On the day before the new year, Reggie put on his work clothes, picked up a shovel, and started the 32nd trial operation of Fire Dragon One.
He had made thirty improvements to Fire Dragon One before, but all ended in failure.
He tried to increase the steam pressure and temperature, which resulted in multiple boiler tube explosions.
He instead tried to improve the quality of steel, but the smelting technology at that time had no possibility of further improvement.
This time, he increased the air intake of the steam engine, added condensation equipment, and decided to shovel coal himself.
Reggie suspected that the previous technician was not diligent enough and even wanted to laugh at him.
This move put Asharif into embarrassment. Now he is the chief technician of Shattering Snow City, and all technicians are under his jurisdiction.
"I can swear to the gods, my technician has never slacked off!" Asharif said angrily, "By doing this, he not only ruined my reputation, but also doubted my loyalty!"
Calaf whispered: "Don't talk too much, the master is in a bad mood, just let him make trouble."
"If he succeeds this time, wouldn't all the previous failures be blamed on me?"
"Don't worry, he won't succeed," Kalaf said, shaking his head. "With his improvements, the entire front of the car is twice as heavy. It can't be seen on the flat ground. When you get to the hillside, you will know how difficult it is. This time it is
I can’t even push it up!”
When everything was ready, the driver sounded the whistle.
On a train, the driver's role is not that important. He does not need to control the direction, and it is difficult to control the speed. His main task is to observe the road ahead and sound the horn and apply the brakes when necessary.
Of course, during normal driving, he has command authority over the other three technicians responsible for adding coal, air supply and water, but today the command power is not in his hands. Since Reggie decided to add coal himself, it proves that he
Don't trust anyone.
The train set off from the dock and was three miles away from the Broken Snow Mountain. Reggie began to increase the amount of coal. He wanted to increase the speed of the train. The purpose of this was to increase the kinetic energy of the train and prepare for the subsequent kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy.
Be prepared for transformation.
But after adding dozens of shovelfuls of coal, Reggie's heart went cold.
The front end of the car is too heavy, and the acceleration effect is not obvious, but the pressure and temperature of the steam rise very quickly.
It was getting hotter and hotter in the computer room, and Reggie's heart was getting colder and colder. After the Fire Dragon One rushed up the hillside, its speed began to drop sharply.
At first, the speed of Dragon One was comparable to that of a running carriage.
After a thousand feet, the Fire Dragon One's speed is equivalent to that of an ox cart.
After two thousand feet, the speed of Fire Dragon One is equivalent to that of an adult trotting.
"Add water, continue to increase the amount of water, and push up the pressure!" Reggie increased the frequency of two shovels of coal per minute to one shovel of coal every three seconds. The speed of the train became slower and slower, and Reggie's speed became faster and faster.
When they were halfway up the mountain, Calaf, who was walking slowly outside the car, looked at Reggie in the car and sighed: "Sir, you'd better give up."
"Don't stop...keep on...keep on!" No one knew what he was saying, even Reggie himself couldn't hear clearly. He collapsed and was eventually carried out by two soldiers.
The driver pulled the brakes and the Fire Dragon One stopped on the hillside.
Reggie drank some water and gradually felt better. He wiped the soot from his face and said to Calaf: "Call all the craftsmen and push the car up."
Khalaf said, "The car is too heavy. I'm afraid the craftsmen alone won't be able to push it."
"You have to find a way to push it even if you can't push it up. You can't let the car hang here. It's too dangerous!"
Not only is it dangerous, it's also embarrassing.
Reggie still didn't put a reverse gear on the car. The train parked halfway up the mountain would probably become a New Year's scene in Shattered Snow City, causing Reggie to endure ridicule and ridicule for a whole year.
Finally, under Reggie's coercion, the First Army dispatched 400 soldiers and together with the craftsmen pushed the Fire Dragon One into the city.
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The New Year has arrived, and everyone has ushered in a new beginning. They are all busy doing things they like and are enjoying it endlessly. They all have the illusion that the evil spirits have completely disappeared from the mainland.
But they didn't disappear, they appeared in the first month after the new year.
There is a large uninhabited land in the south of Bayer Country. Most of the people here fled to Broken Snow Country. According to Sophia's policy, all assistance began around the royal capital, and all remaining residents also moved to the vicinity of the royal capital.
As for this area, it has become a vacuum zone without any jurisdiction.
Mandasa led the demonic army to take advantage of the situation, occupied this no-man's land, and advanced to the north with lightning speed.
The Demon King regarded this war as the final battle of life and death, and took four months to capture four cities.
But Sophia was unprepared. By the time she received the news and counterattacked, the demon army had already entered Frost Flower City and Bingyan City.
After receiving the news, Reggie was ready to send troops to assist immediately, but was rejected by Sophia.
"Tell Reggie to hold Hanmaple Fortress and Silverpine City and don't make this war more complicated."
Reggie thought that Sophia was wary of him again, but this time Sophia made the right judgment.
The ones attacking the Bayer Kingdom are fire demons, rock demons and a large number of sand demons. Their numbers have an absolute advantage. If the front is extended, both the Shattering Snow Country and the Bayer Country will be in trouble.
Ignoring Sophia's dissuasion, Reggie sent an airship to the Bayer Kingdom. As a result, the airship was blocked by the Wind Demon just after leaving Han Maple Fortress. Eleven of the twenty airships were sunk, and the remaining nine were forced to retreat.
These are the wind demons of Fengyan Country. At the beginning of the war, Reggie made them his first target after forming an alliance.
But Alfred stopped Reggie. In order to prevent Feng Yanguo from misunderstanding, he kept the group of wind demons until the end. As a result, the group of wind demons disappeared automatically. I thought this was a happy ending, but who knew when they would appear again?
, but it brought such a heavy blow to Reggie.
The war started too suddenly and progressed too quickly. Reggie had no time to complain to Alfred. The demons quickly rushed to Hanmaple Fortress and launched successive fierce attacks.
Once the war starts, don't stop easily and don't give the enemy any chance to breathe. Mandasa's tactical style is surprisingly consistent with Reggie's. After ten days of fighting, the indestructible Han Maple Fortress is on the verge of falling. If this war
The battle took place in Silver Pine City, and I am afraid that the evil spirits have already reached the foot of Broken Snow City.
Reggie asked Erwin to set up tight defenses in Silver Pine City, and he personally went to Hanmaple Fortress to direct the battle, where he saw the demon's "artillery".
The two rock demon giants formed the support, and the mud demon and the sand demon formed the "rubber band". They worked together like a slingshot, and successive fire demons were thrown onto the walls of Hanfeng Fortress.
The fire demon wreaked havoc with suicide attacks. Since the beginning of the war, the fires in the fortress have never stopped.
At the same time, the battle for Golden Light City also started. The sparse Golden Light City was quickly surrounded by demons. Jiawen prepared to support, but Reggie refused. Erwin prepared to divide his troops, but Reggie still refused.
He knew the importance of Golden Light City. The territory of Golden Light City was very vast and adjacent to many cities. Once it fell, a large area of Broken Snow Country would be exposed to the attack range of evil spirits.
But Reggie had no choice. The Western Territory could not be lost, and Silver Pine City could not be lost either. The shortcomings of the Snowflake Kingdom's sparse troops forced Reggie into a desperate situation.