Struggle in the Steam Age

Because the atmosphere on the island has always been more respectful of hard work and disgusted with unintentional politeness, so after a simple reception, the dwarf named Adolf took the engineers and Lawrence of the summer vacation to Xinshao. I went to the place at the entrance of Port Alba to inspect the installation of the firepower point.

Your fortress is well built. On the boat, the dwarf raised his binoculars to look at the small fortress built at the entrance and commented. At least the firepower arrangement is very scientific. I can be sure that unless the attacker is willing to pay 5-10 times the price, it is impossible to break into the port from here.

But there is a small problem. After the ship got closer, the dwarf put forward his opinion after seeing some details of the fort. Why does this fortress lack some infantry fortifications on the front line? If I read correctly, you have only prepared some defensive obstacles in front of the fortress, and may have prepared some mines. But why are there no infantry defenses or counterattacks? What about the ancillary work?

Because we really don't have enough manpower to defend this fortress. Lawrence also looked helpless, The designer before actually arranged small fortresses and a series of trenches around the branches during the design, But if no one is guarding, those things are useless except to provide cover for the enemy who hinders the positioning attack.

I see that the town on your side looks very prosperous, and immigrants are constantly coming to the island. Adolf the dwarf said, At least I can see that the people on the island look obviously better than those on the lake. The faces of those people I saw in the city look much better, and it doesn’t feel like there is a lack of labor.”

But the problem is that the stalls I'm laying are really too big, so these people have a lot of work to do. Lawrence explained. In this case, I can only choose those plans that use the smallest armed forces to achieve the strongest defense effect. Of course, I know that this will definitely cause a lot of loopholes, but this is already the best solution under the current situation. .”

Ah, so that's the case. The dwarf scratched his head and said, It seems that different places have different problems, but to be honest, you have the lowest unemployment rate in so many places I have been to before. So The problem you encountered here is also very new to me, at least I have not encountered such a problem before.

But don't worry, I happen to have a solution here that can solve your problem. When talking about his professional field, the dwarf immediately became excited. Know that we don't have many dwarves, so we have a set of special plans to deal with those attacking wild creatures and evil civilizations when we are underground, and some of those methods can be used on your island and can help You are fighting at your best.

Thank you so much. Lawrence thanked with a smile. While they were talking, the small steamboat they were riding on also approached a small wooden pier next to the fort, and then everyone connected to the pier together. A small path came to the interior of the fort and dispersed to deal with their own affairs.

Several engineers led by the dwarf Adolf began to inspect the structure of the artillery and the fort, while Lawrence went to every battle position and the attached dormitory of the fort to condolence to the soldiers stationed here. Of course, in addition to condolences, he also checked the situation of the troops stationed here by the way.

After inspection, Lawrence found that the overall level of the fort was very good: the morale of the officers and soldiers was high, and all the weapons were well maintained. The most important thing is that the ledger records inside the entire fort are very clear, and the material management is also in order. It proves that this fort strictly abides by various disciplines.

And for an army, especially a modern army, discipline is very important. It can even be said that an army without discipline has no combat effectiveness. In addition, the other good news is that he found that this army composed of humans, ratmen and tauren did not have the racial discrimination he worried about.

Although all civilized races in this world get along well on the whole, those racial discrimination problems have never disappeared. Fortunately, the island does not have the problem of involution due to the shortage of jobs. Coupled with the deliberate guidance of Lawrence and several other racial leaders, the overall atmosphere on the island can be said to be very good.

The entire turret is well built overall, and the distribution of firepower is also very scientific. Half an hour later, everyone finished their tasks and came to the top of the turret, then the dwarf Adolf said. However, I think you should make up for the lack of firepower around you. When defending, a single defensive point is actually easily broken by the enemy.

I have also prepared a number of field fortifications and permanent fortifications on the surrounding peninsula. Usually, field troops will take turns to garrison and train in these fortifications. In wartime, these professional soldiers will lead the militia to defend the area. A line of defense. Speaking of which, Lawrence pointed to the mountains on the peninsula, and from the top of the fort, they could vaguely see many artificial buildings hidden in the vegetation and rocks.

The construction of these fortifications was supported by various churches in addition to the strength of the island. For example, the plants around the fortifications were re-arranged by the people of the Church of Agriculture after the fortifications were built. In this way, field fortifications can be better concealed and attacks more sudden.

Now it seems that this kind of concealment is very effective. At least the dwarf next to him realized that there were more fortifications on the mountain than he had observed after Lawrence reminded him. Much of what he thought were just large boulders or clumps of bushes actually concealed bunkers or trenches reinforced with sticks.

Well, I take back what I said before, the repairs here are not bad. The dwarf took out his binoculars and took a closer look before admitting his mistake, But to be honest, your field fortifications should be better now. Strengthen it, for example, add some heavy firepower that can move.

That's the meter gauges and carts you brought over this time? Lawrence also reacted at this time. If I lay a narrow-gauge railway along that peninsula, and then add guns and hedgehog launchers to the trolleys running on it, it should be able to achieve the effect of moving firepower.

After all, militiamen are completely different from ordinary troops. Although the firearms are fairly neatly configured, they lack a lot of heavy firepower. In addition to the problem of funding, training a man to use a rifle is completely different from training an artilleryman. At least Lawrence has only trained less than ten artillerymen in the militia, and can support up to four mortar batteries at most.

In order to deal with this situation, Lawrence led people to build a simple passage on this peninsula last time and prepared two carriages equipped with wooden inlaid iron baffles and hand-cranked machine guns as mobile firepower points. But obviously, if it's just like this, the firepower is obviously not enough

Therefore, Lawrence is very interested in this meter-gauge rail car that can be laid on the entire peninsula. He felt that if the railway could be repaired, at least the overall firepower on this line of defense, which was mainly used for hysteresis effects, could be doubled at least. And with the rail car, the deployment speed of the entire defense line will also be greatly improved.

I'll leave the rest of the work to you, Lawrence said to the dwarf. Show me after you set up those things. I think if there are no accidents, we will start the construction of these new facilities as soon as possible.

Don't worry, leave it to me. Adolf said seriously. As long as you give me three days, I will submit a whole set of plans to you.