The cannonball exploded within the target range, and a thunderous bang reached everyone's ears. Gawain knew that this loud noise not only exploded on the target, but also on the traditions of this world. ——From today on, the walls of the nobles are no longer impenetrable, and the towers of the magicians are no longer invincible. This power that can tear apart rock and steel has been firmly in the hands of extraordinary beings for thousands of years, but Now, all it takes is a militiaman with three months of training to pull a wrench.
Someone fell into a sluggish state.
Jenny stared blankly at the exploding fire, weighing in her mind how powerful a magic it was - even though she personally participated in the optimization of the acceleration trajectory, the shell exploded. The moment was still beyond her imagination.
She thought of her terrible mentor, and wondered how many rounds her mentor could withstand in front of the rail gun, one shot? Or two shots?
It is meaningless to resist a few cannons, because in the new order created by the lord, all those who are enemies of Cecil will face a salvo of thousands of cannons.
Enemies who have tried to use magic shields and amulets to resist the heat ray guns have proven this with their own lives.
Hetty also fell into a daze. She immediately thought of how different this war machine was from the bomb trebuchet used in the second defensive battle. After thinking for a moment, she realized Realize that these are completely two concepts of weapons.
Trebuchets are often just a deterrent. Huge stones or burning fireballs rise into the sky and hit the top of the head or the city wall with unstoppable force. The pressure it brings is very important to the city. It is fatal for traditional noble private soldiers without much sense of honor and responsibility, but apart from the blow to morale, the damage that the trebuchet can actually cause in a battle is actually very limited. It only works when there are insufficient battle mages. A supplement to long-range attacks in certain situations: In most cases, the number of battle mages is insufficient, and their role is often only to kill important enemy units, create positional interference, or counter enemy mages.
And this magical device, named "Magic Crystal Railgun" by our ancestors, is a weapon that truly aims at destruction.
Accuracy, range, destructive power, stability, ease of operation... all indicators have only one purpose, which is to achieve the destructive effect on the target efficiently, accurately and quickly... just like our ancestors once As I said, when the cannonballs explode, the castles of the traditional nobles and the shield walls formed by the knights will be gone.
Byron watched the smoke gradually dissipate in the north wind. He raised his hand and scratched his messy gray hair: "This thing is more powerful than a ray gun... and much more powerful than a trebuchet." "
"If the battlefield in the future is full of things like this..." Philip frowned as he looked into the distance, "Where should the knights and heavy infantry go?"
Byron glanced at his partner and shrugged: "Didn't you see it just now? The knight shouted away from the sideThe infantry is responsible for loading the cannon and pulling the wrench. "
Philip, who has a serious personality, inevitably fell into a tangled state: "...I always feel that such a battle lacks a sense of honor..."
Byron was enlightening beside him. : "Think about it. After this thing becomes popular, there will basically be two types of people on the battlefield. One is those who are killed by artillery before they meet anyone, and the other is those who are responsible for firing. Honor on the battlefield is either It’s a heroic battle, or a final victory - now those who fought bravely died before the battle began, that must be the most honorable thing about the final victory, so the most honorable thing about firing a cannon..."
Philip was stunned when he heard this. He was stunned: "Can this really be explained? "
"How else to explain? You can't always take credit for whoever loses, right? Then who can win the battle and surrender directly after the war begins - so the one who fires the cannon is the most glorious, at least more glorious than those lying on the ground. If you say you are the most glorious in the whole game, who will be honored if you don't honor it? Right..."
Phillip thought about it seriously, turned around and left: "...I always feel that you are talking nonsense again. "
Byron looked at Philip's back and tugged at the corner of his mouth in boredom: "Don't do it when the first batch of rail guns is installed if you have the ability..."
Then He immediately came to Gawain: "Lord, will this new weapon be installed soon? ”
The way Gawain looked at this veteran knight, he knew that he had already developed a strong interest in this kind of weapon. Byron is a true combatist, and he doesn’t care about whether a certain weapon is good or bad. It is not in line with the tradition of knights - as long as it can effectively deal with the enemy, it is a good equipment, and the magic crystal rail gun is obviously such a good equipment.
"It still needs some post-production testing, and then it needs to be done industrially. Adjustments for mass production will have to wait until next spring to be put on the production line. "
Seeing a look of disappointment on Byron's face, Gawain laughed: "Even if there is a batch of finished rail guns now, the combat corps is not ready to install them yet - for To be able to use this new weapon most efficiently, we must form a new professional force. ”
“New professional troops? Byron woke up from the excitement of "I'm going to have an Italian cannon" (just understand the spirit), and immediately understood what Gawain meant.
From the range of this new weapon, In terms of power, attack form, etc., it is not difficult for him to judge what impact this thing can have on the war situation. This is by no means as simple as "replacing a more powerful trebuchet". For the soldiers who control the magic crystal rail gun, In terms of basic training content, their positioning on the battlefield, and the way their superior commanders command them must be re-customized in order for these "big bangs" to be most effective. < /p>
"The Cecil Combat Corps will add 'artillery' units to specifically control this heavy firepower. I will hand over the organization, training and logistics supply of the artillery units to you and me later. Philip's hand," Gawain said unhurriedly, "Manipulating a rail gun requires mastering certain skills. It is not like a thermal ray gun. The range of the magic crystal rail gun has exceeded the range of aiming correction based on intuitive feeling. Therefore, operating this rail gun requires a certain amount of skills. A new type of cannon has put forward higher requirements for soldiers. When aiming, it needs to use various auxiliary sights to calibrate the shooting angle, use a pre-programmed shooting table to estimate the impact point of the shell, and need to be able to respond quickly to the commander's orders. The shooting instructions require a high level of education for soldiers - even just being able to read and write is not enough. This requires you to pay more attention when selecting the first phase of artillery. ”
Seeing Knight Byron take the order and leave, Gawain breathed a sigh of relief.
Then under his order, the soldiers and technicians burned out all the prepared materials. Test bombs and live ammunition, and collected a lot of valuable data in the process.
After the test, he called Kamel and Nicholas Egg to his side.
"Are you satisfied with this weapon? "The arcane light on Kamel's body was jumping, and he was obviously in a good mood.
Gawain nodded: "Very good, all aspects have met my requirements, but there is still a big gap. There is room for improvement, do you know what it is? ”
Camel is not used to Gawain’s ability to always see through a brand new thing instantly and immediately put forward a lot of practical suggestions, so he was a little dazed for a while, but Nicholas The egg was obviously more than he could adapt to. The 1.3-meter-diameter funny man made a buzzing sound: "The technology is analogous. After launching cannonballs from accelerating orbits becomes a reality, you will definitely have to consider making various sizes of eggs." There are similar products with different models and various uses..."
"That's right," Gawain nodded, and then turned his gaze to the launch site not far away - the magic crystal rail gun was firing at continuous high-intensity After the firing stress test, the heat dissipation was carried out. Now the technicians are carefully removing the cover of the gun mount and observing the charging structure and overload device (Rebecca booster module) inside to determine the precision parts of the cannon. What changes will happen after bearing these loads? "This cannon is very powerful, but it is only suitable for installation on city walls or other fixed fortifications, and large acceleration tracks require fixed position magic nets to be brought up, which means Due to the lack of offensiveness of our soldiers...a weapon that cannot take the initiative to attack is destined to be incomplete. "
Kamail understood what Gawain meant: "Miniaturization? "
"This is the first direction," Gawain nodded. "On the battlefield facing conventional armies, the power of that cannon is excessive. We need to find ways to lighten the shells and reduce the acceleration trajectory. It can be driven by a magic capacitor pack, mounted on a carriage, or even disassembled and carried by gun crew soldiers. Another direction is the diversification of artillery shells - the current artillery shells have only one effect, which is to kill the enemy through explosion, but since we can already launch magic devices weighing tens of kilograms to hundreds of meters or even aboveThousands of meters away, why not add some tricks to these magic devices? ”
Camel was immediately reminded by Gawain, and the door to new ideas opened in front of him——
As a researcher from the Gondor Empire, he has never lacked Innovative ideas.
"A magic device weighing tens of kilograms...there are so many ways it can be used," the ancient mage's tone became particularly cheerful, "I can even do it. Put a 'Creation of Annihilation' in it! "
Gawain glanced at the other party: "...You'd better find one that's cheaper and can be used in this era. "
"...Then I'll think about it later. "
"You are responsible for the design of the mechanical part of the artillery," Gawain nodded to Nicholas Egg, and then looked at Kamel, "You are an expert in the field of magic. I believe that with the two of you, it will not be difficult to produce more improved models that are more in line with battlefield requirements. However, the research must meet actual needs, and the production of new equipment must also take into account the production capacity of the production line. At present, we still focus on those key projects, and don't spread our energy too much. "
Nicholas Egg floated up and down, and Kamel nodded: "Don't worry, of course I understand this. "
Gawain suddenly remembered another thing: "Speaking of which... Santis has already set out for two days, right? "
"Yes, he wants to complete the task you gave him as soon as possible," Kamel said, "and to quickly establish contact with the mage circle in the royal capital. The lack of talents in the territory can also be solved Early relief——If we can also expand a group of technical personnel from the royal capital when the population increases in the spring, everything will be perfect. "
Gawain looked thoughtful: "Is this part of the plan going smoothly..."
He raised his head and saw Jenny and Rebecca standing nearby. In the distance, two people pointed at the magic crystal rail gun that had been dismantled by the technicians, and seemed to be having a heated conversation.
“Jenny! Rebecca! "Gawain shouted.
The two girls ran over quickly. Rebecca was beaming: "My ancestor, did you call me? What's going on? ”
Gao Wen nodded: “I have an idea about the magic network structure. Let’s see if it can be implemented.” ”
“Have you come up with ideas for improvement? Jenny looked at the lord who seemed to have endless energy and inspiration with some surprise, "Or have you discovered the flaws of the current magic network?" "
"No, I plan to create a flaw in it..."
The two girls looked confused at the same time: "Huh? "
Gawain smiled: "I plan to dig a hole..."