Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 471 Within seven steps, accurate and fast

"Golden Nightmare, my masterpiece."

Juan, who was holding a pistol in both hands, looked very pious. When he handed it to Elvis, he pointed to a metal target in the distance and told him an unspoken secret.

"There is a saying in Zhendan that one inch is long and one inch is strong, and one inch is short and one inch is dangerous. It specifically summarizes the laws of weapons."

Elvis played with the revolver in his hand and found that it was indeed a good gun. Hearing Juan's words, he nodded in agreement.

"However, this rule does not apply to guns. A gun is fast if it is seven steps away; it is accurate and fast if it is within seven steps. In a duel, one attack can often determine the outcome, but after you finish this Fire bullets, there are still five moves."

"What kind of nonsense is this, and the power of muskets is not so amazing, right?"

"Hehe, try aiming at that target."

Juan didn't say much, and he was very confident in his own works. In order to further his studies on this unrecognized path, he even taught himself metal magic. Although his attainments were not very high, it was enough for some transformations.

Elvis was a little puzzled, after all, the original idea was to find an ordnance officer, how did this happen.

But young people always like to try some new things, imitating the posture of human soldiers holding their guns, with their arms at shoulder level, and their right eyes looking at the target through the front sight on the gun.

The target was a wooden dummy with a heavy metal shell, 30 meters away. After the trigger was pulled, a bullet was fired from the barrel.

The dark golden bullet whirled in the air with a puff of white smoke, and immediately hit the target dummy.

The bullet pierced through the outer metal shell, but it didn't completely penetrate the dummy. Instead, it paused for about half a second, and suddenly more than a dozen sharp metal pillars the size of a little finger erupted from the inside.

The metal pillar pierced through the hard shell and the wooden stake without hindrance, and after three seconds, the originally hard solid became fluid and flowed from the target to the ground.

Elvis was a little dazed, are you sure this thing is a musket, not a magic launcher?Why even the physical form has changed.

But Juan just laughed, as if he was very happy with the scene. Who would have thought that after being pierced by a bullet, the terrifying thing is not the penetrating wound, but the metal explosion inside.

"You, why have I never heard of it before?" Elvis was really confused, saying that according to Caledon's situation, as long as it is beneficial to the war, it will be sent to the front.

The power of this thing is not to mention beating people, even the rat whacking troll is estimated to be overthrown with a single shot. The flesh and blood inside is hollow, and the metal liquid that is still corroding the ground is a rare weapon no matter how you think about it.

"The priests believe that this kind of equipment using high-level runes cannot be handed over to humans. The prince has always supported my research, but after all, this is the instruction of the high priest. Even if I want to send it to the front line, I will Someone needs to use it, right?"

"And this thing is difficult to mass-produce. The bullet you just fired was made through a very complicated process, which essentially does not meet the characteristics of easy replacement and maintenance on the battlefield."

Juan didn't pay too much attention to this situation. The main purpose of doing research is to satisfy curiosity, and the second is to replenish national power. Since the court and the church are suppressing this matter, he also spent a good time researching with peace of mind. .

But this situation will change soon, Caledon now has only two types of human soldiers.

One type is the Kislev mercenaries. For cost and some political reasons, only magic equipment is issued to high-ranking officers; the other type is the city defenders. What kind of equipment do these people need? can solve the problem.

But the nature of this Knights of the Giant Viper will be a little different. In a sense, the knights are vassals, and they will definitely be vassals of these knights for a long time.

In addition, the members of the main battle are all young people, their thinking is relatively active, and the action site is in the old world. Juan doesn't think that the church can manage it so far away.

"You thing..."

Elvis touched the pistol, feeling a little unexpected, this unscrupulous Vaal priest was much more useful than expected.

"By the way, the Prince placed an order for me before, but he seems to have forgotten to take it away. Do you want to take a look?"

In order to show the reliability of the magical heat weapon, Juan planned to do a little hard work, walked into a sealed wooden box, and raised an extraordinarily large weapon with both hands.

Six thigh-thick gun barrels are tightly put together, nearly three meters long, with a metal crank on its side, equipped with a drum as big as a millstone. This thing is clearly a crank machine gun.

Said that the gun is a bit too conservative, even the muscular Priest Vaal needs both hands to hold it, panting and said,
"There is a tripod behind you, take it quickly."

Elvis glanced behind him. The bracket made of solid steel plates was as thick as a person, and it probably took several people to lift it up.

I can only use all my strength to assist Juan to install the crank cannon.

After a while of operation, I asked,
"Why would the prince be interested in this thing? Even if you shoot two rounds, it can't compare to one attack from the heroic gun?"

"If you think this thing is no match for a magic weapon, then you have some cognitive errors. In a sense, this thing is more powerful than a magic weapon. Anyone who is stronger can use it." Juan He paused for a while, obviously hesitating, but thinking that the guy next to him might not be able to use it, he said frankly,

"But it's too expensive. The whole is forged from a special alloy. In order to ensure that the recoil will not shock the gunner to death, a stability rune needs to be added. In order to ensure accuracy, I specially entrusted the prince to bring the Horadric Mahler. Si, plus precision enchanting. There is also a rune, but this is the core secret that the church is studying, but you only need to know that the cost of this thing can arm a thousand-man army of humans."

"There are also matching ammunition, most of which are normal solid shells, but the customized production line is also a big expense."

"Why solid shells and not something else?"

Relying on his intuition, Elvis felt that Juan would definitely be able to make more improvements on this thing. Although he hadn't studied shells in detail, he still knew the difference between flowering shells and shotgun shells.

Juan shrugged and waved his hands, "Why else? I don't have any money. The prince just said that this thing is too expensive to make and has low practicality. Because of the size and weight, it can only be placed on a warship, and only a few war horses can be used on the battlefield. Traction, mobility is too poor. But now the navy has also stopped expanding, and there is no one to take action."

Elvis folded his chest and thought for a moment, then said, "Do you mind if I try?"

"Just play around, this thing is just an experimental product now, the prince wants me to make a low-profile version, and there is also a mortar that is under research, but unfortunately it has been stranded due to funding problems."

Picking up two wooden boxes and stacking them together, Elvis stood behind the crank cannon and began to rotate the launcher under Juan's instructions, aiming at the soil layer a little farther away.

A roar unique to gunpowder appeared from the muzzle, and the metal crank was firmly pressed with both hands. Amidst bursts of mud and gravel splashing, the basement was covered with dust.

A round of six rounds was completely fired. Fortunately, there is a special spell here to stabilize the soil layer, otherwise the six rounds alone may cause a landslide.

This round of shooting made Elvis a little emotional, and suddenly found that the dragon claw ballista he used before was really almost meaningless. Who can refuse this kind of destructive weapon that can emit a violent roar, and then watch the enemy turn into a mass of shredded meat, No.

In the dusty environment, suddenly asked Juan,

"How many shells can this thing fire in a row?"

"It depends on how many drums there are. When I was designing, I made a special trip to Vaal's anvil and used the technology of forging dragon armor to make the gun barrel. Relying on the condensate obtained from the White Tower of Hess, I made a water-cooling system that cools the drum while changing it. Theoretically, the probability of heat causing it to fail is almost zero."

"I, Elvis, voted for your project. This crank cannon will be called Sotek's Wrath from now on!"

(End of this chapter)