Hawkwood - Vol. 7 Ch. 40 - Cannon Smoke

[MangaDex]

 

[CommieJohnTeh]

wut. FIRE FOR EFFECT have no effect? 😂

 

[Starbuck]

"bombard" might be a better name than "cannon"

 

[ThinkPositive]

GET READY TO RUNNBLEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[coldtavi]

Thank you once again

 

[MrGoodday]

Yu dun goofd

 

[BanditHadron]

@Starbuck has it right, bombards fired stone balls instead of proper cannonballs.

 

[HughMann]

@CommieJohnTeh
It got the French's attention. That can count as an effect.

 

[Doomroar]

Well Hawkwood, he did tell you to stand back.

 

[yasashikakashi]

The way the characters are drawn, this is the jojo of historical mangas.

 

[al_pacino]

pg 29, only one thing come to mind...

NIGERUNDAYO!!! SMOKEEEYYYY!!!!

 

[axelTHEGREAT]

so f good, thank for the release!

 

[Arkos]

The only dumb part of this plan is why did they waste such valuable equipment outside the defensive line. It is just giving me PTSD flashbacks from season 8 episode 3 of GoT. This plans sounds ineffective as a suprise attack considering even if works like a catapault and wipes a good chunk of the French knights. Your still dealing with hundreds more outside the defensive line and having to reload and recalibrate the next shot. Hopefully the king can explain this brilliant plan but the PTSD is getting to me and I need to lie down now.

 

[Robbini]

@Arkos

3 cannons. Round shells. No carriage to use to aim easier with. No known technique of using them proficiently.

Frankly, expecting them to achieve anything other than :
a) Moral shock /damage
b) Mental shock /damage
c) Extremely, extremely lucky hit of someone important
d) Enraging the french to attack uphill to achieve their own tactics (most likely guess)

is...the equivalent of believing a fairy will uppercut an ogre over a mountain several km over the sea level from sea level height.

 

[Arkos]

@Robbini pretty sure that can still be achieved BEHIND THE DEFENSIVE LINES. All the things you list I agree with and can see happening. My main point why would you want the emissaries to get so close to the bunch of people on HORSES when you fire said weapon that you then have the emissaries to run away from said angry people on HORSES. Granted the king probably using them as disposable pawns. I am not expecting them to do much dmg as early gunpowder weapons were kinda iffy om effectiveness. I am just saying if you want to provoke the French I think there were probably better ways. Granted I will say this provoke plan I give 3/5.

 

[hydraman18]

I think the point was shock/goad the French into an ill-considered charge. Look at how pissed that horde is on the last page. I think the goal was to shock the enemy into a rush with a weapon that was pretty disposable. Historically, this was a tech battle - english longbows vs. french crossbows. What really beat the french here was the massed english longbows here, and I guess the king knows this, and wants a horde of french charging headlong into longbow range.

 

[hydraman18]

I think the point was shock/goad the French into an ill-considered charge. Look at how pissed that horde is on the last page. I think the goal was to shock the enemy into a rush with a weapon that was pretty disposable. Historically, this was a tech battle - english longbows vs. french crossbows. What really beat the french here was the massed english longbows here, and I guess the king knows this, and wants a horde of french charging headlong into longbow range.

 

[DemonHide]

...Think the French will let them sight in?

 

[Robbini]

@Arkos

Let's say they actually use them from the defensive lines. If anything, that would convince the french to reconsider their attack, unknowing what it actually is.

This however, was the equivalent of the English going to hand over their calling cards, then retracting their cards and slapping them across the face.

 

[rephikul]

I think they still have more cannons and these are more or less baits.