Chapter 196 Artillery Test (Please subscribe!)
It is precisely because of this consideration that combat units such as grenadiers are not of much significance to the Idar Lords.
After a period of time, when the magic rifle is developed by the mage apprentices, the army replacement plan of Idar County will be considered to have officially achieved a phased victory.
Bruno has every reason to believe that in the near future, the Idar army, armed with magic rifles, wearing Idar sabers, carrying magic crystal grenades, and with fire support from the rear, will become the most elite group of soldiers in the entire eastern part of the empire, capable of dealing with threats from any force.
At the same time, Idar's air combat power and naval strength will gradually expand, thus forming the three-in-one combat system of sea, land and air that Bruno has always longed for.
Although at present, the navy of Idar Territory does not play a big role in resisting possible threats from inland, the support of the air force can enable the Idar people to take the initiative on the battlefield.
The biggest disadvantage of Idar’s army - its number - will gradually be alleviated with the continuous influx of foreign immigrants.
In the time since Bruno traveled through time, the living standards of the people of Idar have indeed improved to a certain extent.
But to be realistic, this is only a very limited improvement.
Serfs will not starve to death and civilians will be able to eat their fill. Perhaps in the eyes of other senior time travelers, this achievement seems insignificant.
However, in this world, just this little change can attract countless serfs and civilians! The reason why the improvement in people's livelihood is not significant is because Bruno has focused more on the development of Idar's military strength.
Thanks to Bruno's efforts, the military strength of Idar County has been significantly improved.
The rise of a large number of workshops also gradually led to the formation of a group of workers in Idar who were dependent on the lord and engaged in industrial and handicraft production.
Although they are not engaged in agricultural production, they can provide sufficient logistical support for Idar when Bruno needs it, laying the foundation for the development of Idar's industry and military industry.
Political power comes from the barrel of a gun! Bruno has always believed this.
It is certainly not advisable to engage in war and aggression, but if you do not have enough capital to survive, you will become a fat sheep in the eyes of others!
As Idar Territory begins to export its own unique high-profit commodities, a strong military force will be a necessary guarantee for safeguarding Idar Territory's interests.
Only when Idar County has enough power to defend itself against foreign enemies, Bruno will be able to free up other time and energy to make the lives of civilians and serfs better and allow other aspects of Idar County to develop.
The development of anything is a gradual process. Only by laying a solid foundation step by step can your own territory gain the power for sustainable development.
Bruno knew very well that he was just one of many ordinary people in his previous life, and that after traveling through time, he also relied heavily on the golden fingers of the wonder construction system and the many teams he had trained in Idar Territory...
In the process of the gradual development of the Idar Territory, his students - the mage apprentices belonging to the Idar School in front of him - played an extremely important role.
The already developed magic crystal bombs, magic crystal grenades, and magic cannons, and even the newly developed magic rifles...
It was these young men with panda eyes in front of him who helped him create a new school of mages and build a new Idar territory!
"Let's go test the guns!"
Bruenor withdrew his scrutinizing gaze from the mage apprentices and spoke calmly.
"clear!"
Arnel seemed quite excited in his words and replied quickly.
The weapons testing ground located on one side of the Idar Magic Array Research Laboratory is an important place for mage apprentices to test weapon accuracy and record weapon operation.
Since the test explosion of the magic crystal bomb, it has become one of the few forbidden areas in Idar Territory, just like the magic circle laboratory.
Since this place is not far from the Sky Gardens, when Viscount Conte was temporarily staying in the Sky Gardens, the sound of explosions from the Almis Mountains could be heard from here from time to time.
It seemed that they had been prepared for Bruno's arrival. After a while, a brand new magic cannon was pushed to one side of the venue by the guards.
Although Bruno has not witnessed the power of this magic cannon with his own eyes, just looking at it makes people feel that it is particularly imposing.
The barrel of the magic cannon is cast from steel specially produced by the Idar Steel Factory. In addition, the alternating arrangement of light blue magic crystals and light gold source stones inlaid on the gun body makes this magic cannon give people a magical feeling compared to the artillery on Earth.
The manufacturing process of the magic cannon is actually not too complicated. For the magic cannon itself, the most important thing is the propulsion device located in the barrel.
After the gunner completes the angle adjustment, he can manually turn on the switch on the side of the gun body to activate the magic cannon, and let the propulsion device driven by the magic circle burst out a huge impact force in a short period of time, so that the shell in the barrel can be fired.
The magic crystals and source stones embedded in the barrel exist to maintain the normal operation of the propulsion device located in the breech of the magic cannon.
after all,
The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and no one can guarantee that there will be a wizard to charge the magic crystal at any time.
Therefore, the source stone that can spontaneously absorb magic power in the air is naturally installed on the magic cannon.
Moreover, when the magic cannon is not in use, the existence of the source stone can ensure that the propulsion device of the magic cannon always has sufficient magic power supply.
Compared to the simple propulsion device of the magic cannon, the shells used by the magic cannon are actually the most difficult part to design.
Magic crystal bombs definitely cannot be used directly on magic cannons as shells.
If you are not careful, the magic crystal bomb will explode in the barrel, not only will it fail to kill the enemy, but it may also hurt yourself.
This also puts higher demands on the design of the artillery shells - the artillery shells must explode the moment they hit the ground!
To achieve this, it is necessary to design a qualified artillery shell fuse.
It not only shoulders the task of detonating the shells when they hit the ground, but is also related to the shell's safety mechanism and the release of the safety, so as to achieve instantaneous, or inertia and delay, so that the shells do not explode on normal days and during firing, but explode when the shells hit the ground.
As far as Bruno knew, there were two main ways of detonating artillery shells, one was instantaneous detonation and the other was inertial detonation.
The so-called instantaneous detonation refers to the explosion that occurs the first time it touches the target, causing most of the shrapnel to fly out, mainly used to kill infantry.
As for inertial detonation, it causes a short delay after the shell hits the ground, allowing the shell to penetrate into the target and explode, thereby causing blasting destruction.
Since the enemies that Idar may face nowadays are all lightly armored infantry or cavalry, at Bruno's request, at least at the current stage, all of Idar's artillery shells use instantaneous detonation.
This time, the test artillery was conducted by specially selected Idar guards. Not only did they undergo several days of artillery training, they also learned a certain level of mathematical knowledge so that they could estimate the landing point of the shells more accurately.
Although limited by the conditions, the soldiers' calculation of the landing point of the shells was only a very rough estimate, but it was much better than the previous method of throwing catapults blindly.
At least... the soldiers were able to estimate the approximate area where the shells would land...
The magic cannon requires at least three soldiers to operate. One soldier is responsible for holding the telescope to observe the target's position and calculate the landing point of the shell. One soldier is responsible for calibrating the angle and firing. The last soldier is responsible for unlocking the safety and placing the shell.
Only when the safety on the shell is released will the detonation array inside the shell be triggered the moment it hits the ground, causing the shell to explode and kill surrounding enemies.
Although it sounds very simple, this step is actually very important.
Otherwise, the cannonball is just a small lump of iron.
Under Bruno's gaze, the gunner skillfully removed the safety device on top of the shell, and a moment later...
Aim... Fire! The magic crystal inlaid on the barrel suddenly glowed with a blue luster, and then, accompanied by a violent roar, a black shadow rushed out of the barrel, and in just a blink of an eye, it landed on the valley not far away...
boom……
A violent explosion occurred on the hillside not far away. The violent explosion formed a magic storm that could not be ignored. Although the power might be limited, it was enough to interrupt all the spellcasting processes around! Moreover, for the magic cannon, the magic storm caused by the explosion was secondary. The most important thing was that the fragments produced by the explosion were enough to make the surrounding soldiers lose their combat effectiveness.
“Good job!”
Bruno exclaimed sincerely.
As a preview, the stand-alone game of Pig's Feet will soon be over~
(End of this chapter)
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