Chapter 73: Energy Shield Can Also Make up for the Thinness of Armor...

So when Kash successfully arrived at the city of Paga, which had long been destroyed by the war, he asked his men to clear as much open space as possible as the headquarters, and then repair the dock port so that the navy on the island of Bonyi could have a port to dock.

At the same time, he also needed to have one or even several tank factories here.

It would not work without tanks in the plains. And according to his actual combat summary, although the mecha troops of the Akitsu Empire are flexible and suitable for a considerable number of terrain environments, their armor thickness is not as good as traditional tracked tanks.

If it were not for the fact that it has a layer of energy shield to make up for the problem of insufficient armor thickness, it is estimated that the 90mm caliber rocket launcher currently used by the Rimai people can penetrate it with one shot.

And it is also a summary from practice that as long as the mecha lands and contacts the ground, heavy anti-armor ground is still the nemesis of ground mecha.

So if you want to solve the problem of ground mechas in the Akitsu Empire, tanks or even fighter planes are the best choice for the Krurod Empire.

Infantry... Anyway, he doesn't force it.

For example, he only took the fully automatic grenade launcher for emergency use.

Especially after he was promoted to colonel, he had more manpower and resources under his command, and the guerrilla warfare tactics that worked well in the mountains had no future.

In addition, when he came to Paga City, although the dark clouds above his head were not very dense, the rain never stopped falling.

In this kind of weather, he needed more time to rest and let the medical soldiers below do a good job of epidemic prevention. The tropical environment is good in everything, but the humidity caused by rain and the high temperature have always been a long-standing problem for the Krurod Empire.

Hmm?

Hiss... Wait, can the pig-headed people withstand the plague?

You know, even if the Krurod Empire has special ointments, or even bath water with special powder to prevent insects and mosquitoes, the non-combat casualties caused by mosquito bites have never stopped in almost 1,000 years.

If it were those pig-headed people...

Yes!

Cash, who had something in mind, naturally discussed it with his staff, especially Guillermo.

At the same time, Jian, who was still robbing the rich to buy guns in the southern border area of ​​the Gaomu Kingdom, finally controlled 5 cities and 11 villages, and would not face the fate of starvation for the time being. But precisely because he controlled so much territory, the tyrant army from the north had already set out to the south.

So he needed to think about what to do next?

After all, there was another rebel force in the northeast area that had controlled more than 30 cities and was also thinking about how to overthrow the tyrant.

If he surrendered to it immediately, the army that went south to wipe out his own army would definitely not act rashly.

Especially this rebel force was one of the three famous resistance organizations in the Gaomu Kingdom. It had defeated the tyrant's suppression force five times in a row since its establishment.

However, Jian himself knew that once he surrendered, it meant that he had to work for it. He was even likely to be used as cannon fodder and become a member of the first-line defense against the tyrant's suppression.

This was definitely not what he wanted, or even the last thing he wanted to happen. Therefore, he secretly gathered skilled craftsmen and built his own arsenal to resist the pressure from the north. At the same time, with the arsenal, he didn't need to continue to buy expensive second-hand goods to keep up appearances.

Anyway, the one who was willing to be cheated by the Dark Elf's profiteers was the tyrant in the palace of Takata City who completely ignored the suffering of the people and liked to hear the cannon smashing the bodies of criminals every day.

One day, he would definitely tie this tyrant in front of the muzzle and taste the taste of having his body smashed by a cannon.

By the way, he would definitely use asphalt to pluck the tyrant's hair and then use the cannon to judge.

But before that, he looked at his summary report.

So far, his arsenal can only make the simplest rotary rifles and revolvers, and other types of guns and cannons can't be made. As for bullets, he relies heavily on the trade of the 9 Dark Elf.

But this is absolutely not possible.

What's more, the Dark Elf's caravans are notoriously treacherous, and they will never sell anything that is really valuable. So much so that he once thought about whether to release virus preparations to these profiteers, so that they could take the virus back to harm their hometown.

However, it is impossible.

If the Dark Elf Clan was so easy to deal with, they would have destroyed the country hundreds of years ago. How could it be possible to survive until now?

Moreover, the Dark Elf Clan itself has a woman who is proficient in medicine as the first generation queen, and the current Dark Elf Queen is the third generation.

Who dares to guarantee that the technology of the first generation queen will not be passed down?

Isn’t it a death bet?

Moreover, because of the fact that other peers, that is, other rebel armed forces, have tried to kidnap members of the Dark Elf Clan’s caravan, the security of the Dark Elf Clan’s caravan is getting stronger day by day.

Don’t want to buy, just rob?

Don’t even think about it.

What kind of intelligent race is the Dark Elf Clan?

A long-lived magic race with an average lifespan of up to 2,000 years.

How difficult are these guys to deal with?

Anyway, in the era when the black-haired dog-headed people had not yet attempted to usurp the throne and exiled the white-haired dog-headed people, the Dark Elf had plenty of ways to deal with the dog-headed people. And even though they have a not-so-nice nickname, bean sprouts, in close combat alone, the ring-headed straight swords they use completely beat the black-haired dog-headed people whose average height is less than 1.55 meters.

Overall, the method that Jian could think of in the end was to pretend to surrender to the larger rebel armed forces, and then try to let the troops suppressing him focus on his "boss" as much as possible, so that he could gain a relatively free space for survival and development.

However, how would he do it?

Compared with Jian's layout and ideas, Zelen, who was conducting live-fire shooting experiments in the shooting range of Linmington Weapons Company, looked helpless.

The Dark Elf who made a deal with him did not deceive him. The heavy machine gun weighing 26.5 kg was within an effective range of 1,500 meters, with 11×67 mm rifle bullets as the basic ammunition, and it was completely able to penetrate a 24 mm thick homogeneous steel plate.

It has to be said that as long as they can bring out good things, rather than just gold and silver jewelry, the Dark Elf caravans will often take out their hidden treasures seriously.

Of course, according to Mike, this heavy machine gun with a total weight of 26.5 kg, 525 rounds per minute, muzzle velocity of 825 meters per second, a total length of 2118 mm, and a 50-round magazine is actually one of the products of the Dark Elf that is not valued by the army, and has ended up gathering dust in the warehouse.

Its elimination, no, to be precise, the important reason why the heavy machine gun is not accepted by the army is... light.

It is easy to shake violently when shooting, resulting in low shooting accuracy.

But on Zelen's side, he improved the recoil mechanism and replaced the original barrel. As a result, during the firing of the more powerful 11×67mm rifle bullet, the performance of the heavy machine gun surprised a group of workers.

Qin: "It seems that you succeeded again."

Zelen: "Not really, Qin, you know the Sharo six-barrel beam Gat cannon, mine can only be said to be a heavy machine gun for infantrymen to use in emergencies. If possible, I actually hope to use other weapons instead. However, other types of advanced weapons are basically limited by various mechanisms, and there is no way to continue to reduce the size."

Qin: "In fact, in your own opinion, you have never thought about letting infantry deal with the threat of air units."

Zelen: "That requires professional air defense forces. Infantry is only an auxiliary force. The real winner is always the armored force. Whether it is flying in the sky, walking on the ground, or even swimming in the ocean, these are the objects that our country's army needs to care about. At the same time, the pig-headed mecha has clearly told us that armored forces do not necessarily need to have thick armor, and energy shields are also no problem."

Qin: "It's just that there is still no one in our country who can analyze their principles so that we can copy and use them."