Steel Steam and Flame

　　 After Puno left, when the air in the room was basically replaced, Cassia closed the window and sat on the bed to read.　I have been resting on the train for a long time, and I still have no sense of fatigue.

　　 The surrounding area was very quiet, and the movement from Puno came over at this time, like the sound of cooking. With his sturdy figure, a bag of biscuits is really not enough to fill his stomach.

　　 When the time passed about ten o'clock, there was no sound at the station, and Puno went to bed early.

　　 Cassia turned off the light at the right time, lying on the bed looking at the ceiling, thinking about those locomotives.

　　 Of course, he would not be prepared to stay here for long, waiting for the arrival of the army on the other side of the front, or the arrival of the rearrangement. In Cassia's view, it was entirely a matter of luck. He didn't have much time to go to the front, and he couldn't count on these uncertain things. I still hope that the communication equipment will suddenly get better tomorrow morning, and will save a lot of troubles afterwards. But on the one hand, we still have to make other plans.

　　Those locomotives may be used. This is the station. Basic maintenance tools are available, and it is important to have a complete set of power facilities to run the station. It shows that high-pressure and high-temperature steam can be replenished. If you are lucky, maybe a few locomotive parts can be assembled to make one of them move again.

　　 Empire’s industrial products, especially military equipment, have always been the Empire’s standard in terms of quality, and they are also the embodiment of high quality. When Avalon's technology flowed into the empire, the first contact was the military factory.

　　 "The problem shouldn't be big, right." Cassia could only pray like this in her heart, then closed her eyes and began to rest.

　　 The next day, the winter morning here came much earlier than the empire near the endless sea. Puno got up before dawn, and the movement of making breakfast spread into Cassia's ears from the side.

　　 Woke up just before Puno came over to call him, and breakfast was a simple fried egg. Cassia thanked him, and then asked about the communication equipment.

"Unfortunately, there is still no response. Maybe the afternoon will be fine." Puno said, eating twice as much food as ordinary people. You can try it later."

　　 Cassia nodded, and didn't continue.

　　 After breakfast, Puno began to conduct routine inspections on various parts of the station. This is a habit that has been cultivated for more than ten years, and it is not easy to change it. And there is nothing to do in a day here, and hunting in winter is not very feasible.

　　Puno asks Cassia to go around the station, but he has nothing to help.

　　 Straight through the small vegetable garden, Cassia walked to the abandoned locomotives.

　　 I haven't seen it clearly at night. I only observe it from the outside. The preservation is much better than Cassia imagined. The bulk is larger than an ordinary locomotive because of the thick steel plate welded on the body. A total of two layers of steel plates were welded on it, and from some of the cracked gaps, one could see a layer of hard ceramic pieces that had been broken into pieces.

　　 A very simple bulletproof structure. After all, it is a locomotive in and out of the front. The armor layer on the body is not thick. A platinum bullet of ordinary caliber may be able to sieve it in a very short time.

If some machine guns have passed the heat dissipation technology of the barrel, or have a specially designed cooling system with a dedicated bullet box, they can pour out thousands of bullets in a minute, and it can last for a long time. . If there is no such solid defense, the enemy will go around a big bend and lie in ambush on the side of the railway. The train that cannot change the course of action is indeed just a living target that cannot be avoided.

　　 The red rust has fallen on the ground, all blood is sticky like after thirsty, and it has even buried the railroad tracks under Cassia's feet. There was a "creaking" sound when stepping on it.

Cassia picked up a stone and knocked **** these iron sheets, and large tracts of rust stuck together fell. The sound of "dongdong" also spread out in this deserted wilderness for a long time, and then was slowly slowed by the endless stream of wilderness. Absorbed cleanly.

　　 Puno said that these locomotives have been here for several years, but the rust layer has not been able to corrode the first layer of bronze steel plate, only leaving numerous pits and mottled marks on it. There is really no fault in quality.

All the doors on the side of 　　 were broken, and several of them had fallen off the train due to rusty damage to the hinges, and landed in the weeds growing on the side of the railway foundation.

　　 The control room was very empty, and Cassia found that the situation on the train was not as good as it seemed on the surface. It is good news that the rust failed to corrode the armor, but in his plan, those things were to be removed. The important thing still depends on whether the structure of the train hidden under the iron skin is still sufficient.

Inside 　　 is a chaotic scene after being destroyed, and there are traces of welding and cutting everywhere~www.ltnovel.com~ although the copper pipes and high-pressure steam cans are still there. Because these are some bulky things, the volume and weight make up almost half of the locomotive. People on the military side didn't even think about taking them away when they abandoned them. After all, to remove these parts, the workload is equivalent to dismantling a complete locomotive.

　　 are all technical components, various valve combinations used for control, steam hose transfer systems, and the most important zero differential engine. The steam turbine as the main power mechanism seems to have been partly dismantled, and the remaining structure can also be counted. This is the core structure of the condensation technology, and such a result should have been imaginable for a long time.

　　 But listening to Puno last night, Cassia originally hoped that most of the locomotives staying here would be kept intact. The zero-differential machine didn't think about it, and it didn't matter much if that thing was gone. Relying on hardware to control input and output is also completely achievable, the difference is only in the degree of accuracy and cumbersomeness.

　　 "Troublesome thing." Cassia sighed as he looked at the front of a car that was almost reduced to scrap. I also thought that the imperial side is directly under the supervision of the imperial assembly, and should not care about money and equipment so much, thinking that there are still a few complete locomotives still here. But for this one in front of him, he had no hope in his heart. There are only some common types of copper pipes and valve joints that can be disassembled and can be used for a short period of time after a little treatment. Other things can only be left here to become a pile of rust. After all, it is a long way from the place where steel can be smelted, and its own value is not comparable to freight. 8