Chapter 112 Sissi holds the future in her hands
"Crunch..."
"Crunch..."
In a rare open space in the puddle, the gears The sound of crunching and biting is endless.
On a small earthen platform, several senior officials of the Papal State stood, and on the path behind them, citizens wearing black jackets were walking along the road.
From time to time, someone stopped and looked here curiously, and then was slapped on the buttocks by the senator with a willow branch, and trotted to keep up with the team.
“What on earth is this?” Sissi looked at the items in Jeshka’s hand, a little confused.
He had never seen anything like it.
It was a long strip, a bit like a short spear, but the front end of the wooden pole was not a spearhead, but an iron pipe in the shape of a morning glory.
This strip is about 1.4 meters, about two-thirds is the wooden handle, and one-third is the iron pipe at the front end.
On the side of the joint between the iron pipe and the wooden handle, there is a disc-shaped vessel with a clockwork key inserted into it.
At this moment, Jeshka held the wooden handle of the utensil under his arm, and the iron pipe was placed on a Y-shaped wooden support.
On the metasequoia tree opposite the iron pipe, about 50 meters away, there is a 1.5 mm thick steel deck hanging, which is about the same thickness as the mortal armor commonly equipped by Bai Feng mercenaries.
Jeshka reached out enthusiastically and kept twisting the clockwork key, while bursts of gear rotation sounds came from the disc-shaped vessel.
"What on earth is this?" Sissi leaned over and asked Horn in a low voice, "You have been working on it for two days and this is what you came up with?"
"Of course, this is the most useful weapon for the old farmer to deal with the knight." Horn said confidently, "Do you know what the secret is?"
"What?"
"Orichalcum "
What is orichalcum? Sissi is too familiar with it. It may be a weapon for Horn to beat the knights, but for these large numbers of dependents with low magic power...
It feels like Not as good as magic.
Sissi frowned: "Your Majesty, I have to tell you that we wizards have done many experiments and utilization of orichalcum, and the history of orichalcum has ended."
"Is it over?" Horn shrugged, "Why do I think it's just the beginning."
Sissi still wanted to speak, but Horn put a finger on his lips: "Shh... ...You will know after watching."
After about ten turns, Jeshka did not continue to twist the clockwork key, but turned to look at Horn.
Horn smiled and nodded to him, and the next second, Jeshka pulled out the clockwork key.
The next scene is something Sissi will never forget in her life.
The moment Jeshka pulled out the clockwork key, a piercing scream that seemed to penetrate into the soul came out from the air pressure balance holes on both sides of the iron pipe.
“Buzz-bang!”
The sound of objects sliding in the iron pipe was like thunder roaring, and then, dozens of black afterimages shot out from the iron pipe.
Those black shadows pierced the thin air and hit the metasequoia hanging with steel plates hard. The sky-high metasequoia shook completely, shaking down countless leaves.
The loud sound startled everyone around, and even the villagers who were still on their way stopped in their tracks.
The horse's fearful neighing almost drowned out Sissi's muttering.
"This, this...can't be done, huh?"
Seeing Sissi's incoherent expression, Horn was very satisfied, and he motioned to the black hat sergeant on the side to get the steel plate.
The sergeant kicked over the slime blocking the road, waded to the edge of the metasequoia tree, took off the steel plate hanging on it, and ran back excitedly.
"20 mm caliber, iron sandstone bullet, armor-breaking 1.5 mm ordinary steel plate, metasequoia wood penetration about one inch deep."
Horn handed the deck to Sissi.
In a daze, Sissi subconsciously took over the deck. There were seven or eight dents on the deck, two of which penetrated the deck and made trumpet-shaped openings.
This kind of plate breastplate is not something he has never seen before. The thickness at the chest can reach 2 mm, while the edge is 1 mm or less.
The thickness of its breastplate is even enough to withstand direct shots from light crossbows. Since the popularity of plate armor replaced chain mail, the original Eaglefoot Bay crossbow mercenaries have declined rapidly.
The best way to deal with this kind of armor is to first use a halberd to pull the knight off his horse, and then use a stabbing sword to penetrate the weak spot in the plate armor, or use a two-handed sword or a battle ax to forcefully break the armor.
But now, just insert the key into the round box and twist it a few times? "What exactly is this?"
Horn on the side took the clockwork gun from Jeshka's hand and introduced: "This is called a clockwork gun. The structure is very simple. It consists of a spring box, a barrel, a spring key, a gun handle, and a firing rod.
The core part is the spring box. The spring in the barrel is made of orichalcum alloy and is matched with two pieces. Casting Gears
One-third of the firing rod is in the barrel and two-thirds in the handle. Use a spring key to tighten the orichalcum spring and then pull it out.
The spring rotates instantly, driving the gear, and the gear drives the firing rod, pushing the iron, sand and stone bullets to be launched. "
This is because of the special nature of the clockwork, the firing rod was simply used instead of the gas push of the gunpowder.
Horn got his inspiration from the clockwork frog in Carrie's hand that day.
The energy density of clockwork mechanical energy storage is actually quite high, and it occupies a small space, making it easy to carry, replace and launch.
Orichalcum springs also have an extremely useful quality.
Normal springs store energy to tighten and release energy to loosen.
If the mana of the orichalcum alloy clockwork is not exhausted, as long as it is loosened to the limit, it will rotate in the opposite direction and shrink to consume energy, and then loosen in turn, and the cycle repeats until the mana is exhausted.
When Horn uses a clockwork gun, he always twists it twice more, so that the extra mana can just pull the firing rod back to its original position.
If we can find some skilled craftsman in the future and use this function to make an automatic gun, Horn will let the knights see what Maxim is.
"What is the firing frequency? How many rounds can be fired at one time?" Sissi's words instantly brought Horn back to reality from fantasy time.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Most of the dependents can only fire one shot, but a few, such as Das and Madelan, can fire two shots in a row."
"Those two people What?”
“Madelan fired the third shot yesterday and is still in a coma. Das used the initial version. We thought that the firing rod was already in place and there was no need to make a fully enclosed barrel... …
The semi-open blunderbuss tube was cast, and there were bubbles on the wall of the blunderbuss tube. We were so excited that we forgot to wrap the iron sand and stone bullets with paper, and as a result...he was still alive anyway.”
But there will be a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead and even his skull that will last forever.
“What about you?” Sissi took the wind-up gun from Horne’s hand, with an unclear look in her eyes.
"I can probably fire ten to fifteen rounds in a row. If someone helps to reload, it will be about one round every five to seven seconds." Horn thought for a while and added, "Jeanna can fire five or six Carrie tried it once yesterday and shot seven rounds."
"How is the output?"
"The cast blunderbuss tube is two pieces in one and requires manual welding by Jeanne. The scraper trims the barrel, the firing rod is very demanding and needs to be forged, and the gear needs to be polished after casting.”
Horn touched his chin: "With Jeanne here, casting iron is very simple. The welding and craftsmanship parts are mainly tedious, so two or three of them are about the same."
"Can I try it? ?”
Horn made a gesture of invitation, and Sissi immediately stepped forward and fired a gun under Jeshka’s guidance.
But after he finished firing, he suddenly sat on the ground, rested for about three minutes, then got up and fired again.
After shooting, he walked to Horn's side holding the wind-up gun hobblingly:
"You guys are much more efficient at firing wind-up guns than I am. You shouldn't be able to fire only one shot. You can try two methods. The first is meditation to reduce the waste of mana. The second is calming potion. After reducing the mana consumption... vomiting..."
Before Sissi could finish her words, she vomited all over the floor. Horn quickly stepped forward and patted his thin back.
"Ugh... dizziness..." Sissi wiped the vomit at the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, "You name this... ugh..."
"Name it, Gear The system and clockwork system were researched and made by craftsman Ankan, while the firing system and the design of the entire gun were researched and made by craftsman Nicki."
"So, I named it the Cannedy Type 1 clockwork rifle. .”
Lifting her head, Sissi held the clockwork gun in her hand, as if she could see the rise of a new secret party family.
"Do you know what you are holding in your hands?" Horn's gaze seemed to be able to pass through the dense forests and over the mountains in the distance.
“What?”
“What you hold in your hands is the future.”
PS sneak attack!
(End of this chapter)