Captain Jack of Azeroth

Chapter 251 Sky Fortress
Jack plans to build Grom'gol Base Camp into a port city, which will be the front line against Booty Bay.

Building a camp is not a matter of a day or two. Even with the help of a wizard, it will take at least several months.

During this time, Jack wanted to completely transform the Black Pearl.

The Battle of Zul'Gurub exposed many flaws of the Black Pearl.

The first is the lack of firepower. Twenty cannons on one side are good for small-scale wars, but in large-scale military operations, twenty cannons are simply a drop in the bucket.

The size of the Black Pearl cannot be changed, so the only solution is to find other ways. Jack thought of the drone swarms in the real world, and upgrading Hex 1 into a drone and then carrying bombs to enhance firepower might be a solution.

Upgrading the Hex-1 is easy, and Jack already has several upgrade options.

Hex 2 can carry ten magic bombs and is a bombing drone. Because of its large payload, it is relatively slow.

Hex 3 is equipped with two small machine guns. The machine gun is a new weapon developed by Jack, which is divided into heavy machine guns and small machine guns. The heavy machine gun is carried on the Black Pearl to supplement the Black Pearl's own firepower, and the small machine gun is carried on the drone, mainly for harassment.

Hex 4 is a suicide drone. It has a small and exquisite body, but it is equipped with a huge magic bomb for suicide attacks. The bomb is so powerful that one can blow up a huge rock.

However, there is still a disadvantage to using drones, which is that there is not enough space on the Black Pearl. If a cabin is set up for the drone, it will inevitably occupy the space for the crew to move around.

However, if the drone is mounted externally, it will be vulnerable to attack. Once the magic bomb is detonated, the armor of the Black Pearl will inevitably be damaged.

Just when Jack was in a dilemma, Eranikus gave him an idea.

"You can set up space spells in the cabin to increase the space inside the cabin, so you can put as many drones or crew members as you want."

Jack's mind was suddenly opened. Since it was possible to build space inside the Black Pearl, wouldn't it be great to directly turn the Black Pearl into an aerial fortress?

He asked Eranikus to help transform the Black Pearl, and then he worked overtime to make drones. After a month, Jack had made thousands of drones. In order to make it easier to fly drones, Jack directly opened four holes on the hull to specifically launch drones.

It seems that Eranikus also has a fear of insufficient firepower, and the four cabins he created are very large. After placing thousands of drones in them, they only fill up one corner.

Because it is space technology, it does not increase any weight after being put into the cabin. This is amazing. Even if the entire cabin is filled with weapons and ammunition, it will not increase the weight of the Black Pearl at all, and the Black Pearl can still maintain high maneuverability.

If the cannons were not unusable once placed in space, Jack would probably have placed thousands or tens of thousands of cannons in space.

Veresa and the rangers learn how to control drones every day. The control consoles for controlling drones are hundreds of crystal balls, and each crystal ball can control all drones. Crystal balls are not like computers. They are controlled entirely by thoughts, and are very difficult to use. Even if the rangers are familiar with this combat method, they still need a lot of training to control multiple drones at the same time.

Jack also wanted to make a computer, but with his current engineering knowledge, he couldn't do it.

Therefore, the rangers can only rely on themselves to practice more.

Jack started researching again, he wanted to make the Centaur mount he had thought of before. But since the Black Pearl was to be built into an air fortress, the original amphibious concept had to be overturned, and a three-amphibious vehicle was needed to cooperate with the Black Pearl in combat.

Being able to be amphibious on land, sea and in the air is not something that can be achieved just by talking about it. Jack must make a precise design.

Finally, Jack thought of Transformers, and came up with a bold idea. When running on land, it runs on four legs. Then install joints at the base of the four legs, and when jumping into the water or flying into the sky, the four legs will become four wings. Install thrusters on the inner side and the back side of the legs. When flying into the sky, all thrusters are fully opened, and when jumping into the water, only the thrusters on the back side are opened.

At the same time, the overall shape of the Centaur also needs to be optimized. When in the water, the Centaur's head will move down and become a motorboat.

When flying, the Centaur's head extends forward and turns into a fighter plane.

The energy center of the Centaur is a small magic furnace, which can support the Centaur's actions for a whole day as long as fuel is put in. The Centaur is equipped with ten magic matrices, which can use different spells according to different situations.

After the first amphibious Centaur construct mount was produced, Rude ran over and begged for it.

Jack fulfilled his wish and made him the commander of the team.

Over the course of several months, Jack created hundreds of amphibious Centaur construct mounts and formed an air knight force.

After handing this unit over to Rude for training, Jack turned his attention to the firepower of the Black Pearl.

The cannon was due for an upgrade, as its current range was no longer adequate for the Black Pearl's combat power. The cannon's barrel was lengthened, and the propellant was upgraded, increasing the range to five thousand yards, which made Jack slightly more satisfied.

If time wasn't tight, Jack would have wanted to increase the range to tens of thousands of yards. But in that case, the artillery would no longer be called a cannon, but a howitzer.

Howitzers, as the name implies, are artillery that fires grenades. The focus of the upgrade is not the artillery, but the shells.

Install flame thrusters on the shells, upgrade the gunpowder formula a few times, and you can blow down the city wall with one shot.

This idea is beautiful, but if such a powerful howitzer could be developed, it would not be installed on the Black Pearl. With the current size of the Black Pearl, it would be knocked to the ground as soon as it fired.

The formula of gunpowder still needs to be upgraded. It is better to increase the power of artillery shells and bombs than not to upgrade them at all.

Just when the Black Pearl was undergoing a comprehensive upgrade, an uninvited guest arrived.

A crow flew over from the northeast and landed directly on the deck. It was not afraid of people at all and even looked around curiously.

The crew tried to drive it away, but were stopped by Jack.

Jack sensed no aura from the crow, neither arcane nor life.

It's not a crow!

The crow transformed into a hooded human in a flash of light, "Great Captain Jack, it's nice to meet you."

Jack smiled and bowed gracefully, "Welcome home, Lord Guardian!"

(End of this chapter)