Chapter 28 Preparation and Firepower (Second Update)

Finally, they found Jeanne next to a steam engine, staring at its core motionlessly. The flashing arc lit up the light in her eyes, and those who wanted to drive her away hesitated because of the intimidation of her military uniform.

Why would such a child eventually become the leader of the rebels?

She was far from the supreme general in his impression, the resolute leader carrying a snow-white flag, and the one in front of him was just a child with a flash of light in her eyes. The tempering on the battlefield did not allow her to grow up fully.

She should not be a soldier.

Ji Lin sighed.

He would either become a liar or a bad guy.

"Sir, you know, I haven't told anyone about this. I dreamed of an angel appearing in my dream one night five years ago." Jeanne said to him on the way back, "Since that day, my body has developed very quickly, and the boys in the village can't beat me."

"There are no angels or gods in this world. You have normal physical development."

If it existed, it would have been found by the lords and announced in the forum. And your body is developing naturally, women develop earlier than men, although the physical fitness that can single-handedly kill several strong men is a bit exaggerated.

He silently added the last sentence in his heart.

"I forgot that you are an atheist, sir." Jeanna continued: "My father told me to find a powerful person in the army to follow, pay attention to safety, and go home. Sir, when do you think I can be as strong as you to protect others?"

"You will."

Ji Lin sighed.

He can also browse the forum during the deceleration of time, but his browsing speed still can't keep up with the speed of refreshing the screen, and the monster science floor came into being... There were fewer people in the classical era, pitifully fewer than in the dark era, and they established a special feudal monster floor for mutual assistance.

In order to spread knowledge and ensure that more people will not fail because of encountering unknown monsters.

Because there are fewer people, it is very convenient to run, and there is no excessive spam.

The second month, the thirty-second day he arrived in this city.

He finally received a message from the messenger of the Kingdom of Vika.

He did not send a messenger to contact the Kingdom of Vika. The purpose of this measure was to gain control over Seta and strengthen his control over the soldiers. His status before departure was only a low-level military sergeant, and Vika would definitely send someone to replace him.

Although these soldiers belonged to him in name, if he opposed Vika, these soldiers would turn their guns the next day.

In the era without radio, the transmission of messages relied on manpower and birds, and the efficiency was not satisfactory. It was twenty days later that the Kingdom of Vika received the news of the failure of its advance team. Originally, the officers carried pigeons to deliver messages, but all those pigeons were reincarnated in the cannon attack that day.

Deserters could not run to the camp. After all, the punishment for deserters was to be shot directly, without any room for negotiation. But the messenger of the Kingdom of Vika met the deserter halfway, and only returned to the city to report the information after getting the exact news.

The time for replying back and forth was delayed and wasted.

Understanding the situation, discussing, and sending troops, such a simple thing, the reaction speed of the entire Kingdom of Vika was as slow as an invertebrate.

Bloated and slow.

When Ji Lin learned about this later, it was really, this slow reaction speed was no wonder they couldn't get Seta.

The deserter's words were not necessarily credible. The messengers took another five days to continue to advance to Seta, and then saw the gray-clothed soldiers standing guard on the city wall. After contacting Ji Lin, they returned to the interior of the Kingdom of Vika with new information.

The original plan was disrupted again.

It took them a full week to adjust the troops.

Until today, the messenger on a fast horse brought him the news that Vika's first batch of support troops had set off.

The support force of 4,000 people was on the way.

But these 4,000 people... were going to run into Mia's troops.

According to the development of events he knew.

If the wings flapped by his occupation of Seta would not cause a gust of wind to change the development of events.

Along with it came the governor's letter. The angry governor asked him to prepare a bloodbath of Seta and hand over the command to another officer when the army arrived. The kingdom would reward Ji Lin for his heroic behavior.

His purpose was obvious. He wanted to avenge his eldest son by slaughtering Seta, and then turn it into a front-line military fortress of Vika, and then remove Ji Lin, who came out of nowhere, from the command system.

"Fuck..."

Ji Lin rubbed his brows.

The young and unskilled commander that day was the eldest son of the border governor. He no longer wanted to think about how troublesome the conflict of interests was, and the subsequent revenge of the governor...

In order to increase his control, he disbanded Vika's musketeers during this period, and then recruited good families in the city to form a city guard. Such training can certainly wash away Vika's military imprint, but it also has a strong impact on the training level of the troops.

Almost one person leads four.

He told the messenger to recruit soldiers on the spot.

The size of the entire guard expanded from 500 to 2,000. Even so, there were still 400 muskets recovered from the battlefield. There was not much ammunition for the muskets, but they could be directly supplied from Seta. The factory owner and the city lord were not of the same mind. No matter who managed the city, these guys with real industries felt that they could be safe.

And these people would please him and provide him with medicine packs at a very low price. Everyone in the city guard could shoot three muskets every day to increase their proficiency.

More bullets than the trained Bivika musketeers, who could only shoot two bullets a week.

It was enough to practice holding a gun. Why waste bullets to train these guys who were lined up for execution? The various expenses of training a thousand-man musket team alone were huge expenses. Morale was maintained by the supervisory team, and the governors did not want to spend more energy on these cannon fodder.

In the second week, Senotta handed over the design drawings of the artillery for him, a 100mm long-barreled cannon.

After the design was handed over to the factory, the factory quickly provided them with a rough version of the artillery.

Ji Lin took the Governor's personal letter to negotiate with these factory owners and obtained their complete compromise and cooperation. Their industries were located in this city, and their personnel and resources were all here. They did not want to lose this city and their industries, so they had to cooperate with him.

They also participated in the attack on the Vika advance team.

Of course, a factory owner directly sold his factory to Ji Lin at a discount and fled to a safer place with the money. Ji Lin also accepted it. The money was naturally the city lord's money, and he told the city lord that he would return his money in full when the Governor arrived.

The outer armor plate of the Governor's mecha they recovered from the battlefield was used to test the power of the artillery.

The front-loading artillery has poor air tightness, and the power is greatly lost with distance. It can only guarantee that the armor of the Governor's mecha can be penetrated within 800m, which is far from his requirements. As for the rear-loading artillery, they cannot use their ready-made technology, and there is basically no accumulation of rear-loading artillery.

Even if the blue crystal ore is used to smelt high-quality metal materials with hydrogen, these muzzle-loading artillery can only fire fifty rounds, and then the entire barrel is declared scrapped.

And the other weapon plan he got from communicating with Ji Lin is not bad... a 120mm caliber mortar.

This weapon using precision mechanical technology is improved from the mortar. The problem with the barrel is not big, but the problem is with the mortar shells. Each shell uses rune technology to make the material reach the required strength level. This mortar uses the same technology as the steam mortar explosive projectile. This is their existing technical accumulation, which can be used after some modification.

Smoothbore mortars do not need the same rifled technology as direct-fire artillery.

Senotta is simply a genius in this regard. He drew the firing pin structure and detonation structure of the mortar only after listening to Ji Lin's oral explanation of the principle. Maybe he can really realize the technology of miniaturizing the steam core he mentioned.

Compared with the 250mm caliber steam mortar, this 120mm mortar has a longer range, with a maximum range of 1.5km. It sacrifices excess power in exchange for range. When attacking armored targets, a 120mm mortar filled with explosives is not necessarily worse than a solid shell.

Production capacity and cost...

There are many problems, but Ji Lin has found a way to fight against the Governor Mech.

Both weapons can be carried by steam mechanized soldiers, and they can carry multiple rounds of ammunition while carrying the barrel.

The factory owners' understanding of steam mechanized soldiers is the same as that of steam spiders. They use melee capabilities to kill the opposing infantry and armored units in front of the battle, and even develop arc arms specifically to counter the charge of assault cavalry such as steam spiders to curb the charge. This is an extremely wrong idea.

Steam mechanized soldiers and steam spiders are both excellent vehicles.

The bloated and slow Governor Mech in this world should also be retired.