Arad's Sword

Chapter 197 Developing an Airship

Airship.

Neither land nor sea, but sky.

The research and development of the airship was the second most important goal that Midi had already determined besides awakening when she set foot on the deck of the Nantian Xing.

After all, the emergence of Sky City does not mean the end of the struggle, but a brand new starting point.This huge tower-like world is connected to the continent of Arad at one end, and connected to the sea of ​​sky at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters at the other end.

If the sky city is the hunting ground for the powerful, then the sea of ​​sky above the sky city is an adventure paradise for the awakened.However, for human beings who have no ability to fly and can only walk on two legs, the world where white clouds are the ocean and flying islands are the land seems too dangerous.

To gain a foothold in such a world, flying vehicles are essential.

But in today's battle situation, in order to defeat the extremely powerful Delos Empire, another invincible surprise soldier is also the most effective way.

In fact, in Midi's memory, the previous Delos Empire dominated the west coast and spent great efforts to blockade the entire sea area, but in the end they still couldn't monopolize Sky City. A considerable part of the reason was the appearance of flying vehicles.

In the beginning, only a small number of powerful adventurers sneaked into Sky City to awaken.

Later, the material of Kongmingshi gradually flowed out to the continent of Arad.

Later, in just two years, short-distance flying vehicles appeared.

The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest, and soon, the defense line that the Delos Empire had worked so hard to build appeared to be riddled with holes in front of the flying vehicles, and finally lost its blockade effect completely.

It was also at that time that the continent of Arad finally entered the era of awakening.

But now, Midi, who is a reborn, wants to reproduce this trick in advance, so that the Delos Empire cannot realize their dictatorial ambition to block Sky City from the very beginning, so that the Falcon Group can stand up well from the very beginning. At the top of Sky City, get ready for a whole new world!
Therefore, in the agreement concluded with the dragon tribe, he would ask the other party to provide a large number of Kongming stones as soon as he came up.

Because this is the core material for developing and manufacturing airships.

This kind of stone itself has certain floating characteristics, and if it enters an accelerated state, it will generate buoyancy far exceeding its own weight.As long as the Kongming stone is ground and dissolved in a specific medicinal liquid, the Kongming liquid can be made, and then the Kongming liquid is introduced into the annular tube, and the liquid enters a state of high-speed circulation by adding thrust. Just be able to hold up the whole hull, even make it fly.

In the previous life, this ring tube even had a special name - "Sky Ring".

With the help of reborn memory and experience, Midi can easily bypass those initial explorations and common sense, and directly come up with ready-made ideas, thus greatly speeding up the development of airships.

It's just that he is a fighter after all, not a researcher. Although he has a great understanding of airships, the standard of this understanding is only limited to the surface.

Midi can provide the basic idea of ​​"space ring", but he doesn't know how much weight and diameter the space ring is most suitable for.He knew that Kongming liquid could dissolve Kongming stone powder, and he even remembered the locations and origins of several main materials needed for Kongming liquid, but he had never seen the formal formula, let alone the many details of the preparation.

And the most important point, apart from the core components of floating, Midi knows nothing about the design of the airship itself.

Therefore, Midi didn't aim too high when he first came up. On the contrary, he only proposed the simplest goal based on the current battle situation.

"Two people." In the huge new alchemy factory built on Deep Rock Island, Midi said to Norton, "I just need an airship that can carry two people."

Just like the heavy knights in the ground troops, the two-person airship can basically be regarded as the smallest unit of air combat.

After all, the operation of an airship is much more complicated than that of a war horse, and the machine is not humane, unable to act autonomously, and it is even more impossible for miracles such as tacit understanding to occur. Therefore, there must be one person who concentrates on manipulation.The other person is naturally responsible for the attack. From bombing to shooting, these will be in charge of the second person. When necessary, it is not a bad idea to directly use a gunner as the attacker.

"The two-person airship has a small volume and a relatively short cruising distance, so iron-clad battleships are also needed as their vehicles. Part of the iron-clad battleships are modified, the cannons and ammunition depots are removed, the storage space is increased, and the deck of the battleship is expanded. area for airships to take off and land."

"In addition, because it is attacking from the air, it is okay to shoot, and the bombs thrown must also be changed. It is best to change to the type that automatically locks the target. In this regard, I will let Sigmund and other gunners come to cooperate with the production .”

While talking eloquently, Midi directly drew her own ideas on paper and made diagrams.

At first, some people interrupted him and asked various questions, but gradually, the entire alchemy factory became silent.

Whether it is a layman like Dixon and Kelvin watching the excitement, or the magic research and development team of the Falcon Group, or Wells, who is quite proud of his design, or even a person who stands at the cutting-edge technology of the Arad continent. Master Norton, and even the two dragonmen who have always paid little attention to human machinery, can only stare blankly at Midi's narration at this moment, not even daring to intervene, for fear of interrupting the other party's train of thought.

In the eyes of everyone, awe mixed with shock and curiosity appeared involuntarily, because the idea of ​​"air combat" proposed by Midi at this moment, as well as the various supporting strategies, are really too advanced!
Just as Midi was talking, she suddenly realized that something was wrong with the surrounding situation, and the atmosphere was too solemn. Then she came back to her senses, and immediately found that people with different positions and identities were looking at her eagerly. Leng.

"what happened?"

"Mr. Midi, no no, Master Midi, your thinking is too advanced. I swear on my own reputation that what you put forward today will definitely become the most important alchemy in the history of Arad Continent in the future." Invention!" Norton jumped up and said in a trembling voice, his eyes were full of excitement.

"If the vision of the airship can really be realized, the Kingdom of Belle Mare may become a truly powerful country on par with the Delos Empire." Kelvin pushed his glasses and expressed his heartfelt emotion.

"Give up the Faroe Bay, but in exchange for the airship, this is really a good deal." Wells said, secretly made up his mind, he must let the Feifan family tie the Falcon The regiment of this big ship.

Even Tanius, who had been invincible all over the west coast during this period of time, couldn't help muttering, "Human beings are really scary."

Dragon people are indeed very proud, and have always looked down on weak humans, but this does not mean that they do not know how to evaluate combat power.

As long as he imagined such an airship hovering above his head, and then spit out countless bullets, Tanius felt a headache.And if Midi was sitting on the airship, he felt that this was unimaginable.

But when Midi listened to everyone's emotion and praise, she didn't feel elated or secretly proud.

In the previous life, as a commander who was always favored by the Goddess of Victory, Midi also created countless classic air combat tactics. However, at least two-thirds of what he said now came from others— —

Those design masters who designed airships.

Those high-level adventurers who crossed the imperial blockade.

There are also those awakened who go to the sea of ​​​​the sky to explore without hesitation.

In the final analysis, Midi is just standing on the shoulders of giants.

At this moment, the reason why he was able to speak out these incomparable classic theories and strategies and tactics was because he had paid the price of death and was lucky enough to be reborn.

That's it.

He can take advantage of rebirth, but if he is complacent because of the knowledge he gained from his previous life, it can only be said that he has lost himself.If you can't defeat the empire, if you can't awaken in the first place, if you can't seize the power in your hands and protect your loved ones, all the praise and reputation will be nothing but dreams.

Midi, who died once, is the clearest.

Therefore, he just showed an inscrutable smile, and then made a gesture to stop everyone's endless praise and emotion.

"Give me a result in a week." Midi issued the first order.

"Leave it on me, Master Midi." Norton patted his chest and replied loudly.

"I will fully cooperate with Master Norton." Wells also replied in a decisive tone from the side. Now that he has officially joined the Falcon Group and has become a member of the Magic Research and Development Department, he is naturally determined to The flair of design went to the new invention of the airship.

"In a week, let the troops in Faroe Bay evacuate smoothly, and don't forget to teach them an unforgettable lesson before leaving." Midi issued a second order.

"Watch me beat the crap out of those little bastards of the Empire!" Dixon was the first to growl.

And Randall on the side also nodded secretly. As the host of the Lionheart Dojo, he had long wanted to compete with those Shinra Dojos who had never been unreasonable.

"Deep Rock Island will be garrisoned by you." Midi issued the third order.

"Understood." Kelvin pushed his glasses and replied succinctly.

"Are you going back to Sky City?" Xie Na, who had been silent until now, finally spoke.

Ever since she walked out of the Three Towers of Trees and came to this human world, the daughter of the chief of the Thunderfire Wings Tribe has been patiently observing and learning to understand her allies and enemies. Now, she has vaguely understood A little Midi style.

This young man with black hair and black eyes will always stand at the forefront, in the most dangerous place, on the most intense battlefield, and he will go forward without hesitation, letting others follow behind his sword.

This is probably the so-called charisma of a leader, right?

Xie Na thought secretly.

And just as the female dragon expected, Midi nodded lightly and replied: "It's time to start the real battlefield."

(End of this chapter)