Chapter 357 Unfinished Product

When firing for the second time, Agatha plugged her ears ahead of time.

Then she saw an incredible scene.

There was no expected long work of accumulating power, and the seemingly huge metal long tube showed a lightness that was completely inconsistent with it. Every shot seemed to shake the ground, but the base remained motionless, as if the two had nothing to do with each other. The back and reset of the long tube is quick and precise, and this process does not even require human control—only three of the four operators are busy, and the commander known as the iron ax just stands aside and gives orders.

Back off the metal stopper, slide off the copper shell, insert a new crossbow bolt, and fire again... In this cycle, Agatha can feel the wrath of this earth-shattering thunder almost every ten breaths, and the flat shot at close range It also allowed her to witness with her own eyes the snow pillars and mud thrown up one after another two miles away—the prince was not lying. Judging from the time from the firing to the rising of the snow column, even a transcendent person would definitely not be able to avoid its attack!

Looking at this silver-white long-barreled weapon, Agatha couldn't help being a little dazed.

If... If Taquila could have possessed such a powerful weapon at that time, maybe it would have been able to stop all the terrifying demons under the city wall, so as to avoid falling into the quagmire of a war of attrition after the city wall was destroyed, and the direction of the war might not have changed Oops.

"Is this a weapon made by a witch?" After a while, she swallowed and asked in a low voice. Judging from its smooth and shiny appearance, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to knock it out with both hands and a hammer.

But the prince's answer took her by surprise.

"A masterpiece of both witches and mortals," he laughed. "The fortress cannons are all smelted and cast by witches, and the shells used for firing are the work of alchemists. By the way, apart from Anna, among the witches involved in the manufacture, The rest are what you call auxiliary witches."

Agatha suddenly felt a crack in the concept formed for a long time. She thought she was tolerant enough to treat mortals, and was even excluded by the Quest Society because of this. But now it seems that what I have done is far from enough?

Was the federation wrong all along? Could it be that what the prince said is correct..."Mortals can defeat the devil."

But if the cooperation between witches and mortals can erupt such a powerful force, why did the first battle of divine will still end in a disastrous defeat?

Questions kept popping up in her mind, and Agatha felt extremely confused.

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Tilly also felt a strong shock when the fortress guns spewed out flames continuously.

Although she had witnessed the scene of artillery bombarding evil beasts on the city wall, the shortcomings of those firearms were also obvious-difficult to hit from a long distance, and unable to attack downwards when they were close, and only the middle distance could exert their best power. However, the reloading speed is relatively slow. When dealing with agile hybrid beasts, the enemy may have rushed to the foot of the city wall before the fire was lit.

In addition, in order to quickly charge and fire, a gun crew needs five to ten people to operate. As long as there is a problem in one link, it will affect the operation of the weapon. Moreover, someone needs to take care of the fire source when the fire is ignited. When heavy rain comes, the field artillery may not be able to play any role.

But the fortress gun newly developed by Roland completely eliminates the above shortcomings.

Charging from the rear can make the muzzle lower than the tail of the gun, greatly increasing the range of short-range shooting, and the rate of fire has been doubled several times, but the number of personnel has been reduced to three. At the same time, there is no need for open flames, which means that it can fight in bad weather, and the attack range is far better than that of a trebuchet. It is fully worthy of the term "epoch-making weapon" in Roland's mouth.

Although it currently requires the ability of a witch to make it, Tilly believes that this is only a temporary situation - Sylvie's observation can be used as proof: the repeating weapon that was once equipped only by the chief knight has now been issued to every soldier Now, Anna only needs to make a batch of equipment specially produced for this weapon, and the specific casting and assembly can be done by the workers themselves.

Seeing the expressions of Ashes and Andrea, one can tell that the fortress cannon is also an unimaginable thing for them.

It's a good thing to have such an ally, but the feeling of being an older brother has become even more distant.

She even felt that the other party was already far ahead of her.

This feeling made Tilly slightly disappointed.

If only he could be more honest.

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When Roland saw that the shells he managed to get together were consumed in the blink of an eye, his heart ached. Even so, he still had to put on an inscrutable look to conceal his reluctance.

This is not a real test firing of the new artillery.

In order to achieve a smooth demonstration effect, he asked Iron Ax to transfer a team of elite artillery from the artillery battalion, and started the simulated shooting practice a few days in advance, during which he also fired two rounds of live ammunition. This time it was just a show of power for the witches to watch.

The shooting process went smoothly, and the result was ideal—at least from the shocked expression on Agatha's face, it can be seen that the artillery's performance exceeded her imagination.

However, for Roland, the actual firing effect of this fortress gun is far from qualified.

Except for the sacred caliber of 152 mm, its other parts are far from the real 152. With Anna's precision processing ability, coupled with Lucia's elemental purification, and finally Sylvie will make up for the metal flaw detection link, theoretically he can create a modern mature artillery in the true sense, instead of a gun with a range of only seven or eight kilometers of imitations.

The key is in the details.

At present, its drug room is set too small.

Considering the weight of the fixed ammunition, Roland deliberately reduced the volume of the chamber, resulting in insufficient ammunition charge. Although it has a slender barrel with forty diameters, the range is still not ideal.

Another point is to launch gunpowder.

Since nitroglycerin is still in the process of trial preparation, all the shells are filled with nitrocellulose, which is why Roland feels distressed - the nitrocellulose consumed by a few shells is enough to fill thousands of bullets. In addition, these smokeless propellants have not been gelled, which is equivalent to further reducing the charge.

In the end, the cannonball itself is still an enlarged version of the bullet. The warhead has no charge, and its lethality depends entirely on kinetic energy. Missing the target means zero damage. At this stage, it can only be used to attack some slow-moving enemies.

In short, there is still a long way to go to achieve the scene of barrage coverage and artillery washing the ground.

However, Roland felt that the time might not be as abundant as he originally expected.

Ever since he learned that the transformation of the magic stone came from the devil, the warning sound in his heart became more and more intense.

If the devil also has its own technology, will it also appear that the technological level has advanced by leaps and bounds in a certain period of time?

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