When firing for the second time, Agatha blocked her ears in advance.
Then she saw an incredible scene.
Without the expected long charging work, the seemingly huge metal long tube showed a lightness that was completely inconsistent with it. Every time it was shot, it seemed to shake the ground, but the base remained motionless, as if the two had nothing to do with it. Each time the long tube retreats and resets quickly and accurately, this process does not even require manual control. Only three of the four operators are busy, and the commander known as the iron axe just stands by and gives orders.
Withdrawing the metal block, slipping off the copper shell, inserting a new crossbow arrow, and firing again... In this cycle, Agatha could feel the wrath of this earth-shattering thunder almost every ten breaths, and the close-range flat shot also Let her witness with her own eyes the snow pillars and the mud prince that are set off in a row two miles away. The weapon did not deceive anyone. This weapon did launch the crossbow arrow, and the speed was so fast that it could not be caught with the naked eye. Judging from the time from the firing to the rise of the snow column, even the supernatural cannot avoid its attack!
Agatha looked at this silver-white long-barreled weapon and couldn't help but feel a little crazy.
If... If Taquila had such a powerful weapon at that time, maybe he could stop all the terrifying demons under the city wall, so as to avoid the quagmire of war of attrition after the city wall was destroyed, and the war would not become so bad. .
"Is this a weapon made by a witch?" After a while, she swallowed and asked in a low voice. Judging from its bright and clean appearance, it is absolutely impossible to beat it with both hands and a hammer.
But the prince's answer took her by surprise.
"A masterpiece shared by witches and mortals," he laughed. "Fortress cannons are smelted and forged by witches, and the cannonballs used for firing are the work of alchemists. The rest are what you call auxiliary witches."
Agatha suddenly felt a crack in her long-standing concept. She thought she was tolerant enough to treat mortals, and she was even excluded from the quest for it. But now it seems that it is far from enough to do it
Has the federation been wrong all along? Is what the prince said right... mortals can defeat the devil.
But if the cooperation between witches and mortals can burst out such a powerful force, why did the first battle of divine will still end in a fiasco
Questions kept popping up in her mind, and Agatha felt extremely confused.
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Tilly also felt a strong shock when the fortress gun continued to shoot out flames.
Although she had witnessed the scene of the artillery bombarding the evil beasts on the city wall, the shortcomings of those firearms were also obviously difficult to hit at a long distance, and they could not attack downwards when they were close, and only at a medium distance could they exert their best power. However, the reloading speed is slow, and when dealing with agile hybrid demon beasts, it is very likely that the enemy has already rushed to the foot of the city wall before the fire is ignited.
In addition, in order to quickly fire the charge, an artillery group needs five to ten people to operate. As long as there is a problem in one link, it will affect the operation of the weapon. Moreover, someone needs to take care of the fire source when igniting. When the heavy rain comes, the field gun may not be able to play any role.
But Roland's newly developed fortress cannon is completely free of the above shortcomings.
Charging from the rear can make the muzzle lower than the tail of the gun, the range of close-range shooting is greatly increased, the rate of fire has been doubled several times, and the number of personnel has been reduced to three. At the same time, there is no need for an open flame to stimulate, which means that it can fight in bad weather, and the attack range far surpasses that of a trebuchet, which is fully worthy of the epoch-making weapon in Roland's mouth.
Although it currently requires the ability of a witch to make it, Tilly believes that this is only a temporary situation. Sylvie's observation can be used as a proof: the bursting weapon that was once only available to the chief knight has now been distributed to every soldier. It is only necessary to make a batch of equipment dedicated to the production of the weapon, and the specific casting and assembly can be completed by the workers themselves.
Seeing the expressions of Ashes and Andrea, they knew that the fortress gun was also an unimaginable thing for them.
It's a good thing to have such an ally, but the feeling of being an older brother becomes even more distant.
She even felt that the other party had already walked far ahead of her.
This feeling made Tilly a little lost.
If only he could be more candid.
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Roland saw that the cannonballs that he finally made up were used up in the blink of an eye, and his heart ached. Even so, he still had to put on an unfathomable appearance to hide the reluctance in his heart.
This is not a true test firing of the new gun.
In order to achieve the demonstration effect of flowing clouds and flowing water, he asked Iron Axe to transfer a team of elite artillerymen from the artillery battalion, and started the simulated shooting practice a few days in advance, during which two rounds of live ammunition were fired. This time it was just a display of power for witches to watch.
The shooting process went smoothly, and the result was ideal. At least from Agatha's shocked expression, it could be seen that the performance of the artillery was beyond her imagination.
However, to Roland, the actual firing effect of this fortress gun was far from qualified.
Except for the sacred caliber of 152mm, other parts are far from the 152 in reality. With Anna's precision machining capabilities, combined with Lucia's elemental purification, and finally Sylvie's metal flaw detection link, in theory, he can create a modern mature artillery in the true sense, instead of a gun with a range of only seven or eight kilometers. of imitations.
The key is in the details.
For now, its drug room is too small.
Considering the weight of fixed-loaded ammunition, Roland intentionally reduced the volume of the medicine chamber, resulting in insufficient ammunition charge. Although it has a slender barrel of forty calibers, the range is still not ideal.
Another point is the propellant.
Since nitroglycerin is still in the trial mix, all the shells are filled with nitrocellulose, which is why Roland is distressed. The nitrocellulose consumed by several shells is enough to fill thousands of rounds of bullets. In addition, these smokeless propellants are not gelled, which is equivalent to further reducing the charge.
In the end, the shell itself is still an enlarged version of the bullet. The warhead has no charge, and the lethality depends entirely on kinetic energy. Missing the target means zero damage. At this stage, it can only be used to attack some slow-moving enemies.
In short, there is still a long way to go in order to achieve the barrage coverage and the scene of artillery washing the ground.
However, Roland felt that time might not be as abundant as he originally thought.
Since he learned that the transformation of the magic stone came from the devil, the warning sound in his heart has become stronger and stronger.
If the devil also has its own technology, will it also appear that the level of technology advances by leaps and bounds in a certain period of time? .
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