What does the industrial age of the wizarding world symbolize? Caesar's first thought was of yellowed and rusted cast-iron cylinders, stout crankshafts and huge iron wheels, rhythmic noises and vibrations, and a sharp whistle that pierced the sky—large ships and cannons, and many riveted steamed steel.

As for the construction of large ships, which now encountered a bottleneck and needed to be broken gradually, Caesar also shifted his focus and focused his attention on the development of gunpowder weapons.

Two holes had been dug in the ground inside the arsenal, each round in shape, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, these holes were the molds that Caesar intended to use to cast the cannon embryos, the inner walls of the pits had been baked by flames, and the surface of the earth structure was burned into a whole, as if a shell had been attached.

The chamber was facing down to obtain a better quality of the pipe wall when firing, and the higher it went, the more scum and bubbles it contained, and the size of all the potholes was calculated from the shells, and Caesar remembered that the so-called six-pounder and eight-pounder guns in previous history were named after the weight of the cannonballs.

But in line with the idea that caliber is even the truth, in order to dominate the world, Caesar must have to increase the weight, so he decided to cast a few twenty-four-pound guns first, first melt the iron balls, and then calculate the inner diameter of the mold according to the diameter of the iron balls and the thickness of the barrel wall.

However, in order to propel such a heavy shell, the gunpowder filling also had to be expanded, so the final mold should be much larger than Caesar had expected.

The molten steel is rising rapidly, and the steel ingots that exist next to it are also decreasing rapidly, and Caesar can't help but be fascinated, steel production is one of the criteria for measuring a country's strength, although the steel output of the Black Wing Empire is not a lot, completely sufficient, but in fact, due to the limitations of material technology, a lot of high-quality special steel still can't be made, even if there is supernatural power, if necessary, it still needs to be imported across the ocean.

It is not complicated or difficult to make artillery, because this is not Caesar's original invention first, Eladia has long had a weapon like a magic cannon, which is still dominating various wars on the continent, and the Northland is also easy to get relevant data (for magic weapons, the energy core structure is the core), with the precise assistance of the caster, copy the original and then make some improvements, it is easy.

As the dragon monarch, of course, Caesar couldn't have stared at the artillery manufacturing all the time, he only showed his face at the opening of the casting, and then went back to enjoy his happy life, until a period of time, the boar man came to report that the artillery manufacturing had been fully completed and could be test-fired, and the black dragon reappeared.

The wind and rain made it difficult for mortals to move, but they couldn't stop the monsters, and the five-headed wyvern, with ropes hanging from their bodies, flew two of their built cannons directly to the Tuhara Desert - cannons, not magic cannons.

Caesar instructed the dragons to carefully lower and remove the hooks, and personally began to adjust the height of the gun mount, so that the cannon body was flattened, and the pole was pressed into the sand, and the super-large caliber cannon was still like a toy in the hands of the black dragon.

The gun fires twenty-four pounds of solid iron balls, the shells and gunpowder are front-loaded and fired, and the arsenal refers to the mature design of the Eladia magic cannon, and tailors a set of lightweight gun mounts for it, and in order to improve durability, those parts with more friction with the ground and greater force when fired have undergone special protective treatment.

In fact, while making solid bullets, Caesar also thought about the feasibility of making projectile explosive cannon barrels, which were simpler to manufacture and more harmful to live objects, and were called conscienceless cannons in their previous lives.

However, the ballistics of the unconscionable cannon are touching, and it purely relies on explosives to kill, and the demand is too high in wartime, and the Blackwing Empire cannot afford to play at present.

The all-handmade, limited-edition twenty-four-pounder cannon glowed brightly, but the actual test was conducted in a much more rudimentary line-up than during the previous gunpowder test, with only a few Wyverns and Lizardmen in its company, except for Caesar Luna, Hogg, and the Boarmen in charge of the arsenal.

After all, artillery is not a product that first appeared in Eladia, and in terms of historical significance, it is not as important as the black powder of the steam furnace at all, and even Caesar himself does not particularly care, after all, this is actually just a transitional product.

"How? Is it to go through the process or to ignite directly? ”

Although Caesar was quite clear about the structure of the artillery, he was completely blank about the specific operation, and there was no video record of the operation of the cannon in the two souls, so he could only cross the river by feeling the stones: "Hogg, find a way to kill him." ”

It's not that Caesar is reluctant to search for professional cannon soldiers, in fact, Eladia doesn't have this class at all, the magic cannon is powered by energy cores, and only needs to trigger the spell mark to activate the launch.

There was no way, the dreadnought had to take on this responsibility, he looked for it, pulled out a mop-style cleaning rod from under the gun carriage, and began to pretend to clean the gun chamber, which was a necessary step, a warning from the black powder, but because it was the first test shot, the gun chamber was unusually clean, and the jackal did not make any debris.

The boar man took out a bag of black powder, stuffed it into the chamber and pressed it tightly, then Caesar grabbed the cannonball and put it in, poked it tightly with a hooked toe, took out the drill pipe and inserted it through the lead port at the rear end of the barrel, punctured the powder bag, and then pierced the lead again, so that the tedious preparation for firing was completed.

Caesar chose to let the boar man light the fire, because after all, it was the last person in charge of this matter, and the few monsters present were relatively reckless, and none of them retreated, and the boar man directly lit the fuse.

Sparks shine and boom.

Theoretically, the effective firing range of the 24-pound cannon could reach 1,000 meters, and the trajectory of the shell in the front section was like a straight line, and the target of the rock mound 800 meters away made a bang, and was hit head-on by the 24-pound iron ball, and the whole shook up, the iron ball trend did not decrease, and the powerful impact force stirred up a series of sand clouds, and finally sank deep into the soil.

When the smoke cleared, Hogg and the boar-man ran to the target as soon as possible, only to see that the front of the mound had completely cracked, and there had been a dense spread of cracks, and a striking hole was located on the upper right side, which was deviated from the intended target.

However, it is clear that even after encountering obstacles and penetrating the target, this shell still flew forward for nearly 50 meters, and even when it finally sank into the yellow sand, it contained amazing energy inside.

"Unexpected power."

Hogg lamented that there had never been such a weapon in the northern part of the continent, and he could already imagine the enemy gathering together and being pierced by dozens of shells before they could make contact with the Blackwing army.

"Not bad." Caesar also nodded and gave affirmation: "Recover that shell and notify the arsenal to prepare for mass production." ”

At this time, a small clever interjected: "Eh, Caesar, you detonated that gunpowder with your bare hands last time, won't you try it this time?" ”

"Refuse."