Chapter 289: Heartless Cannon?
Following the webway, Hughes soon arrived at the eastern testing ground.
Now that the entire island of Castel has been recovered, it is no longer necessary to use the Webway, but most people are still more accustomed to traveling via the Webway.
The first is a matter of habit. In previous battles, almost all troop deployments were completed through the webway, including the delivery of resources and the evacuation of the wounded. Both the Crusaders and the islanders were accustomed to traveling through the webway.
Secondly, online travel is really convenient.
Elevators have been installed at several important nodes. The Paternoster Elevator has a simple structure and high reliability. The islanders are not weak beasts who sit in offices all year round. It is quite easy for them to find opportunities to take the elevator with quick eyes and hands. There have been no problems since its establishment.
In addition to being efficient, another advantage of online travel is that you don't have to worry about the weather.
After all, Castel is located on the Ocean of Storms, and the weather here is changeable. It often happens that the sun is high in the sky and it starts to rain in a short while.
When traveling in the webway, you don't have to worry about these things at all. Although Castel is an island, the terrain in most areas is not low. Not to mention the volcano in the southwest, the Castel Cathedral is at risk of sinking only after the sea water has risen for so long.
The high terrain makes drainage relatively convenient, and the intricate network of channels is designed with many drainage outlets, so there is no need to worry about being flooded even when a storm hits.
When the subway project is completed in the future, Castres' transportation may really be moved underground.
If someone visited this island at that time, they would probably be surprised that there were not many people on the ground.
Soon, Zeus arrived at the eastern test site. After Chloe's death, Richard took over the research. As for the new chief, the Fire Moths were not in a hurry to elect one.
Although the Fire Moth is a cult, it is actually closer to a research organization. Although it also summons evil gods and creates all kinds of trouble, most of these are to help research.
Unlike other cultists, research is just a side job, summoning evil gods is their main job.
Of course, it is hard to say which is more dangerous, the research conducted by the Fire Moth or the evil god he summoned.
"Where's Richard?" Hughes asked a random researcher.
"Over there," he pointed to the factory building in the distance, "Are you here to ask about the artillery? They're conducting a test firing right now. I'll take you there."
"Test firing? Already done?"
“It was done, but…”
The man's eyes twitched and he seemed to be about to say something but stopped.
Zeus' heart skipped a beat. Could it be that these fire-chasing moths had come up with something new?
The two men quickly arrived at the test site, carefully avoided the direction of the artillery, and found Richard.
He was looking at the huge cannon in front of him with a worried look on his face.
Yes, huge.
The size of this cannon was completely beyond Zeus's expectations. He didn't even have any corresponding weapon in his memory. Let's put it this way, this cannon was a bit too big for a Banshee that was more than three meters tall.
Hughes swallowed his saliva and looked at Richard with a complicated expression: "Mr. Richard, I didn't expect your equivalent worship syndrome to be so serious."
Richard's face darkened.
"Well, Lord, I didn't intend to build it so big, but I just had no choice."
He pointed to a few piles of scrap metal nearby and said, "We initially manufactured it according to the design and ideas you gave us, but we really couldn't complete it. No matter how we adjusted it, the shells couldn't achieve the effect you said of exploding as soon as they fell. Either they couldn't detonate, or they exploded directly."
Hughes took a closer look at the pile of metal and found that it vaguely resembled a small-caliber artillery piece. The structure of the artillery piece was not difficult and could even be described as simple. If it was as Richard said, there would only be one possibility - the proportion of explosives was incorrect.
This is a bit metaphysical. Hughes doesn't know much about the charging ratio of artillery shells. Even if he can write down all the ratios, he can only provide a reference - Castel's chemical foundation is still a little weak, and the impurity content in the various raw materials used in manufacturing will affect the ratio.
What is most needed at this time is an experience ratio, but it has not been tried out.
One may be bad luck, and the other is technology lock.
If you are unlucky, you may not get any results by trying again and again, but the technology is locked. Then there is nothing you can do.
This world always seems to reject pure technological progress. When Zeus tries to climb the technological ladder, he always fails inexplicably at some stage. This is the technological lock.
According to experience, technological locks are difficult to break head-on. Simply gathering people and money will not be very effective. The most effective way is to find a way to circumvent it.
Doesn't this world reject pure technological progress? Then let's make technology less pure. If technology is stuck, just combine it with extraordinary power and you can get around it. For example, if extraordinary materials are used for the skin of the airship, it can avoid being stuck by the technological lock.
But how can this explosive be combined with supernatural power? Let a priest read the scriptures beside when preparing the explosives? Forget it, the scriptures of other churches may be useful. The scriptures of the Empire of Truth can be used as teaching materials for advanced classes.
The Crusaders needed to maintain their firearms, and in order to prevent cognitive interference, Alexi stuffed a lot of mechanical principles and physical knowledge into the holy code.
Now the Crusaders may not be able to explain the logic, but they can definitely explain the physics.
Explosives and artillery. If Chloe and Monica were still here, well, and Gaia, the three of them would definitely be very interested in these. Hughes shook his head, collected his thoughts, and looked at the huge artillery: "Since the reliability of the shells is not high, it's useless to enlarge the artillery, right?"
"This...is not just a simple magnification." Richard pushed his monocle. "I got some inspiration from the Banshees throwing explosive packs. If the shells can't hit the ground and explode, then just throw the ignited explosive packs directly."
He pointed at the huge cannon and said, "This is the result. Strictly speaking, it is not the cannon you described before, but more like a pack launcher."
Launch the ignited explosive pack? Hughes blinked.
A heartless cannon!? If they can't make a cannonball, they can just fire a burning explosive pack. Wow, Richard is really a man of broad thinking. He can even think of this.
The conscienceless cannon did play a big role in history. It is a simple weapon that has been tested in actual combat, but its reliability is actually very low. If you want higher reliability, you can only create a big one like the one in front of you.
If the explosive pack is miniaturized, its power will be very low, and it will be difficult to install a fuse, so the size cannot be small. In order to fit it in, the caliber of the barrel must also be ridiculously large. Put all together and you get this huge cannon.
(End of this chapter)
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