Chapter 566 War Hammer

Just as chopped sticks and smashed stones replaced claws and teeth, primitive swords and personal martial arts will inevitably be replaced by guns made of steel. To survive, inefficient personal force must give way to efficient war machines - this is the objective law of the development of things.

Gawain didn't know whether every world followed such objective laws, but at least he could be sure that the world followed such laws.

Even if there are extraordinary powers in this world, even if the extraordinary powers in this world have the mighty power to move mountains and fill the seas, this principle will not change - the extraordinary people who move mountains and fill the seas will surely be able to move mountains and fill the seas with higher efficiency. The machine of the sea was replaced, which was decided on the day the first hunting stick was sharpened.

He looked at the chariot in front of him with admiration, as if he saw another era extending in front of the chariot's tracks.

Rebecca, Hetty, Philip and Nicholas Egg were with him, and everyone's (and Ball's) attention was equally focused on that chariot.

The idea that Rebecca had come up with after the advent of the magic car - a cannon on the car - finally came true, and it not only installed a gun, but also installed armor plates and shield generators.

This chariot, which can barely be called a "tank", is not the same as what Gawain originally designed, and it is even very different from any kind of tank he understands. It has no inclined armor, and the main body of the whole vehicle is It is an almost square iron box. The tall iron box is spliced ​​together with a lot of rivets and welding points. Each piece of armor is just a thin steel plate; The points are similar, but significantly rougher, and deep rune dents can be seen on each track plate - the earth element rune can reduce the wear of the metal plate when it comes into contact with the ground, and slightly enhance the track's resistance to elemental attacks. Resistance, it is said that this is the suggestion of a rune craftsman from the Hosman area; its turret is equally impressive, it is a trapezoidal iron cover, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, the front end of the iron cover is open, and two parallel The metal guide rails extend straight out of the opening, and the simple optical sighting device is installed parallel to the metal guide rails and is located in the lower half of the iron cover.

Limited by the current technology, the main gun it installs is the smallest "Persuader" light rail gun, and it has also been specially modified to be light-weighted for mounting on a chariot. Naturally, the power has a certain discount, but for the battlefield of this era In other words, this thing is already a moving shredder.

From the outside, it looks rough like a punk product, and it doesn't fit the tank design ideas on earth at all.

Almost all of its armor has no bevels and arcs; its armor is also very thin, and at the seams where some rivets are connected, it can even be seen that its side armor is just sheet steel; It looks quite tall and has a large turret.

These designs greatly reduce the difficulty of manufacturing this tank (which is one of the reasons why it can be built so quickly),

The cost of the vehicle has been reduced, its weight has been greatly reduced, and the payload and interior space have been increased, but all with the obvious problem: its physical defenses appear to have been lowered.

In Gawain's original design materials, there were concepts of sloping armor and a low body, but in the final product, both concepts were scrapped.

In the beginning, he also specifically approached Rebecca and Carmel because of these changes, and had some arguments, but in the end, he gave in because he later discovered that this design that seemed to lower the defense was actually a good idea. is the most reasonable.

At first, he gave the tank strong physical defense capabilities according to inertial thinking, and wanted to increase the armor inclination and reduce the height of the body so that the future chariot could resist physical attacks such as artillery shells and reduce the hit rate. But he overlooked one point - the most powerful form of attack in this world, and the only form of attack that can threaten a chariot, is magic.

Tanks don't need to face artillery shells at all, and don't even think about throwing stones. On the battlefield, it basically faces less powerful projectile weapons and high-power magic attacks - small-power projectile weapons, For example, crossbows and stone bullets can't damage armor made of thin steel plates at all, and powerful magic attacks, using inclined armor or curved armor, have no effect at all.

Powerful spells such as Lightning, Pyroblast, and Ice Whip will not "ricochet", and some spells with channeling effects will not miss the target because of the low body of the tank. It is necessary to defend against powerful ones. For magic attacks, it is not necessary to work on armor, but to put a set of shield generators in the body of the chariot.

And with the magic shield, even if the chariot encounters a powerful live ammunition attack - such as the shelling of another chariot of the same level - it also has a certain defensive ability, instead of compressing the chariot's precious car in order to resist the live ammunition attack inner space.

Under the guidance of this idea, the technicians of the Machinery Manufacturing Institute and the Magic Technology Research Institute abandoned the operation of "unintelligible use" such as sloped armor, and instead designed the chariot to be so square and human. A tall and large iron box, and two sets of magic shield devices were inserted into the increased internal space. In the end, the thing in front of Gawain was created.

"We've tested it, and its weapons and shield systems work fine," Rebecca said happily, with a smug look on her face, "As I said, stuff it in the car shell. Two sets of shields are much more useful than hanging a bunch of inclined steel plates, and the cost is still lower, and it can also reduce the weight... Your previous idea just thought it looked good, but it was not practical at all..."

Gao Wen, who was slapped in the face by the objective laws of this world, couldn't refute Rebecca's words academically, but he could use his identity as an ancestor to knock on the head of his little granddaughter, so he patted Rebecca's head casually: "I The previous thinking was wrong, but who said my previous plan was because it was good-looking?"

"Oops..." Rebecca exclaimed when she was photographed, but she became happy the next second, "Then you mean the chariot we built now is beautiful?"

I don't know how she came up with this idea.

Gawain ignored Rebecca, who was already complacent, but raised his head, looked at the punk-style "magic tank", and asked casually, "The final plan is still a rail gun?"

Nicholas Egg floated over and made a humming sound: "Although the smallest rainbow light cannon can barely be mounted on the turret, it will almost 'eat' more than half of the energy of the power ridge. The short shot will also seriously affect the stability of the engine, and the radiant heat of the rainbow light cannon is too large. If it is continuously irradiated for more than 30 seconds, the turret will become extremely hot, and the frost rune cannot be pressed down, and the crew is unbearable—— So in the end we went with live ammunition. Although it is necessary to carry artillery shells, it is the only feasible solution at the moment.”

Gao Wen nodded and looked at the production line behind the chariot: "How long will it take to mass-produce it?"

Nicholas Egg pondered for a while, and said buzzingly: "Actually... mass production will be achieved in about half a month."

Gao Wen was surprised: "So fast?!"

"Because it's completely made up of existing technology, and the production line is also directly modified from the production line of agricultural machinery," Nicholas Egg explained, "The chassis is a direct-use Universal-II agricultural machinery chassis, and the armor is basically It is an iron box spliced ​​with rivets and solder joints, and the existing welding operation platform can be modified and used, and the main gun has been mass-produced in the production line of the military factory. As for other internal devices... the technical content is not high. "

Gawain nodded slowly, what the Iron Ball said was really reasonable.

He wanted to build a tank. At first, it seemed like an unattainable goal, but when the magic vehicle was built, the light rail gun was built, and all kinds of agricultural machinery were successfully developed, the tank was unknowingly. Ready.

Even in the history of the earth, the first tank seems to have been "rubbed" after piecing together ready-made technologies.

This rough prototype car in front of me may one day develop into some kind of sophisticated thing, but now it really has an iron shell on the tractor chassis and a cannon on the iron shell. So simple...

Something as simple as this is enough to deal with the challenges Cecil will face next, and in places other than Cecil... it is also "sophisticated" enough.

"It will be mass-produced as soon as possible after the final test is completed. Before next summer, as many as can be built," Gawain said to Nicholas Egg, then turned to Philip on the other side, "Choose who have a higher talent in magic machinery and driving. Soldiers, the task of training the first tank soldiers will be handed over to you."

After Nicholas Egg and Philip took their orders, Gawain looked at Hetty again: "You are in charge of approving the budget."

Hetty: "...Yes."

Butler Cecil wanted to cry but had no tears - she was dragged over to see "Agricultural Machinery" early in the morning just to approve the budget.

But after a short period of wanting to cry without tears, Hetty still felt a hint of urgency and deep meaning from Gawain's attitude: "Ancestor, do you think the crisis...will break out within a year?"

"This is the worst situation," Gawain nodded. "It's already summer—according to the temperament of the nobles in the royal capital, they should almost finish their shit."

Heidi looked at Gawain's eyes and nodded slowly.

According to the original estimates of the ancestors, the nobles of Anzu will reach a consensus on the issue of repairing the magnificent wall by this summer at the latest. This is not because their efficiency can really be calculated so accurately, but the situation decides. of.

They must complete all the wrangling and discussions in the first half of the summer, in order to ensure that they can organize enough manpower and resources in the fall, select suitable representatives, and follow the elves to carry out the repair work near the barrier. If the delay is too long, the weather will When it turns cold, the team will need higher costs to set off, and in the cold winter, various projects will become difficult. If the team cannot establish a safe shelter camp in time due to the difficulty of construction near the magnificent wall with harsh environment, The possible losses and the cost of project failure are beyond the reach of any family.

"Whether they will eventually let me, an 'old man', come out to repair the barrier on behalf of Ansu, the civil war in Ansu will temporarily stop during the time when the barrier is being repaired, but they will not stop for too long - the repair and repair of the barrier Strong work will take about one to three years. Once this problem is solved and all worries are gone, the civil war will restart immediately, and... it will definitely be more violent, and all bottom lines and faces will be torn. By then, If Cecil wants to stay out of the way and make money from both sides... I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Having said this, Gawain paused and continued: "So we must prepare as soon as possible. Counting the time for the engineering team to travel, the barrier may be repaired as early as the second half of next fall, leaving us a 'safety margin'. It will not exceed next summer - it will take time to adapt to the running-in after the weapons and equipment are produced."

Listening to Gawain's plan that calculated almost every step accurately, Heidi couldn't help biting her lip: "Will the situation really develop as you estimated?"

"In many cases, the plan is inaccurate, and the facts will always exceed your expectations, just like on the battlefield - it is likely that you have made more than a dozen plans, but when the war really breaks out, it is still up to the commanders to be present. To play, we even have to rely on recklessness," Gawain laughed, looking at Hetty and said, "but good decision makers will still make plans, at least, we have something to do if we have a plan, don't we?"

Gawain himself knew that his analysis of the situation was only "analysis". Even if he had the experience of Gawain Cecil, the experience of the satellite elite, and the experience of his previous life, he could not guarantee that his analysis was accurate. But as he told Hetty, at least...have a plan.

Heidi lowered her head and said solemnly, "Yes, I understand."

Gawain nodded, then he turned to the prototype chariot, his tone rose, and he said quite happily: "Okay, then let's name this cold, sturdy big man—"

Every pair of eyes looked at him with anticipation, while he looked up and down the steel chariot.

The square armor, the rigid lines, the simple and steady shape, the straight rail gun...

Honestly, it's like a hammer.

"Let's call it Warhammer, Warhammer I main battle tank."