Chapter 1,033: Battle over Functions

Maybe building a new one so that our Leon District branch has two airships is also an option. However, deep down, Juan's pursuit of perfection made him unable to tolerate the backward technology of the Gauss Bertone, so he resolutely chose the transformation plan. And it's still a big change towards various new technologies, rather than a small change.

If he was a businessman at heart, maybe Juan would choose to build a new airship. After all, two-ship merchants make money at different rates than one-ship merchants. Even if one ship's technology is backward and its daily consumption is heavy, so what. But after all, he chose the path of transforming the Gauss Bertone. Who said he was from a noble family, not a businessman.

In the Gauss Bertone transformation plan given by Lin, those improved and lowered data are only the most basic changes. But an airship is definitely more than that. Various expanded functions, combat capabilities, and load capacity are all related to how widely the airship can be used.

It seems that the first point of dispute between Lin and Juan was whether to retain the open upper deck of the Gauss Bertone.

Someone said sadly: "Do you know why there are so many airships that take car engines and install propellers, but they can't fly as fast as the German. This is not because the car engines are not powerful enough, or because they are not specially designed for flying." The most critical reason for using airships is because their aerodynamics are not good enough. There are too many parts on an open ship that create strong air resistance, which restricts the increase in the speed of airships."

To explain this, Lin also used whiteboard techniques to show simulated diagrams of the performance of the Zeid and Gauss-Bottom in a wind tunnel. At the same time, he said: "The fully enclosed streamlined hull can effectively exhaust wind and reduce air resistance; with the same horsepower engine output, a higher speed can be obtained. But the open hull is not so good, and will generate air everywhere. Wind resistance. No matter how powerful the engine is, the speed will be slowed down. Have you ever seen someone driving a parachute and still racing against others?"

"I don't understand your metaphor. Have you ever thought that the Gosbottom is not essentially a merchant ship, but a weapon for combat. The open deck can ensure that there are the most magicians who can cast spells and attack at the same time. If it's all covered, how do you want the magicians to attack and hang themselves on the outer shell of the airship? This is not a merchant ship, and no one in Midland will build an airship purely for commercial purposes. What about you? "The Sid, but in an emergency, that goblin can't beat your compromise product." Juan Javier pointed at the miniature of the Sid unceremoniously and retorted.

Juan's rebuttal was well founded. Even regarding the remodeling of the Sid, Lin now recalls that he did not ask Goblin Totokani for his opinion at that time, and just did whatever he wanted. This silenced him.

Don't think of airships flying in the sky. For a long time, their status and purpose in Lost Lands were the same as those of ships sailing on rivers and seas. While carrying people and cargo, it also has a combat function. There are basically three types of tactics: boarding battle, corner collision and archer shooting. In the Lost Land, there is an additional magician-casting attack.

The 'building ships' or warships of similar structure that have appeared in the history of the earth both at home and abroad are actually like fortresses on the water, allowing archers to shoot from a high position, and then it is difficult for the opponent to counterattack, that's all. It can be said that this is a very important means of attack. It was not until the emergence of artillery, which far exceeded the range and power of manpower, that archers were eliminated.

Although artillery has appeared in the Lost Land, the goblin artillery is not trustworthy at all. Because many people can't figure out whether that thing is intended to hurt others or themselves. In addition, Master Fa's full output is not inferior to the power of artillery, so Midland is not like Earth, where artillery has become a mainstream weapon so quickly, and even the speed of development here is far slower.

Therefore, Lin originally thought that it was because the people in the Lost Land did not understand aerodynamics, so no one imitated the shape of the Sid and used a fully enclosed hull design, which prevented the speed from being increased. But I never thought that the reason why no one did this was a more fundamental reason, which was related to the attack power of the airship. You know, the Sid has no attack power at all.

But Juan didn't just refute, but didn't give suggestions. As a former colleague in the academy, of course he also mastered the art of whiteboard writing. He skillfully added a magic shield-like icon in front of the Gauss Bertone's transformation diagram, and said: "According to you, if the resistance of the wind is very critical, then we can use magic to solve this matter. To increase speed. How about that?"

Isn't this the fairing? Let's not consider whether Juan's huge, flat magic shield would have a positive effect if placed in front of the airship; building such a large shield would cost a lot of extra power.

When using powers, we should follow the principle of saving what we can, in order to increase the endurance of the airship. How could it be possible to achieve zero loss by using mechanical structures, but choose to hang such a large magic shield to increase power consumption? You must know that the larger the shield area, the power consumed does not increase proportionally, but increases in series level.

So provide your own artillery design? This idea was rejected by Lin himself at the first opportunity.

Rather than saying that he doesn't want to become a dealer in death and let the war pattern in the Lost World set off another wave of revolution, it is better to say that he doesn't want to receive too much attention. A magician with great civilian skills and a good way of making money has different levels of threat and importance to those in power than a magician who can produce powerful military magic weapons.

Now that he has attracted enough greed, Lin doesn't want his level of attention to be raised to the point where people are afraid of him. The former only makes people think about it, but the latter is fatal. Even if he has an extremely powerful ability to save his life, the endless troubles that will follow must of course be avoided if possible.

Otherwise, I have caused so many things in the earth elemental plane, but say that because of my obsession with peace and love, I don't want to promote the development of war weapons in the lost land. That would not be a joke. Just out of fear of trouble.

However, in response to Juan's question, Lin remembered a magic, or magic prop, that he had seen before. He quickly found the relevant introduction from the collected information, displayed it on the water mirror screen, and showed it to his old friend in front of him.

Juan Javier scanned it with some confusion and asked, "What's the purpose of showing me this thing?"

Magic equipment──Magic amplification shield. While the huge tower shield protects the magician, it can also amplify the power of magic cast on the back and then release it from the front. It is a powerful magical equipment capable of both offense and defense.

Disadvantage: That thing is so damn heavy that it takes two strong warriors to carry it. Moreover, the magic will be distorted after the amplification conversion, instead of the original magic.

Coupled with the amplification effect, the power of the shield itself will be consumed, which means that the magic stone must be replenished at all times. For Master Fa, after this prop was invented, few people paid attention to it. The typical concept is good, but the technology is not up to par, and it is an invention born in the wrong era.