Chapter 449 Assault Rifle
Hearing that Tang En was going to test a new musket with Craftsman Clotto, Nokia and the others, who were painstakingly studying the magic pistol, immediately put down their work and hurried to the testing site outside.
It is said to be a testing ground, but it is actually just a spacious open space with some targets created using earth magic.
"This is the dwarf musket that was fused with your inspiration and redesigned by my genius brain!"
Clotho took out the new dwarf musket, paused, and then said proudly: "I will name it Destroyer!"
Destroyer?
Tang En smiled secretly in his heart, and then carefully observed the musket in Clotto's hand.
The structure of the assault rifle was different from what he had in mind. The processing technology of the dwarf engineering was obviously rougher and could not fit perfectly, and the gun body itself was full of primitive and wild steampunk style.
He had obviously told him all the key points, but after combining it with the local technology of Purandal, the final product turned out to be such a freak, which made Tang En feel very weird.
"Have you tested it?"
"That's right."
Clotto took out another box. Tang En opened it and saw that it was full of yellow bullets. Clotto did as he said, using copper to make the bullets, but the bullets were not made of lead.
Tang En thoughtfully took out the bullet and checked it. The impact trigger on the tail was larger than expected. However, it is understandable that the dwarfs have not yet mastered the key points of processing, so it is difficult to reach the level of craftsmanship on earth. , but as the production quantity increases, the production efficiency and production technology will also increase.
Next to it is a magazine designed according to the inspiration given by Tang En. The spring provided by Ellington plays a very important role in this magazine. Clotto spent a lot of effort to solve the problem of continuous shooting. .
In other words, after Tang En's encouragement, the dwarf musket suddenly jumped from the single-shot type to the magazine-type continuous type, directly leaping over more than a hundred years of development-according to the dwarfs' crooked and boundless thinking. Technology tree, if Tang En doesn't give them some inspiration, I'm afraid this development will take longer.
Tang En loaded the magazine neatly, then loaded the gun. Without hesitation, he aimed at the target more than a hundred meters away and pulled the trigger.
"Da da da--"
A series of deafening gunshots suddenly sounded, and the muzzle spurted out scorching tongues of flame. The bullet was pushed out of the gun chamber by the powerful dwarf gunpowder, tearing apart the target in the distance with a roar.
The loud sound made the elf ladies with sensitive hearing feel slightly uncomfortable, but they quickly adapted to the sound and looked at the musket in Tang En's hand in surprise.
Clotto was also very surprised. This was obviously a new weapon he had just made. Why was Tang En so skilled in using it?
It looked like he had used it a thousand times before, and he could immediately understand how to use it as soon as he held it in his hands.
Of course Tang En has never used a gun on Earth, but after watching so many movies, even a fool knows how to use it.
After one round of shooting, the targets were all reduced to pieces. Sniffing the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, Tang En actually felt a sense of satisfaction.
"Two drawbacks."
Tang En handed the gun to Clotto and said: "Don't design the ejection port of the cartridge case to the back. Occasionally it will jump to the face. The second point is that the shooting error is too large. The barrel needs to be improved. While increasing the stability, it will reduce the noise. It will also decrease.”
Clotto hurriedly wrote it down: "Is there any more?"
How many effective suggestions can Tang En make with his meager knowledge? It was good to be able to come up with these two points, but after seeing Clotho's thirsty eyes, he racked his brains and thought about it again, and then said very seriously: "There is one more thing, the new musket needs a safety ——If someone pulls the trigger accidentally, it can easily go off and injure others."
"Insurance? Got it!"
Clotto immediately understood what Tang En meant, and several plans instantly appeared in his mind.
"By the way, this kind of musket can no longer be called a musket. I think it is more appropriate to call it an assault rifle."
"But I have already named myself Destroyer..."
"That's the name, that's the type of weapon."
After Tang En thought for a while, he said in a seductive way: "Think about it, if you reduce the shooting speed of the assault rifle, increase the length and stability of the barrel, increase the gunpowder capacity of the bullet and the size of the warhead, you can increase the range. In terms of power, is it another kind of weapon? In my conception, this kind of weapon can kill the enemy from a thousand meters away!"
"Thousands of meters away!?"
Clotto's eyes widened in surprise: "Can it really be done? Isn't that the same as the magician's method?"
"It's more or less the same. The attack methods are just different."
Tang En waved his hand and continued: "Another way of thinking, if the whole thing is reduced, the magazine capacity is also reduced, and integrated with the handle, all parts are miniaturized, and the gun is turned into a very portable and compact weapon. Is it a weapon? Do you think it’s appropriate to call a weapon derived like this a musket?”
Clotho shook his head.
"So, it's settled."
With a wave of his hand, Tang En confirmed the naming rules for the new muskets, and the assault rifles officially appeared in Purandal.
"Although shooting at the target can test the feel, the power cannot be clearly felt, so next I will be the target and you hit me with the gun."
Tang En walked straight to the front and said to Clotto: "Come on."
"Are you sure? The Destroyer is very powerful!"
Brian picked his nose and said, "I think it would be difficult for him to hurt his big brother."
So Clotho hesitated no longer and opened fire immediately.
"Da da da--"
After concentrating, Tang En could clearly see the tongue of flames spurting from the muzzle, as well as the bullet flying out of the muzzle. The bullet quickly approached him in the air, and then——
"Ding ding ding——"
A cold air came out of Tang En's body, and the ice armor was automatically activated. While the warhead was completely frozen, it was also blocked by a repulsive force, and its speed suddenly slowed down.
Tang En pinched a bullet and raised his eyebrows. Although his face was calm, he was still very surprised in his heart.
The dwarf gunpowder was very powerful, but he didn't expect that after being made into bullets, the explosive power would be so strong. He originally thought that the bullets would hit the skin and be bounced away, but he didn't expect that even the ice armor would be activated.
This shows that the power of this bullet can pose a threat to magicians to a certain extent.
Clotto put down his gun and said with conviction: "The magician is really powerful."
"The power of this gun is also pretty good."
Tang En walked back and said: "It can activate my ice armor. This gun can kill at least the fourth level monster."
"Kill the fourth-level monster!?"
Edgar was shocked: "Then if it can be mass-produced, wouldn't we Ellington people no longer have to worry about the harassment of Warcraft?"
"That's right, but are we still afraid of monsters now?"
Tang En looked at Edgar speechlessly. Is this guy still living in the past?
Edgar scratched his head in embarrassment. Ever since Brian and Nokia each brought a group of people to the institute, his presence has become weaker and weaker.
After Tang En thought about it for a moment, he said to Clotto: "If you are going to mass-produce assault rifles, I need to buy a batch."
"Why did you buy this?"
Clotto was stunned for a moment: "Your soldiers don't seem to be able to use it, right? Although it can deal with fourth-level monsters, this assault rifle may not even be used by silver-level Apocalypse."
"So, my warriors haven't been promoted to Silver level yet."
Tang En smiled slightly: "This weapon is a very good offensive supplement."
"Well, since you are willing, I have no reason not to sell you."
Clotto stretched out his hand: "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
“A pleasure to work with.”
The power of assault rifles is indeed considerable. Although silver-level Apocalypse and most magicians are not afraid of bullets, those cannon fodders are. Using guns to clean up cannon fodder is much faster than using swords.
Although Tang En has developed the magic pistol, the mass production of the magic pistol is now very problematic, and there is no way to quickly deploy it to every soldier. The assault rifle is different. With the industrial power of the Gnome Kingdom, as long as you want to achieve mass production Production is very easy.
The most important point is that assault rifles and magic pistols are different.
Assault rifles have physical bullets and deal physical damage, while magic pistols have magic bullets and deal magic damage.
Among defensive spells, armor spells, rock armor, ice armor, lava armor, storm armor, and magic armor are used to improve defense and resist physical damage.
The shield spells, Earth Shield, Frost Shield, Fire Shield, Thunder Shield, Arcane Shield, and Magic Suppression are used to absorb the corresponding spell damage.
Because of the difference between armor and shield spells, attack methods must also be treated differently.
This is also the reason why Tang En made a magic pistol himself after reminding Clotto to make an assault rifle.
Just imagine, after installing two weapons, on the battlefield, facing the charge of the opponent's cavalry, with a few hundred meters to go, Tang En's soldiers took out their assault rifles and started covering fire with the rangers to kill them. After most of the cannon fodder, the opponent continued to approach, then changed to a magic pistol, fired a round of spell attacks, and then activated other spells to increase his combat status.
Then, when the remaining enemies approached, they put away their magic pistols one by one, picked up their swords and shields, and rushed forward to harvest the enemies like vegetables and melons...
Troops equipped with diverse attack methods such as long-range, physical, magic, and melee combat. If they can gain air superiority on this basis...
This will be an invincible army of kings!