When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 691: The Concept of Coastal Defense Artillery
Just as Horn was flipping through the recent issues of Pravda to confirm what had happened in the Thousand River Valley since he left, Meliati tapped the teacup with a spoon, and the crisp sound echoed in the sunlight-filled room.

Seeing Horn's puzzled look, Meliati said, "You made a big splash in this battle. The news that you defeated the Fran army in a row has spread throughout the Thousand River Valley. You defeated Leia in the north and Fran in the south. Everyone is a little uncomfortable with winning like this."

"You'll get used to it after winning a few more times." Horn put down the newspaper nonchalantly and grinned.

A smile also appeared on Meliati's face: "Is it my illusion, or are you more arrogant than when I first met you?"

"If young people are not arrogant, can they still be called young people?" However, when he said this, Horn changed the subject and his expression became more restrained. "We took advantage of the terrain and information gap, otherwise we would not have won so easily this time."

This is not Horn being modest, but a consistent conclusion drawn from the post-war summary.

In the swampy stream terrain, these knights lost their most important mobility and could only fight on foot.

Moreover, they did not have enough knowledge about clockwork cannons and dared to advance in dense and deep square formations, which enabled them to achieve such an easy victory.

If it were on a wide plain, those 3-pound cannons would probably have been suppressed by the charging cavalry and arrows before they could even fire a few times.

The Power Knights are still quite capable. Although Horn has been winning and has accumulated a lot of confidence, he cannot be defeated quickly and win quickly.

"I heard that you invented a new weapon called a clockwork cannon?" Meliati's eyes flashed with scrutiny. "I heard that it can destroy dozens of miles with one shot?"

"How is that possible?" Horn smiled bitterly. "This is a large clockwork gun. It's not like you haven't seen this kind of clockwork gun before."

The most outstanding weapon in this Black Snake Bay War was the clockwork cannon.

It was originally just an enlarged version of the leather cannon, but with the pressure of war, the cannon foundries and ordnance workshops in the rear were updated and iterated at a very fast speed.

Although it is still not satisfactory in some aspects, there are basically no problems in putting it into use.

Unlike the Holy Gun, the clockwork cannon can be loaded from the breech, but it is essentially a submachine gun, and what affects its firing frequency is the process of replacing the clockwork chamber.

Thanks to the knights' outstanding contributions to the new clockwork cannon, Horn collected a large amount of new data on this type of clockwork cannon.

3磅鹰隼炮需要1.5磅的山铜发条，大约每1到2分钟发射一次，用铁料700磅上下，总重在450磅左右。

6磅沙雕炮则需要3磅左右的发条，大概2-3分钟能发射一次，用料1800磅，总重在1580磅左右。

Since this type of clockwork cannon does not need to consider airtightness, that is, there is no need to consider the impact of cast iron annealing on performance, it can be as brittle as possible and as thin as possible.

When casting a dwarf, you only need to use an iron mold or even a clay mold to cast the upper and lower parts, then wrap the two ends with long iron bars and rivets, leave an exhaust groove in the middle, and install the gear shaft at the rear end.

这样的一门3磅鹰隼炮大概需要15金镑，而一门6磅沙雕炮大概是32金镑，至于12磅狮鹫炮成本大约在65金镑。

According to reports from the rear, about 12 3-pound guns or 8 6-pound guns can be produced every month. The 12-pound gun is still being improved and has not yet been put into service.

The Grand Duchess was not shy about saying anything, and said directly: "Give me a few guns, and I will set up a cannon foundry. Give me a hydraulically-powered cannon, too."

"Okay." Horn nodded. "However, you have to spend money to buy the patent for this technology, and then pay patent fees to the inventor every year."

Meliati frowned, "This is used to deal with the Leia people, not for my own personal gain." "I know." Horn said seriously, "I can make up for the patent fee you paid to him through other budgets."

"Why? Isn't this the equivalent of pouring from your left hand to your right hand?"

"No matter what the essence is, we have to have this attitude." Horn took a sip of the black tea he hadn't had for a long time, "Otherwise, if the guild is opened in the future, who will be willing to bring out their own technology?"

Currently, patent-related bills and departments are still under preparation, because before the complete 100-household districtization, the Qianhe Valley government's control over the local area is not that strong.

Even if the patent and invention system is established in advance, it can only be implemented on Qiumu Island at most.

Thinking of the patent system Horn mentioned earlier, although she had some doubts, Meliati still let out a sigh of relief: "Okay, but before you build my cannon foundry, I want to place an order with the cannon foundry in Mayo Town. I may need 10 griffin cannons and 30 sand sculpture cannons."

"What do you need so many cannons for?" Horn was surprised when he heard the number.

"Prepare for the invasion of the Leia people." Meliati pointed to the north, "I plan to install shore anti-griffin cannons at the turbulent places of the rivers in Rapid City and Xialu City, so as to lock the enemy and reduce their water transportation and march possibilities.

As for the 30 sand sculpture cannons, they will be placed on six fortresses on the northeastern border. One of them is close to a river and can be hydraulically strung.

There are two more forts at the pass from Gravel Plain to Upper Rivershire and North Moundshire. There are strong winds there all year round. I want to see if I can use wind power instead of water power to raise the string. "

Hearing the words "coastal defense griffin gun", Horn's eyes suddenly lit up.

Gently stroking the rim of the cup, his thoughts were galloping like a horse.

He had not thought of this before. By placing the Griffin Cannon or even the 24-pound Dragon Cannon directly on the shore or even next to the dam and using water power to continuously wind the cannon, he might be able to compress the firing frequency of the 12-pound cannon to less than 3 minutes.

You have to know that due to the long-term water conservancy projects in Hotham County, there are ditches, sluices and small dams almost everywhere.

Originally, Horn was troubled by the fact that there was almost no dangerous terrain in the Thousand Valley Plains to stop Leia's cavalry.

But if there is no dangerous situation, he can create it.

By then, when the Leia people arrive, they will have to attack them one by one, and there are two large granaries in the rear, namely Langsander County and Kasha County.

Further to the rear, there is the ally Black Snake Bay, which continuously provides funds through the spice trade, and can exhaust the Leia people just by attrition.

Unless the Leians can obtain military passage from the Franks, it is obvious that the Franks will never give up the passage, otherwise domestic revanchism will explode.

Thinking of this, Horn suddenly had an idea and looked up: "Why do you need these clockwork cannons so urgently? Is there any unusual movement on Leia's side?"

Meliati was silent for a moment: "You know, the civil war in Leia is now coming to an end. The two dukes' armies have basically no chance of counterattacking, so the situation in Leia has changed a bit."

"What changes?" Horn asked quickly.

(End of this chapter)