The cannonball exploded within the range of the target, and a thunderous bang reached everyone's ears, and Gawain knew that this loud bang exploded not only on the target, but also on the traditions of this world - from this day on, the walls of the nobility are no longer impregnable, the towers of the magicians are no longer invincible, and this power capable of tearing rock and steel has been firmly in the hands of the transcendent for thousands of years, but now, it only takes a militia trained for three months to pull a wrench.

Someone fell into a stupor.

Jenny stared at the exploding flames in a daze, mentally gauging how powerful it was - even though she had personally participated in the optimization of the acceleration trajectory, the moment the cannonball exploded was still beyond her imagination.

She thought of her terrible mentor, and guessed how many shots her mentor could resist in front of the railgun. Or two guns?

There is no point in resisting a few shots, because in the new order that the lord has created, all those who are enemies of Cecil will have to face a volley of cannons.

Enemies who have tried to use magic shields and amulets against the Thermal Ray Gun have proven this with their own lives.

Hettie was also in a daze, and it was the first thing that occurred to her how different this war machine was from the bomb trebuchet used in the Second Defensive War—and after a moment's thought, she realized that it was a completely two-concept weapon.

The trebuchet is often just a deterrent, huge stones or flaming fires rise into the air, with unstoppable force smashed overhead or on the city walls, the pressure it brings is fatal to the traditional noble private soldiers who do not have much sense of honor and responsibility, but in addition to the blow to morale, the damage that trebuchets can really cause in a battle is actually very limited, it is only a supplement to the ranged attack in the case of insufficient number of battle mages: in most cases, the number of battle mages is insufficient, Their role is often only to kill important enemy units, create positional interference, or counter enemy mages.

And this magic guide device, which the ancestors named the "Magic Crystal Railgun", is a weapon that truly aims at destruction.

Accuracy, Range, Destructive Power, Stability, Ease of Operation...... All indicators have only one purpose, that is, to achieve the effect of destroying the target efficiently, accurately and quickly...... As our ancestors once said, when the cannonballs go off, the castles of the traditional nobility and the shield walls formed by the knights will be gone.

Byron watched the cloud of smoke dissipate in the north wind, raised his hand and scratched his somewhat messy gray-white hair: "This thing is more powerful than a ray gun...... It's also much more energetic than trebuchets. ”

"If the battlefield is like this in the future......" Philip frowned as he looked into the distance, "where do knights and hoplites go?" ”

Byron glanced at his partner and shrugged, "Didn't you see that just now?" The knight shouted to the side, and the infantry was responsible for loading and pulling the wrench. ”

Philip, who has a serious personality, inevitably fell into a tangled state: "...... I've always felt like this kind of battle is a little less honorable......"

Byron enlightened beside him: "Think about it, after this thing is popularized, there will basically be two kinds of people on the battlefield, one is killed by artillery before anyone is face-to-face, and the other is responsible for firing artillery, and the honor on the battlefield is either heroic fighting, or final victory - now the heroic fighter dies before the battle, that must be the most honor of the final victory, so the most honor of the cannon ......"

Philip was stunned when he heard it: "Can you really explain it like that?" ”

"How else can you explain it? You can't be honored every time you lose, right? Then who still won the battle, and surrendered directly when the war started - so it is still the most glorious to open the cannon, at least more than the glory of those lying on the ground, you say that you are the most glorious in the whole field, who is honored if you are not honored? yes......"

Philip thought about it for a moment, turned around and left: "...... I always feel like you're again. ”

Byron looked at Philip's back and pulled the corners of his mouth rather bored: "If you have the ability, don't ...... when the first batch of railguns are installed."

Then he came to Gawain for the first time: "Lord, will this new weapon be installed soon?" ”

Gawain looked at the eyes of this old fritter knight and knew that the other party had developed a strong interest in this weapon, Byron was a real combat ist, and he didn't care whether a certain weapon was in line with knightly tradition - as long as it could effectively deal with the enemy, it was good equipment, and the magic crystal railgun was obviously such a good equipment.

"We still need to do some post-testing, and then we have to make adjustments to industrial mass production, and when it is sent to the production line, it will have to come next spring."

Seeing a look of disappointment on Byron's face, Gawain laughed: "Even if there is a batch of finished railguns now, the combat corps is not ready to install it - in order to be able to use this new weapon in the most efficient way, we must form a new professional force." ”

"New professional troops?" Byron woke up from the excitement of "Lao Tzu is going to have an Italian cannon" (just comprehend the spirit), and immediately understood what Gawain meant.

From the range, power, and form of attack of this new weapon, it is not difficult for him to judge what kind of impact this thing can have on the war situation, this is by no means just "replacing a more powerful trebuchet", for the soldiers who control the magic crystal railgun, whether it is the most basic training content, or its positioning on the battlefield, so that the command method of the superior commander to them, must be re-customized, in order to make these "big bangs" play the greatest effect.

"Cecil Combat Corps will increase the 'artillery' unit to specialize in controlling this heavy firepower, the establishment of artillery units, training and logistics supply in actual combat will be handed over to you and Philip after this," Gawain said unhurriedly, "Controlling the railgun requires a certain amount of technology, it is not like the thermal ray gun, the range of the magic crystal railgun has exceeded the range of aiming correction that can be carried out by intuitive feeling, so the operation of this new cannon puts forward higher requirements for soldiers, It needs to calibrate the firing angle through various auxiliary sights when aiming, it needs to use the pre-compiled firing table to estimate the landing point of the shell, and it needs to be able to respond quickly to the shooting instructions issued by the commander, so it requires a high level of education for the soldiers - even reading and literacy is not enough, which requires you to pay more attention when selecting the first artillery. ”

Seeing the Byron knight lead the order to leave, Gawain exhaled softly.

Subsequently, under his orders, the soldiers and technicians used up all the test and live ammunition they had prepared, and in the process collected a large amount of valuable data.

After the test was over, he called Kamel and Nicholas Egg to his side.

"Are you happy with this weapon?" The arcane light on Kamel's body jumped, and he was clearly in a good mood.

Gawain nodded: "Very good, all aspects have met my requirements, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, do you know what it is?" ”

Kamel wasn't quite accustomed to Gawain's ability to always see through a completely new thing in an instant, and immediately make a lot of practical suggestions, so he was a little stunned for a while, but Nicholas Egg was obviously more used to than he was, and the funny man with a diameter of 1.3 meters buzzed: "After the technology touches the bypass, after firing a cannonball with an accelerated trajectory becomes a reality, you must next consider making similar products of various sizes, models, and purposes......"

"That's right," Gawain nodded, and then his eyes turned to the launch site not far away - the Magic Crystal Railgun had been dissipated after the continuous high-intensity firing pressure test, and now the technicians were carefully disassembling the cover of the gun mount and observing the charging structure and overload device (Rebecca Synergistic Module) inside, to determine what happened to the delicate parts of the cannon after bearing these loads, "This cannon is very powerful, but it is only suitable for installation on city walls or other fixed fortifications, Moreover, the large acceleration track needs to be brought up with a fixed positional magic net, which means that our soldiers are not offensive...... A weapon that cannot take the initiative to attack is doomed to be incomplete. ”

Carmel understood what Gawain meant: "Miniaturization? ”

"This is the first direction," Gawain nodded, "On the battlefield facing a conventional army, the power of that cannon is excessive, find a way to reduce the shells, reduce the amount of acceleration tracks, reduce energy consumption, so that it can be driven by the magic capacitor group, so that it can be mounted on a carriage, and even disassembled and carried by the artillery crew soldiers." The other direction is the diversification of artillery shells - the current artillery shells have only one effect, and that is to kill the enemy by exploding, but since we can already launch dozens of kilograms of magic devices hundreds or even thousands of meters away, why not add some tricks to these magic devices? ”

Carmel was immediately reminded by Gawain, and a new idea opened the door before his eyes—

As a researcher from the Gondor Empire, he was never short of innovative ideas.

"Dozens of kilograms of magic guide device...... There's so much that can be played," the Ancient Magus's tone became extraordinarily pleasant, "I could even stuff a 'Creation of Annihilation' into it!" ”

Gawain glanced at the other party: "...... You'd better say something cheaper and available in this era. ”

“…… Then I'll think about it later. ”

"You're in charge of the design of the mechanical part of the artillery," Gawain nodded to Nicholas Egg, then looked at Kamel, "You're an expert in the field of magic." I believe that with the two of you, it will not be difficult to make more and more improved models that are more in line with the requirements of the battlefield. However, the research should be in line with the actual needs, and the production of new equipment should also take into account the production capacity of the production line. ”

Nicholas Egg floated up and down, and Kamal nodded as well: "Don't worry, of course I understand this." ”

Gawain suddenly remembered something else: "Speaking of which...... Santis: He's been on his way for two days, right? ”

"Yes, he wants to complete the task you gave him as soon as possible," said Kamal, "and to establish contact with the mage circle of the royal capital as soon as possible, and to alleviate the shortage of talent in the territory as soon as possible - if a group of technicians from the royal capital can be added at the same time as the population increases in the spring, then everything will be perfect." ”

Gao Wen looked thoughtful: "Is this part of the plan also going well......

He looked up and saw Jenny and Rebecca standing not far away, the two of them pointing at the Crystal railgun that had been dismantled by the technicians, seemingly chatting hotly.

"Jenny! Rebecca! Gawain exclaimed.

The two girls quickly ran over, and Rebecca was beaming: "Ancestor, you called me?" What's the matter? ”

Gao Wen nodded: "Regarding the magic network architecture, I have an idea, you can see if it can be realized." ”

"You came up with an idea for improvement?" Jenny looked at the lord with some surprise who seemed to have endless energy and inspiration, "Or have you discovered a flaw in the current magic web?" ”

"No, I'm going to make a defect for it......"

The two girls looked confused at the same time: "Huh? ”

Gawain smiled: "I'm going to dig a hole......"

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