industrial lord

Chapter 713: Choking the Neck

"Pfft!"

A rock fell from the boat into the water, and someone shouted, "Oh no! My gun has fallen into the water!"

Belle Burke was depressed because he lost the bet.

The ship soon docked at a port in the Kingdom of Piasts. The horses and carriages were hoisted onto the dock, and Frederick waved goodbye to everyone on board.

There is a pub here with an interesting structure. The upstairs is in a "U" shape, and people drinking on the first floor can be seen through the patio from the corridor, but there is a huge roof on top that covers the entire building.

Frederick studied the simple room, with its narrow windows and small doorway, and thought that it might have military uses.

Bell Burke sat on the bed and carefully studied the gun that Frederick had just bought.

“It’s like a bundle of sausages.”

Bell Burke had a hard time finding something to describe the gun.

This gun has nineteen jet tanks for revolvers. Each jet tank is equipped with a very long barrel, and it is foldable. It can be loaded with bullets after the whole barrel is folded down.

The gun's disadvantages are obvious: it is heavy and extremely complicated to load.

But it also has its advantages. It can fire a lot of bullets in an extremely short period of time, and its instantaneous firepower is extremely impressive.

"Could it be a trick?" Bell Burke said, "It's to make outsiders predict, so they sell it to you easily."

At first she didn't believe that Frederick could buy the standard equipment of the Piast army, but after Frederick spent two nights in the beer hall, he actually bought it.

For this reason, she made a bet with Frederick that if she lost, she would have to do those strange things.

Frederick smiled and said: "This weapon is a compromise of processing technology. They may have a better design, but they can't mass-produce it, so they can only compromise like this."

"Why do you think I have not exported high-performance machine tools? In fact, I originally did not want to export vernier calipers."

Bell Burke put his gun down and pouted, "Why are the Piasts so useless?"

She was very depressed. It seemed that Frederick would ask her to wear various clothes and play games again.

Frederick picked up the gun and continued to study it. He said, "From a tactical point of view, it is a disposable item in an offensive battle, but it will perform well in a defensive battle."

"If I were the commander, I would adopt a defensive counterattack tactic, using a dense rain of bullets to consume the enemy's manpower, and then wait for the right time to launch a counterattack."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that it looks troublesome to load, but if I were to design it, I could devise a way to load bullets into 19 barrels at once."

"Other people are not stupid, they will definitely find a way."

Bell Burke asked curiously, "How are you going to load nineteen barrels at once?"

They only bought some scattered bullets, and it took a lot of time to load them into the gun chamber one by one.

“这很简单。”腓特烈说，“十九根枪管是以3+4+5+4+3布置，实际上是一个六边形。”

"You see the place where the bullets are loaded is a little bigger than the barrel. You just need to use something like a rubber sheet to fix the tail of the bullet, and you can load a whole board of bullets at a time."

"Not to mention, the rubber sheet can provide a certain degree of airtightness, which greatly improves the range and power."

"The most important point is, if you look closely, there is a little bit of glue at the position of the bullet and the end of the rifling. I guess it is left behind when the friction heat when the bullet was fired melted the glue."

Belle Burke thought about it and said, "It's like buying pills worth ten copper coins for one silver coin, which are packed in boxes of capsules. It seems like it's possible."

This gun uses 6mm caliber airgun bullets, which only have the bullet head and are not very large in size. It can indeed be made into a large capsule. If this speculation is correct, then it is not impossible for this gun to be made into this shape.

Frederick had his own ideas about the structure of the gun, but others didn't. He just made it based on his thoughts. It's better if it's not very useful than to have no use at all.

Bell Burke asked him, "So what are you going to do next? Are you going to continue to get information about the bullet?"

Frederick thought about it.

He has always been promoting a truth: a new enemy weapon cannot determine the outcome of a war, but it can increase the cost of one's own victory.

This is indeed the case. The ecological niche of guns and cannons on the battlefield is equivalent to that of magicians. The equipment advantage of Wesson’s army is equivalent to almost all members being magicians, and their overall strength crushes the opponent.

Therefore, guns and cannons are not omnipotent, but we must never underestimate the enemy’s guns and cannons.

There are many ways to target a weapon, including technical restraint, tactical restraint, and restraint on its production.

"We need to find out exactly how they did it," Frederick said. "If they really use slime hard plastic as the buttstock as I thought, then we should raise the export tariff on this material."

Bell Burke asked again: "So they use other formulas?"

Frederick thought for a moment and said, "The battlefield environment is very complicated. Casimir must be well aware of this."

"He will definitely personally oversee the production of new weapons, and will inevitably make corresponding requirements for the weapons."

“The more demanding the conditions, the fewer suitable materials there are.”

"As long as we relax the material properties a little bit, we can strangle them by the neck."

Bell Burke thought it made sense, but then asked, "What if they develop new materials themselves?"

Frederick smiled and said, "Do you know how much manpower and resources BASF has invested in researching slime glue?"

Belle Burke shook his head.

Frederick said, "Let me put it this way. The cumulative profit your construction company has made since its opening is almost enough to cover his current annual research expenses."

"This is just the apparent cost. It doesn't include the investment of the Slime College of Weissenburg University over the years, the investment of slime wastewater treatment plants in various places, and the investment in production equipment and raw materials."

"Why else do you think BASF is willing to split the profits with me in half?"

"This money is earmarked for a specific purpose. It does not go into my account. It is all spent on supporting research and the construction of facilities."

Bellburk was not very familiar with the details of the alchemical industry, but referring to the civil engineering industry he was most exposed to, Frederick did invest a lot of money in infrastructure and academic research.

Frederick finally said: "Over the past decade, we have spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build a technological barrier. This is the reason why I have the confidence to strangle others."

“Now is the time for this barrier to work.”

Belle Burke sighed deeply and said, "I thought I knew you very well, but it seems that I don't know you at all."

Frederick held her in his arms and said, "It doesn't matter. It's impossible for people to fully understand each other."

Bell Burke suddenly said, "If it's as you said, will they reuse the material? If so, can they make it unusable?"

Frederick kissed her on the cheek and said, "That's a good idea."

(End of this chapter)