Bolu drove his pickup truck, carrying a few wooden boxes, and Stonewall, who was holding a shield, in the passenger seat, and drove toward the mountains in the distance. There was a new weapons testing site there.
"Stonewall, you look terrible."
This made Polu couldn't help but think of the time when Leonardo refused to come on the dock.
"Are you going to experiment with artillery again? I won't go, why are you asking me to go when the gun explodes every time? Why don't you call me after you succeed? I'm very busy too!"
He turned around and jumped onto the hydrofoil torpedo boat: "Let's go after the cargo ship!"
He paused, turned to Stonewall, who was holding a shield behind him and was about to jump over, and said: "Stonewall, don't get on the boat. The defensive warriors on the boat are just a decoration. Follow Polu to protect him."
Safe! The test site is too remote."
Before the stunned Stonewall could refute, the boat began to slowly leave the dock with a buzzing recharging sound.
Polu finally figured out what was wrong, and he shouted from the shore:
"No, why are you chasing the cargo ship? Does Richard understand how the ship sailed?"
"It's just to practice how to hunt the target. Richard's driving has been a bit better recently, and he has almost learned how to dodge our attacks. Besides, isn't Paulechter up there? What are you worried about?"
After saying this, the two nozzles behind the torpedo boat suddenly lit up with long blue flames. The bow of the torpedo boat tilted up, its hydrofoils pulled out rolling white waves, and it suddenly jumped forward, jumping on the water.
Left!
This abnormal usage made Polu yell in anger:
"Can't you just start slowly and accelerate normally? It's very easy to cause trouble!"
Thinking of this, Bolu's thoughts were interrupted by Stonewall's gloomy voice.
"You can't get on a boat while holding a shield for defense? What's the point of this! Ha! Doesn't the boat have to resist attacks?"
I can't accept this.
"The boat has a shield, so it can withstand one or two hits. Its maneuverability is so high, so don't even think about getting on the boat."
Polu thought to himself.
"It's not that I won't let you on the ship. I've been running around a lot lately, and I need you to protect my safety. I think this is also very important. When the big ship is built in a few days, you can get on it as you like! Just stand on the bridge! Watch.
He's jumping on the waves!"
By the way, save me a hand.
Stonewall imagined this scene and his face suddenly became much better.
"So when will the big ship be built?"
"It's coming soon. We can put the weapons on it and go into the water in two days."
"Speaking of which, Polu, you haven't made us any new weapons for a long time. Isn't it a little boring?"
"What do you want?"
"The last time I defended the giant, I held up a shield and a shotgun. After waiting for a long time, I fired two shots and was robbed. My hands were too short!"
This statement made Polu laugh angrily.
"You still want to shoot a giant with a shotgun? I'm not telling you, what's the difference between killing a bear with an embroidery needle?"
"Then what can be done... By the way, the big pipe the elf used before is pretty good. Can you make some for us too?"
"It's so heavy, so long, and it's still a single-shot weapon. Is it necessary?"
"Hmm... It's okay to be a little more detailed. Anyway, the weapons factory doesn't make anything else right now. It just refills the barrels for you every day."
"That's right. Now it's time to think about how to mass-produce weapons. I'll make some samples later and ask you to choose one together."
Stonewall is right. The weapons factory has been in a semi-idle state since the move. The source of crystal ore has been cut off. There is no raw material, so what else can it produce?
Even the production of the most powerful 100 gun has been halted.
The 100 cannon without grenades can only hit steel rods, and its applicable range is really too narrow. Especially when it is placed at sea, I don't know what use it is. And the problem of grenade fuze chamber explosion has not been completely solved yet.
After blowing up half of the 100 cannons he brought, Polu sadly stopped the wasteful behavior of using 100 cannons for experiments. Only a few cannons were left with their barrels raised high in the shape of morning glory in front of the parapet, as if they were mocking him.
of overestimating one's capabilities.
Leonardo was puzzled by Polu's insistence on fuses here. He once raised this question:
"Polu, isn't the steel pole shot by the 100-meter cannon already very strong? It can even penetrate the giant's shoulder shield. What else do you want to do?"
"I don't think the penetration is not strong enough, but it can be stronger."
Leonardo laughed at that time: "Why, the pole that was driven out can still explode?"
"That's my goal."
Leonardo was a little disapproving.
"Are you poisoned by the explosive arrow? With the power of 100 cannon shells, it is much more powerful than the explosive arrow. Forget it, you can continue researching if you like it."
Even Landau didn't support Polu's continued investment in the project.
"You have spent so much effort, why don't you consider directly projecting spells? Isn't the ray lamp made in Finistere already very powerful? Yes, it is a bit expensive and puts a lot of pressure on energy.
, but you can also choose to lower the power. It is not a far-fetched idea to release magic directly from a certain device. Is the mage's wand used for directional casting? If you need it, I have the information here.
"
"Teacher, it's not like I haven't considered casting spells directly, but wouldn't this kind of soulless spell attack either cause damage within a short range or not be able to hit anyone without guidance?"
"Then you arrange a mage."
Landau disagreed. For both public and private reasons, it was not impossible to send a low-level mage to the ship as the gunner. As long as it was proposed to be the cargo escorted to Xingdao, it would definitely work.
But Polu still insisted on his idea:
"I don't want an ordinary weapon to have to rely on a mage, and this consumes too much energy. Anyway, I just take a small part of my time every day to try it, so as not to delay the business."
"Then you should pay attention to rest!"
Landau shook his head.
He knew there was no point in persuading - Poru could be stubborn in some ways.
When doing research, you always need to be a little stubborn so as not to give up when you encounter difficulties.
The pickup truck drove along the path in the woods next to the mine, running on the open grassland. Not far ahead, you could see a continuous cliff, and behind the cliff, there was a snow-capped mountain peak.
In the open space not far from the cliff, there is a flat open space. There is a handwritten sign beside the only road in the open space: The shooting range is dangerous and no one is allowed to enter.
This is the new shooting range set up by Polu. The shooting range faces a cliff. Looking around, there is only a long shed made of wooden boards and a hut. Several equipment covered with oilcloth squat in this shed. In front of the shed
There is another sign stuck in the pile of stones on the ground: Two kilometers away from the cliff.
Stonewall pointed at the sign and laughed: "What's the use of your sign? Besides 100 cannons, what weapon do you have that can hit that cliff with accuracy?"
"Who said there is no more of it now? This experimental cannon will do."
Bolu patted a piece of equipment covered with oilcloth on the ground next to him.
He pulled off the oilcloth covering the stand, revealing a cannon that didn't look very sturdy and mounted on a slope-style stand. The cannon still looked a bit crude, with only a square barrel and a bare
There are no accessories installed on the barrel.
"Isn't this a 100-gun shot? It feels thinner. Can this one shoot that far?"
Stonewall was a little curious when he saw this experimental cannon for the first time.
"Come to think of it, why did you get a new caliber?"
He saw again a pile of scrapped gun barrels thrown into the grass, which surprised him.
"Let me go, there have been so many bombs? So unreliable?"
"It will be unreliable if we don't do these experiments. It won't matter if we explode it here, but it will be a big problem if we explode it in your hands. We will install it only after the problem is solved, don't worry."
Stonewall nodded doubtfully.
"I have no choice. I can't afford the 100 cannon for experiments. I have to make another one with a smaller caliber, which just fills the gap between the 20 and 100 cannons. This thing is very similar to the 20 cannon, and it is used for experiments.
At that time, there were too many gun barrels that were blown up, and they were constantly being produced. Now the workers are quite skilled at making this new gun barrel."
As Boru spoke, he squatted on the ground, took out fist-sized cones from the box, and screwed them one by one into the row of cannonballs at hand.
"What's this?"
"The shell fuse. If the test is successful, this thing can explode when it hits the target."
"Explosion? Are you saying that these barrels were damaged because of this experiment?"
"Yes, I have been doing this experiment for half a year. It should work this time, right? It has been improved so many times, and even the spring-making machine has been modified for four generations. The difficulty is really a bit high."
The small fuse looks simple, but in fact it is extremely complicated. It is about the size of a fist and has nearly 30 scattered parts. So much so that the fuse with only one impact-explosion function took so long to complete.
experiment.
Moreover, the small-caliber cannon must consider the firing rate of the fuse, and finally add a self-destruction device - Polu does not want to face a barrage that does not explode after being fired into the sky. If it falls on his own territory,
No one wants this land anymore!
He stood up, opened the barrel, and began the inspection process before the experiment. After the inspection was completed, Polu and Stonewall loaded the shell into the arc-shaped leakage clip.
"Don't touch this rope, come here and hide."
"No, there's nothing to hide from."
It may be that the exploding artillery left a psychological shadow on Stonewall. As he spoke, he turned around and ran, and then jumped into a ditch not far behind the artillery without any instructions.
"...Isn't it too fast? Veteran, veteran."
Polu held a rope loosely and jumped into the trench. He looked at the artillery through a simple periscope.
"Fire!"
Polu muttered something silently in his mind, and when he pulled the rope, the muzzle of the artillery in the periscope suddenly recoiled, spitting out a large ball of fire! The platform holding the gun body moved back, and a shell was thrown away.
When it comes out, the gun body slides back to its original position under the action of gravity.
"No explosion!"
Polu felt ecstatic in his heart, and he quickly stuck his head out of the ditch. On the cliff two kilometers away, a flying spark suddenly bloomed!
"Sokka! Calm down! This is the first shot."
The first shot achieved good results, and Bolu's whole mood became lighter.
He hurriedly ran into the cabin, took out two clips of shells from inside, screwed on the fuses one by one, installed all the clips in one go, and then slipped back into the trench under Stonewall's strange eyes.
"Don't be stunned, come down quickly!"
He took a deep breath and said to himself: "A calm mind and a calm mind!"
Then he gritted his teeth and pulled the rope in his hand again!
He counted silently.
“1!“
The sparks on the cliff are clearly visible in the periscope!
"3!"
He could no longer suppress the joy in his heart, and the corners of his mouth rose!
"4!"
The cartridge case is still ejected smoothly!
"5!"
Different from the sound of cannon fire, a thunderous sound finally reached the trench, and his palms holding the rope were already covered with sticky cold sweat.
"8!"
Everything is fine.
The artillery spit out fireballs and the shells were thrown to the ground. Polu raised his head just in time to catch the last shell hitting the cliff.
In the thick dust stirred up by the first few shells, a blue ball of light suddenly flashed. The movement was not very loud, but it was so brilliant when reflected in Bolu's pupils!