Chapter 1343: Upgrading of Military and Civilian Technology
When it comes to technology research and development, the most important thing is to have the idea first, and then to have the industrial base that can realize this idea.
Quel'Salas is a magical kingdom with a history of more than 7,000 years, counting the period when he was an upper-level elf, Quel'Thalas's history is no worse than that of the Night Elves, and it is natural that he has accumulated strong capital in magic technology.
According to Sarjan's analysis, the otherworldly science provided by the barrage is similar to the engineering that has become increasingly popular in Azeroth in recent years.
Engineering is quite different from Quel'Salas's magic technique, but it is one of the many paths to the truth through technological advancement.
The Draeni from beyond the world have extensive experience in merging magic technology and engineering, and the Eredar civilization at its peak possessed a level of technological prowess that Azeroth could not have imagined at this stage.
In barrage terms, the Eredar civilization is far ahead of the Azeroth civilization in climbing the tech tree, and they have long been able to break away from the cradle of their home planet and sail a spaceship through the vast sea of stars.
However, after the Great Aridad Split, the Draeni who fled with Naru lost a lot of crucial knowledge and technology along the long way to escape.
To this day, the Draenei, once possessed advanced technology, rely on the help of the High Elves to complete some of the more basic knowledge that was lost in their early years.
As the saying goes, if the foundation is not solid, the higher the building is built, the greater the possibility of toppling.
With Saljan taking the lead, the Deleni and the High Elves have come close in recent years in terms of collaborative research technology, effectively improving Quel'Salas's relatively backward engineering skills.
With the experience of the Delini people, the High Elf technicians have been able to merge engineering and magic technology well, forming a new technology model that Sarren calls magic technology.
Strictly speaking, new weapons such as the Magic Guide Gun and the Magic Guide Cannon are the products of magic guide technology.
However, compared to the more elaborate Magic Guided Vehicle, the tank, with the current level of technology of Quel'Salas, it will definitely take a long time to overcome the many technical difficulties encountered in the development and manufacturing process one by one.
Unable to eat hot tofu in a hurry, Salian did not set a dead line for the Weapons Research Institute to accept the results, what he needed was a stable product that could be used with quality and quantity, not a defective semi-finished product made by rushing ducks to the shelves.
Quel'Salas already has the technology to use the Magic Cannon and the Four-Wheeled Vehicle.
According to Varrant's speculation, it would not be difficult to simply mount the magic cannon on a four-wheeled vehicle.
The most important problem to be solved is to adjust the design center of gravity of the vehicle according to the weight of the gun body, and keep the lower plate as stable as possible, so as not to collapse itself ten meters away before firing a shot.
This requires that the vehicle as the base of the self-propelled gun must have sufficient weight, and the specific weight ratio needs to be precisely calculated and tested.
As barrage netizens said, four-wheeled vehicles do not play well on battlefields with complex terrain environments, which is one of the main reasons why tracks can become the standard configuration of tanks.
Researchers such as Varrant needed to dedicate a team to verify the feasibility of tank tracks, and before that could do so, Sallian hoped to build a trial version of a four-wheeled self-propelled gun and a light armored vehicle equipped with a large-caliber magic machine gun.
The Weapons Research Institute finally had a period of leisure, and as soon as the Grand Duke of Deep Shadow came back, he gave them a lot of new ideas that needed to be tackled, and the technicians led by Varrant were both painful and happy.
It hurts, because they know they'll have to work overtime for a long time to come, but at the same time they're happy about the technological progress in Quel'Thalas' weapon development.
To be selected for an important department such as the Weapons Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense, technicians must first pass a "political review" proposed by Sarean to ensure that those who join it are patriots.
These people will rejoice in the strength of Quel'Thalas and be depressed by the weakness of Quel'Thalas.
Even though they knew that they were about to usher in a period of overtime life with no end in sight, none of these bitter researchers said that they would quit.
Being able to dive into new technologies that Azeroth never had before is a pleasure for most of the simpler minds of technologists.
Just like what Sarian had said to Valilla before, in order to explain to the technicians all the details and design concepts of the drawings he had drawn, he temporarily put aside other chores and ate and lived with Varrant and others in the weapons research institute for more than a month.
Knowing that the Grand Duke of Deep Shadow had plunged headlong into the field of technology as soon as he returned, another group of technicians who were working with the Deleni people on an important civilian technology also came to the door with a smell.
…… Of course, these people could not enter the door of the Ministry of Defense, and they conveyed their intention to meet the Grand Duke of Deep Shadow, who was immersed in technology, through the Sun King Kael'thas and the Minister of Engineering in the Cabinet.
"Cell phone?"
When Sarren walked out of the weapons research institute after more than a month, the stubble on his face came out due to the lack of daily care.
After listening to the explanation of the person in charge of the engineering department who came to the door, Sarian suddenly patted his head.
"Ah......h I almost forgot if you didn't say it. ”
The development of cell phones and base stations was an important task that Sarren had given to the engineering department before he left Quel'Thalas last time.
Azeroth's means of communication mostly rely on spatial magic for teleportation, and the idea of using teleportation to teleport small notes came from Sarjan himself.
From a technical point of view, this idea does not have a high threshold, and other countries have copied the past after knowing the principle, which greatly reduces the time cost of remote communication in the feudal era.
However, with the exception of the Magic Kingdom of Dalaran, there are not as many arcane artists as Quel'Salas, who can disperse the mages responsible for delivering messages around the world.
Taking Lordaeron, the most powerful Chinese in the human kingdom, as an example, Galia will only deploy communication mages in some of the more important cities and strongholds, and her efficiency and coverage are completely incomparable to Quel'Thalas.
Even so, Sarayan disliked the lack of convenience and secrecy in this method of communication.
With the gradual popularization of the technology of using space spells to deliver notes, the possibility of hostile forces taking advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters to deliver false news also needs to be considered.
When transmitting information remotely, countries often agree to burn their own unique security marks on paper, so as not to be misled by fake information that does not come from the official source, and the process of transmitting information between them becomes more and more complicated.
With the help of the great inventor Mimiron, Salian was able to use the arcane frequency bands for long-range speech...... and even new technologies for video communication.
Due to the presence of Quel'Thalas in the enclave of the Crystal Song Forest, there has always been a high demand for more efficient telecommunication technology.
The technology that Sarian brought back from mobile phones and base stations came at the right time.
The Sun King and the Cabinet had long been accustomed to the occasional surprise that Salaan could bring back some surprises that were ahead of his time.
As long as these techniques are indeed beneficial to the development of Quel'Salas, the high-level of the kingdom of Hutu is too lazy to get to the bottom of it...... Besides, few people dared to run over and question the high-ranking Grand Duke of Deep Shadow, didn't they say anything when they didn't see the Sun King.
Sarian raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows and said to the person in front of him: "Griffin, explain the specific situation, how is the laying progress of the base station?" Can portable terminals be mass-produced? ”
Griffin is the head of the research and development department of new communication technology, and when he heard Sarren's inquiry, he had already been prepared to answer the book friend's questions in an orderly manner.
"With the help of Deleni technicians, the base station and the portable terminal ...... That is to say, the analysis and imitation of mobile phones have been successfully completed. ”
"The full coverage of base stations in Quel'Salas has been basically completed, and in the next step, we plan to use the magic network pipeline provided by the sunwell to bury more base stations in the Jingge Forest in Northrend."
"According to your assumption, the assembly line for mass production of mobile phones has been built, and at this stage, we have not been able to fully understand this set of technology, so we can only imitate the gourd drawing scoop, and we cannot carry out subsequent iterative updates."
"Grand Duke of the Deep Shadow." Griffin hesitated for a moment, but finally said the second half of the sentence: "If we can, we and Deleni's technicians hope to get more specific R&D drawings to further understand this technology, so as to promote subsequent technology upgrades." ”
"Well...... this"
Sarjan held his chin and muttered for a moment: "It's okay, I just planned to go to Ulduar recently, and by the way, I will help you find Mimiron to get the drawings." ”
'Ulduar ......'
Griffin's heart moved, as one of the confidants of the Minister of Works in the Cabinet, he was also a proper senior Quel'Salas.
Griffin had also heard of the name of Ulduar, the city of Titans, and knew that the Grand Duke of Deep Shadow had only recently teamed up with the Titan Guardians to recover Ulduar from the rebels.
It turns out that this technology came from the Titan Guardians...... No wonder it was so ahead of its time. ’