Chapter 22
My Empire Chapter 22
2020-11-03
Chapter 22 22 ScamFrom the very beginning, the training of soldiers made Chris more worried. From the day he was born, it was enough to crush any army in the Mortal World, while his army was built on the basis of traditional ancient armies.
Those cold weapon troops with blade, spear, sword, halberd are basically impossible opponents of his troops: as long as the modern howitzer launches an attack, there is no cold weapon unit that can withstand the hellish bombardment. Indiscriminate bombing.
But it is not an easy task to let the troops who originally had blade, spear, sword, and halberd accept those hot weapons. Qualified veterans don't understand the new weapons, but recruits don't have the tenacious spirit of veterans.
What makes Chris even more depressed is that this world has not only cold weapon troops, but also magic troops that make him unable to compare and contrast attacks.
Therefore, those battle methods that appear in the novels, which can rely on the advantages of weapons to crush the enemy all the way, will not work in this world - if the next war is not good, the opponent will have a giant There are terrifying existences such as dragon or magician, so Chris feels that he has no arrogance in armed with a few cannons.
Once his troops collide with the Magic Empire's armies, things will be reassessed. At least, Chris, who has watched countless movies, feels that the weapons of the World War II era cannot necessarily shake the giant dragon and high-level magic.
At least in his opinion now, although he has mastered a dukedom at this moment, he has to pay a lot of taxes and is also responsible for the development of three cities - the burden on his shoulders is even heavier, and he covets His wealth will only increase.
The thing beyond his expectation is: the person who coveted his wealth came too fast, and it was a existence that could not afford to offend.
"If we go up against General Zorn right now, things will get complicated immediately," Dez frowned said in another Conference Hall, "Even if I go to Arrant now with the money, It's too late."
"Yes, we can't delay for so long, the ultimatum has already been given to me." Chris leaned back in his chair depressed, and asked a few people who came to advise him. One of the retainers said: "I put forward the conditions for raising the tax, and they said that 20,000 gold coins can be deducted... If I don't agree, they will leave immediately..."
"Alas..." Deans shook the head, sighed and said, "Our defense now relies on these twenty or so cannons..."
Since the establishment of Alanhill dukedom, Serris has only produced 2 cannons. In addition to the 20 90mm caliber cannons that were almost entirely hand-made, there were only two new 75mm caliber infantry guns.
There are many reasons for this situation. On the one hand, it is because Chris decided to abandon the wrong development policy of hand-made weapons, and put the focus of enhancing military strength on training military talents.
On the other hand, because of the steady development strategy of economics and industry followed by military proposed by Gul Mister Luo, Serris is slowly and firmly developing his industrial system, and is not in a hurry to produce more Lots of weapons and equipment.
Of course, the most important reason is actually because of the previous judgment of everyone, that 22 cannons can meet the defense requirements of the current Alanhill dukedom, and there is no need to rush to waste time to expand the armament.
But now, General Zorn took a fancy to these new weapons, and clearly mentioned the new weapons in the order. And it is emphasized that it is a new weapon that can explode in a distance, comparable to magic...
In this way, not only the strength of one's own side may be weakened, but also the military strength of Alanhill may be revealed in advance. Whether it was leaked to the Arrant Empire, or to the Holy Demon Emperor Kingdom—for Alanhill, it was not good news.
"It's not impossible, we can produce some inferior artillery pieces and send them to the Arrant Empire. We keep the good ones for ourselves..." The only way Chris thought of this was the only way left.
In fact, he had been thinking just now, whether to use some "red-clothed cannon" and "Shenwu Great General" to send these natives from the Arrant Empire away.
"It's not impossible, but are you sure... you can get a worse weapon, and still make those people not see any clues?" Finally came up with a solution, Dez asked.
Chris replied: "Yes, I can make some things with the same principle... It's not difficult. With our current production capacity, we can't lose a lot of money by sending a large number of couriers to these couriers."
"Just." He thought for a while and continued to Dez: "Once you really see our artillery, the junk we send to the Arrant Empire will immediately reveal its contents. And our relationship with the Arrant Empire will be revealed. The contradiction between the two will be completely irreconcilable."
Dez thought for a while and said, "As long as we can buy about a year, we can meet your industrial production requirements. Armed with enough troops...at that time, we won't need to look at the face of the Arrant Empire."
From the day they received funding from Dez, the Arrant Empire was not destined to be an ally of Chris. . So whenever possible, Chris doesn't mind hacking this decadent old powerhouse.
After discussing the countermeasures, Chris spent an hour creating a blueprint of the red-clothed cannon. Then he took Dez straight out of the castle to a metallurgical workshop outside the city.
"Come on, cast a sample according to this blueprint!" Chris spread out the blueprint and handed it to an old craftsman.
The craftsman took a look at the blueprint, and nodded started working. Smith's craftsman, who was watching the lively, came over, bowed deeply to Chris, and then lowered his head and looked towards the blueprint.
Next, he froze there. He doesn't know what this thing is for, but he has a good innate talent, and he can see how heavy this thing is at a glance! Although it is not a good steel, this thing is really a whole piece of iron embryo!
After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Smith looked towards Chris, lowered his voice and asked, "Your Majesty...what is this thing...for?"
"This It's a cannon..." Chris had a sly smile on his face, like a cheap liar.
Smith hasn't reacted yet, frowned looked at the blueprint and asked with a puzzled look: "Don't we already have 75mm infantry guns?"
Dez He was completely convinced by Smith, who had just been appointed by Chris as Minister of Industry of Alanhill dukedom, and reminded the other party with the smallest voice: "The artillery for the Arrant Empire..."
He said here At that time, Smith finally understood. He suddenly realized that he nodded, and looked at the blueprint again: "No problem! Although it takes a lot of material, we can make it in a few days at most!"
Casting a cannon is not an easy task. , if it weren't for the performance of Serris's specialty Ferrite, the performance of iron can be greatly improved by participating in ordinary iron materials, and it will take longer time just for the part of casting guns.
Modern craftsmanship produces cannons faster, while those ancient bronze cannons are made of clay, and the speed is slower.
"Just do it together!" Chris took out a few other blueprints from his arms and handed them to Smith, the craftsman leader: "Since the other party wants to bloom, then we can only hand over the blooms. I've given it to the other party..."
"And the formula for gunpowder! If we want to give it, we'll give it a full set!" Dez echoed with a smile on his face: "We even gave them the blueprint of the gun! Alanhill is right. The loyalty of the Arrant Empire can be seen from the sun and the moon!"
The breech-bore cannon and the incendiary fuze blooming projectiles were born early, were not very powerful and were very unsafe. But this is indeed better than the catapult of this era, so Chris is indeed offering a "new weapon".
Hearing Dez's reminder, Chris hurriedly found paper and pen again, and drew the instruction manual for the front-bore cannon in the workshop - a full set was needed for the show, so he decided this time, must give the greedy Arrant a great gift!
Second day Chris met the Arrant messenger from afar for the second time, and pressed the blueprint in front of him: "The new weapon is too big and cumbersome, I trust you, messenger, you will go all the way. It's not convenient to carry back, these are the blueprints and instructions for the weapons, please bring them back to Arrant."
"This..." The confused courier didn't know what exactly was sold in Chris bottle gourd Medicine, after taking those blueprints, I didn't know what to say for a while.
He hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have to bring a sample back! No matter how inconvenient it is, it can't be changed..."
"That's fine! Chris agreed with a nod of his heart, and seemed to be honest and unaffected: "I've already sent people back from the border with a cannon...you can wait a few more days to see the real thing!"
A few days later, the Arrant courier who saw the sample really believed what Chris said: the sample gun was incomparable gigantic, and it was so heavy that it made people collapse. He didn't bring enough people to carry the two cannons together.
As if taking a reassurance pill, the courier no longer doubts Chris is hiding something. After watching the test firing of the artillery, he was completely stunned by the power of the artillery.
The messenger who felt the Power of Raging Flames immediately rushed back to his residence, packed up the blueprint Chris gave him, took this sample gun, went south at the fastest speed, and left. Serris City, back to the Arrant Empire...
(end of this chapter)