Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 787

This powerful new weapon, the electromagnetic gun, quickly became the new favorite of the imperial military.

Despite a series of barriers such as its high price (one gun is almost equivalent to an old sailing warship), extremely high logistical requirements (specialized technicians and maintenance and operation personnel are needed), and very stringent requirements for the supporting equipment of the warship (specialized power supply and high-power generators are required, which only new airships can provide), the guys in the Navy Department immediately made a request to Perfect to replace all the ships that the Navy can equip with electromagnetic guns, and to change the design of subsequent ships built by the Navy and replace them all with electromagnetic guns.

This request is not excessive. The navy never considers cost issues and always wants the best.

After all, Victoria once needed the Imperial Navy to safeguard the interests of the empire's vast overseas colonies. As for the army... they just need to exist.

This also led to the fact that before the Doomsday Winter, Victoria's Imperial Navy had already used steam engines and ironclad ships, and even newer warships were being designed, while the army was still using poor muzzle-loading smoothbore rifles.

Even after Perfecto's status in the empire continued to rise and she was gradually able to influence all aspects of the empire, she did not show any extra favoritism to the army just because the Brandelis family came from the army.

Although the army obtained a series of new equipment such as steam armor, new artillery and new firearms, it was still far behind the navy's airships, thermobaric bombs and other powerful weapons that completely changed the situation of the war.

Especially during the Seventeen-Day War, the army originally wanted to show off and crush the countries of the Old World with the new steam knights, but was taught a lesson by Perfect.

She used seventeen days to have the airship completely destroy the capitals, armies and fleets of the three countries.

From then on, the army knew that it could not catch up with the navy unless Perfect came up with some new equipment for the army that could surpass the navy.

(The Godkiller Armor does not belong to the military, it is Perfect's private army)

For this reason, the generals of the Army Department frequently harassed Perfecto, just for the slightest chance of obtaining new powerful equipment from her.

However, in recent years, Perfecto's main focus has been on dealing with the doomsday winter, and the empire's military equipment has not been updated for several years.

Although the military engineers and alchemists are also working diligently on developing new equipment, the gap between them and Perfectoct is probably... even greater than the difference between humans and dogs. A few years is too short for them.

They did not produce any results that would satisfy the military.

There was even an idiot who tried to modify the Army lunch box designed by Perfecto to make it more functional, but in the end he made an automatic heating lunch box which was regarded as a piece of shit by the Army generals.

Perfect heard about this and got a sample of that lunch box.

After studying it carefully, she commented on it as: a picnic basket for a noble lady.

After all, noble ladies do need a food box that contains a full set of cutlery, forks, spoons, and other tableware that can hold at least six kinds of food separately, as well as a water cup, a plate, and the ability to briefly heat and keep food warm.

This thing is indeed comprehensive in functions, but its structure is also very complicated. It is really hard for Perfect to imagine why the other party designed such a complicated lunch box.

Especially when the lunch box becomes very heavy in order to meet these functions, it is destined to be unsuitable as a military equipment.

But for the picnics of noble ladies, this is really suitable. After all, the ladies have carriages and servants. They only need to lay a clean mat on the grass, put out the prepared tea and snacks, use this self-heating lunch box to heat the food prepared by the chef at home, and then they can enjoy a sumptuous picnic.

However, it is conceivable how dissatisfied the guys in the Army Department were with this kind of thing that could give people a cerebral hemorrhage.

Because of this incident, the generals in the Army Department almost gave up the idea of ​​developing new equipment on their own and instead placed all their hopes on Perfect.

After all, this lady can really come up with epoch-making new equipment and make the development of war in the whole world change according to her baton.

This time, the electromagnetic cannon further proved the correctness of this judgment.

"My Lord Regent! We have no objection to the Navy giving priority to electromagnetic guns in the Army's equipment, but you have given the Navy advanced airships and electromagnetic guns, so please consider our Army, right? Are we raised by a stepmother, with no one to love us?" The general sent by the Army Department to beg Perfect was a shameless man. He threw aside his face and pretended to be pitiful in front of Perfect.

In response, Perfecto could only try to persuade the man with kind words, and sent him away.

It’s not that she is unwilling to give the army good equipment, but some things have no practical significance for the army.

Apart from other things, the navy can at least use the mobility advantage of the airship to equip the electromagnetic gun with sufficient firepower advantage by installing it on the airship.

But for the army... an artillery piece with a caliber of more than 600mm would require a whole regiment to serve, and a special railway would have to be built to ensure transportation and mobility, and a lot of time would have to be spent to secure a launch site...

All this resulted in was a firing rate that was unacceptably slow.

Although the power of the super-heavy cannon is amazing, it is hard to laugh at the cost and price paid.

Especially compared with the navy next door, it is even more difficult for the army to feel satisfied.

"They look really pitiful. Have you ever considered giving them some decent equipment?" Ellie asked Perfect curiously.

"Really? After all, as for the army..." Perfect felt that this might be cruel, but she shook her head helplessly: "In the last battle with the gods, the army was just cannon fodder on the battlefield. They couldn't even get close to the battlefield, and the knights died as soon as they were touched on the battlefield."

Thinking of the last time he fought against the gods in Langton, Perfecto sighed helplessly.

It's not that she didn't give these guys a chance, but their performance was really...

Perhaps Perfect could harden his heart and ignore the casualties, allowing the army to play a negligible role on the battlefield, but in Perfect's opinion this was a very inefficient approach.

"That being said, if a war really breaks out, you can't use airships to defend everywhere, right? They are still useful." Ellie persuaded Perfect, making her fall into thought.

(End of this chapter)