[Chapter 259: Winter City No Longer Divided into Houses]
David tried a few more times. With the crosshairs on his glasses to assist in aiming, it became extremely easy to hit the target, even easier than when he was playing games.
“Do you want to try it?”
Several women looked at each other and finally fired a few shots.
Although this rifle was a bit heavy for them, it was not impossible to use it. There was no problem in firing a few shots to feel it.
What surprised David was that Princess Sofia’s physical fitness was even better than Gwen and Helen who had cleared the dungeon. This girl who looked delicate and delicate used the rifle very easily and did not show any effort.
When Pierre also raised his rifle to try it out, David turned around and talked to Tony about business.
“Is this rifle finalized?”
“Yes!” The Piccolo assault rifle has been completely finalized. The one in front of David is the official product. Next, it will be officially produced according to this design: “What? What do you think?”
“No! This gun is already very powerful… The power exceeds my expectations.” He originally thought that Tony was able to make a rifle that was slightly more powerful than the dwarf version of the Garand used before, which was already very good. Unexpectedly, he directly made such a killer: “This rifle should be used for quite a long time.”
“After all, the forces you are facing are very complicated, and weapons and equipment must be made as strong as possible.” Tony didn’t think it was strange. After all, David’s current target is no longer just these forces on the Brunnia continent.
Moreover, considering the existence of those gods behind these forces, no one knows what kind of power those guys have in their hands.
“Will it be troublesome to manufacture this weapon?” Such a powerful weapon can’t be manufactured quickly, right?
But Tony didn’t think this was a problem at all, and a few words made David realize that he was just overthinking.
How many soldiers are there in Winter City now?
The Winter Knights only have 50 members, and even if you add all the new recruits of the Spartan Heavy Infantry, there are only a little over 1,000. Even if you assemble them manually, there will be no shortage of supplies.
Under Tony’s Stark Manor is a fully automated production workshop. As long as the raw materials are sufficient, it only takes a short time to assemble an Iron Soldier, and the complexity of this rifle is not higher than that of the Iron Soldier.
In other words, at present, the supply speed of raw materials is the limit of the production of this new weapon, but the core material of this gun is crystal ore. After several upgrades, the output of crystal ore is no longer a problem that troubles the development of Winter City.
“So… production speed and output are not a problem at all. It only takes a short time for me to let all the soldiers in Winter City replace this new rifle.”
Not only the current Winter Knights and Spartan Heavy Infantry, but even the newly recruited recruits can get new guns in advance and learn how to use new weapons as soon as possible.
“Speaking of this, should the Spartan heavy infantry also start to change to blizzard power armor?”
“There is no rush for the time being. Their physical fitness needs to continue to improve.”
The first batch of Spartans has been trained for quite a while. Although they are still weaker than the people of the Winter Knights in terms of quality, they have barely reached the standard of using power armor.
In other words, some of the elite of the Spartan heavy infantry can indeed start to learn how to use power armor.
The subsequent second and third batches have not been trained for long enough, and they still need to receive training for a while.
“But the power armor still needs to be prepared in advance, right?”
“Indeed.”
“Have you ever considered building a special arsenal?”
With the expansion of Winter City in all aspects, the increase in the number of troops also means that the demand for various weapons and ammunition is constantly increasing.
Tony knew that his automated workshop could not always take over the supply of weapons in Winter City, and he reminded David to prepare in advance.
“Of course I have thought about it.” In fact, David not only considered it, but even had a rough plan in mind.
At first, he would build an ammunition factory so that Tony would not have to handle all the power armor, weapons and ammunition at once. Although the automated factory in Stark Manor is very efficient, with the increase in the types and quantity of weapons, it will sooner or later be unable to supply them.
Instead of waiting until something goes wrong and then rushing to find a solution, it is better to make arrangements early.
“First, the ammunition factory, then the gun factory and power armor. As for what factories will be built later, it depends on the specific needs.” He did not build an ammunition factory immediately because he was waiting for Tony’s new gun.
According to Tony’s previous statement, the ammunition used in the new rifle is completely different from the previous one, so he can’t build it in advance.
“It’s good to make arrangements.”
According to David’s plan, the new ammunition factory mainly produces new rifle bullets and various functional missiles used in power armor. In addition, a small part of the production line is retained to produce the pistol bullets currently used in Winter City.
The piano pistol is still the main standard pistol used in Winter City. In addition to the military using it in small quantities, the main user is the security team led by Elizabeth Swan.
Tony did not manufacture a pistol that uses new ammunition, so the traditional ammunition using gunpowder still needs to be produced in small batches.
As for traditional rifle bullets, they should not need to be manufactured. The current stock is enough to cope with the daily training of the army and possible emergencies. When this batch of ammunition is used up, most of the dwarven Garand rifles in Winter City can be disposed of – whether to sell them to the Kingdom of Lordaeron or the Kingdom of Stormwind at a discount can be discussed later.
After leaving Stark Manor, David just chatted with Tony for a long time and almost decided on the future military development plan of Winter City.
It seems a bit of a joke, but this is the power of the lord.
As long as the territory develops well, no one will question David’s way of doing things. Moreover, under David’s leadership, Winter City is developing better and better at a visible speed. In this case, no one will think that David’s approach is inappropriate.
After returning to Glamorgan Castle, David originally wanted to take Sophia to continue to visit the “new home” in person to make her more familiar with it.
But as soon as he came back, Eva reminded him that Mr. Ethan Hunt was waiting for him.
“He’s back?”
“Yes.”
“Have you introduced some basic information to him?”
“I have.”
David nodded, and then went directly to the reception room. Ethan was sitting there looking around curiously. He had already drunk most of the coffee in front of him. It seemed that he had let down most of his guard.
Seeing this, David knew that Ethan had believed what he said before.
“It seems that you have understood the whole situation.”
Ethan stood up when David came in, and sat down again after a simple greeting to David. After hearing what the other party said, there was still some disbelief on his face and in his words: “I still think this kind of thing is incredible. I actually encountered something that only exists in science fiction stories.”
“Things in science fiction stories may not not happen. Many things or objects described in science fiction stories have become reality soon.”
After the two chatted briefly, Ethan
was obviously much more relaxed. Ethan didn’t believe the magical event he encountered at first: How could such an outrageous thing happen? Walking to another world? Haha, I don’t believe it!
Even though David told him that he could try it himself, he still didn’t believe it. He thought it was just a prank by his colleagues. It wasn’t
until he tried it several times that he was sure that he seemed, probably, possibly… to have really traveled through time.
After returning to Winter City again, he didn’t see David, but a woman named Eva.
He felt the breath of a soldier from this woman, and with the introduction of the other party, Ethan knew how magical this place called Winter City was.
It turned out that there were many people like him who came from other worlds in this city, including Eva who was popularizing basic knowledge for him.
And everyone from different worlds liked this place very much, and they all contributed more or less to the development and construction of Winter City.
It’s hard to believe that this place was a wasteland with only a few wooden houses two years ago.
Now, there is a city with complete infrastructure.
When Ethan heard this, he felt it was outrageous, but after learning that those who came here from other worlds like him also included Spider-Man, Captain America, Transformers, etc., he felt that what he heard before was nothing at all, this is outrageous!
After Eva finished introducing the general situation, Ethan said that he wanted to meet David.
At this time, he already knew David’s identity: the lord of this city and the northern plains of the Kingdom of Tiran, David-Earl of Glamorgan!
After chatting for a while, Ethan asked a lot of things about Winter City and learned more about this magical city.
At the same time, he also knew that David welcomed people like him. If he wanted, he could choose to settle in Winter City or build a holiday home of his own here.
“So, what do I need to pay?”
It is definitely impossible for him to spend money to buy land and houses. He has no money in this world. He thinks that since David has welcomed him, he should be able to use himself, right?
“Pay!”
David didn’t say anything. “It depends on what you have?” Ethan Hunter’s situation made him unable to think of what this elite agent could do to help. In this case, just conduct an ordinary transaction!
“If you don’t have money, you can find some work in Winter City… Of course, you can also import some specialties and sell them in Winter City.”
David suddenly felt that maybe future visitors from other worlds can be arranged in this way?
(End of this chapter)