Gawain always comes up with some incomprehensible sentences and words. Sometimes even phrases that others can understand will be combined into an incomprehensible state in his mouth. Amber has long been aware of this situation. Adaptation, and her method of dealing with these obscure sentences is also very simple-that is, to give up thinking.
"Just tell me what this is," Amber rolled her eyelids, "New magical machinery? Alchemy device? Or the weapon you mentioned last time?"
"There will be no Military Machinery Institute logo on the report on magic machinery and alchemy equipment," Gawain pointed to the top of the report with a smile, and then stood up, "Come on, let's go take a look at this brand-new weapon. ."
At the weapons testing site on the south bank of the Baishui River, relevant preparations have already been made.
What was sent to Gawain was a report indicating that the finished product had been assembled and was awaiting acceptance by the lord. At the same time that the report was sent, Hetty had already ordered the Mechanical Research Institute and Weapons Testing Field to The staff are preparing for the first test. When Gawain and Amber arrived at the testing site, the area had been blocked by soldiers from the Cecil Combat Corps, and residents in the northeastern district of the city were notified in advance of the news about weapons testing - new equipment from the Cecil Territory often It was accompanied by a huge explosion, so under normal circumstances, it is necessary to issue advance notice.
This is a weapon that Gawain has high hopes for, and it is an "expedited and weighted project" that was put on the agenda after the Second Cecil Defense Battle. It naturally attracts attention. Basically, everyone involved in R&D or qualified to watch rushed to the scene, including Byron and Philip, the two prime ministers... knights, as well as technical leaders such as Jenny, Kamel, Nicholas Egg, and of course Hetty and Rebecca. Also on site.
This is how it is in the initial stage of entrepreneurship. There are only a few people in the top team, and due to lack of manpower, cross-fertilization is often needed. So whenever there is any big result, everyone will be there to watch.
As soon as Gawain appeared, Rebecca happily trotted up to meet him: "Master Ancestor! Master Ancestor! The 'Art Launcher' you want is ready!"
Last time when Gawain was chatting with Silly Roe Deer, he couldn't help but mention "explosion is art", but the girl was directly misled...
Gawain pressed Rebecca With his head turned, his eyes fell on the war machine that had just stepped off the mechanical assembly table.
It is very large, with an acceleration orbit of three meters and a total height of nearly two meters. Its shape is very close to the theoretical model that Gawain built in the "Simulation Experimental Field" before, but in details There is a big difference.
It has four metal rails arranged in parallel, which are still fixed on the base according to the cross structure, two acceleration rails, and two directional rails used to fix the trajectory of the projectile, stabilize the trajectory and reduce friction. , but unlike the track simulated by Gao Wen in the virtual environment, the entire acceleration-directional structure in front of him has been additionally reinforced, with three tracks made of solid steel plates.The "fixed rings" firmly combine the four guide rails together, and judging from the magic runes shining on those fixed rings, they may also have the function of assisting the guide rails in releasing waste energy and reducing magic interference.
The entire acceleration structure is installed on a roughly triangular base, which is covered with steel plates. Although it is only a prototype, Nicholas Egg's powerful metal control ability still makes this base It looks very standard and precise. On its side, you can see the lines formed by the slightly shiny magic guide material. At the rear, you can see the control joystick and the swingable handle. The triangular base is connected to the acceleration structure. Gawain noticed the huge gears and shafts, which were obviously used to adjust the orbital elevation.
“According to your drawings and improvement suggestions, I redesigned its adjustment mechanism so that it can adjust the pitch angle within a wider range, and the base is also reserved for connection with the gun emplacement. The rotating disc can eventually allow the entire gun to rotate freely." Nicholas' funny egg floated over, and a metallic vibrato sound came from the ball. "The upper positioning rail is equipped with the artillery sight you mentioned. '. In addition, Kamel also redesigned the rune arrangement of the acceleration track, which can be more conducive to the release of waste energy, which can improve the overall life of the track."
Gawain turned to look. He glanced at Kamel and said to himself that this ancient magician was indeed a bit obsessed with "service life"...
"This is the 'cannonball' it uses," Kamel seemed to guess. When Gawain realized what he was thinking, he broke the silence with a slightly embarrassed voice. He controlled his plastic hand and sent a metal magic device placed not far away to Gawain's eyes. The test bomb of the explosive and the complete live bomb-except for replacing the explosive with gravel of the same weight, the test bomb and the live bomb are exactly the same in all aspects."
Gao Wen. He glanced down - this cannonball based on magic technology had a completely different shape from the earthly cannonball in his memory.
It does not have a cylindrical projectile body and a conical warhead, but is more like a small, weird obelisk.
Its projectile is in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, with a depression on each top and bottom to match the directional guide rail in the acceleration track. The tail and front end of the projectile are like small gold towers on the surface of the warhead with "Blessing of the Wind" engraved on it. The runes, those runes are now dim - obviously, it's not charged.
And the guide structure connected to the cannon body cannot be seen.
"Where does the energy of the wind rune group come from?" Gawain asked curiously.
“It is charged during the process of accelerating in the orbit,” Kamel explained. “Cannonballs are consumable items, so we have to find ways to save costs, because the wind runes on them are activating. After that, you only need to let the cannon fly for a few tens of seconds at most, so there is no need to consider letting it carry independent energy. For basic spell effects with only one level, you only need to add some crystal dust to the material when drawing the magic circle, so that It has basicDue to the nature of this energy storage, the energy accumulated in the magic circle is enough to allow this magic to run for about a minute. "
Gawain was slightly surprised: "This is a good idea - what do you think? "
"I really hope so, but it was Rebecca's idea," Kamel turned into a humble gray-blue color and stepped aside slightly to let Rebecca step forward. “I have to admit that your descendants’ talents in invention and creation are simply enviable. ”
Rebecca immediately walked up with an expression of “I am so awesome”, and almost raised her face to the sky in front of Gawain: “I got it from your magic capacitor. Inspiration - As long as some additional magic guide structures are added to the acceleration track to drain some of the energy from the cannon base, and then the runes containing crystal dust on the cannonballs are regarded as very weak magic storage crystals, then the entire acceleration will be The track becomes an open magic capacitor. Although the cannonball stays in the accelerating track for a short time, coupled with the contact stage between the cannonball and the track during loading, this charging process is completely sufficient! ”
Gowen understands in his heart, and feels that this should be the case - only Rebecca, who came from a poor life, can always put the concept of "compressing costs and achieving mass production" he taught first, and live How could Carmel in the era of rich people have such a concept of racking their brains to reduce costs - if it was the Gondor Empire back then, those gods would not have to use a whole piece of blue crystal to pop out a cannon, which would be regarded as a hard work. ...
Gawain praised Rebecca a few times, making the girl start to giggle because of her beauty. Then he turned to look at the soldiers standing by beside the rail gun: "We will discuss the technical details later. I have already Can’t wait to see how it performs in action, let’s start with the test rounds? ”
“This is the most consistent with the process. Kamel said as he controlled the plastic hand to deliver the test bomb to the soldiers.
According to the operating procedures they had just learned, the soldiers immediately began to feed this huge war machine. To load.
They opened the loading port on the side of the gun base, pushed the shell into it, and used the push rod to insert the shell into the track. Then they closed the loading port, adjusted the angle of the acceleration track, and activated the overload. Charging structure (scientific name is Rebecca Amplification Module)...
The magic lines on the gun base gradually brightened, followed by the rune group on the entire acceleration rail, a strange, low The buzzing sound began to sound.
The other soldier operating the cannon was already standing behind the gun mount, putting his hand on the handle for firing the cannon.
Knight Byron gave the order: “Fire! ”
The soldier then pulled the handle.
The shell was pushed into the acceleration stage by the base repulsion mechanism, and then accelerated rapidly under the action of a series of repulsion runes, and all the sounds converged into one sound There was a sharp explosion, accompanied by the violent retreat of the entire accelerating orbit within the base. A shiny metal device rushed out of the orbit wrapped in a light cyan cyclone and flew into the clear sky with a sharp whistle.
Compared withThe "artillery" that relies on the explosion of gunpowder to propel the projectile. The sound of this accelerated rail gun is much smaller, but the sudden explosion still startled Rebecca and Hetty - Jenny even whispered He exclaimed and slowly covered his ears.
Dozens of seconds later, on a remote hillside that was the target, Gawain saw a sudden rise of smoke.
He smiled: "If there is no problem with the artillery, let's use live ammunition - it is more intuitive."
Several technicians from the Mechanical Research Institute immediately came forward to check Regarding the condition of the rail gun, a report soon came: "The track is in good condition! The charging structure and overload structure are in good condition! All moving parts are firmly connected!"
"Load live ammunition!"
The soldiers repeated the process of the first launch again, and this time, what was pushed into the accelerated orbit was a live ammunition loaded with dozens of kilograms of Rebecca crystal.
Rebecca, who knew very well how much movement the crystal she had made made, immediately got behind Hetty. Hetty subconsciously hid behind Gawain. Amber looked at the two of them. Reaction, careful thinking, calm analysis, the whole person becomes illusory - when the situation is not right, he will jump directly to the shadow world.
Then the railgun fired.
There was still a sudden explosion, and a metal device like a small obelisk, wrapped in light cyan airflow, rushed out of the orbit. Even Gawain and Kamel could only I barely managed to follow its flight path - the shell did not explode immediately after exiting the "chamber". Its body and fuze safety mechanism withstood the test. The entire shell flew through the air in a long parabola, and within a few dozen seconds Finally, it hit the hillside very far away.
There was a loud bang, like thunder exploding. Countless earth and rocks rose into the air in the explosion, and the impact fireball caused by the explosion of magic power rose into the sky.
Amber, who was about to dive into the Shadow Realm, froze on the spot.
She stared blankly at the hillside that was already shrouded in smoke, dust, earth and rocks, with a huge fireball rising into the sky, and suddenly understood what Gawain meant by "negotiation means" before.
Under any circumstances, if anyone uses this thing to negotiate with her, she will definitely cooperate...