Chapter 1086 Your grenades aren't very powerful!
Chapter 1086 Your grenades aren't very powerful!
On the second-floor skybridge, General William watched Chu Feng and Xiao Hu's fluid movements, his brow furrowing slightly in surprise before shaking his head and secretly smiling.
These two young men from Western Chu are far too inexperienced. They probably don't even know the capabilities of their muskets, yet they're haphazardly mimicking their soldiers' postures. And without even aiming, they've fired two shots.
Andrew and the group of blond soldiers on deck were dumbfounded, completely bewildered. A musket could be used like that? No aiming posture at all, just raising your hand and firing! They really didn't understand; they should learn from the vice-general.
“Hey! That’s not how you shoot…” Andrew looked at Chu Feng and Xiao Hu and shook his head repeatedly, about to correct their shooting method.
A soldier on the opposing ship, the Kamikawa, who was in charge of checking the targets, suddenly shouted, "Lieutenant General Andrew! Those two muskets just now hit the bullseye perfectly!"
"What? Right on the bullseye? Did you see that clearly?" Andrew turned around abruptly, his face full of disbelief, and shouted as he asked.
"Absolutely true! Both of their shots hit the bullseye!" The reply from the other side clearly reached everyone's ears.
Upon hearing this, the entire ship fell into an eerie silence. All the soldiers on deck were completely dumbfounded, staring wide-eyed at Chu Feng and Xiao Hu, their eyes filled with disbelief.
The people of Western Chu are so skilled with muskets? How come they can shoot so accurately with muskets without any training, comparable to their sharpshooters!
General William, standing on the second-floor veranda, watched this scene, his face turning completely grim. He had originally intended to use the muskets to make his soldiers appear imposing in front of these Western Chu people, but now he had been thoroughly humiliated.
His sinister gaze swept over Chu Feng and Xiao Hu on the deck, a puzzled man wondering how they knew how to use muskets. He then glanced at Prince Jolif beside him, secretly wondering: Could it be that these Western Chu people tested the muskets in the guards' hands when they escorted the prince back?
While he was still speculating, Vice Admiral Andrew on the deck, after a moment of stunned silence, finally spoke up and asked the question that had been on his mind: "You...you...have you used muskets?"
Arira hurriedly translated, and Chu Feng, upon hearing the question, raised an eyebrow, unable to suppress a smile. "Hmm! We've seen the musket in your prince's hand, but we've never touched it. However, we have this."
Aria quickly translated.
As Chu Feng spoke, he handed the musket back to Andrew and took out a pistol-sized arrow gun from his pocket.
He twirled the musket in his hand with flair, then gripped it tightly, flicked his wrist, aimed the musket at the targets on the opposing ship, the Kamikawa, and pulled the trigger three times in quick succession—"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Three thin, short arrows landed squarely in the center of the three targets on the opposite ship!
Moments later, the excited shouts of the two soldiers on the opposite ship who were checking the targets came from: "Hit! All the way to the bullseye!"
The soldiers on the Kamikawa saw it clearly: three shots fired in quick succession, each hitting a different bullseye. They couldn't help but shout their praises: "Such small arrows, such accuracy! He's a master archer!"
On the deck where Chu Feng stood, there was an eerie silence. All the blond soldiers stared at Chu Feng, who held the arrow-wielding spear, their eyes filled with shock. What kind of divine weapon was this?
Even General William, who was standing on top, fell silent, his previous arrogance completely gone.
After a long while, his gaze passed over Joliv and looked at Chu Chenjing, asking, "Prince Jing, what weapons are your soldiers holding?"
Chu Chenjing glanced at him indifferently and uttered two words: "Arrows and spears".
"A musket?" William's eyes flashed with a sharp light. "It's that powerful? Judging by its range, it's no less than our muskets?"
Standing between the two, Joliv spoke up at the opportune moment, "General William, I have seen these arrows and spears before. They are indeed formidable. When I was attacked earlier, it was they who wielded these arrows and spears to deal with those assassins in black and wiped them all out."
William nodded, but his expression suddenly turned cold. He turned to look at Andrew on the deck and ordered sharply, "Lieutenant Andrew, listen to my command! Conduct the small fire mine drill!" He was unwilling to lose face like this and wanted to continue to intimidate him with the small fire mine.
Ouyang Yunyao stood beside Chu Chenjing, her small face full of smiles. She thought to herself, "General William is so serious. Is he trying to intimidate us? Well, let's wait and see!"
"Yes, sir!" Andrew, on the deck, received the order and turned to stand in front of the soldiers' line. "Attention, everyone. We're about to practice with small fire mines."
He then called out two soldiers to step forward, saying, "You two, come forward and demonstrate!"
"Yes, sir!" Two soldiers responded and stepped forward, quickly running to the deck railing and standing still.
Andrew beckoned Chu Feng and Xiao Hu to go to the railing to watch.
The two soldiers prepared small fire grenades, lit the fuses with tinder, raised their hands, and threw the grenades into the sea with all their might!
"Boom!...Boom!..." Two loud explosions rang out in succession, splashing water that wasn't too high on the sea surface. Near the location where the fire and thunder had just exploded, some fish with their white bodies turned to the surface and floated on the water.
The two soldiers turned to look at Chu Feng and Xiao Hu with smug satisfaction, chins raised, and asked arrogantly, "How about it? Our little fire mines, aren't they amazing?"
"Although that Arira had not yet translated for them in his broken Western Chu language, Chu Feng and Xiao Hu already understood their meaning from their smug expressions."
Only then did Arira begin to translate for them, albeit haltingly.
Andrew took out two small fire bombs and handed them to Chu Feng and Xiao Hu, his attitude much more humble than before, "You two should try our small fire bombs too!"
Chu Feng took the little fire thunder, weighed it in his hand, then looked up at Andrew and asked:
"Lieutenant General Andrew, is this the only type of fire-propelled mine you have?"
"We've only developed this one so far," Andrew replied truthfully.
“Then let’s give it a try!” Chu Feng said.
Then, together with Xiao Hu, they imitated the soldiers from before, lighting the fuse with a tinderbox and throwing the small fire bombs into the distant sea.
"Boom... Boom..." After two explosions, they achieved the same result as the first two soldiers, killing some small fish and shrimp in the sea.
Seeing this, Andrew smiled and gave the two of them a thumbs up, his face full of approval.
General William, watching from above deck, wore a smug expression. He turned to Chu Chenjing and his group, who were standing on the other side of Jolief, and called out:
"Your Highness Prince Jing, Princess Jing, Battalion Commander Lei, our little fire thunder is quite powerful, isn't it?"
Before Henry could finish translating his words, Ouyang Yunyao's bright, fox-like eyes suddenly flashed, and she interrupted Henry's translation directly in fluent Loba, "General William, it seems to me that the power of your grenades... isn't that great!"
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