As soon as the cannon sounded, there were ten thousand taels of gold. The consumption of shells as consumables in battle is staggering. The most famous should be said to be the "Van Vliet ammunition volume" played by the US military on the Korean battlefield, and it has even become a proverb that has been handed down. If someone invests too much resources in something, it is often referred to as "Van Vliet ammunition".

Long before receiving more than 1,000 prisoners of war, Lu Jingzhi had already led the people of the Mueller team to make a large number of elemental grenades. This was not only to exchange human prisoners of war as currency, but more importantly, he used them as strategic reserves. After the battle of the Ecdot Glade, Lu Jingzhi understood a truth, if there is not enough combat preparation, it is difficult to maintain the advantage of life on the battlefield. Therefore, he has never stopped the progress of making elemental grenades, and when he arrives in the newly built prisoner of war camp, there is more space to use, and there are more people who can participate in the manufacture of elemental grenades, and the stock has even reached tens of thousands.

Lu Jingzhi took Major Byrne and Corporal Roque on a tour of his warehouse, and opened the door, which was usually not approached, and it was filled with bundles of elemental grenades. "These will serve as warheads for artillery shells, and the key is how we fire them. ”

The first batch of elemental grenades used clay shells, which were discontinued after only a small amount was produced; Lu Jingzhi improved the process and replaced them with low-temperature ceramic shells, which had better explosive power and fragmentation effect, and produced about 4,000 pieces; and finally finalized the cast iron shells produced after the advent of high-temperature reactors, and produced about 6,000 pieces. Cast iron shell element grenades can be directly used as cannonballs to shoot out, there is no need to worry about the deformation or rupture of the projectile body caused by the rapid discharging speed during the firing process, and the low-temperature ceramic shell grenade can also be fired, but if it hits hard terrain such as stones when landing, it is easy to break, and the clay shell basically does not have the possibility of firing, even if you use hand throwing, you need to soak the outermost layer of coarse cloth to ensure a certain impact, which is most suitable for trading with the undead.

Neither Roque nor Byrne had ever seen an elemental grenade explode, so they didn't know how powerful it was, but they thought it was quite a lot. Roque casually picked up a cast iron elemental grenade and tossed it in his hand, finding that it looked the size of a fist, but it was empty inside, not very heavy. "Are these all empty shells?" Roque asked, "and there is no charge in them?"

Byrne picked one up as well, and found it heavier than the prefabricated fragmented oval attack grenade used in his army, but it was all on the shell, and the inside was empty. "It's because we haven't solved the problem of insensitive explosives, so we can't pre-install them. He thought to himself, but he didn't say it.

Lu Jingzhi said: "Roque, this grenade in your hand, as long as you pull the safety and pull out the sheepskin fuse, you can send the three of us to the sky in 5 seconds." ”

Luo Ke originally thought it was an empty shell, and he threw it up and down even more unscrupulously, but when he suddenly heard Lu Jingzhi say this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly grabbed it and almost fell out of his hand. "This ...... How much charge is that?" Roque carefully held the grenade and put it back where it had been.

"Don't worry, as long as you don't pull the fuses, you won't explode if you smash them. "Lu Jingzhi," these are not grenades loaded with explosives, and that thing can't explode here. These are elemental grenades, which are the same thing as the power that drives mechanical equipment. ”

Roque was relieved, although he didn't know what elemental power was, but he had been exposed to it a lot in his work, and knew that it was safe, even much safer than electricity in the human world. Byrne didn't understand the elements at all, and he couldn't help but get hairy in his heart.

"Well, Roque, how's the progress on Candy's side?" Lu Jingyi asked as he walked out with the two of them. After seeing so many ammunition reserves, I believe that they can also fight with confidence.

"Candi's first rickshaw is already being experimented, it's a tracked tricycle, and the speed is really not good. Luo Ke opened the small notebook he carried with him and reported to Lu Jingzhi, "You can only advance two or three meters a second, and the average speed is only less than 10 kilometers per hour, which is not even as fast as a human running." ”

Lu Jingzhi nodded and said that he knew, it was really not possible to escape at this speed, but if it was only used as an auxiliary means of attack, it should be acceptable. "Let's go see him. He was a little surprised to see that Byrne and Roque weren't moving, "What?

"Actually," Roque said carefully, trying to make the boy in front of him less nervous, "I'm afraid I won't be able to see it today." Candi Ta ...... The production line of that car was dismantled again. ”

"What?!It's been demolished again!Hell him!" Lu Jingzhi was really annoyed, "When is this still playing." ”

"Sir. Please calm down, please be calm. Byrne had no choice but to sacrifice the magic weapon of calmness, "Anything can be solved, provided you must be calm." ”

Lu Jingzhi hated so much that he wanted to bite this gentle major to death, when did this happen, more than 1,000 people were waiting to be equipped for war, and he still had time to do research? This is a major matter of human life.

"Let's go! Tear it down and see it!" Lu Jingzhi didn't talk nonsense, he wanted to see how this daring Kandi would explain his behavior.

When I arrived at the production site, I saw that all kinds of machine parts were piled up everywhere, and all the production workers gathered around one person to watch him fiddle with the machines that had been disassembled. That man was none other than Kandi.

"Mulle," Lu Jingzhi ignored Kandi at all, and went up and called their company commander directly, "I have something to ask you." ”

Muller answered, ran over and said, "Sir, I'm here." ”

"Who told him to dismantle the machine?Is it you, or you?!" Speaking of the second word "you", Lu Jingzhi's finger pointed at the project manager Luo Ke.

"It's me. Müller took a step forward and replied, "Roque said he was forbidden to disassemble the equipment without permission, but I agreed. ”

"Then give me an explanation. Lu Jingzhi's face turned red, and no one would doubt that if it was other children of the same age, they would have cried out loud in anger.

"Candy says he's found a key problem,......

"I don't want Kandi to say, I want you to say. Lu Jingzhi interrupted Mueller's answer, "You come and tell me, can you guarantee that everyone of our people will have a car during training?"

"I'm afraid not, sir. Müller found that Lu Jingzhi was right, he wanted the lowest strategic support, and if there were not as many vehicles as previously expected, there would be people who would risk being exposed to bow and arrow damage to fight the enemy on foot.

"What about the battle?!Can you guarantee that everyone will have a car during the battle?" Lu Jingzhi asked foamingly. He's going to spray them, and if they can't give a reasonable explanation, he's going to spray them to death, better than having them killed by the sword.

"I'm afraid not, sir. Meller knew that Kandi was dismantling and dismantling like this, but he was afraid that after fifteen days he would not even produce half of it.

"Then why did you agree to let him demolish it?!" Lu Jingzhi said angrily.

"Because Candy ...... Sir, because I found that there is a problem with the design of this car, three people in this car, plus the armor you stipulate to be installed, the suspension load-bearing system of the body will be greatly affected, and it can hold out a little longer on the flat road, if it is the current road condition, it is likely to break in half an hour. ”

"Really?" Hearing Muller's answer, Lu Jingzhi suddenly calmed down, "It turns out that the culprit is myself, if I hadn't asked you to modify, there would have been no such mistake, right? Tell me, how did you find out?" ”

"Yes...... According to Kandi, he discovered the problem by doing the calculations on the materials after machining the first prototype. If we need to add a 150-pounder gun to the car, we will probably not be able to hold out for even 15 minutes. Mueller glanced at Candi, who was still disassembling the machine, and whispered about it. At first, he said that he found it himself, because he was worried that Lu Jing would punish Kandi in anger, and he said that he found it out for the purpose of protection, but at this time, seeing that the chief had calmed down and began to pay attention to these things, he was embarrassed to take credit again, so he told Kandi's discovery.

"What about your opinions?" Lu Jingzhi glanced at Luo Ke, then looked at Mule and said, "I want to know now what is being revised this time and how long it will take to get it done." ”

"Sir, we can't answer your question because we don't have the necessary time to test. Please give us more time, we will definitely come up with the best product in the shortest time. Muller pleaded.

"Time," Lu Jingzhi smiled wryly and sat on the shell of the machine next to him, "I want to give you time too, but that kid Jonny also has to give me time." Tell them, Mr. Major, why we are so short on time. ”

Byrne knew that Jonny wanted to borrow people from the POW camp, and Roque knew about it, but most of them didn't know yet. When Byrne mentions that Jonny came to the Tech Company to arrest people, they all hate and curse, and when he says that Jonny wants to take more people from the POW camp, the Tech Company is even more indignant and wants to fight the undead.

"But maybe I'm ruining your good deeds. Lu Jingzhi, "He came to put you in the village under his rule and to marry you to the women who have lost their men." ”

"There's no such thing. "No one wants to be a breeding pig." ”

"Maybe I'll do. Roque muttered as he sided. He never forgot the illusion of being surrounded by women.

"Sir," Candy was busy with his business before turning back to see Lu Jingzhi, "We have found a fatal problem, please give me more ......"

"I'll give you another five days. Lu Jingzhi stood up with an iron face, stretched out five fingers and raised them in front of Kandi's eyes, "Within five days, if you can't solve this problem, you will go back to training and combat, and you will lose the qualification to contact these machines for life." ”

"No problem," Candy happily agreed, "and it will be done in three days." But I still have a small request, and I hope you will grant it. ”

This kid also talked about the conditions.

What are Candi's conditions? Can Lu Jingzhi agree to him? I want to know what happens next, and let's see how it will be broken down next time.