In his last life, Lawrence once read a famous saying that was popular on the Internet, that is, there is nothing in the world that cannot be solved by one barbecue. If there is, then two.
This sentence is naturally just a joke, but it also makes sense in some cases. For example, now, after moving out the barbecue stove and some beef and mutton from the cellar and starting to barbecue. With the help of barbecue and beer, the dwarf Eugene
Suddenly he seemed much more open-minded and cheerful, and he also told his savior the dilemma he was facing now.
"If it still doesn't work, then I will sell this factory and go to my cousin's gun factory to help." Oren complained softly while eating barbecue and drinking wine, "But I have to give my workers
Leave enough severance pay. After all, the factory is in trouble now because I took away too much money to upgrade my extraordinary power. I can't let those workers pay the price because of my own mistakes."
"I originally thought that after the upgrade, I could come up with a better design to upgrade the entire factory, but I didn't expect that the headquarters rejected my latest design. I admit that I was a little hot-headed, and the headquarters proposed it.
The suggestion is fair. But as a result, my factory is completely in trouble——"
Listening to Ou Ren's complaints, Lawrence knew that the dwarf in front of him was a mechanic, the same profession as his dwarf friend Kaorg. It was just different from mechanics like Kaorg who preferred individual small-scale battles.
, the mechanic inheritance that Ou Ren accepted belongs to the kind of non-combat extraordinary person who is inclined to create.
"By the way, you just said you invented several new weapons, can you let us two take a look?" Lawrence made a request when everyone was almost done eating.
The reason for making this request was that Lawrence had a strong interest in the new weapon invented by the dwarf mechanic named Eugene. After all, the dwarf just now vowed that the weapon he invented was epoch-making, especially in this war.
It should be able to play a very big role in the fish-men's war. This made him think of something higher and higher.
"Of course, of course." The dwarf was very happy with the request made by Lawrence. As a machinist, he was very happy with someone's request to appreciate the work he had spent so much effort to create. He quickly turned the tables in front of him.
He swept away the piece of barbecue, and then drank the remaining wine in the glass in one gulp. Finally, he put down the glass and said to Lawrence, "Okay, come with me now. I'll show you my exquisite shooting."
Five minutes later, the three people arrived at a solid granite warehouse built some distance behind the factory building. In front of them was a canvas-covered warehouse with a diameter of more than one meter and a height of more than two meters.
Big guy.
"Look, this is my product, a small automatic explosive launcher." As he spoke, the dwarf Eugene grabbed a corner of the canvas and pulled it down. Immediately, a very complicated-looking machine with four legs appeared.
In front of Lawrence and Saphire.
"I discovered that in this war between us and the fishmen, or in the large-scale conflicts between humans and wilderness races over the years, the most threatening attack methods of those savage and ignorant guys to us, apart from the assault by the elite extraordinary beings among them,
It's a large-scale desperate assault." Ou Ren introduced his design ideas with some excitement.
"Facing the attack of the opponent's extraordinary beings, we can naturally use our own extraordinary beings to attack them. However, when faced with the tide-like attacks from the sea of monsters, our firepower is still much weaker."
"Most of the time, our extraordinary beings often need to deal with the extraordinary power of those monsters, and there is no way to provide us with extra support. When facing a flood of monsters, the warriors can only rely on the weapons in their hands.
Firearms are far from enough, and artillery fire support cannot arrive in time when needed—"
Hearing this, Lawrence nodded slightly with great approval. In the early days of darkness and ignorance, the reason why humans had difficulty living in this world was not because of problems with extraordinary power. After all, at that time, whether humans were in the direction of high-end gods or
It is not weak in terms of low-end ordinary extraordinary beings.
What is really fatal is that the environment required by human beings overlaps very much with the environment required by a large number of extraordinary creatures. Although creatures such as goblins, fishmen, and kobolds are not as good as humans in ordinary individuals, in the cold weapon age and even in the heat of the
In the early age of weapons, it was always possible to use numbers to completely overwhelm humans at many times.
The core of all this lies in whether it is the cold weapon age or the early hot weapon age. At that time, human weapons were not good enough, and the amount of firepower delivered per unit time was far from reaching the ideal state, so that it could not overwhelm the wilderness.
The numerical advantage of the race. After the advent of the industrial age, with the rapid advancement of technology and the upgrading of weapons, humans were finally able to use fire suppression to offset the numerical advantage of the wilderness races.
However, this offset refers to the overall situation, and does not mean that every link is perfect. For example, when fighting in a small-scale organization, human firepower is still insufficient.
"Although after the invention of hand grenades filled with safety explosives, our ordinary soldiers on the front line also have their own heavy firepower, but ordinary people can usually throw about 50 meters just by the strength of their bodies. Obviously, this is different from
There is a big hole in the fire range of the artillery, and my invention fills this point." Just when Lawrence was thinking about this, the dwarf Eugene also said this.
Then Oren walked to the machine he invented, pointed to the black pressure vessel at the bottom of the machine and the surrounding pipes, and said, "This is a small steam generator. When enough high-temperature and high-pressure steam is generated inside, I
A handle next to it will be pulled and the steam will be used to launch the small cannonballs that have been loaded in the funnel above."
At this point, he straightened up and pointed to the upper barrel and a series of gear levers and springs and said, "Through the series of mechanical structures above, this artillery has an extremely good shooting angle. At the same time, those springs can also ease the
The recoil of the artillery allows this artillery to fire at a maximum rate of sixty rounds per minute."
"These mechanical legs have excellent mobility and can perfectly follow the infantry and provide them with uninterrupted firepower. They do not have to be like other artillery pieces that are difficult to accompany the infantry in time." He pointed at the end.
After the mechanical walking part of the artillery, Ou Ren straightened up and said to Lawrence and the others with pride.
"It does sound perfect." Lawrence asked as he looked at the pocket self-propelled artillery in front of him. "But there is a small problem. This thing should not be made by ordinary people."
"It's not true. It wasn't until I became an official mechanic a while ago that I successfully made such a thing." Ou Ren said this and quickly defended. "But such a thing can be used by ordinary people, and if the funds are
If there are enough, I can reduce the size by half while maintaining the same power."
"But have you considered a question?" The most important thing in communicating with the dwarf is to speak directly, so Lawrence said bluntly. "The cost of this thing is really not suitable for large-scale military equipment.
, and for the battle of extraordinary beings, such a thing is too weak."
"Yes, the officers at the headquarters said the same thing." Eugene sighed deeply after hearing what Lawrence said. "They think my idea is good, but the cost of this weapon is too high. The military
It is really unacceptable that a small artillery piece for infantry whose shells are no more powerful than grenades costs about the same as a heavy artillery, and it is even more unacceptable that the later use cost of this thing is about the same as that of a heavy artillery company."