Durin's Diary

Chapter 854: Polygonum Flowering

"What is this?" Director Fu fell silent as he looked at the long gun barrel on the drawing. For the first time, there was a fluctuation of expression on the calm face of the turtle spirit.

"This is a cannon! I feel like it's thicker than the Army's field guns." Director Zheng was a little surprised when he looked at the data on the blueprint. "Wow, 150mm 45 caliber, and it's a smoothbore."

"A 150mm smoothbore is no problem for us. We can build it. People even have a 150mm 200-caliber gun. It's not big for a fortress gun, but it's definitely heavy for a field gun. The Army also has a mm gun, but that's mounted on a vehicle. How would we handle the weight and loading mechanism of carrying it into space?"

Soon, they saw the new content on the drawing - a downward pressure loader with a simple structure - after the shell was fired, the shell was pulled out by the automatic extractor and thrown out from the ejection port in the middle of the gun compartment.

Then the shell pressed in from below will be pushed into the barrel during the recoil process. According to the drawings, the whole process is as smooth as flowing water.

"Very good results. Let's take a break and see what he can create."

The two directors discussed this and sat down.

And began to expect a miracle.

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Five minutes later, Du Lin saw that the two directors could no longer sit still, and they began to call some very good seedlings to watch Du Lin's production process.

Stealing skills is not considered stealing, and Du Lin is not hiding anything. If you want to watch, just watch. How much you can learn depends on your own luck.

Out of curiosity, Prime Minister Luo asked Du Lin some questions about artillery shells from time to time.

"How do I replenish the supply? That's easy. I'll put the shells in my space and fire them whenever I need them. I believe that this way, the problem of the number of shells won't be a problem anymore."

"Can your space hold artillery shells?" the two directors asked, as if they had just heard someone discover a new world. "How many can you hold?"

"Two hundred rounds or even more. If I sort out the situation, I can probably fire about three hundred." Du Lin told the truth.

"Our mages can't do this at all." The two directors were a little overwhelmed by Du Lin's answer - after all, there are really not many people these days who can load 150 mm artillery shells into their own space.

There is no problem loading some bullets or 20mm machine gun shells, but loading shells seems like a joke in many people's memories.

"Our mages can't do it either. Apart from me, there probably aren't many people who can load so many. However, some people can load around 20 rounds." Du Lin said this and looked at the two directors. "I believe the mages of Dongtu Changtang can do it too."

"If it's twenty rounds, some talented young people can indeed do it. Let's see the effect then. If the ground attack is very effective, can you give us the production rights?" Director Zheng asked.

"No problem, you can build it right now, but my suggestion is that you first see the effect of this thing." Du Lin said as he looked at Luo Xiangguo, who smiled and nodded. "You, child, are really as delightful as I said. On behalf of the military, I would like to thank you."

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"See? While he's talking, all the parts are still being processed, and there's not a single mistake or omission." Director Zheng watched the parts being produced in different categories. He looked at his immediate superior and said, "I heard yesterday that this kid was being enlightened by the Zhulong Bureau. I thought they were just flattering him, but I didn't expect him to be so capable. Look at that breech mechanism, it's absolutely perfect."

"I saw it. It's more sophisticated than a lathe." Director Fu squinted his eyes and looked at the child named Du Lin as if he saw a walking lathe.

"By the way, Mr. Directors, do you have 150mm caliber artillery shells?" Du Lin suddenly asked. "Yes, why are you asking this? Didn't you know this before?" Director Fu asked in confusion.

"I don't know. I was thinking that if you didn't have 150mm shells, I would make them myself. Now that you have them, it's even better. Can you show me the real thing so I can make targeted modifications to the whole thing?"

After Du Lin said this, the two directors immediately sent people to the warehouse to get them. Director Zheng also specifically instructed: "Remember to bring the model bullets without fuses and explosives. Don't bring out the real ones."

Hearing Director Zheng say this, Du Lin chuckled: "Mr. Director, has such an oolong incident ever happened here?"

"Indeed, there was one time when the warehouse manager mistakenly took a real weapon. Luckily, the students teaching that day were all first graders. The children were just looking at the model, unlike the second graders who had already learned how to dismantle the fuse. If the second graders had dismantled it by mistake, who knows how many people would have died that day."

Director Zheng was still frightened when he said this.

When Du Lin heard this, he shook his head and said, "This is the most horrible joke I have ever heard."

This was indeed the most horrifying joke. What was even more horrifying was that the Armaments Bureau was actually located within the city of Shangjing. “You keep real weapons in your warehouses, aren’t you afraid that if something goes wrong, it might harm the surrounding residents?”

"When our Armaments Bureau was first established, there was no one in this area. We mentioned moving several times, but the military always told us to wait here." Director Fu's face was also bitter when he mentioned this: "We also know that the front line needs money. As long as our Armaments Bureau does not have any accidents, we can't move. But who among us wants to have any accidents, right?"

When Du Lin heard this, he nodded with certainty.

Yeah, no one wants anything to happen.

At this time, the shell came. Du Lin became cautious and scanned the shell. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that it was indeed a model.

After confirming the length of the shell, Du Lin began to make modifications and at the same time raised a new question: "By the way, where is the Armament Bureau's shooting range?"

"Our shooting range is two kilometers west and out of the city," Director Zheng replied.

Director Fu was very depressed: "No one lived here before. We didn't even have to walk two kilometers west. We could just fire directly to the west."

Du Lin nodded. "I understand your difficulties. Honestly, there aren't as many people in the West Continent as here. When I was a kid in my hometown, Lublin, I could walk from the west end to the east end in half an hour. It's different now. There are more than ten times as many people. I understand the feeling of congestion that comes with this kind of massive development."

"A feeling of crowding? These three words really describe it well." The two directors laughed out loud.

Du Lin had already started the final assembly: "You can fly here, right?"

"Uh, can't fly."

"Give me the coordinates of the west city and I will open a large gate." Du Lin compromised.

"Then you should fly over." Director Fu said.

Director Zheng explained: "This is the lesser of two evils."

(End of this chapter)