After Puno left, after the air in the room was basically replaced, Cassia closed the window and began to sit on the bed and read a book. She had rested for a long time on the train, and she didn’t feel tired even now.
The surroundings were very quiet, and the sound from Puno came over at this moment, which seemed to be the sound of cooking. For his strong body, a bag of biscuits was really not enough to fill his stomach.
When the time passed around ten o'clock, there was no sound at the station, and Puno fell asleep very early.
Cassia turned off the light in time, lying on the bed and looking at the ceiling, thinking about those locomotives.
Of course, he won't be planning to stay here for a long time, waiting for the troops on the other side of the battle line to arrive, or for the rearrangement to come. In Cassia's view, it all depends on luck, and he doesn't have much time to go to the battle line.
, we can’t all rely on these uncertain things. I still hope that the communication equipment will suddenly get better tomorrow morning, and a lot of troubles will be avoided in the future. But on the other hand, we still have to make other plans. p>
Those locomotives may be able to be used. This is a station. Basic maintenance tools are available, and the most important thing is to have a complete set of power facilities to run the station. It shows that high-pressure and high-temperature steam can be replenished. If you are lucky, say
Maybe by assembling several locomotive parts, you can make one of them move again.
The empire's industrial products, especially military equipment, have always been the standard of the empire in terms of quality and are also a reflection of high quality. When Avalon's technology flowed into the empire, the first place it came into contact with was the military's factory. "The problem shouldn't be big." Cassia could only pray in her heart, then closed her eyes and started to rest.
The next day, the winter morning here came much earlier than in the areas of the empire near the Endless Sea. Puno got up before dawn, and the sound of breakfast making reached Cassia's ears from the side.
He got up just in time before Puno came to call him. Breakfast was simple fried eggs and the like. Cassia expressed his thanks and then asked about the communication equipment.
"Unfortunately, there is still no response. Maybe it will be better in the afternoon." Puno said while eating twice the amount of food as a normal person. "Don't worry, don't look at the weeds all around. In fact, it is good to stand at a high place and enjoy the scenery.
You can try it later."
Cassia nodded and did not continue.
After breakfast, Puno began to conduct routine inspections of various parts of the station. This is a habit developed over more than ten years, and it is not easy to break it. Moreover, there is nothing to do here for a day, including hunting in winter.
Not very feasible.
Even if Puno lets Cassia go around the station, he doesn't have anything to help with.
Straight through the small vegetable garden, Cassia walked to the abandoned locomotives.
It's not very clear at night. Now I can only observe it from the outside. It's much better preserved than Cassia imagined. It's larger than an ordinary locomotive, which is due to the thick steel plates welded on the body. A total of 100,000 pieces of steel are welded.
There are two layers of steel plates on top, and from some cracked gaps, you can see that there is also a layer of hard ceramic sheets that have been broken into pieces.
It is a very simple bulletproof structure. After all, it is a locomotive entering and exiting the battle line. The armor layer on its body is not thick. Ordinary caliber platinum bullets may be able to beat it into pieces in a very short time.
If some rapid-fire machine guns have good heat dissipation technology in the barrel, or have a specially designed cooling system, and are equipped with a special bullet box, they can pour out thousands of rounds of bullets in one minute, and can last for a long period of time.
Time. If there is no such a solid defense, the enemy will make a big detour and ambush beside the railway. The train that cannot change its course of action is really just a living target that cannot be avoided.
The red rust has fallen to the ground, and it is all sticky like blood after it is thirsty. It has even buried the rails under Cassia's feet. There is a "crunching" sound when you step on it.
Cassia picked up a stone and knocked it hard on the iron sheets. Large pieces of stuck rust fell down, and the sound of "dong dong" spread far in the desolate wilderness, and then was slowly heard by the steady stream of wilderness.
Absorbed cleanly.
Puno said that these locomotives have been here for several years, but the rust layer has not corroded through the first layer of bronze steel plates, only leaving countless pitted and mottled marks on them. The quality is indeed not good.
It’s okay to be picky.
All the doors on the side were broken, and several of them had fallen off the train due to rust damage at the hinges, and fell into the overgrown weeds beside the railway foundation.
The control room was very empty, and Cassia discovered that the situation on the train was not as good as it seemed. It was good news that the rust had not corroded the armor layer, but in his plan, those things were meant to be destroyed.
It was demolished. The important thing is to see whether the structure hidden under the iron sheet of the train can still be used adequately.
Inside is a chaotic scene after being destroyed, with traces of welding and cutting everywhere, although the copper pipes and high-pressure steam tanks are still there. Because these are bulky things, their size and weight almost make up half a locomotive.
When the people in the military abandoned these locomotives, they probably didn't think of taking them away. After all, the workload of removing these parts is equivalent to dismantling a complete locomotive.
What was taken away were all technical components, including the various valve combinations used for control, the steam hose transfer system, and the most important zero-type differential engine. The steam turbine as the main power mechanism seemed to have also been removed.
Part of it has been removed, and the remaining structures can be counted with the eyes. This is the core structure of the condensation technology, and such a result should have been imagined.
But after listening to what Puno said last night, Cassia originally expected that most of the locomotives left here would be relatively well-preserved. He didn’t think about the zero-type differential engine. It wouldn’t be a big deal if that thing was gone. He relied on hardware to control the input and output.
It is also something that is completely achievable, the difference is only in the degree of accuracy and tediousness.
"Troublesome thing." Cassia sighed looking at the locomotive that was almost reduced to scrap metal. She also thought that the imperial military was directly under the supervision of the Imperial Parliament and would not care so much about money and equipment. She thought that the locomotive that was still here was still here.
There are a few complete ones left. But for this one in front of him, he no longer has any hope in his heart. There are only some common types of copper pipes and valve joints on it. Maybe they can be disassembled, and they can continue to be used after a little processing.
For a short period of time, other things can only be allowed to turn into a pile of rust. After all, it is far away from the place where steel can be smelted, and its own value cannot be equal to the freight.