Chapter 405: Is the cannon finally made?
Xius couldn't hold it in any longer on the spot.
He vaguely remembered that he had rejected a proposal not long ago, which was about the research of internal combustion engines. The idea of the internal combustion engine that used fuel was correct, but the reason he rejected it was that the fuel used was nitroglycerin.
And Richard told him that he could use this contaminated fuel to make explosives?
Could nitroglycerin really be added to an internal combustion engine as fuel? Hughes suddenly wondered if he was too path-dependent. People's prejudices are like a mountain. Maybe nitroglycerin can really drive an engine. After all, the cylinder is originally a deflagration, so it shouldn't be a big problem to change it to an explosion? Oh no, I've become a bad guy who suppresses scientific research and development.
Xius secretly made up his mind to approve this project when he returned. Wait, who proposed this project?
It seemed like Nini Xius took a breath and had a vague feeling of uneasiness. He couldn't figure out the key for a moment, but he decided to put Nini's laboratory away from the church.
Well, it should also allow Nini to write fewer reports. Those articles are somewhat too outrageous. Sometimes Xius can't help but take a look at them.
"After I added living pollution to nitroglycerin, I found that the properties of both became more active. This is normal. After all, pollution has the characteristics of being alive and is naturally very active."
"So how did you solve it?"
Richard's face turned serious: "Thanks to Monica's research, I got some ideas."
Hughes: “.”
Monica, your ideas alone could support most of Castel.
"Ms. Monica suppresses pollution by summoning machine spirits to attach to steam engines. I wonder if I can also summon a machine spirit for artillery."
"You succeeded?"
"Yes, these two hand cannons are the result."
Richard took the hand cannon held by the banshee and skillfully opened the hatch on the side: "Load the solid pollution in here in advance, and then load the shells normally. When firing, the solid pollution will mix with the explosives and rush out of the barrel, forming this jet similar to a fire dragon."
Richard turned a metal knob on it.
"You should have guessed that the ratio of this pollution to gunpowder can be adjusted, but this requires the cooperation of the machine soul. For now, only I can perform this operation."
Richard put the barrel of the gun on his hand and tapped gently on the steel body.
The echo was clear and melodious, as if the machine spirit in the hand cannon was responding loudly.
Richard stood sideways and raised the heavy hand cannon—
Boom! A thick jet of flame gushed out. Richard stood with his feet apart, lunged hard to withstand the recoil, and swung his arms violently! With him as the center, the fan-shaped area in front was instantly covered by overflowing flames! !
It was like a dragon's breath, turning the scene in front of him into a hell burning with lava.
This time, Hughes was really stunned.
"I named this weapon the Dragon's Breath Cannon."
"This technique requires extremely skilled coordination with the machine spirit to master. New recruits who have just come into contact may even have difficulty in shooting. Due to time constraints, the running-in of the machine spirit and I has only reached this stage. I vaguely feel that if I can go one step further, I can make the Dragon Breath Cannon appear in the third form."
Three forms of Dragon Breath Cannon. This is really too powerful.
After a brief moment of distraction, Xius quickly became excited.
"Is it difficult to mass-produce this kind of weapon?"
The Dragon Breath Cannon is good, but if it is hand-made in a small workshop in the extraordinary world, it would be a step backward in industry and have no practical value.
Richard smiled slightly. "It takes a little more time than a Gatling gun, but it's not a problem for Castel's production capacity. The only thing that limits it is actually the Machine Soul Summoning."
Machine soul summoning was originally Monica's unique ability, which was brought by the sea god soul that possessed her.
But after stuffing the body of the sea god into the furnace, this summoning ability underwent subtle changes.
Monica can summon, and so can other banshees. Even the extraordinary people of the Fire Moth have successful cases of summoning, but the success rate is low.
However, this summoning must be carried out in Castel, or more precisely, in the cathedral, on top of the stellar furnace.
Summoning the machine spirit on the furnace burning the sea god gave me an indescribable strange feeling.
In short, summoning the machine soul is no longer a difficult task.
"Okay, that's great! Such a powerful weapon must be introduced to the Crusaders immediately!"
Richard's confident smile suddenly froze.
"Well, sir, this may cause a little trouble."
"What trouble? Don't worry, I will prioritize your production capacity. Not to mention that the man-hours are only slightly more than those of machine guns, even if they are several times more, they can still be quickly equipped to the Skitarii!"
Richard showed a trace of embarrassment on his face: "I think it will be OK to send it out, but it may not be very effective when used."
"Is it a communication problem with the machine spirit? It's okay. As long as we summarize the methods to please the machine spirit and distribute them in the holy scriptures, the Skitarii will be able to master them quickly. The difficulties in the extraordinary will not be so difficult to overcome."
"No, it's the physical difficulty."
Richard sighed and placed the hand cannon in front of Hughes: "You will know once you try it."
Hughes looked at the hand cannon. There was a handle inside the arm. He reached in and gripped it.
The moment it touched the steel, the machine soul cheered with joy, and he instantly gained the recognition of the machine soul - Xiusi was numb, and he didn't know why, the machine soul was always very close to him.
So Hughes decided to pick it up and give it a try.
He tried to lift it up - but it didn't move.
Hughes blinked, took a deep breath, and exerted all his strength, but he only managed to lift one side of the hand cannon a little bit, and it didn't even completely leave the ground.
He then noticed that the hand cannon was extremely heavy, and it was made entirely of steel. "My Lord, this hand cannon weighs about three hundred kilograms."
Richard is an extraordinary person, so it is not a problem for him to lift this weight.
Zeus is just an ordinary human being. Three hundred kilograms does not actually exceed the limit of human deadlift. Many strongmen can lift this weight, but they can't lift it in their hands and shoot. And this is just weight.
The Banshee lifted the hand cannon easily just now, but when she fired, she was still knocked back a long way by the recoil.
With the weight and strength of the banshee, she was pushed away. Wouldn't a normal person be pushed away?
"That's not impossible. We can just add a gun carriage and wheels and transport it to the battlefield using a horse-drawn carriage."
Hughes propped himself up on his legs and breathed heavily.
It doesn't matter if the artillery is a little heavier. The self-propelled artillery on Blue Star weighs several tons. In comparison, a few hundred kilograms is nothing. Adding wheels will not be a problem for soldiers to drag it to the battlefield.
"Here comes the problem, Lord. This kind of hand cannon must be used in conjunction with the machine spirit. In other words, it must be fired while held in the hand!"
(End of this chapter)
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