Chapter 493: Type 13 Vehicle-Mounted Infantry Cannon
Now is the perfect time for the Eternal Night Lord, the Kentana barbarians have not yet realized the transformation of their enemies, and they still maintain the scattered state of dealing with the Cliff Clan.
Even the lion king can't stand the wolves.
The individual Kentana barbarians are terrifying, but they can't stand the organized and disciplined hunting of the Eternal Night Army.
A bunch of sharp arrows and hunting nets smeared with anesthetic smashed down, even if the giant elephant was honestly overturned, they could not escape.
So far, the First Legion led by General McGee the Skullcrusher has achieved remarkable results, and has captured more than a hundred Kentana barbarians, all of whom are the most ferocious warriors, more than thirty of them are comparable to the Great Knight level, and the rest are the peak of knights.
These men were the bravest and most aggressive of the Kentana barbarians.
If it continues at this rate, it won't take a few years for the Kentana barbarians to be eaten away by the Eternal Night Army, and the threat posed by them may not surpass that of the Cliff Clan.
This is only a theoretical state, and the Kentana barbarians are not beasts without any wisdom, and there is no shortage of wise men like Patriarch Locke, who have more or less sensed this abnormality and are actively uniting, and when they begin to form a group, or even integrate into a whole, the danger will be much greater.
However, it is impossible for the Eternal Night Commander to sit idly by and watch such a good opportunity slip out of his hands, so he can only choose the lesser of two evils, and then talk about the immediate interests, and then even if the Kentana barbarians are united, they will be weakened.
Then there is the Klein tribe to contain General Tagore and General Erickson, although this year they can't be honest anymore, their area is like a dead field, all the undead soldiers have shrunk into a ball, but the Eternal Night Leader still doesn't dare to be careless, and keeps watch day and night.
Who knows if these enemies, who have no way to measure by common sense, will suddenly go crazy and give them a cold blow.
The other generals, one counts as one, and all of them were present, including General Arnold, who was only temporarily serving in the Eternal Night Army.
The high-end combination technology of artillery is a little different from the technical nature of black powder.
Black powder is relatively low-end, as long as there is a formula, let alone those who have a little power, even a few people can make a small workshop, and after the technology is leaked, the value will depreciate rapidly.
Artillery is different, there is a technical threshold here.
Not to mention anything else, just talking about a cannon barrel is enough for them to scratch their heads, the steelmaking and forging technology of the Eternal Night Army Leader has been at the forefront of this world, even surpassing the Kingsley family, which is famous for minerals and forging.
Even so, the Eternal Night Commander was still plagued by this technical problem for two or three years, and the artillery was equipped with a quilt cover (i.e., a barrel to tighten the gun body), or a steel hoop (i.e., a wire tight gun body), both of which were used successively.
The effect is still not very good, and these two technologies can only be used on heavy artillery, and the light artillery that the Eternal Night Army leader pursues is easy to carry and move, which is not very applicable.
As mentioned earlier, the war model of this world is quite different from the previous life, and the threat posed by the Grand Knight and the Champion Knight to artillery must be fully considered.
The focus of the Night's research has been on light artillery, and heavy artillery has not put much effort into it.
Not only is the light artillery more applicable, but also because it is more difficult, if the light artillery is all done, the heavy artillery will be easily solved, nothing more than a larger stack of materials, which can be loaded with larger ammunition - caliber is king.
The Eternal Night Commander is now solving this problem, using even more magic black technology, which has a large element of accidental collision.
As for the imitation of purely inferior materials, then there is no need to say more, the value of that thing is very low, and it was made by the Eternal Night Commander three years ago.
That is, for the first time, it has a bit of a role when the enemy is defenseless, once it is known by the enemy, it is easy to be broken through and destroyed by the elite squad, because when they are transferred, it is very troublesome.
You can't nail an elite army here to protect them, right?
In that case, the value of the gun will be greatly reduced.
Not to mention that it also involves the production of shelled ammunition, firing technology, reloading technology, etc., and it took five or six years for the Eternal Night Army to lead it back and forth.
They want to catch up, and they will smooth out the time difference first.
Now unlike before, there are many eyes staring at the Eternal Night Commanders, and as long as their cannons go off, the whole world will know about them.
According to the current speed of the Eternal Night Army, there is no need to wait for three years, and it is possible to use it on a large scale in the middle and late next year, and there is no need to worry about whether General Arnold will leak secrets, but he can use his rich conventional combat experience to give full play to the maximum power of this new weapon, and perfectly integrate it into the current war mode.
In the short term, this new type of weapon will only be used as a supplement to the current mode of warfare, and the whole will still be dominated by cold weapons.
After all, the artillery technology of the Eternal Night Army Leader is not the result of normal development, but the result of deformity.
The small-caliber firearm technology corresponding to the large-caliber artillery technology has not yet been able to fully catch up.
They faced the same technical problems as artillery, and the rudimentary version of the musket was too low-powered, but it was not as good as the bow and crossbow, and the lethality was relatively limited, and there was no value for large-scale installation.
There are still such a small technical barriers in the excellent version, and there is no way to mass produce them before they are overcome.
The most important thing is the problem of demand, for the undead Klein soldiers, small-caliber firearms are like other long-range attacks, the power exerted is quite limited, and the artillery with relatively high lethality is the focus of the Gunpowder Bureau's current research, and the time to come out is naturally faster, and when they reach a certain level in this regard, and there is no way to improve in a short period of time, they will naturally turn around and study small-caliber firearms.
"I have gathered you here today to show you a brand new weapon, and use your rich combat experience to find out the advantages and disadvantages of this new weapon, and whether there is anything that needs to be improved. Sean got straight to the point with the generals who were talking.
"What new weapon, how can the lord be so excited?" said General Arnold, who was the most active.
During this time, he was trying to integrate into the group of Eternal Night Leaders, because he adhered to a concept that only by integrating into it could he discover the difference.
In fact, what he is carrying is still the purpose of spying on the leading forces of the Eternal Night Army.
Originally, many generals of the Eternal Night Army were particularly resistant to this, although he was born in the Broken Blood Fortress, and the two sides are now in an alliance relationship, but after all, they belong to two big forces with their own interests.
It wasn't until what they had seen and heard in the Northern Fortress recently that they figured out a truth that their minds changed a hundred and eighty degrees, and they understood why Sean was not shy about General Arnold.
The Eternal Night Leaders are no longer the weak, slightly larger forces that can fatally wound them, they are strong enough to peer into others, and they must change their minds and strategies.
You can't hide all the good stuff as you used to, lest others know the slightest bit about it.
Instead, it is appropriate to let the wind out, so that people can see the terrifying strength of the Eternal Night Commander, and they can't give birth to a peep, and even if they have, they have to adopt a relatively roundabout strategy, so as to avoid a lot of indifferent wars.
In this case, those who still choose them as enemies do not need to hesitate and try their best to press the other party to the ground.
Compared to other forces, the most powerful weapons of the Eternal Night Army Leader are neither because of the black technology of magic, nor because of a series of leading technological means brought by Sean, they can only be called part of the reason.
In addition to these factors, we must also add the unique administrative system of the Eternal Night Army, which twists the hearts of the people into a rope and forms the speed of terror development, which is the key to everything.
It took them a little more than ten years to complete the integration of the Andes, the crocodiles and the mountain Kentana barbarians, and in many respects they have caught up with the original old forces, and many things have completed the accumulation and precipitation, and under the stimulation of the Mage Tower, they are about to enter a blowout state.
Not to mention giving them another ten years, even if they are given another three or five years, no one knows what will become of them.
In this case, even if General Arnold is a super genius with amazing learning ability, let him let go of quantitative learning, how much can he learn?
Even if you learn, how long will it take to catch up?
As mentioned earlier, high-end technology such as artillery cannot be imitated by a small workshop, but requires a relatively complete industrial system.
has the kung fu to play tricks with him, it is better to keep developing themselves, leaving them far behind, so that even if they try their best to catch up, they will only find that the gap between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, and in this one, they have absolute confidence.
With this mentality, it will undoubtedly be much easier to communicate with General Arnold, and it will soon be discovered that General Arnold's fame all over the world is not purely accidental, and he does have the unique charm of being a general.
Especially for traditional warfare, having your own unique understanding and communicating with them is quite helpful to yourself.
There are so many things that can be learned from him, it is natural that some generals like to soak in him.
"Wait a minute, although what you see is an image simulated in the space of consciousness, I can guarantee that they are all that they can do in reality. Sean did not answer General Arnold's question directly, but was getting vaccinated.
Hearing this, everyone immediately sat down, including General Arnold, who did not stupidly question Sean.
Although he has not been in contact with Sean for a long time, he has a little understanding of his temperament.
Although this guy is not very old, he is very old, and he respects doing more than talking, and never has no purpose, once he says so, he is 100% ready to fully test and prepare, and the result of this time is only one - being slapped in the face madly.
He has been pumped several times recently, and he can be regarded as experienced, and the smartest thing to do at this time is to remain silent.
"You don't have any doubts, do you?" said Sean, looking around, his gaze finally falling on General Arnold.
General Arnold seemed to see some kind of expectation in it, and he couldn't help but complain frantically in his heart, are you the devil? Do you wish that someone would jump out and make you press your IQ to the ground, rub and rub it frantically? Or do you think I'm the kind of fool who can't remember what to eat?
In this case, General Arnold will not be silent, looking at his nose and nose, looking at his heart, calming his mind, waiting for Sean's follow-up.
As for whether Sean really has such regrets and thoughts in his heart, only he knows it.
The two straight cannon generals, McGee the Skullcrusher and Andys Tiger Tagore, were not there, and the entire military meeting was a lot duller, especially when Sean was about to enlarge the move, before they really saw it, many things were beyond their imagination, and it was easy to be slapped in the face if they were not careful.
General Arnold, who has just joined for a short time, has such an understanding, let alone those old fritters who have been in the leadership of the Eternal Night Army for so many years.
The Thunderbolt Golden Eagle hundreds of miles away spoke, "Director Tobias, you can begin." ”
Chief Tobias gave a standard military salute and said, "Yes, my lord." ”
As the military flag waved, the teams moved in response.
The first to appear was a light artillery piece drawn by a wagon, accompanied by a small group of soldiers, after arriving at the designated position.
It took less than 10 minutes from placing and fixing it to pulling the lead to accurately hit the target thousands of kilometers away and blowing it to pieces.
The same image, after a delay of several seconds, appeared in the space of consciousness, and in addition to the loud noise, it was also mixed with Sean's personal commentary.
"This new type of weapon, tentatively named Type 13 vehicle-mounted infantry gun, the gun body weighs one ton, a single horse or two knights can be dragged, the fastest advance speed can reach 100 kilometers per day, the specific situation, depending on the road and environmental impact, the caliber is 75 mm, can fire 6.8 kilograms of black powder shells and specially customized gem bombs, can fire three rounds per minute, the maximum effective range of 1,500 meters, requires two to five well-trained soldiers, coordinated operation. ”
Seeing that the generals were shocked and confused, Sean could only give up the explanation of professional data and change it to a more popular statement: "The explosive power of this cannon is comparable to the twenty-kilogram black powder keg thrown by a medium-sized trebuchet, but it has an ultra-long range, accuracy and mobility that the other party does not have. ”
Before Sean finished speaking, those generals had already fried the pot, and their eyes were shining with excitement, just now they didn't understand, so they didn't react, but the impact of the Type 13 vehicle-mounted infantry gun on them was too great, and they didn't react for a while.
They had been fully mentally prepared before, knowing that this time would be something unusual, but they did not expect that this thing would be subversive to traditional warfare.