Chapter 468: Production Line and Magic Submarine (Subscription Request)
A practical test ended perfectly in the final destructive experiment.
That was the attack by the Grand Knight Alfonso Zeke, who released his fighting spirit from a distance of a hundred meters, and continuously attacked with fighting spirit slashes.
It was not until the strength of his fighting spirit was raised to the level of natural disaster that he was able to tear through the frontal armor with one strike.
The dissipated fighting spirit caused splash damage in the internal space. If there were any crew members there, they would have died instantly.
However, this destructive experiment also made Luo Yi realize that even the king of land warfare must learn to be respectful when facing natural disasters.
The prototype broke down, and the experiment was over.
Based on this evaluation, the first generation of King of Land Warfare has been finalized. Apart from some minor issues, there are basically no major changes.
As for subsequent research and development, it can be optimized based on previous records and actual combat on the battlefield.
That's what the future holds.
However, even though the actual test is over, it does not mean that the matter is over.
On the contrary, once the R&D is completed and the machine is finalized, subsequent production and personnel training must be put on the agenda.
From the procurement of raw materials to the manufacture of production lines, from the site selection of the factory to the recruitment of workers, from the establishment of each workshop to the professional and technical training, to the inspection of the finished products and the repair of any damage...
The more sophisticated the machinery, the higher the requirements for finished parts and components, and the more upstream and downstream industries involved are exaggeratedly numerous.
In other words, Xianhualing already has a relatively complete industrial chain. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to mass-produce this first generation of the King of Land Warfare.
And this is not the most troublesome thing!
The most troublesome thing is that all this has to be done in secret, away from the eyes and ears of too many people.
And this is just the production stage. After delivery to the military, qualified crew members must be trained.
Commander, gunner, loader, driver and machine gunner.
These five positions may seem simple, but in order to master them proficiently, they require long-term, professional and arduous training.
Since late March of the 315th year of the New God Calendar, Luo Yi has been operating these two things.
First, he took advantage of the opportunity of the implementation and use of the third industrial zone in New Brussels City to relocate most of the non-military industries in the first industrial zone.
In the future, this primary industrial zone, and even the supporting Hope Community, will be under closed management, with strict access control and inspection systems for entry and exit.
Of course, the reasons are there.
What's produced here are magical weapons, cannons, bullets, various types of shells and other military equipment, so it's normal to control them.
In fact, Loy marked out a large part of the vacant area and converted it into a tank production factory.
As for the workers he needed, they were all backbones he had drawn from various "state-owned" factories.
The so-called "backbone" not only refers to their skills, but also includes background checks, criminal records, daily performance, etc.
This time, Luo Yi only wanted "good family boys" with clean identities, that is, the local people initially trained by Xianhua Territory, who were definitely the best of the best.
Their personal freedom in the future will be subject to certain restrictions.
Even for a period of time, everyone they met around them would be an intelligence agency's spies.
But their treatment will be better. Housing allocation is basic, and promotion is certain. Even their wives, children and families will have proper arrangements.
Just to keep it secret!
As for the selection of crew members, a similar strategy was adopted, but this time they were selected from the First Guard Corps of the Flower Territory.
We want the best of the best, and they must have passed the political review and have no stains.
According to Roy's idea, only 300 people would be selected in the first batch and gathered together for special training by Ms. Palacios for a period of one month.
After a month, you should be able to build one or two Land War Kings, and then you can start practicing and conduct diversion.
It can be determined what position an individual is suitable for, and then the process is repeated training in professional skills.
This group of people will also be the initial instructors, and they will be responsible for training the expanded staff in the future.
What, you ask why is it Ms. Palacios who is in charge of the training matters and not Hill Douglas and Mrs. Linda?
That’s naturally because these two are even busier!
Lilia has to take care of herself after childbirth and the baby, so she is completely busy.
The factory buildings, machinery, production lines, production manuals, workshop divisions, process responsibilities, etc. are all Hill's business.
Worker selection, training, professional technical explanations, and classes all had to be handled by Mrs. Linda, a half-baked person.
In other words, there is a Ms. Palacios who has demonstrated superb control skills. Otherwise, if Roy wanted to recruit a man, he wouldn't know who to find.
Of course, in order to make Hill Douglas and Mrs. Linda work seriously, Roy not only promised them shares in the tank arsenal, but also ordered two additional wizard towers for them.
Yes, it is their personal mage tower, paid for by Luo Yi.
Although the goods had not yet been seen, the order list was shown to the two of them, which had the official seal of the empire on it.
Otherwise, these two would have quit long ago!
In Hill's words, we are all friends, so you can use it if you want, but if you use it to the point of exhaustion, isn't that a bit too much?
But when Roy put the order form for the two wizard towers in front of Hill, his expression changed dramatically.
Finally, he shook Luo Yi's hand and said with great pride: We are all friends. Friends should stick together through thick and thin. What does it matter if we are tired or suffer a little?!
Therefore, if you have a task to do, just give him the order directly and do not show any pity on his small body.
That’s right, this is the temptation of the Mage Tower to magicians, it is worth them spending all their money on it.
Hill Douglas couldn't even get his own wizard tower in the Habsburg Empire. That required more than just Jintir, he also needed connections and relationships!
Moreover, the mage tower that Luo Yi ordered for them this time is their own and is different from those borrowed fourth-level natural disasters in that the ownership is different.
All of the above is quite complicated to say, and there will be even more to do when it comes to specific implementation.
Practice is the only criterion for testing and organizing.
This principle is true in any world. During the specific implementation process, the problems you encounter may be so many that you dare not even imagine!
Therefore, from the end of June in the 315th year of the New Divine Calendar, for a full three months, Luo Yi was busy discovering problems, solving problems and implementing them.
By the end of June, both the production line and military training were back on track.
Luo Yi took a look around and found that everything was going smoothly, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking back, I realized that half of the year has already passed. It turns out that time flies the fastest when people are focused and busy.
As for the war between the Empire and the Allied Forces, it was still mainly a stalemate, but there were also some changes.
First, the coalition led by the Kingdom of Sardinia attacked the Ottoman Empire, launching beach landings at four locations with the intention of directly breaking through the defense line and then attacking the southern provinces of the empire.
The plan is naturally quite good!
Moreover, in order to enhance its voice and dominance, the Kingdom of Sardinia was really not stingy this time.
In terms of the army alone, the expeditionary force that the empress sent to the Bonaparte Empire was only 30,000.
But this time, he spent three hundred thousand.
This is not counting the money contributed by other countries. All together, it is as much as 500,000.
Not to mention the navy, with more than a hundred warships, even if they were connected end to end, they could cover the entire coastline of the Ottoman Empire.
Not to mention the pirates who came to take advantage of the situation, the strong men sent by the major families, the strange magic props, and the magic scrolls that were so numerous that they could fill up the cabin.
And, the newly formed magic legion!
This battle is so rich that it is beyond imagination!
According to everyone's thinking, conquering the decadent and declining Ottoman Empire would be as easy as cutting tofu with a knife.
It’s a pity that war is not just about strength on paper, but involves too many variables.
The Ottoman Empire was indeed corrupt and declining, but to say that they had no desire to revive and strengthen themselves would be an underestimation of their status.
A few years ago, the Ottoman Empire even launched a national debt. Countless people across the kingdom bought bonds. Those who had money bought more, and those who didn’t bought less, and they managed to raise a large amount of funds.
Then they used the money to purchase two large warships in the Kingdom of Sardinia in an attempt to revitalize the navy.
This is actually true, but it is a pity that when these two warships were built, they were seized by the Sardinian cabinet.
It was Admiral Winston, the First Lord of the Admiralty, who gave the order.
The problem is that they seized the ship and are unwilling to return the money used to buy it, which is really quite shameless.
But this is what a big country is like. When they are shameless, there is nothing you can do!
This is also the origin of the feud between the two sides!
Perhaps, because of this, the Ottoman Empire's resistance was so resolute that it was beyond imagination.
In addition, Istanbul, a famous holy city, has an ability to unite people that is beyond imagination.
In the early stages of the war, the coalition forces did achieve impressive results. They fired artillery salvos to cover the army's advance and established outposts.
But on the Ottoman Empire side, a powerful figure emerged, Kermak Mustafa.
He only has the rank of colonel, but he once studied abroad in the Habsburg Empire. He has considerable strength and is also proficient in artillery command!
The legion under his command is considered a rare elite force. Almost all of them have started with meditation, have accumulated magic power, and are good at using magical weapons.
It was under his leadership that they relied on the terrain advantage and various defensive fortifications to repel the coalition forces time and time again.
Seeing how brave he was, the Ottoman royal family directly promoted him to a higher position and put him in charge of the entire front line.
At the same time, aid from the empire continued to arrive.
Although no army was sent, the Empire provided sufficient supplies, magical weapons, ammunition, and sent officers to help train the army.
At sea, facing so many warships, the empire was also powerless.
The number of ironclad ships was too small, but the Empire still took out its ultimate weapon, the magic submarine.
Yes, the Empire produced ironclad ships that could sail silently in the sea and were equipped with powerful mines.
To be honest, the oceans of this world are not restricted areas.
There are many kinds of sea creatures there, including sea beasts of exaggerated sizes. Even strong human beings can go deep into the seabed, so this kind of magic submarine is not invincible.
But it would be terrifying when the coalition forces had no idea about it.
As soon as it attacked, it sank ten large warships silently.
The strange scene caused the other large warships to retreat and flee, thinking that the Ottoman Empire had used some powerful forbidden spell.
It was not until later that the Kingdom of Sardinia contacted the sea tribe, offered them a lot of benefits, and drove them to explore, only then did they discover the steel monster lurking under the water.
But even so, the elusive magic submarines still caused great panic to the coalition forces!
(End of this chapter)
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