Chapter Seventy-Two: Making Cannons
Lilith felt that she was going to be annoyed by Rafa, since the last time Felihill brought another drawing, it only took her less than two days to cut the steel block made by Hedda and them into the shape drawn on the drawing, I thought that the progress would be rewarded so quickly, but I didn't expect Rafa to come and take a look, and for a while she said that it was not right here, what was wrong, and she also changed it for a whole day after a day of nagging, especially some parts that needed to be recast by Hedda and Elle, and it would take a lot of time, it was really troublesome.
"Is this going down?" Lilith felt like she was about to get tired and lay down, cutting the wedge-shaped bolt latch of the howitzer into a Rafa gesture.
Rafa stepped forward, closed and opened the latch, and after making sure that it was correct, he pointed to the top of the barrel and said, "The muzzle brake has not been carved out yet, so come on." ”
"!" writhed on the ground, but she finally got up, picked up the blueprint, and began to cast her magic on the newly minted barrel.
Rafa didn't want to do this either, but there were no precise calipers and other tools in this world, and when he saw the first cannon, he could see at a glance that the barrel was definitely more than seventy-five millimeters, although it was okay to be larger, and the rest of the parts could be improved, but the cannon made by Lilith could simply stuff people into it, and it was really of little practical value.
And fortunately, this cannon is planned to be a smoothbore gun, and there is no need to engrave rifling, otherwise she will be busy again.
Later, there was no choice but to let Hedda and the others quickly re-melt the steel and let Lilith re-cut it, but in doing so, all the parts had to be rebuilt, and some of the gears, iron gaskets and other parts could be handed over to the ironwork workshop to make, and most of the precision parts could only be made by her, and even Hedda couldn't do it, so she was very busy at this time.
"Your Highness, what are these things for?" asked Audair, who had put on his armor again as he looked at the brand-new parts on the ground, as he crunched down beside Rafa.
"Well, didn't you want to go back and rest more, why are you still here?" asked Rafa, who was sitting on the floor assembling parts, when he heard Audair talking behind him.
As soon as he saw Audele's beautiful face without a mask, he was in an inexplicably good mood, just like in his previous life, when he was married, he lifted each other's hijab, and he felt that Audele's hijab had been lifted by him.
"I'm fine. Audele's pretty face flushed slightly, and she remembered the embarrassment of not wearing pants yesterday.
"Go to Fili's and rest, you'll know when I'm done. Rafa remembered that Audrey seemed to know that Felicille was a witch, but why she never told her.
"Hmm. Since being rescued by Rafa, Audair has listened to him more than ever.
"Fili, how have you arranged the women who have been rescued?" Rafa shouted to Felicille as she assembled.
"You're still in recollection," Philicille glanced at him, "except for those who are still recuperating from their injuries and those who have been sent back to their original homes, all of them have been arranged to be in the greenhouse." ”
"Ahem... Or is it that Fili is thoughtful. ”
"Hmph. Felihill snorted silently in the bottom of her heart, and continued to look through the drawings.
Soon after, the blacksmith's custom-made gears were also delivered, and although they were not accurate enough, they were not much of a problem after Lilith cut them.
After a long day of drumming and various rework, a shiny light howitzer was finally made, and although there were no wheels, the large frame and hoe were installed.
Feeling relieved, Lilith climbed on the barrel of the cannon and rode on, she didn't know what it was for, but she just wanted to ride it, maybe she wanted to experience "harnessing" the big guy she made herself.
Rafa ignored her, separated the two rear hoes that looked like iron plows, and began to turn the handle of the high and low machine, "This thing must be more than a hundred millimeters, right?"
It's funny, the cannon has already been built, and he doesn't know the caliber of the cannon yet, but it doesn't matter, just let Lilith and Hedda make the cannonballs according to the caliber of the cannon.
As Rafa turned the handle of the high and low machine, the long barrel began to rise gradually, and Lilith, who was still riding on the barrel, was startled, screamed, and rolled down.
"Huh, you're lighter than Fili. Catching Lilith steadily, he made a joke in passing.
"Hmph. Felihill, who was about to drink tea, was slightly stunned, snorted in his heart, and then thought about it carefully, he didn't seem to have hugged himself at all.
Holding Lilith to the chair next to Felihill, Rafa patted her on the shoulder, "The requirements of the cannonball are much higher than the bullet, and the accuracy must be ......"
"I want to rest......" Lilith cried bitterly, burying her head in Felicille's arms.
Felihill touched Lilith's ear and said to Rafa, "You can go." ”
Rafa shrugged, "It's a long time since I've heard that again." ”。
"The shells will be done tomorrow. She added.
"Understood. ”
Rafa had almost guessed that every time Felicille chased him away, it was likely that he would have to do his own magic.
"I'm really curious. ”
After gesturing the size of the wheels needed for the howitzer, he hurried away with Audrey, not wanting to delay Felihill making the shells for him.
After a hasty dinner, he ordered someone to find two large logs and began to make wheels by hand; as a towing howitzer, wheels are naturally indispensable, and the best material for wheels is elastic rubber, but obviously, in this strange world, he doesn't even know if there is such a thing as rubber, and now he can only use wood to turn it.
He estimated that the wheels made of wood would not take long, but the weight of the iron wheels was too heavy, and it would be too troublesome to move, so it was better to use wooden wheels, anyway, the ice city was not in a hurry to expand now, and the howitzers did not move much, so if they were broken, they would just need to build new ones.
He carved in an empty room with a file for a long time, and it was not until he saw Audrey asleep next to him that he realized that it was late at night.
Looking at Audele's sleeping face, he confirmed that the stubborn girl had not changed at all, and whispered close to her ear, "Go back to sleep, Audrey." ”
"Hmm......" Audair opened her eyes slightly, still a little confused.
"Go ahead. Rafa reached out again and smoothed her hair.
He didn't dare to do such an intimate act at all, but after the last incident, Audair seemed to have become less reserved, not only did not reject him, but enjoyed these intimacy a little.
"Hmm. ”
A dazed Audair pressed her face close to Rafa, kissed him lightly on the cheek, and walked away with her sword.
When she was about to walk out the door, she suddenly realized what the hell she had just done?!
"Oh my God!" Audrey woke up completely, her pretty face turned red for a moment, she forcibly calmed down, and then walked out of the door with some trembling steps.
Watching Audele's back disappear, Rafa touched the warmth on his cheek and smiled dumbly.
Audair actually did what he wanted to do first.