannon to shoot down did not seem very practical.

Could this ... cannon not be used against demonic beasts?

The next exercise confirmed his conjecture.

Iron Axe brought four artillery teams to the river. There, Van'er discovers - though he doesn't know when it happened - an actual large "ship! No. .. he wasn't sure if it was right to call it a boat. The shell seemed to be made of the same gray stone used to build the wall, and the dimensions were very wide but short. So besides the two bare masts, is there any other resemblance to the ship? Regarding this matter, he and his teammates discussed hotly.

"This is clearly a pontoon bridge," the first person to give the conclusion was Jop, who was a member of the team that followed the ship that transported the iron ore to Longsong Fortress. Because of this, he often considered himself knowledgeable. "They built the deck so wide to make it more stable! During my journey south, I saw many of them, and if this was a ship, then how could it be driven by the wind? Previously, the river was too wide to wade, and a decade ago a former bridge was washed away by flooding. Now the former bridge must be replaced with this pontoon bridge. They would just place a few of them side by side and connect them with the iron chains to make them more stable !

"The furthest place you've ever been is Longsong Stronghold, yet you call yourself knowledgeable," Rodney sneered, "If this is a pontoon, why does it have two poles? Don't they need to worry about being blown by the wind?

"And when you look to the end, don't you see the steering wheel? Pontoon doesn't need this." Nelson jumped into the frying pan to help Rodney. These two brothers would take every opportunity to vent their anger, "In addition, look at the construction between the two pylons, doesn't it look like a cabin? It's not done yet. This is a ship, no doubt about it.

For Van'er, this discussion was not so interesting, he was just thinking about the next training content. For his luck, he immediately got his answer when the Iron Axe asked them to drag the horse pulling the cannon towards the Little City - yes, this was the name of his ship, personally appointed by His Majesty. After listening to Iron Axe's introduction, Jop's face suddenly stiffened, while the two brothers instead showed a triumphant expression - and then they started dragging the cannon down the ship's deck.

On the deck there are two groups of support poles, each group consists of four poles. These stopping posts are located in the middle of the deck, with one group behind the other. This seems to indicate that one ship can store two cannons.

Well, with this, Van'er was convinced that they did not need to deal with the demonic beasts - the Chishui River flowed from North to South, he said, and there was no great river hidden in the forest filled with demonic beasts. .

When they started for the first time, they soon discovered the ship's incredible stability. Even though the river was rushing around the hull of the ship, it remained motionless; it felt like it was standing on solid ground. It was only when the horses boarded the ship that they felt a small swing.

Van'er also noted that when a team finishes their shooting practice, Iron Axe will count the time and take notes. When Van'er saw that there were only two places for the cannon, it was clear that only the two fastest would get a place on the ship. So, Van'er secretly recounted his discovery to the rest of his group, which immediately increased their strength, with everyone putting in at least 10 percent more effort in training. If they were not chosen for the artillery team, after losing a lot of face, their lives would become even more trivial, but the most important thing was that they would not get a better salary!

On this day, His Highness the Prince also came to visit the scene, watching the artillery exercises. Everyone in the four groups walked with wide chests and big steps.

Due to their training, his group became quite familiar with cannon charging, so it didn't take long until the first shots were fired by Van'er's team.

This was the first time he had seen the power of a cannon. With a deafening roar, the cannonball shot out and landed about 500m in the snow, blasting a lot of snow and mud into the air, and after that, the ball bounced once again into the air. With his eyes, it was impossible for Van'er to trace the iron ball.

Seeing this, Van'er wonders how the Prince, managed to create such a terrifying weapon. If you have to face an artillery barrage, even with body armor, I'm afraid it won't work.

After each shot, the group was changed and the Prince ordered someone to mark the landing position. After that, he allowed someone to measure the distance between the muzzle and the flag. After four rounds, it was Van'er's turn again, but then he heard the command to change the angle of the cannon.

Scales marked 0, 5, 10, 25, and 30 were placed at the end of the cannon, where the wagon was connected. Although Van'er saw this scale, he did not understand what it meant, but as long as they just followed the instructions, everything would be fine. Iron Axe shouted, "Shoot at corner 5!" Hearing this command, Jop, who was the person with the greatest power in Van'er's team, took out the ramrod, inserted it into his muzzle, waiting for them to open the hook that held the barrel at right angles, which was the one holding the barrel, and press it up. until the scale shows 5 and install the hook.

Compared to the angle of the barrel at the beginning, where the barrel is rather low, the barrel now leads slightly higher. This indicates that the scale marks how high or low the barrel snout is pointing towards the sky.

When all was ready, each group fired one more shot with a new angle, and after each shot, the distance was also measured.

Van'er was gradually able to understand what the Prince was doing.

He recorded the distance of each shot fired, and the higher the angle of the barrel, the higher the iron ball would fly.

This was the point where Van'er could use his experience from shooting with a bow, the higher his goal, the further the arrow would fly. The flatter the shooting angle, the earlier the arrow hit the ground. However, he did not think about it in the case of cannons. Just because it was faster, the flying distance became even farther. Suddenly, he got this crazy idea - if the iron ball got faster and faster, could it never stop?

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On the Chishui River, the testing phase of the Little City was also underway.

Since Wendy would act as the ship's mover, the ship's personnel had to be completely reliable. So, Roland chose some people who already knew about the witches as the first crew of the Little City. Carter becomes captain, the helmsman is Brian, the sailors who have to set the screen are Carter's subordinates, and the correspondent's job is given to Titus Pyne, Nana's father. These people were in frequent contact with the witches, coupled with their own mental transformations where they removed the prejudice against the witches, there should be no problem. In the case of Sir Pyne, it was even smaller, because his favorite daughter was a witch.