"Remove the current Prime Minister?" Todd suddenly reacted: "Wait a minute, Emerson, isn't the Prime Minister of the Cabinet yourself?"

Emerson smiled wryly and said, "That's right, I'm proposing to remove myself." ”

Todd frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"I made a mistake. Emerson looked at Todd and said, "Your Majesty, do you remember that when Lone Rock was attacked, messengers came from the front to ask for help. In your absence, I have made a decision to temporarily establish a "War Cabinet" and temporarily suspend the Cabinet meetings, and ask all members to give their full support to the war without any objection. ”

Todd hesitated for a moment and said: "The matter is urgent, the war is imminent, naturally there is no time for the cabinet to meet and discuss slowly, you set up a wartime cabinet at that time, this does not seem to be a problem." ”

Emerson said solemnly: "Your Majesty, what is the Cabinet? The Cabinet is the department that assists and assists the royal family in administering the kingdom, and if the power of the Prime Minister is not controlled and restrained, it will cause the dictatorship of those in power. ”

"In the case of the war, the establishment of a wartime cabinet was a last resort, but it briefly concentrated power in one person. In the short term, such a move will help the kingdom allocate resources for war, but if the ruler is a careerist or a madman, it can easily lead the entire country into the abyss of war. ”

Todd chewed on Emerson's words, and always felt that what he was saying now seemed to be somewhat similar to some of the history of his previous life.

"I'll give you the simplest example, if the prime minister decides to use war as an excuse to adjust the size and scope of his powers, then it is possible for him to use this method to consolidate power and eliminate dissent. Coupled with some sensational speeches and hypocritical glory, the unwitting public will be deceived by it and unwittingly become a tool of politics......"

Todd interrupted Emerson, "This battle of Lone Rock City, the establishment of a wartime cabinet in Dusk West. As a king, I actually have an unshirkable responsibility. If I had been able to contact the Cabinet in time for the war, there would not have been any dispute today. ”

Cumberland cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, I still want to ask once again, where have you been, and when are you going to return to Twilight City?"

Todd was silent for a moment and then said, "I'm in the north, I'm dealing with some affairs, and the affairs of the kingdom will still be handled by the cabinet in a short period of time. ”

Without waiting for Cumberland to ask again, Todd said: "Emerson's proposal to remove the prime minister this time, because there is a reason for this, I reject this proposal. As for the unexpected affairs that may arise in the kingdom in the future, I will look for a feasible way to solve them. This topic stops here, and the next topic is the next one. ”

Ignoring Emerson's statement, Todd asked the next official to start reporting.

After everyone had finished debriefing, Todd gestured to Huggins beside him.

The latter said: "This is the end of today's meeting. ”

Seeing everyone get up from their seats, Huggins suddenly spoke: "Mr. Dunlop, please wait a moment, Your Majesty still has something to ask you." ”

Wayne froze, turned his head to look at the expressionless Todd, and sighed secretly.

The king's first question was somewhat unexpected.

"I heard that the dragon bone battleship also participated in the battle of Lone Rock City, what was the result?"

Wayne bowed to Todd and said succinctly: "The results are excellent, but the problems are like mountains. ”

A hint of curiosity appeared on Todd's face, "What do you mean by that?"

Turning on the 3D projection device on the conference table, Wayne called up the model of the keel battleship with his hands and began to play some clips from the naval battle.

"Let's talk about weapons first, weapons called 'spores' are powered by black powder, and once they come into contact with water, the gunpowder cannot ignite when it gets wet. So, this weapon cannot be launched in the water, and after detaching from the hull, it actually flies in the air to the target. ”

Wayne showed the flight trajectory of the spores on the 3D projection, pointed to the picture and said to Todd: "Your Majesty, have you seen it? The trajectory of this launch can still remain straight in the first half, but in the second half due to the irregular burning of gunpowder and the damage to the tail, the trajectory will be extremely uncertain. ”

Todd looked at the "spores" on the screen, but he only flew twenty or thirty meters, and he began to gradually deviate from the orbit, and the more he hit, the more he missed, he couldn't help frowning: "If the trajectory of this weapon is unstable, it also means that its hit rate is very low." ”

Wayne nodded: "That's right, when the battleship is carrying out a spore attack, it must be very close to the enemy ship and use multiple bursts at the same time to have a chance of hitting the target." ”

"But getting too close to an enemy ship will put you in the blast radius. Todd touched his chin and muttered to himself, "It's like a hand-held nuclear bomb launcher......"

"Moreover, in addition to the problems of too close range and unreliable trajectory, Spore missiles also have an extremely high failure rate. Wayne said with some headaches: "Whether it is an experiment or a real battle, only about 70% of the Spore missiles that hit the target have completed the explosion. ”

"Why?"

"Based on the results of several tests, I deduced that the kinetic energy generated during the impact was insufficient. ”

Todd was a little surprised to hear the word "kinetic energy" come out of Wayne's mouth.

Wayne continued: "When the black powder propels the missile, due to the impurities of the gunpowder and the incomplete combustion, its flight speed generally changes in stages, such as the early initial velocity is fast, and the later stage slowly decreases, and when it really collides with the enemy warship, it is possible that the speed of the missile has slowed down to a certain extent, and it cannot reach the minimum threshold of spore impact explosion. ”

Todd listened and nodded slightly: "Is there a solution?"

"Not yet, there are too many improvements involved. For example, gunpowder raw materials, projectile design, parasite breeding and physical calculations, etc. Wayne shook his head helplessly, looked at Todd and continued: "Your Majesty, in addition to weapons, other places such as hulls, structures, sails, propulsion, etc., have problems of greater or less. But if you compare them to one thing, it's all a small problem. ”

"What's the matter?"

"The pilot of the keel battleship. ”

Todd pondered as he said, "If I'm not mistaken, the pilot of this ship is Aisha, is it because she disobeys orders and makes decisions?"

"No, Your Majesty, by pilot, I mean all those who want to move the ship. ”

Looking at Todd, who was puzzled, Wayne thought about it and said, "Most of the energy sources of the keel parasite come from the nutrients in the host. If it is just an ordinary dragon bone armor, due to its small size, small amount of activity, and low consumption of host nutrients, ordinary people can fully support the daily activities of the armor. ”

"However, the keel battleship is completely different. A 21-meter-long battleship, made entirely of a keel, needs to call on nutrients from the pilot's body as a source of energy supply, whether it is propulsion, steering or repair. ”

Todd gasped, "You mean ......?"

"When the keel warship is cruising on a daily basis, it mainly uses sail drive, which consumes less host nutrients. However, during the war phase, it was necessary to massively use nutrients from the driver's body. Although the Battle of Lone Rock only lasted for an hour, Aisha not only completed the usual tactical actions of acceleration and turning lights, but even used the keel battleship to perform a melee ramming, completely destroying the enemy's flagship with "Overload Transformation". ”

"When the war ended and the ship returned, Aisha fainted directly in her place. Later, although the keel battleship was safely returned to the dock with the manpower of the crew, the pilot's body was damaged by overdraft. Two months have passed, but she still can't move freely, and even needs to use crutches to walk. ”

Todd rubbed his eyebrows vigorously and whispered, "Regarding the supply of nutrients for parasites, we didn't think about it in advance, and this is indeed a big problem. ”

Motioning for Huggins to write down these questions, Todd looked at Wayne again and said calmly, "Wayne Dunlop, put the keel matter aside for the time being, I want to talk to you about something more important......

Wayne lowered his head, a hint of panic flashed in his eyes: "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

Todd's upper body leaned forward, stared at Wayne and said slowly, "About all the experiments you've been doing recently, I want you to go through them in detail, without missing anything......"

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