Twenty-Two Scams
From the very beginning, the training of soldiers made Chris more worried. On the one hand, from the day his army was born, it was enough to crush any army in the mortal world. On the other hand, his army was in It was built on the basis of the traditional ancient army.
Those cold-weapon troops armed with swords, spears, swords and halberds are simply impossible to be the opponents of his troops: as long as the modern howitzer launches an attack, no cold-weapon troops can withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of hell.
But it is not an easy task to let the troops who originally had swords, spears, swords and halberds accept those hot weapons. Qualified veterans don't understand the new weapons, but recruits don't have the tenacity of veterans.
What makes Chris even more depressed is that there are not only cold weapon troops in this world, but also magic troops that make him unable to refer to the comparison attack.
Therefore, those fighting methods that appear in the novel and can rely on the advantages of weapons to crush the enemy all the way will not work in this world - if the next war is not good, the opponent will have terrible dragons or magicians. existence, so Chris felt that he had no arrogance at all armed with a few cannons.
Once his troops collided with those of the Magic Empire, things would have to be reassessed. At least, Chris, who has watched countless movies, feels that the weapons of the World War II era may not necessarily be able to shake dragons and advanced magic.
At least in his opinion now, although he has a principality in his hands at this moment, he has to pay a lot of taxes and is also responsible for the development of three cities-the burden on his shoulders is even heavier, and the people who covet his wealth will only get more and more. more and more.
What exceeded his expectations was that the people who coveted his wealth came too quickly, and they were an existence that could not be provoked.
"If we fight General Zorn now, things will get complicated immediately." In another conference room, Des said with a frown, "Even if I set off for Arrant with money now, time It’s too late to get up.”
"Yes, we can't delay it for so long, the ultimatum has already been given to me." Chris leaned on the back of his chair depressedly, and said to several retainers who came to advise him: "I put forward the conditions for raising taxes, they Said to be able to deduct 20,000 gold coins... If I don't agree, they will leave immediately..."
"Alas..." Deans shook his head, sighed and said, "Now our defense depends on these twenty cannons..."
Since the establishment of the Duchy of Ireland Hill, Serris has only produced 2 cannons. In addition to the 20 90mm caliber cannons that were almost entirely hand-made, there are only two new 75mm caliber infantry cannons. .
There are many reasons for this situation. On the one hand, it is because Chris decided to abandon the wrong development policy of hand-made weapons, and put the focus of enhancing military strength on training military talents.
On the other hand, because of the steady development strategy of economics and industry followed by military proposed by Mr. Gurlo, Serris is slowly and firmly developing his industrial system, and is not in a hurry to produce more weapons and equipment.
Of course, the most important reason is actually because of the judgment of everyone before, that 22 cannons can meet the defense requirements of the current Duchy of Alan Hill, and there is no need to rush to waste time to expand armament.
But now, General Zorn took a fancy to these new weapons, and clearly mentioned the new weapons in the order. And it is emphasized that it is a new weapon that can explode from a distance, comparable to magic...
In this way, not only the strength of one's own side may be weakened, but also the military strength of Alan Hill may be revealed in advance. Whether it was leaked to the Arlant Empire or the Holy Demon Empire—for Alan Hill, it was not good news.
"It's not impossible to produce some inferior artillery pieces and send them to the Arante Empire.
We keep the good ones for ourselves..." The only way Chris thought of this was that this was the only way left.
In fact, he had been thinking just now, whether to use some "red-clothed cannon" and "Shenwu General" to send these natives from the Arante Empire away.
"It's not impossible, but are you sure... you can get a worse weapon, and make those people not see any clues?" After finally thinking of a solution, Des asked.
Chris nodded and replied: "Yes, I can do something with the same principle... It's not difficult. With our current production capacity, we can't lose a lot of money by sending a large batch to these messengers."
"It's just." He thought for a while and continued to say to Des: "Once you really see our artillery, the junk we sent to the Arlantean Empire will immediately reveal its contents. And the relationship between us and the Arlantean Empire will be revealed. The contradictions are completely irreconcilable.”
Des thought for a while and said, "As long as we can buy about a year, we can meet your industrial production requirements and equip enough troops... At that time, we don't need to look any further. The face of the Arrant Empire has changed."
From the day of receiving Des's funding, the Arrant Empire was destined not to be an ally of Chris. So whenever possible, Chris doesn't mind hacking this decadent old powerhouse.
After discussing the countermeasures, it took Chris an hour to come up with a drawing of a red-clothed cannon. Then he took Des straight out of the castle and came to a metallurgical workshop outside the city.
"Come on, cast a sample according to this blueprint!" Chris spread out the blueprint and handed it to an old craftsman.
The craftsman glanced at the drawing, then nodded and began to operate. Smith's craftsman, who was watching the fun, came over, bowed deeply to Chris, and then looked down at the blueprint.
Next, he was stunned there. He doesn't know what this thing is for, but he has a good talent, and he can see at a glance how heavy this thing is! Although it is not a good steel, this thing is really a whole piece of iron embryo!
After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Smith looked at Chris, lowered his voice and asked, "Your Majesty... what is this thing... for?"
"This is a cannon..." Chris had a sly smile on his face, like a liar who got cheap.
Smith hadn't reacted yet. He frowned at the drawing and asked with a puzzled face, "Don't we already have a 75mm caliber infantry gun?"
Des completely convinced Smith, who had just been appointed by Chris as Minister of Industry of the Duchy of Ireland, and reminded the other party with the smallest voice: "Cannons for the Arrant Empire..."
When he said this, Smith finally understood. Suddenly realized, he nodded and looked at the blueprint again: "No problem! Although it takes a lot of material, we can make it in a few days at most!"
Casting a gun is not an easy task. If it weren't for the performance of Celeste's ferrite, the performance of iron can be greatly improved by adding it to ordinary iron materials. Just casting the gun would take longer.
The speed of producing cannons with modern technology is faster, while those ancient iron and bronze cannons need to be cast by clay fans, and the speed is slower.
"Just do it together!" Chris took out a few other blueprints from his arms and handed them to Smith, the craftsman's leader: "Since the other party wants to bloom, then we can only give the bloom to the other party..."
"And the formula for gunpowder! If we want to give it, we'll give it the full set!" Des echoed with a smile on his face: "We even give them the blueprint for the artillery! Alan Hill's loyalty to the Arland Empire is not enough. Look at the sun and the moon!"
The breech gun and incendiary fuze flares were born early, were not very powerful and were very unsafe. However, this is indeed better than the catapult of this era, so Chris is indeed offering a "new weapon".
Hearing Des's reminder, Chris hurriedly found paper and pen again, and drew the instruction manual for the front-bore cannon in the workshop - a full set was required for the show, and he decided that this time, he must give greed A great gift from Arrant!
The next day, Chris met the Arrant messenger from afar for the second time, and pressed the blueprint in front of the other party: "The new weapon is too big and cumbersome, I believe that messenger, you can carry it all the way back. It's inconvenient, these are the blueprints and instructions for the weapons, please bring them back to Arante."
"This..." The confused messenger didn't know what medicine was sold in Chris's gourd. After taking over the drawings, he didn't know what to say for a while.
He hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have to bring a sample back! No matter how inconvenient it is, this cannot be changed..."
"That's fine!" Chris nodded in agreement, as if he was honest and didn't change his mind at all: "I've already had someone drag a cannon back from the border...you can see the real thing in a few days. It's gone!"
A few days later, the Arrant messenger who saw the sample really believed what Chris said: the cannon was huge, and it was so heavy that it made people collapse. He didn't bring enough people to carry the two cannons together.
As if he had taken a reassurance pill, the messenger no longer doubted whether Chris was harboring evil intentions. After watching the test firing of the artillery, he was completely stunned by the power of the artillery.
The messenger, who felt the power of the flame, immediately rushed back to his residence, packed up the blueprint Chris gave him, took this sample cannon, went south at the fastest speed, left Serris City, and returned. The Empire of Arrant...