I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

[Mother-child element incendiary bomb]

This is the product of the Alliance scientists' proposal for Grace.

No one had studied the suppressive effect of elements before. It was only known that wherever there was sea water, the magical elements above and around it would be repelled.

Just like the two poles of a magnet, like poles repel each other and it is difficult for them to coexist.

The subcontinent's special geographical environment provides it with sufficient conditions for the birth of elements to offset the sea mist, creating a state in which the magic elements are thin but still exist.

In this way, the subcontinent is actually not threatened by elemental suppression, but instead seems to be protected by the sea. After all, without this thing, our ancestors would not even have this land to thrive.

Habit becomes nature, and even Medea subconsciously ignored this problem.

Because the demand for submachine guns in the alliance has dropped significantly, Grace, who feels frustrated in her career, went to the beach to relax. Looking at the vast mist on the sea, she inadvertently asked, "Where do they come from?"

With such questions, he went to the Alliance Science Department to seek answers.

When he was manufacturing weapons before, he often communicated with the materials department of the Ministry of Science and had good relations with many scholars.

Everyone he questioned was stumped by this question, even though the alliance's scientific research equipment was in a stage of rapid development at that time and the use of optical instruments was also beginning to get on track.

But these areas have not been involved yet, but it doesn’t matter. They don’t need to figure out the specific ingredients now.

Just extract a portion of the source of the fog, which is the sea water, and then try to separate it from the common elements of the sea water through various methods.

The alliance scientists didn't have a good idea at first, until they saw that the separation equipment for oil drilling chose the distillation solution.

The seawater is evaporated at high temperature, and the aerosol is separated and condensed in different temperature layers, and the aerosol wrapped in it is then crystallized into particles at low temperature.

After this step is completed, the rest will be easy. With the continuous improvement of Grace and alliance scientists, the special crystals are rushing towards weaponization.

Derivative products were created using the Alliance's latest M88 cluster bomb, which was specially developed to target the slave wave tactics of the Vatican and the Tsarist Empire.

The M88 cluster bomb is 937 mm long and 152 mm in diameter. It contains 88 small bombs stacked inside the bomb body.

Typically supplied to Alliance 152mm towed and self-propelled artillery.

At the same time, a batch of smaller 75mm cluster shells were also developed. Grace chose to use this new weapon platform to carry this special crystal as ammunition.

Compared with the conventional gunpowder method of detonating by the spinning ribbon of the gunpowder to untie the fuse, the detonation of crystal explosives is more troublesome.

The crystals in a low-temperature state are mixed, wrapped and filled with a little bit of napalm. As long as the napalm burns after being ejected, the high temperature of thousands of degrees will continuously vaporize the crystals, thereby creating the same suppressive mist as at sea.

At the same time, you can also put a layer of ultra-thin thermal insulation cotton inside the outer shell body, and use the inscription array to continuously maintain the low temperature of the shell to meet the needs of mobile storage.

After detonation, the high-pressure gas of nitrocellulose will squeeze the locking structure of the external warhead, naturally blow off the thermal insulation cotton to expose the small warhead inside, and the secondary detonation of the propellant will scatter the small warhead. With the adjustment of the amount of charge, the range of 50m-300m can be selected.

The purpose of making cluster bullets is to create the largest coverage with the least consumption, just like a shotgun to cover an area on a large scale, rather than waiting for the mist to slowly drift away.

This batch of special bullets naturally required a verification platform, and the Dro War became an ideal testing battlefield. The results can be said to have completely exceeded the expectations of the Alliance's observers in the Roshek military.

The Vatican had never encountered such weapons before, and the highly magical troops suffered a great loss after they were caught off guard and lost their magic power.

The Tsarist army, which was well prepared, all used mechanical technological weapons. The 75mm cannon behind them was also a standard Alliance cannon, not a magic crystal cannon that used the magic crystal function.

The machine could sustain itself for more than ten minutes without using magic to draw internal energy. The combination of heavy machine guns and rifles tore through the Vatican's defenses. Even the Vatican's highest commander in the Mitoten Front was captured.

The Tsarist army took advantage of the situation to counterattack, and the Holy See, which failed to occupy the port of Mitoten, instead lost the neighboring port of Pemekh.

The fresh troops sent by Reza to support Uyanchi attacked the army that had marched out from Cherna and pushed the battle line back to the city of Cherna.

The other two fronts also became a stalemate due to the counterattack of the slave army that the Tsar continuously mobilized regardless of casualties, which completely disrupted the pre-war deployment of the Vatican army.

The failure in the direction of Mitoten also turned Vokinsk and Roshk into salients. The advancing Vokinmeh mercenaries could not break through Roshk's immovable defense line and had to retreat to defend the city of Chernit together with another Vatican army.

The angry Demetria kept cursing at the diplomats of the Seris Alliance at the Seven-Nation Alliance Meeting.

He strongly demanded that the alliance stop providing weapons to the Tsarist Empire, but this was opposed by the Russian Tsarist Empire.

Moreover, the Seris Alliance did not join the Seven-Nation Alliance. Strictly speaking, it was just an outsider and had no need to listen to the Vatican. In addition, the two empires above it were fighting each other, so they had no time to care about them.

Therefore, the alliance meeting, which was not even fully attended, naturally ended in a bad mood, and the proposal for sanctions against the alliance was also shelved.

The Seris Federation's ambassador abroad was very cultured. He listened with a smile without changing his expression even when the Vatican criticized him for half an hour at the Alliance Conference.

After the meeting, the Alliance increased the cost of arms purchases from the Vatican by 15% out of thin air.

In response to the Vatican caravan's inquiries, the arms dealers explained that the increase in costs was due to tight international arms supply and rising raw material prices.

As for why only the Holy See's salary increased, the other party gave him an intriguing look. Not long after, the Holy See's representative in the Seven-Nation Alliance was replaced.

An old friend of the Alliance, the former Pope Olgovich of the subcontinent was transferred back to the Vatican, saying that he would follow the newly recruited troops of the Vatican to the front line to do battlefield mobilization work.

His foul mouth caused the Vatican to pay a large sum of extra money, and the domestic nobles are now very dissatisfied with him.

The current Pope of the Holy See is also very dissatisfied with Olgovich. Even if the alliance has a bad reputation among the people of the Holy See, now is not the time to make trouble.

The fact that he was still talking nonsense when he needed help from the other party made him realize his political incompetence. He was definitely not fit to take on any major responsibilities and it would be better for him to be sent to the front line to make use of his last bit of energy.

It’s not that the Holy See has not thought about imitating the Alliance’s weapons, and they have been trying.

However, the results have not been ideal. The difficulty of reverse-engineering a bolt-action rifle after obtaining a prototype is actually not high, but the manufactured ones are not as cheap as the purchased ones, and the quality is not as good as that exported by Serbia.

Especially in terms of the crucial range, homemade ones are generally more than 300 meters shorter than imported ones and have lower accuracy.

Moreover, because the chemical threshold for propellants is a bit high, they cannot produce new propellants such as nitrocellulose. If they use old-fashioned black powder, the rifle still has to be used with a cleaning rod.

However, the magic powder propellant that Medea had tried before was reversed by the Holy See, and it was indeed not difficult to imitate.

The casting quality of the Vatican's gun barrels was not up to standard. Using magic powder would cause the barrel to explode. After reducing the charge to a usable level, its power was almost the same as that of black gunpowder, which was very embarrassing.

However, they still purchased a batch to maintain the military industry and allow it to continue to iterate to prevent being cut off by the alliance.

But this arsenal was soon acquired by John~

Chapter 187 There are differences among beliefs

After reading the war mobilization call made by the Pope, the state religion of the Tsarist Empire, in the Imperial Cathedral, Veronica returned to her residence and wrote down her experiences in her diary.

Putting down the pen in her hand, Veronica hugged the doll and looked at the garden scenery outside the window.

The Royal Academy of the Tsarist Empire was extremely beautifully decorated, with lakes and gardens, art galleries, entertainment venues for aristocratic sports, and so on.

Compared to the solemn and tense atmosphere on the street when I went outside with other people to watch the live activities of the Tsarist State Church, this place was like an isolated paradise.

The universities in the Seris Union basically all adopt a minimalist and practical design style. The best decorated and designed ones are the libraries and student dormitories. It is said that because these two are sponsored by the Queen, the design style is completely different from that of the school.

Minimalism does not mean that the environment of Union University is bad. The internal heating, cooling and power supply equipment are all available. The simplicity of the exterior actually leaves room for students to participate in the construction.

Before graduation, every outstanding student can apply to leave a small mark of their presence in a reserved area on campus. This can be a pattern or a blessing, and the size depends on the honor received.

It’s hard to say which of the two styles is better or worse. They come out to see the different sides of the world.

Natalie pushed the door open and walked in from outside. After closing the door carefully, she quickly walked to her bed and sat down. She breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed completely.

Seeing Veronica's eyes on her, Natalie's cheeks flushed slightly, and she sat up straight somewhat unnaturally, trying to restore her good mental state.

Veronica smiled and said, "I'm blind in the dormitory. I can't see what you want to do~"

'hey-hey...'

Upon hearing this, Natalie collapsed on the bed and rolled around twice. After spending a few days with Veronica and feeling that she could get along well with her, she specifically applied to be transferred to a double dormitory with Veronica.

The previous roommate was a noble lady from a marquis's family, but she was a little too flattering and she didn't like that.

Or maybe she was pampered since she was a child, and she has seen so many people like this. In her eyes, they are no different from moving wood, or wood that will monitor her every move at any time~

In comparison, international students like Veronica who came from the Alliance are different.

The Tsar granted this group of students great immunity as a privilege, but their attitude towards everyone was basically the same, treating everyone equally regardless of their status.

The feeling that she is watching you, listening to you, understanding you, but she also has her own insights and understandings, and will argue with you, is very wonderful to Natalie.

Seeing the thick notebook spread out on the small table, Natalie's eyes flashed with curiosity: "Veronica, what is this?"

"Oh, I wrote down some of my understanding of what I saw and heard today."

'Can I see it, then?'

"sure."

Veronica pushed the notebook over, lowered her head to take off her boots, and freed the black silk stockings that were wrapped around her. Natalie touched it and said, "What kind of fabric is this? It feels so good!"

"Well, I'm not sure, I bought it from the store..."

They wore all kinds of clothes in the alliance, but when they arrived in the Tsarist Empire, they all changed into long boots. Not to mention that there was excrement all over the ground, the imperial capital couldn't afford to lose face.

But the roads are indeed muddy, and wearing long boots can reduce a lot of trouble. As for how to match the inner lining, it depends on personal choice.

Natalie nodded slightly and shifted her gaze to the diary. She didn't even flip through it, just casually looking at what they would be like in the writings of outsiders.

[The actions of the brain consciousness require a purpose, and if the purpose is abstracted, it will converge into belief, so belief is essentially harmless and is a simple need. ]

[But once faith abandons logic and removes thinking, people will forget their own existence in this group belief.]

[Things that come from the gathering of a group will form a huge group power. Whoever represents it will be equivalent to controlling the future direction of this group, and the ending will most likely be tragic.]

Natalie looked at these words and pondered for a while, then shook her head: "I... I don't quite understand."

She knew that what Veronica wrote was a summary of the Pope's actions today in calling on believers to join the army at the instruction of the Tsar, because as a princess she was also present at the scene and truly experienced the fanaticism, but why did Veronica say that it would most likely be a tragedy?

"Ok?"

"Whether it's my country or yours, or even the hateful Church of Light, or other kingdoms, don't they all have church beliefs?"

'Since you have come to this conclusion, why does your alliance also have a church? And your queen is also the pope, which is actually the same as my father's behavior.'

"No, it's different."

'What's the difference?'

“People are different, and their goals are different.”

Veronica shook her head and smiled: "Our church does not have the right to incite citizens. It exists more as a public welfare institution."

“In our definition of faith, it is a vision that is entrusted.”

"We have our own cause to fight for. Faith is to place hope on others, and working hard for it should be called an ideal."

"Can you see the difference now?"

Natalie lowered her head and thought for a moment before hesitating, "Your faith is not in a specific person, but in a common goal? Whoever is most likely to achieve this goal, you will believe in him?"

"Correct! Natalie you are very smart."

"It is not the Tsar who is God's spokesperson on earth, nor is it the Vatican who is God's spokesperson on earth. Rather, whoever is our spokesperson is God!"