Black Dragon Code

What does the industrial age of the wizarding world symbolize? The first thing that Caesar thought of was the yellowed and rusted cast iron cylinder, the thick crankshaft and the huge iron wheel, the rhythmic noise and vibration, the sharp whistle piercing the sky, the big ship cannon, and the multi-riveted steam steel.

Regarding the manufacture of large ships, there is now a bottleneck that needs to be overcome gradually. Caesar has also shifted his goal and focused his attention on the development of gunpowder weapons.

Two holes have been dug on the ground inside the arsenal. Each hole is circular, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. These holes are the molds that Caesar intends to use to burn the cannon blanks. The inner walls of the holes have been baked by flames. , the surface soil structure is burnt into a whole, as if a layer of shell is attached.

The purpose of filling the chamber downward is to obtain better pipe wall quality during casting, and the higher the upward direction, the more scum and air bubbles will be contained. The size of all the pits is calculated by shells. Caesar remembers that in the previous life history The so-called six-pound and eight-pound guns are named after the weight of the shell.

But in line with the idea that the caliber is the truth, in order to dominate the world, Caesar must have to increase the size, so he decided to cast a few 24-pound cannons for fun, first melting the iron balls, and then according to the diameter of the iron balls The inner diameter of the mold is calculated by adding the wall thickness of the gun tube.

But in order to push such a heavy shell, the gunpowder filling must be enlarged accordingly, so the final mold should be much larger than Caesar expected.

The molten steel is rising rapidly, and the steel ingots that are next to it are also rapidly decreasing. Caesar can't help but be fascinated. Steel production is one of the standards for measuring a country's strength. Although the steel production of the Black Wing Empire is not a lot, it is completely enough. , but in fact, due to the limitations of material technology, many high-quality special steels are still unable to be produced, even with supernatural powers. If necessary, they still need to be imported across the ocean.

Making artillery is not complicated and difficult, because it is not an original invention of Caesar. Aladea has long had weapons such as magic cannons, and it still dominates in various wars on the mainland. It is also easy to get relevant data in the Northland Data (for magic weapons, the energy core structure is the core), with the precise assistance of the spellcaster, it is as easy as copying the original and then making some improvements.

As a dragon lord, of course it is impossible for Caesar to stare at the cannon manufacturing all the time. He only showed his face at the opening of the firing and casting, and then went back to enjoy his happy life. Until a period of time, the wild boar came After coming to report that the artillery manufacturing has been fully completed and ready for test firing, the black dragon reappeared.

The strong wind and rain made it difficult for mortals to walk, but they couldn't stop the monsters. With ropes hanging from their bodies, the five-headed wyvern directly transported the two finished artillery pieces to the Tuhala Desert by air. They were artillery, not magical cannons.

Caesar directed the flying dragons to put down and remove the hooks carefully, and began to adjust the height of the gun mount himself, so that the gun body was leveled, and the pole was pushed into the sand. The super-large caliber cannon was still like a toy in the hands of the black dragon.

This cannon shoots twenty-four pounds of solid iron,

Both shells and gunpowder are front-loaded and ignited by fuses. The arsenal refers to the mature design of Elradia magic guns, and tailors a set of lightweight gun mounts for it. In order to improve durability, those The parts that have more friction with the ground and are subjected to greater force during launch have undergone special protective treatment.

In fact, while making solid bullets, Caesar also thought about the feasibility of making projectile explosive barrels. That kind of weapon is easier to manufacture and does more damage against guns. In his previous life, he was called a heartless cannon.

However, the ballistic of the unconscionable cannon is touching, and it relies purely on explosives to kill. The demand in wartime is too high, and the Black Wing Empire can't afford it at present.

This handcrafted, limited-issue 24-pound cannon is shining brightly all over. However, during the actual test firing, the accompanying lineup was much simpler than the previous gunpowder test, except for Caesaruna, Hogg and Apart from the wild boar in charge of the arsenal, there were only a few flying dragons and troglodytes accompanying them.

After all, artillery is not the first product that appeared in Eladea. In terms of historical significance, it is not as important as the black powder of the steam furnace. Even Caesar himself doesn't particularly care about it. After all, it is actually just a transitional product.

"How to do it? Go through the process or directly ignite?"

Although Caesar is quite clear about the structure of the artillery, he is completely blank about the specific operation, and there is no video record of the operation of the artillery in the two souls, so they can only cross the river by feeling the stones: "Hogg, find a way to do it!" He hit it off."

It's not that Caesar is unwilling to search for professional artillery soldiers. In fact, Elradia does not have this profession at all. The magic cannon is driven by the energy core, and it only needs to trigger the magic imprint to activate the launch.

There is no way, the Fearless Gnoll must take this responsibility. He searched for it, pulled out a mop-like cleaning rod from under the gun mount, and began to pretend to clean the gun bore. This is a necessary step, a warning from black powder, but because it is In the first test firing, the barrel of the gun was extremely clean, and the Gnoll didn't make any debris.

The wild boar took out a bag of black powder that had been wrapped, stuffed it into the barrel of the gun and pressed it tightly, then Caesar grabbed the shell and put it in, poked it tightly with a hook toe, took out the drill pipe and inserted it through the lead hole at the rear end of the gun barrel, and punctured the gunpowder bag , and then plunge into the lead wire, so that the tedious launch preparations are completed.

Caesar chose to let the wild boar ignite the fire, because after all, it was responsible for this matter in the end, and the few monsters present were relatively reckless, and none of them retreated, so the wild boar directly ignited the fuse.

Sparks flashed and boomed.

The high-speed airflow from the muzzle rolled up the yellow sand, and a layer of smoke was raised on the ground. Theoretically, the effective range of the 24-pound cannon could reach a thousand meters. The trajectory of the front shell was like a straight line. The target made a bang, and was hit head-on by the 24-pound iron ball. The whole body shook, and the iron ball continued to trend. The powerful impact stirred up a series of sand clouds, and finally sank deeply into the soil.

When the gunpowder smoke cleared, Hogg and the wild boar ran to the target immediately, and saw that the front of the rock mound was completely cracked, and densely diffused cracks had already appeared. incline.

But obviously, even after encountering obstacles and penetrating the target, the shell still flew forward for nearly 50 meters. Even when it finally sank into the yellow sand, it contained amazing energy inside.

"Unexpected power."

Hogg lamented that such a weapon had never appeared in the northern part of the mainland. He could already imagine the horror of the enemy gathering together and being pierced by dozens of shells before they came into contact with the Blackwing army.

"That's right." Caesar also nodded, affirming: "Recover that cannonball and notify the arsenal to prepare for mass production."

At this moment, a certain little spirit interjected: "Hey, Caesar, last time you detonated the gunpowder with your bare hands, why don't you try this time?"

"reject."