Struggle in the Steam Age

There are several types of weapons similar to flamethrowers stored in this warehouse. Basically, they are all weapons with correct general directions but with various problems in some details.

Fortunately, Lawrence has memories of two worlds, so he can unearth some more suitable uses from these weapons.

For example, the flamethrower can be used with a small steam engine on a carriage, so that it can eliminate the only auxiliary parts that require extraordinary power in the ejector.

Although the weapon has changed from a light individual weapon to a heavy weapon after such a transformation, according to calculations, both 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 you consider that facing the enemies in the mountains this time, you 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 similar to the flamethrower effect and scrolls or magic items that can use this magic. But considering the number of casters and the cost of magic items, this method obviously cannot be popularized wherever it is needed.

"It is indeed convenient to transport on the car, but what about the frontline?" Nora, who had been silent on the side before, asked suddenly, "I think even if you compress the volume, the fuel tank and steam engine are equivalent to the entire carriage of a carriage. The size, it’s not very convenient to transport it to where it is needed in the mountains."

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

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

Lawrence also admitted that this weapon is indeed much worse than those casters in terms of mobility, but compared with those casters, this machine is more convenient to mobilize and cheaper. And it can also avoid the serious risks that some spellcasters may encounter if they are too advanced.

After all, as a magic item, the price of magic props and magic scrolls in this area has always been high. Burning a cave with only a few goblins with a scroll worth tens or hundreds of yuan is really not worthwhile. And people cannot risk losing the caster to let them do these things.

In addition to the flamethrower, there are also a lot of weapons made by the technicians in the factory. But most of these items are weapons that look good but are actually not so useful. For example, this is the case with sticky bombs that were originally designed to explode in certain special locations or to attack giant monsters.

This thing is a heavy-duty grenade coated with a thick layer of glue, with a thick cardboard shell. In theory, when you encounter a place that needs to be blasted or some large monsters. The user can open the cardboard shell and throw the grenade towards the target, allowing the grenade to stick to the target and explode.

It sounds like a very good design. After all, the artillery on the battlefield cannot support every place that needs support at any time, and the same is true for the extraordinary. Therefore, it is a very valuable thing for ordinary infantry to gain the ability to kill those large monsters.

But the problem is that in the experiment, they found that this thing is more willing to stain the clothes or weapons of those soldiers than the skin of monsters covered with dust or sand.

Another example is the explosion magic crystal grenade. After adding the explosion magic crystal and enchanted metal, it can cause obvious damage to those monsters with extraordinary abilities, and at the same time, it can also avoid the explosion caused by the violent vibration of the artillery.

However, it is difficult to throw this heavy grenade too far with the strength of an ordinary person. If you consider the huge damage range of this bomb, Lawrence thinks 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 versions of flamethrowers and 50 optical sighting systems for retrofitting 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 equipment selection, Lawrence and Nora returned to the temporary station with three mechanics who volunteered to follow them.

In the afternoon three days later, when Lawrence had received the things he needed at the train station and loaded them into his own carriage, the transfer order from the headquarters finally arrived.

It took so long because it was only two days ago that the frontline troops went deep into the mountains and successfully recovered the Pine Valley. Therefore, even if the frontline does its best to complete the finishing and survey work, it will not complete the preliminary exploration and inspection work until the second day after the recovery, and clear the ground required for logistics personnel like Lawrence.

After receiving the transfer order, the medical team on Sauer Island was immediately organized, and then they boarded the commuter train on the pier and went straight to the railway station. Then everyone boarded the heavy intercontinental armored train assigned to them. Carriage. 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 the St. John's Fortress at the mouth of the valley tomorrow." Lawrence said to Nora, looking at the sight of retreating quickly from the window.

"It's just that from this fortress there is about 30 kilometers away from our destination on the mountain road. I am a little worried about the materials and equipment we brought—"

"This is indeed a problem. At least all the information I saw pointed out that the road was relatively difficult to pass, so that some artillery and baggage transportation needed to rely on extraordinary people." Hearing Lawrence said this, Nora's face also showed thoughts. Emoji. "If the road is bad, I will fly a few more times."

I have to say that the puppet has the characteristics of a crow's beak in some respects. After the train came to the fortress of St. Joseph, they discovered that this not very large fortress was full of people in and around the fortress, all because the road was blocked. And the materials and some logistics personnel blocked here.

"Holy Visby Empire New Sauer Island Field Hospital? Let me see-right~www.ltnovel.com~ right here." In the dispatch office, the colonel sitting in front of Lawrence just opened his hands. After checking the book, he said, "You should be a type of personnel now, which means that your transportation sequence belongs to the first batch."

"Then when will we be able to leave?" Lawrence asked the colonel before him. Because of entering the war zone, Lawrence is now also wearing his own uniform of the colonel of the Holy Visby Empire. And this military uniform and the four-pointed silver-white colonel star on the epaulettes made the colonel who was impatient at first look calmer.

"Then you need to wait until daytime tomorrow." The former colonel looked at the back of the list in his hand again and said. "Because the airship flight safety is not high at night, so important personnel and materials like you can only be transported when the weather is good during the day."

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

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