After Susha said this, he stopped moving. Summer Night was used to this, but she just thought in her mind what kind of research could make a person who called himself a "god" take it so seriously.

Anyway, I'll see Curran later, so it's time to ask her.

……

"Why is this cannon so big?!"

As soon as he boarded the test ship, he couldn't help but exclaim in the summer night.

"With a caliber of 340 mm and a barrel length of 15.5 meters, the weight of a single gun exceeds 20 tons, even without the addition of artillery shields and other structures."

Curran said with some emotion and some pride.

"We didn't plan to build such a large whaling cannon at first, but after repeated calculations, we finally found that if we want to deal with beluga whales, only such a large amount of money is the most cost-effective.

"Its maximum range can reach 20 nautical miles, although it is only half the range of the beluga whale, but compared to ordinary whales, it is more than twice the range of the other party, and compared with the whaling cannon of the past, it is four times higher.

"Of course, its power is much greater, according to our estimates, if you hit an ordinary whale, you can break it in two with one shot, even if it is a beluga whale, as long as you hit 2-3, you can seriously injure the opponent......"

After listening to Curran's introduction, Xia Ye also had a general idea in his heart, 340 mm caliber, which is equivalent to the 13.5-inch main gun in the past world, and the range seems to be about the same, but this gun is not a battleship or cruiser naval gun, but just a whaling gun.

But if you think about it, the whales in this world are even more outrageous. With a length of more than 300 meters and a range of 40 nautical miles, the Beluga whale can shoot hundreds of rounds at a time, and it also has the ability to track, which is simply a weakened but strengthened version of the vertical missile.

"I understand the reason, but don't you think that this cannon is too big compared to a test ship? Packed the foredeck. "Summer Night Road.

Curran spread his hands helplessly: "We have a total of two test ships, the larger one has been equipped with a catapult to test the Strike Witch, and the remaining smaller one can only be used alive." In order to stuff this cannon in, we didn't even have a cannon shield, and we put a lot of counterweights in the stern, otherwise the ship would have capsized......

"In the final analysis, although the company has only finished injecting funds, but now that so many projects have been launched at the same time, Moer is still a little stretched, and the test ship, which can be used improvised, is not that it can't be built specifically, it's just ......."

Seeing that Curran's words implied two words "playing money", Xia Ye hurriedly waved his hand: "Ha, haha...... I think this test ship is very good, and the size is just right, so there is no need to waste Mordo to build another one. ”

……

"Boom !!"

The whaling cannon roared like a thunderbolt, the hull tilted violently under the recoil, and for a moment the summer night almost thought that the test ship was going to capsize, but in the end, it still struggled to turn back from the critical point, like a tumbler, swaying and crunching in the sea of clouds.

The shell turned into a point of light and quickly disappeared into the sky, on such a rudimentary test platform, the whaling cannon obviously did not have any accuracy at all, but the shell did fly out, plus the cannon did not explode, as long as the range reached the expected target, this test can be regarded as a complete success.

Everyone, including Curran, looked at the horizon in anticipation. Soon after, a black dot flew in from a distance, it was Xiu wearing a WS-1 thruster, she staggered past the test ship, threw a metal cylinder on the deck, and then pulled up a beautiful arc, and flew away in the blink of an eye.

Immediately, a gunner ran over, picked up the metal cylinder, unscrewed it and poured out a note, and when she saw the numbers on the note, a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

"20.5 nautical miles!" The gunner loudly announced to everyone.

"It worked!!"

There was silence on the deck for a second, followed by bursts of cheer.

The test range reached the design value, and the large-caliber whaling gun was a project that had been started by "long-distance charter" for a long time, but it was stalled for a long time due to the company's operational difficulties, and it was not until the recent summer night injection that funds were raised to restart the research.

The success of today's test means that the effort that has been put in for so long has finally paid off.

Curran was visibly excited, too, but she only started cheering with the crowd and stopped yelling at them.

"Congratulations, you made it." Summer Night said.

"Thank you, thanks to your funding." Curran smiled, "Also, thanks to the fact that you invented the 'Strike Witches', you are right, they are indeed useful. ”

"How?"

"I didn't expect the range of the large-caliber whaling cannon to be so far, 20 nautical miles, which is far beyond the visual range, and without the 'Strike Witch', it would be impossible to make bullet point corrections. Even in this test, we relied on repairs to know how far the shells flew. ”

Before the test, the engineers set up airbag buoys between 10 and 20 nautical miles in advance, one every 0.5 nautical miles, and marked the numbers in order from near to far, so that they could know how far the shell flew by observing which two buoys landed on the projectile.

Curran was right. If you can't see where the shells are, you can't correct them, and it's almost impossible to hit a whale swimming, and then there's no point in hitting a whaling cannon, no matter how far and powerful it is.

A lookout like Tang Li, who has an ultra-long-range observation range, can of course see the landing point of the cannonballs 20 nautical miles away, but after going to sea, Tang Li is likely to be on the flagship "Moby Dick", not on a whaling ship equipped with large-caliber guns, and more importantly, her duty is to do a larger range of vigilance, rather than staring at the landing point of the cannonballs.

Therefore, it is best to have the "Strike Witch" to help correct the bullet point, but only if another problem is solved first.

"So, in the end, our problem came back to communication and positioning." Summer Night said.

If the Strike Witch can't report the location of the bullet point in real time, then there is no way to make corrections.

"Actually, I've tried to find a solution to this problem." Curran said.

"Huh?"

"I found Susa." She pointed to the flower pattern on her arm.

Summer Night suddenly realized: "If Susha is willing to help...... It does solve this problem. ”

As long as each cat witch carries a flower on her body, then no matter how far away, real-time calls can be realized, and as for positioning, it should not be a problem for flowers.

But Curran immediately poured cold water: "It's a pity, Susha said that it can't be done." ”

"Why?" Summer Night asked suspiciously.

"According to Susa, it's called 'Flower Cat Incompatibility', which means that since the cat witch is the product of the fusion of the witch and Shogoth, in a broad sense, it can be regarded as forming a symbiotic relationship with Shogoth, and she can no longer take root in the cat witch."

"Huh?"

Summer Night's first reaction was that Susha was making excuses, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that the other party's statement seemed to make sense. Perhaps, to put it bluntly, this race named Xiugux is quite powerful, and Susha's parasitic ability cannot be effective on the other party.

It seems that this self-proclaimed "god" flower is not omnipotent......

"It's okay, although Susha can't do it here, I can go find another person to try." Summer Night said to Curran.

"Who?"

"Tang Li. Using her abilities, she may be able to solve this problem. ”

Curran nodded: "If there is anything you need the company's assistance, please feel free to contact me." ”

"Okay." Xia Ye decided to ask Tang Li tomorrow, "By the way, there is another thing. ”

"Huh?"

"On the way here, Susha told me that she was working on the 'Heinekan Creation', and that I would probably be interested, so let me ask you."

"There's such a thing. Although the flower has a strange personality, it is indeed quite powerful, and thanks to her, the "Heinekan Creation" in me has almost become a new contract ......"

Curran said, with a somewhat odd expression.

"Although according to Susha, the most crucial step of the research has not yet been completed, but the effect is enough to surprise me."

Hearing what the other party said, Xia Ye's curiosity was suddenly aroused: "Can you show me a demonstration?" ”

Curran nodded slightly: "Let's go to the cabin below." ”

The two of them stepped off the deck, Curran picked a random cabin and opened it, and when Summer Night also walked in, he locked the door firmly.

"Do you remember the original effect of the Heinekan Creation?"

Summernight, of course, remembers: "Get a random Heinecan artifact, like your prosthetic hand." ”

"But that's how it works today......"

Curran recited the witch syllable of the contract:

“H-r-T-”

The crack opened, and a "Heinecan Creation" emerged from the crack and landed on the floor between the two of them with a "thump".

Summer Night's eyes widened suddenly.

She suddenly understood why Susha said, 'You're interested, too'.

"Now that creation is no longer random, every time you use a contract, you get this ......"

Curran said, gesturing to another "Curran" lying on the ground.

(End of chapter)