A week later, in the Valley of the Impossible Mountains.
Since the last napalm test, it's become a new weapons testing ground. It's closer to the North Slope lab, and it's hard to get people's attention. With the increasing development of the hidden forest, the flow of people inside and outside the northwest city wall is far from what it used to be. The previous practice of setting up an isolated area on the suburban grassland and testing it is obviously not suitable.
Considering that the power of the weapon will further increase in the future, it is a logical thing to move the proving ground.
And this time, what Roland wants to test is the single-soldier anti-devil grenade he decided to study before.
Due to the progress of the overall industrial level and the preparation of sufficient materials in advance, the weapon was only five days apart from trial production to actual launch, which is the fastest record in the history of Neverwinter weapon development.
Of course, this is inseparable from the extraordinarily simple structure of the individual grenade itself.
In another world, the extremists who fight against the five slags can use gas tanks and drain pipes to make giant RPGs, and they can also become multi-mounted self-propelled artillery with pickups, not to mention Neverwinter City, which is supported by a whole set of industrial systems. .
"Just aim the bullet at the target and pull the trigger, right?" El Xia asked excitedly as he rolled up the launch tube with his tentacles. Apparently, as a former high-ranking samurai warrior, she is full of interest in new firearms, not to mention that this weapon was specially developed for the devil.
It's just that this scene looked a little weird in Roland's eyes.
A sarcoid monster with a huge body and tentacles is almost a frequent visitor in thriller stories. Some of them rely on their eyes to shoot light, some rely on swords, guns and iron shields, and some rely on powerful suction cups and special liquid secreted to communicate with the brave. Fighting... but holding an rpg? Uh... I always feel that something is not quite right.
However, letting the original carrier work as a tester is also for safety reasons. Once the individual grenade fires and explodes by accident, the soldiers who operate at close range basically have only one end, even the God's Punishment Witch will not be much better. Only the original carrier can extend its tentacles to a safe enough place to avoid tragedy.
"Just don't let the tail face yourself or others," Roland coughed twice, "Let's start."
El Xue tapped the main whisker and pressed the trigger.
A fire burst out in an instant and flew towards the target 100 meters away.
After crossing a shallow arc, the warhead accurately hit the bottom of the target... With a bang, the iron box used as the target rolled back twice, seemingly unscathed.
Compared to the ground-shaking fortress artillery bombardment, or the napalm flames that cover the sky, this can be said to be the smallest experiment. In fact, not to mention the flames of the explosion, even the dust and gravel that were raised were very little, and they were blown away by the mountain wind in less than a few breaths.
"Uh..." The scene was a little embarrassed for a while.
Only Roland smiled, "Go and show it."
Soon two witches of God's Punishment ran back carrying iron boxes.
"This is… "
Everyone noticed that the bottom of the box was white, as if it had been burned by something. In the center of the vitiligo, there is an inconspicuous pit, about the thickness of three fingers.
"Did it go through?" Pasha asked curiously. "Although it can't be said to be slow when flying, it's not going anywhere fast, at least it's much more eye-catching than a bullet... A revolver can't pierce this box, right?"
"Even the Mark 1 heavy machine gun may not be able to do it," El Xia leaned over, "This iron coffin is completely imitated by the stone pillars projected by the spider demon, covered with a finger-thick steel plate in every direction. It's not that easy to penetrate. By the way, isn't there still a test item inside, so let's open it up and take a look."
She stretched out two tentacles and lifted the heavy lid of the box, and the people present suddenly let out a low exclamation.
In order to simulate the devil in the stone pillar, several live chickens were stuffed into the box in advance and hung on the wall of the box with wire. But now, there are only a few mutilated pieces of meat and a layer of charred chicken feathers.
"It seems to work well," Roland nodded with satisfaction. He was not surprised by such a result, on the contrary, it was even more difficult for El Xue to make a hit on the first test shot. According to his assumption, he had to hit at least five or six rounds.
No dazzling flames and deafening roars are expected, as much light as there are equivalents, this is an unbreakable rule. But if you want to fill in more equivalents, you need to pay a price, and the first one that affects the rate of fire.
On the basis of a fixed amount of propellant, the larger the warhead, the greater the resistance; the heavier the warhead, the slower the rate of fire. In order to maximize the hit against high-level devils, Roland gave up the advantage of super-caliber charges. The grenade was almost the same size as the 40mm barrel, and the front section was conical to reduce friction with the air.
From the shooting results, the performance of the warhead in flight speed and stability is very good. Although the size has shrunk a lot compared to Iron Fist, the energy-gathering warhead is still more than enough to deal with ten millimeters of armor plates, and the equivalent thickness of the former is comparable to the Devil's Projectile Stone Pillar.
"Do you think this weapon can hit middle and high-level devils?" Roland looked at Pasha and the others.
"Hmm..." The first person to speak was El Xue, "There are strong and weak in high-level demons, just like the supernatural and the supernatural, it is not easy to generalize. If you prefer speed type, or demon slayer, Honestly… a head-on hit is unlikely. Even seeing the grenade fired, there’s plenty of time left for them to dodge. But”
She paused slightly, and raised several tones, "This is definitely an epoch-making weapon, Your Majesty, because it bridges the gap between demons and mortals, making it possible to win by numbers, and it's not good to use any words to praise it. Pass!"
"That's right," Pasha followed with a smile. "A mortal person can also hurt a high-level devil. It was almost unimaginable in the past. If there were such weapons in Taquila's era, Lord Nataya probably dreamed. will wake up laughing.”
"And I also have a way to greatly increase its hit rate." El Xia waved his main beard.
"Oh?" Roland looked at her, "What is it?"
"Let the Witch of God's Punishment use it." Elxa's voice was full of excitement, "Only the superhuman who can keep up with the high-level demons. If they shoot close to the face, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it is impossible to escape. This blow!"
"Don't worry, since it's an individual weapon, it's natural to strive for one weapon," Roland smiled. "God's Punishment Witch is no exception."
The next test content is to further increase the power on the basis of ensuring the rate of fire and manufacturing cost, he secretly calculated. In addition, the characteristics of super-caliber should not be wasted. The high-level devils run fast does not mean that the deformed parasites are also the same. Considering that sooner or later, they will invade the devil's city, and it is not impossible to encounter spider devils in street battles. Therefore, pre-research New ammunition types are also necessary.
Just as Roland was thinking about it, the personal guard suddenly brought a message.
"Your Majesty, the team you sent to Wolf Heart has arrived at the inland dock, and Lord Sean is back."