Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

"What? Are you planning this year's winter celebration to be held in the form of a military parade?" Reiner's head was shaking like a rattle, "Is it not right, sir... It would be easier if the soldiers were just marching in line, but the live-fire exercise would Something wasted, we still have several military plans to advance after the New Year. Wouldn't it be good to leave these precious artillery ammunition to the real enemy?"

Harvey laughed, "Don't worry about waste. During live ammunition exercises, some dragon flame powder and alchemy bombs are buried in advance at the shooting range. At that time, the unified centralized detonation can also create a huge firepower coverage scene, so that the layman can see it. Just lively."

Pierce suddenly realized and nodded immediately, "I understand, let's get it assigned to the logistics..."

Harvey quickly called him, "Wait, the research and development and design issues of the new artillery we discussed last time, Chris and the others have already made a name for themselves."

"Really? Is it the portable artillery you mentioned?" Pierce rubbed his hands in surprise and begged, "Sir, take me to see it! Even a semi-finished product is fine."

In fact, as early as the last military operation against Duke Carlo, the disadvantages of the heavy and inconvenient transportation of magic powered cannons were completely revealed. Without the convenient rapid transportation of river transport and armored ships, even if it is refined with infinite power. Camel beasts are dragged away, and long off-road marches will also cause the wheels of cannon trucks to frequently sink into muddy meadows and wetlands, which will also drag the alchemy beasts to fall into it. Instead, soldiers need to rely on human power to pull them out of the trap.

At the same time, the magic power cannon has a relatively slow firing rate due to the barrel casting process and shell manufacturing problems. Compared with the magic cannons that need to be fixed on city walls and ships, it is much less powerful... Since it has a more range The new heavy artillery with faster long-range fire speeds seems a bit useless, and is a target that needs to be upgraded and eliminated urgently.

"Is there really a portable cannon that can be carried by soldiers alone? What's the difference between it and a magic gun?" Asdaren was very confused.

Harvey brought a few people to the magic military factory next to the Alchemy Laboratory, and asked Chris and Benoit, who were still busy in front of the workbench to display the semi-finished products.

Pierce looked around for a while, scratched his head and looked at Harvey, "Sir, this looks more like a magic gun with a bold barrel. How can it be called a cannon? The magic power cannon and the magic cannon The barrel can even fit in the head."

Harvey smiled silently, and his eyes were prompted to explain Chris.

"This portable artillery has two different models, which are suitable for direct and curved firing. Although the range is not as far as the heavy artillery... but the advantage of portability can completely make up for this shortcoming."

"Portugal cannons can be disassembled and divided, and then arranged to carry them separately, and then assemble them before the war. They are firepower weapons that are very suitable for long-distance off-road combat."

Asdaren bent his metal fingers and gently tapped the cannon barrel of the portable artillery, "It's not pure steel casting? No wonder it's so thin, won't it explode easily during the shooting?"

You should know that during the design experiment and live-fire shooting, the two magic energy heavy artillery were gradually adjusted because the ratio of liquid magic energy in the shells was too high, which led to several accidents of launching and blowing the chamber. Output the appropriate pipe diameter and magic energy ratio.

Chris explained proudly: "Don't worry! It's not just to save steel to cast steel, but to cast steel pipes are too heavy. The city lord asked to reduce weight as much as possible, so we tried to incorporate some Magical Minerals.”

Pierce asked anxiously: "What is the production and power of the dedicated shells?"

Benoit said slowly: "Reduce the ratio of liquid magic energy and increase the weight of dragon flame powder... The production line is ready-made, you only need to cast a brand new set of molds. The process is simple, the absolute quantity is large and the tube is full!"

"As for the power... Haha, although it is not as good as heavy artillery bombardment, it can be completely compensated by high fire rate and dense coverage. Moreover, ordinary soldiers can easily master and use it, and there is no need for special artillery combat units to cooperate."

Harvey laughed and said, "Yes, this is a [cluster casting] weapon that belongs to ordinary soldiers in the true sense!"

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In fact, Harvey has long had many ideas and plans for the development of portable artillery.

It was not until the expedition to the Principality of Barkley that the artillery transportation exposed obvious drawbacks during the long-distance marches of the Northern Army that he immediately decided to devote his vision to actual research and development.

Although he was not an orthodox "military and martial arts enthusiast", the war games and history also involved a lot of relevant common sense. With the current technical level of magic and technology integration in Starfire City, it can be completely suitable for ordinary soldiers to control. The thermal weapons used are already difficult.

Considering that they have always faced not only noble cavalry and mortal army, but also spellcasters and church forces with extraordinary power, and will face powerful aliens with strange weapons and special talents in the future, after comprehensive consideration... It is necessary to expand its own firepower coverage as much as possible. Heavy artillery is responsible for long-range precision strikes, portable artillery makes up for medium-range firepower coverage, and machine guns and rifles are alternately cooperated at close range.

The short-range range, which is regarded as a disadvantage, just fills the fire gap between the heavy artillery and the gun. The curved-firing model also has a unique obstacle-over-blasting feature, which can be said to be a perfect leak-filling puzzle.

When the attack on Eisengard is officially launched, the portable artillery can be dismantled by the soldiers and carried with them. They can move around mountains and ridges easily, establish artillery positions at any preset attack site in the border mountains, and suddenly, they are unconscious. The hostile military fortress launched a rapid concentrated bombardment.

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What satisfies Harvey the most is that...the shells of portable artillery are significantly better than the two magic power heavy artillery in terms of manufacturing difficulty and material consumption. Due to the simplicity of the cannon's own structure and launch principle, the shell shell shell only needs to be used. The cheapest cast iron pressing is mainly filled with dragon flame powder that can fire boosters. A small amount of liquid magic energy is sprayed out through violent magic fluctuations after landing and triggering the fuse. , the damage effect is exactly the same as the flowering bullet.

Originally, he also included individual grenades in consideration, but after being delivered to Chris for experimental samples, he found that the dragon flame powder, which is regarded as a substitute for gunpowder, still has many differences in the nature of combustion and explosion. The hand-throwing grenade filled with dragon flame powder alone is too weak, just like a magical version of a cocktail mobilizer. Once the liquid magic energy is mixed, it will cause unstable performance problems. After letting go of the fuse, it will either explode in your hand or throw it out for a long time. None of them exploded.

Considering the soldiers' safety issues, Harvey finally had to give up this plan.