Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 468 Guns, mines and steel
Xia Houyan led Prince Michael Goser along the newly paved stone road, and then stopped at the gate of the inner square of Elm Castle.

The two Shuangfengling soldiers standing guard at the door saw the boss coming, and hurriedly stood up straight and saluted the army, and then looked at the purple-eyed demons beside Xia Houyan with good eyesight.

Michael Gorther didn't care about the trespassing behavior of these little pawns, but looked at the scene in the square with a face full of shock: He found that this square square hidden in the center of Elm Castle had been filled with mysterious iron boxes of all sizes and dazzling weapons and equipment by the people of Frost Maple Ridge:

The Shuangfengling specialty "flame sandwich candy" incendiary bombs, which were placed on the black market of the mainland army, were enough to make the various territorial regimes fight over their heads. At this moment, they were randomly thrown on the ground like the most humble money-losing goods. Only the yellow "dangerous" label affixed to the incendiary bomb body reminded them of their outstanding talent for bringing destruction and death.

This incendiary bomb specially made in the wilderness has not changed its name or surname since the beginning of its research and development, but the current "flame sandwich candy" is actually no longer a trial version of the original version. After the completion of the "Southern United Academy" in Yuhuatai, the top alchemists from the Central Plains of the mainland have adjusted and upgraded the formula of "Raging Flame Sandwich Candy" dozens of times, almost doubling their combustion performance - and the price of foreign military sales.

Apart from the random piles of "flaming candies", there are also "Sword of Dawn" and "Hippocampus Crossbow" all over the floor that can be seen at a glance.These two kinds of individual combat weapons, one for close combat and one for long range, the former is the standard weapon of the elite under the command of Grand Duke Grim Rosario, and the latter is the secret of the Stardust Elf Protectorate.Seeing these nobles among the soldiers who were proud of the mainland were thrown all over the ground like firewood sticks, Michael Gosser could only boldly guess whether the honorable Duke Elliott Igor first became the foster father of Grand Duke Rosario, and then became the concubine of His Majesty the Elf Queen.

It is rumored that the "Sword of Dawn" and "Hippocampus Crossbow" have become the standard individual equipment of ordinary infantry in Shuangfengling.For this fact, Prince Michael Goser, who eats delicacies and wears silk, is actually not too envious: the equipment of the Shuangfengling infantry is indeed luxurious, enough to compete with the most elite "Cold Moon" royal company of the demons, but the strength of this wasteland territory is limited after all;

War is a death game in which human lives are used to pile up victory. No matter how strong the equipment is, as long as there are not enough people, it will still be drowned in the vast ocean of the people's war by state machines like the demons. Don't look at the Shuangfengling army's continuous victories against the Glorious Federation, but it is also thanks to the huge regular army of the Empire that supports the front line, which gives this wilderness sharp knife a chance to show its edge.

Although far inferior to the brothers and brothers who know how to fight well, Prince Michael Gause quickly judged that once the main force of the demons and Shuangfengling exchanged fire one day in the future, they should be able to use a considerable casualty ratio to wipe out all the infantry units of Igor's pioneering army-provided that Shuangfengling did not receive the support of the regular imperial army and did not occupy a favorable location.

On the other hand, if Shuangfengling gets these two favorable conditions...

...The tragic experience of the "Dragon Flame Legion" of the Glorious Federation should be the best negative example.

After making the above judgment, Michael Gorse no longer paid attention to the scattered individual equipment on the ground, and turned his attention to things he was more interested in——

They were several huge long crate-shaped objects parked at the edge of the square and covered with a thick silver cloth.

The thick silver cloth covering the object and reflecting the crystal clear sunlight, at first glance, looks like a special cloth woven from the elf material "Silk of Illusion".This kind of elf material has natural magic repelling properties, can defend against certain strength of magic attacks, and isolate common detection magic, and is often used by wealthy nobles and armies on the mainland for confidential purposes——

——For a while, the lace tabloids of the imperial capital often hired magicians to use magic to spy on the luxurious and corrupt private lives of the nobles, so the ladies had to use tricks to paste the walls and windows of the bedrooms with cloth mixed with "illusion silk", which was very effective.

However, the "Thread of Illusion" can block magic, but it cannot block the scorching gaze of the naked eye.

As the breeze blew, Prince Michael Gause could clearly see a cold and hard metal glimmer under the raised corner of the "Thread of Illusion".

So he instantly realized that these big guys covered under the cloth were undoubtedly the Shuangfengling "Apocalypse" chariot that was rumored on the mainland!
The demon prince's eyes immediately turned red and hot as if they had been scorched on an iron plate.

Michael Gorther's greedy demeanor did not escape Xia Houyan's attention.

"Why, Prince Michael is very interested in our weapons and equipment in Shuangfengling?" Xia Houyan asked with a smile.

Michael Gorther was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly:

"My god, I don't think there will be any freaks who are not interested in the equipment in your territory on the Haiwen Continent!"

This little flattery made a certain unscrupulous lord feel quite elated.

"The things you see are not good things, come with me!" Xia Houyan laughed at Prince Michael Goser, who had no choice but to look away from the "Apocalypse" chariot reluctantly, and followed Lord Shuangfengling to the depths of the square.

"These days, the allied forces of the empire have been busy suppressing bandits and liquidating them in the orc-occupied area, but we, Frost Maple Ridge, have not been idle either - we have provided several weapons newly developed by the 'Manhattan Laboratory', and let the allied forces of the empire help us to test them in actual combat... In the occupied area, the serious orc troops have all withdrawn to Thorn City, and there are not many left, but those human puppet troops who have turned to the orcs at the wrong time are suitable for testing the power of weapons!"

——The words of the lord of Frost Maple Ridge caused Prince Michael Gorther to shiver for no reason.

"After testing, several new weapons really showed up, and they performed well in actual combat!" Xia Houyan snapped his fingers in front of Michael Goser, and directed the soldiers of Frost Maple Ridge to bring in several huge wooden boxes. "Let me tell you, the 'Apocalypse' chariot is the most important thing in our Frost Maple Ridge, and it is absolutely impossible to sell it outside! However, as much as you demons want to buy, we Frost Maple Ridge can sell as much of these second-tier arms as you want!"

What the demons want most is of course the famous "Apocalypse" chariot.However, Michael Gorther also knew that this matter should not be rushed, so he quickly put away the regret in his heart, cheered up and looked at the new product that the Duke of Shuangfengling was about to introduce.

Xia Houyan leaned out towards the wooden box that had just been opened by the soldier, stretched out his hand to pick and choose inside, and then took out a black football-shaped object.

"Landmine?" The well-informed Prince Michael Goser recognized the real body of this thing at a glance, and immediately made several Shuangfengling staff officers who accompanied the visit stand in awe.

In today's continent, "landmines" are not a very common thing to see.

About a few decades ago, it was popular to use landmines against cavalry in Haven Continent: when enemy cavalry approached, the magic seal of the landmines would immediately detonate the filled magic or chemical explosives, causing an explosion, thus creating harsh terrain that was difficult for horses to pass through.

However, landmines are not only expensive and cumbersome to lay, but their real lethality is also unsatisfactory. Soon, the major regimes on the mainland eliminated the embroidered pillows of landmines and used more economical methods to fight against cavalry—such as fortifying the walls to clear the field and defending the city.

Throughout the history of the mainland, the last time landmines showed their power was the last time:
Grand Duke Grim Rosario used the inventory of the Imperial Army for decades, planted a large number of magic mines at the bottom of the Burning Crystal Canyon, and finally cast a shadow on the Glorious Federation, blowing up the orcs' ice demon mammoth swarm.

In addition, this kind of anti-cavalry device full of anti-cavalry really has no outstanding record.

Therefore, seeing the lord took out a landmine, Michael Gorse was puzzled. He wondered why the young Duke of Frost Maple Ridge had paid attention to the landmine again.

"Prince Michael, I know what you're thinking—the landmine is indeed a remnant of the old era that has long been eliminated." Xia Houyan held the landmine in his hands happily, "But, the 'Manhattan Laboratory' has always been good at turning decay into magic! Prince Michael, do you know where its fatal flaw lies?"

Michael Gorther pinched his chin, his eyes flickering for a while.

After a long time, he replied:

"Sure enough, it's still the process of burying... It takes a lot of time and manpower to bury the landmines where the enemy cavalry is expected to pass, but the effect is relatively limited: if you want to block the cavalry, using your incendiary bombs or summoning large magic is much faster than using landmines!"

"That's right. The empire can't recruit enough civilians to help the army lay mines." Xia Houyan blinked slyly, "So, I just used a discounted price to cover all the landmines in the empire's inventory and manufactured over the past few decades—you see, this is the [-] model, this is the [-] model, and the [-] model produced by Molten Valley, all of them are older than me—no way, the newer ones were all burned by Grand Duke Rosario The canyon is used up."

Michael Gosser looked curiously at the ancient mines in the wooden box:
"Your 'Manhattan Laboratory', modified these old mines?"

"That's right." Xia Houyan weighed the disc mine in his hand, almost scaring the staff next to him out of his wits. "Since laying mines is time-consuming and labor-intensive, can't it be enough as long as the mines don't need to be laid? Look..."

After Xia Houyan confirmed a few words with the staff next to him, he put the mine in his arms on the ground.

The staff officer took out a magic crystal, tapped it on the top of the mine, and threw the crystal far away.

Accompanied by the muffled sound of the magic power circuit running, the disc-shaped landmine on the ground suddenly floated up, and stopped thirty or forty centimeters away from the ground.Then, it flew in the direction of the crystal with a "swish", and then made a "bang" the moment it touched the crystal——

— nothing happened.This landmine had no charge, so it just exploded on the spot like an over-pressurized soda can, and fell slumped.

"Magic Navigation!" Michael Gorther's eyes lit up.

"That's right, it was inspired by... new products... from our empire's allies." Xia Houyan was careful not to leak information about "Hercules". "This modified version of the mine does not need to be planted, it can automatically track the enemy and detonate it, which is very worry-free."

"——It just consumes a lot of mana." Prince Michael Goser squinted at Xia Houyan, "Master Igor, if you want to remodel all the old mine stocks in the empire, I'm afraid it will be a big and expensive project, right?"

"Magic energy...we have plenty of it." Xia Houyan smiled mysteriously.

Monk Zhang Er, the prince of Michael Goser, was puzzled: Didn't you hear that there was a magic vein found under the ground of the cracked soul?Besides, if you want to extract the magic energy from the magic vein, you have to work hard with the magician and the magic power circuit, right?

Why does Sir Elliot Igor look so rich and powerful now?

"All in all, this fully automatic anti-cavalry weapon is being manufactured in full swing. By replacing the charge, it can also be used to blow up siege weapons, city walls, magicians, and enemies you don't like. It's really a must-have product for home travel, killing people and killing people..." Xia Houyan laughed, "In order to distinguish them from the old mines, Shuangfengling has renamed them——"

Lord Shuangfengling took out another landmine and turned it around in his hand, revealing the cute cat face drawn on it.

"—'Cat Thunder'."

Michael Gorther stared at the pink cat's face on the mine with a chill.

Putting down "Mao Lei", Xia Houyan walked to the second open box, and took out a fire stick from it.

——No, it just looks like a fire stick at first glance.

As long as you look closely, you can find that this wooden stick, which is nearly one person tall, is clearly equipped with a lens barrel made of refined iron, a silver trigger and a gun barrel hidden in the wooden body.

"'Mosin Nagant musket'?" Michael Gorther recognized the masterpiece of the dwarves of the Chillbone Mountains at a glance.

"Improved version of Frost Maple Ridge." Xia Houyan shrugged and raised the musket in his hand to gesture, "You also know that the 'Mosin Nagant musket' made by the dwarves of the Cold Bone Mountain Range has an amazing range and powerful power, but the craftsmanship is too complicated. Each gun has to be hand-polished by experienced dwarf craftsmen!"

Michael Gorther shrugged: Indeed, there must be no deviations in the manufacture of muskets, otherwise the aim may fail at least, and the chamber may break at worst.

It is precisely because the manufacturing process is too delicate and lengthy that the "Mosin Nagant Musket" has never been able to become a standard long-range weapon for soldiers in the mainland, and was robbed of the limelight by the crossbow in vain.

"A while ago, I borrowed a few 'Mosin Nagant muskets' from the dwarven comrades of 'White Death' and sent them back to Frost Maple Ridge to see if they could be imitated. Here, this is the trial product I just got." Xia Houyan rubbed the gun body of the musket in his hand. And speed up the rate of fire. Once successful, I plan to use this 'Kalashnikov gun' to completely replace the 'Hippocampus hand crossbow' currently equipped by the Frost Maple Ridge infantry."

Michael Gorther raised his eyebrows: "This kind of musket is very slow to manufacture, isn't it?—especially considering that you don't have many experienced dwarf craftsmen in Frost Maple Ridge."

"The manufacturing speed is faster than you can imagine." Xia Houyan blinked, and Michael Goser looked puzzled.

Of course, the prince of the demon race would never have imagined that in the "Huangyadong" arsenal in Shuangfengling, there are currently five or six machine tools powered by little devil engines running non-stop day and night.

Xia Houyan put down the "Kalashnikov gun" and walked to the third box.

"Now I would like to introduce to you the high-efficiency new fuel oil 'Honey Clam Oil' assembled by the special forces of the Frost Maple Ridge 'Wagner' and extracted from the fat of the epic monster 'Desert Honey Clam'..."

"Stop, stop!" Prince Michael Gosser licked his lips and interrupted Lord Frost Maple Ridge's enthusiastic introduction, "You have shown so many new types of arms, and you don't know when you will have the opportunity to show me in actual combat? After all, there is no proof..."

"Please rest assured!" Xia Houyan patted his chest, "In a few days, William Hyde and his Shanchagang will be the first to taste the full set of services provided by Shuangfengling!"

(End of this chapter)