The operation test of the water tank was successfully completed.
Shi Dong's words made Ye Qingxuan feel happy, but as the elevator descended to the ground and the door opened, the scene outside made him sluggish.
In the huge underground square, the light of searchlights shines from the dome, and countless steel structures reflect the iron light on the rock walls.
The cantilever and lifting cables were drawn to both sides under the control of the commander. With the low sound of mechanical operation and the drag of the steel cable, the Nomadic Mountain had been drawn along the guide rail into the port berth on the edge of the square.
Of course, this is not the point.
The point is, under the open deck of Nomadic Mountain, three black vehicles were spewing thick smoke and making harsh noises, and slowly drove towards the center of the square with a trembling step...
Ye Qingxuan was stunned.
"What's this?"
Shi Dong's expression suddenly became awkward. After coughing twice, he replied: "Water tank."
Is there still a hint of a steel chariot
This is simply a pile of... junk!
In the silence, Ye Qingxuan's unrecognizable thing just felt like he was being fooled.
"You told me this thing is a 'water tank'?" he asked Stone: "It's completely different from when it was sailing, right?"
The new-generation chariot created by the Royal Research Institute with great pains was transformed into what it is today after being taken out for a walk by Stone.
Where is this cutting-edge war weapon
This is obviously a piece of junk that a homeless man picked up from the garbage dump!
"And why are there only three?"
Ye Qingxuan asked: "Didn't you take eighty cars with you when you left?"
"Oh, this is a long story."
As if he had expected Ye Qingxuan's collapse, the old man sucked on the oxygen tube and waved his hands calmly: "Listen to me and tell me slowly... You see, it is a weapons test after all, right, and it is rare that it is a dark world. In a place full of challenges like this, it’s normal for problems to arise.”
Although we took the sea route, it actually meant taking a long way around. It's just that they used their speed to bypass the original danger and saved almost two-thirds of the time.
But the sea route eventually comes to an end, and the remaining one-third of the journey must be achieved by land.
Anyway, from the beginning, the plan was to send these old men to fulfill their wish. It was treated as a trip abroad and the inspection was conducted at public expense. It was impossible for them to walk there on two legs.
So, Ye Qingxuan waved his hand and approved eighty water tanks that were still hot just off the assembly line and an entire maintenance team from the Royal Research Institute to use them as transportation tools.
"In the dark world, you know that rabbits can grow up to two tons in weight. Not to mention the weird monsters. Even the teeth of wild dogs are harder than alloy. It's natural for some wear and tear to occur, right? Moreover, the water tank is a new type of weapon after all. It has only undergone simple testing. It is normal for problems to occur after a long period of high-intensity testing! Broken down, air leakage, explosion, loss... "
Stone spread his hands: "Actually, before we reopened the White Rock Fortress, all eighty water tanks were broken. The engineers removed the parts that could still be used, pieced them together with spare parts, and made ten more. Six vehicles, but when we opened up White Rock Fortress, we lost eight more vehicles. Don't tell me, this thing is really useful! This time we brought three vehicles back and gave them to the research institute to study carefully. We will wait for you later Now that the problem is solved, I’ll send another eighty cars over.”
Ye Qingxuan didn't say anything. He had already seen Ronald, the head of the research institute's power department, whose face had turned green.
Eighty cars
I bother!
Should you move briquettes to your house in winter
Now Angelo is so busy that he can't even spare his paws. Ronald is wearing multiple hats and was given several projects by Newton. He just followed Ye Qingxuan's order and squeezed out resources to mobilize secrets. When the department came to manufacture these eighty water tanks, it almost drove him crazy.
Many of the parts were even knocked out by hand with a hammer on a temporary basis...
"impossible!"
He was afraid that Ye Qingxuan would be persuaded by Shi Dong again: "Now the institute has no manpower to spare. There are as many engineers as there are for maintenance, but to train a new group of researchers to do this, it will take at least three More than a year! And the production line is completely insufficient!”
Seeing that he was so anxious, Ye Qingxuan was a little helpless and looked at Shi Dong:
"This is the first field test. It is planned to be at least two years away from installation. Is it really necessary for you to be in such a hurry?"
"You take a look at this first."
Stone threw an ether ball.
What is recorded in it are the combat records of the water tanks, the research data recorded by the purification musicians and sent back together with the three water tanks.
More parts are in the Xieluyi of Nomadic Mountain, which were specially selected by Shi Dong for Ye Qingxuan to see.
There are scenes of dozens of water tanks attacking giant monsters, but most of them are scenes of water tanks trudging forward in various environments, including mud, hills, plains, and even crossing vast rivers.
One scene that made Ye Qingxuan watch it repeatedly was the scene of ten water tanks pressing forward despite the overwhelming swarm of bees after stabbing the giant beehive, while the musicians breathed fire inside, completely burning the swarm.
After emerging from the ashes, four of the ten water tanks had been scrapped, covered with huge bee stings, and turned into iron hedgehogs...
After reading it, Ye Qingxuan fell into silence. Soon, he waved his hand and called his entourage. Half an hour later, the departing entourage returned with two members of the Golden Retriever.
Most of the former organists of the fifth department came from the military, and many of them had experience in commanding small teams in combat. Although they were not as far-sighted as the military staff group, they had the advantage of having a high level of confidentiality and being able to access these confidential information.
Like Ye Qingxuan, after seeing these effects, the hounds fell into deep thought. After briefly explaining their views to Ye Qingxuan, they went back to stay up late to write a report.
Tomorrow, their report will be placed on the Privy Council desk along with this ether ball.
Ye Qingxuan's view of the water tank has also undergone earth-shaking changes.
Originally, he didn't attach much importance to this new type of tank. Although it was quite lethal, Angelo was not lacking in lethality. With the mass-produced musicians around, lethality was not a problem at all.
But what about the others...
This field test made Ye Qingxuan see its new potential.
—The terrifying mobility that completely ignores most of the terrain, the defensive power that is comparable to a small temporary fortress, and the perfect complement to the musicians.
Although most of these power armors can do better, with the Stirling internal combustion engine, the cost and cost of a water tank is less than one-third of that of a basic power armor!
And if you make do with it, at least seven people can be crammed inside!
In addition to the necessary drivers, all other people can be equipped as mass-produced musicians on the Ethernet. Using the mobile fortress like a water tank as a base, the musician's own protection has been qualitatively improved, and even... you can install a A small mobile synchronizer!
As long as the water tank is within the coverage of the large-scale concordance instrument of the Ethernet, wherever the water tank moves is equivalent to where the power of the Ethernet can be expanded.
No more worrying about the stability of music theory transmission.
This is an excellent repeater between the large orchestrators and musicians in the Ethernet.
Even if this point is discarded, the water tank can be used as a power armor for ordinary people!
Unlike knights, an elite force that requires more than ten years of training, there is no need for knights to be trained!
Modulating and implanting artificial nerves and alienated organs for a knight costs at least eighty pounds of lapis lazuli, and this does not take into account the technical cost.
And as long as after three months of driving training, no, in a wartime emergency, a manual is stuffed in, and a slightly literate person can barely open the water tank in just three hours.
Now, after the Caucasus took the lead in coming up with "salvation", other countries followed suit and followed suit in developing countless molten lead weapons.
Immediately afterwards, the musicians discovered that their own defenses were weakened to the limit in front of the molten lead weapons.
There are not many ordinary musicians who have died for this.
The musician who used to be able to brave the rain of arrows back and forth, now faced with six molten lead weapons, had to consider whether he should run away.
With the addition of a water tank, the threat of molten lead weapons has plummeted.
Unless the enemy is crazy and attacks with large war weapons, even if he dies... he can still leave a whole corpse, right
After contemplating, Ye Qingxuan already had a calculation in his mind and looked at Shi Dong: "So, in your opinion, what are the shortcomings exposed in this test?"
"stability."
Shi Dong answered without hesitation: "The stability of the external combustion engine still needs to be improved. Even if the cost is doubled, as long as the stability can be increased by 30%, it will still be within the tolerance range. The outer armor is removed from the body Remove it and use it as an accessory, and you need to provide more than ten additional sets! This thing is completely consumable. After a battle, I am afraid that the armor will have to be rotated once. The bigger problem is the track. The research institute does not have enough understanding of the importance of the track. , now the alloy formula of the track needs to be upgraded at least one generation before it can fully unleash its capabilities."
"Later, ask your subordinates to write down these things in detail, and hand them over to the research institute together with these three... broken things, and the institute will solve the problem."
Ronald hesitated to speak, looking helpless.
"Don't worry, I won't put any pressure on you."
Ye Qingxuan patted his shoulder: "For steel vehicles, the Chainsaw Monks should have a lot of experience. I will go back and discuss cooperation with the dean. As for the level of the water tank, starting from today, Improve to the second sequence. The dark world is an excellent testing ground. After three rounds of pressure testing there, it is transferred to the production line in Birmingham for manufacturing and assembly. The biggest reason for limited production capacity is for confidentiality. But since we’re going to do something big, there’s no need to hide it anymore.”
Ronald's expression relaxed a little.
But even so, the pressure on the institute was still very high. He reluctantly said goodbye and prepared to stay up late to write a plan report.
…
"By the way, there is another news I forgot to tell you."
In Ye Qingxuan's office, after debriefing in the middle of the night, Shi Dong drank a bowl of medicinal tea and patted his bald head, finally thinking about it.
"—Watson has advanced the scepter."