Struggle in the Steam Age

There are several types of flamethrower-like weapons stored in this warehouse, basically the kind of weapons that have the right general direction but have various problems in some details.

Fortunately, Lawrence has the memory of two worlds, so he can discover some more suitable usages from these weapons.

For example, a flamethrower can be used with a small steam engine on a carriage, which can save the only auxiliary component production that requires extraordinary power in the current injector.

Although the weapon has changed from a light individual weapon to a heavy weapon after this modification, according to calculations, the range and duration of the new flamethrower have been greatly improved.

More importantly, these new flamethrowers can be produced by ordinary people, which means they are easy to popularize. If one considers that the enemies facing the mountains this time are likely to have a sufficiently complex cave system, these flamethrowers are obviously very valuable.

Just like a normal magical world, this world also has magic like flamethrower effects and scrolls or magic items that can use this magic. But considering the number of spellcasters and the cost of magic items, this method obviously cannot be popularized in every place where it is needed.

"It's really convenient to put it on the car, but what about the front line?" Nora, who had been silent on the sidelines before, suddenly asked, "I see that even if you compress the volume, the fuel tank and steam engine are equivalent to the size of an entire carriage. size, it’s not very convenient to transport it to where it’s needed in the mountains.”

"I think this is also easy to solve. It only needs one or two simple spells to lighten its weight and let everyone carry it manually. After all, most of the time this kind of thing is just to clean up the cave after dealing with the enemies on the surface. Work, so there is no need to pursue too much speed or too high defense."

After hearing Nora's question, Lawrence answered very seriously. "As for the few wartime missions, I remember that there is a hexapod puppet used and transported on the front line. It is enough to temporarily install this flamethrower on it and add a certain amount of armor to complete this frontline mission."

Lawrence also admitted that the mobility of this weapon is indeed much worse than those of the spellcasters, but compared with those of the spellcasters, this kind of machine is more convenient to mobilize and the cost is lower. And it can also avoid the serious risk that some spellcasters may encounter if they are too forward.

After all, as magic supplies, the price of magic props and magic scrolls in this area has always been high. It is really not cost-effective to burn a cave with only a few goblins with a scroll worth tens of hundreds of yuan. And it is impossible for people to risk the loss of spellcasters to make them do these things.

In addition to the flamethrower, there are also many weapons made by Ou Ren and the technicians in the factory. But most of these items are weapons that look good but don't actually work that well. For example, sticky bombs that were originally designed to explode in certain special locations or attack giant monsters are like this.

The thing is a heavy-duty hand grenade with a thick layer of glue on the outside, with a cardboard casing. According to theory, when encountering a location that needs to be blasted or some large monsters. The user can open the cardboard casing and throw the grenade at the target, causing the grenade to stick to the target and explode.

It sounds like a very good design. After all, it is impossible for artillery on the battlefield to support every place that needs support at any time, and the same is true for superhumans. So it is very valuable for ordinary infantry to gain the ability to kill those large monsters.

But the problem is that during the experiment, they discovered that this thing is more willing to touch the clothes or weapons of the soldiers than the monster's skin covered with dust or sand.

Another example is the explosion magic crystal grenade. After adding the explosion magic crystal and magic metal, it can cause obvious damage to those monsters with extraordinary abilities.

However, it is difficult to throw such a heavy grenade too far with the arm strength of an ordinary person. Considering the huge damage range of this bomb, Lawrence thinks that this kind of thing is more suitable for making explosive vests.

So after spending half an hour looking at everything in the warehouse, Lawrence also ordered ten steam engine version flamethrowers and 50 optical sighting systems for modifying military rifles.

At least when fighting in the mountains, Lawrence felt that optical sights that could increase the effective range were more valuable than other fancy weapons.

After completing the selection of equipment, Lawrence and Nora returned to the temporary station with three mechanics who volunteered to follow them.

Three days later in the afternoon, when Lawrence received the things he needed at the train station and loaded them into his own carriage, the transfer order from the command finally arrived.

The reason why it took so long is because the frontline troops went deep into the mountains and successfully recovered Pine Tree Valley only two days ago. Therefore, even if the front line tried its best to complete the finishing and survey work, it did not complete the preliminary survey and inspection work until the day after the recovery and cleared out the space required by the logistics personnel like Lawrence.

After receiving the transfer order, the medical team on Shaw Island immediately organized, and then boarded the commuter train on the pier and went straight to the train station, and then everyone boarded the heavy-duty intercontinental armored train assigned to them compartment. Less than half an hour after my family got on the train, the train slowly left the station. .

"If everything goes well, we will be able to reach St. John's Fortress at the mouth of the valley tomorrow." Lawrence said to Nora, looking at the scene quickly receding from the window.

"It's just that there are about 30 kilometers of mountain roads from this fortress to our destination. I'm a little worried about the supplies and instruments we brought—"

"This is indeed a problem. At least all the information I have seen indicates that the roads are relatively difficult to pass, so that the transportation of some artillery and luggage needs to rely on extraordinary people." Hearing what Lawrence said, Nora's face also showed thinking expression. "If the road is bad, it's a big deal for me to fly a few more airlifts."

I have to say that the little doll has the characteristics of a crow's mouth in some aspects. After the train arrived at the San Jose Fortress, they discovered that this not-so-large fortress was full of people in and around the fortress, all because the roads were impassable. And the materials and some logistics personnel blocked here.

"Holy Visby Empire's New Shaw Island Field Hospital? Let me see—yes, it's here." In the dispatch office, the colonel sitting in front of Lawrence just opened the book in his hand and said after checking it. Arrived, "You should be a class of personnel now, that is to say, your transportation sequence belongs to the first group."

"Then when will we be able to set off?" Lawrence asked the colonel in front of him. Because he entered the war zone, Lawrence now also put on his colonel uniform of the Holy Visby Empire. And this military uniform and the silver-white four-pointed star on the epaulettes made the colonel in front of him, who was extremely impatient at first glance, look a lot calmer.

"Then you need to wait until daytime tomorrow." The colonel said after glancing at the list in his hand again. "Because the safety of flying airships at night is not high, important personnel and materials like you must be transported during the day when the weather is good."

"Can't we go to Pine Valley through that mountain road?" Lawrence asked a little confused when he heard that he was going to take the airship. "When I came, I saw many people walking to the front line from that mountain road."

"You really can't." The colonel said after helping his glasses on his nose. "There are too many materials in your team that need to be handled with care, so it is not suitable to use that rugged mountain path to advance."