Roland said a brief hello to his father, and then walked past Uncle Bratu, who was talking, to take a closer look at the dwarven artillery. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As he expected, this is a front-loading smoothbore gun, similar in appearance to the artillery of the Napoleonic period on the earth, but the size and weight are smaller, more suitable for dwarf artillery operation, the caliber of the barrel ranges from two inches to three inches, four inches, the model is mainly cannons, and there are also several howitzers with larger calibers.

Roland looked at these cannons and sighed secretly, but it was a pity that he was only a shallow learner, and he majored in liberal arts, and he knew very little about guns, otherwise he would throw out a few papers on improving artillery at this juncture, maybe he could suppress Uncle Bratu and help his father bargain.

Shaking his head, he turned around and walked to the ammunition box, looked down at the shells, and was stunned again.

The cannonballs made by the dwarves are similar in shape to those on the earth, but there is no primer, which makes Roland deeply puzzled, he did not find the fuse when he observed the cannon just now, so how did the cannonball fire?

After asking Bloom, I learned that the guns in this world are similar to those on Earth only in appearance, but the internal structure is very different.

The official name of the dwarf artillery is "magic crystal cannon", the word "magic crystal" is not a joke, the core mechanism of the cannon is a force field generator activated by the magic crystal, the force field is violently excited at the moment of opening the cannon, and the cannonball is ejected from the barrel at a very high speed, bombarding the target thousands of meters away.

After listening to Bloom's explanation, Roland immediately thought of a new type of weapon on Earth called the "Super Electromagnetic Cannon", and the working principle of the Magic Crystal Cannon is quite similar to that of the Super Electromagnetic Cannon.

The so-called "magic crystal" refers to a mineral crystal that is a specialty of the world of Vares, which can excite the gravitational field or repulsion field after purification and processing, because of its wide range of uses, the production is scarce, and the price is more expensive than gold.

"Is there a magic crystal mine in Icewind Dale?" Roland asked Bloom.

"Yes, there is, but unfortunately it is a poor mine, it is very difficult to mine, and the cost of mining and purifying magic crystals is higher than directly importing high-quality magic crystals from the New World, but unfortunately in recent years, Baiou Port has not been very peaceful, and few freighters from the New World have landed there, resulting in the price of magic crystals in the Far East has been rising, which is also a major factor in the high cost of guns." Bratu preemptively explained without waiting for his son to speak.

Roland nodded, and asked him again, "Is the power crystal of the artillery a consumable?" ”

"That's right, when used on different guns, the consumption is also different, take this four-inch caliber siege cannon as an example, one pound of magic crystals can fire about a hundred shells, and then you have to replenish the magic crystals."

At this time, Rudolph turned back and asked his son: "Roland, do you think it is necessary for our troops to build an artillery battalion?" ”

Roland nodded very affirmatively: "Yes!" Not only artillery battalions, but in the future, if conditions permit, we will also establish artillery regiments, artillery brigades, and artillery will sooner or later become the protagonists on the battlefield! ”

"Well said!" Bratu gave a thumbs up, "Rudolph, your son has more vision than you, just with his knowledge, I will give you another ten percent discount!" ”

Roland couldn't help but laugh, Uncle Bratu is also a temperamental.

When Rudolph heard his son's words, he couldn't help but be moved, and pulled Bratu to continue bargaining.

Roland couldn't help but ask his father, "Are you really going to drag twenty cannons back to the Fort of Atonement?" The archbishop and the chief knight saw these black holes facing the city wall, and they were afraid that they would not be able to sleep well. ”

Rudolph sneered and said lightly: "Without these cannons, the archbishop still does not welcome us home." As he spoke, he took a letter from the pocket of his military jacket and handed it to his son.

Roland unfolded it and recognized that it was a handwritten letter from the archbishop to his father, the content of which was nothing more than a commendation for the courage of the Kolas army in fighting on the Gascous Plateau and the great achievements of the entire annihilation of the orc tribes, and hereby canonized the father and son as "Far Eastern Knights" as a commendation. However, apart from this empty title, they were not given an inch of land.

What made Roland frown even more was that the archbishop had not allowed them to collect their troops and return to the city, and asked them to continue fighting until they eliminated the "Dragon's Eye" bandit group and completely pacified the Lucia Mountains.

"Destroy the Dragon's Eye and pacify the Lucia Mountains...... Hehe, His Excellency the Archbishop really doesn't feel a backache when he stands and talks, and even if we can really fulfill his request, he will probably have to ask us to march into the Thorn Rift and exterminate the 'Naraku Order'. The corners of Roland's lips curled with sarcasm.

Rudolph smiled calmly and said calmly: "From the day he forced us to start a war with the orcs in advance, the archbishop's attitude has been very clear, he wants us to fight with the orcs to lose both, since the orcs failed to let him get his wish, he naturally wants to force us to gnaw harder bones, and it is best to die with the 'dragon's eye'." ”

"So you want to buy a cannon and kill the fuck back to your hometown?"

Bulato's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then Roland's words persuaded Rudolph: "Anyway, Philip, that old fox is not kind to you, so you just don't do anything to drive him away, wouldn't it be better for you to be the king of the Far Easterners yourself?" Brother Rudolph, if you really have such ambitions, on behalf of all the Dwarves of the Far East, I promise to fight alongside you! ”

"Thank you for your generous support, Brother Bratu, but I can't do that right now." Rudolph shook his head and smiled bitterly, "First of all, our army does not have enough strength to control the entire Far Eastern Province, if I really bombard the Fort of Atonement, I may be able to take that city, but I will also lose the hearts of the people in the Far East." ”

Bratu shrugged his shoulders and asked him, "So what are you going to do?" ”

"If we don't take into account the insidious wording of the archbishop's letter, isn't the pacification of the Lucia Mountains and the eradication of the 'Dragon's Eye' our predetermined strategic plan? So we don't need to think about what the archbishop thinks, as long as we follow our own plan step by step, everything will fall into place. With a deep groan, he continued: "Next, I plan to rest in the Gasuo Plateau for three months, one is to avoid the coming harsh winter, and the other is to train new soldiers, especially the newly created artillery battalion. ”

"Come on, Rudolph, don't play tricks with me, I'll just make it clear, you can stay here as long as you want, nothing else, enough wine and meat!"

Roland smiled lightly, walked up to his father and said, "Father, I have some ideas about the next strategic arrangement, and I want to talk to you about it. ”

"If you have any ideas, just say it." Rudolph looked at his son with a smile in his eyes.

Over the past six months, Roland has proven his foresight many times, and Rudolph has increasingly relied on his son's judgment.

Roland was not in a hurry to speak, he found a branch, wrote and drew on the wasteland, and quickly sketched a topographical map of the Far East, which he used as a sand table for strategic deduction.