Chapter 416: 414: Imperial Weapon Awards (Subscription Request)
A long time ago, Luo Yi knew that the development of magic technology in this world was different from what he remembered.
After all, magical machinery is also a branch of magic, but it has embarked on the path of industrialization, mechanization, integration and popularization, allowing technology to serve people, thus undergoing a huge change that is different from other magic.
But precisely because of the involvement of magic, many things that seem simple have actually transcended time.
Just like that red magical aircraft, it must have integrated countless black technologies.
And this is not the only one!
During these days, Luo Yi felt like he was just passing through a cursory tour, and he didn't know how many things he saw that could brighten his eyes.
For example, on one battlefield, the coalition forces seemed to have gathered all the shield warriors and earth magicians together to form a protective legion.
It can be said that they have maxed out both physical resistance and magic resistance.
Even the imperial soldiers were fearless and used magic heavy machine guns to straf and suppress, throw grenades at close range, and bombard with rocket launchers.
But such power still could not shake these shield defenders, and after the distance was shortened, the imperial soldiers became lambs to be slaughtered.
Finally, the Empire came up with another new weapon - the magic mortar!
This kind of magic cannon is small and light, and can be carried around, which is more convenient than carrying a rocket on your shoulder.
After all, the barrel of a shoulder-fired rocket launcher is nearly two meters long, which makes it inconvenient to move, but this mortar is only one meter long, and when equipped with a bipod, it can be easily folded up and taken away.
The 60mm caliber is definitely not small in power, with a maximum range of up to 3,000 meters, and can be used easily behind the battlefield.
It is mainly indirect fire, which can hit targets behind cover, and can also be used to destroy light fortifications or bridges.
Its debut was a stunner!
With only three guns, firing up to thirty shells per minute, they managed to create the illusion of concentrated fire from an artillery position.
Under the heavy bombardment, the defense of the defenders was finally broken after half an hour, and the people were blown to pieces.
However, Loy could also see that although this lightweight mortar was a favorite of the infantry, its manufacturing cost was definitely not low.
Especially steel, ordinary refined steel is completely unable to support it, and it must be made by mixing it with magical materials.
For example, the coalition forces summoned a large number of harpies from nowhere.
This monster, with a female upper body and sharp claws and curled legs in the lower body, is extremely noisy.
They flap their wings and throw javelins, which can cause great damage.
Most importantly, because they were small targets, numerous in number, and agile in movement, they caused great losses to the magical aircraft.
This battle also exposed the fatal weakness of the magic aircraft, which is that its design is too sophisticated and it is easy to lose control and crash when attacked.
On the other hand, the Empire has launched a new type of magical cannon - the anti-aircraft cannon.
This magic cannon has an extremely long barrel, which can provide a higher initial launch velocity and extremely high shooting accuracy.
At the same time, there is a turntable at the bottom, which can be quickly adjusted to change the muzzle angle, and multiple shells can be loaded, allowing for quick adjustments and high-speed shooting in a short period of time.
What Luo Yi saw was that the anti-aircraft artillery position was firing at a speed similar to that of a heavy machine gun.
This kind of magic cannon is aimed at air units and can also be used for air defense.
When this weapon first appeared, it blew the group of harpies to pieces.
However, the frequent reports of victory on the land battlefield could not conceal the navy's strength on the Silver Sea.
Although the Imperial Ironclads were incredibly powerful, almost overwhelmingly so, their numbers were still too few.
Faced with an enemy force that was ten or a hundred times their size, they were helpless.
Moreover, although the coalition forces cannot produce ironclad ships, they do have magic warships.
They even invited a group of famous pirates from the endless ocean to take action.
Not to mention the strength of these big pirates, the basic condition for surviving at sea is to have a fast and stable magic warship.
Some pirates even drive abnormal ships such as ghost ships, bone ships, and cursed ships.
Staying on these ships for a long time will more or less bring about the curse and make people become abnormal.
But you can't deny their strength.
On the other hand, the Empire had made a lot of arrangements in advance, such as bribing a general of the Naga Empire.
However, it would be fine to drive some sea tribes to play supporting role, but it would be a joke to expect the Naga Empire to fight to the death.
In the end, the Empire was even forced to launch an unfinished magical ironclad ship.
Although it is said to be unfinished, the main body has actually been completed, it just has not been painted as a whole.
The result is that the steel hull is still exposed, with traces of welding in some places and even rust in some places.
The lapis lazuli is even exposed. Whenever it is activated, the magical light flashes and flows, which is extremely eye-catching.
If someone knows the business, just by looking at these lapis lazuli lines and magic pattern drawings, they can get a glimpse of some of the secrets of the ironclad ship.
These are all valuable knowledge for some shipbuilders in the Kingdom of Sardinia.
However, the war situation was such that the empire could no longer care.
Of course, the reason why the Empire sent out this ironclad ship was because it had special features.
Normal magic ironclad ships have not actually deviated from traditional designs. For example, they have muzzles for shooting and then install general-purpose magic cannons.
The advantage is that it is universal, the disadvantage is that it is out of date!
This ironclad ship was specially designed by the Imperial Navy, and a special type of naval gun was directly made and installed on the ironclad ship.
With enough space, there is much more room to play.
This specially designed naval gun not only has a long range, fast firing rate and wide coverage, but also has extremely terrifying attack power.
Even the artillery shells are arranged into various types, such as incendiary bombs, anti-personnel submunitions, armor-piercing bombs, flares, freezing bombs, holy light bombs, etc.
Although it has not been completed, the Empire has high hopes for this ship, and it has indeed lived up to the Empire's expectations.
As soon as it appeared, it charged forward with its large magic shield, ignoring attacks from other ships.
When its naval guns were fully fired, most of the warships were destroyed with one shot, accurately and fiercely.
It even faced a ghost ship and repeatedly attacked it with holy light bombs and incendiary bombs, almost sending the ghost ship directly into the underworld.
This battle really dealt a blow to the arrogance of those big pirates, so that the turmoil on the Silver Sea did not affect the empire.
Of course, the above are all successful cases. In addition, there are also many failed products with various problems.
For example, the Empire has a lot of ideas about how to build the thickest armor.
Therefore, they created a humanoid armor called 'Magic Power Armor'.
It is about five meters high and powered by magic energy. It looks like an enlarged version of the silver base.
In fact, this thing is similar to the magic tank, but it takes two different paths, just like a mecha warrior.
It’s a pity that the current technology is not up to standard. Even if the wearer is a powerful third-level transcendent, his movements are so slow that they are visible to the naked eye.
At this speed, he became a sitting duck. He was discovered by the coalition forces and fell to the ground after another round of concentrated fire.
If the Empire hadn't grabbed it quickly enough, even the samples would have been gone.
In addition, the Empire also produced an eight-legged spider-shaped self-propelled artillery.
Its lower body is similar to that of a spider, and its eight legs provide sufficient stability. Moreover, it can ignore almost any terrain and cross mountains and ridges effortlessly.
The upper body is a cannon that can rotate 360 degrees, quickly load, aim and shoot.
This self-propelled car was designed to solve the problem of mobility.
If the magic cannon could be moved at will, quickly installed, and fired directly, the threat would increase countless times.
It should be said that this idea is excellent, but the problem is that current technology cannot support such complex operations.
Especially the spider-like lower body, walking on eight legs, it is simply tripping over itself, like a joke.
The third failed product is the heavily armored siege vehicle.
To put it simply, a barrier breaker is installed in front of the magic truck, which can directly crash into things like the sharp corners of a blade, and the power is indeed quite powerful.
Most obstacles can be cleared, making it an excellent tool for clearing the way.
However, it would be wishful thinking to expect this thing to break through the city wall.
In addition, the dilapidated roads of the Bonaparte Empire also made these overweight wheels stuck in the mud, making it difficult to move forward.
The fourth failed product is the Big Bertha Cannon.
This is the most powerful magic weapon with the most stacked materials. To put it bluntly, in order to increase the power to the extreme, the thickness and length of the gun barrel must be increased.
And with this increase, the base also needs to be increased, the control method needs to be improved, and the shells need to be specially made.
The result is that this giant cannon is eight meters high, has a caliber of 420mm, a range of up to 12.5 kilometers, and requires two hundred people to operate.
The power of a single shot from this thing is enough to flatten a hill.
But this thing is too big and too heavy!
Within the empire, it could be disassembled and transported by rail, but when it reached the front lines, it had to be carried by people or pulled by horses, which was too troublesome.
In short, this war is indeed somewhat like a display of the empire's new weapons.
After the development of magic cannons to the fifth generation, more detailed divisions have begun to be made according to different needs and battlefields.
Of course, this is the case on the Empire's side, and on the coalition side, all kinds of means are also emerging and displayed one after another.
Update, yesterday's!
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