"Then Your Highness will come with me! Our cannon production line is in this factory in the far north. Jeffrey made a gesture of please, asking Murphy to face the factory area on the left.

"Okay, lead the way! By the way, I'll get some information about the current cannon production. Murphy raised his left hand, and then walked towards the cannon factory surrounded by Jeffrey and the others.

The factory area of the arsenal is really too large! It is more than 150 hectares, one-tenth the scale of the previous China Shougang, and it is only a city with a population of less than 200,000.

A few people talked about homely things while walking, and after a while, they slipped into the factory area of the cannon.

"There are a total of 600 workers in our cannon factory, each of whom has his own duties, and after the complex parts are poured by the machinery factory, we have people to purchase them, and some simple ones are made by our workers, and there is a standard correction of the use of this variant spell, which can ensure that the size of each part is almost the same. Jeffrey walked as he walked, and the two Murphys next to him were also listening attentively.

Pushing open the door of the cannon production workshop, as soon as you enter, you can see a cannon without wheels being assembled, and there are three well-assembled cannons neatly arranged not far away.

"With the scale and capacity of our current cannon factory, we can produce an average of one cannon, but due to Mr. Carolen's absence, the cannons have not activated the magic circle, and now there is a backlog of sixteen cannons in the inventory, but it is useless if you don't install a formation. Eberg, who had been speechless, suddenly opened his mouth and introduced the production capacity issue to Murphy.

"This production capacity is very good! As for Mr. Carolon, he will be back in about two weeks, and then it will be time for our military industrial strength to explode again!" Murphy said confidently.

"Your Highness, in fact, we have not been idle in the face of this situation, and have mobilized the workers to find a way to solve the problem. Jeffrey glanced at Murphy.

"Oh, come and see, how did you solve the problem?" said Murphy with interest.

"Actually, our idea is very simple, the manufacturing requirements of the repulsive catapult circle are so high, it is not at all that our workers can make it, so our workers think from another angle, since they can't rely on magic, it is better not to use magic. So somebody came up with your original cannon design and was going to build that cannon. Jeffrey spoke, telling Murphy about the Arsenal's innovations.

"Go on, I'm interested!" Murphy listened to Jeffrey's story, and his interest grew more and more intrigued.

"In the process of manufacturing, one of our skilled workers had the whimsical idea, after obtaining the permission of me and Eberg, to modify a cannonball, make a self-made trigger device and press it into the cannonball, and modify the barrel of the cannon, ordered a steel pipe about seventy or eighty millimeters thick from the machine factory, and spent more than a week with his friend to renovate, and finally came up with this cannon. Jeffrey led Murphy and the two to a small cannon.

Murphy looked at it, good fellow! Look at the appearance, isn't this a mortar!

Murphy didn't call out immediately, but observed.

He walked into the cannon and reached out to touch the barrel of the cannon.

"This steel is good!" Murphy sighed as he touched the barrel of the cannon, feeling the cold temperature of the cannon.

"This is produced by the No. 2 furnace on the side of the steel mill, and it is absolutely good steel!" Jeffrey is familiar with the whole process of manufacturing, and he is no stranger to steel.

The steel of the No. 2 furnace on the side of the steel factory is mainly supplied to the cannon, which is an absolutely good steel, and with the addition of auxiliary enchantments such as anti-corrosion, rust removal and heat resistance, it can completely reach the 310S level of stainless steel and heat-resistant steel in the previous life! If the percentage of chromium and nickel in the steel is higher, it can also reach the super special steel grade stainless steel.

Murphy nodded, then looked inside the barrel through the muzzle of the gun, and finally decided that this was definitely a fucking mortar!

"Well, have you tested this cannon, can it be stimulated?" asked Murphy, standing up.

"We went to the shooting range in the west of the city before, and apart from a few mistakes, its performance was very good, but the strike distance was a little closer. Albert stepped forward.

"Are there any shells? If so, I'll take a look. Murphy turned back to the two of them and continued to observe the mortar.

The caliber of the gun was about 80 millimeters, about 1 meter high, supported by a pair of bipods, and the oblique angle was 50 degrees, which was destined to strike at a distance of not too far.

"Yes, Randy, go get some shells, remember!Be careful, don't let the bullets fall to the ground!" Jeffrey instructed one of his entourage.

The entourage named Randy nodded yes, then turned around and ran quickly towards the warehouse in the cannon factory area.

When Randy came back, it was already ten minutes later, he was still carrying a box in his hand, and opened the box, there were three shells neatly placed inside, separated by sponge mats, the shape of the shells looked the same as the howitzer shells, and they did not have the same shape as the diamond-shaped mortar shells of the previous life, the only difference was that its tail end was activated and the front fuse!

Murphy picked up a cannonball, held it in his arms and observed, the cannonball was not heavy, only about two or three kilograms, and it was easy to lift it.

"Your Highness should pay attention, the front part of it must not be knocked on the ground, otherwise it will explode!" Seeing Murphy pick up a cannonball, Eberg couldn't help but get nervous, the hairs on his body stood up, and the word "danger" seemed to appear on all the heads, including him.

"Don't worry! I know!" Murphy replied without replying, and then silently put the shell back into the box, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Highness, if you want to try it, we can go to the shooting range in the west of the city to try it. Seeing Murphy put down the cannonball, Alberg, who was relieved, said at the right time.

"Is this technology patented?" asked Murphy, right to Arthas.

"Yes, since the patent law came into operation, there have only been a dozen patent applications, all of which I have done myself, and I am very impressed with this cannon that doesn't use any magic, and when it is done, it will come out!" replied Arthas.

"Very well, allow the arsenal to add two more production lines to mass-produce this kind of cannon! It's just that cannonballs can't be used like this, take paper and pen, I have a better idea." Murphy said, ordering a pen and paper.

After taking the pen and paper, Murphy directly drew the shape of the classic mortar that he knew well.

"Produce some test shells in this shape, and if there are no problems, it will be better to use such shells. ”

"Understood, Your Highness!"