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"Alright, the healing device is yours, and the rest is ours..." As for whether that thing was actually a healing device, the knights of Kazimierz weren't stupid.

We'll definitely check it out then, and have a professor from Letania take a look. If it really is a treatment device, then it's fine to hand it over to them.

Domestically, there is dissatisfaction with the situation on both the north and south fronts. The knights on the northern front are almost being hammered by Ursus. The reason can basically be summarized in one sentence: "My lord, times have changed!"

The main battleships of Ursus, in particular, are completely different from the Ursus of the past. Not to mention Kazimir, even Columbia, which has been fighting side by side with Kazimir in the north, is going bald.

With powerful firepower and sturdy armor, it truly embodies the essence of giant ships and cannons. Its ground-clearing effect is comparable to a regiment of combine harvesters. For knights, all they can do is watch as the fleet and boarding infantry rush up to their deaths, and only by paying a huge price can they repel the enemy.

Of course, Ursus only has one new warship deployed in Kazimierz. If two more come, they can probably prepare to surrender.

Because it was really too much to bear, I originally thought that I had spent a lot of money to import warships from Victoria and that I had a strong army in the new era. In the end, I found that they were not as good as Ursus in the old era.

After all, Ursus can actually build its own warships, while they rely almost entirely on imports from Victoria. If Victoria hadn't also been afraid that Casimir would collapse, and Columbia and Ursus hadn't clashed with each other, thus increasing military aid to Casimir and the delivery of new warships, the situation would have been even worse.

At this time, the betrayal or support from Kazdel was a shot in the arm for Kazimir.

After all, everyone knows that Kazdel has almost no land-based fleet, yet it was able to withstand attacks from two powerful nations, which clearly indicates that it has some expertise in anti-land-based weaponry.

Chapter 40: Youthful Experience Edition

Chapter 40

The Ulyanov armored fortress ship, the pinnacle of Ussau Industry's technological achievements, differs from other land-based ships in that it has a very unique armor structure. In the inner layer, a large number of metal meshes divide the hull like cages, while on this suspended mesh are densely packed, square armor plates resembling chocolate bars.

For weapons like spell cannons, which are essentially jets, these block plates create vortices that greatly reduce their penetrating power. This interlayer is Ursus's secret weapon.

It possesses exceptional defensive capabilities against thermal energy, kinetic energy, and jet attacks, even the fixed frame itself is exceptionally strong.

The only weakness was that, for some reason, the diagonal section, between the horizontal and vertical armor, was extremely vulnerable, forcing the Ursus to do everything in their power to reinforce it and maintain the ship's overall shape.

Even so, it looked more like a square, shockingly ugly box, and the Ursus fleet was quite reluctant to accept this "Tsar-class" warship. However, once it was on the front lines, the situation changed.

The Ursus people have always had a very high level of aesthetic taste, which contrasts sharply with their rugged appearance. However, aesthetic considerations ultimately give way to the real needs of the battlefield.

This box is shockingly ugly, but it's incredibly powerful. It's the first time since the Ursus military industry was established that it has received praise from all the soldiers, apart from the Shield Guard equipment.

The only drawback is the short range of the main gun, but that doesn't matter. When an indestructible armored box that spews fire from head to toe rolls over you, the range disadvantage isn't so obvious. You can just charge in and fight through the enemy's fire.

Besides its ugly appearance, the paint job was also unsightly, with a large number of red, white, and black square metal plates covering the hull like patches.

It is said to be for reinforcing the external armor of key parts, and also for reinforcing the exit for boarding operations. A strong smell of green skin is coming from it.

In particular, this reinforced armor is fixed to a carbon material frame, which is used to open and close the armor, giving it a more ancient Terran early landship feel, almost as if it used wood and oil-soaked hemp rope for the opening and closing mechanism.

So the soldiers at the front lines did their best to use the unique artistic skills of the Ursus people to give it a certain degree of makeover. Those strange-looking square patches were used as canvases for graffiti. The Ursus people did have a tradition of using graffiti and war patterns to intimidate the enemy.

So a huge bear head graffiti appeared on the square bow of the ship. The officers not only did not stop it, but also greatly appreciated this behavior. They specially allocated a batch of gold powder to reinforce the Ursus bear head totem, believing that this roaring giant bear could have a psychological impact on the enemy.

The ship was named after the Tsar, who was also known as "Little Daddy".

Thus, the ship acquired a unique nickname: Bear Father. However, no matter how it was decorated, it still looked shockingly ugly, and its ugliness was basically proportional to its combat power.

Unfortunately, there were only two in total, one deployed in Sami and the other here. It wasn't that Ursus's industrial sector didn't want to manufacture more, but rather that they ran out of crucial materials—the blocky and tubular materials from those strange houses that had fallen down were gone.

It is a metal box made of fixed support materials and protective materials used by the Covenant's planetary fracture mine.

Honestly, with the Victoria-style electromagnetic crossbow used by Kazimir, the only possible outcome of hitting it is ricocheting.

Since these alloy parts, originally intended for use as the base and track system of mining platforms, were prefabricated with fixing clips and matching fasteners, the Ursus people weren't so stupid as to not know how to assemble building blocks.

However, due to a lack of some connectors and Covenant welding equipment, they could only assemble a bunch of square panels and then figure out how to build them up in their own way.

Therefore, the joints between the armor layers are quite fragile. If subjected to a high-energy impact, they may collapse or even cause the hull to crumble.

Furthermore, the sheer weight of the entire system resulted in an enormous propulsion system for this warship, limiting its speed. However, its armor and firepower more than compensated for this deficiency.

Ursus scientists haven't figured out anything about the ion cutter. However, they have grasped the basic principles and applied them to the new version of the spell cannon.

However, judging from its effectiveness on the battlefield, the range was very short, but its power wasn't much different from that of earlier weapons. [Actually, it was just for igniting sparks.]

Finally, they simply modified those prototypes and installed them on the ship's power supply system, which gave them several plasma cannons with a caliber of less than 20 millimeters. Due to design limitations, their range was less than 500 meters, and their range attenuation within the atmosphere was alarmingly low.

Therefore, the main combat method of this warship was to board the ship and use this close-range, indestructible weapon to make holes in the hull of the other ship. This made the Qazimirs wonder if the Ursus had obtained Kazdel's molten metal weapon and made it larger.

As a fortress ship, the Ulyanov has its own logistics team and berth. It sits in the center of the position like a square castle, enjoying the protection of the entire legion and fleet. Its unique, Ursus-style golden onion dome reflects the sunlight, like a cluster of burning candles.

"Ursus has really produced a masterpiece..." the knight muttered, sighing as he walked down from the watchtower, despite its ugliness and short-range weaponry.

Although its main tactic is boarding, which allows Kazimierz to barely fight back, it is truly a powerful weapon.

The plasma cannon's short range meant that Kazimir could board it relatively easily, and the lack of an original control and cooling system made it prone to overheating and shutting down, which gave Kazimir some confidence to fight back.

However, the enemy didn't only have those few secret weapons; those were just for making holes. The Ursus people had also equipped themselves with the super-large ship-borne magic cannons they were supposed to have. If a battle broke out, Kazimierz would have to pay the price of at least two or three ships to get close.

Moreover, getting close enough to board the ship would only prevent the enemy from seizing this secret weapon and force them to retreat.

Each time, it came at a heavy price. Fortunately, Ursus probably cherished this warship and rarely sent it into battle, nor allowed it to go to areas where anti-ship mines were obviously laid, which allowed Kazimierz to barely hold on.

"I heard that the rear has made a deal with those demons, and soon we will be able to use those demons' can openers."

This is good news, really, very good news. Everyone knows what happened to that enclave to the north of Ursus. It was those demons' weapons that made the Ursus fleet go bald.

After so long of war, the people of Terra now know that the best "can openers" really come from those Daedric bastards; their molten metal weapons are practically invincible when it comes to opening cans.

Kazdel mainly sells various "can openers," including the Thermomel Cannon, as well as a small number of Dragonfire Bullets and Originium Railguns. They are not afraid that Victoria will obtain samples and copy them.

The Originium Railgun is fine, but the key issue is that the Dragonfire Bullet is a wet-component projectile. Where is Victoria going to find so much Red Dragon blood to make wet-component projectiles?

Although the Dragon Party has failed, they are still royalty and nobility, and even if Victoria's researchers discover the secrets, they dare not report it to their superiors.

Moreover, this is completely different from Terra's technology system. Whether it's the biochip for artillery control or those wet component power supply systems, they are all the same.

Moreover, due to its appearance, the Kazimierz people firmly believe that it is the result of some kind of demonic technology. This is not a taboo in Terra. For example, the Ursus inner guard is a typical example.

"Closer, closer!" The worker waved a flag, signaling the platform carrying the heavy anti-ship guns to move along the tracks. "Okay, stop!"

The giant cannon, as tall as a three-story building, was parked in the trench of the fortification. Then, the folded artillery rails were unfolded layer by layer. After the entire cannon structure was fixed, the workers climbed onto the rails to reinforce it.

The deployment of a total of 12 super-gravity Originium railguns greatly reduced the pressure on the front lines in Kazimir. The Ursus reconnaissance and intelligence network was not to be underestimated; they also discovered this super-heavy equipment and were not surprised at all.

Inside the "Power On" turret, the various colored monitors lit up one by one, requiring no operation or control from the warlock. The cube-shaped processing core, immersed in a deep red liquid, emitted a string of tiny bubbles.

"It's really advanced. You'd never guess it was designed and manufactured by the demons." The artillery team leader exclaimed. There was air conditioning, an automatic loader, four monitors, and a central aiming device that automatically calculated the trajectory and connected to various sensors deployed at the front line, thus aggregating the data and turning it into a central auxiliary aiming screen.

Instead of relying on slide rules for rapid calculations and mechanical and optical sights to aim at targets as in the past, the biochip automatically processes complex ballistic data and provides results.

However, to become familiar with the Kazdel people's units of measurement and calculation methods, as well as how to input shooting data, how to make fine adjustments, how to calibrate, and so on, one needs to study the instruction manual for a period of time.

Below the gunner's compartment is the reactor, where four tower furnaces and two blade coolers provide energy and necessary cooling. The hook of the chain feeder is empty, as the Dragonfire ammunition, which requires cold loading throughout the process, has not yet arrived. Once it arrives, it will need to be placed in the cryogenic ammunition compartment under the turret for long-term storage.

"The Frog Eye System has captured the target image..." The target imaging results appeared quickly on the display. The bio-optical synthetic radar had marked the target. The synchronous ranging and measuring rod were deployed under the gunner's unfamiliar operation. In almost a second, the firing data appeared. The next step was to make fine adjustments based on this data and then fire.

Of course, there was no ammunition on the ammunition rack, and the target was not Ursus's warship, but a wooden target ship. After all, Kazimierz also needed to test whether this thing was effective.

"You've been hit! Withdraw from the battlefield!" The signal light in the distance relayed the message to the target ship. The crew inside the wooden target ship looked at the captain in surprise. The captain was also stunned for a moment. He had just entered and had even disguised himself. Wouldn't he be easy to spot in the dim light of the night?

However, the searchlights shining from the turret indicated that they had indeed been exposed. But even so, were there problems with their lock-on and rate of fire?

The Frog Eye System is a biological radar, and its control logic is very simple: it locks onto any large moving object.

Because such a large, moving object that is also emitting infrared radiation, could it be a land-based warship or a rock crab?

Subsequently, the photoelectric measurement radar will quickly perform further fire control locking, ranging, and speed measurement. Terra's unique laser technology has equipped this component with a self-destruct system, since most of it is a wet component.

So it self-destructs faster and more thoroughly than hardware—no one can analyze anything from a lump of coagulated protein, well, except for taste and texture.

Moreover, there is no possibility of repair. Of course, this was also written into the agreement, and the Kazimierz people expressed their understanding.

There's nothing I can do. The fact that they're willing to sell you this kind of thing is already a huge favor from a friend. Do you think they're your own father if they don't install a self-destruct system?

After the Dragonfire Bombs arrived, the Kazimir military gritted their teeth and fired a few live rounds at a target test. Their initial plan was to fire a second shot if the first one missed, and if the accuracy and power of the third shot were still below standard, they would then go and ask the Sarkaz experts what was going on.

As a result, the target ship, towed at high speed, was taken away in one shot without even the slightest decent struggle. Otherwise, the Leitanian fleet wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses on the Kazdel defense line.

However, the fleet's greatest advantage is its mobility, and the possibility of such a super heavy artillery being deployed and then moved is almost nonexistent.

Therefore, Letania was still barely able to fight, because the Sarkaz had almost no fleet, and their only heavy artillery could only hold a few important areas.

But Kazimierz is different. They have a fleet, and their heavy artillery only needs to be deployed in areas where the enemy's Tsar-class warships might break through. Their fleet can handle the remaining areas themselves.

"It would be great if there was a shipborne version."

“Those Sarkaz don’t have warships. Unless we give them a batch of warships first, they won’t be able to research this kind of thing.”

There are shipborne versions, but not this kind of super-heavy and advanced version. It's not that Lao Xia and his team can't inherit and simplify it, but they all feel that giant ships and cannons will eventually be phased out, so they shouldn't get into this pit.

Why not write it as an anti-ship missile and read it as a super-large rocket? Moreover, according to the plan for the year, if everything goes smoothly and they manage to get their hands on the Early Civil Reactor and scale it up, then Kazdel could build an airborne warship.

Although Terra has a large drone force, its air defenses are not as bad as they were in World War I on Earth.

However, facing airborne warships is still tantamount to standing still and taking a beating, but once it reaches the level of aerial warships—

And if the opposing side doesn't have high-altitude fighters or fighters capable of carrying heavy anti-ship missiles, then... the scene will be incredibly absurd.

It's difficult for airborne warships to achieve accurate hits when firing their cannons due to recoil. So why fire them in the first place?

Does the enemy have anti-ship guns at this altitude? No!

Does the other side have modern jet fighters? No!

Does the enemy possess powerful anti-aircraft missiles capable of accurately targeting exposed engine clusters? No!

Who the hell fired that with a naval gun?

With a gyroscope, a crow-eye guidance head, a peace dove guidance core, plus a sufficiently powerful propellant charge and an attitude booster assembly that Lao Xia can easily assemble, it is entirely possible to launch a super-heavy air-to-ground missile from a warship and guide it at medium and short ranges.

Moreover, the primary power source is gravitational acceleration. Therefore, the pressure on the missile engine becomes similar to that of a guided bomb.

Moreover, it doesn't require modern fighter jets to launch their air-to-ground missiles from outside the defended area. Warships can open their hatches and dump thousands of tons of ammunition on your head, even under the enemy's weak firepower.

This tactic and combat mode is also the one that Lao Xia is most familiar with. It involves lowering the altitude of orbital bombing to the stratosphere, or in other words, when a destroyer-class warship enters the atmosphere to provide close-range bombing for unmanned front-line troops, this is how it works.

Ground-based anti-aircraft missiles and conventional artillery have almost zero destructive power against starships. Anti-orbital artillery is incredibly large and has a limited depression angle. When something that is 700 meters to over one kilometer in size is pointed at your head... even the launch of anti-aircraft secondary guns and anti-aircraft missile pods can give the enemy a nuclear fireball bath.

To paraphrase a famous quote from the Covenant Orbital Army, it's "My favorite smell of saturated nuclear fire in the early morning."

Of course, this joy is often unattainable because the fleet does not easily enter the atmosphere, not out of fear of ground-based anti-aircraft fire.

When you are trapped in the atmosphere, it's like being stuck in a quagmire. Once enemy reinforcements appear in orbit, those warships that can't get out in time will only die. They will die in the same way as ground troops, from firepower falling from the sky.

In short, for Lao Xia and his team, who were already preparing to transition from the era of land-based ships to the "interstellar war youth experience version," developing a shipborne heavy railgun was meaningless.

Chapter Forty-One: The Troublemaker