Your war hammer is too fake

Before going back, An Jiyue met with Aiwen. The words that the latter said to Karl Franz were not her own thoughts, but came from An Jiyue's instructions. The incident of Paradis reminded the Jiedushi. The girl thought that many changes had quietly taken place in places she could see and could not see. Now it was no longer suitable to continue to lay out the original plan slowly. The Lords of the Holy Scripture needed "their own people" in high positions within the empire.

Although Awen de Richelieu is a Bretonnian, her faction is not Bretonnia, but the Empire. To be more precise, it is the Empire faction that has integrated Bretonnia's advantageous areas.

In Egwene's camp, all the imperial cavalry who rode warhorses into battle were replaced with Bretonnian horses. This hairy beast is a hybrid of the elven horses left behind in the Old World by the high elves and the native horse breeds of Bretonnia. Compared with the elven horses, the Bretonnian horses are not as fast as the former, but they have amazing load-bearing capacity, can effortlessly carry heavily armored riders into battle, and also have excellent endurance.

In addition, Egwene can recruit Pegasus Knights and Holy Grail Knights, and the rest is basically the same. After all, the Empire's infantry is much stronger than their Bretonnian counterparts. The various knights of Bretonnia basically have equal substitutes on the Empire side, and only Pegasus Knights and Holy Grail Knights have more outstanding value. Especially the latter, what the Empire lacks most is this kind of super-powerful and high-end combat power that can fight head-on with all kinds of monsters and demons without losing the upper hand.

It is worth mentioning that Egwene did not have the restriction of "the main anchor point must be deployed within 24 hours after the war codex is launched", and she could toss as long as she wanted. This made Dustan, who was far away in the north, very envious. The mage always disliked the natural conditions in Akendorf as they were too poor, but he had no choice at the time.

"So you're a little too impatient?" Aiwen took a sip of tea. "How can a new employee say he wants to be a shareholder when he first applies for a job? And that famous line from Mengsk, do you know how hard it was for me to hold back my laughter?"

"If you were from the Batto faction, I would definitely let you find a place to settle down and develop first," An Jiyue said disapprovingly, "Didn't I say in the chat group yesterday that I would lend you 50 points, and you would set up your main anchor point in Marienburg, and then perform a live show for those Warhammer Dutchmen that a real fortress was breached from the inside. It's a pity that Kagaba didn't express his support for you last night. But that's normal, he's not the emperor yet, so he can't just speak casually."

"Do you think..." Aiwen held the teacup in both hands, "will there be any twists and turns in the election of the emperor?"

The Jiedushi did not answer the question directly, but asked: "The pictures I posted in the group album, um, the one labeled 'Cat Man Boris', have you seen it?"

"Uh... Honestly, I think you're going a bit too far. Although I don't like this guy either."

"Do you think I did this out of bad taste?... Well, there is indeed a reason for this, but it is only a minor one," the Taoist pointed with his fingers, "Do you think that a person who has cat ears and a cat tail and speaks with a strange accent, who is suspected of being a beastman, has even the slightest possibility of becoming an emperor?"

"Damn! You're so cruel," Knight Ji immediately held her forehead with her hand, "You're not really going to let Boris be a cat man for the rest of his life, are you?"

"How is that possible? I dislike Boris, not hate him," the sorcerer shook his head, "and the purpose of Maohan's matter is not just to add insurance for Kagaba's path to power. You should have heard that ET added a new setting, that there is a portal left by the Old Saints under Middenheim. The portal itself is not rare. Before Chaos came, the Lizardmen in their heyday relied on portals to connect various temple cities. The Lizardmen at that time were basically the youth version of the interstellar Protoss, warping here and there all day long."

"However, the portal in Middenheim is different. It is a giant portal capable of astronomical teleportation, and is on the same level as the portals at the North and South Poles. In the End of Time, Acha used it to tear apart the veil between the material world and the realm of chaos, allowing the Four Hawkers to directly interfere with the world and thus destroy it."

The governor picked up the teacup from the table and took a sip. "I have been thinking whether I should take action in advance and find a way to solve this trouble that can cost everyone's life. I have been thinking about how to do it, what the possible consequences are, and how much risk I need to take. Most importantly, how can I get Boris Todbringer to cooperate with my actions?"

"Unlike mature politicians like Emperor Ka, you can't say that Boris doesn't understand politics. He knows everything. A political idiot can't control these unruly people in Midden," An Jiyue said as she reached out to the plate of candied fruit, but found nothing. "But his personality means that I can't negotiate with him politically, let alone convince him. I need a suitable entry point to make Boris trust me, and then I can implement the subsequent plan."

Aiwen, holding the last piece of candied fruit in her mouth, said: "For example, helping to lift a vicious curse, right?"

"That's right, even though I was the one who cast the 'curse'." The alchemist looked at the knight with a subtle expression, "Providing help can win gratitude. If the target doesn't need help, then I will make him need it."

"Tsk... I'm just a cute person. I really can't learn your tricks," Aiwen said sincerely, "Do you think Kagaba will accept your proposal when he becomes emperor?"

"It was your suggestion," An Jiyue corrected, "He certainly won't agree so easily. Military affairs are no joke. Before seeing your army, Emperor Ka would never agree to this plan as long as he is still conscious. But on the other hand, as long as you prove that you are indeed capable of taking Marienburg, Kagaba will definitely not miss this opportunity to wash away the shame."

Knight Princess tilted her head and naturally reached out to the second plate of preserves that Shigeru Nishikori brought over: "Shame?"

"In the year 2429 of the Imperial Calendar, Marienburg spent a large sum of money to bribe the then emperor, Dieter IV, a famous tyrant in the history of the empire, and became independent from the empire. Dieter IV was jointly deposed by the ticket holders because of this incident. After that, Carl's grandfather, and of course, his great-grandfather, William III, the Elector of Reikland, was elected as the new emperor. After being crowned as emperor, William III sent troops to retake Marienburg three times, but lost all three times. The empire was forced to recognize the independence of Marienburg."

"? No, how did those damn profiteers in Marienburg win?" Evelyn asked in confusion, "Winning once can be considered a surprise, but winning three times? When did the Empire become so lame?"

"Because the high elves intervened directly," An Jiyue said dimly, "the organized Asur army appeared on the battlefield, and they killed people indiscriminately together with the mercenaries from Marienburg. Well, the mercenaries were responsible for the killing, and the elves were responsible for the killing."

"Shinra encountered an intervening army, so it's normal for them to lose... Wait," Knight Ji suddenly realized, "If that's the case, what should I do if I take office as the governor of Goose City and foreign forces come to brutally interfere in the internal affairs of the empire right after I take office?"

"It's not a good idea to fight against the high-precision forces openly. After all, it's not a question of whether we can win or not," said the Taoist priest. "If the 'United Nations Army' can't reach the Simida Peninsula, they will be sent to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish as soon as they enter the Yellow Sea. This will not only discourage the 'foreign forces' from interfering, but also avoid a real fallout."

"Then there is only one problem left - how do we convince Kagaba?"

"Ewen, I think you may have got the order of things wrong," An Jiyue said with a smile, "It's not that we first gain the understanding and support of the empire, and then attack Marienburg. Instead, we first capture Marienburg to create a fait accompli, and after repelling the inevitable high-elf intervention army, we turn around and ask Emperor Ka to grant you the status of Elector."

"…Only a magical version of Shinra like the Empire can do this."

“Isn’t this a good thing for us?”

"Emmm...When do we start?"

"No rush. Come with me to the north first, and we can do it after we come back."

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Author's Note: PS: In 16, something... very awful happened. Since then, the reader group has not been accepting new members. I hope readers will forgive me. In the past seven years, only one new member has joined the group, and I took the initiative to invite him after observing him for more than a year.

Chapter 171: Careful Thoughts

Xuanshui Industrial Zone, Arsenal.

Although An Jiuyue said that they were going to Kewang Castle, she actually took Aiwen and Jinzhi Shigeru back to Xuanshui first - the first flying sampan manufactured by the Xuanshui Arsenal had its maiden flight, and as the designer, the girl had to go back and see it in person.

Before leaving for Altdorf, An Jiyue designed and manufactured a palm-sized anti-gravity device, which successfully made the armchair she sat on when handling government affairs float, verifying the feasibility of the technology. In addition to this physical sample, before leaving, An Jiyue also designed a larger anti-gravity engine based on the proven technical principles, and asked the Mohists in the arsenal to build it and install it on the walking boat to try it out.

The common-looking inkmen/empire engineers/dwarf engineers recruited from the War Codex were all incapable of independently completing technical development work, but if they were just assistants, they could still do the job. The first real flying ship of Anshi Zhendan flew up to the sky in a shaky manner amid cheers.

Of course, although this flying sampan successfully completed its maiden flight, there are still many technical difficulties to overcome before it can be truly put into practical use. According to the Mohists, the biggest problem at present is flight attitude control. As a first-generation product, the anti-gravity device [Skywalker] designed by An Jiyue can only provide a single-axis force parallel to the direction of gravity. In layman's terms, this thing can only make its mounting carrier float, and it needs other means to move.

The flying sampans of the Xuanshui Arsenal are actually propelled by a set of ancient but effective Aurora hard sails... If the painting style is just a bit rustic, it wouldn't be a big deal, but the key is that after actual testing, the Mohists discovered that the traditional power system that is very effective on surface ships immediately encountered problems that had never occurred before after changing the working environment.

"What are the specific difficulties?" An Jiuyue asked.

"Sir," the Mozhe, who was only thirty years old on the household registration but looked fifty, and whose head was already reflecting light, quickly replied, "Ordinary ships rely on sails to sail and oars to moor. This flying boat has no problem sailing, but it is extremely troublesome to moor, because oars are useless without water! The arsenal has tested the new boat three times in total, and each time it was launched without any problems, but when it returned after flying in the sky, it crashed into something every time."

Hearing this, An Jiyue and Aiwen, who had come to join in the fun, looked at the flying sampan placed on the bracket. Even though the arsenal carried out meticulous repairs after each test, traces of impact could still be seen in many places on the hull.

"So," the Jiedushi asked, "at least there's no problem getting out, right?"

After receiving a positive answer, the alchemist girl began to ponder. The official Aurora Sky Lantern and Sky Boat definitely do not have this problem, but those two things are actually hot air balloons powered by magic, flying very slowly, probably about the same speed as a human walking briskly; but Fuzrek's flying castle definitely has no sails, it relies purely on magic to float and move. An Jiyue became more and more curious about how this thing was technically realized.

Mohist continued to introduce. If it was just this flying sampan, it would be nothing more than starting to slow down in advance when preparing to land, and then preparing some poles on the boat to support the berth when docking. The problem is that Anshi Zhendan can't just build some flying sampans and be done with it. Even if it is fully loaded, the weight of this thing is not large, and it can still be handled by poles. What if a larger flying ship is built in the future? The larger the ship, the heavier it is, and the inertia is naturally greater. What poles can hold up a warship filled with building materials?

In addition to the difficulty in controlling the flying posture when moored, the center of gravity adjustment of the flying boat is also a problem. Ordinary ships have natural water bodies as buffers, and they are still afraid that the center of gravity will deviate too much from the center of the hull and cause it to capsize. Flying boats are far more sensitive to this problem than ordinary ships. During the test, the Mohists found that even if it is just a sampan-level thing, if the people on the boat are not evenly distributed throughout the boat during flight, the hull will tilt significantly.

An Jiyue's original intention in designing the flying ship was to solve the construction difficulties of the Pingshan defense line. The primary function of this thing is to transport goods and personnel, and the change of its center of gravity when it is working is inevitable.

This is just an unarmed cargo ship. If you think about it, you will know that there will be armed models specifically for combat when it comes to flying ships. The Divine Fire Crow is okay, but the recoil of the cannon is not ordinary. I am afraid that the ship will capsize after one shot... Thinking of this, the girl inexplicably thought of an old show "Zero no Tsukaima". As a different world of swords and magic, the military value of that world is relatively poor. The only advantage is probably that they have a large number of flying ships, and they also point out the firearms technology tree.

The flying ships in the world view of Zero no Tsukaima are basically modern European ships moved directly into the sky. Their flying warships are equipped with sky knights, magicians and cannons. The first two are easy to deal with, but An Jiyue really can't figure out how they solve the recoil problem of cannons.

"…The rest are just minor issues that can be slowly polished and revised," Mozhe concluded. "We are dull and have failed to fulfill your trust. Please only punish me."

"Don't say this kind of useless nonsense anymore," the girl glared at the guy who would never worry about his hair quality. "Let's not talk about the airship first. Is there any difficulty in further enlarging the size of the spacecraft?"

"Yes, sir," Mozhe looked at the arsenal official who was winking at him with a guilty look, and gritted his teeth, "All the spirit stones allocated by the inner treasury have been used up. We sent a letter to request for them, but they said that the spirit stone inventory is in urgent need. Without your approval, they can't give us a single cent."

"Hmm?" Noticing Mo Zhe's little move, An Jiyue immediately became alert: "Didn't I give you half of Xuanshui's stock? It even includes the spirit stones needed to build the first batch of flying ships. I designed the Sky Walking Device, how come I didn't know that this thing would use up so many spirit stones just for testing?"

The spirit stone of An's Zhendan is not a natural product, but a byproduct of the barrier tower. The Jiuzhou barrier is basically an all-round enhanced version of the Great Five Elements Compass. It can control and even dominate all the magic winds in Zhendan, and artificially crystallize the excessive magic winds. In terms of the formation principle, the spirit stone is highly similar to the dimensional stone, but the energy density of the spirit stone is deliberately controlled at a safer level, and the spirit stone will intentionally remove impurities as much as possible when crystallizing.

Compared with the Dimension Stone, the power of the Spirit Stone is not as strong as the former, but it is safe, reliable and non-toxic. Since the Spirit Stone is formed by the crystallization of the magic wind that is extracted beyond the reasonable range of the Jiuzhou barrier, the production capacity of this thing is not stable. When the magic wind is high, the Spirit Stone will naturally continue to supply; if the magic wind declines, the production capacity of the Spirit Stone will also dive.

The spiritual stone reserves in Xuanshui's inner storehouse were not much, at least not comparable to those in Jingning. The latter might have had a huge amount of spiritual stone reserves when they descended, probably due to some kind of compensation mechanism.

Hearing An Jiyue's words, Mo Zhe subconsciously glanced at the director of the arsenal. An Jiyue followed Mo Zhe's line of sight, and his brain, which had become countless times sharper since he traveled through time, instantly figured out the cause and effect.

"That's Lao Xiao's stuff, don't try to covet it!" The girl was furious: "Jin Qianhu!"

With an expressionless face, Shigeru Nishikori took a step forward, nodded slightly and saluted with his arms crossed: "Your Majesty is here."

"Send someone reliable to check the inventory. If the spirit stones are really insufficient, I will naturally buy a batch of spirit stones from Jingning for emergency use," the Anxi Army Jiedushi said, suppressing his anger. "But if someone is jealous of Lao Xiao's spirit stones and wants me to be the bad guy and take away other people's things with just a piece of official document... you guys better behave yourself!!"

After saying that, An Jiyue turned away.

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Author's words: PS: Absolute loyalty does not mean that there will be no trouble. Of course, compared with the bureaucrats in reality, the system personnel under the group members are already the least troublesome type.

Chapter 172 Technical Cooperation

No matter how angry you are, you still have to do your work.

Back at the Duke of Wu's mansion, An Jiyue dismissed all the maids and servants and led Aiwen to her private study. As for Jin Zhifan, she always went wherever An Jiyue went.

There are two study rooms in the Duke of Wu's mansion, one for office and entertaining guests, and the other is specially used for the girl to "think". Under the watchful eyes of the knight, the governor spread out a blueprint full of tiny calligraphy on the table.

"I originally thought that after the Skywalker became practical, we would be able to use the flying ship soon," An Jiyue picked up the pencil, then put it down immediately with some annoyance, "Real research work is not so smooth sailing after all."

"Rather than technical questions that I don't understand," Knight Ji said, "I just want to know where did you get the drawing pencil in your hand?"

"I got it from the entertainment pool. You haven't drawn from any pools yet, have you?" The girl waved her hand, signaling Nishikori Shigeru to take away the paper that had no place to write, and to get a new piece of paper. "The entertainment pool is the second cheapest of all the pools, and it costs 100 points each time. I just recently drew a ten-draw in the entertainment pool, and in addition to a large box of pencils, I also drew a box of Coke, but it was a pity that it was Pepsi. There seem to be a lot of incredible things in the entertainment pool."

"And then?" Aiwen asked quickly, "Besides pencils and toilet cleaner, what else did you win?"

"They're all useless stuff, like the last issue of Playboy," An Jiyue spread her hands, "The problem is that those women who are posing coquettishly are not as cute as me, and their breasts are not as big as mine."

"I thought you were going to say that you no longer have such worldly desires." Evelyn complained.

"There really are no more women in the three-dimensional world," An Jiyue took the blueprint handed over by Jin Zhishi and wrote and drew while chatting with Ai Wen, "Besides, I'm extremely busy. I haven't had a moment's rest since I traveled through time."

"Um...is that box of Pepsi still there?"

"? No way, sir, you also drink toilet cleaner?"

"I have no choice," Aiwen spread her hands like An Jiyue, "I haven't taken office in Goose City yet, so I can't bear to spend my points in the entertainment pool."

"It's in the cabinet opposite," An Jiyue raised her right hand holding the pencil and pointed to the opposite side of the desk, "I put all the other useless things in there. After all, I spent points to draw it, it would be a waste to just throw it away."

When the knight walked towards the cabinet filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, the Taoist poked his cheek with the end of a pencil and began to think about the various technical difficulties faced by the flying ship plan. The technical principle of the skywalker is to control gravity through extraordinary means. Limited by the calculation power of divine calculation, that is, the mechanical version of the electronic computer, the first generation of skywalkers is single-axis, which can only make its carrier rise or fall, and the energy is directly provided by cut spirit stones.

The anti-gravity generated by the spacecraft acts directly on the center of gravity of the carrier, rather than on the entire hull, so the uneven weight distribution on the ship will cause the hull to tilt.

The first solution An Jiyue thought of was to place multiple skywalkers on the hull, and then coordinate the working status of each skywalker through a control center. But she immediately rejected this idea. Skywalkers are not only expensive, but also have a noticeable production capacity that cannot be increased. Moreover, the control center needs to be equipped with special control software - An Jiyue can write this stuff, but the problem is that she doesn't have so much time to stay in Xuanshui as a code boy?

Even if we ignore the above problems, this only solves the dynamic balance of the airship in actual use. The problem of not being able to stop when landing is still nowhere to be solved... unless she is willing to forcibly limit the speed of the airship to the level of a person walking quickly. Forget about slowing down in advance when about to land. This thing can't rely on oars to adjust the hull posture like a surface ship. If you want to dock normally, you must maintain a certain speed.

Ever since watching Hayao Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky", An Jiyue has always had a complex about flying fleets, which even surpasses her preference for giant space battleships flying among the stars. After thinking about it, An Jiyue once thought about whether to let Lei Zhenzi or something else that can fly to tow the flying ship into the ship when it lands. Apart from the fact that it looks very low-level, this method seems to be really feasible?

At first glance, this method seemed fine, but An Jiyue instinctively felt that it was unreliable. After thinking for a while, she asked Aiwen, who was taking a whole box of Pepsi out of the cabinet, "What do you think? I know you don't understand this kind of professional and technical matters, but I just think that maybe an outsider's perspective can inspire me."

"Um... I think since they are all flying units, why don't you refer to the short-man's rotorcraft and airship?" Knight Ji scratched her head and unscrewed the bottle cap casually: "Don't they have mature steam engines?"

An Jiyue was stunned there. After a moment, the beautiful girl with silver hair and red eyes rubbed her face vigorously: "Ahhhhhhhh... How could I forget this?! I clearly rode the dwarf's thunder airship, but I completely forgot about this thing!"

"Do you have any ice?" Knight Ji looked at the person in front of her and decided to ignore her: "I've read some popular science before, which said that wealthy families in ancient times would store ice in cellars."

"Why do you need ice cubes when I'm here?" An Jiyue said, glancing at the Pepsi in Aiwen's hand. Aiwen felt the drink bottle in her hand suddenly become cold, frozen to the most suitable temperature for drinking. "And I must correct one thing," An Jiyue put down the drawing pencil, raised the index finger of his right hand and shook it left and right, "In Warhammer, there is indeed a term called 'short people', but it does not refer to dwarves, but the name given by the northerners to the ordered humans in the south."

With Aiwen's suggestion, An Jiyue was no longer limited to using An's Aurora's technology, and her mind was suddenly opened. The girl quickly modified the design drawing. She first cancelled the entire set of sailing equipment and instead installed a steam engine and a matching propeller at the stern, and then installed a smaller steam engine and propeller at the bow.

After thinking for a while, she drew a red cross on the drawing to indicate scrapping, and then asked Shigeki Nishikori to fetch a new hull design that the Mohists had drawn in advance. She installed a propulsion device on each side of the stern. These two propulsion devices were independent of the hull and could rotate. When it was necessary to move forward, the propeller faced forward; when it was necessary to go backward, the propulsion structure would rotate 180 degrees to let the propeller face backward.

This is the design of a warship. The reason why the propellers are not rotated in the opposite direction is to ensure the speed when flying in reverse. After all, reverse gear cannot make it go faster. A purely civilian flying ship does not need such a complicated movable structure, and can just go into reverse gear.

"So why is it necessary to ensure the speed when flying backwards? Is there any technical necessity? I really don't understand this." Aiwen, who had been watching An Jiyue making changes, asked.

"This is a tactical question," An Jiyue explained. "There are actually quite a few flying units in this world, but not many have long-range attack capabilities, and most of them have a very short range. For example, the High Elves have a large number of flying monsters, and there are also things like the Sky Slasher airship that are both fashionable and practical. However, apart from the Sky Slasher's Hawkeye Crossbow (Note 1), the long-range attack capabilities of the High Elf Air Force are basically only bows and arrows, magic, and dragon breath."

"Let's not talk about bows and spells. What's the range of a dragon's breath? Not to mention that there aren't many dragons these days even among the high elves," An Jiyue pointed at the thrusters on the blueprint. "As long as we can ensure that the airship is faster than a dragon whether it's flying forward or backward, the rest is to use the divine fire crow to fly a kite."

Aiwen raised her left hand and said, "So when can I use this to beat Pointy-Eared?"

"It's being built!" An Jiyue said as she ticked a red check mark on the blueprint. She opened the chat group, spent a few points to scan the blueprint, and then packaged it and sent it to Barel Magic Hammer who was far away in Plateau Castle. For some reason, Barel has not been in the chat group much recently, although if someone @ him, he will still appear quickly.

After a moment, the dwarf king sent back an "OK".

……

Note 1: A smaller crossbow with a much shorter range than the Eagle Claw Crossbow, less power, and cannot fire shotgun shells. Its advantage is that it is very light and can be installed on the Sky Slasher.

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Author's words: PS: It's another day that I haven't been able to update on time because of various annoying things... (paralyzed

Answering the reader "Palette":

The reason why the Fire Crow is not used as the weapon of the flying ship is that it is too expensive. The Fire Crow is only used to attack high-value targets. For ordinary targets such as the castle of the Knight of Barto, it is definitely better to let the cannons bombard them.

Chapter 173 Grasshopper

Barrell has been having a pretty busy life lately.

With the assistance of Grim Bloxen, the newly established Grim Arsenal in Plateau Fort, named after the master engineer himself, successfully cast the first batch of cannons. The first artillery unit in Plateau Fort is currently undergoing intensive training and is expected to be officially formed and join the battle sequence before the end of the year.

Barel ordered the establishment of a temporary school, where Grimm would pass on his knowledge and skills to his peers in Highlandburg in his spare time. To this end, in addition to paying a large sum of gold, Barel also pretended to agree to Grimm's "treasonous" demands, including but not limited to issuing licenses for some of his inventions.

The Dwarven Engineers Guild has a strict and demanding review process for new inventions. This process can take centuries, and the review is not completed until the inventor of a certain technology has passed away. This practice is a reflection of the stubborn nature of the dwarves. It ensures that new technologies will not bring potential risks, but it also causes a large number of revolutionary new technologies to be lost in the long river of history. Even if they can be preserved, they are often shelved and not adopted.

Grimm was very dissatisfied with this. As a dwarf engineer, Grimm was still in the stage of being bold and daring to try anything. He had not yet suffered disastrous consequences due to his radical behavior, and then began to become conservative and stubborn and no longer trust anything new.

Grimm's father, Brok Damingson, the head of the Dwarven Engineers Guild, was once a rebellious person, until a serious accident occurred with one of his inventions. The accident caused Brok to lose his left hand, which had to be replaced with a steam-powered prosthesis. Brok Damingson's life experience is a microcosm of most dwarven engineers: bold and innovative when young, and then conservative after a serious accident. Of course, there are also some dwarven engineers who refuse to admit that their pursuit of innovation is wrong even if they are half-dead by their own inventions, and the best outcome for these thorns is to be expelled from the Engineers Guild.

Grimm did not ask Barrel to support all his actions. The legendary engineering master simply took out a few works that had already been perfected, or at least Grimm himself thought were very perfect, but had not passed the guild's review, and asked Barrel to put pressure on the Engineers Guild of Plateau Castle to give these inventions official certification.

The Lord of Plateau Castle agreed to this request to a limited extent. When Grimm took out a Gatling gun that used pressurized steam to launch projectiles, Barrel was almost so excited that his heart and lungs stopped working. The Dwarf King immediately announced that he would buy the design and asked Grimm to set up a production line as soon as possible to incorporate this weapon with both obvious advantages and disadvantages into the armory of Plateau Castle.

Needless to say, the advantages of the Cotlin are its firing rate, which is supreme justice; as for the disadvantages of this thing, it is also obvious that its muzzle velocity is only 150 meters per second (Note 1), the power is relatively limited, and it is almost impossible to further improve it due to technical principles. At the same time, since it is impossible to keep the steam engine attached to the Cotlin in working condition 24 hours a day, the Cotlin needs to be pressurized in advance when it is used, and this process takes about ten minutes, which means that if an unplanned battle occurs, the Cotlin has no ability to respond immediately.

By the way, the click gun on the rotary-wing bomber is also a steam-powered gun.

Due to the low muzzle velocity, the Dwarfling cannot hit heavy armor if the distance is more than 50 meters, and cannot hit Star Iron Armor without runes at any distance. Of course, even so, it is still an epoch-making weapon. The two main enemies of the dwarves, the Greenskins and the Rat Rats, are known for their overwhelming numerical advantage, and except for a few elites, they basically have no heavy armor. The high firing rate of the Dwarfling is particularly in line with the military needs of the dwarves.