Chapter 312: Research and development of bolt snipers and machine guns
Breech guns differ from front-loading guns, breech-loading guns are more airtight, primer fire is fired with a firing pin, and the range and power of muskets are better and stronger than front-loading rifled guns.
After dinner, Alan designed the internals of the bolt sniper rifle in his bedroom, with the shape of a gun with a streamlined long barrel floating on paper.
By the way, he designed the structure of the machine gun attached to the bullet chain, compared with the bolt rifle, the machine gun is a large consumer, but also an artifact of war, sweeping away thousands of bullets in a few minutes, there is no industrial streamlining to produce ammunition, and it is not spent at all.
Some of the tens of thousands of slave troops brought by the Lionheart Kingdom died in the war, and there are still 30,000 left.
Counting the two trips to Shuizhu Port and Nan'an Town, the number of new slaves in Tomorrow City has reached a terrifying 50,000.
Five plus 2.5, that is, 75,000 people, the population of Tomorrow City suddenly rose from 25,000 to 75,000, and the daily consumption of grain became different, and the grain stocks were rapidly depleted at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Unfortunately, Alan couldn't solve the food problem immediately, and the rice would not know the result until it matured early next month.
When the high-yield slightly sweet rice is planted, he will have to wait another month, and with the current reserves of Tomorrow City, he will consume a month at most, and he needs to introduce a large amount of grain.
However, after so many months of acquisition, the grain merchants in the surrounding towns have almost been squeezed dry by Tomorrow City, only the western town of Lionheart and the next door Niutou Country have not been squeezed by Tomorrow City.
"Yes, there must be a lot of food at the temporary food stocking point in Lionheart." Alan pulls out the map and draws a circle around the food hoarding locations in Lionheart.
Now that the soldiers are going home to rest, Eren is not in a hurry for the time being, and the food of Lionheart is not so easy to move.
Besides, the Lionheart Kingdom is defeated, the entire Lionheart Kingdom is finished, and the Lion people are worried that they are too late, so how can they bother to move food.
The next morning, Alan went to the blacksmith's shop and asked them to build a new machine tool to prepare for the new firearms craft.
At the military factory, Allen stopped manufacturing smoothbore guns, the smoothbore gun production line was completely suspended, and the front-loading rifled gun also entered the final production stage.
The orcs are interested in the new type of firearm, which is estimated to be even better than the Minnie rifled gun.
Ivan, in particular, was also very excited when he heard that the new gun had entered the research and development stage, and slipped to the military factory to look at the design drawings.
"Lord Allen, are all future bullets metal cartridge casings, and this bullet chain, can it be fired in bursts?"
Ivan stared at the design of the new bullet, which was very sharp and had thundermercury applied to the bottom of the bullet.
What is mine mercury, Ivan also knows that grenades are used for that, and detonators are also used for this thing.
Then he looked down and saw a long line of bullet chains, and it looked like all the bullets from the machine gun would be loaded onto the chain.
It was at the sight of this connected chain of bullets that Ivan boldly guessed that the machine gun was a firearm that fired continuously.
"As you can see, it can be fired in bursts." Alan nodded.
Ivan choked, he couldn't imagine the horror of a musket firing in bursts.
A single bullet can kill a soldier, and if fired continuously, each musketeer is the grim reaper on the battlefield, harvesting lives infinitely.
Then Ivan looked at the other gun, the structure was different, the shape of the machine gun was huge and savage, and the bolt sniper looked more elegant and noble.
He also keenly noticed that none of these new guns needed to be loaded from the muzzle, but from the breech.
How effective this change in design was, he did not know, he was not a scientist, but a military man.
Ivan took a deep breath, since those veterans died, he knew deep that Tomorrow City was not invincible, they still had a long way to go, even if Tomorrow City had advanced weapons, they couldn't be careless.
"Lord Ellen, can you tell me about that day, I want to know how they died." Ivan read the blueprints of the firearm and pleaded instead.
Alan patted Ivan on the shoulder, "Let's go, go to the bar for a drink." ”
Tomorrow Bar, Allen's objective language describes the changes in the battlefield at that time, without adding fuel and vinegar, how Lionheart fought it, and the Orcs of Tomorrow City did not escape at the last moment.
When Ivan heard the enemy get out of the way, he felt that Lionheart was about to show his cards, and the awakened people in Tomorrow City should have a death warning.
Alan knew his doubts and sighed:
"I was behind the Lionhearts, not on the walls, and I couldn't command them. Natasha, they may not feel that they are a threat, in fact, I think so too, until that beam of light comes out, everything is too late, the speed of the light is too fast, just a blink of an eye, the city gate instantly vaporizes......"
Ivan listened to the whole story and realized a little.
"If it's the speed of light, even if they run away temporarily, they won't be able to escape."
After Ivan finished speaking, he was silent and drank two glasses, his expression became more resolute, and his temperament was different, less of a teenager's enthusiasm and more calm.
After drinking, Alan commanded before leaving:
"The Lionheart comes from the ruins, and it takes ten years to regain energy, and the Lionheart is useless.
However, there are still relics in the world, and after a week, the whole army will travel to liberate the whole country, and you can pay attention to the historical legends left by a certain village during the march, and report the news of the ruins. ”
Ivan nodded silently, "Okay." ”
……
After instructing Ivan, Eren wandered to the Intelligence Department and asked the orcs of the Intelligence Department to notify the eyes of the whole country and collect information about the ruins.
The intelligence services immediately functioned in all directions, and a large number of pigeons flew out of the intelligence services and flew all over the country.
Eren walked out of the intelligence department and went to the Southern Mines to capture a few Lionheart's prisoners of war first.
This time, there was a general-level figure among the prisoners of war in Lionheart, he was shot in the abdomen, and he was lying on the ground to die, but he was later taken out of the bullet by Tomorrow City, first aid with special medicine, and was temporarily rescued.
A simple wooden shed, a temporary interrogation venue.
"No matter what you ask, I won't say anything." The old general Veblen sat on the chair, with a stinky face, and snorted coldly.
While snorting coldly, Veblen stared at Allen's face.
This is the second time Veblen has seen Alan's face, the last time he didn't look at it for long, he was taken to the mine for labor reform, and now he can finally sweep it slowly from top to bottom.
Alan Edward, the terrifying human who completely destroyed all the combat power of the Lionheart Nation, stood in front of him at this moment.
Veblen wanted to yell at Alan, but he couldn't, because his throat was lightly cut and he couldn't let out a lion's roar anymore.
Another point, even if he roared out, it didn't have much effect, roaring at close range was not dead, at most it stunned Allen, and he was a good man when he woke up.
Silence for a few seconds.
"Well, you have the right to be silent."
Alan didn't expect him to speak on his own, staring at Veblen's eyes, drawing his attention and silently snapping his fingers.
Syllable!
The snap of the fingers was crisp, powerful, and even eerie, making Veblen feel like an auditory hallucination.