After listening to Guo Kang's words, Theodora fell into deep thought.
Guo Kang was very confident in her understanding. After all, according to the academic qualifications of this era, she was higher than him. Although the world of education and knowledge is different, Guo Kang believes that as long as enough information is provided, smart people can still understand what they should know.
He walked behind the chariot and found Li Xuanying, Jessica and others squatting in a row here, not knowing what they were doing.
"What the hell are you doing?" He said speechlessly: "Hurry up and prepare the cannon?"
"Well, isn't there something going on outside..." Brother Zelik defended.
"If something happens, I won't delay your reloading." Guo Kang pointed out: "Why are you hiding here?"
Zelik said a few words to Jessica, who shook her head repeatedly, and then answered him in the affirmative. Finally, Zelik turned his head hesitantly and looked at Guo Kang.
"The captain said that when he was in Bohemia, he served in the queen's palace. According to his experience, in this kind of situation, it is best to hide as far away as possible." He said: "Ladies are not ordinary Very difficult to deal with. Much more difficult to serve than a cannon."
"Can a noble lady in Bohemia be so tolerant?" Guo Kang whispered.
"Hey, it's all the same." Zelik frowned and waved his hand with a wry smile: "Let me tell you, forget about those pretentious women of the big aristocracy, even the ladies of the small aristocracy are like this. These women ah……"
"Guo Kang?" Theodora's voice came from the other side of the car: "Are you ready?"
"Okay, okay! We are looking for something!"
Guo Kang quickly answered while driving everyone out one by one. The mercenaries hurriedly grabbed mops, sticks and other equipment from the ground and ran to the gun emplacement, while others went to drag the shell boxes next to them. Li Xuanying and Jessica also quickly adjusted their clothes, pretended to be fine, and walked out swaggeringly.
"There are more things here." Guo Kang covered it up for them: "Look, there are several kinds of cannonballs."
He pointed to the side. There was a box of stone bullets on the ground, as well as several boxes of iron bullets of different sizes. The soldiers moved the ammunition boxes to other places and went to do other things.
"You are a good boss. The soldiers and junior officers will like you very much." Theodora nodded and said.
"Ah?" Guo Kang didn't realize what she meant.
"The Bohemian dialect is not difficult to understand, and Captain Jessica's voice is too loud." Theodora leaned close to his ear again and whispered: "In addition, Miss Jeanne started to come to you again Saw it."
Guo Kang turned around and saw Jeanne slapping the wild boar angrily and turning away. Zhu Wenkui, who was standing next to him, looked in both directions and was at a loss. After being stunned for a moment, he shook his sleeves in frustration and walked towards the cannon.
"Hey, little girl Frank." Theodora smiled proudly.
"..."
Guo Kang was speechless for a moment, wondering why she was worried about this. Theodora didn't explain to him why she was so concerned about it, and walked over to the cannon.
"Do these have different functions?" She looked at the ammunition box next to her and asked.
"The stone bullets are for the navy. Shi Ke said that they like stone bullets there. It is said that they are more destructive to wooden ships." Seeing that she finally got down to business, Guo Kang quickly explained: "The other ones, It's for siege guns. We think iron bullets are more effective at destroying city walls."
"Of course, there are other projectiles, such as lead bullets. But generally speaking, these two are the most used. I hope to switch to iron bullets in the future, and I am still trying my best."
"Why do they have to use stone bullets?" asked Theodora.
"They want to use projectiles with the largest caliber as possible, so that they can cause greater damage when bombarding opposing ships at close range. The density of stone bullets is much lower than that of iron bullets, and only less gunpowder is needed to destroy large projectiles. Throw it out. Moreover, this way the cannon can be made lighter and their boats can also carry it." Guo Kang explained.
"Anyway, there are wooden boats on the opposite side. If you hit them, they will be broken. Since the stone bullets are easy to fragment, they may have multiple secondary damage effects."
Theodora didn't know much about this. After hearing this and thinking about it, she asked Zhu Wenkui who came over: "I think iron bullets and heavy artillery can hit farther and more accurately. Why are they different from their ideas?"
"They don't need to fight very far, anyway, it's basically useless to fight far away." Guo Kang said: "If the ship is built one day big enough and thick enough, it will not be enough to use stone bullets like now; or it can carry more Advanced cannons can shoot more accurately. At that time, they might want to change to iron bullets."
"I think these people are too conservative. Do we have to wait for the enemies to change their uniforms and get beaten a few times before changing?" Zhu Wenkui questioned: "You should first try to build big ships, use cannons, and test new weapons." Let’s fight.”
"There is no way. Most of the navy is very conservative, much more conservative than our army. Moreover, it is still the private territory of the Greeks. Shi Ke has to listen to them on many things now." Guo Kangzhi shook his head: "Did you know? Behind the ship The pole on which the holy statue is hung blocks the mouth of the cannon. I suggested that they dismantle it and install an extra cannon. They thought it was too unlucky, so they refused to do so."
"They said that the icon was hired from the cathedral. In fact, it was painted by Lama Wang randomly. I don't think the quality is very good." He sighed: "The captain said, he understands my feelings, but Sailors are very superstitious. Otherwise, he would not be able to command. So in the end he had to give up."
"Then I'll give it a try next time. Go and see what's going on." Theodora thought for a while and said.
"But, princess, you are not actually a Greek, right?" Zhu Wenkui asked.
Theodora paused.
"It's okay, I'm a Roman." She replied: "You can wait until I can communicate with the fleet about the situation over there. It should be more convenient."
"Then let's demonstrate it first." Seeing this, Guo Kang took the initiative and said, "You and the Crown Prince should stand far away and go to that stage."
He pointed to a high tower nearby: "You can see the artillery position over there, and you can also look down at the target. We usually observe the flight of the artillery shells there. It's the best viewing position."
"What about you?" Theodora asked: "If I had known that you would be like this every time and take risks with new cannons, I shouldn't have let you come."
"Of course I should be here." Guo Kang said matter-of-factly: "This is the cannon I requested to improve. If I'm not around, who of them would dare to operate it with confidence?"
"I am very cautious in this regard. I have been improving the artillery for several years, and there has been no accident. They all regard the cannon as my nickname. Don't worry, they are all bronze cannons specially cast for experiments. They are very safe. "
Theodora was still a little dissatisfied, but Guo Kang excused her by claiming that he had the inner strength not to be afraid of accidents.
After those people left, he ordered Jessica and others to move away the stone bullets and cannons and push the chariot over.
That’s it for today’s five chapters.
The monthly tickets and alliance leader's... are a bit too much. Suddenly I realized that tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, so I might have to finish it after the New Year.
Anyway, I'll try my best to hurry up. Thank you very much for your support
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