"The 12-pounder field gun currently in service is very heavy, and the reason is that it is made of bronze. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info bronze is too heavy. Demi took Frederick to inspect the shooting range and said, "After we have ceased the smelting process, the heavy factory has the ability to cast a lightweight pure steel cannon body. Compared with bronze cannons of the same caliber, the weight of pure steel cannons is reduced by half......"

"So we thinned the armor a little so that the knights could carry light cannons for maneuvering. Elena smirked her long hair and pointed to the shooting range in the distance.

Xiao Qian's eyesight was poor, and he had to tiptoe to see the distance clearly: a bunch of targets stood on the grassland, and the shooting range was connected to a hill. On the grassy hills, the silver knights were already lined up, and the horses were anxiously bowing their heads and digging their hooves. What is striking is that the left side of the horse armor hangs a heavy ammunition belt, twelve fused shells bulge like pods, and the right side of the horse armor is inlaid with a round cannon body.

Because of the excessive load, the widened horseshoe paws are shallowly sunk into the turf, step by step.

"This exercise should be successful. Elena handed the signal flag to Filia and turned to look at the president, "Do you want to take a look?

Frederick nodded. Filia waved the signal flag in the autumn wind of the hunt, and waved the flag.

There was a roar from the hills, and the knights charged in all directions, like a stream of mercury rushing down the hills, reflecting a dazzling silver light on the steppe.

When the earth shook with the horses' hooves, the Knights rushed like lightning before Frederick's eyes, bringing up a gust of wind that lifted his coat and flew the hunt.

The Knights quickly entered the shelling position, then gradually slowed down. The powerful knights jumped off their horses, pulled out the steel cannons on the horse armor, opened the lid and loaded them in their arms, and after pushing in the cannonballs, they covered the breech with a "bang", tightened the valve, and neatly carried the cannon on their shoulders, and the lock of the cannon body was fixed on the shoulder armor with a "click". Then the knights got down on one knee and opened fire on the target area.

A volley, the recoil pushed the riders forward and backwards.

Frederick saw that the dummy five hundred meters away had been blown to pieces and the man was turned on his back. Even the turf was swept into the air, and it rained mud.

After the first row of knights finished shelling, they quickly cleaned up the scene, then turned over their horses and walked away. The knights of the second and third rows in the back came behind and opened fire in an orderly manner. After three rounds of shelling, the target range was blown up beyond recognition, and the green area was bombed into black soil, as if it had been cultivated by cattle.

The knights ran away after the fight, and with the roar of the horses' hooves, all the members had withdrawn, and they rushed up the hills again to line up, and continued to look around as if nothing had happened.

Xiao Qian looked stupid. The knights were tall and large, and they not only wore knightly armor with fangs and claws, but also carried a thick steel pipe across the grassland, firing cannons in all directions, and galloping back and forth. This staggering bravery makes Xiao Qian suspect that they are tireless robots.

"Knights are iron men, aren't they? no wonder the master is so fierce at night. Xiao Qian doubted that the knight's physical strength could be described as bottomless.

Elena lowered her head and pinched off her pocket watch, then handed it to Frederick: "Two kilometers of galloping, shelling targets five hundred meters away, and then returning the same way, it takes half an hour." This was only a twelfth of their firepower, since each horse was equipped with twelve shells. ”

Filia was elated, clapped her hands and smiled: "Running, bombing, retreating, all in one go, these war horses are really heroes of their kind." ”

Frederick took the drill list and asked carefully: "What is the charisma index of these knights? ”

"The average charismatic index is in the early 200s, and both the dragoons and the Silver Knights can meet the medical requirements, and the number of qualified people is 461. Elena strategized: "As long as you approve it, lighten the weight of their armor, and equip each of them with a 75 mm caliber gun, you can have 461 small steel cannons that move at a speed of up to 30 kilometers per hour, and you can definitely form an invincible artillery division." ”

Xiao Qian held his mouth and shouted with wide eyes: "A self-propelled cannon with a speed of 30 kilometers per hour?

Filia reached out and poked the maid's head, "You just drank the oil." The military rations were beef with potatoes. ”

Frederick asked Xiao Qian with ulterior motives: "Do you think that compared with Fran the Great, my cavalry battalion is slightly superior?"

Xiao Qian vigorously recalled the scene of the tank rampant, put his finger to his lips and said, "You and that person have almost the same goal - you are both pursuing mobile armored units with high firepower and off-road. From the current point of view, the two of you are on the same path. ”

She single-handedly supported the Fran Empire and knew a little about Fran the Great's tank complex. She felt a little guilty when she said it, and looked down and thought, "This is not a leak of secrets, is it? Wiener didn't even see anyone rescue me after the fall, and I can't help it if I become a prisoner. Well, I'll just take it as if they forgive me. ”

Elena's ears pricked up, and she suddenly became interested in Xiao Qian, holding the document, and leaned over to look at Xiao Qian: "Then tell me, what is the Emperor Fran pursuing?"

"Armor, artillery, off-road speed, that's what he's after," Xiao Qian clumsily gestured: "His idea is the same as yours, which is to let the most powerful artillery run wild." The difference is that you put the cannon on the horse's hooves, and he put the cannon on ten wheels. ”

"How do you know the ...... in Paris" Before Fila could finish speaking, she was covered by Elena.

Elena turned her head to look at Xiao Qian, who was stunned, smiled and bent her eyes, full of tenderness: "'Julia', you go on, don't refrain from it." ”

Dimi duly handed over a sketch: "You said that the cannon is on a wheel, is that so?"

Xiao Qian, who was looking at Elena in confusion, suddenly took a sketch, looked down closely, and found that the sketch meticulously depicted a shore defense cannon fixed on ten wheels, which was cumbersome and could only be pushed by manpower.

"There are tracks on the wheels. Then the tracks were hidden under the armor. Both the gunner and the driver were protected by the turret. There's probably some engines or something in there. Xiao Qian took the pencil and proudly revised the sketch.

Frederick, Demi, Philia, and Elena all leaned over curiously, silently in a circle, and craned their necks to watch.

Xiao Qian said and sketched, and the prototype of a classical tank jumped on the paper.

Xiao Qian proudly returned the pen and paper, closed her eyes and waited for everyone's praise: "Isn't it a novelty? Isn't it amazing!" followed by a sentence "Praise me!"

Philia gasped, "It's really amazing...... Indestructible and indestructible at the same time, without manpower at the same time, travel hundreds of miles a day. This kind of thing, it's so powerful to think about......" She turned to Elena and asked, "Can this thing really be made in a heavy factory?"

Xiao Qian tiptoed with his hands behind his back, and was praised for his beauty, and his dignified demeanor was flying.

Elena turned her head to look at Frederick, her eyes blinking, as if to speak: "You already knew that she had a belly secret?"

Frederick nodded slowly and applauded enthusiastically.

"What's this thing called?" Filia asked Xiao Qian with the sketch.

"Tanks. Xiao Qian couldn't wait to give a lecture: "In the terrain where the plains and wilderness are mostly located, it can advance hundreds of miles in one night, and no one can stop it." ”

"Tanks are already being built in Paris?" said Fillia, anxious.

"I ...... How do I know!" Xiao Qianyi heard the explicit question, and immediately shouted. And in good conscience, she has been away from Paris for more than a year, and she really does not know the progress of the project.

Frederick hurriedly relieved the siege and turned the subject to Dimi: "Can we build tanks?"

Dimi pointed to the sketch and said, "With our current steam engine technology, the tank we have built is estimated to be larger than the locomotive. It also costs water, coal, and the temperature of the cabin can cook people. None of these problems can be solved. ”

"Then gather technicians, treat the tank as an imaginary enemy, and study the counterattack plan. Frederick accepted reality and made a decisive decision.