"How about calling me Hood?" Ryan smiled at everyone.
The Hood family is a very famous Poseidon knight family in the history of Britannia.
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this name. Among them, the northern knights and nobles had originally planned to propose the number Jules or the famous Duchess of Lyonnais, and the southern nobles also thought of many names. As a result, Ryan was like this
Everyone thought it was strange to mention that the King of Knights' opinion was opposed by everyone.
Ryan didn't seem to care much about this matter. Seeing everyone's objections, Ryan just said to everyone: "In this case, everyone will go back and write down their favorite names and reasons. Then we will do it together.
Let’s discuss it and don’t make such a hasty decision, okay?”
The matter was settled like this, and Ryan wanted to continue visiting. The King of Knights walked to the steam boiler and saw that the steam boiler improved by Geert had undergone considerable changes, but Ryan didn't know much about it and couldn't tell.
What's good about it and what's bad about it is that the top-grade anthracite used in steam boilers is very expensive. Fortunately, Ryan is rich and doesn't have to worry about it.
"Your Majesty, you can continue to look at the artillery outside." Seeing that Lane was still motionless in front of the steam boiler, Noor's chief engineer Maybach and the old Chairman Krupp who came to discuss business spoke almost at the same time.
Ryan always felt a little strange.
The steam boiler is the heart of the Land Cruiser. I just looked at it twice, why did it start urging me to leave?
"Do you have the conditions to start it now?" Ryan thought for a while and asked towards the Maybach.
"Well, it's still being debugged." Nur's chief engineer looked embarrassed: "Your Majesty, maybe you can try the artillery and the minigun first."
"But haven't you already completed the test in Nuer?" Ryan asked strangely: "And you announced that if necessary, you can forcefully enter the battle. Why can't you do it here?"
"We need more time to complete the experiment on this land cruiser." Maybach said awkwardly: "This giant ship came across the ocean and was finally assembled. Maybe..."
"Then let me test it on site!" Ryan felt more and more that something was wrong. The King of Knights said roughly: "Isn't it already assembled? Then let's test it on site."
"This..." Maybach and several engineers looked at each other.
"Hey, hey, this is the land battle cruiser I commissioned you to produce. I don't care if you use my idea to build one yourself first, but you must at least fulfill my request!" Ryan finally became a little impatient.
, the knight lorded over Maybach and said rudely: "If this doesn't work, then please don't blame me for not paying the money on time and fulfilling the agreement."
"Okay, if your Majesty insists." Maybach finally nodded. Nuer's chief engineer thought for a while and added: "It's just that the environment here is different from Nuer, so there may not be a way to show full strength."
"Oh, that doesn't matter."
A large group of visitors were asked to get off the Land Cruiser and visit from a distance.
The first is a triple cannon composed of heavy cannons and light cannons. The artillery is very powerful, and after using the explosive black powder produced in Veronica's magic workshop, the explosion is extremely powerful, and it is a weapon against the giant beasts.
The effect of several test shots is still very good.
Next are the Dwarf Brimstone Miniguns and Hellblast Rapid-Fire Cannons on both sides. They are also very powerful and are especially good at dealing with large groups of infantry. The Hellblast Rapid-Fire Cannon is specially used to clean up enemies on both sides, and the Brimstone Minigun can also be adjusted.
The position can be against the ground or even against the air.
Finally, there was the mortar. The Big Daddy shell fell and exploded a large crater with a diameter of several meters, almost completely destroying the entire array of scarecrows. Weren't the scarecrows wearing cloth and leather armor blown to pieces?
, the exploded shrapnel penetrated into a sieve, and even the few scarecrows wearing iron armor had scratches on the surface.
"Very good! Now it's time to let our land cruiser move forward!" The King of Knights said triumphantly: "Let the battleship move forward, Maybach!"
"Yes! Get ready, move forward!" Maybach, Noor's chief engineer, made a gesture.
The workers immediately began shoveling high-quality anthracite coal into the steam boiler. They were sweating profusely and fed the coal into the boiler as quickly as possible. The engineers calculated the heat and power of the boiler.
"Woooo~" There was a long sound, and puffs of white smoke were emitted from the rear of the land cruiser. The steam boilers began to operate! The four latest steam boilers rumbled, and everything looked so beautiful.
Ryan, who was standing below, put his arms around the shoulders of his two sons. The King of Knights couldn't help laughing and said: "Sons, it's time to recite sutras!"
"Hahahaha!" Frederick broke away from his father's hand awkwardly. The eldest son seemed to be very unaccustomed to being too close to his father in front of everyone. The young baron coughed twice: "I know, I know, back then Clark
Uncle Sen taught me."
"Oh? Have you met Clarkson? He's a quiet guy." Ryan became interested: "When?"
"I hadn't come out of my mother's belly when Uncle Clarkson came." Frederick glanced at Devin Hill deliberately, puffed up his chest, and showed off the pendant on his chest.
There was a black feather tied to the pendant, which was filled with extremely powerful power. The baron flicked it lightly with his hand: "This is what Uncle Clarkson left for me. It is his crow feather, and it contains his knowledge."
And strength, how about it? Devon Hill, you don’t have it, do you?”
"Ah?" Devon Hill was stunned for a moment. The King of Knights' legitimate son looked at his brother's showy expression and took out a lot of things from his body with unknown meaning.
"Uncle Guilliman gave this to me!" Several thick children's books (from Macragge) with a lot of comments from the Imperial Regent himself.
"Uncle Magnus gave this to me!" A crimson gem with a bright eye inside that can move. This is the Thousand Sons' sacred object, the "Eye of the Emperor."
"This is what Uncle Vulkan gave me!" A delicate small hammer with a salamander pattern on it.
"Uncle Zhuangson gave this to me!" A small statue with wings on its back, a hooded head and no face, a sword in one hand and a cross in the other, it looked very sinister.
"Uncle Fulgrim gave this to me!" An obsidian amulet with a powerful protective spell on it.
"Uncle Angron gave me too many gifts, and I kept them all in my little house." Every time he said one, Frederick's face fell a little, and Devin Hill said with a smirk: "
What's wrong? Frederick, why are you so tired? Keep going, I have a lot more here!"
"Well! Father, this is not fair!" Frederick could not withstand such a show off. The eldest son immediately looked at Ryan aggrievedly: "Father, I also want to see my uncles!"
"There will be a chance, there will be a chance." Ryan said awkwardly. The Gray Knight Primarch thought that Devon Hill was indeed more popular with the Primarchs, because Surya was the daughter-in-law recognized by the Emperor.
Not Emilia.
"Woooooo~" The battlecruiser in the distance was still spewing steam, and the boiler was rumbling, looking like it was about to start up.
"Come on, Frederick, Devon Hill, let's recite a wonderful spell together." Ryan said to his two sons.
Both Frederick and Devon Hill looked at their father sideways, and the two sons finally nodded reluctantly.
So the three father and son shouted together.
"Ring the bell once!
Push the lever to activate the piston and pump...
Ring the bell twice!
Press the button and the engine ignites, igniting the turbine and breathing life into it...
Ring the bell three times!
Sing in unison to praise the God of all opportunities!
For Omnisiah!”
"Doooooooo!" Just as the father and son finished speaking, the land cruiser finally started. The steam boiler once again spewed out sheets of white smoke and began to move at an extremely slow speed.
Then, with everyone's stunned expressions, at the speed of a turtle, it took nearly a minute to advance less than a hundred meters before slowly stopping.
Then there were bursts of boiler noises. It took the Land Cruiser another half minute to move forward for less than fifty meters. This time it completely stalled. Engineer Noor came down and said embarrassedly that the steam boiler had temporarily overheated due to overload.
, needs time to cool down.
"???" Ryan looked confused, and the eight marshals and everyone in the Knight Kingdom all looked confused.
What about the promised speed of 20-25 kilometers per hour?
"Try again!" Ryan suddenly remembered something, and the King of Knights turned pale.
"We'll just wait here! When the temperature drops, we'll try again right away!"
…………I am the dividing line in praising Omnisiah…………
When they returned to the Palace of Fontainebleau, Knight King Ryan had an ugly face, Frederick behind him also had an ugly face, and Devon Hill was very dissatisfied.
Damn it, I should have thought of it earlier! Ryan frowned with anger.
How much does the entire Land Cruiser weigh?
It's about sixty tons, which doesn't include the weight of ammunition that needs to be stored later.
So how much power does this Land Cruiser have?
The four 4*65 steam boilers have a total of 260 horsepower at full capacity! And in actual operation, the steam boiler cannot always maintain full output, so it would be good to have 240 horsepower.
What can this 260 horsepower do?
Ryan really didn't understand this aspect. If it hadn't been for such a problem in the actual operation of the Land Cruiser, the King of Knights really didn't understand this aspect.
But after this incident, he vaguely remembered that he had seen a piece of data in his previous life. It said that the weight of Santoku's Tiger tank seemed to be about 60 tons, and the power system was a Maybach gasoline engine. It seemed that the power
Is it 600 horsepower or 700 horsepower? Ryan can't remember clearly.
Even if it has 600 horsepower, right? The Tiger tank is still criticized for its low power and lack of off-road capabilities, and it is overwhelmed by the Soviet Union's sea-like T34-86.
However, this land cruiser only has a total of 260 horsepower. What can it do?
Sure enough, in the subsequent tests, no matter how hard Noor engineers worked or how overloaded the steam engine was, the land cruiser's fastest speed was only 5-6 kilometers per hour in the operational test outside the Fontainebleau Palace, and this was
Already excellent data on dirt roads and plains.
Ryan was so angry that he really didn’t know what to say. With such poor power, there was no way he could climb hills or negotiate complex terrain. Even if most of Britannia was plain, the land cruiser’s maneuverability was destined to be very poor.
When you need to move, it will not become a killer, but a burden!
What to do?!
The King of Knights called Noor's chief engineer Maybach and cursed him. Party A Ryan told Party B Noor that the power problem must be solved. Also, how did you achieve a top speed of 20-25 kilometers per hour?
The embarrassed Maybach then told the truth truthfully.
How did Noor do it?
The reason is simple. The roads in Nuer are marble roads. On the roads in Nuer, the Land Cruiser can reach 20-25 kilometers per hour with only 260 horsepower or even with appropriate overload.
Everyone laughed in anger. How can your experimental data on marble roads be used on ordinary roads?
How awesome is the marble road? For example, after installing a new steam boiler, Maybach's favorite thing to do was to race on the Noor Street in a steam tank.
"Maybach Engineer, if that's the case, why are you so sure that Noor can put the land cruiser into battle when necessary?" Ryan asked.
Maybach was embarrassed, but still said seriously: "The Land Cruiser uses a riveted structure. We can first dismantle the entire Land Cruiser into several parts, transport them to the battlefield in batches, and then build a temporary assembly workbench.
and steam crane, and then assemble the entire land cruiser. Although it will cost more manpower and material resources, if necessary, it can still be put into the battlefield immediately."
"That's Nuer!" Ryan said unceremoniously: "You Nuer have enough workers and engineers to do this, but we don't! You must try to solve the problem of power! Otherwise, as the entrusting party of the contract
, I have the right not to pay the remaining balance!”
"Your Majesty, four steam boilers are already the limit." Maybach could only tell Ryan helplessly: "We have tried many methods, but in any case it is impossible to add more power systems unless the entire battlecruiser is redesigned.
.”
"Or, the Kingdom of Knights will find a way on its own?" Maybach tried.
Ryan laughed angrily.
Obviously I am Party A and you are Party B. How come Party B can't meet the technical specifications by itself and still wants Party A to solve the problem by itself?
I should have asked you to give me the whole colorful black hair earlier!
"I won't tell you. I'll go discuss this issue with your Baroness." Ryan turned around and left with the people, and ordered the attendants to put away the land cruiser.
When they returned to the Schönbrunn courtyard and Emilia, who was playing mahjong, listened to Ryan's opinions and Maybach's report, the Imperial Dame was speechless: "I don't understand technical matters, Ryan, what are you doing with me?
"
"As Party A, shouldn't I of course be looking for you? My Baroness?" Ryan reached out and rubbed Emilia's face: "Other things are good, but if the power problem is not solved, this is a problem.
It’s just a large fortress!”
"Then you... also... don't look for me!" The Imperial Lady slapped Ryan's hand away in embarrassment, and Emilia said helplessly: "Lyan, our Nuer's technological level is already the highest in the old world.
It’s top-notch, and this steam boiler is already the latest technology from Geert. If Maybach says it can’t do it, then no one in the entire old world can do it.”
It seemed that Noor really had no choice, and Ryan knew in his heart that the technical indicators he required at the beginning were very high, and the power system had been improved.
What should I do?! Then the thing I spent so much money to make has turned into a big iron block that can only be used as a fort?
How to solve power system problems?
Ryan thought about it.
There is only one way left, and that is to replace the land cruiser's steam power.
Change to other power sources to drive this land cruiser.
So the question is, who has a more powerful power system that can surpass Noor's current highest steam technology to ensure that the land cruiser can move?