Chapter 594: Hot Autumn (Part 2)

Luke wiped the newly issued flintlock in his hand. Every infantryman of the Redemption Army can get the standard infantry equipment issued by the Church.

The purpose of issuing weapons to the Redemption Army is to let them use the fire sticks in their hands to kill the enemy and arm themselves with the weapons in the hands of the enemy.

In Fortress VI, there are more than 100,000 Redemption Army stationed.

Like him, there are other spellcasters, alchemists, summoners, druids... all kinds of criminals arrested under the rule of the Church.

Because of their special abilities, they can get the standard spellcasting equipment issued by the Church. If they already have equipment, they will be sent to the battlefield with their original equipment.

The Church does not allow the emergence of magic other than divine magic, but not everyone is suitable for learning divine magic... A large number of small-scale associations allow some people who are talented but not suitable for learning divine magic to have more possibilities.

Of course, this is an "illegal act".

After arresting those who are not guilty of capital crimes, the Church usually puts them in prison for life imprisonment, and when necessary, they will be transferred from prison to assist the priests in completing their work.

The rules are strict, but the actions are flexible.

The moral bottom line is flexible enough.

I strictly prohibit the path other than divine magic ≠ I do not use the mage troops.

Moreover, the cost of using the Penitentiary Army is lower, and the impact of the death of ten Penitentiary Army is not as great as that of a Crusader.

Now the Church has restarted this option after the elite troops suffered heavy losses, that is, to send these "criminals" directly to the most tragic battlefield, so that these "criminals" can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield.

The Church gives priority to extracting the real criminals among the "criminals", because they have seen blood, killed people, and are better in fighting will... They are qualified battlefield consumables.

They realized that their elite troops are only suitable for large-scale battles, not for a large number of small-scale conflicts with the lords. The lords who use a large number of light cavalry are as slippery as loaches and retreat at a single blow.

So the criminals who were part of the Redemption Army set foot on the land called the God-given World.

As long as they performed well enough, the criminals could leave the prison and return to their normal lives.

As for escaping, well, there was only one portal to leave this world, and the Church would make sure that they had no way out once they were thrown into this world before using the Redemption Army.

And the lords basically did not accept surrendered soldiers unless the surrenderers could come up with enough reasons to impress the lords.

Otherwise, who would know whether you were here to surrender or for what? They did not have extra resources to raise prisoners, nor did they have so much energy to take care of the newly joined "unstable" group.

Under such circumstances, a large number of criminals were armed and transported directly to the battlefield.

The Vatican quartermaster told them that as long as the weapons in their hands hit, they could directly kill the enemy.

The Vatican quartermaster did not tell them that the improved flintlock rifles in their hands could only fire twice a minute, while the enemy's rapid-fire rifles could reach a firing rate of three rounds in ten seconds.

Moreover, the newly introduced lever rifles and break-action rifles had a higher firing rate at the expense of airtightness.

It is worth mentioning that neither the break-type rifle nor the lever rifle was developed by Ji Lin.

Instead, Ji Lin provided a large amount of materials for the lords on the ground. Among them, knowledgeable people directly bought steel pipes and ordered craftsmen to process the gun parts in their memory and then use the purchased seamless steel pipes to assemble the corresponding guns with the parts.

Military technical knowledge from another world began to play a role, rapidly promoting the development of light weapons.

Less than three months after Ji Lin opened trade, all kinds of rifles emerged like mushrooms after rain, which made Ji Lin a little surprised. He thought that there were still many technicians among the people drawn by the system... It was just that they could not fully exert their abilities due to the limitations of the times.

It can be said that he only needs to sell the barrels of the weapon caliber he wants now, and the lords below will use these seamless steel pipes to change into rifles of the corresponding caliber for profit.

For this reason, Ji Lin also specially opened a 7.62 medium caliber barrel production line and an 18.4 shotgun barrel production line to get the technical achievements of these lords for free.

Well, it can't be said that it's free, he still paid, not only paid, but also let these lords who handed in the technology enjoy a 95% discount on the corresponding materials.

As for the length of the barrel, it's easier to say. Ji Lin, who has a large number of 100-ton hydraulic cutting machines and neat machine tools, is not like the lords of the lower era who have to grind metal products for a while.

The lords below can directly submit the data of the barrel of any length and rifling they want.

It's nothing more than producing a barrel with an inner diameter and then performing other operations.

However, the slight price is that the sales of rifles in the territory are much worse than before, but the large increase in the export of barrels, mechanical parts and smokeless gunpowder has made up for this part.

Compared with bolt-action rifles that focus on long-range attacks and have better airtightness, most lords prefer to use lever rifles and mid-break shotguns with faster firing rates at medium and short distances for their troops.

Some lords simply use 12-caliber pump-action rifles in close-range combat. At a distance of thirty to eighty meters, the pump-action shotgun can have better killing performance than other infantry weapons.

A 12-caliber (18.4mm) shotgun is enough to blow up the monster infantry's head within 30 meters, and close combat can clear all enemies rushing out in front of you.

If you can't make automatic weapons, you can use a shotgun instead, and the effect is not bad.

If you don't look at the fact that the lords' territories are still hammering iron workshops, no one would have thought that these lords who started to equip World War I weapons were still fighting each other with flintlocks and cold weapons more than half a year ago.

The speed of light weapons technology diffusion is faster than Ji Lin thought. He has already considered delegating some of the mechanical structure technology to let them help him develop and modify... The most core rune core technology is still in Ji Lin's hands.