In the end, Van’er didn’t know if it was better to become a gunner or if it was better to stay with the hunter squad.
Everything changed when he got the important order three days ago.
His Royal Highness decided to transfer out some members of the first and second militia team, who performed exceptionally, building a new elite force. When Van’er’s name was called, he felt very pleased. But when he was asked if he wants to join Iron Axe’s hunter squad or the new gunner squad, he didn’t know what to choose. He was aware of the new flintlock, which allowed them to fight against the demonic beasts, due to its much stronger penetrating power than a hand crossbow. Currently, only Iron Axe, the Chief Knight and a number of senior hunters were allowed to use this weapon. Van’er was supposed to join the hunter squat without hesitation, but he instead spoke out of turn and asked, “What is a cannon”?
When he learned that a cannon is ten times as large as a flintlock and that its power is a hundred times stronger than the strength of a gun he fell into a dilemma.
Apparently, the more powerful the weapon used by oneself is, the higher one’s own value is for the Prince. So joining the artillery seems to be the better selection than the hunter squad, but the advantage of carrying a gun is that it is possible to carry it while walking through the town, attracting the eyes of the people, which was always Van’er’s dream. Although the cannon’s power is ten times that of a gun, surely it isn’t possible to carry such a powerful weapon while walking through the streets, right?
Until the last day of the deadline he wasn’t sure what to choose, but in the end, he took the artillery. The last point which brought the decision was that the salary of a gunner was five silver royals higher than that of a hunter.
With his decision, the rigorous training began.
A cannon needs five people to operate it, and to Van’er’s team were assigned Jop, Cat’s Claw, Nelson and Rodney. Since Van’er was previously a vice captain within the first militia team, he was also chosen as the gunner.
Compared to guns, this cannon gave ten times more trouble! Since the beginning of the previous month, Van’er had secretly observed how Iron Axe operated his gun, making it able that he even was able recite the process fluently from memory. But the cannon had to be always switched from the limbered and mobile state into the ready to shoot state, always having to go through the tedious work.
Stop the horse, pull out the pin, pull the hook, move the cannon cart, push it towards the shooting spot, prevent it from dropping, these processes needed five people to cooperate in tandem. Such as when pulling the hook, the other people have to push the support cart away from the cannon, turning it from a four-wheel vehicle into a two wheel vehicle, without that the cannon’s barrel would drop to the ground.
When the barrel is finally filled with the ammunition, it’s ready to shoot. The shooting is quite similar to the gun and the cannon, but the clean-up of the cannon with its usage of two different mop is much more complicated. When using a gun, the ammunition can directly be put into the barrel. To start the cannon they had to ignite the fuse, but when it’s raining, it could be quite difficult to use this weapon, Savannah had thought.
Fortunately, as a gunner most of the time he had to order the others around, and so he didn’t need to spend too much effort.
For the first three days, the four newly selected artillery teams had only one cannon to train with. So under Iron Axe’ command, the groups had to go through the process of stopping the mount, unloading the cannon, preparing it to shoot, loading the cannon on the cart and then restart the whole process. These four steps were always repeated, Van’er even suspected, that under the uninterrupted cleaning of the cannon, the cannon became even much cleaner than his own face.
ในสุด Van'er ไม่รู้ถ้ามันดีกว่าที่จะกลายเป็น ปืน หรือถ้ามันดีกว่าที่จะอยู่กับทีมฮันเตอร์ทุกอย่างเปลี่ยนแปลงเมื่อได้ใบสั่งที่สำคัญสามวันที่ผ่านมาสมเด็จพระเจ้าของเขาตัดสินใจที่จะโอนออกบางสมาชิกของทีม และสอง militia ที่ทำล้ำ อาคารกองทัพเป็นยอดใหม่ เมื่อมีเรียกชื่อของ Van'er เขารู้สึกยินดีมาก แต่เมื่อเขาถูกถามถ้า อยากเข้าร่วมทีมฮันเตอร์เหล็กขวานหรือทีมมือปืนใหม่ เขาไม่ทราบว่าจะเลือก เขาก็ตระหนักถึงการ flintlock ใหม่ ซึ่งได้รับอนุญาตให้ต่อสู้กับสัตว์ปีศาจ เนื่องจากความแข็งแกร่งเจาะพลังงานมากกว่าหน้าไม้มือ ในปัจจุบัน เฉพาะเหล็กขวาน อัศวินประธานและหมายเลขของนักล่าผู้ได้รับอนุญาตให้ใช้อาวุธนี้ Van'er ควรจะเข้าร่วมกับสุขภัณฑ์แบบนั่งยองฮันเตอร์โดยไม่ลังเล แต่เขาพูดจากเปิดแทน และ ถาม "อะไรคือปืนใหญ่"เมื่อเขาได้เรียนรู้ว่า ปืนใหญ่เป็นสิบครั้งใหญ่แบบ flintlock และว่า อำนาจเป็นครั้งร้อยดีกว่าความแรงของปืน เขาตกและผลลัพธ์Apparently, the more powerful the weapon used by oneself is, the higher one’s own value is for the Prince. So joining the artillery seems to be the better selection than the hunter squad, but the advantage of carrying a gun is that it is possible to carry it while walking through the town, attracting the eyes of the people, which was always Van’er’s dream. Although the cannon’s power is ten times that of a gun, surely it isn’t possible to carry such a powerful weapon while walking through the streets, right?Until the last day of the deadline he wasn’t sure what to choose, but in the end, he took the artillery. The last point which brought the decision was that the salary of a gunner was five silver royals higher than that of a hunter.With his decision, the rigorous training began.A cannon needs five people to operate it, and to Van’er’s team were assigned Jop, Cat’s Claw, Nelson and Rodney. Since Van’er was previously a vice captain within the first militia team, he was also chosen as the gunner.Compared to guns, this cannon gave ten times more trouble! Since the beginning of the previous month, Van’er had secretly observed how Iron Axe operated his gun, making it able that he even was able recite the process fluently from memory. But the cannon had to be always switched from the limbered and mobile state into the ready to shoot state, always having to go through the tedious work.Stop the horse, pull out the pin, pull the hook, move the cannon cart, push it towards the shooting spot, prevent it from dropping, these processes needed five people to cooperate in tandem. Such as when pulling the hook, the other people have to push the support cart away from the cannon, turning it from a four-wheel vehicle into a two wheel vehicle, without that the cannon’s barrel would drop to the ground.When the barrel is finally filled with the ammunition, it’s ready to shoot. The shooting is quite similar to the gun and the cannon, but the clean-up of the cannon with its usage of two different mop is much more complicated. When using a gun, the ammunition can directly be put into the barrel. To start the cannon they had to ignite the fuse, but when it’s raining, it could be quite difficult to use this weapon, Savannah had thought.Fortunately, as a gunner most of the time he had to order the others around, and so he didn’t need to spend too much effort.For the first three days, the four newly selected artillery teams had only one cannon to train with. So under Iron Axe’ command, the groups had to go through the process of stopping the mount, unloading the cannon, preparing it to shoot, loading the cannon on the cart and then restart the whole process. These four steps were always repeated, Van’er even suspected, that under the uninterrupted cleaning of the cannon, the cannon became even much cleaner than his own face.
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