Chapter 623, Steam Tank (Part 2)

The origin of the steam tank came from a Tyrellian named Leonardo da Miragliano, who was born in the city-state of Tyrell four hundred years ago.

This man was born as a painter. In Tyrell, which is full of literary and artistic atmosphere, Leonardo started as a painter and sculptor and found a good job, but he soon became obsessed with architecture, engineering and physics. Among them, he was especially obsessed with the dwarf steam ironclad ship. After spending several years of hard work to understand the dwarf steam ironclad technology, Leonardo set out to build his own steam ironclad ship.

At that time, Tyrell did not have the conditions for Leonardo to fulfill his ideals, so the famous engineer began to serve the empire. His talents in guns, artillery and war machines made the empire complete the establishment for the first time. The construction of muskets and artillery units, and the mass production capacity, Leonardo's genius concept and amazing talent made him quickly become the distinguished guest of the empire.

So he began to try to build a "dwarven steam ironclad ship belonging to mankind" that could cross the ocean.

After more than ten years and countless experiments, Leonardo deciphered the steam technology of the dwarves, designed countless blueprints of ironclad ships and wrote countless books on engineering and gunpowder. After spending many years, he Finally, a "steam ironclad ship" was built decently, and then he wanted to complete his feat-crossing the ocean.

The first test failed. After the hull entered the water, due to the severe overload of the compressed steam power plant, the whole ship exploded. Leonardo was blown into the water and lost his life.

But he did not give up. He firmly believed that his work was a success. Since it was not good in water, he changed it to "land iron-clad ship" and learned the lesson that the compressed steam power device would explode, so he reduced the size of the iron-clad ship.

Thus, the steam tank, a super killer weapon belonging to human beings, was manufactured in this way. During the remaining decades of Leonardo's life, he produced twelve "prototypes" of steam tanks.

It is a pity that as Leonardo entered his later years, his thoughts were flooded with a brand new invention. He tried to make a flying war machine. He named this war machine "helicopter". When the real thing was built and tested, an explosion and crash caused the empire to lose their chief engineer forever. By the way, the entire Engineering Academy and his workshop were detonated, even with the drawings of the steam tank and more designs. Lost, so far, the empire can no longer produce steam tanks as powerful as the twelve prototypes.

In order to restore the design of the steam tank, the imperial engineers devoted countless time and energy. After trying to disassemble the internal structure, the engineers were surprised to find that the internal structure of each prototype was not exactly the same! This made it even more difficult to restore the prototype of the steam tank, and while trying to disassemble the prototype to understand and test the internal structure, two prototypes were declared permanently scrapped in this way, which shocked the emperor and the electors ,

The angry nobles could not allow the steam tank, a super killer, to be scrapped for the so-called "experiment" of the engineers instead of being used to fight against evil, and ordered the engineers to be prohibited from dismantling the tank for research.

Four hundred years have passed, and there are still eight of the twelve prototypes, two of which were completely damaged in the war, and two were scrapped during experiments.

The turning point of the matter occurred in the great holy war 160 years ago. When the savior Ludwig led the steam tanks of the empire to the front line, he was shocked by the power of the steam tanks. This super killer can Fighting against an entire warband of Chaos Warriors alone, and specifically dealing with those behemoths, not even the strongest Chaos Troll can withstand a well-placed steam cannon shot.

After the establishment of the new empire, the savior once again summoned the engineers of the entire empire to try to restore the blueprint of the steam tank. This time they achieved some success. After spending decades, they imitated the mighty tank according to the prototype. And the "Conqueror-class" steam tank whose size is smaller than the prototype, Nuer has also become the only place capable of producing and repairing steam tanks.

"We have made many efforts, but none of the new steam tanks can be as stable and powerful as the prototype." Gunter-Maybach, the chief engineer of the Nuer Military Factory, said somewhat forcefully: "But I want to Said, the power of the steam tank made later will not be too bad, have you tasted the power of the steam tank in the battle of Hemgard?"

Ryan's face darkened when he heard that, Maybach was talking about the Battle of Hemgard, the battle between the Allied Forces of the Empire Reick and Ivy and the Principality of Palaon in Britannia, and that battle was when steam tanks joined the war Then the tide of battle was completely reversed.

The chief engineer is satirizing the poor technology of your knight kingdom, and he has the nerve to despise our Nur military factory for not being able to produce prototypes?

Ryan had nothing to say about this, he had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and accept: "Okay, Mr. Maybach, please continue to introduce us."

"Ahem~" The chief engineer of Nuer thought to himself why the Crown Prince of the Knight Kingdom and the God-Chosen Champion of the Lady of the Lake has not been irritated, he is quite elegant and easy-going, and the slight dissatisfaction with Ryan in his heart has also disappeared. No, Maybach coughed a few times, and then introduced: "Sorry, I didn't mean it, let's continue."

Maybach led the crowd towards the depths of the factory. Amid extremely tight guards, a huge military factory room was opened, and there were seven or eight steam tanks inside. The moment Ryan and others appeared, the presence of advanced technology The workers and Nuer engineers all stopped, and they immediately saluted Emilia: "Welcome, Your Excellency the Countess."

"Very good, keep doing your business." Emilia nodded majesticly, and then took Suria's arm: "Sister Suria, how are you? These are the crystallizations of human technology! Great, right?"

"It's amazing." Suria smiled and nodded to Emilia.

The crowd first came down to the first steam tank under the guidance of Maybach, and the chief engineer lifted the canvas.

What was exposed in front of everyone was a steam tank with a yellowish color. Like all steam tanks, it was composed of a car body, a rotating turret and a steam structure at the rear of the car body. It was about three meters tall, and it was painted with many Arms and emblems of the Empire, including the Iron Cross, Skull, and Warhammer of the Empire, including Nur's twin-tailed comet and the golden griffin heraldry, it is armed with rams, three-barreled spinning hell blasters, and small steam cannons with spinning turrets .

"The first successful imitation steam tank." Maybach nodded: "We usually call it the 'Hell-class' or the 'Old Man-class' for the first one."

"As you can see, this steam tank is much smaller than ordinary steam tanks, and instead of a large steam cannon, it is equipped with a three-tube rotating hell blast rapid-fire gun. This is because the technology at that time was not mature enough. We can only use the prototype as a template to shrink the structure again and cancel the oversized steam cannon, the purpose is to cause a lot of damage in a short time."

"Facts have proved that its power is indeed astonishing. In a short period of time, the Hell-class steam tank can cause huge damage to the enemy in an instant, but...it is the same for our own people. Before the production of the Hell-class steam tank was stopped, we produced a total of five such tanks. Hell-class tanks have since been discontinued, but most of the Hell-class tanks are still in service."

"Hmm." Ryan nodded. Hell-class or old man-class tanks are the first batch of imitations. After mastering the imitation technology, Nur obviously will not mass-produce such tanks.

Lifting the canvas of the second one, a very special tank appeared in front of everyone. This steam tank was not equipped with any weapons, and even canceled the rotating turret. Instead, it had a larger ramming angle and a larger body. Its height is close to 3.5 meters.

"Warhammer-class steam tank, all weapons and equipment have been canceled, and it is specially used to fight against the enemy in the freezing cold in the north, where it is inconvenient to ration and replenish ammunition. The modified and strengthened steam power structure is enough to knock down a whole troll and food Demons." Maybach went on to introduce: "But obviously, this is not the original intention of our design of steam tanks, so we only produced two."

Then came the third steam tank. This steam tank canceled the rotating cannonball and installed a super-heavy steam cannon, and two rotatable continuous-fire long-barreled guns were installed on both sides.

"The ruthless steam tank canceled the rotating turret and gave the position to this super-heavy cannon. This tank is specially used to deal with the enemy's war machines and giant beasts. The rotatable firecracker is enough to deal with the enemies on both wings. No The rotating turret made the tank faster, but it also greatly weakened the defense capability. We have produced a total of seven tanks, and now there are five relentless steam tanks in service."

The canvas on the fourth steam tank was also lifted. This steam tank canceled the rotating turret and replaced it with a small platform with railings.

"The chariot-level steam tank is not a successful trial work. The rotating turret has been canceled and replaced with a platform, so that five to eight soldiers can provide fire support on the platform." Maybach pointed to the scarred platform: "Facts have proved that the power It's really strong, but it needs to train soldiers to be able to go for a long time without getting dizzy or physically fatigued, and because of the weight problem, the speed is slow, and we only produced three vehicles."

Looking at these modified steam tanks, Ryan nodded again and again. It can be seen that Nur's research on steam tanks has not rested on his laurels, but has been trying to modify them. The great engineers of these empires are slowly groping for the direction of progress in a conservative manner. .

"Conqueror class." The chief engineer pointed to the fifth tank, which was very consistent with the tanks Ryan and the others saw. It was a standard steam tank composed of a body, a rotating turret and a steam power device behind it. About four meters high, the body is equipped with a large cannon, the rotating turret is equipped with a small steam cannon, and it has a ramming angle: "This is the closest version to the prototype, and it is also the most produced version. Since the drawings of the Conqueror class After the completion, the Nuer military factory has produced a total of 43 vehicles, and there are still more than 20 vehicles currently in service."

"Steam tanks are really amazing engineering miracles." Ryan noticed that there were three or four identical Conqueror-class steam tanks in the factory building. He nodded: "Today is really an eye-opener for me."

"Finally, let us solemnly introduce to you, the pride of our Nur, the Salvator!"

A steam tank with a height of five meters appeared in front of everyone. Everyone looked at this steam tank in amazement. Griffons adorn this gigantic war machine.

"The Salvator, one of the twelve steam tank prototypes made by Master Leonardo de Miragliano. This tank has served the Empire for about four hundred years. It has been on the battlefield Fighting against a whole gang of Chaos God's Chosen warriors alone, it once smashed the head of a demon prince, and its outstanding performance on the battlefield made it a legend." Maybach said loudly with pride: "The Great Jihad In the film, the invincible Salvator joined the battle with His Majesty Ludwig the Salvator, and it caused countless great damage to the enemy. Even after His Majesty Ludwig left us, the Salvator inherited the road. His Majesty's will, it has not given up on Nur, whenever the war comes to the most critical time, we firmly believe that the Salvator is with us!"

"It is the pride of our Nur." Emilia also had a touch of pride on her face, and the Duchess of the Empire stepped close to the Salvator, looking at the mighty appearance of this steam tank prototype: "It is more powerful than It is much stronger than those Conqueror-level imitations, and it has encountered many difficulties in the past four hundred years, but it has never failed."

On the surface, Ryan closed his eyes and nodded in agreement, while he was secretly thinking about other things.

nice one! Really want!

Also, why is the steam tank like a Gundam, the prototype (prototype machine) will always beat the mass production machine?

"The Savior is currently under maintenance." The chief wizard Maybach continued to introduce: "This is also an old antique. Even if we continue to replace parts and repairs, the Savior must be properly maintained. This is what our Nur The only remaining steam tank prototype."

"What about the other prototypes?" Ryan asked casually.

"Distributed in other provinces and free cities of the empire, for example, the famous 'Conqueror' belongs to Reikland, 'Emperor's Wrath' belongs to White Wolf City, 'Twin-tailed Comet' belongs to Brunswick, 'Mi The Ragliano belongs to Talabheim and so on." Maybach nodded: "These big killers are only dispatched in the most critical time, and it is almost impossible to let these prototypes participate in the battle together The last time these prototypes fought together was more than a hundred years ago, when a huge waaagh attacked Kronborg, His Majesty Ludwig ordered three prototypes and six steam tanks to participate in the battle, everyone Defeated this big waaagh! And killed the green-skinned warlord Jitlipa on the spot."

"Yeah." Ryan nodded heavily. He wanted to say something else, and the Maybach waved his hand: "Okay, Lord Ryan and Mrs. Suria, you have also finished the tour. The tank needs maintenance. Please let us move to another place." !"

Both Ryan and Suria wanted to take another look, but Maybach's attitude became tough. Emilia secretly shook his head at Ryan, and Ryan had to agree: "Okay, Mr. Maybach, besides steam tanks, there are What can you show us?"

The chief engineer suddenly hesitated, and Maybach held the wrench in his hand and gave Emilia a wink.

my countess?

"Let's show him, anyway, he won't be pregnant." Emilia said angrily.

"Okay then." Maybach nodded to express his understanding, and he led everyone to a new factory building: "Just right, we have two brand new project plans recently."

"First of all, the mechanical horse technology!" A human engineer was riding a mechanical horse composed entirely of machines, and was running back and forth in the open space. The mechanical horse smashed all the obstacles on the road to pieces.

Ryan couldn't stop laughing after seeing it. This kind of mechanical horse reminded him of something.

Original work: Shotaro Ishimori.

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