From troll tribes to elf empires

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;

They will be the next key development targets and will be given major adjustments in terms of actual combat capabilities, power, operation and other aspects.

Finally, fifteen lights passed, and Totem completed the preparations as accurately as ever

'boom!!!'

First, rifling and diameter are applied;

The former, mainly effective in the field of long-range projectiles, increases flight stability by causing the shell to spin, thereby making it possible to control the impact point;

Thirdly, if range and armor-piercing power cannot coexist, then sacrifice distance and pursue a straight-line killing effect within several kilometers.

At the same time, the barrel materials that were not considered previously have also been upgraded accordingly.

And when the 'barrel', which was also made of 'Mother Tree Prison Grade' material, was connected to the front end of the reaction chamber, the big guy, which was replaced with brand-new materials, made a second attempt;

After another fifteen minutes of waiting, an impact with completely different effects than when Nesta was activated was formed.

The gun barrel trembled sharply. It was supposed to be visible to the naked eye, but in fact it could not be observed due to the ultra-high speed. A highly condensed gas cylinder was drilled out of the muzzle, and its highly condensed state was maintained to about 100 meters.

distance.

So this whole process can be said to affect the whole body.

However, in the subsequent trial and error and verification, the various rune structures generated by the two types of spells were mixed together little by little, gradually forming a semi-new set of spells.

If this point is not solved, then even a small firearm will have to bear on a large tree crown when it is fired, and its roots must complete the step of burrowing into the ground to absorb nutrients;

As for the grounding part, after reserving the length required to cope with the retreat of the 'cannon body', a separate root system is formed from the middle of the double row of tracks.

The projectile design that has received the most attention, and the resulting need for magma, has also become the answer sought by many witch doctors and even other researchers.

All in all, after the problem of 'making something from scratch' was solved, 'how to get better' became the next subject of research, continuing to 'hinder' the planned arrests of the witch doctors.

While Nesta was thinking about these things, the shelling experiments did not stop. Whether it was out of curiosity, joy, or collecting data, the participants were still trying continuously.

However, in actual attempts, the witch doctors discovered that the efficiency of obtaining air will seriously affect the generation speed of spell effects. Therefore, how to design this "semi-enclosed structure" has become a key issue.

The prerequisite for capturing advanced salamanders is to lure them out of the magma. For a long time in the future, the enemies of the Republic will also be surface creatures, so in most cases there is no need to pursue 'projectile enchantment'.

Similarly, the functional design of the gun body base and the morphological design of the tree crown are also such a screening process of emergence and rejection.

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Since then, various studies have been carried out in an orderly manner, and great progress has been made in many fields involving computing and natural physical rules.

And when this prototype becomes a real thing through magic or totem,

Another series of 'verification cannons', 'verification projectiles', as well as magma collection and automated manufacturing solutions, and other results to be verified appeared one after another.

In addition, in order to ensure that the joint between the reaction chamber and the base of the gun body will not break due to its own power;

The entire reaction chamber and gun body materials have also been upgraded to the 'Mother Tree Prison' level, giving it a more powerful power carrying capacity.

The damage of the former is a combination of 'explosion damage' and 'concussion damage', while the latter uses 'high-speed cutting' and 'implosion' as the main means of destruction.

At the same time, the compressed air also needs to be obtained from the outside world, so there is a practical need for the reaction chamber to be designed as a 'semi-enclosed structure'.

Unlike the witch doctor who can freely cast spells, the generation process of spell effects after totemization will inevitably face rigidity. All related totems, while connected to each other, will jointly exert their own effects in the same space.

Seeing this effect, Nesta nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time thought of the "double diameter" concept of naval and land guns in his previous life.

He discovered that although the starting rules of the cannons in the previous life were different from the cannons in this life, the physical principles at the level of firing live ammunition under force seemed to be similar;

First, the smoothbore gun barrel fires 'removed black ribbed armor-piercing bullets' with tail fins, which has a very good armor-piercing effect at close range.

Basically, every time a totem branch structure is determined, he will send the finished product to its hands, allowing them to complete the corresponding design work as soon as possible.

When the soldiers use the 'body-electricity totem' engraved on themselves to input electrical energy into the main control terminal, each branch totem structure will convert this electricity into a starting command through the preset program and start running.

What needs to be done is not simply to replace the structure of the related 'target selection' in the rune group;

Therefore, what he wanted to achieve from the very beginning was the armor-piercing effect, but this effect was not reflected in this shelling;

Moreover, the sound wave itself also has a delay that cannot be ignored, which further affects the ability to deal with movable individuals.

However, due to the constraints of the spell's effect itself and the suppression of the cannon barrel, it could continue to maintain a considerable distance before exploding towards the front fan;

The first is the projectile deceleration, and the second is the trajectory deviation caused by the lack of aerodynamics;

The latter determines the relationship between the time the projectile can be accelerated in the barrel and the kinetic energy gained when it is bored.

If you want to retain the power of salamander spells and the convenience of wind wolf spells, then all relevant links in the entire process must be adjusted accordingly.

In addition, with the help of Nesta's limited past life memory, the projectile appeared to be a finished product that was at least much better than the previous pointed metal pillar;

Whether it is 'Directed Full Power Air Explosion Technique' or 'High Pressure Bomb', they are extremely complex techniques, and the resulting totems are also extremely complicated to a certain extent;

For example, a key issue in terms of portability is whether the energy supply mode of the root system and leaf canopy can be converted into direct energy supply by the holder.

Together with the modification of the gun barrel, the attack achieved better results.

The design idea is not complicated. The cannon will be divided into a reaction chamber, a barrel, and a gun mount that integrates the automatic loading chamber, crown, and root system;

In addition, after the product is roughly finalized, you can also consider integrating functions such as sonic enemy detection, semi-automatic range adjustment, and semi-automatic deployment.

But under its impact, the atmosphere in front of the gun barrel seemed to be shattered, leaving very obvious traces in the air.

The ground was trembling, the air was roaring, and a nearly invisible silver light flashed from the muzzle, and then flew away in an almost completely straight arc.

There were many runes for matching, but after trying them separately, Nesta chose the corresponding spell-like structure analyzed from the Lord Wolf Magic Crystal.

All in all, with the addition of these various factors, Nesta completed the second contribution after leaving the game, a propulsive compound spell structure that could replace gunpowder.

Second, the ‘Directed Full Power Air Explosion Technique’ retains more of the volcanic salamander-like spell elements;

If you choose to use this spell template to cast a spell, the spell will expand and explode in situ in front of the witch doctor, starting from the space generated by the spell. The damage caused will be directed towards, and only towards, the witch doctor.

Spread in the direction determined by the doctor in advance.

More and more cannon designs of different calibers and magnifications appeared one after another, and then were eliminated in comparison with each other;

Finally, due to the reaction speed and physical strength brought by their powerful bodies, their ability to withstand danger has been greatly improved. Not only can they escape very quickly, but also because the extra protective weight their bodies can bear is exaggerated, so

It also has sufficient confidence to withstand sudden accidents such as laboratory explosions.

With this idea in mind, the research began to enter the design stage of physical application solutions.

First of all, it is the most critical, which can be said to be the reaction chamber that is the core part of the entire "Artillery Plan";

But no matter what, Nesta created the spell he wanted;

As for the more detailed research, let’s leave it to the future.

What needs to be done now is to transform them all into totem forms to realize the 'artillery' vision envisioned before.

Moreover, different totem groups have certain hierarchical layout requirements and cannot exist on the same plane at the same time.

The operation process of the technique is roughly divided into several steps.

First, the air will be greatly enriched, and then highly condensed to a viscous state under the influence of relevant runes.

When verifying the effect, this big guy was moved to a testing ground outside the headquarters, and because it was a 'non-caster controlled version', it was activated by a soldier;

Therefore, the indicator of ‘double diameter’ should also be effective on this kind of cannon, right?

In addition, the pressure on the gun barrel is also very high, so it is necessary to add a solidified totem effect on top of the material itself.

But all in all, live-fire testing is essential, and now is the time.

And because of the direction and other reasons, it did not cause excessive damage to the surface.

The witch doctors can feel that ever since this ball of condensed gas left the reaction chamber, it has been constantly seeking to expand completely;

The design work of related programs is not difficult, but it will be very complicated, so Nesta did not do it himself, but handed it over to the "special person" early;

When all this wisdom and effort were tried one by one with extraordinary help, the optimal solutions to many problems at this stage gradually took shape.

And it can use the internal energy of the plant itself to shoot 20 shots with reduced speed and reduced power without being grounded;

They have very high space and area requirements for inscriptions, and the 'reaction chamber' will become the carrier of these complex totems.

Thirdly, when the compression step is completed and the release phase is entered, the technique forms different application branches in two directions;

First, the ‘high-pressure bomb’ retains more wind wolf spell elements;

The caster can choose to launch the high-pressure air mass in the form of a 'projectile' or a 'blade' at high speed and precision to within 100 meters (blade 300 meters) (level one), or within 500 meters (blade 900 meters) (level two)

, within 1400 meters (blade 2100 meters) (level three), thus forming considerable long-range attack capabilities;

This is also the limit of the volume compression of the 'cannon' by witch doctors at this stage. If it continues to be miniaturized on this basis, it will become useless due to the mutual checks and balances between materials and power;

Therefore, this model is the most cost-effective small artillery weapon. It far exceeds the range and power of the troll's spear, making it the best supplement to the long-range attack power of individual soldiers.

In the end, they gave up the 'porous structure' that once appeared, and instead added additional hollow cylindrical air intake ducts to solve the air supply efficiency.

What he is doing is actually equivalent to innovating a new application form based on wind wolf spells and volcanic salamander spells.

And facts have proven that as long as it is not used in a high-resistance environment such as magma, the 'sky-breaking' effect on the projectile is just the icing on the cake;

Secondly, due to some factors beyond his range of perception, the outer layer of these "liquid-like condensed gas" will form a pressure isolation layer to maintain high pressure in a specific space and prevent the effects of the spell from spreading outward.

1000m.2000m5000m

Witness reports from observers came in at a speed that overwhelmed the communications team, but there was still no final observation result of the impact;

After this, when it was 10,000 meters and 15,000 meters away, the cannonball was finally observed to land.

Several tons of heavy objects were suddenly smashed down at a relatively high speed, which indeed achieved considerable destructive power. The projectiles created large and deep craters and completely destroyed a large area of ​​forest around the impact point.

Secondly, the aerodynamic layout and armor-piercing part design of the projectile also need to be re-prepared to increase stability and armor-piercing capability.

And in the process of loading different projectiles many times, and even trying to lower the muzzle to resist the fire, the witch doctors did find many problems.

For example, when the cannon shell is made of black-edged gold, its various data will be greatly improved, and this improvement comes from the 'sky-piercing' enchantment effect;

But at the same time, they also discovered that this enchanted state was temporary and could only last for less than five minutes.

That is to say, after five points, the black-edged gold projectiles will lose all the status improvements brought by the enchantment effect, and their fire rate, armor-piercing and other abilities will return to be determined by natural physical rules.

When not in use, it can enter a dormant state to maintain its own activity, thus ensuring that it can be carried by individual soldiers;

As a result, the operation mode of the 'cannon' has been confirmed, but the logistical advantages of the 'high-pressure bomb''s relatively simpler totem structure, rate of fire, and lack of live ammunition have not been overlooked.

Nesta divided the entire research team into two. In addition to the "cannon" that he personally led the research, the other group will conduct research on the design of "firearms" with "high-pressure bombs" as the core.

His ideal firearm would be more portable and would not require the preparation of projectiles for individual soldiers, but there are many problems that need to be solved;

In the full power mode, the activity of the weapon itself needs to be activated through the grounding of the root system. At this time, the initial velocity of the projectile will exceed 700m/s;

The witch doctors were delighted, but Nesta herself was not entirely satisfied.

In the absence of high explosives or the ability to produce similar effects, the power of projectiles depends on their own weight and speed. Nesta naturally understands this;

As for its disadvantages in terms of ammunition supply and rate of fire, we can only hope that the "no live ammunition weapon" produced by the wind wolf magic is successfully developed.

Therefore, the 'bow' and individual crossbow plans that appeared not long ago have come to an end, and they no longer have any development value.

On top of the 30mm, the ‘rapid-fire gun’ series also has a 60mm family member;

This model is more powerful and has a longer range, but its maximum rate of fire is also reduced to 1 round/2s, and it cannot be carried by individual soldiers due to its size and other reasons;

The witch doctors designed it with a crawler chassis that is separated from the root system, allowing for faster deployment. In terms of power, the moose is temporarily pulling it forward.

Secondly, it is a ‘light cannon’ that combines power and rate of fire.

(End of chapter)