A day later, the Rahiman Council happened to conduct a "drill".
As early as when the expeditionary force had just arrived in the city of Lasha, a series of votes and decisions had been made within the parliament—at the beginning, Speaker Jeremy and members of the parliament voted collectively, agreeing to the manufacturing plan of the "new type of war puppet", and gave a speech in the parliament hall. Everyone watched the design drawings and preliminary ideas.
Knoss, who is vice-president of Merchant College, remembers being particularly emotional that day.
Because of the emergence of the "Field of Forbidden Magic", Mofengt Academy, which has long only been able to do chores, has quickly become the hope in the eyes of everyone: the enemy is not afraid of magic, but they cannot ignore the physical damage from long-range weapons.
Therefore, the old-age "cannonball" powered by magic crystals and the new "scattergun" powered by spar energy immediately became one of the two most popular weapons.
And the "new type of war puppet" that was expected by everyone at the beginning should actually be called a huge "land battleship".
According to the drawings, this war machine is 30 meters long, 17 meters wide, and 10 meters high. It is driven by 60 huge wooden tires underneath. The unique suspension device allows it to ignore most of the terrain. Whether it is a desert or a wilderness, it can be as smooth as walking on the ground.
And above it, like a "battleship", it is equipped with sixteen short-range cannons that can rotate, and twenty ultra-long-range "spar cannons". Provides various fire support and protection.
This is especially important for the originally weak Rahiman infantry unit.
Originally, Rahiman did not have a "spar cannon". Since Rody brought the highly efficient "spar energy", Mofeng College has quietly developed this "powerful weapon".
Naturally, the huge "war puppet" cannot be completed now, but with a group of puppet masters rushing to work day and night, the "combat platform" part of this machine has been initially constructed, and it is loaded with enough artillery and crossbows , appeared on an open space outside the city.
This is naturally done to boost the confidence of the congressmen and let them realize that Rahiman has now found a "strategy to deal with the enemy."
And as the order after order was issued, the sound of the sixteen cannons fired in unison under the control of the soldiers, and the deafening roar of the twenty "spar cannons" really made the parliamentarians who had not experienced war for a long time They were shocked...
The target 100 meters away was pierced by the artillery crossbow on the spot, and the wooden targets 400 to 800 meters away were smashed to pieces by the solid round shells. The congressmen were amazed, and most of them were comparing these weapons with " "Magic" which one is more powerful, with a smile on his face.
A few congressmen with unsightly faces were sneering and sarcastic, obviously some "old stubborn" who believed that "puppets" could not replace magicians in war-such conversations were actually not uncommon.
Jeremy ignored the argument between them. As the speaker, he has seen the recent efforts of the Morphant College in his heart. Hearing the roaring artillery fire and flying debris, the speaker feels that the oppression in his chest seems to have eased a lot...
But he soon discovered that Congressman Knos had an ugly expression.
"Konos, is there a problem?"
"Master Speaker..."
Konos hesitated to speak, but finally shook his head: "It's still... a lot worse."
Jeremy knew what he was talking about, and frowned: "Could it be that such weapons can't deal with those troops of the Tuke tribe?"
"Pull it directly to the front line, the effect is definitely better than the current misfire mages, but compared with the Karen Kingdom's army—"
He sighed deeply, with an indescribable depression on his face: "We seem to be behind by an entire era."
The councilors who were discussing the power of artillery heard the conversation between the two. They gradually stopped their topic and gathered around one after another: "Mr. Konos, if there are hundreds of such cannons, then the enemy may not even approach us." The troops have been blown apart!"
"It can be blasted from six to seven hundred meters away, which is already beyond the attack range of ordinary middle-level mages!"
"But there is no accuracy at all! Look at those targets, how many hits do you have?"
The MPs were still arguing, but Konos was not in the mood to listen, and shook his head: "Sir, the artillery of the Karen Kingdom... may be as powerful as these at close range, but their firing rate is ten times faster."
The surrounding voices died down.
"What about the range?"
"The spar cannon they call the 'Marmot' has a range of one kilometer. And the one called the 'Vulcan' has a range of two kilometers-of course, I didn't see it hit that much with my own eyes. It is far away, but the power is real. When we have at least ten artillery pieces firing together, we may only have the power of a single shell of 'Vulcan'."
The scene where a group of mages were discussing hot weapons was a bit funny, but when Knoss said so, the members who were still a little excited didn't know how to answer. At this time, there was an intelligence report—
"Scepter Priest Yudora...surrendered?"
Jeremy couldn't believe his ears. During the Laximan war, the Tuks rarely accepted the word "surrender". He could accept the result of Rody's victory, but he couldn't believe that the enemy would voluntarily surrender.
He thought for a while: "Will this priest be escorted back to the rear?"
"Sir, what Commander Soderol means...the other party not only surrendered, but also...surrendered, and now he has become a member of the Karen Kingdom's army and does not intend to hand it over to us."
"What?!"
"How can he accept this group of evil priests?!"
If they could understand that Udora was imprisoned, and let her become a "friendly army" without any damage, how could the congressmen do it
However, Congressman Jeremy had no choice. Facing the controversy, he directly started to use the new method of submitting proposals and voting on the spot, and quickly passed two emergency decisions—
First, extend the research and development cycle of the "new war puppet", suspend the research and development of artillery, and focus on completing the load-bearing structure.
Second, unanimously approve the purchase of four "Groundhog" artillery pieces, as well as 400 shells... for imitation and research.
The members of the meeting were dejected, and Knoss was silent. Speaker Jeremy patted him on the shoulder: "When the artillery is bought, our research progress will definitely speed up quickly."
"But Mr. Speaker, what I am most worried about is not the artillery, but...their ability to airlift soldiers directly from another continent."
No one has pointed out this point before, because all MPs know that this is unsolvable...
"Then we should be thankful that Karen Kingdom is standing with us, isn't it?"
Speaker Jeremy also sighed secretly after finishing speaking, and looked up to the south... He really doesn't understand now, is it really that simple for Rody to bring this army to another continent to repel the Tuks
And he obviously didn't expect that Rody was soaring above the "Sagas" desert at this time, staring straight at the yellow sand land with ripples below, looking for the trace of "Hoverla City".
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