Starting from Zero

Although I prayed that the steel empire's spacecraft was not just a bunch of flying ships, obviously the Jehovah did not help. / Qi Shuwu has no pop-up window saying that some time ago I just split into the Temple Mount where I entered home. Now, if he can listen to my prayers, then he will be a hell. Therefore, the spaceship = the ship that can fly is unfortunately established.

The steel empire's spacecraft is completely modeled after European sailing ships in the era of great sailing, but compared to ships at sea, the spacecraft is significantly smaller in size.

There are actually more than one type of spaceship in the Iron Empire. The smallest of them is probably about the size of a lifeboat, and it can be stuffed with eleven or two. The most popular model is a flat-bottomed ship with a two-story cabin that is about 20 meters long. It does not seem to want a battleship, but a ferry in the river.

Of course I have no interest in this kind of boat, but fortunately, there are no big guys here. There are actually three large ships in the airport. It is said that this is the largest model of the Iron Empire and the main ship of the Iron Empire Air Fleet.

The appearance of this battleship is obviously much more beautiful than that of a conventional spacecraft. The blue-hulled hull is equipped with a lot of golden ornaments and looks quite gorgeous. The structure of the battleship is completely designed according to the structure of a European style sailing ship, except that there are no sails on the top of the deck, which is basically no different from surface ships.

According to the information provided by the muscular man, this spaceship is 70 meters in length and more than 30 meters in width. It is not as slender as modern warships, but it looks fatter. Inside the hull is a five-story cabin, and the bottom four levels are all compound cabins, which are the cabins where the central area of ​​the cabin is separately isolated to store supplies. The outer shell along the sides of the hull are two rows of artillery, facing the left and right sides of the hull respectively. This is the same as the big ship, except that in European big ships, the artillery deck is placed on the top few layers, while the spacecraft's artillery is At the bottom. But think about it right, the sailing boat is sailing in the water. Raising the gun a bit higher will help to obtain a larger range and a better horizon. At the same time, the gate above the water is not easy to enter the water. However, the steel empire's spaceships do not need to be launched at all, and their main job is to attack the ground instead of air combat, so the lower the gun position, the better.

Except for the four-story cabin below, the fifth-story cabin above is basically where the occupant's living area and the flight power mechanism are located. The structure here is also the same as the ground floor. The power mechanisms are all in the center of the hull, and the surrounding area is the living area. On the top is the deck, which is basically the same as ordinary sailboats, but because there are no sails, the spider web-like cables are missing and it looks refreshing.

"How many guns do you have for this ship?" I asked while visiting around the periphery of the ship.

The muscular man immediately replied: "There are a total of 128 side guns on the four decks, there are two huge guns in the bow position, and there are 16 other guns of the same model on the stern."

As soon as the muscular man talked about guns, I remembered the kind of shore defense guns on the coast. The power of that thing made me remember it. "Cannon you mean is the kind of cannon mounted on the coast?"

"No, it isn't." The muscular man shook his head quickly when he heard: "The circle on the coast is a shore defense gun. The volume is too large, and the spaceship can't move that much. The two cannons on the bow I just said are that This kind of cannon is bigger than the shore defense gun you have seen. The side and stern of the hull are all medium-sized artillery. The range and power are incomparable with that kind of magic gun. In addition, there are a few on the deck. Shotguns are used close to wartime to suppress the use of crew members, but recently we are considering whether to abandon this deck gun because it seems that it has never been used. "

"It sounds pretty energetic, but with so many guns, do you guys fly?"

"It is completely okay to rely on the air magic stone in terms of lift, but because the rising force of the air magic stone is adjusted slowly, the mobility is not very good, but if it is only used for ground attack, it is enough."

I shook my head and said, "Of course, it is enough for you to stay out of contact with the outside world, but if our guild also uses air magic stones to make spaceships, then it will not work. The sky is not just us, we are white There are also a lot of enemies who can fly, if our ships do not have air combat capabilities, that is basically a waste! "

The muscular man resignedly said, "Of course we also know that this is not possible, but the technical problems cannot be solved, and we can only use it this way."

The old man suddenly said, "Technical aspects have the technical information you provided, and we will definitely have a big improvement in the future, but many things cannot be solved by technology alone. Although we are on this island, Invaded by outside organisms, but we are also trapped here, so we ca n’t get all kinds of ore and other properties outside, but with this resource on the island, even if we have technology, How much good stuff. "

As soon as the old man said this, the fat man who rarely interjected immediately followed: "It is President O Aziri. Our island is really too occluded. Before, we did not want to go out. Later, we came into contact with some powerful people from the outside world. After the creature, we finally realized that sooner or later we will be invaded and defeated by powerful external creatures, and then waiting for us will be a great disaster that may exterminate the dead, so we hope that Ziri President, you can consider to see if you can help us? "

"What kind of assistance do you want?" The other person took me around the city for a while, and now they finally came up with their ideas, but I guess this is also related to my performance just now. When I visited before, I always had things in the Iron Empire that were quite indifferent. They thought that I would be surprised. Nothing could scare me, but just now, when I saw their spacecraft, they showed something different. Emotions, and that's why they say requests at this time. Because they finally found something I was interested in.

The so-called strange goods are habitable. If I have no interest in the things of the Iron Empire, then they can only confuse disparate side forces when they are rushing to become loyal. Therefore, although they have the intention of cooperation before, they have not taken the initiative to say that until Just when I saw that I was interested in the spacecraft, they finally realized the value of them, and as long as they are valuable to us, the treatment after trusting us will naturally be different.

After I asked what kind of cooperation I wanted, the fat man did n’t rush to answer, but said, "I do n’t dare to talk about such things. I believe that the wisdom and wisdom of President Ziri should feel us. Willingness to cooperate. Now I just want President Ziri to give us a clear attitude. If you really have the intention to cooperate and have a hopeful way of cooperation, you may wish to carefully consider the specific content. The evening banquet may be a A good place to talk about things. "

Everyone is smart. The work of the three guides is just to ask for a clear attitude based on the situation, so that their senior staff can prepare corresponding materials at night to facilitate in-depth communication. Well, now that things have been made clear, the work of the three guides has been basically completed. Of course, apart from sending two guards to report the situation, the other entrants remain to accompany me to continue to visit the airport.

To be honest, the technology of the Iron Empire is really lame. They have quite outstanding achievements in the technology they are good at. Many things are more than two or three generations ahead of our guild technology, but other technologies are lagging behind. It's not funny. This imbalance phenomenon, I attribute it to the sequelae of the narrow area. Because the land area is narrow and there are very few mineral resources, they have never seen many special materials, and technology is basically based on materials science. You do n’t have any basic ore, and the upper-layer technology naturally cannot develop. Therefore, they can only concentrate their technology on those disciplines supported by ore. As a result, the technology system of the Iron Empire is a foot cricket. Some technologies Cattle are terribly dead, and some are just using the earth to make up.

Without the task, the three guides had a lot more words than before, especially the old man. I used to think that this guy had a little dementia, but now it seems that he is not dementia, but because of something in his heart, but he is not good at this kind of communicative behavior with dual goals, so he has been a little nervous. Now without these restrictions, the old man has become more talkative than the muscular man, but the direction of his talk is all technical. According to the muscular man, the old man seems to be a senior scientific researcher here, which is well known locally Scholars, with him is basically equivalent to bringing a technical encyclopedia of the Iron Empire.

Under the guidance of the old man, we boarded one of the large spacecrafts, and then entered the cabin to visit it. There is still a big difference between the actual impression of entering the ship and observing the commentary outside the ship. For example, at first I thought that the four decks inside the spacecraft were very tall and wide, but after I went in, I found that the lower four decks with artillery were very low, although it was not necessary to drill down in them. , But also really can reach out to the **** board.

In addition, the artillery on this flying battleship surprised me quite. Because I have seen the shore guns of the Iron Empire, I have a preconceived impression, so I always thought that these so-called side guns were also powerful magic guns, but after actually seeing them, I found that the side guns they used were really It's an artillery, and it's also front-loaded.

"Is this artillery too much?" I looked at the darkly smoked artillery in front of me and asked the old man some incredibly: "Do n’t you have magic artillery? Why use artillery? Even if you have to use it, you need to install Can't it? "

After I was asked by the old man, he first answered: "We do have magic cannons. You just saw them at the bow. That is the magic cannon. But the thing is too big. Although it is powerful enough, if all of them are installed Things, we can only have at most 20 ships and no other weapons. In contrast, artillery is far less powerful than magic artillery in terms of power and range, but it is worse than light. It ’s easy to pull up a lot, so for the energy density, we abandoned the magic cannon and switched to an artillery. As for the post-loading of the gun you said, does it mean to load the shell from the back of the cannon? ”

Obviously, the old man did n’t even know what the rear gun was. After I introduced him the technical difference between the rear gun and the front gun, the old man answered directly: “Although I now know what a rear gun is, But our steel empire still ca n’t use the rear gun, because we ca n’t seal the cannon. If we use the rear gun, our cannons will not only leak the bottom fire, but may also explode. ”

Originally, I was very surprised that Qian Empire of Iron and Steel did not have to use a front-loading gun with a rear-mounted gun. Now I can understand immediately when I hear the explanation of the old man. The steel empire gave me the impression that technology is very developed, but in fact it was all an illusion. Their technology is completely based on magic energy technology, and the biggest difference between magic technology and reality technology is that magic technology requires almost zero parts precision.

For example. In reality, if you want to make a large windmill, the bearing parts of the windmill must be very precise to ensure that they will not wear each other because the bearings are not round enough when rotating. In addition, the blades of the windmill must also be accurate because if the windmill The weight of the blade and the installation angle are asymmetric, so when the blade rotates, it will continue to produce biasing traction, which will cause the bearing to constantly hit the surrounding fixing mechanism under huge torque and eventually cause metal fracture or severe wear. These things seem inconspicuous, but they really affect the operation of the windmill, and the larger the volume of the windmill and the greater the wind force in the location, the higher the requirement for this accuracy.

But what if the magic windmill is used in reverse? First of all, we can replace the bearing with a suspension array and a static force field array, so that the wind blades of the windmill can be completely separated from the host. Then, since the blades do not contact the transmission itself, how can we talk about wear and tear? Not to mention just the irregular structure. It does not matter whether the blades and the **** joints on the transmission rod are round or square. Anyway, they only rely on the static force field to transmit power, and there is no direct contact at all, and the shape has no meaning at all. As for the blade or something, the same is true. There is no impact without contact, as long as the weight of the blade is not too outrageous and the whole blade is thrown away, then there is basically no problem.

There are actually many situations like this in the game. In general, magic technology has no requirement for accuracy or extremely low requirements. The Iron Empire is good at magic technology, so their precise processing capabilities are quite bad. Although the processing capabilities may be good compared to other places, if it is based on the standards of a strong country in science and technology Can't see it.

This post-installed artillery may seem simple to us, but it is a big trouble for the Iron Empire. Their precision control technology is not good enough. Therefore, if a rear gun is used, the gun door may not be tightly sealed. Previously, their submarines did not dare to use iron shells, because they were afraid of leaking if the seal was not tight.

In fact, even if the accuracy problem is solved, the strength of the steel empire will probably not make it a post-installed gun, because the strength of their metal materials is not enough. Although magic technology does not have as low a requirement for accuracy as material processing, it is definitely not much higher. Therefore, the metal smelting technology of the Iron and Steel Empire is also relatively backward. Their metal strength is very low, and the manufacture of breech guns has a range requirement. It is not high, so it can still withstand it. If a large-caliber rear-loading gun is designed, the power of this explosive will go up, and the gun will be finished. If the power is reduced, then what can be loaded with guns?

Because I have proposed a series of benefits of after-loading guns, the old man has always followed me with a soft-sand-bubble technique for after-loading guns, but at the end I told him that if their processing accuracy could not be achieved, they would be lost. They gave them a blueprint, and they still couldn't get a rear gun. Even if it was forced to make it, it was a defective version of the castration. Although this words made the old man no longer entangle me, but he completely beat him, the result is that after disembarking, the old man returned to the previous state and began to play dumb.

Although the time in the afternoon is not short, Iron and Steel Empire Bijing is a small country, and we just visit it casually and it is almost evening.

According to what I said before, in the evening, the top of the Iron Empire hosted us a banquet. Although Poseidon was unwilling, it was pulled by me. Of course, she was not the protagonist, but just to show courtesy. This is my welcome party and her farewell party.

Although the steel empire has a small area and few entrances, the size of the banquet at night is not small at all. I estimate that at least three or four hundred people will participate. Perhaps the entire management of the steel empire can't get away except on duty. .

The opening of the banquet was naturally a no-nutrient scene. Everyone expressed their feelings and then started the formal banquet. However, after the banquet started, I left the venue with the true power of the Iron Empire. At the corner of the banquet, they specially Prepared a small room. There are only four people in the room except Ling and me. These four are the actual rulers of the Iron Empire. Apart from one president, the remaining three are responsible for the economy of the Iron Empire, Military and scientific research. The status of the legal department of the Iron Empire is very low ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ because this country is a national army, which means that strictly speaking, this country has no civilians. In such a country, there are not many entrances. Many people know each other. Any two people in the country can be related to each other by passing three people. Such national laws are really useless. .

"Okay, a few of you guys, I already heard the guide you arranged for me in the afternoon, so let's be straightforward now. With your steel empire, I do mean to cooperate, but I can accept it. There are only two ways. "

"Please," said the President of the Iron Empire opposite.

I nodded and said, "The first way is to exchange technology, that is, to sell to us all the technology that I think is valuable, and our guild provides equivalent technology, currency or resources. This can be with you. pick."

"No, no, we don't want to sell technology!" The steel empires all shook their heads, apparently they were unwilling to do so.

Seeing their response, I went on to say: "Then, besides this first one, the only way I can accept is to completely merge!"

(To be continued)