After sending James off, logically the two of them should leave directly, but Leon still stretched his head in the hall, wanting to see something.
"What do you want to see like a land speeder?" Wein rubbed Isaac's head, eliciting a dissatisfied glare.
"Yeah, there's nothing like this on Earth." Leang pointed to the place where people waiting to board the ship gathered, "Can you go over and have a look?"
"Whatever." Wein stood up, "The invention of the land craft was also out of necessity. The dangerous terrain and frequent natural disasters made it impossible to lay roads and railways, so people could only invent huge mobile fortresses as intercity
means of transportation.”
"Is that a land speeder?" Liang's eyes lit up and he pointed toward the distance, "It's so big!"
Viewed from a distance, the land cruiser looks like an aircraft carrier traveling on the ground. However, its lower part is not as narrow as a ship. Instead, it is wider than the upper part, and the whole is streamlined.
"The 'packhorse' type civilian transport land carrier is about 500 meters long, 100 meters wide, and has a speed of about 80 kilometers per hour. It can carry more than 5,000 passengers at the same time." Wein said, "Such a big guy will be reduced to nothing in a war.
It is a living target, so it can only be used as a means of transportation, delivering goods, transporting passengers, etc. in peacetime."
"And there are military land cruisers?" Liang's eyes lit up.
"Yes, military land cruisers are also called 'high-speed battleships'. They are much smaller than this, but much faster. They are equipped with various naval guns and can fire while moving. Since they were put into use more than two hundred years ago, they have
It has always been the main force of the army. In our world, in a battle, a high-speed warship will first find the enemy, fire from a long distance, and then gradually close the distance - sometimes the side with superior firepower will pursue the victory, sometimes the side with inferior firepower will try to evade the artillery fire -
- In short, whether the battleship itself is fast enough or is gradually damaged by gunfire and forced to slow down, the battleship will eventually come into close contact, and then the infantry will come into play. They are responsible for boarding the enemy ship or resisting it.
Soldiers trying to board one's own ship, the two sides engaged in a 'street fight' on the deck, and the winning side was finally able to control the enemy warship and win."
"It sounds like the naval battles of the Earth's Age of Discovery." Leon has learned some knowledge about the Age of Discovery and has also watched "Pirates of the Caribbean." The war scenes described by Wein are very similar to the naval battles of that period.
Approach the opponent under gunfire, then board the ship to fight.
"It is because this method of combat is very similar to naval combat that this tool is called a land-mobile 'ship'."
"Such a big ship must require a lot of energy, right?" Leon noticed that the land speeder in front of him did not emit thick smoke. "Isn't it coal-burning?"
"No, it's source crystal."
"Source Crystal?"
"A mineral in our world, a black translucent crystalline substance, is distributed underground and in the wasteland, especially in the desert soil in the west. Large areas are exposed on the surface, and are excavated and collected by miners." Wein gestured with an order.
In a previous life, a citizen from the southern part of the peninsula made an angry gesture, "Such a big piece is enough to cover the energy expenses of a food factory for a week."
Leon was shocked: "Then...is it contaminated or something? For example, radiation?"
"No, as energy is extracted, the source crystal will gradually ashes and eventually turn into a pile of ash. It is easy to handle and can even be used in the production of many materials."
"Then it... doesn't need to be burned?"
"No, use a special device to extract energy, similar to a battery."
"..." Liang was silent. This source crystal would probably make all countries in the past life jealous. It is safe, environmentally friendly and pollution-free. It has huge energy reserves and is quite easy to mine.
"How this thing came to be is too unbelievable..."
Liang just made a casual comment, but Wein actually answered: "This is not a natural formation, maybe it has something to do with the virtual world."
"The virtual world?" Liang was stunned, how could this have anything to do with the virtual world.
"Do you still remember the virtual quality I mentioned earlier?"
"Remember." Liang nodded, "What kind of medium is produced in the virtual world? Anyway, the effectiveness of the spell is related to it."
"Hmm, actually, in the alchemist's research, it was discovered that the components of source crystal and virtual matter are basically the same. In other words, source crystal is a large amount of virtual matter gathered together."
"Sounds a bit dangerous."
"It is indeed dangerous." Wein nodded, "It was the wizards who first discovered the Source Crystal and put it into use. However, it was not until the fall of the ancient empire that human countries began to put the Source Crystal into use. Ironically speaking, the Source Crystal
As the cornerstone of modern civilization, it helps the Church of Order maintain the survival of civilization, but it comes from the virtual world that the Church of Order is trying its best to guard against."
"It seems that pragmatism comes first..." Liang curled his lips.
"Oh, I thought you were going to ask that."
"What?"
"For example, why are things related to the virtual world, source crystals, distributed in large numbers underground, in wastelands, and even on large areas of desert soil."
"This..." Liang also felt that something was wrong. Since it was not naturally generated, but came from the virtual world, there was something wrong with the source crystals being so widely distributed.
"Don't look at me. If anyone knows about this issue, the Royal Academy of Natural Sciences will definitely award him the title of academician. Even if he can't explain the reason, there are titles with lower gold content such as honorary academician." Wein spread his hands.