Lord of the Misty World

Chapter 234 Artillery
In the technological society before Di Fenglai, the design of artillery was nothing more than qualified gun barrel steel, and the explosives exploded from the inside to make the shells go out.

On Qinghe collar's side, because of the enhanced runes and rune melting furnace, alloy melting is not a problem. Engraving runes on the alloy can make the barrel stronger, which is not a problem for Qinghe collar.

And how to shoot the shells is the problem. The rune weapon of Qinghe collar uses the wind element rune to generate air pressure to launch, it can be said that it is an air gun.

For ordinary rifles and machine guns, it is only necessary to increase the tail of the barrel and add an air chamber, but for artillery, if the air chamber is added, more pressure is required, so that the shells can only be fired from the front muzzle Loading, the efficiency is too slow, and it is not suitable for the battlefield.

Moreover, the design of the gas tank capable of launching artillery is also a size larger, which is not suitable for large-scale hunting for the time being, and there is also the warhead of the artillery shell itself.

It’s okay if it’s an ordinary all-metal bullet, but if it’s the kind of shell that can explode, you need to engrave runes on the bullet, so the structure of the bullet is complicated, not only will it consume a lot of precious conductive metal, but also a round If the shells go down, these shells will be wasted.

In the workshop, a senior craftsman was talking to an old man. "Master, why don't we design gunpowder shells, now we have few runes, and we can't combine explosive shells, but we can use gunpowder directly, although the power is weaker, it can still be used.

For example, the mortar mentioned in the book can be manufactured with our current technology. "

"Replace the rune shells with gunpowder shells, plus the bottom air compression ejection."

When his student reminded him, the master craftsman was a little surprised. He stood there for a while, thinking about the simplicity proposed by the student, and found that it was indeed possible.

"Your idea seems to work," Da Jiang said. "Put gunpowder inside the cannonball, and with the current situation in the territory, there is no shortage of various ores, and black powder can be produced.

Moreover, the mortar shells are loaded from the muzzle. We only need to add an air chamber at the bottom. When the mortar falls to the bottom, it can just activate the runes, and then the shells can be thrown out instantly.

Although this is not a powerful artillery, it is better than nothing, and it is also good for new wars. "

Thinking of this, the master had a trace of excitement on his face.

"You're a good kid. Your brain is flexible. Just follow your ideas. Now I'll give you a task."

"Master, tell me." The young man said with a hint of joy on his face.

"The mortar shells are in your hands."

"Okay, I'll finish it right away."

Then, the master craftsman returned to his office immediately and began to write the application report.

"Since the artillery plan is changed, and the success rate is not low, then it is necessary to build a gunpowder factory, as well as a shell and mortar assembly factory, which will require a large number of workers and more factories.

Now the lord just happened to add a batch of workers to Qinghe collar, at least half of them should be brought over to build more factories. "

When this application report was sent to the General Administration Office of the Qinghe Territory, it seemed that it was the construction of a new weapon manufacturing factory or a powerful artillery.

This is very important for the Qinghe Territory who is at war.The left-behind person in charge of the General Administration Office did not hesitate, and approved the application report on the spot.

Outside the city of Qinghe, a suitable piece of land was selected to start building factories, such as gunpowder factories, shell factories, mortar assembly factories, and saltpeter and sulfur mines needed to be drawn from various mining areas.

On the first day, the drawings were designed, on the second day samples were manufactured, and on the third day, a mortar was assembled in the workshop.

This mortar is not big, with a caliber of only ten centimeters. The overall structure is a barrel and bracket, as well as the important bottom rune air pressure chamber.

The cannonball structure is a larger empty shell above, filled with gunpowder, and the warhead is a trigger detonator. As long as the cannonball head is hit, it will explode instantly.

At the tail of the shell, there is a long and narrow joint and a relatively small cylindrical tail. Above the tail is a four symmetrical tail that fits the size of the muzzle.

When the shell is put into the barrel, the tail original will just enter the gas chamber, and a little copper metal at the end of the original will connect to the inner rune center.

In this way, the rune relies on the metal copper connection at the tail of the shell, and instantly allows the spiritual power to be transmitted into the wind element runes around the air chamber, thereby generating a huge air pressure in the air chamber in an instant.

And this air pressure will launch the whole shell, and when the shell draws an arc in the sky and hits the ground, it will explode instantly.

The power of this type of shell is similar to that of the Flame Rune Bullet, but because the shell can be manufactured in an assembly line and does not require any runes, it can be deployed in large quantities. It does not need to be like the Rune Bullet, which only supplies a few hundred rounds for an army. , and that's a long time to go.

After testing, this ten-centimeter caliber mortar can be used normally, and its power is not bad. The range can be calculated by parabola. It is a very suitable artillery for infantry support firepower.

Moreover, with the manufacture of this mortar, it will not be a problem to follow up with larger caliber mortars. This may require some changes for the Qinghe troops, but the overall strength is still greatly improved up.

"The workshop has developed a mortar and is now building a factory for production."

On the front line, Di Feng, who was leading the training of recruits, saw the information from the rear, and his face showed a trace of joy.

Although this kind of artillery is not that kind of powerful artillery, because of its low cost, it can completely guarantee the supply of troops in large quantities, although it cannot be mass-produced in a short time.

However, it is not a problem to temporarily produce a batch through the workshop temporarily. The [-] workers sent back by Di Feng played a huge role. Qinghe City expanded more factories without worrying about shortage of manpower.

These young and strong boys sent back are very willing to fight for their own freedom and a better life, and they have strong learning and action abilities.

On the other side, the rune rifle factory and the rune armor factory also recruited a group of workers, thus picking out some of their veterans to form a new factory.

It can be said that this batch of [-] workers and their family members of more than [-] people is like injecting a mass of living water into Qinghe City, making Qinghe City's development go further.

At this moment, Di Feng also got new information from the front line.

"My lord, according to our information, the kingdom of death is arresting people in its subordinate villages and towns. It seems that it wants to create undead."

(End of this chapter)