Chapter 237 Magic Cannon (please vote for me~)

Previously, witch doctors deduced based on the current situation that "dead objects cannot withstand the effects of spells." However, during this observation of volcanic salamander-like spells, Nesta discovered that metal can actually be cast upon spells.

Effective.

When he informed other witch doctors of this discovery, they were also surprised and happy.

That's right, the witch doctors were not disappointed because their inferences were refuted by reality, but instead were excited by the possibilities presented by the spells.

However, let us temporarily return our attention to the research itself.

It is worth mentioning that although Nesta has no way to analyze the principle of this 'sky breaking' enchantment, it can use the effect itself by nesting rune models.

However, because it cannot be analyzed and accurately distinguished, it must be integrated into the overall structure of "Black Edge Gold Launch" and implemented through "bundled sales".

Therefore, there are great restrictions in application methods, at least at this stage, this is still the case

After figuring out and figuring out the part he needed in the spell-like template, Nesta listed out a group of current 'basic' structures one by one;

And because trolls are not a species that lives in magma, even in the battle with volcanic salamanders, luring them out is expected to be the most important step;

Therefore, in order to achieve the results he hoped for, it was not feasible to limit the type of compressed gas to 'magma gas'.

Although it can also be dealt with by having the 'artillery' carry special gas bottles with the team, if the 'target gas' can be converted into atmospheric components, or some abundant components in the atmosphere, it will reduce a lot of trouble.

So after that, he compared it with other similar techniques that existed in reality, hoping to change the type of gas it compressed.

Secondly, their strong memory allows them to know every part of their research clearly, and they can make real-time associations with every previous detail at any time because of the "unexpected things that are happening", and therefore make timely decisions.

adjustment;

Thirdly, the magical ability allows witch doctors to become a fusion of 'scientists', 'experimental instruments', and 'instrument manufacturers'. A smart brain will no longer be at a loss for research due to the lack of scientific research hardware, because

They themselves are a synthesis of software and hardware, which greatly improves the efficiency of research;

After getting this result, the witch doctors immediately started to build a new "non-caster version" based on the previous "caster version reaction chamber" - a body diameter of 5200mm after removing the air inlet.

, a huge sphere placed on a magical plant.

When the Wind Wolf launches the Wind Blade, it will also compress the gas first, but its energy efficiency ratio is much lower than that of the Volcano Salamander, and the gas they compress happens to be the atmosphere, so it is naturally favored by Nesta.

Finally, there are many structures in this technique that can only appear as "part of the whole" and cannot be analyzed by Nesta;

Among them, there are runic structures that restrain high-pressure air masses and control their 'expansion direction' without affecting other places.

Even its most basic rune structure related to 'quick compression and release' can only be included and applied as a whole.

The totem structure specifically responsible for high-speed air suction is separately carved on the pipe, and it is linked with the overall totem pattern of the reaction chamber, which will not interfere with the compression process.

When designing, the first thing the witch doctors encountered was the choice between metal bullets and gas-condensed bombs.

At this point, the 'Liquid Gas Bomb' option extended from the 'High Pressure Bomb', due to the 'control ability in a non-contact state' that is inevitably missing after the spell becomes a totem, it loses its ability to operate in the spell state.

, its accuracy as a remote attack method;

Therefore, the more powerful 'directional full-power air blast' became the basic structure of the design, and the totem it transformed would be responsible for providing thrust, and then the 'metal live ammunition' completed the final blow.

Generally speaking, after minor modifications, this cannon should be able to achieve good attack effects on fixed targets of civilized races.

Therefore, the witch doctors did not put too much energy into this aspect during the subsequent transformation. Even the projectiles only used black edge gold as the armor-piercing part, and the rest of the projectiles were made of metal materials with higher production volumes.

The convenience of witch doctors compared to scientists in previous lives is fully reflected here.

First of all, the strong body allows Nesta and other witch doctors to forget about food and sleep. In extreme cases, they can even use four lamps of deep meditation to replace all the rest of the past ten days, and the sequelae can also be treated in time through the body's renewal ability.

correction; correction;

Therefore, materials depicting totems have certain requirements for enveloping the space where the effect will be formed, especially for the 'element system' whose effects appear outside the material.

But if you want to use it against higher-level creatures, it must undergo major modifications including the cannon body and projectiles.

First of all, the length of the barrel needs to continue to increase, thereby extending the concentrated stress time of the projectile in order to obtain a higher muzzle velocity.

Nesta did not pay too much in-depth attention to this aspect. After giving a rough function and feature requirements, he let this group study it on their own;

As for himself, he continued to lead the team to delve into the field of 'cannon'.

The second problem faced in the research is the 'closed or semi-closed' structure selection problem caused by a mixture of engraving area and space requirements, compressed gas stability, air intake efficiency and other reasons.

Finally, in order to cope with different application scenarios, cannons of various calibers and multiples of calibers must also be considered to enrich the Republic's long-range power projection capabilities;

At this point, there is only the last piece of design work left in the reaction chamber, which is to give it a function that can be controlled by non-casters.

This is actually more like some kind of software design work. The witch doctors need to add corresponding electrical signal activation capabilities to the totems of each stage;

Therefore, it is not feasible to use this spell or totem to mass-produce enchanted projectiles for storage in advance. They can only be produced on-site when used.

When Nesta released this spell with all his strength and set the direction of its power spread to the '45-degree plane directly in front', a shock wave centered on him instantly affected people up to 300 meters away within a 45-degree angle in front of him.

distance;

Moreover, its destructive power was far less powerful than it was near, and even a thick layer of earth and rocks was blown away from the ground within thirty meters in front of it.

After completing all preparations, the soldiers activated it, and everyone retreated several hundred meters just in case, everyone began to wait patiently for the fifteen-minute light.

As time passes, the closer the launch time is, the more expectant and anxious the participants feel;

Secondly, there are two types of projectiles that pursue armor-piercing effects at short and medium distances;

In this semi-new spell structure, most of the branch rune groups come from Volcano Salamander, and Wind Wolf's spell-like system has realized the replacement of the basic 'raw materials' for Nesta.

This discovery less fully hampered the 'prefabricated ammunition' program, as the black gold stored in advance would lose its special character;

However, this metal itself has excellent armor-piercing properties due to factors such as density and hardness, so the witch doctors still decided to produce it as an important combat readiness material.

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After many preparations were completed, the final result was divided into two aspects: "cannonballs" and "cannons", and each showed several different biases according to the application scenarios.

First of all, it is the 'high-speed cannon' that focuses on the rate of fire, and under the instructions of Nesta, they are all designed to take into account both horizontal shooting and high-elevation shooting modes;

By reducing the power in exchange for a smaller size, the 30mm rapid-fire gun can be operated by a single soldier, with a total length of 1638mm, a reaction chamber diameter of 338mm, a tube length of 1300mm, and a total weight of 55.8kg;

This work progressed smoothly with the cooperation of many witch doctors. Together, they completed the totemization of each part of the spell and began the research on the 'cannon' that Nesta called it.

Secondly, the black-edged capped armor-piercing projectile has better flight stability than the sabot projectile and can ensure a certain killing effect at medium distances.

In order to have more space for characterization and to make the ongoing compression effect more stable, fully enclosed multi-layer spheres have become the natural choice when setting up the reaction chamber.

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The cannonball is an all-metal pointed cylinder weighing several tons. When loading, in order to prepare for the automatic loading system that will be equipped later, the witch doctors specially used the vines of the cannon itself to perform this operation;

In terms of ‘launch’, this point can be solved due to the natural differences between large and small salamanders, but there are more details to consider in the design of cannons with different specifications.

So, doesn’t this kind of performance just illustrate the power of the reaction chamber itself?

Therefore, the witch doctors did not feel frustrated, but began to think about countermeasures with great interest.

After several attempts in succession, a new type of ‘gun mount’ was formed;

The trunk body of this 'gun carriage' is a horizontal rectangular parallelepiped structure, and the bottoms on both sides will maintain track structures for a long time;

But considering the magma environment when fighting advanced salamanders, this actually won't have much impact, as long as the equipment for absorbing magma to create enchanted projectiles is installed separately.

Lift the cannonball, adjust the height and angle, and insert it into the front end of the reaction chamber through the muzzle.

The whole process was very difficult, which also made the witch doctors begin to consider a more convenient loading structure.

Therefore, under the influence of these demands, the reaction chamber can only be a three-dimensional structure. Whether it is a cube or a sphere, the space to be formed by the spell effect must be enclosed within the overall totem;

Because hand speed has become a limitation of the weapon's performance, Nesta has ordered research on "belt feeding", hoping to make up for this in the future.

Therefore, not long after the entire reaction chamber was almost finalized, the start-up process for the intersection with the overall totem was completed and the construction was completed.

Immediately afterwards, after a spell preparation period that lasted for fifteen minutes, an extremely violent roar appeared that was clearly visible even in the headquarters in the distance, but nothing happened on the land in front of him.

It was not that the experiment failed, but that the base carrying the reaction chamber fell unstoppably backwards immediately after the 'attack' was launched;

Not only did it send all the effects of the spell to the sky, but most of the roots connecting itself to the ground were also severed, leaving only a few roots at the ends.

As a result, even if "sound wave enemy detection" is added later, the ideal attack effect cannot be achieved.

In this way, a lot of room for application will naturally be lost.

You must know that although this magical plant as a base has not been strengthened too outrageously, it is by no means something that can be broken at a pull;

The weapon itself does not have the ability to make projectiles. The projectiles are all manufactured by logistics and are divided into armor-breaking capped alloy projectiles and ordinary metal projectiles. They are temporarily loaded manually;

The ultimate rate of fire can reach 2 rounds/s, but the manual reloading speed is far behind, and the fastest can only barely be 1 round/s;

Finally, there are rifled blunt-nosed heavy bullets designed to deal with non-moving units. The point is that they are stupid and thick.

In addition, the ‘projectile enchantment’ was proven to have a time limit, and the ‘sky-piercing’ effect attached to the production of black edge gold could only last for less than five minutes;

Compared with the rest, the one that can be felt most intuitively is the ‘cannon’

Several verification-type cannons were successively transported to the test site. Most of them were more like twisted and huge fortresses than 'cannons', but the wide track structure underneath seemed to say '

I can move'.

All in all, these guys of different sizes and parameters have all gone through countless tests since then, some have exploded, some have had poor results.

In the end, under the influence of factors such as power and logistics, a limited number of models were finalized;
To be continued...