"Think!" Ophina shouted, shooting a healing ray at Matilda, "Auntie, sister, what did you do? You were injured all over."
"I had a skin injury and had another fight with Zhan Po, so I came a little late." Matilda explained, "Let's not talk about it anymore. Let me see how powerful you are!"
The manufacturing method of the equipment has always been a secret of each country.
The relationship between the Nalan Empire and the Soul Summoning Holy Kingdom, which are both human countries, is not bad. There are trade exchanges and there is also a covenant. Even so, the Soul Summoning Holy Kingdom has not reached an agreement with the Empire on how to make the equipment. trade.
The reason is very simple. Only by strictly keeping advanced technology in your own hands can you ensure that the city gate will not be broken open by your own equipment in the future.
The Holy Spirit Summoning Kingdom's arcane technology is much more advanced than that of the Empire, and the quality of its defense and siege equipment is much higher than that of the Empire.
Different from the dwarves' large-scale killing weapons made with pure mechanical technology, the instruments of the Soul-Calling Holy Kingdom usually use various spiritual stones as power and are supplemented by a variety of arcane devices as assistance, giving them a different kind of beauty. ap..
In short, they are elegant killers.
On the other hand, the structures of the empire's equipment were basically made of wood, and their movement relied on human or animal power, or they could not be moved at all. In terms of power, it is acceptable. After all, the equipment is a bit bigger. If you throw a huge boulder and hit it, it will definitely be powerful, but it is far less powerful than the dwarf equipment that can dominate the battlefield.
The empire's equipment has not changed significantly for a long time. It is not easy for equipment experts from various colleges to use their best ability to develop such a powerful equipment as the Dragon Riding Crossbow.
They have almost reached the limit of their current technological capabilities. If they want to make breakthroughs and innovate, they need new technologies.
Even though she was as strong as Matilda, she had no way to update the equipment, so she was very excited after hearing Ophina's heroic words.
Ofina is not joking.
Ophina, who was extremely curious, visited the mechanical camp there because of her status as an honorary saint when she was in the Holy Spirit Summoning Kingdom.
The team leader who took her to visit at that time excitedly and proudly introduced the characteristics of each machine in great detail. When Ofina asked him why he was so passionate, his answer was:
"You are so beautiful! Moreover, machines are a man's romance!"
Ofina's eyes lit up, she remembered this sentence, and she wanted to know how Rogge would feel when facing such "man's romance".
The team leader only knew the characteristics and usage of the machines. As for how to produce them, this was not his expertise, and he could not reveal it to Ofina.
But it doesn't matter. Ofina has studied arcana herself. As long as she has enough materials and time, it is not difficult to reproduce the powerful-looking machines in her mind.
But there is not enough time now, and most of the materials are scales, feathers, toenails and other parts of spirit beasts. It is okay to make weapons and protective gear, but it is not suitable to make instruments.
But it doesn't matter, smart Ofina has a way.
Everyone came to the equipment camp. Rows of trebuchets, ballistas, rams, ladders, siege towers and other equipment were ready for use. The soldiers were doing final maintenance work.
The equipment camp's defense was very tight. Even if Supreme Commander Filia and Grand Duke Matilda came in person, the guards only took one more look and still stood at their posts to monitor the camp in all directions.
"Nana, let's start." Matilda said impatiently.
Everyone followed Ophina's footsteps and came to the front of the car first.
The empire's mechanical technology is not as good as the Spirit Summoning Holy Kingdom, but it is several levels better than the Orc Alliance.
Almost all the equipment of the Orc Alliance is made by Goblins. There is only one type of ram, with a very simple structure, including chassis, wheels, brackets, baffles, and battering rams.
There are three types of rushes in the Empire.
The structure of the first type is similar to that of the Orc Alliance's ram; the second type is much wider and is mainly transported by dragon horses. People can stand on the upper and lower baffles, and has a certain ability to fight back against attacks from the city wall; the third type is a large-scale ram. The height of the car is about five meters, which is similar to the height of the city gates of some small cities.
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Fina looked at the three types of rams, pointed to the second type and said, "Who invented this? It's a bit stupid. The rams are mainly used to attack city gates and walls. They are easily attacked. Standing on it is Do people think they can’t die fast enough? It’s okay to bully people, but don’t use it to fight tough battles. It’s not too late to change everything to that now!”
The one Ophina mentioned is the first type of car rush. It has a simple structure but is the most practical. The Orc Alliance's car rush has caused a lot of trouble to the empire.
"Do as she says." Filia ordered the commander of the equipment battalion who was following her.
Ophina came to the giant charging car and looked up and down for a while, then said: "This big guy is well designed, but it is too bulky and moving is a big problem. Equipment as big as the Holy Spirit Summoning Kingdom is equipped with a powerful power system. It’s something similar to the furnace thruster installed on the royal airship, except that it consumes spiritual stones.”
"Oh, Old Cha didn't even know how to install the furnace thruster on the siege equipment. How stupid!"
The mobility of a ram is the key to considering its practicality. The stronger the mobility, the faster it can reach the enemy's city wall. The shorter the time it takes to be blocked, the smaller the losses.
The giant ram is so powerful that it can knock down a solid city wall, but how to get close to the city wall is a big problem.
The orcs can render the giant charging cart useless as long as they use archers or crossbows to target the horses pulling the cart or train the dragon on land.
"Nana, do you have a way to solve the problem of moving the giant car?" Matilda asked. .
Ophina paced back and forth twice and said, "I know how to do the power system, but I don't have that many spirit stones. And the same problem is that I don't have enough time."
"So we have to use another method."
The girl took out paper and pen, quickly drew a set of drawings, and handed them to the commander of the equipment battalion.
"Can you understand? It's a very simple thing. Just modify the wheels and make a set of tracks, which can greatly improve the mobility."
The battalion commander took the drawing and read it carefully, and raised his question: "It's not that we haven't thought about making tracks, but it's difficult to lay them on the battlefield, so I'm afraid it won't be useful."
"Just let the earth magician help. At critical moments, you can also use the earth wall technique to protect the rush car, and you can also deal with obstacles such as trenches."
"As for the making of rails...it's definitely too late to make iron ones, so let's use wood. There are so many soldiers in the army, and one person can make several rails. There are also many qualified ones, which should be enough for the first two days. The logistics for the next few days will be left to us. The troops will find a way."
"Follow it and let the entire army cooperate with the equipment battalion." Filia gave a brief order.
"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away."
"Wait a minute." Ofina stopped the battalion commander, "Let's make arrangements together later."
The girl started to take out materials, and soon all kinds of materials were piled up into a small mountain.
The battalion commander is a knowledgeable person. He opened his mouth wide when he saw the large amount of rare materials, "This..."
"If you ask me, the most common charging car is the best to use. After all, its job is to break open the city gate."
Ofina quickly drew another drawing and handed it to the battalion commander: "Follow my method and install the materials on the rush car. Remember to install it according to the proportions I wrote. I have done experiments, so The assembly has the strongest defense."
"With the scales of the Sun Flame Dragon and the feathers of the Fire Feather Bird, you are not afraid of flames; with the dragon scales of the Star Yao Dragon and other sub-dragons, ordinary arrows will never be able to penetrate them, and even bed crossbows can prevent them. How about this? Modified, is it indestructible?”
Ofina put her hands on her hips, leaving everyone with a handsome back view.
"Yes, yes!" Matilda was so happy that she hugged the girl into her arms, "Then what you said about making the trebuchet run and triple the power of the bed crossbow can be realized?"
Ophina slipped out of Matilda's arms, secretly patted her beautiful little skirt, and stayed slightly away from the dusty and bloody Matilda.
"Of course! Did I brag?"
Everyone followed her to the area where the trebuchets and trebuchets were stored.
Ofina still observed it for a while, and after confirming that her plan was correct,
He took out the drawing and said, "It's exactly what I thought. Just take it and change it."
She took out more than a dozen sets of arcane devices and said: "These are the power systems I have made. Install them according to the drawings and equip them with a professional driver. However, the driver must be smart. , and be sure to prepare seat cushions and spare wheels!"
The battalion commander was still able to keep up with Ofina's thinking when she was modifying her car. After all, he was considered a professional, and Ofina didn't use any high-end technology just now.
But as soon as the power system driven by the spirit stone was taken out, the battalion commander couldn't understand it. He could only remember all of Ophina's instructions in his mind. As for why he did this... execute it first, and then explore it!
There are two drawings, one is for modifying the trebuchet, and the other is for modifying the trebuchet.
Trebuchets are heavy equipment that are disassembled and transported to the battlefield for assembly. Once assembled, they do not have the ability to move.
Ofina couldn't improve this, but she designed a frame that could properly place the components of the trebuchet, and installed wheels on the frame.
This design greatly increases the assembly speed of the trebuchet and makes it more flexible during transfer, which is exactly what heavy equipment needs.
Considering that there were not many sets of power systems, Ofina did not allocate trebuchets that were too heavy, leaving all of them for trebuchets.
No one quite understands it, but it seems very powerful.
Combined with the cute No. 2 poison gas bomb that Ophina had just developed, everyone knew that it would be over if they just listened to her, and that was correct.
"Bed crossbow is easy! Do you know the pulley?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"How stupid!"
Everyone: "...You are too smart."
"Add two wheels to both sides of the crossbow body, and wind the string like this..."
Ofina took out a modified hand crossbow and demonstrated it quickly. Except for Rogge and Filia, who were quick-thinking, everyone else just thought she was playing with the rope.
"By the way, the crossbow body and strings can be updated with materials. The power can be increased by about three times without changing the main structure of the crossbow. How about it, is it very simple?"
Everyone nodded: "Ah, yes, yes."
"Oh, I know you are stupid. If you can't just update the materials directly, there are also improvements. Anyway, I will use up all those materials. Don't waste any of them! Battalion Commander, do you hear that?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Sir...what about the pulley? Do you have the drawings?"
"Here." Ofina gave the last drawing, her face suddenly serious, "Keep the drawings, anyone who leaks them will be beheaded!"
"yes!"
"Pfft~" Ophina laughed out loud, "It's just a joke to tease you. Then...it's a total of 100,000 gold coins. The battalion commander must keep good accounts. After the war is over, I have to ask Lao Cha for it!" "
The battalion commander said politely: "I think one hundred thousand is too little. Commander-in-Chief, what do you think?"
"Remember 150,000." Filia said without changing her expression.
"Two hundred thousand, Lao Cha is rich." Matilda smiled and helped Ophina double the money.
When she got the money, Ofina was very happy. She gave the battalion commander a few words by the way: "Okay, you can go and give the order. Remember, my drawings are very precise. Follow them strictly and there will be no mistakes."
"Yes." The battalion commander turned around to leave, suddenly stopped, and asked again, "Excuse me, who are you?"
"Haha." Ofina turned her back to everyone again, grabbed the hem of her skirt and shook it gently:
"Call me 'Nana, the God of Light.'"
