Struggle in the Steam Age

"Is there a weapon that can solve the current problem?" Yagoda suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Lawrence's shoulder and asked. "Hurry up, take it out quickly. Our commandos just now were all wounded. If the leader of the team hadn't retreated quickly after finding out that something was wrong, we might have all died on the street now."

After speaking, Yagoda stared at Lawrence's face with wide eyes, and there was an eager look in his eyes. This made Lawrence have to use his hand to break away the hand that was on his shoulder, and said at the same time. "That weapon is now in my interspatial bag, you can let go of your hand before I can take it."

After breaking away from Yagoda's hand, Lawrence explained a few words to the members of the medical team who came up with him, and then led Yagoda to the dead corner of the enemy's attack below the city wall. Then, under the cover of the space bag, several large boxes were taken out from the astral plane.

Although some of these boxes weighed about 100 kilograms, Lawrence, who was a transcendent, was able to easily take out those boxes one by one and put them on the ground. After putting away all the dozens of boxes, Lawrence found that several attracted judges and staff of the court had surrounded him.

"Pry them all open." Lawrence said to everyone after watching so many people gather around. As soon as the words fell, the onlookers rushed forward and began to unpack the boxes. Soon, all the boxes were pried open.

After removing the straw used for shock absorption, some boxes revealed dark metal pipes and metal frames. Other boxes revealed green-painted bombs fixed to wooden shelves. It's just that the difference from ordinary bombs is that these bombs have grown into the shape of pouring water droplets, and there are a few small wings at the end. "

"What is this, artillery?" A senior judge wearing gold-rimmed glasses approached and asked curiously. "But why are the walls of these cannons so thin? Although they seem to be made of dwarven alloys, which are much stronger than ordinary metal, they should not be able to withstand the pressure of the shells when they are so thin."

"Of course it won't work if it's an ordinary artillery." Lawrence and a few people who volunteered to help took out the barrel and the gun body and explained, "But this newly invented low-bore mortar is no problem. .”

"Mortar, what is that?" The judge asked in a daze, because it has been about a month since the mortar was manufactured by Lawrence, and with the current speed of information dissemination, he couldn't understand it. Ignorance is also very normal.

"That is a kind of artillery for curved fire, similar to an ancient mortar, but much lighter and easier to use." Lawrence patted a large-caliber mortar that had just been set up beside him and said, "For example, I Now this mortar is 120mm caliber, but it only weighs 280kg after using dwarf metal. At the same time, it can reach a range of 3500 meters and has the same power as a heavy artillery of the same caliber. Most importantly, its ballistic trajectory is very curved and can Hit the enemies behind those buildings."

Lawrence's large-caliber mortar was manufactured in imitation of the Soviet Union's M1938 120mm mortar in World War II, although he only remembered some sketches circulated on the Internet. But with the help of professional dwarves, they finally succeeded in making this thing.

Of course, this process has not been smooth sailing. For example, the weight is controlled at a normal value with the help of an unscientific metal such as dwarf alloy.

However, due to the insufficient level of the chemical industry in this era, gunpowder could not reach the level of Lawrence during World War II. However, after careful weighing, he had to give up those expensive alchemy explosives and choose those propellants that could be mass-produced.

But in this way, the range of the artillery dropped from the original 5,700 meters to 3,500 meters. Fortunately, the artillery in this era is relatively bad, so such mortars are enough now.

"You mean this cannon is only 280 kilograms?" The judge wearing gold-rimmed glasses who asked the question before seemed to have some knowledge about military affairs, so he naturally looked extremely surprised. "If I remember correctly, your ordinary artillery of the same caliber is at least 30 times the weight of this artillery. Even if the dwarf alloy is also used, it will be reduced to 20 times the weight of this artillery at most."

"Yes, because my new type of artillery is very different from those traditional artillery. Therefore, in every aspect, the data of traditional artillery cannot be compared." Lawrence explained to the people gathered around, while commanding Then the others put the remaining three guns on the designated gun positions.

It has to be said that extraordinary people are much better than ordinary people when doing hard work, and at the same time, their learning speed is much higher than ordinary people. For example, the seat plate of the mortar needs to be firmly fixed on the ground, because it can withstand the recoil when the artillery is fired.

And the heavy mortar that Lawrence is taking out now weighs tens of kilograms alone. According to military statistics during World War II, it would take several minutes for trained soldiers to make this whole piece of metal into a seat plate and fix it on the ground, even at the fastest speed during combat, but It doesn't take even a minute for those extraordinary fighters to do the job now.

Not to mention that after watching Lawrence's operation just now, those transcendents who came to help have mastered the correct installation method. The other three guns were all installed by those who came to help without him even doing it.

Soon, the four heavy mortars that Lawrence took out were all placed. Then he began to adjust the angles of the four heavy mortars based on the precise location information of the rebel artillery positions provided by the staff of the referee.

"What should we do next?" After watching Lawrence adjust in front of each mortar for a long time and then stand on the side, a middle-aged man wearing breastplate armor and carrying a two-handed sword behind his back platooned The crowd came over. "Is there anything we can do for you? If so, please tell me."

"The next job is very simple." After seeing the middle-aged man who should be the commander of the judge team come out, Lawrence was not polite, but arranged it neatly. "I have already adjusted the positions of the four cannons, and then only three people need to follow my actions to load the shells."

"No problem." The middle-aged man nodded and pointed out three people standing in front of the runway from behind, and then directed the other people to stand beside the shell box to provide them with shells.

"It all depends on my actions. We will fire ten rounds from each cannon as quickly as possible." After seeing that everyone was in their positions, Lawrence seriously pointed at the operators in front of the other three cannons amid the sound of rebel artillery fire. He shouted at the top of his voice, and then grabbed the centering part of the shell with both hands, and the tail was slowly inserted into the barrel until the centering part slid into the barrel.

"When I yell to fire, let's all let go." Lawrence yelled for the last time and then concentrated on listening to the movements of the rebel heavy artillery positions hundreds of meters away. The moment he heard the heavy firing of the 203 heavy artillery on the opposite side, Lawrence Shouted "Fire!" and let go of the cannonball at the same time.

The operators of the other three heavy mortars also let go of their hands holding the shells after hearing Lawrence's order. After the shells were separated from Lawrence's hands, they slid down the smoothbore barrels faster and faster, and finally The primer hit the firing pin below the muzzle.

In an instant, the propellant in the tail of the shell was ignited. Propelled by the rapidly expanding gunpowder gases, these shells flew out of the muzzle towards distant targets.

"Boom—" Following the sound of four mortar shells fired in succession, the transcendents present could even see four colliding shells flying out of the barrel, flying over the city wall and flying into the distance.